One after another, the people nearby arrived. The sleeping babies were also wrapped up tightly by their mothers.
For the people of Huaiyuan, the arrival of the Emperor's team was a blessing for the children to be exposed to food, even if they didn't eat it.
Children would cry if they didn't sleep well. It was okay to cry a few times.
Everyone went ashore. Many people brought firewood and lit a bonfire.
They celebrated the opening of Hukou Waterfall. In the future, they would need to go to Chang 'an by water.
The people on the ship took out their compressed biscuits and gave them to the people of Huaiyuan.
They were tired of the biscuits. The people of Huaiyuan killed a sheep and roasted it over the bonfire.
There were plains and plenty of water resources. Wheat was all grown there.
Due to the limited manpower, they couldn't grow too much.
Last year, they grew more, mainly because the tools provided by Li Yi were useful.
In the past, one person could manage 30 mu of land. Now, he could manage 60 mu.
There were many cattle and sheep, few poultry. There was no shortage of fish and vegetables.
The climate was not very good. Summer and autumn were short, and the sunshine was long. However, sunshine didn't mean it was warm.
What they needed was logistics. With logistics, they could develop quickly. This was Yinchuan, the provincial capital of Li Yi's time.
However, the northwest was Inner Mongolia, where Li Yi's time was the main production area.
Economic development had little to do with natural resources. For example, Dongting Lake was such a good resource. Hunan and Hubei were now places where officials were banished.
It was the same in the Song Dynasty. Su Shi was banished to Hubei. He was the deputy commander of Huanggang in Hubei.
There, Su Shi wrote, "The Great River flows east, the waves end, the heroes of the ages …"
Then, he wrote, "Don't listen to the sound of leaves falling through the forest …"
Such a good place with natural resources was the place where officials were banished.
Huaiyuan was a good place, but its economy couldn't develop. It was even worse than Hubei.
"If only Li Dongzhu was here." Liu Fangman, the second-in-command of the ship team, sighed with emotion as he looked at the local life.
"What can Li Dongzhu do if he comes? Don't kick me. "The young Non-commissioned Officer hid after he finished speaking. He felt wronged." I'm just asking. "
"There's no need for Li Dongzhu to come over. Go back and send a message to Li Dongzhu about the situation here. Li Dongzhu will come up with a good solution."
Ding Min laughed. That young man was too interesting.
He believed that Li Yi had many ways to increase the lives of the locals by several times. With Li Yi overseeing the Capital Magistrate, there was not even a beggar in the Capital Magistrate's office.
Li Yi promised to come up with new ways to make money when everyone felt that the days were tough.
The key point was that the Li Family Zhuangzi didn't lose money. Every time they made a lot of money, Li Yi would wave his hand and do good deeds for them.
While they were talking, the canned chestnut chicken was heated up. The people on the ship didn't touch it.
The locals scooped some for a taste. The taste of the canned food was different from the chestnut chicken stew. The ingredients were heavy, and it was fragrant. It had a unique fragrance.
There were no bones in the chicken. It was made into canned meat. After heating it up, it would fall apart at a touch.
Even children who had just turned one could eat it, let alone chestnuts. Even children with few teeth could crush them with their tongues.
Chestnuts were sweet. When the baby woke up, he would cry. When the mother breastfed him, the baby would stop crying.
When the child cried and ate the chestnut chicken, he would smile with tears on his face.
"Is the Hukou Waterfall easy to travel on?" Zhong Han didn't see how the land boat traveled on the track, so he asked Ding Min.
The higher-ranking officials didn't come. He was now the highest-ranking official in charge of the local area.
Ding Min chewed the meat in his mouth and nodded. This meat was too greasy.
The fattest part of a sheep was the meat at the back of its head. There was a bit of lean meat, and the rest was all fat.
When eating roasted sheep, only the noblest person could eat the first bite. There was a lot of fat.
The reason for this was due to special circumstances.
