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Home and everything is prosperous, Liu Ziqiu knows the truth well. Now for him, home is the country, and the country is home. Countless experiences in history have proved that the tranquility of the harem is often related to the rise and fall of dynasties. With Liu Ziqiu's eyes, of course, it can be seen that Xie Muyu still has a little contempt for Gao Xiuer. is different from Xie Muyu, Hua Yun and Lin Qiao'er are from humble backgrounds, Tuoba Qianyu and Mu Duoli are of different races, they all get along well with Gao Xiu'er, and the only variable is Xie Muyu.

If it weren't for Xie Muyu's renunciation, Liu Ziqiu might not care much about the relationship with her, at least at the beginning, Liu Ziqiu just regarded her as a little sister. However, since she is ready to accept Xie Muyu as a member of the family, Liu Ziqiu must handle her relationship with other family members, and the first thing is the relationship between her and Gao Xiuer. Therefore, Liu Ziqiu will tell Xie Muyu the story between himself and Gao Xiuer. However, Xie Muyu is a smart girl, and she quickly understands what she should do.

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Three days later, Zhou Chao came to the barracks in a hurry, holding a large pot of soil in his hand, and shouted repeatedly: "Your Majesty, I found it!" ”

It was precisely because of Liu Ziqiu's bright status as the emperor that Zhou Chao almost used all his strength, mobilized all his subordinate officials and errands, as well as the township chiefs and Li Zheng of the four towns and eight townships, and finally dug up the purple soil described by Liu Ziqiu in Sheephorn Mountain. There are also several kinds of purple sand mud, and the quality is different, but Liu Ziqiu can no longer care about looking for the best purple sand mud. He immediately drew a few more drawings and ordered the craftsmen to be summoned.

In this era, pottery was far more popular than porcelain, and pottery making was nothing new, and there were many kilns for refining pottery throughout the country. Purple sand ware actually belongs to the category of pottery, but this kind of clay is a little special. Therefore, it is not difficult to make a set of purple sand tea sets, which can be completed locally in Yixing, and the finished product will be placed in front of Liu Ziqiu two days later.

Although this set of purple sand tea sets that have just been made is rough, Xie Muyu's tea ceremony has already been rì yi jīng Zhan, coupled with the new tea before the Ming Dynasty and the sweet mountain spring, the tea drink that comes out is indeed evocative.

Liu Ziqiu took a sip of himself, nodded secretly, and said with a smile: "Come on, give Yu Shinan and Zhou Chao a drink each." ”

Yu Shinan has been by Liu Ziqiu's side for a long time, and he has long been accustomed to this almost back-to-basics way of drinking tea, and he is also shaking his head and praising it. Although Zhou Chao is not very accustomed to it, that kind of fragrance is indeed unprecedented, and it was given by Liu Ziqiu, so it is inevitable that he will be praised.

Liu Ziqiu waved his hand and said, "Zhou Chao, there is no need to say these polite words. I plan to set up an official kiln in Yixing to specialize in firing purple sand utensils. I appointed you as the supervisor of the Yixing kiln, and within one year, 3,000 sets of purple sand tea sets were fired. ”

Zhou Chao was taken aback, and asked repeatedly: "Your Majesty, what do you want to do with these many tea sets?" ”

Liu Ziqiu said with a smile: "For all officials above the seventh grade, I will give them a set of hands." ”

In order to develop tea production in the south, it is necessary to let the people develop the habit of drinking tea. In fact, drinking more green tea is also very beneficial to the body, but people are not used to it for the time being. Many years later, this way of drinking tea finally spread to all parts of the country, and then developed into a tea culture, and eventually crossed the ocean and became popular all over the world. All Liu Ziqiu has to do now is to advance this process. In order for the people to develop this habit, it is necessary to start with the court officials and families. With these tea sets and tea leaves given by the emperor himself, the promotion will be much easier.

Promoting the culture of drinking tea is not only a way for the people in the south to get rich, but also of great significance for better control of the nomads in the north and the western regions. If there was no crossing by Liu Ziqiu, a special form of trade would have been formed a few hundred years later, called the tea and horse trade. Because nomads have long eaten beef and mutton, and the large amount of vitamins contained in tea can just balance their diet. Of course, it is impossible to sell some good tea leaves to nomads, what is really sold to them is something called tea bricks, which is actually to press the scraps of processed tea and old leaves together. Even so, these tea bricks are still quite important to the nomads. In order to control the nomads, the imperial court would even regard these tea bricks as some kind of strategic material.

Liu Ziqiu did not regard tea bricks as a strategic material, and his control over those nomads was a relatively mild and friendly control, adopting a complementary and mutually beneficial mode of exchange. The Han people needed horses and furs, the nomads needed salt and iron, and later they would need tea. By taking what you need, you can bring the two sides closer together.

Of course, in order to make each other safe, the most important thing is not to rely on the bonds of these materials, but to have real strength. When your strength is not enough, these materials can only make the opponent blush and attract brutal bandits. When you are strong enough, the other party will follow the rules you set. The reason why Liu Ziqiu dares to open up trade exchanges with the nomadic tribes in the north now is because he has a strong military force behind him.

