"Goose ~ ~" "Uh!" "Yes, very good. Goose ~ ~" "Uh?"
The four of them went ashore. Li Yi pointed at the goose boat and taught the little guy to speak. The little guy recited earnestly.
He pointed at the goose and wanted to go up to play.
"Time to eat." Li Yi made a eating gesture.
The little guy smacked his lips and drooled. He started to feel conflicted.
"You can play after you finish eating," Li Yi said again.
He didn't know if the little guy understood, but he didn't ask to go up.
During the meal, Empress Wang washed her son's hands again and again. Warm food was specially provided for the child.
She placed the food on a plate. There were diced meat, diced vegetables, and a thumbnail-sized cake.
The plate was placed in front of the child. The child sat on a special chair with a protective circle around it.
The little guy reached out to grab food and stuffed it into his mouth. The adults would feed him when he drank soup.
There was a big napkin on the table. The little guy also had a big napkin in front of his clothes.
He grabbed food and rubbed it against his small hands. Wherever he rubbed, it was clean.
"Is a boat with wheels going against the current faster than a boatman pulling a rope?"
Li Longji looked at his son eating. He held back his laughter and talked to Li Yi about serious matters.
"Boatmen can't go very fast. At the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, boatmen have to climb on the rocks on the shore. There are special plank paths on the rock walls for boatmen to use."
Li Yi described the boatmen's speed. Boatmen could only move the boat forward. The speed was out of the question.
"It can fit two wheels, but it can also fit more wheels?" Li Longji understood the principle.
"Yes. It can be cycled by human feet. The strength of the feet is greater than the strength of the arms. It's easy to turn back and forth. It's even easier to move forward and reach the shore."
Li Yi introduced the advantages of a boat.
An aircraft carrier was also driven by wheels, but the shape of the wheels was different.
"I'll take one with me." Li Longji wanted to take it to the palace.
There was a Supreme Liquid Pond at the Xuanwu Gate of Daming Palace. There was also the Jingyao Gate where the river flowed through Fanglin Garden.
It was easier to travel by foot than by other boats.
"I told Minister Bi to fork out some money to build a water network. The capital will be connected to the various villages, so there won't be a shortage of water to grow cotton. At the same time, it will be convenient for ships to travel."
Li Yi mentioned the water project again.
In fact, other places were also short of water. It was not easy to draw a small river for irrigation.
Some made use of mountains and rivers, and there were also ponds that accumulated rainwater.
That way, the crops would be different. Everyone would want to farm in a place with more water.
The imperial court didn't have the money to pay for the construction of a water network in the capital.
With the continuous collection of business tax, this year's business tax could exceed last year's rent transfer.
Taohong watched the little fellow eat. Seeing that the food was finished, she went to the oven and took out the roasted chicken skewers.
She used her chopsticks to place the meat skewers on a plate to dry, preparing to give it to the little fellow.
"Uncle, the meat skewers on your Zhuangzi are of the same size. It must be difficult to wear them, right?"
Empress Wang discovered the secret when she saw the chicken skewers.
Li Yi motioned to the eunuch. Ge Yan ran out and came back with a set of things in a short time. There was meat among them.
He first cut the meat into large one-inch slices on the table next to him and then put them into a box with vertical lattices on the side.
The fat and lean meat were stacked at intervals and covered with a lid.
Then he picked up a bundle of bamboo sticks and inserted them into the holes on the top. The knife cut at the vertical lattices, cutting one side, changing the other side and cutting again.
After cutting, he opened the box and meat skewers appeared one by one.
"Eat a little for yourself. You don't need this tool. It takes time to wash the tools. If you have a lot, it will save time and effort."
Li Yi said to the two that this kind of magical tool was suitable for making meat skewers in large quantities.
Li Longji suddenly remembered the incident where the Li Family Zhuangzi provided 30,000 people with meat skewers. So this was how it was worn.
"What about the steamed buns?" Li Longji thought of the steamed buns again. The Li Family Zhuangzi also provided them quickly.
"It's the kind of thing used to remove the seeds of cotton. It's used to press the dough. After pressing the dough, use a big bamboo tube to press it. One press will produce a pile of round buns."
Li Yi said as he gestured the pressing action.
"When wrapping, there's a slot for folding bamboo sheets. There's a press bar next to it. Press it, the bamboo sheets will close and seal, and a steamed bun will come out."
Li Yi said again how to make the steamed bun. It was a steamed bun machine that made it manually.
"What about the filling?" Empress Wang thought of the process and didn't know how to put the filling in.
"Put it manually. There's a conveyor belt. The person in front just needs to put the dough on the box. The second person uses a spoon to scoop a spoonful of filling, and the third person presses.
When the steamed bun comes out, another conveyor belt will transfer the empty box to the first person. Three people, make 220 to 250 steamed buns in a quarter of an hour.
The key is to continuously make steamed buns. It's not so tiring, and your fingers don't hurt. "
Li Yi also told this secret. Otherwise, how could Zhuangzi provide steamed buns for more than 30,000 people?
Why were farmers more valuable than other workers? It was because they would quickly understand and carry out whatever the farmers told them.
Some would even find problems in their work and improve it.
"I see." Li Longji smiled and shook his head.
He thought that the Li family's farmers worked fast. It turned out that they had been using advanced technology.
The little boy next to him stopped eating and waited with his little hand outstretched.
The palace maid came to wash his hands. The little boy's little hand patted the water in the basin. After patting, he looked at his hand and stretched it out again to wait.
He patted the water to wash his hands, but the effect was obviously not good.
After his hands were clean, he sat there and looked at others. After a while, he closed his eyes and lowered his head bit by bit.
He put the baby in the stroller and fell asleep.
"As long as there are enough ships to transport goods from other places to Chang 'an and Shu Di, the time and labor costs will be reduced."
Li Yi said as he put down his chopsticks. He had also finished eating.
Li Longji finished the last mouthful of food. "Can other ships be modified?"
"Instead of modifying, it's better to build new ones. Many shipbuilding places have ready-made good wood. The technology is not difficult."
Li Yi did not agree with modifying existing ships. It was too troublesome. By the time a new ship was built, it would be too late.
Li Longji understood. "You want to show the new ship technology?"
"It can't be kept a secret at all. Once others see the goose ship, the shipbuilding craftsmen will immediately make it. The goose ship shouldn't have that upper body. The center is too high."
Li Yi gestured with his hand as if the boat was about to capsize.
The goose ship was made to look like a goose for the sake of beauty. The upper body was high, and when the wind was strong, the surface area was also large, and the swaying was obvious.
In order to make it stable, the upper body could be removed, or to prevent rain, it could be made into a removable shed.
When it rained, the shed could be installed and the surrounding waterproof curtains could be lowered.
"If others learn it, will it be a big threat to the Tang dynasty?" Li Longji asked.
After asking, he laughed. "Haha, not a big threat. The Tang dynasty needs it the most."
He thought it through. There was no Yangtze River or Yellow River in other places. Whether there were ships in India or not, it didn't matter to the Tang dynasty for the time being.
"Brother Yi, this ship is also useful in Jiangnan." Li Longji thought of Suzhou, Yangzhou, Hangzhou, and other places.
"They will use it for tourists. They won't use it for their own lives. They look down on this kind of ship, unless it's a water battle."
Li Yi shook his head. Jiangnan was a water town. It was faster to use other ships. They were all small boats.
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