As soon as the new year passed, Yizhou resumed its operation, and Li Yin was also busy. He still had a lot of things to do, especially the scientific research institute. He asked Yang Suxin about the technical information, and it was basically in place. Obviously, this is not difficult. It is very easy to find some old science and technology in the 21st world, but it is difficult to find people who can turn the things on the blueprint into real objects in the Tang Dynasty.
And this person, Li Yin, after some consideration, decided to try Tong Nian's son, Tong Yu, who only knows strange tricks.
Tong Nian left Yizhou after the Lantern Festival, that is, on the fifteenth day of the middle month. His mission has been completed. In the upper reaches of the Nanhe River, a shipyard belonging to the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce has now started normal operation, and the Nanhe River's In the living area of the workshop base, many top craftsmen in Yizhou have already settled in, waiting for the work that may come at any time, while some craftsmen are already busy, such as carpenters and paper makers.
After Tong Yu came to Yizhou, he had been in a state of doing nothing, wandering around all day long. On this day, Jin Daqian suddenly informed the King of Shu that he wanted to see him, which surprised him a little. He thought the King of Shu had forgotten him.
Li Yin is at Nanhe Wharf at this time. His current focus of work is of course the workshop base. As for the government affairs, he is left to Shangguanyi. After all, he is not proficient in everything.
"Caomin... See Your Highness!" Tong Yu galloped all the way on horseback, still panting a little while speaking.
Li Yan glanced at him, and said: "Wai Li, your father said that you don't want to study, but just study some strange skills and tricks. I would like to ask, what kind of strange skills and tricks do you know?"
"This..." Tong Yu looked embarrassed. He thought that Li Yin would arrange some things for him to do, but he didn't expect to ask this. Although he really likes to delve into some weird things, he understands that this is ignorant Said, things that can't be put on the table, "Reporting to Your Highness, Caomin also makes some wooden gadgets on weekdays, such as wooden boxes that can blow the wind, and wooden wheels that can lift water up. Recently, Caomin is making some wooden gadgets. A tool that can be used to lift the carriage, but all failed, oh, the blueprint drawn by Caomin is still on me, please take a look at it, Your Highness."
Tong Yu finished speaking like a few Jiazhen, took out a piece of paper from his arms and handed it to Li Yin, "Did you draw this?" Li Yin glanced at the painting, he almost thought that Tong Nian was also a time traveler , The things on this drawing are actually similar to today's bicycles.
"Yes, it's just that Cao Min failed to make it successfully after three years, because there is no way to connect the front and rear wheels to rotate." Tong Yu felt a little regretful.
Li Yin couldn't help but look at Tong Yu a few more times. He really didn't expect that the talent was in front of him. He now has such an idea.
Li Yin returned the design drawings to him, "You are Tong Nian's son, and you should also understand that there are a lot of strange things in the Shengtang Chamber of Commerce, so it's not that this king looks down on the so-called strange skills and ingenuity like everyone else. On the contrary, this king thinks that these strange tricks can also improve the lives of the common people."
"Your Highness, do you think so too?" Tong Yu looked excited, as if she had found a confidant.
Li Yan stood up, with his hands behind his back, facing a pool of water, "I came to you for this purpose, this king is going to build a research institute!"
"Institute?" Tong Yu didn't understand the meaning of the word, and looked at Li Yin suspiciously.
Li Yin explained: "In fact, it is a place where people who like strange skills and tricks like you gather together to study strange skills and tricks together, but this king calls this kind of weird skills and tricks science and technology."
Tong Yu didn't understand the uncommon word science and technology, but he understood what he said earlier, and he said, "Then what does Your Highness need Tong Yu to do?"
"The king wants you to be responsible for finding such people to set up a research institute, and at the same time study some science and technology." Li Yin said slowly.
Tong Yu excitedly said: "Your Highness, Tong Yu is willing to take charge of establishing the research institute."
For scientific madmen, there is nothing more attractive than this kind of place, and Tong Yu's performance is also in his expectation, he said: "But this king's ugly words are in front, once you enter the research institute It’s not that you can leave if you want, so when you recruit those people, you must make it clear to them that I don’t want to have a few bones in the wilderness. Of course, as long as you enter the research institute, you will have to pay for food and drink Provided by the Shu Palace, you can also receive a high monthly salary, and you will have no worries about food and clothing from now on."
"It's not too late, you can start to prepare for this matter, just ask Jin Daqian to withdraw money and silk." Li Yin waved his hand, indicating that Tong Yu can leave.
Tong Yu bowed and bowed again and slowly retreated. This was the second time he and Li Yin met, but he felt that Li Yin at this time was a little more majestic than a prince compared to years ago.
