Li Er of the Tang Dynasty: Ancestor Xie is here!

Chapter 38: Telling Ministers about Technology
Among the remaining officials, they were all on the same side as Li Shimin. Even Wei Zheng, who was at odds with Li Shimin, was actually on the same front as Lao Li.

In terms of personality charm, Li Shimin is not only ranked first in the 5000-year history, but he can at least be said to be in the top five.

"May I ask Your Majesty, what is technology?" Wei Zheng was the first to ask.

Li Shimin naturally answered according to the script. Seeing that the courtiers did not fully understand the importance of technology, Li Qing showed them two movies using holographic projections.

This time we are showing the Battle of Midway and the "Liberation" trilogy filmed by Big Brother.

Several military generals, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Gong, Cheng Zhijie, and Hou Junji, stood up involuntarily when they first saw the plane.

Just imagine, which general can resist the temptation of aircraft, ships and cannons?
"If there is such a magical weapon, why does Li Yaoshi need to raid Yinshan?" Yuchi Gong patted his fat belly, "Only one partial army can defeat the Turks!"

He was referring to the torrent of tanks rushing through Kursk.

"His Royal Highness the King of Qin means that if we develop according to the guidelines you gave, the Tang Dynasty will also be able to possess such an artifact in the near future?"

As expected of Lingyan Pavilion's first achievement, Changsun Wuji immediately understood the true meaning of Li Qing showing them the movie.

In his excitement, he even pulled off one of his beards and gasped in pain.

"The development of productivity is never achieved overnight," Li Qing spread his hands and expressed regret, "but at least it is certain that if Datang fully develops technology with my help, we may be able to create these things in a few decades. ”

He wasn't sure, so he would draw the cake first.

"I think it's feasible!" Fang Xuanling said with cupped hands.

Wei Zheng reached for the potato chips in Cheng Yaojin's arms, but found nothing.He was not embarrassed, but asked: "With all due respect, His Highness King Qin, can your so-called technology have products related to people's livelihood?"

"Of course there is."

The words were too pale to describe, Li Qing waved his hand, and the holographic image began to play.

"This is a medium-sized combine harvester," Li Qing pointed to the harvester working in the field in the picture. "You should also know what it does when you see the picture. It can harvest about three hundred to five hundred acres of land a day."

"This is a large mechanized cultivator," Li Qing pointed at the giant cultivator in the picture and introduced: "This thing can cultivate nearly two hundred acres of farmland in half an hour. There are also small, medium-sized ones, Depending on the model, the workload is different.”

Wei Zheng looked at the roaring machinery in the picture with bright eyes. He wanted to rush inside and grab one.

It's a pity that he can only watch and worry.

"Here, this is indica hybrid rice, with a yield of more than 1000 kilograms per mu." Li Qing continued to introduce to the emperors of the Tang Dynasty, "There are also potatoes and sweet potatoes, which are high-yielding crops with a yield of four to five thousand kilograms per mu. They can be eaten as vegetables. , can also be used as food... These require the development of science and technology to cultivate."

"Rice... sweet potatoes... potatoes!" Li Shimin looked at the mountains of crops in the picture with bloodshot eyes, extremely jealous.

"Sweet potatoes and potatoes are here." Li Qing changed the screen into a world map as he spoke, "We will start from here by boat and arrive here..."

Along with his words, a striking light appeared in South America.

"If a steam ironclad is developed, a round trip will take about half a year, or even less." Li Qing said.After saying that, he looked up and saw something was wrong with the atmosphere.
Everyone was staring intently at the origin of the potatoes and sweet potatoes that Li Qing marked out, breathing heavily, with eyes that were choosing to devour others.

"The yield per mu is five thousand catties...the yield per mu is five thousand catties..." Fang Xuanling muttered tremblingly, his mind now completely occupied by high-yielding crops.

"Who dares to obstruct the development of science and technology! I, Wei Zheng, will fight to the death with him!" Wei Zheng stared at the location of South America with splitting eyes, wishing he could fly there right now to bring over high-yielding crops like potatoes and sweet potatoes.

"I beg you!" Several generals begged loudly: "Your Majesty, please send me a few sea ships. If you don't retrieve these crops for me, the Tang Dynasty, we will not be human!"

Li Qing sighed secretly, this is the Zhenguan court, a court that has not been polluted by the evil spirit...

"Generals, don't be impatient," Li Qing immediately persuaded them. "According to the existing shipbuilding technology, we cannot cope with the wind and waves on the sea at all. We must wait until the shipbuilding technology is discovered and mature."

"Then what should we do!" Niu Jinda said with tears in his eyes, "If we take it for a quarter of an hour every morning, maybe one person will not starve to death..."

"You can't joke with the lives of soldiers, General Niu." Li Qing sighed, "So what if you go to sea now? In the vast sea, with the current navigation technology, we can only rely on ocean currents to drift across. There is no way you can think of it in three to five years. A round trip?"

"With this time, steam iron-clad ships can be built!" Li Qing said with hatred, "Not only will the sailing speed be greatly improved, but the safety will also be guaranteed. Isn't it much better than the current sampans?"

"Is it true what His Highness King Qin said?" Niu Jinda suddenly raised his head, "Is it true that it only takes three to five years to build an armored ship?"

"Of course, as long as no one obstructs the development of science and technology!" Li Qing said firmly.

Niu Jinda took a deep breath and nodded seriously. He didn't say anything, but it could be seen from his eyes that anyone who dared to obstruct the development of science and technology would be dead.

"In addition, the development of science and technology goes beyond this. For example, airplanes..." Li Qing turned the screen again, this time to a pesticide-spreading airplane. "It can be used to spread pesticides and eliminate pests."

"This belongs to the categories of chemistry and biology. When it comes to biology, we can also completely eliminate the locust plague by studying the incompatible habits of living things!"

Li Qing turned his finger, and a group of beautiful birds with pink bellies appeared on the screen.

"This is a pink starling, which likes to eat locusts. Scientific research shows that when locusts are infested, the body will produce toxins, and this kind of pink starling is immune to this toxin. Even though they are not big, they can eat two meals a day. About a hundred locusts.”

The screen jumps again to a scene of pink starlings feeding their young with locusts in their mouths.

"This...there is such a magical bird in the world?" Li Shimin looked at the little bird in the picture with bright eyes. He already liked birds, so how could he not like the pink starling that likes to eat locusts?
Locust plagues in ancient times can be said to be one of the most serious natural disasters. From the beginning of records, locust plagues occurred once every 8.8 years on average during the Qin and Han Dynasties; once every 3.5 years during the Song Dynasty; once every 1.6 years during the Yuan Dynasty; and once every 2.8 years during the Ming and Qing Dynasties... …

Now it was possible to control the locust plague with this inconspicuous little bird, without the need for large-scale manpower hunting. For a moment, everyone, including Li Shimin, began to breathe quickly again.

"The world does not lack beauty, but lacks eyes to discover beauty." Li Qing pointed to his eyes.

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Please read it, good brothers, Dragon Girl kneels down to thank you!

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