Abandoned Prince Survival Guide

Pei Linzhi could no longer express how he felt about the novel ideas that his highness always came up with every now and then. He had warned himself long ago that his highness was omnipotent, but he would still be surprised every time, and then turned to him His new idea was so admired.

For example, His Highness said to burn blue bricks and ceramics, and now to dry salt.His Majesty's idea is different, others buy what they need, and His Majesty does it himself, and he always succeeds.

He occasionally suspects that His Highness has become another person, but he also feels that it is too offensive to speculate His Highness in this way. What's more, he prefers His Highness's current appearance.More importantly, he still relies on and trusts himself so much, and this has never changed.

Pei Linzhi showed a helpless smile: "Your Majesty, being caught selling illegal salt is a felony."

Xiao Yu said: "I'm not selling in Da'an country, I'm going to sell in other countries."

Pei Linzhi was full of interest: "Where does Lang Jun want to sell salt?"

Xiao Yu said, "Going further north, Dongrong, Xirong and Rouran can do it. Going south, Tianzhu and Persia can also sell."

Pei Linzhi laughed: "Lang Jun's ambition is not small."

"Yes, I still want to do business all over the world."

Pei Linzhi said, "Then I'll go talk to Xue Zhao another day."

Xiao Yu said: "You have been going to the city for a few days, but I forgot to tell you that I asked you to find silkworm seeds."

"Okay." Pei Linzhi agreed.

Xiao Yu also went to Zhifang today, and only remembered the silkworm seeds when he saw the mulberry trees sprouting new buds by the roadside. He had to hurry up and find the silkworm seeds, or he would miss this season again.It is not only necessary to raise silkworms, but also to reel silk and weave cloth. Silk brocade is the protagonist of the Silk Road.

It's just that weaving is not something Xiao Yu can do. The technical content is a little higher, so we still have to rely on the wisdom of the working people.

By the way, there is also tea. With porcelain and silk, how can we not have tea.He has done some research on tea before, and Yazhou also produces tea. He went back to the mountains to look for it. The climate here is so good that tea can be picked all year round, and it can be planted on a large scale.

The next day, Pei Linzhi made a special trip to Zhoucheng for silkworm seeds. With a horse as a means of transportation, it was much more convenient to go to Zhoucheng, and he could run back and forth in half an hour.

Fortunately, he inquired about a silkworm farmer, bought a batch of silkworm eggs at a high price, and showed them to Xiao Yu as a treasure.

Xiao Yu was overjoyed, looking at the densely packed silkworm eggs that were starting to turn black on the paper, he said, "It should be coming out soon. The weather in Yazhou is warm, and the silkworms are coming out much earlier than those in the north. You are really here, Rinzhi, There's nothing you can't do."

Pei Linzhi was exhilarated by the praise, but it only showed that the corners of his mouth were raised a little: "Does your lord know how to raise silkworms?"

Xiao Yu said, "I don't quite understand, have you asked that silkworm farmer?"

"I asked, he taught me how to raise silkworms. I have to use bamboo plaques to house silkworms." Pei Linzhi said.

"I know this, let Wu Xingyi make up some later." Xiao Yu said.

Pei Linzhi hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Mr., I didn't go to Xue Zhao to talk about the drying of the salt. I just told him that we are making paper, and now we are talking about drying the salt. I am afraid that he will get suspicious, so I will talk about it slowly."

"Don't worry, the sea won't come out for a while, we'll talk about it later." Porcelain, silk, and tea have not yet been implemented, and the matter of drying salt can be put aside first, not to mention that Min Chong has not let go yet.

When Wu Xingyi and his son heard that bamboo plaques were needed, they spent two days making a batch of bamboo plaques, both large and small.

Xiao Yu saw that everyone was busy, so he wanted to use his spare time to nail some shelves for bamboo plaques, but Ji Shan Jihai saw him and rushed over to do it.Well, everybody won't let him do physical work now.

Pei Linzhi also felt that he shouldn't do it himself, he should only be responsible for making suggestions and making decisions, and the head of the family should act like the head of the family.

But Xiao Yu just couldn't stay idle, so he had to collect his pine soot and observe the silkworm eggs every day to see if the silkworm babies had hatched.

On the third day after the silkworm eggs were brought back, Pei Linzhi finally saw a few black worms on the paper, and the silkworm finally hatched.He gently took out the tiny silkworm babies, put them on the chopped young mulberry leaves, watched them gnaw the tender green mulberry leaves little by little, and he had the experience of raising silkworms when he was a child, with a special sense of satisfaction.

He also likes to count the baby silkworms in the mulberry leaves to see if there are any missing.On the second day and the third day, countless silkworm babies came out of their shells, too many for him to count, and the matter of picking mulberry leaves and raising silkworms was also handed over to Wu's mother, daughter and Yu'er.Women are always more patient and gentle in these matters, Xiao Yu feels ashamed.

