In Yangzhou's largest restaurant, Zuixianju, Gao Fuji feasted the personnel returning from the expedition fleet, feasted for three days, rewarded rich rewards, and doubled the compensation for the personnel who failed to return, and they were all happy. Three days later, it was a month-long vacation, and when all the dust settled, Gao Buer plunged into the laboratory of Qingbei University.

"How, I saw it at the wharf, semi-finished rubber is basically suitable for use, we have to save some use, these rubber are basically amazing, the newly planted rubber trees don't know how much they can live, even if they can live, they can't produce rubber every year or two."

Shi Yue, who was busy, glanced at Gao Fuji who slammed the door: "Don't worry, we know how to cherish it better than you." ”

"You can't be afraid to cherish it, you still have to do the experiments that should be done, and you will continue to improve."

"Hmph, my heart is different." Ever since I looked at others, although Gongyi Shiyue was wearing a bikini at the time, Gao Fuji didn't have much confidence in front of Gongyi Shiyue, don't look at what they say and don't care, who knows if there are any rules or customs in their family that ruin people's views.

Gao Buer ran to the rubber container that was being vulcanized, took a tiptoe look, and saw that everyone was busy, and he couldn't help it, so he came to the office leisurely, waiting for Li Fayuan to arrive.

Li Fayuan got up early in the morning, and his sparse daughter-in-law saw him carrying a worn-out animal skin bag into his arms, and said strangely: "What is this strange bag containing, it is not like my Datang crop seeds, there are round and flat, and I have a flower door." ”

"I don't know the specifics, when I came back from the Americas, the indigenous patriarch there gave me something before leaving, and I thought it should be something that could be edible, and I will understand it when I see King Zhou in person and ask for advice."

"You said that King Zhou is not very old, he seems to know everything, and he has become the second person in the Tang Dynasty at a young age, which is really enviable."

Li Fayuan grabbed a handful of his mother-in-law's face and said with a smile: "Regret? Married to the uncle, it's late! ”

After saying that, he laughed and left, leaving where the mother-in-law stomped her feet.

In the office of Gao Buer of Qingbei College, Li Fayuan sat opposite Gao Buer, and Gao Buer said: "This trip has been out for more than two and a half years, and I have suffered a lot of crimes." ”

"What the emperor said is that although we thought of all the difficulties we could think of before leaving, there were still a lot of situations, when we encountered Japanese pirates in the waters of Goguryeo, and hurricanes in the Bering Sea, fortunately, Lu Jiutong was used to seeing the sea, so that the fleet did not deviate too much from the course."

Although Li Fayuan said lightly, Gao Fuji can know the danger of this trip just from what he said, and it is unthinkable to escape in a hurricane even in the future, in addition to good driving skills, to a large extent, thanks to God's gifts.

"How do you find rubber trees in the Americas?"

"Grandpa Huang, we did not arrive in South America on this trip, according to the itinerary should arrive in North America, where we met the cannibals you said, the language barrier, in the beginning caused a lot of trouble, in order to make them obedient, we used force to deter, the effect is more significant, a lot of semi-finished rubber is boiled by them, before we arrive, they will use this thing, according to what you said, we are gracious and powerful, taught them the Tang dialect, We also told them about our willingness to trade. ”

Gao Buer nodded and said: "You are doing a very good job, but you can take on a big responsibility, yes, with the advent of the industrial age, we still need a lot of rubber, only local planting can obviously not meet the demand, in the long run, or indispensable will carry out foreign trade, since it is trade, we must abide by the principle of integrity and fairness, otherwise trade will be abnormal, directly affecting our industrialization process." ”

"Grandpa Huang, is industrialization really full of vitality? Will the machines get smaller and smaller? ”

"This is inevitable, with the upgrading of the steam engine, tractors, trains, ships and so on these new tools will appear, which drives the development of the whole society in all walks of life, in the future we want to let this kind of self-run machinery run all over the Tang Dynasty, haven't you noticed? Add an iron armor to the tractor, and charging into battle is not much less flexible than the flesh of a horse, and the key thing is that this thing only needs to have fuel. ”

"Raw materials?"

"It's what the steam engine burns."

"Isn't there wood?"

"Wood is not the most ideal fuel, the most ideal material is coal and stone paint in the population of the Western Regions, these two are the blood of the industrial age, although there will be certain problems, but compared with the rich food of the industrial age, at present, it is still very worthwhile, once the stone paint and coal are widely used, then the steam engine will undergo earth-shaking changes."

Li Fayuan looked at the spittle that Gao Buer said, nodded again and again, although there were still many doubts in his heart, but he didn't ask again, taking advantage of Gao Buer's rest, he took out the animal skin bag given by the old patriarch and handed it to Gao Buer.

"Shout, you kid has grown up, you know how to honor the elderly, and you bring me a gift alone."

"This is a gift from the old patriarch of the Americas before leaving, it is said that it is the seeds of the plants that can be used in the ancient hands of their tribe, and the specific name is not too clear, so please take a look."

Gao Buer nodded, his eyes lit up, because among the many seeds, he actually saw the seeds of chili peppers, and for a moment he felt that Datang was also very good, and he could also eat hot pot.