Compulsory education in ancient times

Before Qi Bohan asked him to bring out some heating things on the hour, Tao Yanran thought hard for several days, but he still couldn't think of anything that could be made now, suitable for heating in winter.

After all, he was a southerner before he traveled, and he had never even enjoyed heating, and it was impossible to know what heating method came from the folk.

Seeing cotton now is like seeing meat for a person who has been hungry for more than ten days!

Tao Jianran turned around quickly, wanting to share the great news with Qi Bohan, but Qi Bohan looked at the secret letter with a frown and a very serious expression.

"Bohan, what's the matter?" Tao Yanran gently took Qi Bohan's arm, and turned to look at the letter.

There was only a short sentence in the letter: The Khan of the Huns died suddenly, and the eldest prince succeeded to the throne, intending to attack our dynasty.

Qi Bohan had already digested the information when Tao Jianran approached, stretched out his hand to pinch Tao Jianran's frightened cheek, and said softly: "It's okay, the Huns have been fighting among themselves for many years, and they won't come here so soon."

"But it's almost winter now, don't they come to harass the border every winter? Will it be on a particularly large scale this time?" Tao Yanran couldn't help frowning.Ruichao seems to be thriving now, but in fact, after years of internal friction, it has not slowed down at all. If a fight really breaks out, Ruichao's development pace must be set back!

Qi Bohan didn't worry too much about this: "The border has recruited [-] troops, just for Wang Junhao to train troops." Qi Bohan doesn't believe that the Xiongnu can send out more than [-] troops to attack the city now!

Qi Bohan saw that Tao Jianran was not persuaded at all, and he still looked worried, so he could only change the subject helplessly: "You were so happy just now, what happened?"

"Oh yes! I might have found cotton!" Tao Jianran felt better when he mentioned cotton, and quickly handed Leng Yue's letter to Qi Bohan, "The plant mentioned in Leng Yue's letter is probably cotton. Send someone to look for it!"

"What is cotton?" Qi Bohan took the letter and read it at a glance.I can't imagine that the cloud-like thing mentioned in Leng Yue's letter can be of any use.

Tao Jianran hastily briefly introduced the function of cotton.Cotton can not only be used as a textile material to make soft and sweat-absorbing cotton cloth, but more importantly!Cotton keeps you warm!

At present, Ruichao's cold-resistant clothing is divided into two types, one is the animal fur used by rich and noble families.But this kind of thing is rare and expensive. Common people put several layers of fabric together and stuff them with straw and kapok wadding. The warmth effect can only be described by two words.

But cotton is different. Cotton is not only warm, but also soft and light!Even if people wear it every day, it will not hinder work.The key is that things that can grow in the ground are cheaper than fur!

As soon as Qi Bohan heard it, he immediately realized the benefits of this cotton, and immediately asked the dark guard to look for it in the place on Leng Yue's letter.

"It's a pity that we can't mass-produce it this year. If you tell them to find a large field of wild cotton, they can pick more and come back. You can also make two small cotton jackets for Bao'er and Bei'er. The fur is too heavy, and I'm afraid they will be crushed." .” Tao Yanran was a little worried.

Qi Bohan frowned, only Bao'er and Bei'er were upset with Tao Jianran.But being jealous with two brats would damage his majesty as an emperor, so it's better to fight for favor with practical actions!

Tao Jianran didn't know that he had given this stupid king an excuse to prostitute himself in the daytime with a casual remark!In addition, the two hadn't been intimate for many days, which directly led to Tao Jianran having to complain of illness the next morning and not go to the morning court.This is the third time this year that I have been sick, and it is more than those 60-year-old veterans who have asked for leave!Reminiscent of Tao Jianran's usual thin and weak appearance, rumors that the minister of the Ministry of Rites is in poor health quietly spread in private.

After Tao Jianran found out, he couldn't laugh or cry.If he was not in good health, Qi Bohan would have been tormenting him so much that he couldn't get out of bed, okay?But Tao Jianran was too lazy to explain so much to outsiders, so he let the rumors go with the wind.

On October [-]th, the first day of reopening of the border mutual market.The mirrors and glass transported from the capital immediately attracted everyone's attention in the market.

Percy was a Hun who settled on the border between the Huns and the Rui Dynasty. Their ancestors were all merchants who traded in the border cross market. Unfortunately, the trade market was closed in the place where he was born.

Now he is almost 40 years old, and all the elders in his family have passed away, but as a person who grew up listening to the legendary stories of his elders finding commodities at a low price in the exchange market and returning to the Huns to earn ten horses, Percy chose to come to the exchange market today. Join in the fun.

The one who came with him was a young man named Jie who had just settled on the border of the Huns.

