Liu Xueniang just came back from playing polo outside. Although she had already rested from sweating outside, there was still a fine layer of thin sweat on her forehead during the journey back.

In fact, polo is mostly played by young girls, and married women rarely go back to play.Liu Xueniang had been a concubine for many years and hadn't played for many years. It was only after the prince persuaded her that she resumed her early hobbies.

As soon as she entered the room, she drank half a cup of herbal tea, and then turned around: "Oh!" Liu Xueniang spilled the remaining half cup of herbal tea on the prince's skirt, "Your Highness! Why are you so silent?"

Even for acquaintances, standing behind them silently is an extremely scary thing.

"Hehe." The prince smirked twice, "Xue Niang, when you play polo in the future... remember to wear this."

What the prince took out was a mask, a multi-layer mask.

But Liu Xueniang blushed: "Your Highness... I haven't had my period yet, and this one is too short."

The mask has a piece of cloth in the middle and four ropes at the four corners. Except that it is a little shorter and wider, it actually looks a bit like a menstrual belt. Liu Xueniang mistook it at first glance.

The prince's face also turned red. They are loving couples, but this thing still has a sense of mystery and shyness: "No, this is for covering the face!"

After the prince looked at the dirty lung, he spent the whole day thinking about what Gu Cijiu said in his letter, "Pneumoconiosis is not an occupational disease limited to iron mines. As long as it is dusty operations, it is possible to get sick."

One of the advantages of Chinese characters is that even if you have never heard of many words and sentences, you can guess the meaning just by looking at the combination of words.

Pneumoconiosis, occupational diseases, dusty work.Pneumoconiosis is very image.Occupational diseases should mean that a certain occupation occurs frequently or a certain occupation-specific disease.Dusty work, that is, dust is flying when working.

The prince couldn't help but think about it more and more, and then he heard that Liu Xueniang had returned from playing polo.

Playing polo is definitely considered dusty work!Every time they fight, they are violent. If they don't wash up, no matter if they are ladies or young masters, they all look like mud monkeys. He was so frightened that he came in a hurry, and this happened.

"Why do I put this on my face? It's too ugly..." Liu Xueniang took the mask over, and after a closer look, it is indeed different from the menstrual belt, but because of the first impression just now, it is still the same at this time. I think the mask has a weird smell.

"This is to protect your mouth and nose so you don't inhale too much dust."

"Huh? Can this dust be sucked in?"

The prince smiled wryly, this idea is not the same as his own: "I'm going to see Father, I'll talk to you in detail when I come back."

Then the prince took a food box and went to Taizong.

Taizong happened to come back after punching and kicking. Seeing his son holding the food box and covering his stomach, he smiled: "Father is a little hungry, what delicious food did Wen'er bring?"

"Father, please screen back to the left and right."

"Is this still mysterious? Okay, you all step back."

The palace servants and guards retreated, the prince opened the food box, and there were two lungs inside.

Taizong saw that it was raw, and touched his stomach again with regret: "Why did you bring raw food? Is this a lung? It's from a cow? It's from a pig? This piece has been frozen. What advice does Wen'er have to say?" ?”

Taizong talked a lot, the prince didn't find a chance to speak, but seeing Taizong picked up the frozen lung and was about to lick it, he quickly shouted: "Human!" Too……

The lung was almost in front of Taizong's nose. Hearing his son's cry, he subconsciously replied: "Oh, it's human. Human?!" Throwing the lung back into the food box quickly, Taizong felt so tired that he couldn't bear it. At that time, his son was too...

"Wen'er, what are you doing with two human lungs? The one here is the lung of a patient suffering from some kind of disease, right? This lung disease is the easiest to pass."

"Father, let me speak first."

"Okay, okay, say it!"

The prince took out the private letter that Gu Cijiu had given him, and told about the two people he sent.

Taizong looked at the letter, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he said to himself: This Gu Cijiu is really going to find trouble for me. There has been a lot of quarrels about the market for almost a year!This made the prince go to autopsy again!

"You are a smart kid, so why are you so stupid in this matter? If you want to see the lungs of a sick person with your own eyes, then ask your subordinates to cut them up and send them to you. , why do you still do it yourself?"

"My son just wants to see for himself."

Taizong was a little frightened at this time, it wasn't the lungs, and it wasn't his son who dissected him, but he thought he was wrong, the prince turned out to be a cruel person.However, Taizong's city mansion was very deep, and the expression on his face didn't change at all, he just put on a curious look and asked, "What did you see with your own eyes?"

"My son... watched the patient die. When he died, his face was purple and his eyes protruded. He was suffocated to death." Wouldn’t it be good to inhale the dust and then exhale it? How can people die so tragically.”

