"What happened?" Zhao Qingrui rubbed his eyebrows tiredly.
"Lord Xu Changming from Shanglin Garden said he found the rubber tree Your Majesty needs. Please go and check it out." The eunuch said respectfully.
"Let's go to Shanglin Garden." Zhao Qingrui's eyes suddenly lit up. The rubber tree, which she had been looking forward to for a long time, finally came.
The carriage was moving quite fast, mainly because the traffic was smoother after the road was repaired, and the road was also smooth and not bumpy.
Zhao Qingrui was still very satisfied with the situation in Xianyang City.
In Shanglin Garden, Xu Changming was particularly excited at this time. The rubber trees had been planted for two or three years, but he had not noticed them before because he simply did not recognize these trees.
Once, by chance, the knife he carried with him cut a tree trunk, and the trunk began to ooze glue, which looked very much like the rubber that Your Majesty mentioned.
This made Xu Changming very excited. His Majesty said that this thing has many uses. Once verified, it will be a great achievement.
When they arrived at Shanglin Garden, the concubines from Afang Palace were also shocked when they learned that Zhao Qingrui was coming, and they hurried out to bow and greet her.
Fortunately, Zhao Qingrui was not looking for them. He waved his hand and went towards the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
Xu Changming had been waiting with the farmers early in the morning. After Zhao Qingrui arrived, he immediately led the farmers to welcome him.
"My dear, there is no need to be so polite. Take me to see the rubber tree." Zhao Qingrui went over personally and helped Xu Changming up.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will take you to see it right away." Xu Changming said enthusiastically, his dark face full of joy.
"good."
The group headed towards the location of the rubber tree, which was planted halfway up the mountain. The weeds here had been cleared cleanly, and a tree more than ten meters high grew alone here.
"Your Majesty, please look, this is the tree. The sap that flows out after it is cut is sticky, very similar to the rubber Your Majesty mentioned." Xu Changming said excitedly, and took down a small bowl hanging on the tree, which was covered with some tree sap.
The eunuch beside Zhao Qingrui immediately took the small bowl. Naturally, they were the ones who did the dirty work.
The small bowl was placed in front of Zhao Qingrui for him to examine carefully.
Zhao Qingrui looked at the trees in front of him, then looked at the juice in the bowl, and then spent some points to do a test.
"This is indeed a rubber tree. Mr. Xu has done a great job." Zhao Qingrui said affirmatively. She didn't expect that she had transplanted rubber trees here a long time ago.
"It's good that it's a rubber tree. It's my duty to share your Majesty's worries." Xu Changming said seriously.
Your Majesty values farmers, and this is the greatest affirmation of them.
"You have made great contributions to the Qin Dynasty by discovering the rubber tree. Your official rank will be promoted one level, and you will be rewarded with a house, two thousand taels of gold, a pair of jade ruyi, and a hectoliter of pearls." Zhao Qingrui directly gave a bunch of things as rewards.
"Your Majesty, this is too much." Xu Changming was confused. He just found a rubber tree, but he received so many rewards. He couldn't accept it.
"This is what you deserve. You don't know the value of this thing. It can be used in many aspects of life. Many machines can also use this thing. It can continuously create value for Daqin." Zhao Qingrui said seriously.
After asking someone to draw the pattern of the rubber tree, Zhao Qingrui returned to the palace.
After returning to the palace, the first thing Zhao Qingrui did was to send a message to Wang Yuan, asking him to use the Ling Rubber Factory to process natural rubber.
If there are not enough rubber trees, we have to find a way to get people to plant more.
Daqin’s current technology is simply not capable of synthesizing artificial rubber, so it can only use natural rubber collected from trees.
Although the disaster situation in Lingnan has improved, the impact of this epidemic on Lingnan's economy is still huge.
If there is a rubber industry, it can also quickly promote the development of Lingnan.
Zhao Qingrui also allocated a large sum of money and food to Wang Yuan, asking him to build the factory as soon as possible.
Zhao Qingrui's actions were opposed by many officials in the court. With so much money, in addition to the money invested in education, the treasury of the Qin Dynasty was barely enough to maintain the operation of the entire Qin Dynasty. Now His Majesty has transferred so much money to build a rubber factory and plant rubber.
Although His Majesty said that this is a good thing, it will take a long time to put these things on the market, and the initial investment is also a huge number.
Although they disagreed, Zhao Qingrui still issued an edict to enforce this matter.
No matter what anyone says, it won’t work. She must promote this rubber.
Zhao Qingrui had no intention of hiding the emergence of this new thing, rubber, from outsiders, so there were a lot of rumors in Xianyang City during this period.
After listening to Dun Ruo's report, Zhao Qingrui stopped caring about the matter. Anyway, they would know the use of rubber in the future.
"Your Majesty, Lord Gongshu requests an audience." The eunuch said respectfully.
"Announce." Zhao Qingrui said lightly.
Soon, Gongshu Yu came over, carrying a long box.
"Your Majesty, I have fulfilled my mission. The Ding Qin Sword has been recast. Please take a look." Gongshu Yu opened the box.
In order to recast the Ding Qin Sword, Gongshu Jia spent a lot of effort during this period of time and finally completed the recasting of the Ding Qin Sword.
Zhao Qingrui walked over and took out the Ding Qin Sword from the sword case.
As soon as he picked it up, Zhao Qingrui found that the Ding Qin Sword was much heavier, but it felt better.
The Dingqin Sword was drawn out, making a slight sound. The sword body emitted a faint cold light, and some ancient patterns were engraved on the sword body. This was the previous appearance of the Dingqin Sword.
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