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Li Mi sat in the car and looked at the long queues coming and going. He was about to arrive at Wuwei City. The prosperity here exceeded his imagination.
In an official rest area, Zhang Tianlun and Li Mi stopped the car to rest.
This large-scale market was also built by the players in Yixiali. Because of its good location, it has now begun to take shape.
After parking the carriage with the handlebar, Li Mi and Zhang Tianlun stepped out of the carriage, and a strong aroma of beans wafted into Zhang Tianlun's nostrils.
Li Mi was still thinking about the Battle of Hexi. Why was there no news about such a big war in the court?
But seeing how prosperous Wuwei City is now, it doesn’t look like it has experienced a war?
Could it be that Zhang Tianlun was lying?
Although Li Mi was full of clever tricks, he didn't know why this happened.
If it was really Shang Qixin'er who personally led the troops to attack Hexi, King Jianning should report to the court and wait for the court's support.
Can the troops of Longyou and Hexi alone defeat Tubo's all-out attack on the east side?
Zhang Tianlun also said that Shang Qi Xin'er was defeated and her head was hung on the city gate. Li Bi didn't believe it even more.
If King Jianning really made such a contribution, he would definitely report it to the court.
Definitely not so low-key.
Firming his judgment, Li Mi began to observe the market again.
The neat streets are full of businessmen and tourists, and the shops are filled with all kinds of goods.
Some of them are products that Li Mi has never seen before, and the variety is dazzling.
Zhang Tianlun took Li Mi to a food stall. Temporary tables and chairs were filled with temporary tables and chairs. The diners lined up in an orderly manner, and the aroma of beans wafted from the front.
What kind of delicacy is this?
Li Mi didn't expect to see such delicacies in a service area next to the official road.
Didn’t it say that Hexi is remote?
Finally, when Zhang Tianlun and Li Mi arrived, Li Mi saw what the store was selling.
Baihuahua's tofu pudding is soaked in warm water. The boss scoops up a bowl of Baihuahua's tofu pudding for the guests, then adds a bowl of Baihuahua's rice, and finally adds a stack of fragrant dipping sauce, and serves it on a wooden plate.
Gave it to Li Mi.
Zhang Tianlun took the plate, found an empty table, and called Li Mi to come and sit down.
Tofu has been around since ancient times. It is said that King Huainan in the early Han Dynasty was the first person to make tofu.
When Li Mi was young, there were people making tofu and selling them on the bustling streets of Chang'an.
Li Mi watched Zhang Tianlun pick up the tofu pudding, dip it in the dipping sauce, put it on the rice, and eat it with the rice, showing a satisfied expression.
Li Mi also followed Zhang Tianlun's example and mixed the tofu pudding with dipping sauce. It tasted very delicious.
Li Mi became interested in the dark dipping sauce and asked, "Is this miso?"
Zhang Tianlun said: "It's almost the same. It's soy sauce, crushed peanuts and pepper, plus a little sesame oil. It's a pity that we can't get pepper, otherwise this bean curd rice would be even better!"
I didn’t expect the little dipping sauce to be so particular, including cracked pepper?
The common people's food in a small market actually uses pepper?
And there is this crystal clear rice. Even the wealthy households in Fengxiang Mansion cannot eat rice like this several times a year, right?
But looking at the people eating around me, most of them are bikers or caravan workers. This is indeed what ordinary people eat.
Is the quality of life of people in Hexi already so high?
Li Mi looked around in confusion. Is this a scene that only existed in Chang'an during the Kaiyuan period?
"Can the people here eat pepper?"
During the Kaiyuan period when cooking was hot, Li Mi did eat pepper dishes in a restaurant in Chang'an.
It's just that time has passed and the prosperity of Chang'an has become a dream. But I didn't expect that in this small market in Hexi, you can eat pepper-seasoned dishes.
Zhang Tianlun said: "Pepper is not a rare thing. Now the pepper brought by Hu merchants from the Western Regions cannot be sold. The price has dropped again and again. Now pepper has dropped to the price of cabbage in Wuwei."
Zhang Tianlun continued: "And these are pepper residues that have been fried in pepper oil and are worthless."
Zhang Tianlun said: "This year's soybean harvest has been bumper. Hexi has tasted the sweetness of planting soybeans. We will definitely continue planting next year."
"It is estimated that when the origin of Douhua is mentioned in the future, it will no longer be Bashu but Hexi."
Li Mi couldn't understand Zhang Tianlun's incomprehensible words, so he asked doubtfully:
“Although soybeans are good, is it possible without growing the staple food?”
Zhang Tianlun said: "The climate in Hexi is suitable for growing soybeans. Soybeans have many uses. Bean dregs are also the best for feeding livestock. Although it is not as high-yielding as corn, it is also a good feed crop."
"Now Hexi's breeding is developing well, and there will be more demand for soybeans next year."
Although Li Mi did not fully understand Zhang Tianlun's out-of-the-box thinking, after hearing about animal husbandry, Li Mi frowned and asked:
"Food is the most important thing for the people. Instead of growing staple food, we only grow soybeans, which are not enough to eat. We Han people are not carnivorous barbarians, and there are fewer barbarians and more Han people. With such a large population in Hexi, can we feed ourselves by eating meat?"
