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    Chapter 280 Wool War

    In the living room of Yuan Tiangang's residence at the Taoist College, Li Min was looking at a brass object on the coffee table with a puzzled look. It was a perfectly round box that looked very much like a pocket watch from later generations, but it was longer than an ordinary pocket watch.  Big laps.  //// Gently open the box, and inside there are two small discs stacked on top of each other. Twelve hours and scales are engraved on the discs, and the two discs are connected with a chain.

    "Brother Chunfeng, this thing should be used to measure time, right?" Li Min held the two discs in his hands and looked at them for a long time, but he didn't know what they were. He could only judge from the twelve hours engraved on them.  Come on, this thing should be used to measure time, and its function is similar to that of later watches.

    Hearing Li Min's words, Li Chunfeng and Yuan Tiangang looked at each other and smiled and said: "Your Highness guessed right. Chunfeng improved on the basis of the solar corona and finally designed this portable solar corona. As long as you carry this corona with you,  You can check the time you are at at any time!¡±

    "Huh? This thing is actually a corona?" Li Min was very surprised after hearing this. In his impression, coronas are all carved out of stone. They are usually relatively large and fixed in one place. Li Chunfeng did not expect that  It is indeed an amazing invention to make the corona so exquisite and moveable.

    Seeing that Li Min was interested in the corona he made, Li Chunfeng reached out to pick up the corona, and then began to explain the structure and use of the corona: "Your Highness, please look, although this corona is not big, it actually has two coronal surfaces.  Connect them together with a chain. When the chain is tightened, the two coronal surfaces are just vertical"

    Following Li Chunfeng's explanation, Li Min finally figured out the use of this portable corona. Of course, it is definitely more troublesome than the watches of later generations, and there are also certain errors. However, in the era of the Tang Dynasty, it was undoubtedly the most advanced  timer.

    "Brother Chunfeng, how did you come up with the idea to design this portable solar corona?" Li Min asked with a smile while playing with this exquisite solar corona.  Li Chunfeng is a very busy man, and he usually can't even find anyone, so he definitely wouldn't make this exquisite timer for no reason.

    After hearing this, Li Chunfeng smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, this is actually something I owe you."

    "Huh?" Li Min was stunned after hearing this, put down the sun crown in his hand and asked, "Brother Chunfeng, what do you mean?"

    "Your Highness does not know that the sextant designed by Xiaguan last time actually has some flaws, that is, when measuring longitude and latitude, the accurate time must be known in advance. Although the time can be calculated by other methods, it is still troublesome after all.  So Xiaguan designed this portable solar corona. If used together with a compass, the time can be calculated quickly." Li Chunfeng bowed and explained.

    "Haha~, it turns out that's the case. Brother Chunfeng was thoughtful!" Li Min said happily after hearing this. "But I still have to ask Brother Chunfeng to write down the method of making and using this corona. I'll have someone send it to the boarding site immediately."  State, after all, the navigation academy there will start giving lectures soon, and the use of the corona will also be taught."

    "Haha, your highness, don't worry. As early as when I successfully developed this corona, I had already sent people to Dengzhou with the production and usage methods. It is estimated that it will arrive in a few days, and it will definitely not delay the voyage.  It¡¯s the beginning of the academy!¡± Li Chunfeng said with a smile.

    Li Min didn't expect Li Chunfeng to move so quickly, and he was overjoyed at the moment. Not only did he buy the patent for this portable sundial on the spot, but he also personally acted as the host, and went to the Dengxian Tower in Chang'an City to treat Yuan Tiangang and the two with a sumptuous banquet.  Although the new inventions they made were also for themselves, in Li Min's view, they were also doing it to serve themselves.

    After saying goodbye to Yuan Tiangang and Li Chunfeng, Li Min went to Wang Zihao and explained to him several patents he had just acquired, especially the wool cleaning technology. This is a tool for making money and must be used well.

    A shopping mall veteran like Wang Zihao naturally knows the profits that the wool textile industry can bring, so after Li Min gave the order, he immediately summoned all the major textile merchants in the association for a meeting as the president of the Textile Industry Association. After all, he and  Li Min knows that wool spinning and cotton spinning are the same. If you want to develop this industry, it is useless to rely on just one or two companies. Only by uniting the power of most people can an industry prosper.

    After the meeting held by Wang Zihao, many people in Chang'an City, where the sports meeting was being held, immediately left the city, and after leaving the city, they all galloped towards the north. When these people arrived in Taiyuan, countless Han caravans rushed into the grassland, leading them  With a large amount of copper money, he began to buy wool that no one wanted before. Of course, although it was a purchase in name, because the wool had never been wanted before,?, so the prices purchased by these caravans from the grassland tribes were extremely low, and they could buy a large car for almost no money.

