Chapter 280: The Wool War

In the living room of Yuan Tiangang's residence in the Taoist Academy, Li Su was looking at a brass object on the coffee table with a puzzled expression, which was a round box, which looked very similar to the pocket watches of later generations, but it was a few circles larger than ordinary pocket watches. The box was gently opened, and there were two small discs stacked on top of each other, with twelve hours and scales engraved on them, and the two discs were connected together by chains.

"Brother Chunfeng, this thing should measure time, right?" Li Su held the two discs in his hand and looked at them for a long time, but he didn't know what they were, and he could only judge from the twelve hours engraved on them that this thing should be used to measure time, and its function was similar to that of later watches.

Hearing Li Su's words, Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang looked at each other and smiled: "Your Highness guessed well, this is Chunfeng's improvement on the basis of the corona, and finally designed this corona that can be carried around, as long as you have this corona on your body, you can check your time at any time!" ”

"Huh? This thing turned out to be a corona? Li Su was very surprised after hearing this, in his impression, the corona is carved in stone, the general size is relatively large, and it is also fixed in a certain place, I didn't expect Li Chunfeng to make the corona so exquisite, and it can be moved, this is indeed a great invention.

Seeing that Li Su was interested in the corona he made, Li Chunfeng reached out and picked up the corona, and then began to explain the structure and use of the corona: "Your Highness, please see, although this corona is not big, it is actually two crowns, connected together with a chain, when the chain is tightened, just let the two crowns be vertical......"

With Li Chunfeng's explanation, Li Yu finally figured out the use of this portable corona, of course, it must be more troublesome than the watches of later generations, and there are certain errors, but in the era of Datang, it is undoubtedly the most advanced timepiece.

"Brother Chunfeng, how did you come up with the idea of designing this portable corona?" Li Su asked with a smile while playing with this delicate corona. Li Chunfeng is a busy man, and he usually can't even find a figure, so he definitely won't make this exquisite timer for no reason.

After hearing this, Li Chunfeng showed a wry smile and said, "Your Highness, in fact, this is what the lower officials owe you." ”

"Huh?" Li Su was stunned for a moment after hearing this, put down the corona in his hand and asked, "Brother Chunfeng, what do you mean by this?" ”

"Your Highness doesn't know, the sextant designed by Xia Guan last time actually has some flaws, that is, when measuring latitude and longitude, you must know the accurate time in advance, although you can calculate the time in other ways, but after all, it is still more troublesome, so Xia Guan designed this corona that can be carried, and if it is used together with a compass, you can quickly calculate the time." Li Chunfeng bowed and explained.

"Haha~, so that's the case, it's still Brother Chunfeng's thoughtfulness!" Li Su was overjoyed when he heard this, "But there is still Brother Lao Chunfeng who wrote out the method of making and using this corona, and I immediately sent it to Dengzhou, after all, the navigation academy there is about to start lecturing, and the use of this corona will also be taught." ”

"Hehe, Your Highness, rest assured, as early as when I just successfully developed this corona, I have already sent someone to send the production and use methods to Dengzhou, and it is estimated that it will arrive in a few days, and it will definitely not delay the opening of the Navigation Academy!" Li Chunfeng said with a smile.

Li Su didn't expect Li Chunfeng to move so fast, and he was overjoyed at the moment, not only bought the patent of this portable sundial on the spot, but also personally made the east, and went to the Dengxian Building in Chang'an City to receive a sumptuous banquet to reward Yuan Tiangang and the two, although the new invention they made was also planned for themselves, but in Li Su's view, they were also doing it for themselves.

After saying goodbye to Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, Li Su found Wang Zihao and explained to him the few patents he had just acquired, especially the wool cleaning technology, which is a money-making weapon and must be used well.

With Wang Zihao such a veteran of the shopping mall, he naturally knows the profits that the wool textile industry can bring, so after Li Su's order, immediately as the president of the Textile Industry Association, all the major textile merchants in the association will be called together for a meeting, after all, he and Li Su know that wool textile and cotton textile are the same, want to develop this industry, it is useless to rely only on one or two, only the strength of most people can make an industry prosperous.

After the meeting held by Wang Zihao, Chang'an City, which was holding the sports meeting, immediately had a lot of people out of the city, and after leaving the city, they all galloped to the north, and after these people arrived in Taiyuan, there were immediately countless caravans of Han people rushed into the grassland, with a large amount of copper money began to buy wool that no one wanted before, of course, although it was nominally a purchase, but because no one wanted wool before, so these caravans bought from the grassland tribes at a very low price, and it almost didn't cost much to buy a big car.

