Liu Tan is actually obsessed with literacy. Whenever he wants to do something but finds that there are not enough people, he will complain about the low literacy rate of this era.
Especially if he wanted to promote some brainwashing ideas, it would be basically impossible to put it into written form like in later generations. Even if it was not a brainwashing package, he would have to find someone to preach some new policies, which would invisibly waste a lot of manpower and resources.
However, it is quite difficult to promote education these days.
He had money, but it was a bottomless pit. Most importantly, he had no idea how future generations would achieve literacy.
He was born in a peaceful era. There may have been some poor students around him when he grew up, but there were definitely no illiterate people. How Taizu was able to fight wars, develop the country, and promote literacy at the same time is only mentioned in a few words in history books.
He had long wanted to find a place to conduct a pilot test. He could not control the entire Han Dynasty now, and the only thing he could control was probably the small piece of land in the Northern Border Kingdom.
But he didn't even dare to take action on this one acre and three mu of land.
Because the interests of too many people were involved, although there were no aristocratic families in those days, there were clans and nobles who also had the intention of banding together and excluding outsiders. Liu Tan got some people to come and steal their jobs. Even if he was the King of the North, he could not withstand the siege of so many people.
Wusun was much easier. First of all, Wusun was still in a slave society. If they wanted to evolve into a feudal society, it would be useless if only Lu Xuan was awake.
Moreover, they have fewer people and their territory is not very large. Lu Xuan's control over the country is stronger than his, so even if he makes a mistake, he can correct it in time.
If Wusun achieves any results, even if Liu Tan cannot copy them, he can still gain some experience.
He told Lu Xuan everything he was thinking very frankly. Otherwise, if he secretly smuggled in his own thoughts, even if Lu Xuan loved him more than her life, such a thing would be enough to chill Lu Xuan's heart.
After entering their working state, Lu Xuan and Liu Tan were both very sober. Lu Xuan looked at him deeply and said, "Wusun must at least maintain half of its independence."
Liu Tan asked, "What do you think constitutes independence? Do you want the entire ethnic group to survive and thrive, or do you want Wusun to have a spectacular victory and maintain the meaning of a so-called independent nation, but perish?"
Lu Xuan choked. Isn't this too straightforward?
Liu Tan was very blunt: "Honestly, if it weren't for you, the Wusun would be no different from other countries in the Western Regions, and the outcome would probably be the same."
Lu Xuan's beautiful eyes curved as she said, "I'll take that as a compliment."
Liu Tan leaned over the desk and said, "I'm just praising you."
Lu Xuan pondered for a moment and said, "Then... I need to read the book you wrote before I can do anything about it."
Liu Tan was very happy: "No problem, wait."
Lu Xuan didn't bother arguing with him about this any more. Before the so-called teaching material appeared, he had no idea what kind of ideas Liu Tan wanted to convey.
He really hoped that his ethnic group could be passed down for a long time, and even if it relied on the Han Dynasty, it could still maintain the Wusun tribe's identity, so some of their things could not be thrown away. However, the advanced aspects of the Han Dynasty were indeed worth learning, and it was necessary to grasp the right degree. Lu Xuan had not figured out how to do it, anyway, just take it step by step.
Just as Liu Tan said, Wusun seems to be prosperous now, but in fact this prosperity is very false. A war may bring destruction. Next, Lu Xuan wants to develop peacefully for a period of time.
Just as they finished discussing this, Miao Rui came over and asked, "Your Highness, the Qingguang Hall has been inspected and repaired. Do we need to move the things inside?"
Liu Tan said, "Oh, take it out. What's the inspection result? If it doesn't work, move it out."
Miao Rui smiled and said, "There's nothing bad about what Your Highness makes."
Liu Tan said seriously: "That's not necessarily true. We must pay attention to waterproofing."
When he mentioned waterproofing, Lu Xuan knew that the so-called Qingguang Palace was the crystal palace given to him. He couldn't help but ask, "Speaking of waterproofing, how do you make the water... Qingguang Palace leak-proof?"
Yesterday he was stunned by Liu Tan's combination of punches, and he was still immersed in joy until he came out. This joy lasted until they got down to business.
After finishing his business, his rational thinking mostly returned, and he suddenly thought of this question.
This is not the first time that colored glaze has appeared, but this is the first time he has heard of using colored glaze to build an underwater house.
Liu Tan was a little surprised: "Didn't you see it yesterday?"
Lu Xuan was a little confused: "What are you looking at?"
Liu Tan simply said, "Bring me that model."
The two young eunuchs immediately ran out, and soon returned with a large iron box. After placing it on the ground, Lu Xuan took a look and found that it was full of water. In the center of the box was a glazed house. He could tell at a glance that this was a miniature version of the Qingguang Palace.
Liu Tan said: "Since I had never done this before, I conducted an experiment based on certain data to test its waterproofness and water pressure."
"Ah? Pressure?" Lu Xuan looked up at Liu Tan, wondering if he had missed something in his studies again.
Liu Tan thought for a moment and then changed his words: "It's to test whether the weight of the water will collapse the Qingguang Hall."
Lu Xuan nodded, and Liu Tan continued, "Let's not talk about the weight. As for waterproofing, look here."
