"Your Highness, this is today's Qingzhou newspaper."
In the early morning, after washing up, Xiao Ming and Fei Yue'er were having breakfast. Now with the influx of businessmen into Qingzhou, Qingzhou's supplies are becoming more and more abundant. , unlike in the past when sometimes you couldn't buy good things even if you had money.
Nowadays, Xiao Ming can always drink lotus seed porridge and eat some exquisite pastries for breakfast.
Fei Yue'er took the newspaper from Xiao Huan and read it while drinking porridge. When she saw that green potatoes were poisonous, she was surprised and said: "Your Highness, are these potatoes still poisonous?"
"Yes, green potatoes are poisonous. , so you can't eat it, but don't worry, potatoes that don't sprout are edible and not poisonous," Xiao Ming explained.
Fei Yue'er calmed down, "These potatoes are high-yield and delicious, but I didn't expect to have this shortcoming. It seems that nothing is perfect."
Picking up the newspaper and reading some miscellaneous things published in the newspaper, Fei Yue'er continued Said: "Your Highness, are Aster and Lulu usually not in the palace? What are they busy with?"
Fei Yue'er found that Lulu and Aster were always running out in the past two days. This was very rare in Chang'an's home. After all, the maids were You can't run around.
Xiao Ming smiled when he mentioned this, and said: "Aster is now in charge of the Qingzhou Theater, and Luo Luo is in charge of the largest textile workshop in Qingzhou City. They are two very busy people."
Xiaohuan was a little envious when she heard this, and she said: "Aster and Luo Luo are in charge of the largest textile workshop in Qingzhou City."
The sisters are so powerful, no wonder His Highness values them so much, but the slave and the princess are really bored sitting in the palace all day long. "
What nonsense are you talking about? I'm not bored at all." Xiao Huan rolled his eyes.
Xiaohuan chuckled and stuck out his tongue.
"That's what Xiaohuan said. You are new to Qingzhou and you don't know the people there. Moreover, there are not many ladies in Qingzhou who can accompany you to relieve your boredom. The king is busy with government affairs, which makes you suffer." Xiao Ming held Fei Yue in his hand. Son's hand said.
Fei Yue'er smiled softly, "Your Highness should give top priority to government affairs. As a princess, Yue'er is supposed to share your worries and solve problems for Your Highness. Now that I can't share your worries, I can't distract Your Highness? So Your Highness, please don't worry about Yue'er."
As the saying goes .
Don't be afraid of being busy, just be afraid of being idle. Once you are idle, you will be troubled. Xiao Ming understands this very well. Fei Yue'er's freshness has not worn off yet, and it will probably become even more boring when it passes.
However, Fei Yue'er had a quiet temperament and liked to read when she was bored in Chang'an. Xiao Ming had an idea and said to her: "If you are free, I have some books. You might as well take a look."
"What book?" Sure enough, Fei Yue'er showed a surprised look.
By this time, the two of them had almost finished breakfast, so Xiao Ming got up and took her to the study room of the palace.
In the study, Xiao Ming dug out seven books on textile materials, spinning, knitting, weaving, dyeing and finishing technology, and dye chemistry. They were written for the textile industry. Now he suddenly found that these books were very suitable for Fei. Yue'er.
Since ancient times, men worked and women weaved, so it was not too outrageous for him to let Fei Yue'er read these books. After all, it was within the tradition of men working and women weaving.
"Your Highness, what are these?" Fei Yue'er looked at the seven books one by one, her expression becoming more and more surprised.
"This is all textile knowledge. Don't you usually like embroidery? There are also introductions here. You will benefit a lot after reading these." Xiao Ming said with a smile.
Now that Fei Yue'er is his princess and his pillow, he naturally wants to improve Fei Yue'er's knowledge and make her the woman behind him.
Moreover, the textile industry is just the evolution of female celebrities. Let Fei Yue'er take charge of it. Firstly, it can help her relieve her boring life. Secondly, with a princess personally taking charge of the textile industry, there is no need to worry that this industry will not take off.
Fei Yue'er nodded, opened a book at random, and started reading. She was immediately attracted by the knowledge in the book, and she couldn't keep her eyes away from the book.
Xiao Ming laughed when he saw this. Fei Yue'er is only seventeen or eighteen years old now, which is the age for learning in modern times. What's more, Fei Yue'er is known as a talented woman in Chang'an, which shows that she is extremely smart. He might be able to take Fei Yue'er The son was raised to be a female academic master.
After all, Fei Yue'er will be the one who spends the most time with him in the future, and he will absorb a lot of knowledge through his eyes and ears.
"Your Highness, this is great. The young lady has always been unable to move when she saw a book, but now she won't be bored anymore." Xiaohuan sighed and shook her head, pitiful that she had to study with Fei Yue'er again.
"It seems that the rumors that the princess likes reading are indeed true." Xiao Ming said to Fei Yue'er: "Princess, you can just take a look here. I have something to go out, so I don't know how to ask me at night."
Fei Yue'er .
Fei Yue'er nodded, with a hint of excitement for the new knowledge in his eyes, and said: "Yes, Your Highness."
Shaking his head, Xiao Ming turned and left. He was becoming more and more satisfied with Fei Yue'er, who was the most popular person in the harem. Most of the concubines regard it as an imperial edict that women should be virtuous if they have no talent, and their free time every day is devoted to palace battles.
According to Concubine Zhen, the same goes for many princes' concubines. They either fight among themselves or participate in palace fights with concubines in the harem. They think about messy things all day long, and there are not many women who can be down-to-earth.
It is precisely because of this that she is particularly satisfied with Fei Yue'er, because in her opinion, a woman who loves reading is not bad in character. Although this sentence is that Concubine Zhen judges others by herself, in this era, it is also 89 Not far from ten.
After leaving the palace, Xiao Ming went to the military workshop. Yesterday, Chen Qi said that there was progress in the Tiger Cannon, and he was about to go take a look.
When he arrived at the military workshop, Xiao Ming saw the Tiger Cannon on the testing ground. It was a stubby cannon with a forty-five-degree tilt angle.
"Your Highness, this is the Tiger Cannon for testing. This time we used high-quality molten steel to make the Tiger Cannon's body. The weight has been reduced, but the quality has been improved. This Tiger Cannon weighs only twenty-six kilograms. It can Use it in the field," Chen Qi said excitedly.
Xiao Ming nodded with satisfaction. This time, Chen Qi did not simply imitate the Ming Dynasty's Tiger Cannon, but modified it on this basis. This made the performance of the Tiger Cannon more stable, but the Tiger Cannon being tested was The cannon was obviously not perfect yet, as the tube walls were still somewhat thin.
During the Ming Dynasty, Qi Jiguang made good progress by using the Hu Zun Cannon to bombard Japanese pirates in dense formations. Moreover, the Hu Zun Cannon was suitable for mountain warfare and was suitable for use in mountainous areas such as Japan and Ryukyu. Now Chen Qi It is the right time to develop the Tiger Gun.
"Twenty-six kilograms is too light. You can consider thickening the tube wall to increase the range and keep the weight at about fifty kilograms. In this way, it will not be very heavy in the field. At the same time, increase the amount of gunpowder. This Tiger Cannon The range can reach one thousand meters."
"Your Highness is right, this is just an experimental model, and I am preparing the official model, which is similar to what Your Highness said," Chen Qi said with a smile.