The snow melted in early spring.
During this period of time…
During the festive New Year, red coral bonsai, eastern pearls, jade, and so on were all processed into gifts for the New Year.
Li Yuanfang only left a money tree in the study. There were many precious stones hanging on the golden money tree. One look and one could tell that it was worth a lot.
In short, everyone who saw the money tree secretly criticized Li Yuanfang for being a prodigal.
In terms of learning all kinds of knowledge, Li Yuanfang kept absorbing all kinds of knowledge like the sea. He didn't forget about brewing wine, making paper, and the Four Books and Five Classics.
Speaking of books…
In the Tang Dynasty, books were a scarce resource, and the vast majority of books were controlled by aristocratic families.
If the children of poor families wanted to study and become an official, the first step was to rely on the aristocratic families.
In this way, even if he was really an official, he would still become a chess piece in the hands of others.
Li Yuanfang had a good teacher. Xiao Yu had a mysterious background and had a large collection of books at home. He did not have any books at home, but it did not prevent him from going to his teacher's house to read.
Because only the books of this era could provide the thinking of this era.
As for the tutorial in the AI tablet, it was modern.
Only by integrating the two could he not stand out from the crowd and be out of tune with this era.
As the snow melted in early spring, the imperial court issued a decree that the various state and county governments should arrange for the refugees to return to their hometowns as soon as possible so as not to delay the spring plowing work.
Li Yuanfang brought his guards out of the city occasionally and purchased materials from several barren mountains, including clay, limestone, and coal.
At the same time, he also went to a wood workshop, brick workshop, and ceramic workshop in Liancheng and wandered around a few times.
The wood workshop customized some beams, windows, and other materials, the ceramic workshop designed various specifications of ceramic pipes, and the brick workshop continuously fired green bricks.
Of course, apart from the timber workshop, there were not many changes. The kiln inside the latter two workshops had been modified and several more kilns had been added.
Li Yuanfang had used the knowledge in the AI smart tablet to re-design the two workshops. The quality of the cave dwellings had also increased.
"Greetings, Your Highness."
The two village heads bowed respectfully to Li You, and the tenants behind them all bowed.
Li Yuanfang stood at the front with a smile on his face.
"I promised to rebuild your houses during the snow disaster before the new year, but you have to do it yourself. Now, we will try to build the houses before the spring ploughing.”
"Yes, we have to build new houses before spring ploughing.”
"We will do as Your Highness commands.”
"We will listen to you!"
The commoners expressed their stance. They had all the strength they could muster and would definitely not be a burden.
If a craftsman wants to do his work well, he must first sharpen his tools. -- The Analects of Confucius, Duke Ling of Wei
The Shi brothers, with the active assistance of the tenants, built more than a dozen carts that were originally only used in the warehouse.
A portion of the tenants used wheelbarrows to transport sand, stones, bricks, and other materials to the village.
Most of the tenants began to dig the foundation. Because there were many houses to be built, it was impossible to complete the heavy work of digging the foundation with the limited number of people in the village.
"Bai Fu!" Li Yuanfang was in the temporary work shed and waved at Bai Fu.
"Your Highness, what are your orders?" Bai Fu smiled and bowed.
"Before all the hooligans return to their hometown, we can hire hooligans to work at a low price and strive to build these houses within a period of time.”Li Yuanfang patted Le Baifu's shoulder.
Bai Fu nodded with a smile." You can let the head of the manor keep an eye on the construction of the house. Your Highness, you have other things to instruct me."”
"Buy the freshly plucked tea leaves and bring them back. Notify me immediately after you buy them.”
Li Yuanfang had had enough of the tea. Drinking it was simply poisoning his taste buds.
"Yes, this old servant will take note!" Bai Fu immediately recorded the matter in his heart and planned to get someone to buy it when he got back.
Just as he was nodding his head, Li Yuanfang suddenly thought of a problem.
"Where can I buy wine yeast?"
Bai Fu's mouth twitched as he reminded him.
"There are many wineries that sell wine yeast. However, if you plan to officially start brewing wine, it's best to go back and discuss with the two winemakers.”
"Because Gu Sanniang is a woman with limited strength, there is a new rule in the gambling agreement, which is to bring a few helpers to participate in the winemaking. Have you forgotten?”
"Uh, I forgot for a moment. The two winemakers at home are enough to help.”
Li Yuanfang laughed dryly and scratched his head.
It seemed that he had been too wild these past few days. He should go home and prepare for the self-brewed wine competition.
……
Prince Zhou's residence.
Li Yuanfang buried his head in writing down the brewing ingredients.
Honey, wheat, fruits, and so on. These were common ingredients that the two winemakers could understand.
There were other things on the list of ingredients. Not only was the winemaker dumbfounded, but Xiao Yu, who was concerned about his disciple, was also very suspicious.
Xiao Yu's expression was complicated. He pointed at a certain spot on the paper and asked suspiciously.
"I understand the taste of honey. It's not strange for me to arrange for you to need snake gall and tiger bones to make wine.”
"Is it fat dolphin meat? Eggs? Peas? Are you sure you want to use these things to make wine?”
Not to mention anything else, just thinking about the fat dolphin meat being used to make wine made Xiao Yu feel nauseous.
When the two winemakers heard this, their originally sullen hearts froze. They instantly looked at Xiao Yu as if they were looking at a soulmate.
"Lord Xiao, please advise Prince Zhou.”
"We came here with a mission. His Highness Zhou Wang didn't listen to the rules and insisted on doing things his own way. At that time, if we lose the competition, we will be the ones suffering.”
"Please help…"
Li Yuanfang's expression darkened as he stared coldly at the two winemakers.
"Scram, you're not needed in this competition.”
"Bai Fu, send the two of you back to the Imperial Palace and tell Imperial Brother that this king cannot afford to use such stubborn old men!”
"Understood!"
Bai Fu respectfully cupped his hands at Li Yuanfang and turned to look at the two winemakers. His attitude changed from respectful to cold, just like how the Sichuan winemakers changed their faces.
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