The weather was so good that it was getting warmer every day, and Meng Hong was ready to go fishing for pearls and shellfish.In fact, he wanted to go into the sea last winter, and wanted to catch more shellfish as soon as possible, but he was dissuaded by Xiao Yu, not in a hurry. At this time, the water temperature in winter is low, which is not only bad for people's health, but also the survival rate of shellfish after implantation. will be affected.Now that the water is warm, he can't wait to go to sea.

Xiao Yu knew that it was far from enough for Meng Hong to fish for pearl shells by himself, so he hired some people from the village to fish for pearl shells. .

This operation is actually very puzzling, does Xiao Yu want pearls?It doesn't look like it, but what do you want pearl shells for? Do you want to eat pearl shell meat?But they have eaten it, and the pearl oyster meat is not more delicious than other shell meat. Could it be that the pearl oyster meat has other effects?

Although they are puzzled, some people are still willing to go. Two shells can be worth a penny, and they may even open pearls.Although the shells sold to Xiao Yu may contain pearls, nine out of ten of the shells they pick up each time are without pearls, not to mention that Xiao Yu doesn't often buy them. If you miss this village, you won't have this shop.

Only Meng Hong felt uneasy, Xiao Yu was benefiting them, but he had to pay for it himself.If it is made public, there must be many people who are willing to provide pearl shells for free, but Xiao Yu is right to worry. More people should not know about the artificial cultivation of pearls.

When Ji Shan heard that Xiao Yu wanted pearl shells, he offered to help pick shells.He has been recuperating, taking care of Min Chong, and usually helping the family with some work, but he has never had a fixed position. He is actually uneasy because the three brothers and sisters are here for free, and now they are finally able to work. In matters of strength, of course, we must be more proactive.

Xiao Yu didn't refuse, it's good that Ji Shan is willing to help, now the more shells the better.

Seeing his elder brother go to pick pearls, Ji Hai also wanted to pick shells with him, but Xiao Yu didn't agree, because Ji Hai was too young, and it was too dangerous to go to the deep sea to pick shells.

This time they went to sea, they collected thousands of shells, enough for Xiao Yu to keep busy for a while.Although no shells were picked this winter, Pei Linzhi did not stop urging the processing of bead cores. After one winter, he also got thousands of bead cores. The bead cores became more and more delicate and smaller.

The workload of implanting thousands of shells is a bit heavy, and there are many people in the family. Xiao Yu thought of a good place, which is the big ship parked by the sea.Anyway, the boat was idle now, so Xiao Yu transformed it into a bead planting workshop, and the recovered shellfish were kept in the seawater at the bottom of the boat, and they were directly put back into the seawater after the operation, so the survival rate would be greatly improved.

When Xiao Yu operated on the shell, Pei Linzhi, Meng Hong, Ji Shan, Ji Hai, and Meng Sigui were all present. Xiao Yu took this opportunity to teach them how to perform bead implant surgery, and specially built several sets of tools for this purpose.

Pei Rinzhi didn't do the operation, he was in charge of helping.Ji Shan was called by Xiao Yu to watch the scene, lest anyone come on board.

Although Ji Shan had heard from his younger brother about Xiao Yu raising pearls, he had never figured out how to raise them. When he saw Xiao Yu stuffing a small round pearl into the shell, he stammered and said: " This, is this making fake pearls?"

Before Xiao Yu could speak, Meng Sigui said, "It's not a fake pearl, it's an artificial cultured pearl. Put this in a shell and it will become a pearl in a few years. We won't have to go to the deep sea to pick pearls anymore." gone."

Ji Shan was dubious: "Is it really possible to grow pearls like this?"

Xiao Yu took out the clips, put the shells planted with pearl cores into the sea water, and said, "It's absolutely true, it's as good as a fake."

Meng Hong said: "Mr. Xiao sympathizes with our pearl people's hard work in picking pearls. He specially thought of this method to raise pearls. In a few years, we won't have to go to the deep sea to pick pearls. Mr. Xiao's move is really beneficial to all people. Qianqiu."

Ji Shan still didn't quite understand how to raise pearls, and several people took turns explaining to him, and when he heard that the government was also involved, he was convinced that raising pearls was not just an idea, but could really be implemented.

For the bead implant surgery, Xiao Yu also gave the students a holiday, and the afternoon class was changed to the evening.Because this work must be done when there is sufficient light during the day, the light is too dark at night.

They were busy on the boat that day, and Jishan put the mother shell that had been operated on into the sea water.After the operation, the female oyster will be kept in a cage for two days, and it is confirmed that it is not dead or spit out the bead nucleus, and then it is transferred to the sea area designated by Xue Zhao for breeding.

Just as Ji Shan put the cage in place, he suddenly heard someone calling him: "Ji Shan, what are you doing here?"

Ji Shan almost fell off the boat, looked up and said, "Da, Da Boss, why are you here?"