Jie has the appearance of a Rui Dynasty person, but is actually a mixed blood of the Huns and Rui Dynasty people. This kind of people is not uncommon on the border between the Huns and the Rui Dynasty. Some of them are the children of captured female slaves, and some are Hun women. He raped the child born to the Ruichao man.

"Jie, look, that's the legendary silk!" Percy pulled Jie and stopped in front of a silk vendor, "Jie, if you dedicate this to Khan, Khan will definitely like it!"

"It's what you like, not what the Khan likes." Jay's Hun accent was different from Percy's accent, Percy's accent had a hint of Rachao accent, while Jay's accent was more formal. Round Xiongnu mandarin.

"Then what do you want to buy?" Percy looked around blankly, still thinking that the smooth silk was the most beautiful.

As soon as Jie turned his head, he immediately locked on a vendor surrounded by crowds: "Let's go over there and have a look."

Pulling Percy, Jere finally squeezed into the crowd, and sure enough, he found what he wanted!

When Percy saw the dazzling array of glass products and the mirror, he couldn't help but exclaimed loudly: "My God! Is this a treasure made by the Buddha?"

Percy's words revealed the aspirations of all the Huns around him.But the stall owner smiled and didn't answer.

Jie looked at the ornately decorated full-length mirror, which was one person tall, and asked in Hun language, "How do you sell this thing?"

"Ten horses, or the same value of salt or fur." ​​The stall owner's Hun language is not fluent, but it does not prevent others from understanding what he means.

Percy's eyes widened immediately: "This is too expensive! One horse can buy one silk!"

"Percy, this is a treasure made by the Buddha. Of course it's worth the price." Jieyu the stall owner looked at each other and smiled, and soon the deal between the two was concluded.

Jie went back and brought an equal amount of furs to exchange with the stall owner. Seeing that Jie was so generous, the stall owner even gave him a small mirror the size of a palm as a gift.

After the stall owner sold out the few mirrors and glasses on the stall, he returned to the city at night, carefully inspected the furs that Jie had exchanged, and finally found a crude map drawn on one of the furs!

"This is the route map of one of the roads from the capital of the Xiongnu to the border." Qi Bohan took out the map copied by the dark guard and placed it on the desk.

Tao Jianran took a look, and found that it was similar to the map from his previous life!Could it be that Ruichao's map-drawing technology has...

Seeing Tao Jianran's expression, Qi Bohan immediately understood that he was thinking wrong again, and said helplessly, "There is a training book for espionage that teaches how to draw a map, don't you know?"

"Ah? Oh. Cough cough. I forgot, I forgot." Tao Yanran coughed twice in embarrassment, "This student is very good."

Qi Bohan nodded in agreement: "This is the first such detailed map of the territory of the Xiongnu."

Tao Jianran looked at the rough lines on the map with a bit of disgust: "Is this considered exhaustive?"

Qi Bohan nodded, and lightly pinched Tao Yanran's face: "Don't ask too much. Although the Xiongnu spies have been in business for many years, the maps they drew for our dynasty must not be very detailed, and even have great deviations. We can master the Xiongnu so much. A map is already considered an advantage.”

Qi Bohan knew that Ruichao and the Xiongnu were good at drawing maps. After reading the textbooks of the espionage training class, there was only one word to describe Ruichao's map-drawing skills, which was appalling!

Since maps are classified as war secrets, anyone who attempts to draw them will be treated as a spy.And without long-term precise training, it is difficult to draw a good map.

In addition, the research on map drawing methods in this world is not deep enough, so now even Qi Bohan has a very large error in the map of Rui Dynasty, let alone the map of the Huns.The situation on the side of the Xiongnu is similar to that of the Rui Dynasty.

The birth of the spy training class is Rui Chao's biggest trump card today.

After Tao Jianran listened to Qi Bohan's analysis for him, a sense of mission suddenly rose in his chest, and he still had to hurry up and do education!

Relying on the system, Ruichao can flourish for at most 100 years.Only when the knowledge in the system is actually absorbed by Ruichao people and used as the cornerstone, can Ruichao continue to develop continuously!

"So let's talk about the university town of Ning'an." Tao Yanran moved a chair, sat opposite to Qi Bohan, and said seriously, "I think we can directly draw a piece of land adjacent to Yuezhou Prefecture, with an area comparable to It would be nice if Yuezhou Mansion was about the same size." In fact, it was the size of the university town in the previous life.

Tao Jianran's brain circuit jumped so fast, Qi Bohan was used to it, nodded and said: "Leave this matter to Gongsun Deye. After the land is marked, Niu Chenghong can go to explore it."

From the university town, the two chatted until they were short of manpower, planned to open Enke next year, and talked about Ruichao's future development.

Both of them have great ambitions in their hearts, and their thoughts are very compatible. When they say one sentence, the other party can immediately touch the next sentence.This kind of spiritual communion is sometimes even more intoxicating than physical communion.