Taizong was relieved, his son was still his son, not a brutal person who liked bloody killings.He lowered his head to read Gu Cijiu's private letter carefully, and then looked at the human lung that had been stained black, and frowned.

"This situation reminds me of a person, the head of the Liu family in Tingzhou, not the current one, but the generation of your grandpa. He has a quirk, and he likes to watch women raise dust. Sifted loess with ground spices added in it. When the wind was blowing, he asked the woman to shovel the loess with a flower shovel and throw it at him. This move was considered elegant and attracted many people to follow suit. Later... at that time, many people got tuberculosis, and this Patriarch Liu was one of them, thinking about it now, the rest of the people who got tuberculosis were also people who followed his example."

The prince said: "Maybe these people are not tuberculosis, but pneumoconiosis?"

Taizong spread his hands: "Who knows? Everyone has been buried."

"By the way, Father, this is the mask Gu Cijiu mentioned in his heart."

Taizong took it over, put it on his face, and said in a low voice: "Normal wearing is a bit suffocating, but judging from this, it should be able to prevent dust. This disease is terminal, but it is so simple that it can be prevented before it happens. You should know the world."

Masks are not a panacea for dust, and there are also situations where they cannot be prevented, but at this stage, they are still sufficient.

But Taizong and the prince sat opposite each other, and began to worry about other issues.Even though Da Wei is now politically clear, it is common for crooked monks to read good scriptures badly.If he directly invents the decree, will the officials make the people under the rule wear masks no matter what they do?Will there be people who don't care?Could there be villains misinterpreting the matter of this mask?

Taizong is very smart. Taizong can always do things that surprise Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo. They have gone through three worlds and are monsters who are older than Taizong's ancestors.The prince is not stupid, and both of them like him very much.So on the matter of pneumoconiosis, Gu Cijiu only wrote about what is going on with the disease, how to prevent and treat it at this stage, but he didn't say how to promote it specifically.

These two people are very decisive people, and they don't need to be taught by others, and the promotion plan they put forward is more in line with the current era.

A few days later, after a routine quarrel, Emperor Taizong invited his courtiers to eat haggis soup.Originally, the aristocratic class in the Wei Dynasty did not eat animal offal. Haggis was only eaten by the lower class people who tasted meat, because people in this era did not know how to deal with offal, and offal always had a foul smell.

But since Shuanghuang snacks became popular in the Wei Dynasty, animal offal became popular, and nine out of ten ministers ate it.

However, it is not appropriate to say that this pot of soup is haggis.Because there are no other parts of the sheep, only the lungs.But this lamb lung is really delicious, extremely tasty, and fresh and delicious.

But Taizong didn't drink a few sips of soup. Seeing that the officials were eating well, he said, "My dear friends, do you think this lamb lung is delicious?"

"Yes!" "Delicious!" "Not bad, not bad."

"Everyone knows, when the lamb is born, the cook mixes the seasoning, grinds it finely, puts it between the lamb's mouth and nose, and lets it inhale it every day. In just a few days, the lamb's lungs are full of seasoning. Breathing harder and harder, but still suffocated to death, but this sheep lung is also full of taste."

Hearing Taizong's words, some of the courtiers below changed their expressions. They wanted to vomit, but they didn't dare to vomit. It would be nice to be labeled disrespectful.There are also some people who don't care, and muttered to go back and try.Most people don't react so violently, but they also feel that something is wrong.

"Your Majesty, it's too much for this chef to use this method to favor His Majesty. If he dares to cook lamb like this today, will he dare to serve human flesh in the banquet in the future!" This is a righteous minister who always thinks too much.

"Human flesh is not enough, but I really thought, sheep lungs can taste so delicious, can human lungs..."

"Your Majesty!!!!" The officials thought that the one who jumped out in front was making too much of a fuss, but Taizong's words scared all the officials and jumped out together.His majesty, their wise and mighty emperor, really wanted to eat human lungs? ! ! !Don't drive the cook out, just kill him!

Cook: ... Who did I provoke?

"Let me finish talking--!!!" Taizong roared, but the ministers below were still crying, screaming, and scolding him? !Helpless, it's time for the general in front of the palace to come!

Finally calmed down, Taizong said: "I heard that the prisoners who went to the mines everywhere, the people who opened the quarry, and the artisans who dried the ore while making iron, all had tuberculosis. They did these things, and they were all tyrannical. , the fine soil and fine sand, finer than the ground ingredients, if inhaled into the lungs for many years, wouldn't it look like this suffocated lamb?"

