Empress Wang was nibbling on a piece of carrot when she heard Li Yi's words. She quickly chewed and swallowed before asking, "The method of finding the root of all living things?"
"Examine objects." Li Yi replied with two words.
"Oh, uncle, you're talking about the lateness of objects." Empress Wang finally understood.
"Of course!" Li Yi nodded.
"What are they?" Empress Wang was still curious.
"The sun and the moon alternate, the stars rotate, the four seasons change. The river flows to the east, the wind blows, the water rises, the clouds gather and disperse. "Li Yi gave a general explanation.
"Are there any policies to benefit the people?" Li Longji felt that the sun, the moon and the stars were too big and wanted to know about the small aspects.
"The fields are rich in grain, the merchants are prosperous. Traveling a thousand li in a day, traveling a thousand li in a carriage, treating people and ruling the country, becoming a Jinshi. "
"Then, uncle, you have to choose the right people and don't let bad people learn the skills." Empress Wang expressed that she believed that her uncle had this ability.
Li Longji also believed it. At the very least, Li Yi had managed to do it. There was no need to talk about doing business, but he was a Divine Doctor. As for running a country, it was clear just by looking at the thousands of people in the manor.
The only thing left was to travel a thousand miles in a day by boat. This …
It should be possible, but he had to wait for Li Yi to find the time to do it.
That way … it would save him a lot of trouble.
Therefore, he agreed, "Yes, choosing the right people is important."
"That's right!" Li Yi agreed.
"Can we find people from the Imperial College?" Empress Wang suggested.
Li Yi refused, "Don't look for the Imperial College. The forty-two people who are willing to do things will be the priority."
"Okay." Li Longji felt that the forty-two students who were waiting to take the exam would do. They were hardworking and serious in their work.
After their families came over, they had specially sent people to investigate and their backgrounds were clean.
As for why they did not pass the exam, it was because they did not have enough literary talent. If brother Yi wanted to teach them literary talent, it would be easy.
"Do you still have carrots? I want to take them back … and cook them in Earthly Paradise." Empress Wang liked to eat carrots.
Li Yi didn't feel much about this. He always felt that raw carrots were delicious. The taste and texture of cooked carrots were bad, although he always ate cooked ones.
"Yes, but the raw ones are gone. If they are not washed, they can be stored for a winter." Li Yi said helplessly. Yu Huaide, why are you so hardworking?
Li Longji sat there, rolling his eyes. He knew that Yu Huaide was still alive, so ….
On the first day of December.
After receiving the order, Pei Yaoqing went out and led the team to a house in Qinren Lane in the southwest of the East Market. The yamen runner knocked on the door.
"Is Shopkeeper Yu here? This county's Ming Fu has arrived. "
Yu Huaide ran out in a dress. When he saw Pei Yaoqing, he had a deep impression of him and hurriedly opened the door.
"The Ming Residence actually came in person. I suddenly feel that …"
"Let's talk inside. It's cold under the skirt." Pei Yaoqing had some understanding of Yu Huaide's situation.
"Thank you for the Ming Residence's understanding." Yu Huaide showed a grateful expression.
When the group entered, Yu Huaide invited Pei Yaoqing to take a seat. He tidied his dress and sat beside him.
Pei Yaoqing looked at him and wanted to laugh. He came back with great ambitions, but in the end, he bumped into Li Yi and Zhuangzi and got a big bump on his head.
"Is the Ming Residence here because of the ice sculpture?" Yu Huaide spoke first.
"Ice sculpture is a small matter. I heard that Shopkeeper Yu has carrots?" Pei Yaoqing went straight to the point.
"Yes, I have some." Yu Huaide understood. To be able to say the words "carrots", Li Yi must have told him.
"How much do you have?" Pei Yaoqing asked again.
"Uh …" Yu Huaide hesitated.
"Someone in the palace wants it. Five carrots per catty. Who do you want to give it to? Why don't you entertain them at Pyong Kang Square another day? I will go. "
Pei Yaoqing told him not to worry about not having anything. He was just going to help him get to know some people!
"It's free." Yu Huaide shook his head. He felt that the whole room was bright and sunny.
