When Yizhou succeeded, Li Sicheng set out to start his real work in Yizhou: farming!

Last year, the results of the tribute were huge, and Jianzhou, who pretended to be a bun, got seeds and seedlings of corn, sweet potatoes, peppers, Chinese cabbage, pumpkins, rice and other crops, as well as a large number of agricultural books. Li Sicheng plans to experiment with the new crop in two separate places: Gule and Yiju.

Gule is a military city, under the protection of heavy troops, suitable for the cultivation of seedlings. Li Sicheng even plans to set up a professional agricultural research institute in Gule and build a glass greenhouse to conduct agricultural research in the region after the glass production increases. The planned Animal Husbandry Research Institute is also planned to be relocated in Gule first, and then to study relocation after the site is expanded.

Located at the mouth of the Yalu River, Euiju has a large alluvial plain and fertile land, which is suitable for large-scale planting experiments with new crops. After the situation stabilized, Li Sicheng planned to set up a branch of the Agricultural Research Institute here, which was responsible for conducting large-scale planting experiments on new crops. Time is running out, and the number of seeds and seedlings is sufficient, so the large-scale planting experiment of the new crop was carried out in advance, so Li Sicheng went out with the army this time.

There is no specific record of the introduction of chili peppers into China, but the earliest record of chili peppers in China is recognized as the description of "Zunsheng Eight Notes" (1591) written by Gao Lian in the Ming Dynasty, which said: "Peppers are clustered, white flowers, and the fruit is like a bald pen head, and the taste is spicy and red, which is very considerable". According to this record, it is generally believed that chili pepper was introduced to China in the last years of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, this book assumes that pepper cultivation was already in place at that time.

Pumpkins originated from Mexico to Central America, and were introduced to China in the Ming Dynasty, and are now widely cultivated in the north and south. In China, it is most widely planted in Northeast China, especially in central Hubei Province and Heilongjiang in Northeast China. The Shandong region is called the hanging melon, and the northeast region is called the gourd.

The warm spring sun shone on his body, and Li Sicheng leaned on the recliner under the eaves and fell asleep. In the fields in the distance, slaves were working under the sticks of the Fresh Volunteers; Several old farmers from the former Ming Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty, and now the agricultural officials from Jiupin persuade them to shuttle among them to guide farming; Several scribes followed, and they were recorded one by one.

This is a field on the east bank of the Yalu River, which used to belong to a dynasty * Xian Haoqiang. After the restoration of Yizhou, this patriotic hero thought that he was strong enough because he had resisted the Jurchens before, so he raised troops to resist. Under the attack of ballistas, Zhuangzi was completely captured in less than half an hour.

The old rules, the leader of the family, the young female dependents stay, and the others are used to cut off people's heads and show loyalty. As for the farmers who participated in the resistance, those who had blood debts were also cut down, and the rest were enslaved even by their families. Resistance elements captured from other places were also sent here one after another to carry out "labor and reform".

The beheaded soldiers of the dynasty showed great loyalty, performed their duties as overseers very conscientiously, drove the slaves, and under the guidance of the peasant officials, they re-divided the ravines, leveled the land, and turned the soil for planting. Lord Li Sicheng said, whether it is the volunteer army and the persuasion of agricultural officials, the good performance of the wife, cattle and sheep, iron farming tools, land, the best few can also be promoted, the volunteers are promoted from the nine products of the clothes to catch fast, from the nine products of the persuasion of agricultural officials to the nine products.

Several sons and nephews of the Chao Xian family gathered around Li Sicheng, staring closely at a set of ceramic tea sets on the table, occasionally picking up one and studying it carefully. Completely ignoring the fact that he had just finished showing his loyalty, there were blood stains on his clothes and his own vomit. The ladies were playing under a big tree in the courtyard around the snotty side Fujin.

Ordinary tea sets don't make these people look at them, they look at them because it's a set of bone china tea sets!

During the raid at the end of last year, Jianzhou caught several porcelain craftsmen from the Jinjia porcelain kiln, and after the arrival of Li Shizhen, who was experienced in mineral refining, Fei Ala began to try to make bone china.

Bone china (bonechina): Bone china for short, also known as ashes china, the production began in England, and the first Englishman to successfully produce bone china is generally believed to be Josiah Spode (1755-1827). Josiah. In the early 19th century, Spoon successfully experimented with calcined bones by mixing them directly with china clay and mineral fluxes to become the traditional raw material for hard porcelain. He then began to systematically study the recipe for the production of bone china, and by the end of 1821, the ratio of ashes to porcelain stone had been "standardized", and at that time, porcelain produced from a blank containing 46% of the ashes with feldspar as a flux was considered the best product. The basic process is a kind of porcelain made of animal bone charcoal, clay, feldspar and quartz as the basic raw materials, and fired twice by high-temperature plain firing and low-temperature glaze firing.

Thanks to the otaku Yunlu, Li Sicheng's understanding of bone china is limited to the above content, and what he knows is that bone china will be very profitable, but he doesn't know feldspar and quartz. Interestingly, in ancient China, feldspar and quartz were used as medicines, and Li Shizhen, a medical scientist, also had a deep understanding of these two minerals. Fortunately, Jianzhou and Liaodong also happen to have these two types of deposits. It took several months for the craftsmen of Fiara to finally produce bone china. While reporting to the eldest brother, Tong Xiaomei, who was temporarily in charge of Fei ala, also sent two sets to Yizhou, one for the third brother and one for her husband.

This group of people was sent to Li Sicheng by various families as required, not descendants, but they are all talents involved in business, and naturally they also know how to appreciate porcelain and the market price of porcelain.

Bone china is made of exquisite materials, fine production, strict standards, and its regularity, whiteness, transparency, thermal stability and other indicators are extremely high. Due to the complex process of high-grade bone china, it is more difficult to make than ordinary daily porcelain, and its production technology is difficult to popularize. Bone china porcelain is delicate and transparent, the shape is beautiful and elegant, the color surface is moist and bright, and the flower surface is colorful, which makes it white texture and luxurious shape, and has the dual value of use and art, and is the treasure of the palace and the noble collection in history, and is a symbol of power and status, known as the "king of porcelain".

Several people studied it, and after discussion, the young master of the Jin family was recommended to reply to Li Sicheng. "Lord Belle, this kind of porcelain, thin as paper, transparent as a mirror, smooth glaze, crystal clear, light can be seen; The sound is like a chime, and the fingers flick, crisp and loud, like a bell; White as jade, straight as virgin skin, we have never seen the highest quality. According to our measurements, even if the price is thousand, everyone will be eager to do it. It's just that the workmanship is a little rough, and there is no painting on it, and it is slightly lacking......"

"These guys still have some real skills, and they can directly see the characteristics of bone china, and they can also see that this is an experimental product. It seems to be a talent, and it can be used. Li Sicheng thought perfunctorily.

"It seems that bone china can make a lot of money, and the small money will fall into my arms like raindrops! Gentlemen of Beijing City, send the money quickly! I'm waiting! …… The peppers are planted, the cabbage is planted, will the kimchi be far away?! After the kimchi, there is nothing to do with the fresh sticks! …… Bone china plate loaded! Kimchi Smecta! Stick godson daddy, don't Ya kill the butterfly Smecta! Uh~ Seems to have mixed in something strange. Leave him alone...... Anyway, Guo'er, this Lori also looked at me too tightly, and the third uncle and brother sent me so many beautiful women, and I didn't have a chance to get close. Sorrowful! Why don't you beg the third uncle and let him lure this little loli away......"

In Hanyang, the bloody battle of the court of Chao Xian continued. Another annoying thing is on the table: the annual tribute is here again!