In the courtyard, accompanied by a crackling sound, a faint fragrance spread to the surroundings, and Yu Wenli was leading his cousin and cousin to burn bamboo rice, bamboo tubes filled with rice and water, and they were being set up on a stove to withstand the smoke and fire. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The trough-shaped special bamboo tube rice barbecue grill can burn firewood and charcoal, and ten bamboo tubes can be erected at the same time.

Yuwen Weihan wore gloves and turned the scorching bamboo tube like Yuwen Li, and his younger siblings gathered around him, watching intently.

In addition to glutinous rice, there are also ham, sausages and other foods in the bamboo rice, and after it is cooked, there is a mixed fragrance of glutinous rice, meat slices and bamboo, which is really mouth-watering.

Yu Wenwen regards the process of making bamboo rice as a fun activity to test children's hands-on ability, and today is the "activity day".

The little ones wash the glutinous rice by themselves, and then the servants prepare the chopped ham and sausages, and mix them as they like, and then put the ingredients into the bamboo tubes that have been opened, and then put them on the fire to roast.

Everyone can try it when baking, and it is regarded as a proper play with fire, but after all, the bamboo tube is very hot, so the main thing is to take Yuwen Weihan to turn the bamboo tube and grasp the heat by himself.

The original cyan bamboo tube became scorched yellow, Yu Wenli first asked the shepherd, did her own bamboo tube rice be ready, seeing that the little girl was entangled, Yu Wenli made the decision:

"It's already burned, the shepherd takes it and puts it away, and you can eat it when it cools."

The servant picked up the bamboo tube and walked to the side of the pavilion, the shepherd shouted and followed, and the other brothers and sisters were so nervous that they stood on tiptoe and looked at their own bamboo tubes.

The cooked bamboo tube rice was distributed one by one, and it was easy to send the little guy away, and Yu Wenli did not eat his share but transferred to the room next to him.

Yu Wenwen sat in front of the desk and looked at a book in his hand, Xiao Jiuniang in the side room was talking beside him, and her younger brother Xiao Yu was also present, seeing Yu Wenli come in, Xiao Jiuniang and Xiao Yu were about to get up and leave.

"Don't be formal, Ari is not here to whisper, sit, everyone sit."

Xiao Yu and Yu Wenli are classmates in the state school, and they are also good personal friends, and their sister is the side room of King Xiyang, so Xiao Yu often goes to the palace to talk to Yu Wenli.

"Ah Li came just in time, Xin'an just brought back a set of books "Zhaoming Anthology" from Jiangling to be published, Xin'an wants to help proofread this volume, why don't Ah Li also help?"

"Huh? My nephew is afraid that he will not be able to learn well..."

"It's okay, if you don't understand, it's also an opportunity to learn, shake your head and endorse all day long, it's better to hone and hone yourself and remember it deeply."

Seeing Yuwenwen and Xiao Yu and Yuwenli discussing related matters, Xiao Jiuniang put her mind at ease, she wanted to help her mother's family, but she was afraid of causing her husband's unhappiness, and now it seems that she is thinking too much.

The word "Zhaoming" in "Zhaoming Anthology" originates from Prince Zhaoming, which is the nickname of Xiao Tong, the eldest son of Emperor Wu of Liang, and Xiao Tong is the great-grandfather of Xiao Jiuniang and Xiao Yu.

In the past, the Liang State of the Southern Dynasty, after the Hou Jing Rebellion, the land fell apart, leaving only Jiangling and its surrounding states, and now the Liang Emperor Xiao Cong did not dare to hope for anything, but wanted to do his best to pass on the books left by his ancestors.

The publishing industry in Huangzhou is very prosperous, and there are famous scholars like Liu Zhuo, so Xiao Cong wanted to let the "Zhaoming Anthology" compiled by his great-grandfather be published in Huangzhou in the situation of thread-bound books, and his cheap brother-in-law, Yu Wenwen, the big owner of the study club, was the most suitable "commissioner".

Not to mention anything else, Yuwenwen will be more or less attentive for Xiao Jiuniang's sake, right?

"Don't be nervous two of you, there is President Zhang in the back, don't worry about doing it boldly, and there is Xin'an's uncle to study together, what are you worried about?"

