On the New Year's Day of the 326th year of the Great Song Dynasty, Hangzhou was extremely lively. Zhao Jiaren originally wanted to accompany the queen out for a walk, but a piece of news made Zhao Jiaren stay at the residence, and he also found Xiong Shangshu who was about to go out.

Xiong Shang did not feel pain because of overtime, and when he reached the age of 40, he found housework more difficult to handle. Moreover, Xiong Shangshu himself also hopes to be able to complete the Xiong family's farm in Hebei and get more support from the official family. At this time, if you work extra shifts, it is easy to get the favor of Zhao Guan's family.

"How are we doing in Eastern Rome?" Zhao Jiaren asked Xiong Sheng directly.

Xiong Sheng knew why Zhao Jiaren asked that. Since last year, there has been an epidemic of plague in Eastern Rome. The nobles of Constantinople fell ill and died of the plague or fled to hide in the manors on the outskirts, but the members of the Great Song Mission in Constantinople were unharmed. The upper echelons of Constantinople began to ask for help from the Great Song Embassy.

"Official. At present, Mongolia is at war with Egypt, and the communication roads are interrupted. If we wanted to help the Eastern Romans, we had to impart some knowledge about hygiene and epidemic prevention. ”

Zhao Jiaren didn't speak immediately after hearing this. Until now, there has been no infectious disease on Earth that can spread to every corner of the planet by the movement of air alone. The spread of the plague is still close to the proximity and it is more likely to be infected. At this time, Mongolia was in the Middle East, next to the Eastern Roman Empire. The plague of the Eastern Roman Empire easily spread to the Mongol territory. If the Great Song Dynasty taught the Eastern Roman Empire about epidemic prevention, the Mongols would have been able to obtain the relevant knowledge and technology easily.

Xiong Sheng guessed Zhao Jiaren's thoughts, if the plague occurred in the Great Song Dynasty, the Zhao official family would naturally lead the imperial court to go all out. The Great Song Dynasty has a patriotic health month every year, and health and epidemic prevention have been raised to a patriotic height. Many walls are perennially written with slogans of 'health and epidemic prevention, patriotism and patriotism'.

However, for overseas epidemic prevention, Zhao Guan's compassion is very limited. The reason is very simple, if overseas countries perished due to the plague, the Great Song Dynasty could easily take over. Just when Xiong Sheng believed that the Zhao Guanjia was likely to ignore the Eastern Rome, he heard Zhao Jiaren say: "Do you think they can withstand teaching certain concepts and techniques to the Eastern Rome?" ”

"This ......," Xiong Shang found it difficult to judge. As far as he knew, the sanitary situation in the countries of Eastern Rome and Europa was extremely unclean. The cities themselves are huge garbage dumps. However, Xiong Shangshu was Shangshu after all, and he immediately found an excuse, "Those nobles' manors should be able to be kept." ”

Zhao Jiaren smiled at such a subtle answer, "Hmph." You can say that again. ”

"Official. We in Dasong invest so much in sanitation every year. Where do the Western countries have the money to make these investments? I've heard that Constantinople has inherited Rome and the idea of a public water supply, a public bathhouse, and a public toilet. The Europa barbarians farther west did not inherit this idea at all after destroying Rome. If the Great Song Dynasty helped the Eastern Romans, the Eastern Romans still felt that the Great Song Dynasty was alarmist and added trouble to them. ”

When Zhao Jiaren heard this, he was completely relieved. If the knowledge provided by the Great Song Dynasty could not allow ordinary people to enjoy the epidemic prevention effect, then the epidemic prevention knowledge could be provided to the Eastern Rome. In such an era when the aristocracy was in power, appropriate help could also increase the goodwill of the upper echelons of Eastern Rome towards the Great Song Dynasty.

"That's it. Tell the Eastern Roman mission that we are willing to help Eastern Rome. If they don't think something is right, they can leave. ”

"Where do you go if you leave Eastern Rome? The Mongols were at war with Egypt, and the roads were already broken. They can't be allowed to come back in a circle around Nanzhan Buzhou in the south. ”

"It would be nice to have a stronghold in the Mediterranean. That way, you don't have to snort anymore. Zhao Jiaren couldn't help but sigh.

Although Xiong Shang felt that it made sense, the Mediterranean Sea was tens of thousands of miles away from the Great Song Dynasty, and it was not easy to seize a stronghold.

After the monarch finished talking about this work, Xiong Sheng asked Zhao Jiaren about his suggestions on the ranch. Zhao Jiaren asked Xiong Sheng to consider raising sheep and shearing sheep.

