Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 675 Prepare to welcome new species

After listening to the younger sister's narration, Sun Xiangfu covered his forehead depressedly, and kept saying, "Miscalculation, miscalculation, that kid Li Ke is too unkind..."

Seeing his appearance, Sun Xiaomei was very embarrassed and said, "If elder brother insists on not wanting to have anything to do with the royal family, younger sister, younger sister will never give him good looks from now on."

What Sun Xiaomei said was very unconvincing. From her performance, Sun Xiangfu knew that his little sister had already moved his mind, so he said, "It's not that I have to have no relationship with the royal family, but it can't be too cheap. Boy, remember it for me. Before you are eighteen, you are not allowed to have any physical contact with him. Moreover, during this period, don't give him any good looks. If he is really caring and can stand up to Zong The pressure from the government and all parties, if you are alone, then you are qualified to discuss marriage with you."

"Ah~ this..."

"This is the most basic condition for him to marry you. If he can't even do this, then it's out of the question."

One word from Sun Xiangfu set the tone for Sun Xiaomei's lifelong events. Now Li Ke, who is building a thatched hut by the dock in Jinan County, doesn't know that there will be a four-year-long cruel test waiting for him. !

In the remote waters of South America, ten large steel-clad ships, carrying dozens of animals, seeds and fruits of hundreds of plants, as well as more than [-] people in the fleet and hundreds of Mayans, have entered the place where they went. According to Zhao Long's calculations for the smooth and windless channel, he planned to start the journey only in April and May.

However, Zhao He is a farmer, and he knows the importance of seasons for growing crops. If he returns in July and August, many crops will not be able to be planted this year, or even be abandoned. Therefore, not long after the sisal was found , he suggested that Zhao Long set off immediately and return to the voyage. In this way, if all goes well, they can return to Datang before March and plant a large part of the crops. It takes only two months to reach Luzon Island, which is faster than Magellan who sailed from South America to Luzon Island for the first time. From Luzon Island to Guangzhou Bay, it only takes more than ten days. , the whole process shall not exceed three months.

Sailing on a ship is very boring, but with hundreds of Mayans accompanying them, the crew has more things to do. Teaching them to learn Chinese is something the crew must do every day. People with language talent gradually began to master their language, so as the communication deepened, they understood the Mayan civilization more and more.

"Uncle, their Mayan totem is very similar to our dragon. It's called Feathered Serpent. In my opinion, if we stick some feathers on the big guys we caught, we can make them live totems." Zhao He today He gained a lot from the Maya and showed off to Zhao Long.

"Didn't someone say it belonged to a leopard two days ago? Why did it become a feathered snake again?"

"That kind of beautiful leopards are regarded as gods by them. We hunted two of them and got a litter of cubs. If they hadn't reminded me, I would not have known that these little leopards look like cat cubs. They will be as ferocious as lions and tigers! It seems that we have to quickly build a few strong cages and lock them up."

"Well, leopards are ferocious by nature, so we need to prepare early. In addition, carrying these things on the boat consumes a lot of meat. You have to tell everyone to catch more big fish every day."

"Well, those anacondas can eat a meal for two or three days! It's those tapirs who like to eat green food. It's a little troublesome. Every day, they get some bean sprouts and sweet potato leaves I planted on the boat for them to eat. The amount of green vegetables we all eat has decreased a lot.”

Tapirs were also found in the south of Yunnan during this period. Bamu in Rinan County sometimes hunted and dedicated them to Chang'an. Bai Juyi also wrote "Pan Praise for Tapirs" to describe them in detail. However, tapirs produced in South America , is somewhat different from the Asian tapir species, especially when it was young, the patterns and spots on its body are very beautiful and cute. This kind of animal is already an endangered animal in later generations. It is difficult to see this kind of animal in most zoos in our country. , Sun Xiangfu also saw the Asian tapir presented by Nichinan County in this era, so he thought of this species and listed it in the search list. Generally speaking, it is the most pig-like, but it has a long nose and rhinoceros-like hooves Many fossils of tapirs have been unearthed in Guizhou, my country in later generations, proving that it is a relatively ancient creature that can be hunted by humans, and its economic value is much higher than that of pigs.

As soon as he heard that Zhao He gave the sweet potato leaves on the boat to the animals, Zhao Long said anxiously, "Don't spoil the good things for those animals, we only brought a few hundred catties of sweet potatoes... "

Zhao He smiled and interrupted him, "You don't understand this again! The sweet potato leaves can be picked and eaten without affecting the growth of its root system. Moreover, not only these tapirs can eat, we People can eat it, but the place on the boat for planting is too small, otherwise, it would not be a problem to pinch some every day and cook a dish for the big guys."

Sweet potatoes may not be so delicious before they have been slightly mutated. In later generations, you can still buy sweet potatoes with dry meat and not very sweet. Some sweet potatoes are suitable for cooking, and some sweet potatoes are suitable for roasting Eat, such as powder department and pumpkin sweet potato, this is caused by different varieties, so after trying the taste of the sweet potato they collected locally, Zhao He is not very satisfied, because it is not as good as Sun Xiangfu described to him. sweet.

In fact, the method of sweetening sweet potatoes is very simple. After the cream is stored in the cellar, the meat will naturally become sweet. When Sun Xiangfu was a child, he often ate this kind of sweet potatoes that had been hidden in the cellar until the winter. Peel them and eat them raw. It is not inferior to apples and pears. Using such sweet potatoes with high sugar content as seeds, the sweet potatoes grown will naturally be sweeter, and the meat will become softer.