Raising sheep, one didn't want to kill the sheep, but the people needed to eat. What should they do? They would cut a hole in this part of the sheep and take out a bit of fat to eat raw.
The sheep could continue to live, and so could the people. Therefore, whoever could eat the sheep would have a higher status.
Just like a camel, when a person hurried through the desert with a camel and didn't have water or food for a short period of time, they would take some meat from the camel's hump.
The camel wouldn't die because of this, and the person could continue to live after eating it.
Therefore, roasted camel and roasted sheep were the same. This part of the meat was given to the noblest guest.
It wasn't that the meat was delicious. It represented survival.
The first bite was given to you. Weren't you the noblest existence?
At Li Yi's time, many people only knew that it was a tradition. They only knew how it was done, but didn't know why it was done.
Ding Min knew, but he really didn't want to eat it. He chewed a little and swallowed before answering Zhong Han's question.
"It's very fast. The boat is first put on a plank in the water, then pulled up and placed directly on the track. The animals pull the boat forward.
A boat made of a hundred stones can be easily dragged and its speed is also fast. When it reaches the place, it's even faster than a boat going against the current.
In front of Li Dongzhu, nothing is impossible. He will always come up with a useful method.
When the Prime Minister in the imperial court has something difficult to decide, he will go to Li Family Zhuangzi to ask for advice. Every time he goes to ask, he will definitely get something. "
Ding Min praised Li Yi to the heavens. He knew some things that couldn't be told to others, so he didn't mention His Majesty.
Zhong Han looked forward to it. "I wonder when I can see his face. Does he have a feather fan and a silk scarf?"
"No, Li Dongzhu likes to wear a white gown." Ding Min shook his head. What feather fan and silk scarf?
… …
The sky gradually brightened. Chang 'an was a few minutes earlier than Huaiyuan.
Li Longji woke up. He didn't go to the morning court because he had a cold.
Last night, he overworked himself and sweated. He found it too hot and fell asleep beside Empress Wang.
Empress Wang built a stall for him, but he kicked it open in the middle of the night.
He woke up early in the morning and felt sore all over. His nose was running and he was crying.
Li Yi made him spicy soup. The main dish was pork and celery stuffed buns. He couldn't eat anymore after eating one, but he drank all the spicy soup.
Then he had a fever and vomited everything he ate.
Fortunately, when he was about to vomit, Li Yi gave him two big bowls of water, so he endured for a few minutes.
The water neutralized the stomach acid, so his throat didn't burn after vomiting.
"Brother Yi, am I okay?" Li Longji was eating a popsicle. There was an ice handkerchief wrapped around his forehead to cool him down physically.
"It's okay. People can't not get sick. In front of me, I can solve this small illness for you, but you still need to adjust yourself."
Li Yi had a way to cool Li Longji down quickly and then let him fall asleep. When he woke up, he would be fine.
If he needed medicine, it was better to let Li Longji deal with it himself. If he did a blood test now, he could ensure that the white blood cells were high.
"I'm a little dizzy." Li Longji's expression was painful.
If it was in the imperial court, he would never show his weak side. In other words, in front of Li Yi, he showed the real situation.
"I'm hungry. The temperature has dropped to 38 degrees Celsius. It was 39.4 degrees Celsius in the morning." Li Yi knew the reason.
Vomiting could cool down, but eating too much popsicle would irritate the stomach. This irritating feeling was similar to hunger.
"Brother Yi, where do you think the ship fleet is now?" Li Longji tried to divert his attention.
"They should have reached Huaiyuan. I don't know the specific situation there, but the most suitable area for development is animal husbandry. There are many water systems and fishing is also good."
Li Yi was thinking about which area of Yinchuan's economy was good for development.
Li Longji said, "Let's go swimming in Zhuangzi's swimming pool later. I'll put a pig's bubble behind your head. It's more reasonable to cool down, and the main thing is that your muscles won't be tired."
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