Chapter 468: Alchemy
Food is the best way to get to know an unfamiliar environment.
It's just that without knowing it, Shao Zhiqiu and the others were still taken by Jiang Qian to a restaurant in Amu City that was specially opened for the merchants of the Great Zhou, instead of a place for the locals to eat.
Under Jiang Qian's explanation, everyone knew that in Danqi, the food enjoyed was also divided into levels, and many things were not allowed to be eaten by ordinary civilians, but in order to show Danqi's welcome to the merchants of the Great Zhou, the royal family of Danqi deliberately set up a separate restaurant for the Great Zhou people in every port, here, as long as you have money, you can eat absolutely delicious.
Even many wealthy local businessmen are willing to come here to dine.
As a result, they were unaware of the situation in advance.
However, this is also beneficial, they can talk to other Great Zhou merchants first and learn more about it.
It was still early when they arrived in Amu City, so they first wandered around the small nearby markets, which were originally intended to sell goods to the merchants of the Great Zhou, but later, because of the variety of goods, the locals would also come to buy and sell things.
"Mother... Mother, look at this! This one is so beautiful! ”
Qi Run picked up a cylindrical-like object, which Jiang Qian taught him to look at with his eyes, and turned the front part with his hand from time to time.
"Girl, this thing is called a kaleidoscope, it is a specialty of the foreign domain, the girl likes it, you can buy one back!"
"Daddy! Mother! Come and see! This one is so interesting! Let's buy some more and take them back to my sister-in-law and cousins, they must like it! ”
Qi Wu naturally didn't agree, "Since you like it, buy it back!" ”
Shao Zhiqiu did not pay attention to these at this time, but was studying Danqi's currency, which was also reserved for gold and silver, and the most basic coin was also copper coins.
After inquiring about the prices of items similar to Da Zhou, Shao Zhiqiu had a general idea of the general quality of life of the people in the city.
After a few days of traveling around the outer domain accompanied by Jiang Qian, Shao Zhiqiu finally became very interested in the alchemy here.
If I am not mistaken, this kind of thing seems to be the ancestor of a discipline called chemistry in the materials left by General Chai.
And chemistry is very important for the development of a country! This is also one of the reasons why the historical period in the materials left by General Chai is very similar to that of the Great Zhou, which led to the fall of the feudal dynasty.
Because of the backwardness of science and technology.
Chemistry is a very important part of science and technology.
Thinking of this, Shao Zhiqiu couldn't help but have a headache, those things are the most headache for Shao Zhiqiu today, she knows that it is very important, but she doesn't understand anything!
But now that the foreign domains have begun to sprout, development is inevitable, fortunately, as long as Da Zhou starts to start, it will not be too late, but she really doesn't understand this aspect of things, is it possible that after going back, let her learn from scratch?
Even if she is willing to learn, but her personal power is limited after all, she alone, it is impossible to learn all those knowledge at once, even if she learns, but General Chai also said, do not be radical, otherwise industrial development can not keep up with theoretical support, and no one knows what kind of consequences it will lead to.
When the family traveled, only Shao Zhiqiu was playing alone, and Qi Wu took Qi Run and Qi Heng to start a trip to buy foreign domains.
And Shao Zhiqiu and the others finally met Lu Dong, who was already full of foreign feudal specialties and was about to return to China at another port.
When Lu Dong saw Shao Zhiqiu, he was surprised and didn't come back to his senses for a long time, until Shao Zhiqiu invited him to the restaurant with a smile, and the two went to the side alone and talked for a while, Lu Dong knew that he was with Shao Zhiqiu and was the current emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty.
Although Shao Zhiqiu repeatedly emphasized that he didn't have to be formal, where did he say that he could relax?
He is traveling with him, the prince of the Great Zhou, if it is just the prince, he will be more respectful at most, and he will not be so out of shape, but who else is out of the prince? And now the eldest princess! And the Queen Mother! And the Emperor!
Each one of them can make him a little shorter!
Because of the inconvenience of communication at sea, it is also because the formation of each treasure ship is arranged in advance, this is still lucky, otherwise it will not be touched, Jiang Qian accompanied Qi Wu and the others on the side, but he was looking at Lu Dong in the rest of his eyes.
This person is the famous Lu Dong! Everyone in Luzhou knows the big emperor businessman! Even the prefect of Luzhou may not be able to get his respect so much! Jiang Qian, who has been walking outside for many years, if he didn't know that the identities of Shao Zhiqiu and the others were extraordinary at this moment, then he would be in vain, which was different from knowing that their identities were precious before, and now he felt that these people were probably more than just precious.
So in the following time, Jiang Qian became more cautious and cautious.
However, except for alchemy, there is nothing else that Shao Zhiqiu can particularly look at, on the contrary, Shao Zhiqiu went to see the goods that Lu Dong planned to transport back to Da Zhou.
And gave him some advice, and in the name of the imperial court, entrusted Lu Dong as much as possible to make sure that the Great Zhou Dynasty might not have any plants.
Enrich the species of the Great Zhou Dynasty as much as possible, maybe a certain species will have what kind of effect it will have in later generations, and it can also be handed over to He Luozi to let him see if there is any special medicinal use.
Especially the trees, Shao Zhiqiu asked Lu Dong to follow the principle of preferring to be in vain rather than indulge, and when he returned to the Great Zhou, he asked people to give Lu Dong a copy of the Great Zhou plant records that had been sorted out over the years, as long as there was nothing on it, or Lu Dong was not sure what it was, he could transport some back.
Samples are shipped first, and after the imperial court confirms it, it can be purchased from foreign feudal domains on a large scale.
Even Shao Zhiqiu proposed that if Lu Dong wanted to save effort, he could directly buy it directly from the royal family or magnates of Danqi Kingdom, and let them collect it on his behalf, and in return, the Great Zhou Dynasty could give the secret recipe of papermaking to Danqi Kingdom.
Lu Dong looked at Shao Zhiqiu in surprise and persuaded, "Now the paper purchased by the foreign domain from our Da Zhou is a lot of money!" ”
Shao Zhiqiu shook his head, "The skill of papermaking is not difficult, now it looks like at least there is an imitation in Danqi Kingdom, but the production process is not excellent, but it is a matter of time before it is improved, it is better for us to take this opportunity to give you a personal favor, and it is also convenient to do business in the future." ”
Lu Dong didn't expect Shao Zhiqiu to find so many details in just a few days, and after thinking about it, he felt that it was indeed the case, so he nodded and agreed.
As for why Shao Zhiqiu needed more kinds of plants, Lu Dong didn't dare to ask.
It was an accident that met Shao Zhiqiu and the others, which completely disrupted Lu Dong's previous plan, so out of consideration for the safety of Shao Zhiqiu and others, Lu Dong insisted on waiting for the two ships to be parallel after the transaction of the treasure ship that Shao Zhiqiu was riding was completed, so that if there was any danger, it would be better to take care of it.
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