"The College of Agriculture has also started to breed sheep. But there are no good varieties in the short term. You can make do with the long-haired sheep that have been bred first. Zhao Jiaren said with some disappointment. In the 21st century, sheep are divided into sheep and goats. Zhao Jiaren thought that this was the kind that already existed. It was only at this age that he discovered that the sheep of later generations covered in dense and fluffy wool did not exist. Sheep in this era were raised for meat, and whether the hair was long or not was not considered. After getting to know each other, Zhao Jiaren could only let the Agricultural College engage in breeding, and strive to breed the kind of sheep that specialize in hair.

Xiong Xiang didn't know what a sheep was, but he knew that it was a type of sheep. After listening to Zhao Jiaren's suggestion, he happily responded: "We will do what the official family tells us to do." ”

"When you get to Hebei, you have to divide the pastures. When raising sheep, every once in a while, change the pasture. Let the border collies drive the sheep to the corresponding pastures. Those border collies are very smart and have them as helpers. It can save a lot of effort. ”

"The minister will definitely do his best." Xiong Shang replied.

Leaving from Zhao Jiaren, Xiong Sheng was very suspicious of where the Zhao Guan's knowledge came from. Just listening to what he said, it was like a veteran who was proficient in herding. At least he is also a professional teacher at the Faculty of Agriculture. However, Xiong Sheng knows very well that Zhao Guanjia is engaged in government affairs every day, and he really has never been a teacher in agriculture.

When he got home, Xiong Shangshu prepared to work. The New Year's Day holiday is only seven days, and the seven-day holiday will pass in a blink of an eye. The arrangement on Dongluo's side is not simple, and it needs to be planned carefully. At this time, Xiong Shangshu's children all came home, and Xiong Shangshu was about to go to the house, when he was pulled by his daughter to see Shangshu's granddaughter, who had just turned one year old.

Seeing the child, Shangshu couldn't help but want to hug this little thing. The little guy is light and fluffy, except that he doesn't like to talk, and he is completely cute. Now Da Song has cotton, and there are diapers. So the taste of the little thing is very good, and it becomes more and more cute.

"Baby, call Mommy. Mom. Shangshu's daughter tempted her to speak with a piece of fluffy cake. The little thing looked up at the cake, then lowered its big pretty eyes and looked at the table. The long eyelashes hung down like the wings of a bird. made Xiong Shangshu feel that his heart had melted.

Seeing his daughter tempting the doll to speak alone, Xiong Shangshu couldn't help but defend his granddaughter: "This baby is noble and doesn't like to talk." ”

"I'm a year old and still haven't spoken, and I seem to be later than others." Xiong Shangshu's wife expressed her opinion from a woman's perspective. After finishing speaking, Mrs. Xiong said to Bian Mu: "Yuanyuan, you are not allowed to eat, do you hear?" ”

Xiong Shangshu turned his head to look at his dog, and saw it staring at the cake pitifully, if it wasn't for the owner's permission, it would probably have to go up and eat the cake in its mouth. Even so, that kind of unhurried appearance made Xiong Shangshu smile.

"Mom. Call Mom. Mother...... Mother. Shangshu's daughter continued to tease the child.

Maybe it's because you really don't like to talk, or maybe you know that even if you don't have to speak, the cake will be put in your mouth sooner or later. The little guy remained unmoved, just looking at the texture on the table.

"Mom...... Mother...... Mom, Mommy. Some murky voices came. Shang Shu looked at it with a rather strange accent, and saw that Bian Mu couldn't help but make a sound.

When Shang Shu's granddaughter heard this, she didn't speak, and pushed her head on Bian Mu's head.

Even if you don't eat it yourself, you won't let others take possession of it. The little guy's instinctive reaction made the adults laugh.

In the evening, Shangshu writes a plan in his study. At this time, it has reached the last paragraph, and after considering many conditions, the knowledge content that Da Song can provide does not include the principles of bacteriology up to now, at most it tells that the plague is too small to be seen by the naked eye. It is transmitted through various filths and mosquito bites.

Mrs. Shangshu pushed the door and entered. Sitting down next to Shang Shu, Madame asked a little uneasily, "Official, do you think there is something wrong with this round circle?" ”

"What's wrong?" Xiong Shangshu said casually.

"It learned to speak in order to eat this mouthful. Have you ever seen anything like this? ”

"Parrots are not the same. You don't think there's anything strange about starlings. ”

"Yuanyuan is a dog, not a parrot." Madame replied dissatisfiedly: "I haven't told you some things, I don't let Yuanyuan pee anywhere." Not long ago, Yuan Yuan was naughty, and he peed everywhere. I was dozing off at the moment, so I didn't bother to pay attention to him. Unexpectedly, it saw that I was not paying attention, so it secretly moved the water bowl over and knocked it over. It was to make me think that it was not peeing, and that the puddle on the ground was water. ”

"Haha!" Xiong Shangshu was amused by this incident, "I didn't expect Yuanyuan to be smarter than the officials in our department." Those officials did something wrong, and they couldn't even cover it up. I only know strong arguments. ”

Seeing that her husband's heart was so big, Mrs. Xiong said angrily: "Official! Don't you think you're round? ”

If it is the 21st century, there will be the extermination of the feudal guild and Taoism, and the law that animals cannot become sperm after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Surely no one would have come up with such a ridiculous idea. But this is the Song Dynasty, and even Xiong Shangshu can't laugh. After such a period of getting along, the dog's performance proves that it can not only understand the meaning of the owner, but even understand human words. If it doesn't understand, it won't try to get food anyway by calling Mommy.

