Chapter 584 Isn't this the same as farming cattle?
I realized that name, that title...
Changsun Wuji trembled all over. He looked at Fang Xuanling in horror, and then at Li Er in horror, his eyes constantly wandering back and forth between the two people.
The meaning is very clear...
Changsun Wuji never expected...
That man actually had a way to raise fish...
And it’s not some blinding trick, it’s a fish farming technique that can actually give people another way to make a living.
That's it, damn...
At this moment, Changsun Wuji only felt that the more he thought about it, the more frightened he became.
Ma De, the Tang Dynasty is... really magical...
The three people quickly agreed on the technique of raising fish.
However, Li Er did not immediately choose to go back to the palace to rest, but continued to sit on the desk, lost in thought...
At this time, Fang Xuanling had left, and Changsun Wuji had also left the palace, and went off to earn this political achievement.
But at this time, Li Er had already finished handling the memorial at hand.
But it was still hard to calm down.
After all, fish farming is a small skill, and Datang could not truly grow through this.
What can truly strengthen Datang is always...
In the past, Li Er couldn't tell.
He only knew that the imperial examination could bring peace to the world and end disputes.
But in the end, how to make the Tang Dynasty truly strong and restore the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties is another complex and grand problem.
Of course, the current situation is not bad.
After experiencing the troubled times of the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the population dropped significantly. But if you think about it on the bright side, the population dropped significantly, which also meant that the per capita cultivated land actually increased significantly.
At this time, as long as you can stabilize this Chinese state, a prosperous age will be within your reach.
Li Er also misunderstood this point at the beginning, and after rebelling and crushing Emperor Sui Yang, he used a more comprehensive, thorough, and perfect method to restart Emperor Sui Yang's policies.
It was nothing more than building a canal, but it turned into reorganizing the army, and the most critical imperial examination system was also restarted.
But what to do next is still a question.
The prosperous age that was foreseen at the beginning was indeed a prosperous age.
After all, the population has shrunk to a fraction of what it was at the peak of the Han Dynasty, which means that the per capita cultivated land has increased several times. With the traditional hard work of the Chinese Han people in China, it is not too unexpected that they have become rich quickly.
but now……
Since Li Sheng appeared.
Li Er received a series of huge help and prepared all the necessary conditions for this prosperous age.
For example, the elimination of border troubles, such as the improvement of agricultural tools and seeds...
For example, the restart of the imperial examination, the promotion of cheap paper and pen and ink...
Such various occurrences,
The conditions are naturally complete, and the prosperous age that the ancients talked about in the past is already coming, and there is no need to doubt it.
But also after meeting Li Sheng again...
Li Er also gradually realized that in the past...
The kind of prosperous age that the ancients talked about is nothing more than ordinary.
The real prosperity...
Let’s not talk about anything else, let’s just talk about potatoes and sweet potatoes. Once the final promotion of these two items is completed.
Then the food output of the entire Tang Dynasty would reach an exaggerated level.
Is this prosperous age comparable to the prosperous age in ancient times?
Even the territorial glory of the Han Dynasty was only a fraction of the real world.
How can the endless resources and vast territory overseas be compared to the current pseudo-world?
But how to achieve all this...
Because the Han Dynasty failed to come up with the imperial examination system to alleviate the problem of involution, the Han Dynasty sank. Now that the new world has arrived, how should we grasp it...
In Li Er's heart, the past few months have been a mess.
However, after the trip to Hangzhou, Li Er gradually began to have ideas in his mind.
Steam engine!
There is one thing to say, so far...
Li Er was greatly shocked by the various strange treasures made by Li Sheng, such as grenades, clocks and other objects.
Whether it's the level of sophistication, the level of novelty, or the power of its effects, it's all to the extent that Li Er directly refreshed his outlook on life.
If nothing else, let’s just talk about this grenade——
If this thing was not made by the Tang Dynasty first, but by the Turks.
So that day on the banks of the Weishui River...
I am afraid that it is impossible for me to sign a truce treaty with the Turks so calmly. After all, the other party has such a ghost. If I want to turn around and fight back, I am afraid that it is simply impossible to complete...
You can imagine how powerful this grenade is.
But even with grenades...
The shock to Li Er was still not as huge as the steam engine.
Although Li Sheng didn't mention it...
But during the period after Li Er returned to Chang'an, he couldn't help but speculate day and night.
This steam engine...since it can be used to propel ships...put it another way, can it be used for other things?
After all, this thing...
Compared with other various mechanical wonders, the most special thing is that it replaces human power. And at the same time, it is not as difficult to control as riding the wind with a sail. The start, stop, and direction of operation of this thing are completely dependent on the helm.
What people decide is like an arm moving a finger.
Isn't this just like plowing cattle?
Li Erke knew too well the importance of cattle to the people, otherwise the Tang law would not have made killing cattle a felony.
Because an adult man's ability to plow land is one, so with a plowing ox, he has at least three or more.
What is this equivalent to? It is equivalent to having cattle, and a farmer directly adds three men to the labor force——
The most important thing is that if a farmer's family loses a man due to various natural disasters or man-made disasters, then having a plowing cow is a kind of guarantee, and the family can always continue farming.
This is another huge value of farm cattle. It is a disguised social insurance mechanism.
But now with the steam engine, things are even more different...
While Li Er was thinking about it, he ordered his servants to go out and call Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng, and also called back Fang Xuanling who had just left.
at this time……
While Li Er was thinking hard, he suddenly heard footsteps outside Ganlu Hall.
Li Er then raised his head and looked over.
soon……
Wei Zheng, Du Ruhui, and Fang Xuanling, the three veterans of Tiance Mansion, and their most trusted and trusted subordinates arrived.
They greeted each other with a courtesy, then looked at each other, and then looked at Li Er curiously.
Wei Zheng bowed and asked curiously, "Your Majesty summoned you late at night. What are your orders?"
"Well...it's not that big of a deal. But I have an idea and would like to hear your opinions."
"idea?"
Wei Zheng was startled when he heard this, and then the three of them looked at each other again.
Li Er's words sounded careless, but the three of them took it to heart.
It was already late at night, and something suddenly occurred to His Majesty. It was obviously not a trivial matter.
Then, I heard Li Er ask solemnly,
"If I...ask you to supervise and replicate a steam engine in Chang'an, you...can do it?"