Min Chong sat on a small fishing boat and looked up at Ji Shan lying beside the boat: "Put down the ladder and let me go up. Let's raise the sails and we can leave smoothly."

There was no one at home these two days, and Min Chong was bored at home, so he strolled to the seaside. Seeing that the big boat had arrived and rowed into the deep water area, he was overjoyed, and hurriedly found a fishing boat and rowed over.

In order to provide a better living environment for the oysters, they rowed their boats to deep water areas. They usually use small boats to get on and off the boat.Ji Shan looked at him awkwardly and laughed, not knowing what to say.

Min Chong urged: "Hurry up, put the ladder down."

At this time, Pei Linzhi's voice came from the boat: "Why, do you want to steal the boat and escape?"

Min Chong raised his head and saw Pei Rinzhi crossing his arms and looking down at him, the corners of his mouth twitched, since he was also on the boat, then that annoying Xiao Yu must be there too.There was no one at home in the past two days, and they all seemed to be on this boat: "This boat is mine, and I drove it away. This is called returning the property to its original owner. How can it be called stealing?"

"Now this boat is not yours anymore, but our lord's. If you take it away, that is stealing." Pei Linzhi turned and left.

Min Chong was so angry that he slapped the surface of the water hard with the oar, but the water splashed everywhere and wet his clothes.

Ji Shan was still lying there, and said with some embarrassment: "Master Pei Langjun and Xiao Langjun are both on board, I'll go and ask if you can come aboard."

Min Chong was so angry that he wanted to kill someone, and now he had to get other people's consent to get on his own boat, which was too humiliating.

Not long after, Ji Shan came back, and he said while putting down the rope ladder: "Master, it's not that I don't want you to come up, it's really that I can't make the decision."

Min Chong originally wanted to turn around and leave, but felt that this matter was too insulting to his personality, so he grabbed the rope ladder and said viciously: "Where is the surname Xiao? I want to see him. Just tell him, I agree to his proposal." , I will be the captain of this ship from now on." Anyone who wants to come up in the future must obtain his consent.

Min Chong was very familiar with his precious ship. Looking at the clean deck, it seemed that a layer of tung oil had been put on it recently, and it seemed that the surnamed Xiao had also done maintenance.Min Chong let out a "hum", counting him as acquainted.

"They're all in the cabin," Yoshiyama said.

Needless to say, there was no one on the deck, so they were all in the cabin.Min Chong went straight down the cabin, and when he entered, he saw Xiao Yu and a few people doing something together. Min Chong didn't take a closer look, but took a look at the cabin. No smell, no mess either.

Xiao Yu put down the tweezers in his hand, took out the clips in the shell, put the shell into the water, raised his head and said, "Master Min, you have agreed to cooperate with me just now? Happy cooperation!" He extended his hand towards Min Chong.

Min Chong looked at his hands, a little puzzled, and didn't respond to him, but asked, "What are you doing?"

Xiao Yu said: "Pearls are raised artificially." He withdrew his hand, forgetting that people here don't shake hands.

Min Chong seemed to have heard the Arabian Nights, and he approached: "Artificially raised pearls?!"

Ji Shan hurriedly explained to him what was going on. Min Chong listened and watched several people busy seriously, picking out the pearl shells that opened their mouths to breathe, quickly caught the clips, and then cut open the shell meat with a special knife. Then use a pair of pointed pliers to hold a round bead and put it into the meat.

This kind of thing is simply unheard of. Pearls can still be raised like this. He asked, "Can this bead become a pearl in the future?"

Xiao Yu said: "If there is a foreign object in the shell, it will secrete a substance to wrap it. After a long time, it will become a pearl. What we are doing now is to add that foreign object to it."

Min Chong raised his eyes and looked at Xiao Yu: "How did you know this?"

Xiao Yu said: "I have polished pearls, that's what happened, there is a grain of sand inside."

Min Chong said: "A grain of sand turning into a pearl is not the same as putting such a big pearl in it."

Xiao Yu raised his eyes and squinted at him: "What's the difference? If the core of the pearl becomes bigger, it's not a pearl anymore?"

Min Chong was at a loss for words for a while, and always felt that it was very deceptive, but he couldn't say it was not a pearl.

Xiao Yu laughed: "This is a pearl tribute to the imperial court. You don't care if it is real or not. Besides, it is still as beautiful and lustrous as natural pearls, and even more rounded. It does not affect the beauty in the slightest when used as jewelry. How can it be fake? of?"

Hearing what he said, Min Chong immediately felt relieved. The only people who enjoy pearls are those high-ranking officials who love leisure and work hard, and they don't deserve good things: "You made this for the government?"

Xiao Yu said: "Cooperate with the government, and I will artificially raise pearls for him, so I won't collect pearls from the pearl people in the future."

Meng Hong said: "Mr. Xiao Lang is benefiting us. It is really a great thing with immeasurable merit."

Min Chong pondered for a long time, looked up at Xiao Yu, and for the first time felt that he was more pleasing to the eye.