After Tong Yu left, Li Yin sat down and looked at the lake with broken ice alone. Now he has become more and more used to being a prince, and he is more and more fond of thinking about his future life as a prince. His thoughts will constantly change with the changes in the things he comes into contact with and the environment. In the past, he always lived with the thinking of an otaku, but everything later proved that this was just a mistake. He was almost killed by a small conspiracy. This is an example, and then he changed his strategy and exiled himself to Yizhou. At this time, he was already alert, but Qin Huaiyu's unintentional words during the hunting years ago completely awakened him-no one hurts the tiger, the tiger There are people who eat people's hearts.
He has been thinking about this sentence these days before and after the Chinese New Year, and his heart has also subtly changed in the process of thinking. This is a cruel feudal dynasty. He may lose his head at any time, and for a prince like him, the end of his political life means the end of his real life. Any prince from the eldest grandson's lineage who ascends to the throne will kill all the Yang's lineages. This is not just history. The inevitability of this is also the inevitability of the struggle within the royal family, and this inevitability also leaves Li Yin with no choice but to face the multiple-choice question of life or death.
For Li Yin, there is only one answer to this multiple-choice question, and that is life, and it is a happy life. Thinking of this, Li Yin clenched his fists tightly. Before the enemy hurts him, he must make himself so strong that he cannot be shaken by anyone.
Tong Yu returned to the house and began to write letters. As the saying goes, like things gather and people are divided into groups. The friends around Tong Yu are naturally a group of like-minded people. In the letter, he described in detail the bright future Li Yin built for him. He tried his best to persuade his friends to go to Yizhou, and Li Yin also cooperated with Tong Yu, and Shangguanyi introduced a series of new measures to improve the status of Yizhou craftsmen and businessmen, encouraged skilled craftsmen to invent and create, and promised that if beneficial inventions were adopted, they would return to Yizhou. You can go to the Shu Palace to receive a large amount of rewards.
In addition to Yizhou, Li Yin also asked Shengtang Business Daily to publish the news that Yizhou is recruiting skilled craftsmen, so as to recruit talents throughout the Tang Dynasty.
Li Yin's series of actions were blatant, but they did not cause any disturbances. This was because the status of industry and businessmen was the lowest in the Tang Dynasty, and no one would care too much about such lowly things, but if he It's different when recruiting scholars, and it will definitely provoke criticism from the court.
A prince wanted to recruit skilled craftsmen, which caused a large number of craftsmen like Tong Yu to flow into Yizhou after receiving the news. Those who are really capable will be kept in the research institute, and the remaining available ones will be distributed to the workshop base, and all those who are bluffing and cheating will be sent away. The Shu Palace has a great business, but it is not a charity hall.
While busy with the research institute, Li Yin began to inspect the winter wheat planted last year. Under the care of thousands of servants, the wheat on the 20,000 mu of land is growing gratifyingly. From a distance, it looks like a green ocean, with layers of green waves being blown by the breeze , I am delighted to see it.
The officials of Shangguanyi also followed Li Yin to inspect the wheat field, and Wei Tieniu was also with him. Li Yin just wanted these people to see that there would be nothing wrong with following him, and Wei Tieniu was so remorseful. It was a joke that Li Yin planted wheat in the winter, and now it was the harvest season, they were all dumbfounded.
"Wei Tieniu, you believe it now!" Along the way, Wei Tieniu's mouth has never closed. He has been planting the land for so long, when has he ever seen such a gratifying crop?
"Your Highness, they are all dumb-eyed. I will definitely plant them this winter." Wei Tieniu said with red eyes, while the other officials smiled and remained silent.
Li Yan smiled and said: "You don't have to wait until today's winter. After the weather gets warmer, I have a lot of seeds and seedlings brought in from other regions. These things are worth more than wheat. Do you dare to plant them?"
"Dare!" Wei Tieniu said resolutely, gaining wisdom from a pitfall.
Li Yin nodded and looked at the magistrates of each county, "You all have tasks this year. Each county prepares 10,000 mu of land as a sample field. These fields will be planted with things from other regions. As for what to plant, that's up to you." Just wait for the Shangguan Inspector to assign."
"Yes, Your Highness!" said the county magistrates.
Let the Yizhou officials and the accompanying people see the winter wheat, Li Yin and Jin Daqian walked aside the crowd, Li Yin asked: "I just remembered, how much new property will be added to the Shu Palace this year?"
Jin Daqian said: "This winter, the slaves and official slaves reclaimed more than 40,000 mu of land, and the old slave bought more than 30,000 mu of land from some officials and prominent families who sold their land. Adding up, the palace now has 100,000 mu of land. .”
"oh."
The reason why Li Yin asked these questions was to plan what to plant. There are so many crops, and he has to think carefully this time, because there are too many things to plant.