The princess is a man of science

The next day, after the morning court, the emperor had someone prepare a family banquet for Shu Jin and Liu Wenxi to come together.The banquet in the palace was still the same, not only Shu Jin couldn't eat it, but Liu Wenxi also lost his appetite when he saw it, and he was able to put on a reserved look.

Seeing the emperor again after a year, Shu Jin really felt that he was aging day by day.On the contrary, the queen's complexion is much better than before. It seems that she has decided to let the fifth prince be her son, so she has forgotten the sadness of losing her son.

When the emperor saw Liu Wenxi, he felt very complicated. A man has been the only princess since ancient times.He's raised a child moron himself, but those were pretty little things.Judging from Shu Jin's attitude, he is very serious about Liu Wenxi, not to mention, there is also the wordless book, which no one else can read except Liu Wenxi.

The emperor didn't believe in the existence of this thing at first, but Qin Tianjian also said that it was given by the first emperor's entrusted dream, no problem.And the fleet sent out actually went to another continent, and brought back so many strange things, as well as a lot of gold.

I heard that Americans are willing to exchange gold and silver for silk and porcelain from Daqi, and they are also very interested in tea.The emperor had to believe that Liu Shilang's son was really different.Maybe the first emperor really had his foresight.

"I know what you have done in Liaodong. The taxes collected this year have increased a lot, and letters from all over the country have asked me to reward you. Whatever rewards you want, just say so." The emperor wanted to show his generosity .Due to the improvement of farm tools, the area of ​​cultivated land has expanded a lot this year, and the taxes collected in the end will naturally increase.He paid more taxes without raising taxes, and the people were grateful to Dade, which naturally made him very happy, and even seeing Liu Wenxi was very pleasing to the eye.

The emperor looked at Shu Jin for a while, and saw that his face had turned rosy and his body seemed to have improved a lot. He felt relieved, anyway, it was the late emperor's last wish, so he must have dealt with it.What he originally thought was that if Shu Jin didn't want this daughter-in-law, he could find ten or eight reasons to make him disappear in place. Since Liu Wenxi didn't disappear, Shu Jin still liked him.

"Since father said so, then I will mention it." Shu Jin looked at the emperor, and the emperor also looked at him, "I have three things that I hope father can agree to."

"First, I need to send some craftsmen to Liaodong to mine and smelt copper ore. Wenxi saw a new method of smelting copper ore in the heavenly book, which is still difficult to achieve with the current manpower in Liaodong. When the new copper smelting method is popularized, in the future If you give salaries to officials, you can use copper money instead of cloth and silk." Shu Jin said that he had read a book from his brother about the ancient copper shortage, and one way to solve the copper shortage was to mint more coins.

"In addition, gold and silver can also be used more as coins. Gold and silver are of high value and can be circulated more quickly."

The emperor thought for a while, and what Shu Jin said made sense. Most officials' salaries now consist of grain or cloth, which is not easy to preserve and circulate. If copper coins can be issued in large quantities, it should save a lot of trouble.

"Okay." The emperor nodded.

"Secondly, I hope that my father can issue an order that the people who are originally from Liaodong return to farming in Liaodong, and we will distribute the land according to the number of people." Shu Jin added that if those who were forced to leave their hometowns can return to their hometowns, they will be more stable. , easy to manage.

"Yes." There is no problem with Shu Jin's proposal. In fact, even if he doesn't make an order, those people will go back when they hear that Liaodong has land to grow and food to eat.

"Thirdly, I hope to add a subject to the scientific examination, to select people with skills in architecture, casting, and medical skills, and to arrange suitable official positions for them to make full use of their strengths."

Shu Jin raised the third point, and the emperor shook his head slowly.

"I'll have to think again," he said.

Shu Jin was not surprised by this. The reform of the system never happened overnight, but he always had to bring it up in order to have a chance to realize it.

"Now Liaodong is teaching these technologies. After they have completed their studies, they can devote themselves to the construction of Liaodong. It is written in the heavenly scriptures that only by developing science and technology can the people's living standards be improved and Daqi's national power stronger." Shu Jin said , he knew that what the emperor cared most about was the prosperity of Daqi, so he should think about it.

Liu Wenxi was watching Shu Jin talking to the emperor. He did not expect that the emperor asked Shu Jin to return to Beijing this time because he really wanted to see him and had no other intentions.

After dinner, the emperor asked Liu Wenxi to go out to rest first, leaving Shu Jin behind.

