In addition to being in the palace and the school, most people would have to deal with all sorts of things. After a long time, they would definitely feel suffocated.
Otherwise, the ancient emperors would love to travel when they had nothing to do!
Unfortunately, they had to deal with a lot of things every day. Secondly, the identity of the emperor was too important. Going out wasn't a simple trip, and it cost a lot of money.
As a result, there was another situation — traveling incognito!
When they had nothing to do, they would disguise themselves and visit a brothel.
For example, that so-and-so and so-and-so again!
They left behind many stories that would be passed down through the ages!
For example, Zhao Feiyan and Li Shishi …
However, there were also some who had a bad start. Emperor Tongzhi visited a brothel and died …
This showed that …
Ahem, I'm going off topic …
I'm talking about traveling.
It was troublesome for an ordinary emperor to travel, but in a martial arts world, there was no need to consider these problems if the emperor was a cheat.
For example, when the empress went out, there was a guard of honor most of the time, but that was only to show her noble status.
If something really happened, it wasn't certain who would be protecting who.
Therefore, when he had nothing to do, he would often travel light.
For example, now that the empress was riding Qi Shui and Ren Baqian was riding the crow general, they were followed by Tong Zhenye and a group of officials from the Ministry of Works. In addition, there were 20 to 30 imperial bodyguards.
The empress sat on the back of Qi Shui and looked at the lush fields as she suddenly asked, "Why do the crops in this field seem different?"
Although the empress didn't know much about farming, she had seen pigs run before. Most of the fields she had seen before were hundreds of acres of the same crop.
At this moment, she was curious when she saw two crops intertwined in a field.
"It's sugar cane and sweet potatoes! Sugar cane takes more than 10 months to grow. It would be a pity to leave the field empty during the seedling stage, and other crops can be planted. "Ren Baqian understood after a glance. He was the one who informed the Ministry of Works about this.
He had wanted to make sugar cane for a long time.
The sugar in this world was mainly extracted from beets, which was too inefficient and expensive. After changing to sugar cane … Ren Baqian felt that he could open a sugar factory …
Sugar cane wasn't any slower than glass products and spices. At least, he was confident that he could dig out Lin Qiaole's treasury.
Lin Qiaole had stayed in Qingxin Palace Hall for so many years and didn't have much to spend, so she should have saved up some money …
"Sugarcane, is that the kind of crop that you said can extract sugar from?" The empress was obviously very interested in the weed-like sugarcane sprouts in the field.
Or rather, he was very interested in sugar.
"The value of this thing isn't limited to making sugar." Ren Baqian laughed. "Your Majesty should have seen the cars on Earth, but we can't find oil here, so we have to develop other technologies, such as biodiesel. However, there is another very convenient alternative, which is ethanol. Large amounts of ethanol could be extracted from both sugar cane and sweet potatoes.
Although Ren Baqian had decided to develop diesel, ethanol was equally important.
The main reason was that these two types of fuels had different ignition points, densities, and development directions.
It's like the difference between gasoline and diesel.
Nowadays, Dayao's technology was advancing by leaps and bounds. Even the steam engine wasn't widely used and could only be seen in some factories. However, Ren Baqian was already preparing to set up a laboratory to study the internal combustion engine.
After all, with the internal combustion engine, the transportation time and manpower would be greatly reduced. Even farming would require less manpower. Coupled with the cement roads that were being built, the entire Dayao would be able to develop rapidly.
"Can ethanol be made into wine?" the empress asked after thinking for a while. Although the empress was ignorant and incompetent … wrong … she didn't know much about this area, she still paid some attention to things that interested her. At the very least, she knew that ethanol was alcohol.
"If the concentration of ethanol is high enough, it can be used as fuel." Ren Baqian gave an example, "Water of Life!"
The empress's expression immediately became strange. She looked at Ren Baqian with narrowed eyes and didn't know what she was thinking.
A few days ago, after she and Ren Baqian left the wedding, that bunch of scoundrels almost burned down Zichen Palace Hall.
Moreover, Lian Liang even tore down half a wall.
Thinking of this, the empress started to feel suffocated. During her wedding, they set fire to the palace and destroyed it?
The cause of that incident was the Water of Life.
And the main culprit who took out the Water of Life was Ren Baqian.
At this moment, Ren Baqian naturally didn't realize that his loose tongue reminded the empress of what he had done. He was in high spirits as he introduced the uses of the sweet potatoes and sugar cane.
Ever since the introduction of high-yield crops like sweet potatoes, sweet potatoes, and pumpkins, the price of food in Dayao had dropped significantly over the past three years.
In other words, the price of crops like sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes was low enough.
The monthly income of an ordinary person in Dayao was 1.5 to 2 taels of silver, the salary of a soldier was 3 to 4 taels of silver, the salary of a low-ranking official was 6 taels of silver, and the winged cavalry warriors were paid 10 taels of silver.
One tael of silver was equivalent to 1,200 copper coins.
However, because Dayao produced very little copper, there were more cases of trading broken silver.
After all, the people of Dayao weren't like the people of the Yun Nation or Great Xia, who bought vegetables and meat in half a catty.
The people of the Yun Nation said, "Give me 2 taels of meat! Give me 1 catty of cabbage! "
Then, they threw out a handful of copper coins.
The people of Dayao said, "Give me 15 catties of beef."
Then, they went to another stall and said, "I'll exchange 1.5 catties of beef for 1 catty of beets!"
In Dayao, beef was one of the cheapest foods and only cost 10 copper coins per catty.
Ordinary people had to eat 2 catties of meat a day, and an adult's income was just enough to fill their stomachs.
Fortunately, men and women were truly equal in Dayao. Both men and women had to work to support their families, so they could barely fill their stomachs.
This was also thanks to the low fertility of the people of Dayao. If there were seven or eight people in a family, many would starve to death.
Bones cost 3 copper coins per catty.
Mutton cost 12 copper coins per catty.
However, people couldn't just eat meat. Vegetables and grains were much more expensive.
Salt cost 120 copper coins per catty.
Beets usually cost 25 to 30 copper coins per catty.
Edible wild vegetables cost about 20 copper coins per catty.
Coarse rice with stones in it cost twenty-five copper coins per catty, and the black flour that gave off a sour smell cost thirty-five copper coins per catty.
As for the fragrant rice from the Yun Nation and Great Xia, even ordinary officials couldn't afford it. It cost 250 copper coins per catty, which was equivalent to 2 taels of silver per catty.
One catty of meat was enough to fill one's stomach, but four catties of grains and vegetables were needed. Therefore, the people of Dayao were so poor that they could only eat meat!
As three years passed, high-yielding crops like sweet potatoes and potatoes, which were harvested two to three times a year, began to impact the diet of the people.
In Lan City, sweet potatoes cost 3 copper coins per catty, and pumpkins and potatoes cost 4 copper coins.
Coarse rice had risen to 35 copper coins per catty … After discovering that it was easy to grow and didn't need to worry about it, many people directly planted sweet potatoes. As a result, the price of other grains became more expensive!
However, the emergence of these high-yielding crops had greatly enriched the people's dining tables, and they no longer had to worry about hunger.
After all, 1 catty of sweet potatoes was equivalent to 1 catty of mutton.
The people's dining tables basically changed from stewed beef, roasted beef, and boiled beef to stewed beef with potatoes, stewed beef with sweet potatoes, and stewed beef with pumpkin …
In this regard, Ren Baqian's contribution wasn't small.
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