Yu Shinan is very knowledgeable, and it is easy to understand Liu Ziqiu's purpose, and he also admires Liu Ziqiu for having such a vision. But he also understands that it will not take three or five years to promote tea throughout the country, and it will take three or five years at the earliest. And he followed Liu Ziqiu south, and he had an important mission, so he gave up his hand and persuaded: "Your Majesty, now that Zisha has been found, and Xie Niang has also returned to the vulgar, why not return to Beijing as soon as possible, so as not to worry about the officials." ”

Liu Ziqiu shook his head and said, "It's okay, there are still a few places I can walk." In this way, first turn west, let's go to Yuzhang to have a look. ”

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Yuzhang County was not very famous in this era, but Liu Ziqiu knew that there was a Xinping County there, which was Jingdezhen in later generations. In history, porcelain is also another important commodity produced in Jiangnan, and Liu Ziqiu naturally wants to use his brains in this regard. If you want to develop the economy, you still have to follow certain laws of nature, Liu Ziqiu can't change too much, all he can do is to advance some things and technologies that would have appeared in history.

However, after arriving in Yuzhang, Liu Ziqiu was a little surprised. There were already several porcelain kilns in Xinping County, and of course, the porcelain produced at this time could not be compared with later generations in terms of quality, shape and painting. Even so, Liu Ziqiu was already very satisfied. He didn't interfere too much with the kilns, but gave them some advice. After all, Liu Ziqiu himself is not an expert in this area, and porcelain is different from purple sand, and it also involves many aspects such as tires and glazes, so he can only rely on these potters to explore and improve by themselves.

Seeing that Liu Ziqiu had only visited a few kilns and had no further requirements, Yu Shinan breathed a sigh of relief and persuaded again: "Your Majesty, you can leave for Beijing now." ”

Liu Ziqiu shook his head: "Back to Beijing? Why are you in such a hurry? ”

Yu Shinan said uneasily: "Does Your Majesty still want to go to Lingnan?" ”

Liu Ziqiu said thoughtfully: "Lingnan I really want to take a look." Legend has it that the miasma there is very strong, but there is also a fruit that is delicious, have you ever heard of it? ”

Yu Shinan arched his hand and said, "I don't know what fruit Your Majesty is talking about?" ”

Liu Ziqiu looked to the south and said, "There are poems as proof." 300 lychees, not to be a Lingnan person. ”

Yu Shinan has the best poems, and he unconsciously muttered: "It turns out that Your Majesty is talking about lychees, and the old minister has also seen it in a classic, but Your Majesty's poem has never been heard, is it Your Majesty's new work?" ”

Liu Ziqiu coughed dryly twice and said, "This poem is also something I occasionally heard, and I can't remember it all for a long time." ”

This is also his big truth, if he is asked to memorize the whole poem, he really can't do it.

Tuoba Qianyu was very excited: "Brother, have you ever eaten lychee?" Is it really that delicious? When are we going to Lingnan? ”

Gao Xiuer and the others also looked at Liu Ziqiu with flashing eyes, obviously very interested in the delicacy of lychee.

"Forget it, I still won't go." Liu Ziqiu suddenly waved his hand and said, "I'm afraid that after you go, you will become addicted to eating lychees, and you will cause me infamy from the world." ”

Xie Muyu was puzzled: "It's just a few lychees, why don't you cause infamy." ”

Liu Ziqiu laughed and said: "When I ride the red dust concubine and laugh, no one knows that it is a lychee." I'm afraid that in order to curry favor with you, I will use 800 miles to expedite the delivery of lychees, which will disappoint the people. ”

Gao Xiu'er and the others said in unison: "I hate it, in the eyes of the husband, is the concubine so unbearable?" ”

Yu Shinan secretly thought to himself, the emperor is really good at writing, and the export is a chapter. It's a pity that the emperor doesn't put his mind on poetry, otherwise he will leave many famous sentences for the ages.

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However, to Yu Shinan's delight, after leaving Yuzhang, Liu Ziqiu did not continue to go south, but turned in the direction of Xiangyang in the northwest. Xiangyang was almost destroyed as an empty city when it was occupied by Zhu Cang, and now more than a year has passed, although the local government report also mentions that it has been restored to life, but Liu Ziqiu believes that seeing is believing, and he wants to see it for himself.

Although the situation at the scene is not as rosy as described by the government in the report, it can be regarded as accumulating a lot of popularity. After all, the situation of the empty city was what Liu Ziqiu saw with his own eyes, and he was relatively satisfied with the fact that it could be restored to its current state, so he did not punish the local government for its exaggeration. In fact, Liu Ziqiu's methods have always been relatively gentle in dealing with many violations in the army and local government departments, because he knows that if people's thinking does not change, relying solely on the effect of repression will not be too ideal, and it will even provoke a strong backlash, and everything must be done gradually.