Shu Jin looked at the emperor's already aged face, recalled all the past, and couldn't help feeling a little sad. Even if she came back every year, she didn't know how many times she would see her again.

"You came from Liaodong, the journey was bumpy and tossing enough, and you don't have to come back every year in the future." The emperor said, he naturally missed Shu Jin, the other sons were by his side, and they often came to greet him, but this youngest son was far away. Liaodong.He also wondered if he had been too strict with him, so he made that decree and wanted him to come back in three years.

But when he saw that Shu Jin had achieved such results in just one year, he knew that he could bring him back, and that Liaodong would be Shu Jin's and Da Qi's.

"Naturally, my son misses his father. The big group of people walk slowly. Why don't I bring some people back to Chang'an by myself in the future, so that I can visit him more often." Shu Jin didn't say that Liu Wenxi didn't want to come back, but he was still willing to come back every year to see him. It is a little bit reluctant to be separated from Liu Wenxi.

"This is better." The emperor said, he already felt that his body was not as good as before, and it is estimated that Shu Jin would not be able to toss it a few times.

"This time we brought some novelties from Liaodong. Tianshu provided some recipes, which are all new tricks. If father wants to eat, he can have someone make them for a try." Shu Jin said, and the kitchen will use the newly researched recipes All the dishes are organized into recipes, and the cooks in the palace can learn them after reading them. This is regarded as his tribute to the emperor.

"It's the things called coffee and cocoa, and you should be careful when eating them." Liu Wenxi remembered the tragedy when drinking coffee, and couldn't help reminding that the emperor didn't even hear what these two things were. , Didn't ask, just responded directly.

After the father and son talked again, Shu Jin went to find Liu Wenxi and left with him.

They were going to spend the Lantern Festival in Chang'an before returning to Liaodong. Chang'an's New Year was very lively, and Shu Jin also wanted Liu Wenxi to see the place where he grew up.

They also eat dumplings during the Chinese New Year. Shu Jin didn't expect Liu Wenxi's dumplings to be pretty good, so she couldn't help but make one too.

The dumplings made by Liu Wenxi had several pleats, shaped like ingots, while the ones made by Shu Jin were long, with a bit of filling exposed, so they couldn't stand up.

"Your dumplings are not good, they will break if you put them in the pot." Liu Wenxi laughed when he saw the dumplings he made. He also made the same way at the beginning. It seems that everyone will go the same way.

Shu Jin just looked at Liu Wenxi and didn't speak.

Liu Wenxi's heart beat faster and faster when he watched him, so he simply reached out and squeezed the dumpling for him to make sure it didn't leak.

"Or I'll eat what you made?" He tried his best to put on an indifferent attitude. Whether the dumplings look good or not has nothing to do with whether they taste good or not. The most important thing is that they were made by Shu Jin, and he cannot serve them to others. .

"Yeah." Shu Jin nodded, "Then I'll eat your bag."

"Come on, I'll teach you how to wrap it. You can put a little less stuffing, hold it like this, and pinch the middle first." Liu Wenxi demonstrated to Shu Jin, and Shu Jin saw how to do it. This step is easy to do.

"Then pinch upwards to make a pleat, not too many, just two or three on each side." Liu Wenxi pinched it, and there were just a few pleats, and the belly of the dumpling was round.

Shu Jin pinched it like this, but still couldn't figure it out. A few folds were made, but the whole dumpling was still ugly.

He watched Liu Wenxi continue wrapping, trying little by little, and in the end it looked pretty decent.

"Children can be taught. There are people. It doesn't look good after a lifetime of packaging. I think our prince is very talented in cooking." Liu Wenxi said, feeling itchy on his forehead, so he stretched out his hand to wipe it, and it turned out to be messy. A lot of flour.Shu Jin looked at him and stretched out to wipe it for him, but she forgot that her hands were also full of flour, so she wiped more and more.

Feeling guilty, Shu Jin went to wash her hands and wiped them clean with a handkerchief.After the two finished making the dumplings, they left the kitchen. In the evening, the family sat together and ate the New Year's Eve dinner.

"Shu Jin, the new year will definitely be better." While sleeping, Liu Wenxi said in a daze.

The author has something to say: Liu Wenxi: The prince is really ingenious.Pooh!

Shu Jin refused to reply.

I'm pretty good at making dumplings. Northeast dumplings are number one in the world. If you don't believe me, come and beat me, but you can't beat me anyway.