Li Mi's attitude became serious.
Li Mi's vision is still within the framework of traditional Confucianism. In his view, the habit of Han people eating grain and Hu people eating meat is determined by God.
The food in the land feeds the population, and the meat of cattle and sheep is only a supplement, but cannot be used as a staple food.
Li Mi's idea was that King Jianning deliberately exploited the people to grow soybeans and raise cattle and sheep for the upper class to eat meat.
Now Li Mi's impression of Prince Jianning was even worse. Is such a prince lucky to the Tang Dynasty?
Zhang Tianlun said: "We, the people of the Tang Dynasty, also have the right to eat meat, eggs and milk. Although the animal husbandry in Hexi can only be supplemented, some villages have begun to try large-scale breeding. Now primary schools in Hexi have begun to provide students with
Milk is provided.”
"What is large-scale farming? What is primary school?"
Zhang Tianlun said: "Large-scale breeding is to raise as many livestock and poultry as possible. I heard about a chicken farm near Wuwei City. There are thousands of chickens raised on a chicken farm."
"That chicken farm alone can supply Wuwei City with thousands of eggs every day."
"As for primary schools, that is a policy implemented by His Royal Highness King Jianning throughout Longyou. All prefectures and counties have opened primary schools to educate children in literacy."
Li Mi took a breath. Schools were built in every state capital and county. King Jianning was so generous!
In the early Tang Dynasty, Emperor Taizong also thought about building a school.
But in the end, the cost was too high, and not even a few state schools were built.
In the end, he could only build an imperial college in Chang'an.
During the Gaozong period, another imperial college was built in Luoyang, the eastern capital.
Unexpectedly, King Jianning established a primary school in Longyou. Even if he only taught the people to read and read, it would be a credit that would be praised by future generations of scholars.
Li Mi's favorable impression of King Jianning improved again.
After resting for a while, the handlebars began to urge the two of them to get in the car.
Zhang Tianlun and Li Mi boarded the carriage. At this time, a child ran to the side of the carriage and asked:
"Newspaper, latest newspaper, do you two want to buy a newspaper?"
Zhang Tianlun took out two copper coins from his pocket, handed them to the child and said, "Bring me a newspaper."
The child quickly put the newspaper into Zhang Tianlun's hand, then took out two eggs from his arms and said:
"Fresh eggs, just boiled, do you want them?"
Unexpectedly, this kid was quite good at business, so Zhang Tianlun asked, "How much does one cost?"
"Five copper coins!"
Zhang Tianlun took out ten copper coins from his pocket, handed them to the child and said, "Take two eggs."
"Okay!"
The newsboy wrapped two eggs with old newspapers from the past few days and handed them to Zhang Tianlun on the carriage.
The driver shouted, then waved his whip, and the carriage continued on its way to Wuwei City.
"What is a newspaper?" Zhang Tianlun did not expect that this secretary-supervisor was actually a curious baby. He had been asking questions non-stop since he entered Hexi.
Zhang Tianlun handed the newspaper to Li Mi and said:
"It's a newspaper that publishes news. It seems to be Liangzhou's own newspaper, called Liangzhou Daily."
Li Mi took the newspaper. Although the rough newspaper was printed on the worst paper, the lead characters on the newspaper were square and square, and you could smell the aroma of ink.
"The Point Guard Is Here"
Although the characters in newspapers are somewhat different from normal Chinese characters, they are all simplified characters with some radicals simplified.
But basically based on the context, Li Mi can understand the general meaning.
The front page is full of government news. These official documents are written in semi-vernacular, so there is no problem in reading them.
It's just that Li Mi didn't know what the news was talking about.
"The Zhangye-Wuwei Railway has started construction and the Wuwei section is progressing smoothly"
What is a railway? What does it mean that the Wuwei section is progressing smoothly?
It looks like some kind of big project is being built in Wuwei.
Li Mi then turned over, and the next few pages contained various market gossip and serialized novels.
Today’s series is a martial arts novel. Although there is no previous chapter, Li Mi is still very impressed by this story.
The exercises in the novel, as well as the theory of true energy of martial practitioners, are similar to the theory of Gangqi and essence of Taoism practiced by Li Mi.
Moreover, the "Eighteen Palms of Subduing the Dragon" practiced by the protagonist seems to have some connection with Buddhism.
In the novel, the Shaolin Temple, the leader of the martial arts world, is located near Luoyang.
History books say that the Shaolin Temple was built by Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty at the northern foot of Shaoshi Mountain in Songshan Mountain, southeast of the capital Luoyang, in order to house the Indian eminent monk Bhattacharya.
When Li Bi was traveling around the world when he was young, he once discussed Buddhism with the monks in the Shaolin Temple. I wonder what kind of martial arts they knew?
Li Mi was more interested in the fictional "Song Dynasty" in this martial arts novel. Why did the author fabricate such a weak dynasty? How could I, a dignified Chinese people, be so weak?