    However, the grassland tribes are not fools. When they saw the Han people buying up the wool that no one cared about before, they immediately knew that the Han people must have great use. In this case, they naturally did not want to sell the wool at a low price, so in just a few days  Within a month, the price of worthless wool increased more than ten times.

    The Han caravans were naturally very angry about the grassland people raising the price of wool. Later, there were several conflicts between Han caravans and tribes, and several Han people died.  Naturally, the Tang government had to resolutely suppress this kind of behavior that harmed the people of the Tang Dynasty. After receiving orders from their superiors, several groups of Tang soldiers guarding the grassland immediately launched a lightning strike against the tribes who dared to harm the Han people.  Cruel, almost all those tribes paid the price of genocide.

    This war caused by the wool trade was actually not large in scale. The Tang Dynasty only used two thousand people at most at one time.  Among the countless foreign wars of the Tang Dynasty, this could almost be said to be the smallest conflict, and it was inconspicuous at all.  However, this war is extremely famous in history, and it even has a special name, that is, the "Wool War".

    After the occurrence of the Wool War, it greatly deterred the nomads on the grasslands. After all, the Tang Dynasty was already in a strong position, and now it used thunderous means to intimidate, making all the tribes on the northern grasslands be honest, and the Han merchants immediately took advantage of the opportunity.  They lowered prices and purchased wool and even sheepskin at extremely low prices. In addition, they also used salt, tea and other commodities necessary on the grassland as threats to allow tribes on the grassland to increase the proportion of various types of sheep raised.

    All the above things were caused by the purchase of wool, but Li Min could swear that his original purpose was just to start a wool textile industry, and he never expected that it would trigger a series of consequences above, and even cause a minor dispute.  war.  Moreover, with the development of the wool textile industry in the future, the demand for wool in the Central Plains has been increasing. Under the half threat and half inducement of Han merchants, various tribes on the grassland have increased the amount of sheep grazing. As a result, for  The amount of cattle and horses grazing will naturally decrease, which also indirectly weakens the combat effectiveness of the grassland peoples.

    After handing over the wool purchase matter to Wang Zihao, Li Min never interfered again. After all, there was still a lot of things waiting for him to deal with at home, so he had no energy to distract from business matters.

    In Xijun's bedroom in Prince Qi's Mansion, both Li Min and Wen Xin were here. After all, Xijun was in confinement now, and Wenxin was afraid that she would feel lonely, so she usually came here to accompany her, and by the way, she could play with Chou Chou, and Li Min  Zhen will stay here as long as he has time, mainly to spend more time with Xijun, his daughter, and Wen Xin. After all, he went to Taiwan for half a year before, and after leaving Chang'an this time, he will probably be even busier, so he will take advantage of the opportunity.  Now that I have time, I'd better spend more time with them.

    "Husband, there are still ten days before the Chou Chou full moon. Everything in the house is ready. And I heard that the sports meeting in the city is very lively. Why don't you take Sister Wen Xin to go and see it with you?" Sitting there  Xijun said with a smile on the bed.  It has been twenty days since Chou Chou was born. Xijun has been receiving the most careful care and taking various nutritional supplements, so Xijun¡¯s face has already regained its rosiness and is even fatter than before giving birth.  Some.

    Li Min and Wen Xin, who were playing with Chou Chou, heard Xi Jun's words. They both looked at each other and smiled. They have been accompanying Xi Jun these days, which probably made Xi Jun feel a little embarrassed, so they asked them to go see him.  Sports day, I want them to go out and relax.

    "This is a good suggestion. I heard that there will be a polo match between Chang'an team and Luoyang team tomorrow. Luoyang team was the champion of last year's Winter Games, and Chang'an team recruited several polo masters after their last failure. I heard that it is  The strength has greatly increased, so tomorrow's game will definitely be exciting!" Li Min also said with a smile.

    Since it was Xijun¡¯s kindness, it was hard for him to refuse, and Tian Wenxin had been busy these days. As a husband, it was natural for him to take her out to relax.  Besides, the sports meeting was also started by him, and it was the first one. It would be a pity not to watch such a grand event.

    When Wen Xin saw that even her husband agreed, she naturally had no objection. She just nodded Chou Chou's little nose and said with a smile: "I have also heard that the sports meeting outside is very lively. It's a pity that Chou Chou in our family is too old.  Small, otherwise if you take her with you, she will definitely be very happy."

    As soon as Wen Xin's words came out, they immediately caused a burst of laughter from Li Min and Xi Jun. At this moment, suddenly a small man burst into the door and shouted loudly: "Sixth Brother, Sixth Brother, Sixth Brother"  Sister-in-law, if you want to go to the sports meeting, you must bring me with you!"

    Li Min and others in the room were startled by the sudden intrusion. When they saw clearly who came in, they heard someone outside the door say loudly: "That's right, Sixth Brother, you guysIf you go, be sure to take us with you!  "(To be continued.
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