After the matter was finished, after Xiao Jiuniang and Xiao Yu retired, Yu Wenwen handed over a letter from the case to Yu Wenli: "The messenger from Yecheng has just left, this is your father's letter." ”

"Father has already arrived in Yecheng?"

"Yes, your grandfather has arrived, too."

"Has my uncle arrived?"

"Here we are."

Yuwenwen handed the letter to his nephew, Yuwenli did not open the letter immediately, but took it into his arms, although he had a good relationship with the second uncle, but he still had to talk about etiquette, and after saying some things, he also retired and left.

Xiao Jiuniang walked in with a bamboo tube of rice, Yu Wenwen read another letter while eating, this letter was also a letter written by Yu Chi Chifan not long after she arrived, and she wrote a letter to report her safety after she arrived in Yecheng, which was fifteen days ago.

"Sister has arrived in Yecheng?"

"Yes, it's been a bumpy ride, and I arrived safely, so I'm finally relieved."

Yu Wenwen pretended to be relieved, and he was a little helpless in his heart, because of the news that his wife and children had arrived in Yecheng safely, he knew it the next day, and he was able to be so fast, thanks to the flying pigeon to pass the book.

While reassuring, Yu Wenwen had to pretend not to know, and he still had to act in front of most people.

Using the characteristics of the pigeon's homing, long-distance communication can be realized, which is still a rare practice in this era, and Yuwenwen does not plan to take the initiative to expose, so the confidentiality measures should be done at home.

Acting has to play a full set, even in front of his nephew and the side room.

After years of breeding and selection, his pigeons have been able to fly long distances stably, from Yecheng to Xiyang, a straight-line distance of no less than 13400 miles, and the return rate of his pigeons can be maintained at more than 80%.

Similarly, the carrier pigeons that flew back to Yecheng from Xiyang also had a return rate of more than 80%.

The pigeon loft in Xiyang is very large, and the pigeon lofts in Yecheng, Chang'an and Jiankang have also been put into use, and as for Luoyang, which is about to become the capital, Yuwenwen has also made arrangements.

In order to hide as much as possible, the pigeon lofts in these places were all in small estates outside the city, and with the help of the lofts in these places, he built a rudimentary communication network.

In terms of technical level, it is already ahead of the times, but the reliability of this communication network composed of carrier pigeons is still poor.

First of all, the carrier pigeon must have the ability to fly long distances, and the communication distance of thousands of miles is not something that can be completed by a random pigeon, and Yuwenwen has bred this kind of carrier pigeon through years of breeding.

Then there are various variables, such as raptors or human injuries, as well as sudden storms or various meteorological disasters, which will make the carrier pigeon die halfway, so his carrier pigeon communication network is actually very fragile.

It costs a lot of money, and the use of carrier pigeons is very troublesome, Yecheng wants to use carrier pigeons to send letters to Xiyang, you have to first bring or send the carrier pigeons living in Xiyang to Yecheng, then someone has to send carrier pigeons.

The number of people can't be small, otherwise they don't know what's going on if they evaporate halfway, and it's not okay if there are too manpower, because there are not so many empty manpower.

The flying pigeon is a thousand miles away, and it is very cool to use, but it is based on the large amount of work of the people behind the scenes, and there must also be people who frequently travel between the two places, in order to ensure that there are carrier pigeons to send the news in time.

Is it worth spending so much money to maintain a primary communications network? It's worth it, in the era when there was no radio, it was really important to be able to communicate "instantly".

Yu Wenwen, who was sitting in Xiyang, received news from the mouth of the Yangtze River thousands of miles away: the fleet led by Zhang Yu had successfully entered the sea.

This news is that Zhang Yu sailed with the carrier pigeons of the Jiankang pigeon loft, and released several of them as agreed after entering the sea, and after receiving the Jiankang pigeon loft, he used the carrier pigeon of Xiyang to bring the note with ciphertext back to Xiyang and came to the hands of Yuwenwen.

From the starting point of "sending a message" to the end of a thousand miles away "receiving a message", the difference is only two days.

The huge investment in the construction of the carrier pigeon communication network is not worth mentioning at all in the face of the timeliness of the news.