"..." Most of the people calmed down, thinking about Taizong's words carefully.

"Your Majesty's intention..."

"My dear friends, think about it, what kind of work is there all the year round... to raise dust." At this time, Taizong could only remember the words in Gu Cijiu's private letter. After all, this word is too appropriate, "Are there many people suffering from Have lung disease?"

"The minister obeys the order."

This is caring for the people, not wanting to eat the lungs of the people. Even if the officials disagreed, most of them still cheered and expressed their support.

Then... keep on arguing!

Taizong rested his forehead on his hands, and looked calmly at the handsome old, middle-aged and young guys who were about to develop from puffing their beards and staring their eyes to pulling their beards and digging their eyes: let's fight, let's fight.It's so pretty if the human head is beaten into a pig's head.

Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo are also facing the danger of a fight at this time - they are not fighting with others, they are fighting with them, and their opponents are the other four county magistrates of Huzhou. The reason is population.

Although Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo have been playing with other people since the beginning of large-scale land reclamation and farming, but after all, others learned from them. The grain harvest is naturally the best in these two counties.

Later, they started to build pastures, and now the pastures in their two counties have begun to take shape, and they are about to produce results.The other four counties are both good and bad.

As a result, the people began to look forward to being ruled by Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo.It is very easy for young men in these two counties to marry wives, and many girls also directly find someone to marry, and the status of the husband is very low. What was originally not easy, has become easy in these two counties.

But this is all reasonable and legal, and they are troubled by it, so it can't be controlled.But since the two of them took out the potatoes and harvested them last year, some people here have escaped directly!

——Originally, Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo only planted potatoes on the edge of the field ridge of the county government farm, but who would have thought that the employed common people would come to ask if they could buy seedlings and go back to plant them?

"Don't you guys call this poisonous eggplant locally? Although I think this thing is non-toxic, do you dare to eat it?"

The people of the two places said in unison: "Dare!"

Liangshan County: "The little people have long known that the adults are trying to grow the poisonous eggplants in the county government, and have already made the poisonous eggplants edible. This is the kindness of the adults, why don't the little people dare?"

Ningshui County: "We all know that Mr. Gu in Liangshan County has been taking care of this thing. The villains were worried in the early years that Mr. Gu went like Mr. Wang before him. But I didn't expect Mr. Gu to just get it out! Master Gu and Master Duan are both cautious people, if things are not properly done, they will not be used at all, but if they can be released now, it must be good!"

It has been almost five years since these two men served as county magistrates, and the common people have turned from initial suspicion to extreme trust in them.

Especially those who are now helping the county government to farm the land, they are not poor farmers who are eager to help the workers to share food. Many people have dozens of acres of land in their homes. They are the first to open up wasteland and get a lot of money from it. Those who are interested still come here now, just to be the first to know the movements of the two county magistrates.

"Okay, if you want to plant it, I will plant it for you. But I have to tell you that only the potato growing on the bottom of this thing can be eaten, and the rest of it is still poisonous. And if the potato is not well preserved and sprouts, That one is poisonous. But potatoes are also easy to preserve. You can put them directly in sacks, cover the top with an inch of soil, and keep the bottom from getting wet, and they can be stored for a long time.”

Later, the potatoes were harvested. This kind of potatoes that have only been cultivated at the first stage, the harvest is really not high, but one is that it does not occupy a good field, on the edge of the field, or anywhere, even sandy land can produce.The second is that the current potatoes are still very wild, and they don't need to be carefully tended, they will grow wildly by themselves.Three, that is the final yield. Although the potatoes harvested are not big, there are at least 800 catties per mu of land, and more than [-] catties!

The modern yield of potatoes per mu is more than [-] kilograms, and in good places it can reach [-] kilograms.Their current output is like a younger brother in modern times, but it is a miracle in Dawei.

People from all over the place came to watch the harvest, and news came from Jin Ge's side, asking them if they had any land that hadn't been harvested, and just wait!

It really does exist, after all, it is the first time for ordinary people to grow potatoes, and Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo are not considered experts and can only give them an approximate harvest time suggestion.So some people want to stay longer and wait for the potatoes in the field to grow up.

At that time, I had to wait for two more days, but it turned out that not only Fan Dudu came, but also the prefect Ning Bin who had been in a hurry.The two took off their shoes and went into the field by themselves, and harvested potatoes with the old farmer.

It was also this time that the two of them knew that there was something wrong with Fan Dudu's leg, he must have been injured, and if he was a little tired, he couldn't bear it anymore.And this Dudu Fan and Taishou Ning are "a bit interesting".