Unfortunately, its origin is in the subtropical region of South America, where the seasons are warm. People do not know how to put it in a low-temperature environment to increase the sugar content of the tubers and decrease the starch content, which will change the properties of its seeds.

Of course, even if the sugar content is changed, there are two reasons for 'low-temperature saccharification' and 'aging saccharification'. If you choose low-temperature saccharification to keep the cell activity in the tuber, the sweet potatoes grown will be sweeter and the yield will be higher. It is also the reason why the spring department planted in cooler weather usually has a higher yield and sweeter taste than the summer department.

Zhao He, who was determined to become the first person in Datang to successfully grow sweet potatoes, planted them on a boat as soon as he got the crop, and used the local temperature of nearly 110 degrees at that time as the source of the seeds. The tubers have not been saccharified too much. Counting them as summer department, the growth and maturity period only takes about [-] days. It is estimated that when he returned to Datang, the sweet potatoes he planted on the boat had already matured.

They were chatting and farting at sea, but they didn't know that on the far side, someone was already making preparations for their return.

The day before the Shangyuan Festival, Li Shimin invited all the officials of the seventh rank and above in Chang'an to have a banquet in the banquet hall on the first floor of Daming Palace. Excluding the space occupied by some kitchen and bathroom facilities, it is about the size of five football fields, much larger than the playground of Jiuyuan County School.

Therefore, after thousands of people attending the banquet walked into this brightly lit palace, it actually seemed very empty. Its maximum capacity was prepared for a one-time banquet for all ministers and officials above rank seven.

Then, the banquet that day lasted from dusk to midnight, and everyone was shocked by the things displayed by Jiuyuan County School, especially the cartoons.

The first episode is about stress.

In the second episode, it talks about the natural phenomenon of rain and thunder. This lets everyone know why there are thin, long, pointed needles on the top of the main palace of Daming Palace, and Chang'an City is newly built. The clock towers in the city all have such a needle-point design. It turns out that this is a lightning rod. At the same time, everyone also understands why the towers of the Taiji Palace and the Imperial City used to leak water during thunderstorms, because it is the tallest building in Chang’an City. .

In the third episode after that, it talked about gravity, why objects fall down, and talked about the origin of weight and some density calculation methods.

These never-before-presented knowledge simply stunned everyone. Of course, what shocked everyone the most was a speech made by a classmate on the small physics stage.

He first used a thick sweater to prove the principle of frictional electrification to everyone, explained to everyone why some fires occurred inexplicably in winter, and told everyone that these electricity can actually be used. It is necessary to find an insulator, just wrap it in a metal with better conductivity. Even when Sun Xiangfu gave them a lecture, he said that the overseas exploration fleet is looking for this kind of species that is most suitable for insulators.

Even electricity can be used. For people in this period, it is actually like a fairy tale. However, the Academy of Weapons can develop a weapon that looks like the wrath of a god, although few people present have seen that thing with their own eyes. , but everyone knows its existence, so now no one will not believe what this student said.

Then, everyone understood why the doctors or students from the Imperial College were not invited to participate in today's banquet. Li Shimin said that these new knowledge will not be spread to the outside world for the time being. The ministers also try not to speak to foreigners.

Then, it was announced that Sun Zhengming was the Duke of Nongguo and the official post of Prince Shaoshi. At the same time, Li Shimin also announced the list of princes who went to Jiuyuan County to study and grow rice after the Shangyuan Festival, including Li Shimin's The sons are Li You, King of Qi, Li Yun, King of Shu, Li Yun, King of Jiang, and Li Zhen, King of Yue. The youngest among them, Li Zhen, is only ten years old this year.

And because of Sun Xiangfu's time travel, Li Shimin's personal trajectory has also changed completely. All the children born after the first year of Zhenguan did not follow the history. He was not born, but in general, Li Shimin has five more sons than in history, that is to say, now, he still has ten sons who are not yet ten years old, and among them, Empress Changsun lives in Jiuyuan County. She was pregnant with the fourteenth prince Li Rui, who is now one year old.

As for Li Yuan, there are many more. In history, he should have passed away this summer, but now, he enjoys playing in the amusement park in Xingong every day. Fortunately, he has several talented people. Xiunu, the number of sons has also risen to 31. Among them, who are ten years old and who are going to study in Jiuyuan County this time, Youdao King Li Yuanqing, Deng Wang Li Yuanyu, Shu Wang Li Yuanming, Lu King Li Lingkui, Chen Wang Li Yuanxiang, The secret king Li Yuanxiao six people, plus Li Shimin's four sons, these ten people are the new prince's rice planting class.

However, Li Shimin specifically mentioned "learning" and rice planting in the imperial decree, which means that Li Shimin recognized the knowledge taught in Jiuyuan County. Zou invited the education reform under Shannan Dao's rule, and he also supported it.

Then, the minds of the ministers in the court and the central government were moved. Li Shimin's imperial decree and the prince's class have just started!The pleading letter arrived at Sun Xiangfu first, and there was no other content. Those related households, please Sun Xiangfu must send all the children of their family to Jiuyuan County to study and learn these miraculous new knowledge.

Therefore, just a few days after the Shangyuan Festival, Sun Xiangfu, who knew that he would restore his official title and freedom, had already started to prepare for a long trip. As for those little princes!After receiving the order to accept them, it would be better to hand them over to those great princes to teach them.

(End of this chapter)