The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

After arriving at the meeting hall, everyone slowly took their seats, and everyone talked about what happened after Xinliang's construction was completed.

Gu Yuzhi supported his chin with both hands and swayed his calves slightly. He tilted his head to look at this and that. He felt that he was so happy that he was about to fly.

Only the guard Qi was restless, looking at this and that, and after a while he lowered his head heavily.

As expected, he was the only one who "betrayed" His Highness.

However, if no one told him, he would feel that there was nothing wrong with being a guard in Xinliang and being happy every day.

But after General Lu said it, he had an infinite yearning for life in the army.

It's not that he doesn't want to be with His Highness, it's just that he also has his own ambitions and wants his martial arts skills to be fully utilized.

Listening to everyone laughing and talking about where they can go on study tours in the future, they also laughed and tried to stumble each other, trying to find ways to make them do more things.

For the first time, Guard Qi had doubts about himself.

He scratched his head vigorously. He couldn't understand these things, and he didn't want to tell Xie Changshi and the others. He just thought to himself that he would write to his brother when he got back later and ask him what he should do.

After Gu Yuzhi listened happily for a while, he gently clapped his little hands and silenced the meeting hall.

He looked at Chen Dianyi and smiled: "Chen Dianyi, this time we came directly from Jingxiang to Xinliang. We have something very important to tell you."

Gu Yuzhi blinked at Xie Changshi with his big eyes. Xie Changshi instantly understood what he meant, nodded and took over the conversation: "A few days ago, His Highness read an article about mulberry paper from an ancient book."

"Your Highness is thinking that the current paper is relatively thin and easy to penetrate. If you don't pay attention, the paper will be wasted."

Gu Yuzhi nodded his head and continued: "The ancient book said that mulberry paper is flexible and has strong tensile strength, is not easy to penetrate, and is also moth-proof."

He chuckled: "Chen Dianyi, let's plant more mulberry trees this year. Anyway, even if we can't make mulberry bark paper, we can still pick mulberry leaves and raise silkworms."

No matter how you calculate it, you won’t suffer any loss.

Chen Dianyi did not expect that this year's wasteland reclamation task would temporarily include the task of planting mulberry trees.

Chen Dianyi wanted to say that it was more important to wait a while and collect grain first, but then he thought about it. The textile shop had already opened. As long as Wen's Trading Company made enough money, even buying grain would not matter.

Chen Dianyi nodded and said, "Okay, I'll tell you to go down later and dispatch some people to find a place to plant mulberry trees."

Since His Highness wants to plant a mulberry forest, it would be better to choose a place slightly far away from Xinliang City.

Chen Dianyi frowned slightly: "But I'm afraid this mulberry forest won't be able to grow well this year. We need to wait two more years. After all, it's hard to find saplings."

Last year, His Highness asked them to plant more poplar trees around official roads and fertile fields, saying that they could play a role in preventing wind and sand.

Because the saplings are still a little small, they haven't seen any big effects yet, but poplar trees have sprung up in Mobei, and other trees have been cut down in many places. Mulberry trees are probably hard to find.

The most important thing is that Chen Dianyi doesn't know how to plant mulberry trees. After the meeting is over, he has to go to Yu Xing to ask.

Xie Changshi nodded lightly when he heard this: "The requirements for this mulberry paper are branches that are two to three years old, so don't be too anxious about this, just take your time." Chen Dianyi hummed, thinking of the characteristics of mulberry paper, Chen Dianyi and others The man became interested and asked Gu Yuzhi some details about mulberry paper.

Gu Yu had to ask Shu Xiaohan if he knew, but Shu Xiaohan had only seen it and had not performed any specific operations, and he did not know the details.

He could only scratch his head and said according to Professor Xie Changshi's previous method: "The ancient books just mentioned it briefly. I don't know the specific paper-making method."

"It should be more difficult, otherwise why was it lost?"

Thinking about it this way, it seems to make sense.

Chen Dianyi nodded and said: "Your Highness, how about this, let's plant mulberry trees and explore bit by bit at the same time."

The mulberry forest has not yet been established, so there is no way to make mulberry paper in large quantities, but they can try it out first.

Maybe when the mulberry forest is built, suitable mulberry bark will be available, and their papermaking technology will also be developed.

Liu Dianyi, who has always been reticent, also nodded: "What Chen Dianyi said is that we cannot waste time on this aspect. Now that we have this idea, we will do our best to do it."

"If what is recorded in the ancient books is true, then His Highness has done another good deed that benefits the country and the people!"

Facing the many loving eyes, Gu Yuzhi squinted his eyes and smiled a little naively, shouting silently: "These good things are not done by me, they are all done by Teacher Shu!"

He pursed his lips and said, "It would be great if you, Teacher Shu, could appear in front of everyone and let everyone know that you are the one who has done great things that benefit the country and the people."

Shu Xiaohan touched his head: "These are not my doings, but the wisdom of the ancients. And I was just lucky enough to be born in an era of equality and happened to learn this knowledge."

"Little Prince, whether it is sweet potatoes, potatoes, or cotton, in our era, the planting methods were public. And the meaning of our Academy of Agricultural Sciences' existence is to work hard to increase the yield of crops, whether it is grain, cotton, mulberry or It’s another crop.”

She smiled: "My dear prince, this is the importance of sharing knowledge and opening a college."

Gu Yuzhi nodded blankly, as if he understood a little, but also seemed a little unclear.

Shu Xiaohan originally wanted to say that the academy should not be limited to learning how to recite poetry and write eight-legged essays, but should also teach other aspects of knowledge like the women's school discussed earlier.

For example, the old farmer Yu Xing can teach everyone his methods of farming and increasing yields...

But as soon as the words came to her lips, Shu Xiaohan swallowed them back.

This is the feudal ancient times, and the status of literati here is very high. If the college founded by the young prince teaches people how to farm, how to do business, etc., I am afraid that as soon as this news gets out, the college of the young prince will be besieged.

Gu Yuzhi raised his head and glanced at Shu Xiaohan, feeling that Teacher Shu's expression was a bit strange, but he couldn't figure out what was strange.

He pursed his lips, took over Liu Dianyi's words and said, "I'm just lucky."

With good luck, he was chosen by Teacher Shu and Shopkeeper Wen after arriving in Mobei. They taught him step by step how to do business and make money, how to identify plants, and allowed him to make profits from these plants.

He was telling the truth, but Chen Dianyi and others didn't take it seriously. After looking at each other, they laughed.