Playing intrigue is worse than engaging in infrastructure

After Song Qingyuan finished speaking, the person on the opposite side widened his eyes in shock, with obvious disbelief on his face.

Although Song Qingyuan didn't say that he would help him ascend to the throne, with Song Qingyuan's ability, even if he learned a few superficial things, that was enough.

He has been in the royal court for so long, so he is very clear about the weight of Song Qingyuan's promise.

But at the same time, he also knew the truth that "there is no such thing as a free lunch", so he was silent for a moment before he said, "Then what does Your Highness need me to do in return?"

"I haven't thought about it yet, let's talk about it when you actually sit on the throne." Song Qingyuan said lazily.

The Seventh Prince stood up and bowed respectfully to Song Qingyuan as a teacher.

He moved so quickly, as if he was afraid that Song Qingyuan would regret it if he kneeled too late.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with him kneeling down to Song Qingyuan as a nobleman.From another point of view, his current appearance is not even as chic and comfortable as that of a street peddler. There is really no need to put on airs of a prince.

Song Qingyuan received a gift from the Seventh Prince, and began to address him by his nickname "Wen Lang".Not only that, but also gave him a hand-copied scroll.

After leaving the hall, the Seventh Prince took it out of the lacquer box.Judging from the handwriting, it was not Song Qingyuan's own handwriting, it should have been copied by a book boy around him.

The words on the paper were not difficult to understand, but when combined together, he was deeply confused.

The Seventh Prince returned to his residence with an ancient edition of "Science and Technology", and only Song Qingyuan and Jiang Duo were left in the side hall.

Jiang Duo listened to the entire conversation from the sidelines, and was a little puzzled by Song Qingyuan's actions, so he couldn't help asking, "Why do you want to help the Seventh Prince, Your Highness?"

Jiang Duo really didn't understand.Logically speaking, as the enemy of Yanyun and Mobei in the Southern Zhou Dynasty, wouldn't the more they decline, the more beneficial they would be?

But from the looks of it, why does His Highness still plan to cultivate a bright and wise monarch for Nan Zhou?

Song Qingyuan looked at Jiang Duo with a smile, "Don't you understand?"

Jiang Duo shook his head very sincerely.

"Based on the current situation, chaos in the world will not benefit anyone." Song Qingyuan said slowly.

Although the national strength of the Southern Zhou Dynasty was weak, no matter how skinny a camel was, it was bigger than a horse.The Southern Zhou Dynasty cannot be annexed by the current Mobei or Yanyun.If not, Lian Ti wouldn't just seize a few cities to blackmail the opponent.

In the secret report that Qin Zizhen sent today, he told him a new piece of news about Yanyun.

Although his father had already won the contest with his elder brother Song Qizhen, his body was not as good as before.It was just a little rain a short time ago, and I lay in bed for several days.

Song Qingyuan knew what kind of person his cheap father was.The opponent has always regarded annexing the Southern Zhou Dynasty and taking control of the Central Plains as his lifelong ambition. For this reason, he even gave up his parents and relatives.

Now that I feel that I am old, my obsession will only deepen.I'm afraid they will move south in less than a few years.

However, if Yan Yun started a war with the Southern Zhou Dynasty with the power of a single country, with Emperor Hongde's level of governance, it is unknown what would happen.

In the future, Mobei will also be involved in this war.When the time comes, the world will be in chaos and people will be devastated, and everything will only end more difficultly.

What Mobei needs most now is a relatively stable environment to develop itself, rather than being forced or voluntarily involved in a protracted war.

So cultivating a wiser and wiser monarch for the Southern Zhou Dynasty is Song Qingyuan's plan for the future.

With his back to Jiang Duo, Song Qingyuan explained while arranging the lonely ancient books on the shelf.

Jiang Duo couldn't see his expression clearly, but he could tell from the other party's tone that Song Qingyuan was not in a relaxed mood.

Think about it too.His Royal Highness's heart is not the people of a country, but the common people of the world.My heart is heavy all the time, how can I relax.

Jiang Duo sighed, and said slowly: "Your Highness, you should not be too tired, and be careful that you will hurt your body again."

"I know." Song Qingyuan nodded.

I don't know if the day-to-day practice of martial arts has played a role. He can clearly feel that his current situation is much better than when he first inherited this body.

Although he still can't have the tight and smooth muscle lines like Lian Ti, but he won't be so tired and out of breath after climbing a few steps like before.

On the day when the college officially recruited students, Song Qingyuan attended the ceremony as scheduled.

This ceremony was not much different from the various opening ceremonies he had been invited to before, except that the teachers and students of the academy were more enthusiastic.

The plaque hanging on the gate of the academy was written by Song Qingyuan.At first, he planned to refuse, but unable to bear the dissuasion of everyone, Song Qingyuan had no choice but to mention a few big characters.

Fortunately, his calligraphy level in his previous life was not bad. Although he was not as good as the famous Confucianists of the present age, the four big characters "Dazhan Hongtu" were written fairly smoothly.

The academy has set up gold, stone, lacquer, soil, porcelain, wood and textile majors. Except for the textile major, which has not yet recruited students because the teachers are not in place, each of the other majors has recruited more than a hundred students. The corresponding teachers teach the respective courses.

