Chapter 1,627 Hejian Mansion

In his talk, Su You also mentioned some talents from the Liao Kingdom, such as Wang Jing, the prime minister of the South Academy, Niu Wenshu, the counselor of political affairs, Chen Yi, the privy envoy of the South Academy, and Wei, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, who were all rare talents.

Only with the gathering of talents can the Liao Kingdom prosper.

Among the generals, Su You didn't understand, but Yelu Yanxi showed his heroic spirit in countering the rebellion. In addition, Su You even praised Xiao Wuna who had been protecting Yelu Yanxi, thinking that this was Cheng Ying.

, a character like Huo Guang.

After asking several people who were currently serving in the Liao Kingdom, I found out that Xiao Wuna had been appointed as the capital of the North Court Palace by Yelu Hongji and had been greatly promoted.

Because of his old age, Shi Wei had already retired to the official position. Although he had a conflict with Yelu Hongji, Yelu Hongji did not treat him poorly.

The funniest thing is that in the Spring Bowl, no one knew how to play with the set of ice fishing nets that Zhao Xiaoyi left to the Liao people. It was the old minister who deduced the correct operation process based on the actual objects and eyewitness accounts, and that prevented Yeluhong from letting go.

Shame on you.

Because of this meritorious service and the old man's contribution to science and engineering in the Liao Kingdom, Yeluhong Ji Mingshi Wei kept his post as Sikong and used his remaining enthusiasm in Yinzhou to set up a polytechnic to teach mathematics, physics and astronomy.

Shiwei was not weak either. He later copied the bell sponsored by the Song Dynasty and sent it to Nanjing to build a bell tower.

Speaking of this, Yelu Shensi also praised the kindness of the Song Dynasty. The bell tower that the Song Dynasty assisted in building the bell tower in Shangjing also cost 300,000 yuan, but it included the cost of transporting the bell tower to Shangjing and building the bell tower. It was an all-inclusive project.

The big clock handmade by the craftsmen organized by Shi Sikong also cost as much as 300,000 yuan, but did not include the cost of freight and construction, and it took three years.

If His Majesty hadn't been so happy, everyone would have felt that it was actually far less cost-effective than buying the Song Dynasty directly.

This is very good. Su You also expressed his appreciation for Yelu Hongji's magnanimity. Moreover, the Chamberlain's contribution to the Daliao Dynasty was not just replicating the bell tower, but more agricultural machinery from various places. Now he has also begun to preach and teach students and solve doubts. This is

Very remarkable.

The banquet was served with exquisite tableware brought by Su You on a boat, fine wine and famous tea, and the Su family's cooking skills were even better than those brought by Zhao Xiaoyi to the Liao Kingdom. Naturally, the meal was enjoyed by both the guests and the host.

However, Yelu Shensi's visit also delayed Su You's previous plan to go to Baozhou and Dingzhou, so he had to turn to Tangshui in Xiongzhou, go to Bianwubo, then turn south and return to Boye.

There is an ancient canal in Boye called Xianggu Canal, which can connect Tangshui River and Hutuo River.

It's just that the current Xianggu Canal has been divided into three channels by successive capable governors of Hejian. They are used to irrigate farmland. Small boats can still pass through, but small steamers cannot.

So the small steamer could only continue southward, turning eastward from Shenzhen in Puyin, arriving in Raoyang, and returning to the Hutuo River.

Raoyang is the midpoint of the Tian character in Suyou's navigation plan. It is one hundred miles away from Hejian Prefecture downstream and two hundred miles away from Zhending Prefecture upstream.

Hejian is the hometown of Zhang He, and it must be the hometown of Zhao Yun.

Raoyang did not produce any generals, but it did produce two great Confucians, Mao Chang of the Western Han Dynasty and Liu Xianzhi of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

There is also Li Yifu who hides his sword in his smile.

Go eastward along the Hutuo River and arrive at Junzi Pavilion. On the other side is Hejian Mansion.

The Junzi Pavilion was a sad place for the Song Dynasty. In the winter of the third year of Emperor Yongxi of the Song Dynasty, after the Battle of Qigou Pass, Cha Shen ordered Li Jilong to deploy for the Cangzhou capital, Yang Chongjin to deploy for Gaoyang Pass, and Liu Tingrang to deploy for the Yingzhou military and horse capital to resist the Khitan army going south.

, Tian Chongjin deployed for the capital of Dingzhou, Zhang Qixian knew Daizhou and guarded the border counties.

The Khitan took advantage of the Song Dynasty to switch to the defensive and launched a large-scale attack on the Song Dynasty.

On the fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, Brother Yelvxiu fought his way to the north of Hutuo River, transferred his troops eastward and marched to Junziguan, dividing his troops to guard key areas.

Liu Tingrang and Yijin Pass guard Li Jingyuan led tens of thousands of cavalry to attack, and sent a group of elite troops to Cangzhou to deploy Li Jilong's queen.

On the tenth day of the lunar month, Empress Dowager Xiao led her army and joined forces with Brother Yelvxiu to attack Liu Tingrang's army.

It was extremely cold and the Song army could not draw their bows and crossbows. Liu Ting put his army into a tight siege.