Thinking of having a dog at home who could understand these things, Shangshu also began to feel a little uncomfortable. Looking at the lady's expression, Shang Shu asked tentatively: "Either we send it to Hebei to shepherd sheep, this dog is originally called a border collie, and it is used for shepherding sheep." ”

"It's fine." Hearing that she was going to send the dog away, Mrs. Shangshu hesitated. But she had never seen such a smart dog in her life, and the uneasiness was from the heart.

After appeasing his wife, Xiong Shang was not so panicked. He is a person who has studied materialism, and now the officials of the Great Song Dynasty are rectifying feudal superstition. Whoever dares to openly express his belief in gods and Buddhas will be questioned by the officials. If you stand your ground, you will be fired. Zhao Guanjia said clearly, "Whoever can prove that the gods and Buddhas really exist, come out and demonstrate it publicly." In the face of such a serious inquiry, no one in the Manchu Dynasty dared to come out to offer ugliness.

And when Zhao Jiaxin gave Xiong Shangshu the dog, he said that the border collie is extremely smart, incredibly smart. With this statement, Xiong Sheng is not so worried.

As soon as New Year's Day passed, Xiong Shangshu took out the arranged documents in the Ministry of Rites. The plan was quickly perfected by the people below, and on the tenth day of the first month, it was first sent to Siam by telegram. Then go out to sea from the Siamese side.

After solving the work, Shangshu gathered his people together to discuss the matter of going to Hebei to open up. The clansmen here suffered last time, and this time they trusted Xiong Shangshu, the patriarch, very much, and quickly determined the members of the pioneer.

agreed on a date to go north, and Xiong Shangshu was called by Zhao Guan's family again. This time, the Zhao official family asked the Ministry of Rites to send a document to the Wa Kingdom, asking them to open up a trading place for the Great Song Dynasty on the southern side of the Seto Inland Sea. The Zhao official family did not hide from Shangshu, and directly told him that the Great Song Dynasty was going to cultivate pearls in the Seto Inland Sea. So this trading point is more about water. Da Song needs to have a very large degree of freedom over there.

Anyone who buys pearls knows Akoya, Akoya is not a brand name or a name of origin, it is a variety of saltwater pearls. Pearls can be divided into two categories: freshwater pearls and saltwater pearls. The Akoya pearl is born in the ocean, this shellfish originated in the South China Sea, in Japan called "Akoya oyster", which is actually a transliteration of Japanese, Chinese also called "Akoya".

The natural Akoya pearl has been around since ancient times, and it is documented that it originated in the South China Sea, and was called "Nanzhu" at that time. In the Han Dynasty, there was the story of "Hepu returning pearls", and in the Song Dynasty, a large number of natural pearls produced by Pinctada malpincta oysters were collected in the coastal area of Hepu, Guangxi, and there are still the ruins of "Pearl City" (now known as Bailongwei) where the ministers of the Qin Missions collected pearls. In ancient times, these pearls were called "wazu" in Japan, and they were very popular. However, due to overfishing and marine pollution, the production of natural Akoya pearls is decreasing, and people have begun to develop artificial cultivation techniques.

When it comes to pearl farming technology, we have to mention Mr. Kokichi Mikimoto, the founder of Mikimoto. In 1893, Kokichi Mikimoto became the first person in the world to successfully cultivate pearls and applied for a patent for the technology. Later, under the leadership of Mikimoto, Japan's modern pearl cultivation technology gradually improved, and successfully invented the core cultivation technology of saltwater pearls, opening a new chapter in the history of modern pearl development.

The Seto Inland Sea in Japan has a smooth current, making it ideal for cage culture of saltwater pearls. In the South China Sea, there are often wind and waves, which increases the risk. If it's small-scale, it's fine, but if it's large-scale, there will be a lot of problems. The Seto Inland Sea in Japan has a smooth current, making it ideal for cage culture of saltwater pearls. In the South China Sea, there are often wind and waves, which increases the risk. If it's small-scale, it's fine, but if it's large-scale, there will be a lot of problems.

After Xiong Sheng heard this order, he didn't talk nonsense and immediately went back to do business.

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