The masters were craftsmen recruited by Song Qingyuan before. Before the class started, they had all been trained by Song Qingyuan, and they had some experience in how to teach students.The textbooks used in the class were also compiled by Song Qingyuan and them.

In addition to the corresponding technology, Song Qingyuan also planned to impart some relevant scientific knowledge to the students.

Batch after batch of students are like dots of kindling, sprinkled on this land, and one day in the future, they will contribute to a prairie fire about technology and productivity.

The academy is gradually getting on the right track, and the new city is also being built in the busy day after day.

The planning of the new city, Song Qingyuan, imitated the Fangshi system of the Tang Dynasty, in order to separate the people of different tribes as much as possible, and to prevent conflicts when getting along due to differences in living habits and other aspects in the early stage of relocation.

The East City and West City also have corresponding plans in the new city.It's just that one is in the center of the city, which is convenient for the people to live and buy, and the other is near the south of the royal court, which is convenient for transactions with the royal court.

After moving to the new city, the people who rely on raising livestock for a living can no longer freely drive cattle and sheep to live on the grassland as before.

Song Qingyuan planned to circle a place on the grassland as a special pasture. The combination of captivity and grazing will not only reduce the damage to the environment, but also disperse the power of the leader.

Half of the people in the tribe are grazing outside, and half are working in various workshops. Naturally, they will not rely on the leader of their own tribe as before.

After the construction of the new city is completed, the next step is to wait for the first batch of people to arrive.

Except for the Hunke tribe, some of the remaining tribes who plan to relocate are already close to the royal court, so naturally they don't want to let go of this opportunity, and most of them are interested in Song Qingyuan's treatment here.

Song Qingyuan was basically making a profit this time.The construction of the new city was funded by the state treasury and the salt workshop. The city had everything available, and the people lived there for free. Only those who wanted to open a shop or live in a better place would need to pay extra.

In addition to free accommodation, of course there are other attractions.

For example, Song Qingyuan would purchase a large number of their cattle, sheep and livestock every year, and would also provide them with a certain percentage of feed subsidies, including the wool that no one was so rare before, which could be sold at a good price here...

You must know where there are such good conditions in their original place!After confirming that the rumors were true, they rushed over without stopping.

In short, with the support of many factors, more than a dozen tribes moved to the new city one after another in less than half a month.

In order to prevent dealing with the leaders of these tribes, during the few days when they moved here, Song Qingyuan simply called out his illness and stayed at home, leaving many chores to Lian Ti, who was idle all day long, and his subordinates. The stewards, on the other hand, are happily lounging at home.

But soon, something new happened to Song Qingyuan.

In June and July, just after the shearing time, Du Wei came to the door with a cartload of wool.

The wool on the cart was what Song Qingyuan asked him to buy from various tribes.Although the basic grass clippings, stones, etc. in the wool have been cleaned, it still needs further cleaning before it can be processed into wool.

Washing wool is very troublesome, but fortunately, the people in the new city have stabilized and provided enough labor for the wool workshops that are in short supply.

The detergent used to wash wool is soap made from pure soybean oil.

Soap made only with soybean oil is too soft and cannot be molded after cooling. Generally speaking, it is unqualified. A certain proportion of suet oil must be added during the production process before it can be sold.

But you don't need to be so particular about cleaning wool, and unformed soap is enough.

The washed wool is fluffy and soft, exuding the unique smell of cashmere, which makes people feel warm.

These wools will then be sent to the newly built workshops in the past few months, where they will gradually become long wool in the hands of those ingenious women.

Even though Amin, who had been assigned a heavy responsibility by Song Qingyuan before, did not figure out how to weave wool into clothes even though he studied hard.

But fortunately, the hot summer is coming, and there is no need for warm sweaters and trousers in the market for the time being.She still has a whole summer to study.

Clothes made of wool were not available in this weather, so Song Qingyuan planned to stock up the wool first, and then make plans after summer.

But you can poke some wool mats for sale first.

At present, except for a very small number of people, most of the scholars and nobles in the Southern Zhou Dynasty are still accustomed to sitting on their knees.In this way, the mat is an indispensable daily necessities for them.

The demand for cushions with exquisite workmanship and gorgeous appearance is even stronger.

Song Qingyuan saw this business opportunity, so he focused the production of the wool workshop on blankets and cushions.

You don't need the finest cashmere to make a cushion, ordinary sheep's wool will do just fine.But how to make the cushion exquisite and beautiful is a major difficulty for Song Qingyuan to consider.

In terms of embroidery and weaving techniques, the women on the grasslands must be inferior to the women of the Central Plains.It is undoubtedly futile to work hard in this area, and they need to work hard elsewhere.

But Song Qingyuan thought for a few days, and still had no good plan.The best way is to work on pattern and color, but this requires a lot of brightly colored dyes.

Song Qingyuan was not very familiar with this aspect, so he planned to find the women in the workshop to see what they could do. The author said:

What Xiao Song is not good at: knitting.

Things Xiao Song always dislikes: socializing.