He pointed to the junction of the roof and the glazed wall.
Lu Xuan took a closer look and vaguely noticed a hint of red. He didn't ask immediately, but instead looked at the connection between the walls, which also revealed a faint hint of red. He asked, "What's in here?"
As Liu Tan had the water in the box drained, he said, "It's glutinous rice paste mixed with sheep peach vine juice, and some animal blood and iron red. When mixed together, it makes a very good waterproof material."
After he finished speaking and the water was drained, Liu Tan directly picked up the miniature version of the Qingguang Hall. Only then did Lu Xuan discover that this miniature version also had a door, but that door was also made of glass, unlike the stone door in the Qingguang Pool.
Lu Xuan asked, "Why doesn't Qingguang Hall use a glazed door?"
He originally thought this was related to waterproofing, but then he heard Liu Tan say, "Well, if you use a glass door, you can see inside as you walk through the corridor, so there's no surprise after pushing the door open."
Lu Xuan laughed, but when he thought about his mood at that time, he had to admit that what Liu Tan said was correct.
Liu Tan picked up the model and had someone drag it along. He then reached out and opened the small glass door, motioning for Lu Xuan to reach in.
Lu Xuan looked at the size and felt that he could only put three fingers in at most, but he understood that Liu Tan wanted him to test whether there was any water inside.
After he reached in and touched it, he found that it was at most a little damp, but relatively speaking it was dry.
Lu Xuan said with some envy, "The Han people's ingenious ideas are truly astonishing."
Liu Tan said gravely, "Land is the foundation of civilization. The environment will determine the type of civilization that will be nurtured. The Han Dynasty's may not be the most suitable for the Wusun."
At this point, Liu Tan suddenly remembered something and said with great joy, "So you want to build a feudal vassal state with Wusun characteristics."
Lu Xuan turned and looked at him for a long moment before saying very honestly, "I don't understand."
Liu Tanxin said that of course you didn’t understand this joke, but it didn’t matter, he could see that Lu Xuan did it this way.
He was trying hard to learn from the Han people, while also maintaining the unique customs of the Wusun. He believed that Lu Xuan could do it well.
He patted Lu Xuan on the shoulder and said, "The road ahead is long, so keep searching and work hard."
Lu Xuan smiled and pointed at the model and asked, "Can I have this...?"
Liu Tan was stunned for a moment: "This... is just a test product."
He thought about it and felt that Lu Xuan might feel that he couldn't bring Qingguang Palace back with him, and he might not be able to make one there in a short time, so he wanted to take a miniature model back as a souvenir.
So he simply said, "I'll have someone make you a better-looking one." He added a little embarrassedly, "I made this one."
So his craftsmanship was not very good. He just had this idea at the time, but he didn't want to make a big fuss. If he failed, the Northern King's myth of 100% success would be shattered!
Although he is not an idol, he now has some idol baggage.
Moreover, we were not particularly careful when we first did this. After all, it was a test product, so as long as we could make sure it worked, it was fine.
After hearing this, Lu Xuan liked it even more and decisively held it in his arms and said, "This is it."
Liu Tan's mouth twitched: "There's water on it!"
Lu Xuan looked down and found that he was indeed wet, so he had to go back and change his clothes.
Seeing that he was reluctant to put the thing down when he went back to change clothes, Liu Tan couldn't help but say, "Here, here, here, here! Put it down first and change your clothes!"
Lu Xuan reluctantly handed the model to Miao Rui and turned back to the room. Liu Tan stood there thinking for a long time, and finally couldn't resist the temptation of beauty and followed him back to the room, then went straight to the abdominal muscles that made him salivate.
Lu Xuan grabbed the rebellious claws, pulled him into his arms, and asked, "Don't you want to eat dinner?"
Liu Tan had originally intended to leave after flirting with her, but he didn't manage to escape in time and was caught. He simply hugged Lu Xuan and said, "If I don't eat dinner, do I have to eat you?"
Speaking of this, he felt quite excited. He and Lu Xuan were already adults. Although he hadn't celebrated his birthday yet, he would be an adult after the New Year!
It’s not impossible…
Just as he was thinking about this, Miao Rui stood at the door and whispered, "Your Highness, Prime Minister Huo requests an audience."
Liu Tan's romantic thoughts disappeared immediately, and his first reaction was: "That's not right. It's not even the 15th yet, and the holiday isn't over yet. What's the matter that requires us to come now?"
Lu Xuan let go with some regret and said, "Business is more important, go ahead."
Liu Tan couldn't help but touch his envious abdominal muscles again, then turned and went to the main hall. He thought a lot along the way, even wondering if it had anything to do with the Lantern Festival.
When he got there, he found that Huo Guang was not alone, he even brought something with him.
He looked at the wooden object on the ground and felt that it looked familiar. He couldn't help but ask, "What is this?"
Huo Guang looked at him gently and said, "This is the treadle plow that Your Highness will be using soon."
Liu Tan: "Ah?"
Huo Guang's tone became softer and softer: "Your Highness, the plow test will be on the second day of the second month. Do you know how to use this?"
Liu Tan: ????
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