However, the steppe tribes are not stupid, when they see the Han people swarming to buy wool that no one cared about before, they immediately knew that the Han people must be of great use, since this is the case, they are naturally unwilling to sell wool at a low price, so in just a few months, the price of worthless wool has risen more than ten times.

The Han caravan was naturally very angry about the steppe people's increase in the price of wool, and later there were several cases of Han caravans and tribal conflicts, for which several Han people died. For this kind of harm to the people of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang government naturally has to resolutely suppress it, after the several Tang soldiers guarding the grassland got the order from above, they immediately launched a lightning strike against the tribes that dared to hurt the Han people, and the means were very cruel, and almost all of those tribes paid the price of extermination.

The scale of this war caused by the wool trade was actually not large, and the Tang Dynasty only used 2,000 people at most at a time. This can almost be said to be the smallest conflict in the countless foreign wars of the Tang Dynasty, and it is not remarkable at all. However, this war is extremely famous in history, and there is even a special name, that is, the "Wool War".

After the wool war, it greatly deterred the nomads on the grassland, after all, the Tang Dynasty was already in a strong position, and now it used thunder to intimidate, so that the various tribes on the northern grassland were all honest, and the Han merchants immediately took the opportunity to reduce the price, at a very low price to buy wool and even sheepskin, in addition to the necessary salt, tea and other commodities on the grassland as a threat, so that the tribes on the grassland increased the proportion of various sheep.

All of the above things came from the purchase of wool, but Li Su can swear that his original purpose was just to start a wool textile industry, and he did not expect to trigger a series of consequences above, and even caused a small war. And with the development of the wool textile industry in the future, the demand for wool in the Central Plains has been increasing, and under the half-threat and half-temptation of the Han merchants, the various tribes on the grassland have increased the grazing of sheep, so that the grazing of cattle and horses will naturally decrease, which also indirectly weakens the combat effectiveness of the grassland people.

After the wool purchase was handed over to Wang Zihao, Li Su never asked again, after all, there was still a big mess of things to be dealt with at home, so he had no energy to be distracted from managing business matters.

In the bedroom of Xijun in the Qi Palace, Li Su and Wen Xin are here, after all, now that Xijun is confined, Wen Xin is afraid that she will feel lonely, so she usually comes here to accompany her, and by the way, she can also play ugly and ugly, and Li Su will always stay here as long as he has time, mainly to accompany Xijun's mother and daughter and Wen Xin, after all, he went to Taiwan for half a year before, and after leaving Chang'an this time, it is estimated that he will be busier, so take advantage of the time now, or accompany them more.

"Husband, there are still ten days before the ugly full moon, everything in the house has been prepared, and I heard that the sports meeting in the city is very lively, why don't you take Sister Wenxin to see it!" Xijun, who was sitting on the bed, said with a smile. It has been twenty days since Ugly was born, and Xijun has been taken care of with the most careful care, plus he has been eating various nutritional supplements, so Xijun's face has already recovered its rosiness, and he is even fatter than before giving birth.

Li Su and Wen Xin, who were playing with the ugly ugly, heard Xijun's words, both of them looked at each other and smiled, they have been accompanying Xijun these days, which is estimated to make Xijun feel a little embarrassed, so they proposed to let them go to the sports meeting, and wanted them to go out for a walk.

"This proposal is good, I heard that tomorrow there is a polo match between the Chang'an team and the Luoyang team, the Luoyang team is the champion of last year's Winter Games, and the Chang'an team has recruited a few polo masters after the last failure, I heard that it is a great increase in strength, so tomorrow's game will definitely be very exciting!" Li Su also said with a smile.

Since it is Xijun's kindness, it is not easy for him to refuse, and these astronomical hearts have been busy, and as a husband, he should naturally take her out to relax. Besides, the sports meeting was also started by him, and it was the first time, so it would be a pity if you didn't watch such a grand event.

Wen Xin saw that even her husband agreed, so she naturally didn't object, just nodded her ugly little nose and smiled: "I have long heard that the sports meeting outside is very lively, but it's a pity that our family's ugly and ugly is too young, otherwise if you take her along, it will definitely make her happy." ”

As soon as Wen Xin's words came out, it immediately caused a burst of laughter from Li Su and Xijun, and at this moment, suddenly a small person broke into the door in a hurry, and shouted loudly while running: "Sixth brother and six sisters-in-law, you are going to see the sports meeting, you must bring me with you!" ”

Li Su and the others in the room were startled by the people who suddenly broke in, and when they just saw who came in, they heard someone outside the door say loudly: "That's right, if you want to go, sixth brother, you must take us with you!" (To be continued)

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