The carrier pigeons flew away, and the twenty students who were officials in the county were ready to go.
In addition to the goods they exchanged with the barbarians, they also brought carrots.
The carrots were planted and the seeds were harvested.
Then they used the seeds to plant more carrots in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions. After two years, they would bring back some of the seeds and plant them in Guanzhong.
Some of them would be sent to Jiangnan for planting. In two years, carrots would be available everywhere in the Tang dynasty.
Thirteen of the twenty people would take over the position of county magistrate in the thirteen registered counties, and five of them would enter the provincial government.
They would take over the positions in the provincial government. If the provincial governor wanted to do something, he would have to go through them.
The last two would be in charge of Zhang Jiuling's Department of Shipping. In history, the Department of Shipping in the Tang dynasty was overseen by eunuchs.
A few days after the team set out, a moderate rain fell, and in the middle of the night, it turned into light snow.
"The snow came earlier this year." After breakfast, Li Dan ran out to find Li Yi who was watching others work.
"The light snow sealed the land, and the heavy snow sealed the river. I hope the upper reaches of the Yellow River are frozen. "
Li Yi looked at the farmers using flat shovels to dig the ground. He was worried about the cheap charcoal and hoped for the cold weather.
The canal was built. From the beginning of the river to the source, Li Yi hoped it would freeze.
After it froze, some of the ice was flat and could be used to run sleds.
Some of the ice was so messy that they could use tools to clear a path.
Which part of the road was not frozen? They could only go around it. Generally, the water flow in the places that were not frozen was turbulent.
The horses could not stay on the ice for a long time. They needed to go ashore and rest on blankets.
"The rain turned into snow, and the road was slippery. Did the children run here today?" Li Dan said something irrelevant.
Princess Yongmu's neighbor in Zhuangzi had built a new house. The children went back, but Princess Yongmu did not want to go back.
Therefore, the children set out in the morning and ran forward. They crossed Chang 'an and arrived at the Li Family Zhuangzi.
Princess Yongmu taught the children. That night, she stayed in Zhuangzi and ran back the next night.
There was a carriage following her. Some of the children were too young, so they needed to get on the carriage.
"I've already sent people to deliver ice skates to them. They know how to skate." Li Yi said with a smile.
He saw a group of children kneeling on the ice cart. The ice picks were stuck into the ground, and they were sliding towards him.
After the rain, there was light snow, and the ground was covered with a layer of ice.
The horses that were pulling the carriage at the side would occasionally slip, even if the horseshoes were nailed down.
Li Dan also smiled when she saw this. "Only you could come up with this idea."
"It's not that other people don't want to, but they don't want to do it." Li Yi knew that other people wouldn't come over just to help the children deliver ice trucks.
Since they had the manpower and material resources to send the ice trucks, they might as well put the children on the trucks and bring them back.
For the children, they felt that the road was not easy to walk on.
The children would find that not only was it not difficult to deliver the ice cart today, but it was also very interesting.
Turn distress into joy, and children will be happy for a long time.
"There's no ice. I can't slide anymore."
When the children entered Zhuangzi, the ice on the road was shoveled off, and the ice car instantly lost its function.
The older child gave the stake to the younger child and helped to pull up the rope on the ice cart.
Otherwise, if they wanted to slide all the way to the door and out of the door, they wouldn't feel satisfied.
Princess Yongmu greeted them with a smile and happily went to the cafeteria with the children to eat.
Because they had to exercise, the children only drank a cup of warm water in the morning and ran on empty stomachs.
"I, I just, when, when, when, I, I accidentally fell over. I'm scared!"
Qin 'er pulled the ice cart and walked away by herself. She told Princess Yongmu about the "dangerous" thing she had experienced.
"And then?" Princess Yongmu asked with concern.
"And then I got up." Qin 'er showed Princess Yongmu her little hand. Sure enough, it was dirty and painful. When she slapped it on the ice, it was numb and painful.
"Eat more fried eggs to nourish your body." Princess Yongmu comforted her.
"Yes! Nourish my body! "Qin 'er nodded her little head in agreement.
Li Dan listened and smiled even more. She looked at Li Yi. "Only the Li Family Zhuangzi would ask the first-class Jinshi to do this kind of work."
"The first-class Jinshi is worthless. I don't want to teach more people. Otherwise, they would all be first-class Jinshi."
Li Yi stared at the group of students removing the ice. The 220 students in the village came back.
They had gained a lot, but the villagers had gained even more.
When they came back, the villagers made a set of clothes and a pair of shoes for each of them.
There was also a piece of cloth with the fingerprints of all the villagers. It was a People's Watch.
The students put away the clothes and shoes. They didn't wear them and gave the cloth to Li Yi.
Li Yi specially cleared out a row of houses to settle things down.
In the future, when Li Yi wanted to find new students to teach, he would let the new students see it, including the "certificate" of the first-class Jinshi.
He used this to tell the arrogant students that they shouldn't think that they were so good in the provincial capital. They were far from it.
In the Li Family Zhuangzi, they got first-class Jinshi in the imperial examination. Everyone has a People's Watch and they have to work hard.
What do you think you are? You think that your grades in the provincial capital are good and your literary talent is outstanding, but in Zhuangzi, you can't do it.
If they dared to cause trouble, they would be kicked out of Zhuangzi.
However, Li Yi believed that none of the students would be disobedient. Kicking them out wasn't a matter of whether or not they could get help from Zhuangzi.
If the Li Family Zhuangzi didn't want them, it would be useless even if they got all the questions right.
Li Dan rubbed his hands together and put them in his pockets: "This year's greenhouse vegetables will be much cheaper than last year."
"There are more people, but the price still won't drop, even if many rich people are planting greenhouses in other provinces with cold winters."
Li Yi shook his head slightly. The capital government had a population of more than three million people.
They came here to work. During the New Year, the number of people eating vegetables increased correspondingly.
In the northern region, the capital government, the provinces in the north, the provinces in the east and west, and even the Hexi and Longyou Provincial Governors.
There were many people with money and ideas. They planted vegetables in greenhouses using fire channels and silk to keep them warm.
There wasn't enough light, and the growth period was slow. Everyone was still willing to plant and plant in advance. The light would accumulate.
Looking at it this way, the price of the vegetables in greenhouses should be greatly reduced.
In fact, the capital government couldn't do it. In other provinces, it depended on what the people who planted greenhouses thought.
As long as the market wasn't saturated with vegetables, no one was willing to take the initiative to lower the price.
Ordinary people couldn't afford to lower the price by half. They continued to eat cabbage, green onions, radishes, dried vegetables and salted vegetables.
"Can the Henan Province transfer vegetables to the capital government in winter to lower the price?" Li Dan thought of Luoyang, Zhengzhou and other places.
Henan was also cold in winter. However, Henan was the second most important place in the capital, and there were many rich people.
They planted new indica rice, and the yield was high. If they planted greenhouses, they would still be able to make a profit.
Li Yi looked up at the sky: "Now that the Yellow River hasn't frozen, send the ship to the Jinghang Grand Canal. The Yellow River won't be used in winter. "
"What can we do by sending it?" Li Dan realized that Li Yi had learned how to speak in leaps and bounds.
"After we send it, the things further south can be transported to Henan Province. There aren't many vegetables in winter in Suzhou, unless we plant greenhouses."
Li Yi didn't consider the price of the vegetables. He was thinking that it would be a waste to leave the ship on the Yellow River in winter. If he threw it into the river, it would be crushed by the ice.
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