The traditional Beginning of Winter is ushered in by the gentle north wind.
Like the Winter Solstice Festival, eating dumplings is advocated on this day.
It’s the ‘Jiaozi Time’, how can we not be accompanied by such delicacies?
So, very early in the morning, Zhou and Liu Quan rushed to the vegetable market.
Cut off a few kilograms of pork belly and chop it into minced meat, then knead the dough and roll out the dough. Then you can start making dumplings.
As far as customs are concerned, the weather is cold now, which is a good time to eat mutton.
It nourishes and warms the stomach.
However, the Qi family insisted not to buy mutton.
The tradition of not eating sheep has existed for many years, but it was only today that Qi Yu officially made it a family rule.
Many people have interpreted this strange rule.
However, most people are making nonsense and their analysis is far-fetched. Only members of the Zhunqi family like Mu Ziqing know the secret.
There are two reasons for not eating mutton.
Let’s talk about one first.
When Qi Xiao was born, because Liu Quan lacked milk, he had to find a lactating goat to feed him. It was precisely because of this that little Lord Qi had the despicable gimmick of growing up on the milk of an animal.
However, he himself argued: I love eating animal milk the most, what can you do to me?
Of course, these are angry words and are not true.
In Qi Yu's view, Yang Yang has an extraordinary nurturing grace for the Qi family, so it must not be ignored.
Even if a lamb kneels down to breastfeed, how can one not think of something in return? Therefore, it is not appropriate for the whole family to eat sheep.
The second reason is also due to Qi Xiao's involvement.
Last year, because of Zhou Chunsheng's wife Yao's betrayal, he accidentally fell into the trap designed by Xiang You and other evil young men.
However, at the most critical moment of death, it was the simple and kind-hearted shepherdess who saved him. Otherwise, Mr. Qi would have been shattered to pieces.
What is a Shepherdess?
The leader of the sheep!
It can be seen from this that the relationship between the sheep and the Qi family is not generally deep.
After this incident, Qi Yu officially established a family law: no one in the Qi family should eat sheep.
The purpose of doing this is to remind everyone in the family that a person must know how to be grateful.
And Mu Ziqing is now a prospective daughter-in-law who has half-stepped into the Qi family. How can she not learn about the family culture?
If you accidentally anger your father-in-law, you are asking for trouble.
Back to business.
After mincing the minced meat and making the noodles, the women in the family began to get busy.
Mu Ziqing was responsible for cutting and rolling the dough, while Liu Quan and Zhou were responsible for making dumplings. As for the tired Yin Tao, she was no longer suitable to be a housewife.
So, she just followed suit.
The women were serving lunch, while the men were drinking tea leisurely.
At present, there are three generations of wives living under the same roof, so there is really no need for them to intervene in the work.
Today, there are two tea cups placed. One is Qi Yu’s and the other is Qi Xiao’s.
In other words, there were no outsiders drinking tea, just the two of them.
Taking advantage of this rare opportunity to communicate, Qi Yu specially gave his son some academic advice.
At present, considerable progress has been made in refining petroleum. Although the quality of the refined oil is not very good, it is barely usable.
The development of hot air balloons has also entered the experimental stage. As long as there is a good windless weather, you can try to take off.
Although the above two studies are laborious, they are not insurmountable difficulties. As long as you make up your mind and keep trying, you will definitely make substantial progress.
However, the development of rockets did not go so smoothly.
Its process is stuck at a bottleneck.
The experiment was conducted at least hundreds of times, but the results were minimal.
Therefore, how to break through the shackles has become a difficult problem we are facing now.
Qi Xiao shook his head and said: "Although the development of white gunpowder took many twists and turns, the hard work paid off and we finally achieved a breakthrough. With it as a driving force for progress, the range of the rocket has doubled. From the effect point of view,
It's still very satisfactory. However, its accuracy has never been improved. It's either too high or off, and it's always unstable."
"Accuracy..." Qi Yu smacked his lips and said to himself, "Could it be that we overlooked something? Otherwise, how could it be like this?"
Rockets are a special product derived from Chinese gunpowder. In terms of their original use, they are mainly used in fireworks products.
Therefore, this type of product only pursues lift-off height, and there is no so-called "accuracy".
Naturally, the techniques Qi Xiao learned from the old craftsmen were all within this range. Obviously, these things are no longer in line with the times.
Only by adopting more rigorous scientific concepts can it be possible to break through this bottleneck.
"Well, try using 'Newton's Third Theorem' to calculate its action and reaction forces. I believe that over time, you will be able to analyze the problem."
"Well, let me give it a try..."
After chatting about technical issues, the father and son started talking about current affairs.
Qi Xiao is now an older child who has entered adolescence and can properly understand political knowledge.
Even if you don't become an official in the future, you can still broaden your horizons.
"At present, it seems that Jin Shang still has some scruples. After being so frightened by me, he actually postponed the idea of going to Korea."
"Suspension? Why does father say this?"
Qi Yu stroked his beard and elaborated: "King Jing Xian's intimidation and the urging of the courtiers did make the emperor make a compromise and explicitly withdraw the imperial edict of the emperor's personal expedition. On the surface, it seems that he really gave up.
However, on the other hand, he also ordered to speed up the pace of building a navy, and his intention for the eastern expedition is self-evident. It can be seen from this that he did not really give up on Goryeo, but just postponed it."
Qi Xiao nodded when he heard this and commented: "Li Hongyu has great ambitions but little talent, but lacks ability. It would be strange if he were not captured alive if he were to go on a personal expedition!"
As soon as the words changed, he asked again: "In my father's opinion, the small country of Goryeo cannot be conquered?"
"Of course!"
Qi Yu first gave an affirmative answer, and then said: "At the current time, it is indeed necessary. However, I have looked at the entire government and the public, but I have not been able to find a good future who can lead troops in war. There are no generals available, and
How to conquer it?"
Although the Dafeng Dynasty was extremely powerful, it always valued culture over military affairs.
This kind of bad government has also resulted in the embarrassing situation of the prosperity of the civil service group and the shortage of military elites.
When the Supreme Emperor was still on the throne, he was already aware of this serious problem, so he decided to reopen the martial arts competition and try to find generals from the auditions.
However, just one imperial examination was like a flash in the pan, and it could not really live up to his wishes.
Even someone like Wang Zhifan could win the top prize, so one can imagine how weak this class is.
As the saying goes, it takes ten years to educate a tree and a hundred years to educate a person.
Although this statement is a bit exaggerated, it is enough to show that it is by no means an overnight success.
"So, in our Dafeng Dynasty, no one can suppress Goryeo?"
"Yes! And there's more than one!"
"who?"
"The first person is your Uncle Qi Jing. The second person is your father and me. But now, neither of us can participate in the battle, and we can only regret it..."
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While we were chatting, we suddenly saw a guard come in and report: "To the Governor of Qi, Tao Ci and Lai Dayuan from the Ministry of Industry of the Imperial Court have sent us a request for help. Do you want to read it?"