Because potatoes are grown on scattered land, harvesting is troublesome.It is also troublesome to weigh and calculate the yield per mu, but looking at the sacks of potatoes, the eyes of Dudu Fan and Prefect Ning all glow green!

"How many catties, have you figured it out yet?" The dark and thin Prefect Ning had a quick temper. Seeing him like this, he wanted to grab the clerk by the neck and ask.

"My lord, the yield per mu of potatoes is 740 catties."

"Okay! Okay!" Prefect Ning's loud voice shook people's headaches, "How do you eat this thing? Will it make you feel uncomfortable if you eat too much?"

"This food is very good, and there is no side effect if you eat too much." Gu Cijiu knew that the two would ask this question, and he had already set up an earthen stove beside him, and he cleaned the small potatoes by himself.

None peeled, the smallest skewered and grilled.Put a little bit more water, put some salt and cook.When it is bigger, cut it into pieces, and stir-fry a large pot of ground three delicacies with green peppers and eggplants—yes, it’s a pot.

Everyone wanted to see how this new food tasted, and they all waited patiently.

The baked potatoes were the first to be served, and Prefect Ning said "Ouch!" after taking a bite, everyone was shocked, and saw Prefect Ning move his jaw: "I thought this thing was hard, but who knew it was very soft, this time Let me smash my own teeth. But, it's delicious, it's delicious!"

Naturally, the servants of the common people also had a taste of it. Those who were hesitant to eat the potatoes burst into smiles one by one.

In fact, it doesn't matter if it's delicious or not. What's important is that people will know it as soon as they eat it.

In the north, all that is grown is wheat and sorghum. After paying taxes, the common people usually eat more beans.However, the people in Liangshan and Ningshui can still eat rough noodles in the past two years.What is the concept of the emergence of potatoes?That is the problem of people not only being able to eat, but being full!

Not only the strong laborers in the family, women and the elderly can have enough to eat!

The two happily packed a hundred catties of potatoes, regardless of size, and soil, wrote a memorial on the spot, and sent them to Qiyang.

The rumors of the [-] catties of new grain spread to all parts of Wei, as if they had wings.How can the people in the other counties in Huzhou still sit still?Although it is said that they will be able to grow those potatoes in a short time, but who knows what else is there besides potatoes?

Those two county magistrates are like two gods descended from the sky, they have all kinds of good things.

As a result, some people ran over, and found that there were businessmen in these two counties who were buying a large number of mountain products.Dried fungus, dried mushrooms, hazelnuts, pine nuts, dates, salted fish, wind chicken, jerky of various wild animals, and even pancakes from the bean noodle stand are bought.There are merchants in their place, but absolutely no one accepts so many kinds, and they keep collecting them all at once.

This has made the county towns of the two counties always in a state of shortage of people. Whether they go to the mountains with others to collect goods from the mountains, or stay in the county towns as coolies to carry goods for others, they can make a lot of money.Someone called someone directly from home, and now everyone who didn't want to move their nests also moved.

In fact, this was also a coincidence. In previous years, Gu Cijiu and Duan Shaobo had let things take their course. This year, they also saw that things were completely on the right track, so they arranged for the double-yellow carts to start receiving the goods directly.

In fact, the demand for these mountain products has always been strong in big cities, especially fungus and mushrooms, which have not been farmed in this era, and are all pure wild.Wealthy people know that this is a good thing, but they can rarely get it. Ordinary businessmen are reluctant to buy it, because it is very light and brittle after drying, but it takes up a lot of space. If it is accidentally damp, it will become moldy , and the road conditions are not good. If it is crushed and broken, it will not be sold, and it is easy to lose money.

For local foods like salted fish and chicken, ordinary merchants are either not sure, or they don't have channels, and they won't accept them. They will accept leather goods.

The Shuanghuang Carriage and Horse Company has almost nothing to accept. They transport goods all the year round, and they already have their own set of methods.If you are afraid of being crushed and fragile, put them in rattan baskets, and use straw to absorb shock and prevent moisture.Fish, meat and the like are packed end to end in sacks and bundled into large packages.The tanned furs are piled up in camphor wood boxes.In short, no matter what it is, it can be well organized, filled with a car, and transported towards Qiyang.

When you get there, no matter what it is, there are shops and merchants to take over.

In the first year, a large number of goods were received, which made these people catch up, and they were unwilling to leave when the goods were received.Because the busy season of farming is coming soon, farm tools allow the people to cultivate a lot of land, but if there are more people, can't they cultivate more land?

In Huzhou, where there is still a large area of ​​wasteland, unless there are a large number of immigrants, there will be no surplus labor within 20 years.

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