Li Jilong was afraid of fighting and refused to advance.

Sangzan, the brave commander of Zhongzuo in front of the emperor, led his troops to fight hard and was defeated, leading the crowd to flee first.

Li Jingyuan and Yang Chongjin died in the battle, Liu Tingrang was defeated, tens of thousands died, and only a few of his cavalry escaped.

Pioneer general He Lingtu and others were captured.

Taking advantage of their victory, the Khitan army drove south, attacked Qi, and returned to the north after reaching Shen and other prefectures.

That defeat became an important turning point in the Song Dynasty's national power. From then on in real history, the Song Dynasty never launched an active and effective war against the Liao Dynasty.

At that time, the Yellow River had not changed its course. In order to change the passive situation, the Song Dynasty also made great efforts to dredge the canal, from Leshouxiu to Hejianfu, and then northward through Mozhou to Xiongzhou.

Now, under Su You's suggestion, this canal continued southward to Linqing, then to Yunzhou, and finally was built by Cai Jing to Huaiyin, connecting the Yellow River and Huaihe River basins.

Now Cai Jing and Dasu are working together to build a canal connecting the Yangtze River Basin and the Huaihe River Basin, which should be completed next year.

The imperial court set up a pile-sealing warehouse in Hejian. Xiongba had a need and urgent need, and it was also the target of Su You's inspection this time.

In addition to being a large granary, there are also huge grain processing plants and feed processing plants here, and Dong Daguan's Shaodaozi Winery is also located here.

Su You still did not let Dong Daguan suffer a loss. In order to consume the corn collected by the imperial court from the people, and to meet the needs of the Song Dynasty's medical industry, especially the Hebei military, for alcohol, Su You loaned him a loan to build an alcohol factory.

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Only Su You knows the secret of corn. To achieve a preservation time and brewing taste that is no worse than that of rice, corn only needs one more processing step.

Plate it.

This requires a corn pellet machine.

To put it bluntly, it is very simple. First, wet the surface of the dry corn kernels, and then add it to the machine. The convex toothed rollers inside the machine squeeze and rub the corn kernels to remove the germ and skin, leaving the clean corn starch part, and then squeeze and crush it.

After passing through sieves of different mesh sizes, corn flour, corn small ballast, and large corn ballast can be obtained.

After losing the respiration and high protein and fat content, the storage time of the subsequent products can be greatly extended to more than one year.

The part rich in fat and protein is the best feed additive.

Similarly, the germ will affect the taste of wine making, giving the wine a "watery" smell. After removing it, the taste of the brewed wine will be extremely pure.

If sorghum and Shuzhong koji ingredients are added, the taste will be superior to Dong Fei's Shao Daozi.

Moreover, the wine yield of corn is quite high. After such treatment, the wine yield of 55-degree wine can reach about 50%.

This output is nearly twice as high as the output of Dong Daguanren's old winery.

So when the officials of Dong Dynasty saw Su You who came to inspect, they smiled so much that the folds on their faces could kill flies: "It is really hard for the Prime Minister to work for the people in this hot day. It is really the best among the officials of the Song Dynasty."

a role model.”

Su You also bowed to Dong Fei again and again: "Dong Daguan is very lucky. Every pot of soup can catch up with the first one. How many times has this happened? I heard that he has won the Empress Dowager's Award again?"

Dasu established the "Tongji Pharmacy" on Liangzhe Road, which was noticed by Gao Taotao, who demanded that charity funds set up similar "welfare medical institutions" in all states in Dasu.

Dong Fei's alcohol factory happened to catch up with this wave again, and not only made a lot of money, but also received praise from Gao Taotao, because the alcohol Dong Fei gave to Tongji Pharmacy was "conscientiously priced."

The conscience of heaven and earth, Suyou, does not need to be calculated carefully. Corn is 30% cheaper than other grains, and the wine yield is 30% higher than other grains. The cost is reduced and the output is high. Even if it is provided to the royal charity at a price that is 20% cheaper than the market price

In addition to funds and directors, we can still earn much more than other wineries.

However, Su You didn't bother to expose him. Alcohol is still considered a strategic material, the demand is huge, and the manufacturer is still the boss.

What's more, if the processing method is patented by himself, Dong Daguan will have to pay him patent fees based on the output within thirty years.

Su You used this money to provide subsidies for children in primary schools on No. 4 Road in Hebei Province, so he was even more polite to Dong Daguan and specially invited him to eat the novel delicacies that the Hejian prefect had guaranteed to send to him.

As a result, some of the delicacies sent by the prefect of Hejian were seen in the snack street near Jingbei Canal when Su You went to Beijing on a business trip - this was donkey meat roasted on fire, Hejian bacon and glutinous rice noodles.

?Prefect, who do you trust?

The prefect is about to cry, conscience of heaven and earth, this is really a local food that has only become popular in recent years. I heard that your minister likes to taste local snacks, so I specially prepared it for him.

It's because I have a short-sighted mind. I have just been transferred from another place and have never seen anything before. But I didn't know that the envoy had known about it for a long time.

Su You then thought about it and realized that these things might have really appeared in the past few years.
Chapter completed!