The princess is a man of science

There was no commotion when the grain was distributed, and everyone was very orderly under the supervision of the soldiers.

The army in Tuntian is also familiar with the road this year. They were very happy when they came, and they were even happier after seeing the pigs and sheep sent by the palace.They have no other requirements, and they can grow whatever they are asked to grow. This year, they have opened up some land separately to grow early-maturing potatoes, which can be used as rations in the future.

Shu Jin dispatched some sergeants from Prince Liao's Mansion to patrol. Officials who had a fairly regular workload before also worked overtime to check the area of ​​spring planting and judge whether all corn seeds were used for planting according to the density of seedlings. Not for other purposes.Song Yu has used the base's production to estimate this year's grain production, and the results are very gratifying.

Under this situation, the spring plowing is progressing smoothly, and there are people who provide professional technical guidance on agriculture, and any problems can be solved in time.The palace is also open to the outside world. If there is something tricky in the middle, it is okay to let Shu Jin rule directly. In the early stage of starting a business, the procedure should be more transparent.

The checkpoints in Liaodong are also tightly guarded, no matter whether it is going to the Central Plains or to other neighboring countries, only entry is allowed and no exit is allowed.This year, the aborigines in Liaodong were repatriated and returned to Liaodong, resulting in a population several times higher than last year.

However, the population rate in Liaodong will not continue to grow like this. With the promotion of corn in other parts of the country and the increase in food production, the probability of famine will decrease.Without the problem of subsistence, everyone is still willing to continue farming at home instead of leaving their hometown.

Shu Jin's goal of reaching [-] households within three years should be achievable, but Liaodong needs more than just population in the future.The path they want to take is not to simply produce food, but to develop various other industries on the basis of ensuring food production, so as to attract people to Liaodong.Business is essential for a society to prosper.

Liu Wenxi, who lives in a commercial society, naturally finds it difficult to understand the suppression of commerce in ancient times. Shu Jin has no intention of excessively raising the status of merchants, he is just planning to use them rationally.

"Shu Jin, our first-generation firecracker has been developed!" As soon as Liu Wenxi came back, he deliberately bumped into Shu Jin who was standing in the room. Shu Jin was shocked by him and took a step forward. book, and hugged Liu Wenxi back.

Liu Wenxi went to finalize the sketches of the distilling equipment with the disciples, and they will send them to be cast in the afternoon.In fact, it is inappropriate to call them disciples now, because almost all of them have official positions in the palace and realized their original dreams.

Some of them are still researching all kinds of novelty every day, spending a lot of effort on the firecracker, and finally the experiment is successful.

"It just so happens that I'm tired too, let's go take a look together." Shu Jin let go of Liu Wenxi, and rubbed his sore shoulder, and Liu Wenxi also stretched out her hand to give him a squeeze.

The rapid success of the manufacture of firecrackers is due to the development of ironmaking technology.In addition to the method provided by Liu Wenxi, some people used different techniques to change the properties of pig iron.

Because of this, the raw materials of the firecrackers are guaranteed, and it is only a matter of time before they are manufactured.

Today's firecrackers can't be fired in succession, the last time the gun was fired once.The principle is to use the force generated when the gunpowder explodes to make the projectile inside fly out quickly, with great power.There is no need to shoot at the deadly part of the enemy, as long as the opponent has a large wound, in a world without anti-inflammatory drugs, it is very likely to kill him.

"The shortcomings of the firecrackers can be covered up by the skill of arranging troops. Arranging several firecracker teams to shoot in turn will have a good effect." Shu Jin watched them demonstrate the firing of the firecrackers, and she couldn't help being amazed by it.The success of the firecrackers can give them more reliance, so if the Xianbei people fight back, they can also be taken by surprise.

"The blunderbuss is just an appetizer. If we have artillery, if they dare to cross the river, we can set up artillery on the shore and bombard them." Liu Wenxi took out the blueprint of the artillery that had been prepared long ago. After all, the blunderbuss is an individual weapon. Artillery is a powerful weapon of mass destruction, which is more suitable for the terrain on the border of Liaodong.

Seeing this, Shu Jin's eyes lit up, gunpowder actually has such uses.But artillery is different from firecrackers after all, and it is necessary to solve the problem that the barrel is easy to heat up and explode, and it may take a while to study, which will consume some manpower and material resources.

No matter what you want to do, you have to spend money, Liu Wenxi sighed, and scratched her fingers in Shu Jin's palm.He has seen the ledgers of the palace, the money used to build the palace, most of the income came from Shu Jin's grandfather, or it was brought by Shu Jin.Fortunately, his ideas can be sold for money, otherwise he always felt that there would be a financial crisis.

But this looks like my own family's wool...

"Shu Jin, when do you think we will be able to make money?" Liu Wenxi said with a sigh.

"Soon." Shu Jin pinched his nose, causing Liu Wenxi to stare at him again.

"It's almost the year of the monkey?" It's all deceptive.Yesterday he also said on the bed that it was too late, but he tossed about for a long time, heh, a man's mouth, a deceiving ghost.

