When he arrived at the second neighborhood, Li Qi waited in Butterfly Village for a whole day, but he never saw Qianpu coming, and it was not until dinner time that Li Qi understood why Zheng Lin was like that last night. He picked up Zijian and was about to get on his horse and go to Pengcheng, but was stopped by Zheng Lin, who called Li Qi out alone and said.

  "Lord Wang, you can't be impulsive yet, first of all, if you kill Qianpu directly, it will make King Nanzhao's face dull, and if you really want to kill him, tell King Nanzhao about this matter and let him deal with it himself. On the other hand, this is also a good opportunity to win people's hearts, as long as this matter is handled well, the entire Pengcheng will thank the prince for his great kindness, and you must not be so impulsive in the future, unless you sit in a high position yourself. ”

  To tell the truth, although Li Qi is much older than Zheng Lin, he has always been in Tibet before, and he has really been exposed to these things too little, and his experience is not very sufficient. In the past few years, accompanied by Lu Yanhe and others, I have traveled a lot of places and seen a lot of big things, Li Qi said after listening to Zheng Lin's words.

  "Since you are like this, spare him for the time being, and when you return to Wangcheng, I will definitely let King Nanzhao deal with this guy well, by the way, you have a way to solve the poverty problem in Butterfly Village before, what is the solution?"

  Zheng Lin smiled and said, "Let's go, I'll tell you again when I go back." After the two went back, Li Qi asked Na Yihong to gather the villagers together, Zheng Lin looked at these villagers at the mill, and said: "I know that everyone has been troubled by one thing for a long time, that is, poverty, I have also seen, although the soil here is suitable for growing food, but you don't have land. Actually, you don't have to be sad, you have a lot of wealth, but you don't see it yourself. ”

  Na Yihong looked at Zheng Lin in surprise and said, "Brother, what is your big fortune?" ”

  Zheng Lin smiled, waved his right arm, and said, "You can see it everywhere!" You see, the reason why you have a butterfly village here is because you have so many flowers here, so you can attract so many butterflies. But have you ever wondered what flowers do besides attracting butterflies? ”

  Li Qi frowned and said, "Don't sell it, hurry, do you want to kill me in a hurry?" ”

  "Ahem, well, it's actually quite simple, that's bees! If you want to change the status quo in the village, you can keep bees and sell the honey produced by the bees, isn't that a lot of wealth? You must know that the price of honey is very expensive, and there was honey in the tribute that Tubo paid to the Tang Dynasty. For those dignitaries, honey and honey are things they need very much, do you understand now? ”

  Everyone knows about bees, but few people know about the honey produced by bees, because most bees store honey in their hives, and it is generally difficult for people to find it. Even those dignitaries and nobles in the Tang Dynasty now don't know where the honey they use comes from at all, and after listening to Zheng Linsuo, Na Yihong looked at everyone and said.

  "Alas! But even if that were the case, where were we going to get bees? Zheng Lin looked at the woods not far away and said, "In the woods over there, I found a few beehives, which should be all bees, they are large and have high yields." You can start with the hive, now you can only use the hive for the time being, but you also have to be careful, don't get stung, you have to protect your whole body, as for how to do it, I will start teaching you tomorrow. ”

  In the evening, Li Qi found Zheng Lin again and said, "How did you know about this idea of beekeeping?" Hearing this, I want to keep bees a little bit, and I think it should be fun. ”

  Zheng Lin smiled awkwardly and said, "Actually, I also know from an old man, he specializes in beekeeping and supplying it to the imperial court, and the price of honey is very expensive, and ordinary people can't afford it." The prince has been in Tibet for a long time, he should not be a stranger, just take this bowl of tea in front of him, if there is such a bowl of honey, according to my estimate, it should be able to sell for about ten taels of silver. ”

  "With the hives, I found them in the woods, so it shouldn't be a problem to get a bowl of honey, but to really keep bees, you need to make hives and partitions for beekeeping. The beehive is actually quite simple, carpentry can be made, and the partition should use a relatively hard silk thread, I will tell them the specific method, but the prince must remember that we only produce methods, not wealth. ”

  Li Qi nodded and said, "I understand, you want them to accomplish these things with their own abilities, only the wealth obtained in this way is permanent, right?" ”

  Zheng Lin smiled, didn't say anything, and when he arrived at the neighboring second, Zheng Lin took the villagers to the woods to get the beehive, and according to Zheng Lin's instructions, they all took the corresponding protection. In the morning, they retrieved about a dozen beehives, after all, there were still many bees, and then the villagers set up a tent according to Zheng Lin's instructions, and came out in a warm and dry environment.

  Zheng Lin also deliberately used one of the honeycombs to demonstrate how to take out the honey, first take out the honey from the honeycomb honey, then heat it, cool it down, and then filter and squeeze it with the mesh cloth prepared before, and finally you can get real honey. Then just put the hive back in the tent and hang it, and the bees would rebuild their home themselves, and in one fell swoop, they would take out about ten jars of honey, almost two jars the size of a bowl.

  After Zheng Lin kept the honey, and waited until the second, Zheng Lin took the village chief and the two of them to Pengcheng, intending to sell it. They found a booth at random, Zheng Lin wrote the words prepared in advance on a wooden board, and then the two waited quietly, and after a while, someone stopped in front of their stall, and after reading the words written on the board, the man asked.

  "Boss, this thing called honey is really so sweet, and it also has an effect on beauty?" Zheng Lin looked at the person, and the dress was quite luxurious, so he opened a half-bottle of honey, made some for him with bamboo chopsticks, and said: "If you don't believe it, you can taste it yourself, add this to the tea, it will taste better, it can also nourish the skin, and it is good for the body." ”

  After the man tasted it, his eyes widened, and he said, "It's really sweet, how can this be sold?" ”

  "You're the first guest, how about giving you a special price, a jar of silver or two? We're only 10 cans now, and it's more expensive later, so it's on a first-come, first-served basis! ”

  The man took out the silver and handed it to Zheng Lin, and said, "In this way, I'll take two cans, if it's really delicious, I'll buy it next time." Zheng Lin handed the man two jars of honey and said: "You have made a lot of money, you know, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty drank this, remember not to put too much in the tea, a little is enough, and it will cost five taels of silver a jar!" ”

  In this way, Zheng Lin and the others sold their neighbor a sum of money, and after the man left, there were more people who came to buy honey.