Fortunately, Li Tai left a record of the use of the 160 taels of gold in Sinong Temple, and specifically stated that it was borrowed from Sinong Temple, so the matter was dropped.

This lets everyone know that Li Tai and Dou Jing have different anti-locust routes.

Of course, the vast majority of people in the court still sided with Dou Jing, after all, the theory of divine induction was too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

But at least he stopped biting Li Tai, and instead started staring at Zhao Yuankai.

After all, Li Tai only provided the money, and it was Zhao Yuankai who really used the money. If the money was embezzled by Zhao Yuankai, then naturally someone would impeach him without hesitation.

As for Zhao Yuankai, as long as he was an official in the same dynasty as Zhao Yuankai, no one would know that Zhao Yuankai had dirty hands and feet.

But in fact, Zhao Yuankai really had no intention of touching the money. He just wanted to keep his court uniform.

At this moment, Li Tai summoned Zhao Yuankai's craftsmen and were working hard to conquer the artificial egg hatching technology.

As for the turmoil in the court, Li Tai believed that until the main line of fighting locusts did not change, the turmoil in the court would not affect him.

"These censors are really capable of talking nonsense about anything!

Qingque is only eight years old. What bad intentions can he have? He just wants to fight the locusts wholeheartedly.

Without the backup files in Sinong Temple, he would be speechless and unable to explain clearly!"

As the storm of impeachment of Li Tai passed, Queen Changsun sat on the bed and got angry!

Li Shimin also felt helpless. He had always been rebuked by his ministers, but this time it was Empress Changsun's turn.

Qingque was hiding in the duck farm to study artificial egg hatching technology, but Queen Changsun was angry here and wanted to appease her.

"How about I order the censor to be reprimanded and fined severely, so that I can vent my anger on you and Qingque!" Li Shimin said.

"No saint!" Queen Changsun heard Li Shimin's words and quickly shook her head and said,

"It is their duty for the censor to report something, so how can they fine the censor for such a trivial matter?

It’s a small thing to be so arrogant and indulgent to Li Tai. Wouldn’t it be a big deal if we cut off all communication from now on?”

"Guanyin Maid, you can raise the baby with peace of mind. I have seen Qingque's efforts. It is not convenient for me to intervene now. I will wait until this matter comes. I will definitely reward Qingque!" Li Shimin promised to Empress Changsun.

"Ouch!" Queen Changsun couldn't help but exclaimed softly.

"What?" Li Shimin couldn't help but asked with concern after hearing Queen Changsun's words.

"The little guy kicked me because he was afraid he would be a bastard again!" Queen Changsun said.

"Inherited by Qian Renhui, Qingque Zhinong, he is not afraid even if he is a gangster. He just inherited my ability to gallop on the battlefield! Come and listen to me!"

Li Shimin hugged Empress Changsun lightly, put his ear to her belly, and said with a bit of kindness.

Li Tai didn't know that his parents were talking about him, because at this time Li Tai was entirely focused on artificial egg hatching technology.

Zhao Yuankai found the best ground fire craftsmen of this era and dug them all over. The ground fire is the predecessor of the fire kang. In ancient China, the ground fire that used stove fires for heating had already appeared. However, compared with the fire kang, the ground fire still had many imperfections.

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Under Li Tai's order, the craftsmen mixed mud and straw to build an incubator in the shape of an earth stove. They put an iron pot inside, covered it with mud inside and outside, and smoothed the mud on the surface to avoid uneven heating.

A stove door is opened under the pot stove to become an incubator.

After that, he prepared a basket for turning eggs, white folds collected by himself, straw mats wrapped around them, a wooden frame to fix the eggs in the backbone of the incubator, as well as reeds, straw mats and cotton wadding, which became a spreader for the second time.

Used during incubation.

Finally, there is the fuel needed for incubation, which is of course mainly charcoal.

All in all, after this series of preparations were completed, Li Tai began to patiently experiment.

All the conditions I can provide have been provided, and the direction has been pointed out. All that is left is to keep pouring in funds to try.

The only good thing is that this is not a gamble on new semiconductors in terms of materials science, but just controlling the hatching of duck eggs through temperature.

This is a path that is bound to succeed, so I can continue to invest money without hesitation, buy duck eggs, buy charcoal, and replace equipment.

The only thing I lack is time.

Li Tai's requirements are not high. As long as he can develop this technology one month before the locust plague comes in July and August, he will be able to do it in time.

But even so, when the experiment started, the one hundred and sixty gold began to be consumed at a speed visible to the naked eye, but the duck eggs sent out of the incubator were both raw and cooked.

In the era before thermometers, trying to find the precise temperature at which duck eggs hatched through a lot of experiments really required constant experimentation and a lot of luck!

The only thing Li Tai could do was to let the hands of these top craftsmen feel the temperature of the incubator and determine the accurate temperature.

Then use a pen to record the amount of charcoal consumed in each batch, and keep trying to increase or decrease, but keep failing!

However, time flew by without any results, and Li Tai soon had a new name on his mind.
Chapter completed!