"When someone in the palace forcefully takes your things? Five carrots per catty. "Pei Yaoqing insisted on paying. After all, he wasn't the one paying.
"There's less than three hundred catties left. No, it's more than two hundred catties. Let's count it as two hundred catties." Yu Huaide chose to earn less.
He turned around and said to his subordinates, "Go, wash all the remaining carrots and give them to …"
"Wait." Pei Yaoqing hurriedly stopped them and said sternly, "They can't be washed. Bring the mud and send them over."
This was a deliberate order from the Yellow Door, and it wasn't just one sentence.
Thus, Pei Yaoqing left with more than two hundred and sixty catties of unwashed carrots. He gave Yu Huaide an additional five ice lanterns.
At noon that day, Empress Wang was in the palace watching someone use a bamboo knife to cut carrots.
She was at the side giving instructions. Li Longji was also there.
"Leave more than half an inch, cut twenty carrots and send them to the Heavenly Earth. Bring them back. Basin, not copper basin, pottery. Put twenty carrots in it and add water. If there's more, pour it out …"
She looked like an expert. She had just learned how to do it in the cultivation room yesterday. She also asked for a lot of distilled nutrient solution.
There was no special equipment in the palace for distilling humus. The smell during the distilling process was unpleasant.
"This is so strange. Change the water and soak it for a few days. It will grow green buds. Then put it in the soil. Carrots will grow under it."
Empress Wang had never encountered such an operation.
According to her idea, the carrots would grow out, cut them and eat them. Then she would put them in the soil, grow them again, cut them again …
Every day, she would cut some carrots and plant them. In the end, she would have carrots to eat every day.
Li Longji stood at the side and watched. He was thinking about Li Yi's words. Carrots were easier to preserve in winter than big carrots.
Then, there was a shortage of vegetables in winter. Eating carrots was very useful. The corners of the mouth would rot and things would be blurred at night.
If the soldiers ate carrots and fought with the enemy at night, the enemy would not be able to see clearly at night. It would be advantageous.
Every vegetable that could be stored for a long time in the north was worth promoting and planting.
"My Tang dynasty is different from the past." Li Longji thought and suddenly said, full of confidence.
***
The ice was still being chiseled.
Ice sculptures were being made. Many rich families who could not afford to store ice in winter bought meat and sent it to the chiseled people.
They asked the chiseled people to help them chisel more ice and bring it home to put in the ice cellar.
Those who did not have ice cellars hired people to dig and dig the frozen soil.
The chiseled people had formed a one-stop service organization. If anyone wanted to dig an ice cellar, they would dig it and put the ice in it.
The money earned would be divided among everyone. The more skilled the chiseled people were, the faster they worked. This winter would be easy.
Their shoes, warm leather pants, thick gloves, and tools were given by the yamen.
They could take on private jobs as long as they did not delay the yamen's work.
Pei Yaoqing knew, but he did not care.
In summer, the rich families would have more ice, and the poor people would have better lives. It would be considered a political achievement.
At the moment, he was strolling beside the carved ice sculptures. The ice sculptures were covered with a shed made of the worst cloth.
During the day, the ice sculptures were covered to prevent dust from falling and to add to the scenery.
In the cold weather, the literati and literati were exhaling and studying what to draw and what to write.
The students and townspeople who were going to take the exam next year had priority. Didn't they have no way to contribute? Didn't they complain about the rich and those with connections?
The opportunity had come. If they wrote well and drew well, they could leave their identity information below. When the time came, they could choose based on it.
If they could not even do this, it would be useless to contribute.
"The most difficult thing is the poem." A student put his hand in front of his mouth and exhaled to warm himself. He said to his friends.
"No, the most difficult thing is the painting. My painting is still good. I should write my name first." Another person said.
The boat of friendship was about to capsize.
Pei Yaoqing could not stand it anymore. He stood there and said, "Write whose painting and poem. If you can write a policy on ice sculpture, you should have priority."
Then he shook his head. These students were stupid. They were not as good as Brother Yi. If it were Brother Yi, he would just draw and write at random and then go to the next place.
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