"The people sent by my father have already arrived at the mine, and it won't be long before the copper ore can be produced. The workshops for copper smelting and coin minting are all built in Liaodong, but it is far away from here. Some of the copper coins minted are stored in the palace, and the other Send them to the capital." Shu Jin said, "The palace will get a fixed share, and the copper mines and coin-minting workshops are also under our management. When there are enough coins, we can also make utensils."

It was only then that Liu Wenxi remembered the request made by Shu Jin and the emperor, and only now did he realize his foresight.Copper smelting is to make money, and it is official standard money, and those with anti-counterfeiting marks can be circulated in the market.Damn, do they own a big money printing machine?

"Father means that if a large amount of copper coins suddenly flow into the market, it may cause some problems, so the money should be spent slowly." Seeing Liu Wenxi's stunned face, Shu Jin couldn't help but smile, and reached out to pat his face.

"Why, are you scared? Gold and silver mines have also been discovered now, and coins will be sent to them when they are mined in the future. Just tell me what gold and silverware you want."

"Shu Jin, am I dreaming?" Liu Wenxi blinked, but didn't hear anything about gold and silverware.Seeing how cute he looked, Shu Jin smiled and gave him a hug.

"If it's a dream, it's also a sweet dream that you never have to wake up from." He whispered, his voice seemed to have the smell of money, which made people enchanted.

"Suddenly I am motivated again, Shu Jin, I want to eat something good today!" Liu Wenxi became happy, thinking that he would have money to spend soon, he was so happy.

Shu Jin just looked at him with a smile, and waited until night to talk about the disposal of firearms. If they manufactured firearms privately, it would definitely arouse the emperor's fear.Weapons are incomparable with other resources. Development is necessary, but it requires some skills and money.

"Or in the name of Tianshu?" Liu Wenxi asked, but Shu Jin shook his head. It's not that he hadn't thought about it, but it was inevitable that there would be mistakes.

"This firecracker was researched by the people of the palace. It is not the same as the heavenly book. It will be bad if it is revealed. I haven't come up with a good idea yet. I will write to the third brother tomorrow and ask him to think of a way. It is best to be able to Someone pays to study this."

Of course Liu Wenxi listened to him, and had difficulty finding Shu Zhan.

It was late at night, dark at night, and reading and doing work hurt my eyes, so I fell asleep.

As the days passed, the weather was already very warm. Liu Wenxi was bathed in the sun, and suddenly felt that something was wrong.

Since the beginning of spring, it has only rained three times, and they are still sporadic light rain.Now that the crops are sprouting buds, it is the time when rain is needed, but the sky is always blue and there is not a single cloud to be found.The air gradually became dry, and the dirt road was dusty.

For people living in cities, this may be a good thing, but for agriculture, if there is no rain, it will affect the growth of crops, and if the drought lasts for too long, it will cause crops to die.

"Shu Jin, the weather is so nice, let's go for a walk." Liu Wenxi said to Shu Jin.Shu Jin didn't know what he meant, but the official business in hand had not been dealt with, so it was inconvenient to let it go.

"I'll finish reading this later," Shu Jin said.

"Yeah." Liu Wenxi nodded obediently, and went back to the house to avoid the sun outside.It's only spring, if he is tanned now, the contrast with Shu Jin will be even stronger.

"Shu Jin, it hasn't rained for a long time, will there be a drought this year?" Liu Wenxi originally wanted to go out and tell Shu Jin, but he also wanted to show off.But Shu Jin has been busy here for a long time and there is no sign of ending, so Liu Wenxi couldn't help asking.

"If you don't tell me, I really didn't think of it." Shu Jin said, he really didn't think of it. Last year, there was a lot of snow, so there was no drought a while ago, and even the river rose a little higher.It hasn't rained for more than half a month now, and it hasn't had much impact on agriculture, so he didn't pay attention.

"I built a few waterwheels by the riverside last year, but none of them were used, so I didn't build them again this year." Shu Jin also felt that she seemed to be too relaxed. In the land of Liaodong, according to Meng Guan, the weather has always been unstable. There are very few people with good weather, so it is better for them to take precautions.

"I want to check the situation outside first. The water system here is fairly developed, so the impact should not be that great." Liu Wenxi said, they rely on the river, and the river will not dry up. Even if it is really dry, with the current cultivated area , even if it is to carry water for irrigation, it should be able to handle it.

Shu Jin quickly finished the matter at hand, and rode out with Liu Wenxi.When I left the city, I saw emerald green everywhere, and the fields criss-crossed, full of vitality.

And the farmers in the fields are also busy. Baicheng is close to the river, and the water trucks are already in operation. Many people are carrying water to the fields to irrigate. When they went a little further, they saw people organizing wells.

"It seems that Song Yu is already prepared." Shu Jin was very relieved. Recently, the situation in the capital was tense, so he was less concerned about Liaodong.Seeing that everyone was in order, Song Yu thought that there was no need to alarm him, so he didn't report it.

They walked around and felt a little relieved. In the evening, Song Yu came to the door.