"It's so beautiful." Princess Yongmu looked up at the fireworks and said.
Li Yi vaguely heard the sound of the fireworks. He looked at the imperial city and suddenly remembered something important.
He waved to Qingsong and shouted, "Send someone to the east and west of Chang 'an and the south of the city to set off the fireworks there. Hurry."
Qingsong ran to find someone. Li Yi was relieved.
He thought that it was not easy for the people to see the fireworks. Obviously, it was not crowded to go to the imperial city from other places. Some people could only watch the show in their own square.
The east and west of the city were in a suitable location. As long as the fireworks flew high enough, the people in the surrounding square could see it.
There were many officials and people in the south of the city. They also wanted to see it.
Li Yi believed that some people would run to the river to see the fireworks in Zhuangzi. They could go back at any time without closing the city gate.
The Winged Knights took the fireworks and ran from the south of the city to the west of the city. The road in the city was full of people.
After a quarter of an hour, the fireworks in the imperial city and Zhuangzi did not stop. The fireworks in the east of the city began to rise and bloom.
After another quarter of an hour, beautiful patterns appeared in the sky above the west of the city.
As Li Yi thought, many people stood outside the Ba River to watch and eat dumplings.
Tubo's people in the Honglu Temple looked at the bustling New Year's Eve of the Tang dynasty in Chang 'an. They were in a bad mood.
More than two hours later, the fireworks finished and the show continued on the imperial city.
Isinba's face was full of helplessness. "Sleigh. Many places in Tubo are covered in snow all year round. It snows many days every year."
"It also snows in Tujue, grassland, and Khitan places."
Bozhu had long thought of the Great Tang's capital's sleigh transportation capability, and he had also considered its military use.
"Write a letter back so that we can use the same tools there." Isinba's voice was full of helplessness.
Tubo had always been learning about the Tang dynasty. He had not learned how to use the hot air balloon and had run out of alcohol.
At present, he only had kerosene lamps. Kerosene lamps were expensive, so he did not sell more kerosene.
The hot-air balloon plan was no longer feasible. The only way was to consider how to deal with the hot-air balloons of the Tang dynasty.
He could learn how to sail a ship, but it would not be of much use in Tubo.
What was left was the sleigh, which was pulled by horses and loaded with Baggage.
Baggage was not carried by a horse. The weight that the horse had to bear was obviously different.
"Usually, it's convenient for transportation." Bo Xie had a deep understanding of this. The commoners of the capital government did this.
In the winter of last year, or rather the winter of the year before the new year, there was heavy snow. In winter, the people could only travel by ox-cart and horse carriage.
When they encountered snowy places, they would take a board from the car to prop up the wheels and slip through.
Then, things changed. They were all sleds, and there was no need to clear the snow on the road.
Those who felt that the road was not easy to walk on would take the water network. Commoners came and went frequently.
Only then did they contact the surrounding counties to transport large quantities of greenhouse vegetables.
Would the greenhouse be useful in Tubo? He needed a lot of silk and had to add more fire.
Thinking of learning from the Tang dynasty and planting greenhouses, Boxie suddenly thought of a crucial problem. There was no coal in Tubo, so how could he burn it? Burn firewood and cow dung?
Just to eat some cucumbers and eggplants in winter, he had invested a lot of money. Some people did not even have silk clothes to wear in winter.
This included slaves. If slaves were not given clothes, they would freeze to death. It was a loss of property.
"Planting soybeans to raise insects …" Boxie was thinking of learning how to raise insects. He found that insects were delicious.
Even if the upper class of Tubo did not like to eat them, they could just give them to the slaves. Only when the slaves had the strength to do more work.
"If Li Yi was from Tubo, what good ideas would he come up with for Tubo? It's specially suitable for Tubo. "
Isinba was thinking about Li Yi. He wanted to come over to compete with Li Yi and get the technology from Li Yi.
He was very conceited and felt that he was strong.
After a series of events, the competition was over. He had been watching Li Yi take things out.
In that case, Li Yi's main concern in the Great Tang's capital office was the local people. What would happen in Tufan?
"No … yes, it's called resources. Without resources, he can only provide a short curved plow in Tubo. If he can take out a sled, what else can he do?"
Boxie felt uncomfortable when he thought of Li Yi. He belittled him and felt much better.
The other foreign envoys in Honglu Temple were working hard to learn.
The Xi and Khitans lived in the northeast and part of Inner Mongolia. It was difficult for them to travel in winter.
They found that the sled was good. They were not wrong. In history, the horses, deer, and dogs in the northeast were all pulled by this thing.
As long as there was snow, the sled could go up the mountain. Where the horses could run, the sled could definitely go up the mountain.
If the bushes were too dense, the sled could not trip the horses. The sled could fly over the bushes.
Of course, under normal circumstances, they would not do that. They were worried about the horses. What if they fell?
In the past, they had not thought about it. This year, when they saw the people coming and going in the capital, they were ready to learn.
Otherwise, they would not be able to go out in heavy snow.
Yu Jiang came back with the group that went to Khitan and Bohai. He still pretended to be a Shu person.
On the surface, the person in charge of the Khitan group was Bacharcha. Yu Jiang went to find Bacharcha.
Bacharcha and his group brought their families back, including the families of the brothers who did not go. They planned to let their families live in the Tang dynasty.
They mainly wanted the children to learn the culture of the Tang dynasty. Then, they would take turns to return to Khitan to help out.
"Bacharcha, the sled looks easy to make, but there is a trick to it. Khitan needs the sled." Yu Jiang pretended to eat dumplings and communicated with Bacharcha.
"I'll go and ask." Bacharcha was thinking about the Khitan. He did not care that today was the thirtieth.
Li Yi had just sent Princess Yongmu back to the courtyard and was about to go back to his own courtyard to rest when he met Bacharcha who had come looking for him.
The Winged Knights accompanied him. The Winged Knights were not at ease with other people getting close to Li Yi.
"Li Dongzhu, what's the trick to making a sled? My Khitan needs it. "
Bacharcha asked loudly. The sound of the performance came from the other side.
"You mean making it? The main thing is that it's light. Because there is no bamboo over there, it's better to make it with oak wood. It's also relatively heavy. If you want it to be light, you can use straw and use oil tree branches to weave them into a row … "
Li Yi did not refuse Bacharcha's question. He patiently explained how to make the sled in the northeast.
The light ones were not sturdy enough, and were used when a child needed to be brought along, or to carry some goods and be dragged along.
If wood was used, animals would naturally be used.
"There is a type of reindeer over there that can replace horses to pull the sled. They are more docile." Li Yi kindly introduced the reindeer.
The entire northeast was under the control of the Bohai Sea, including the Heilongjiang region, but their control was not very strong.
The three provinces in the northeast were far from Liaoning to Heilongjiang. How could they completely control the entire region? Using highways? Provincial roads? Trains?
There were many mountains and rivers along the way. In other words, some places were under the control of the Bohai Sea in name, but in reality, the local tribes lived on their own.
Otherwise, when the news of a rebellion reached the ears of the king of the Bohai Sea in autumn, he would send troops in winter. Before spring arrived, a group of people would freeze to death along the way.
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