In the yard, Liu Yulian was sitting there reading a book. She brought a few books back with her and happened to have time to read them.
The servants were not so foolish as to say much about Madam Mei Ershao in front of her. They had not received any benefits from Madam Mei Ershao, nor did they dare to think that Princess Rongning was easy to control, so they were all quite cautious.
Liu Yulian didn't care much about the servants' mentality. She thought these books were really good.
Knowledge is power! Knowledge is productivity!
Liu Yulian planned to read more. She would be going to the research institute tomorrow to arrange tasks for the people. She had brought some people from the northwest with her, and she wanted them to study glass and steam engines.
Oil, coal... Liu Yulian thought that if she wanted to power a steam engine, she would also need coal.
Liu Yulian was very good at mining in the game, but some of the ores in the game were placed in the open, on the ground, in the shape of crystals or stones, with words like quartz written on them.
The ores in the game are easy to mine, including iron ore, copper ore and other mines. You just need to go to specific locations, and the ores in those locations will be refreshed after being mined.
In reality, it is impossible for ores to refresh so quickly. It will take many years for these things to form again.
Liu Yulian thought that even if she looked at the land outside, she might not know where the coal was.
Not sure if it's northwest or south.
Not all coal is in the northwest. If the crustal plates move differently, coal may be formed in other places.
Liu Yulian pondered how difficult this task was. She wondered if those people could find more coal sooner. Even if they did, if their tools weren't up to par, they wouldn't be able to mine that much.
Sulfur dioxide and carbon dioxide, produced by burning coal, pollute the air, a problem that is inevitable with industrialization. With the advancement of technology, we are gradually finding cleaner energy sources.
Liu Yulian couldn't stop working on these things just to avoid polluting the air. She just wanted to figure them out as soon as possible, so that after a few decades, she could finally ride the train.
"Princess." The maid brought dessert to Liu Yulian.
"Put it there." Liu Yulian said.
"Yes." The maid stepped aside.
The next day, when Liu Yulian went to the research institute, she found that the courtyard was quite large, almost like a large house. To facilitate research, the research institute was located in the house next to the library. The house had multiple courtyards, allowing people with different research interests to stay in different courtyards.
Researchers don't necessarily have to stay at the institute all the time; they have to go out and do research. But having an institute like this allows people to get together.
Liu Yulian was wearing official uniform. The official uniforms of female officials were quite different from those of men, and each had its own characteristics.
The research institute was relatively empty. Apart from the people Liu Yulian had brought with her, there were no other people there. The people Liu Yulian had brought with her were only ninth-rank officials, with some being sixth-rank officials, but that was because they had previously followed Liu Yulian to research other things.
Liu Yulian thought it was okay for the emperor to appoint officials like this. After all, researchers without any research achievements couldn't possibly become high-ranking officials all at once. They had to start from smaller positions, and some didn't even have official titles, just assistants.
The county government has a county magistrate and others, and the research institute certainly has assistants.
"If you want to do research, you have to ensure safety," Liu Yulian said. "You must pay attention to safety at all times. Although dedicating yourself to science is a very glorious thing, you should survive safely if you can."
Liu Yulian didn't intend to say anything much to these people on the first day. She just wanted to remind them to pay attention to safety.
"The research institute is not a place for intrigue. Maybe there is competition among you, but without scientific research results, it is useless." Liu Yulian cannot guarantee that these people will not fight in the future. Where there are people, there will be struggle.
Liu Yulian just hopes that these people can focus on research. As long as they study those things more and have results, they will gain a lot.
"Yes." The people in the research institute were mainly those brought by Liu Yulian. Those people had long known what kind of person Liu Yulian was, so they didn't dare to mess with those things.
They looked at each other, and they all knew that sooner or later other people would join the institute, and it was impossible that there would be only a few of them in the institute.
Their families still lived in the manor house. Since houses in the capital were expensive, they had no plans to buy their own house for the time being, so they decided to move to the manor on the outskirts of the capital. That manor house was also where the research institute was located, where they lived and where they conducted their experiments.
"For now, all of you, while conducting your experiments, please note any dangerous situations you encounter and be careful in the future," Liu Yulian said. "Just like recording data or anything else, you must pay attention to it. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" They don't want to die either, but some research is indeed more dangerous, so they have to be more careful.
Liu Yulian made some arrangements, assigning different researchers to different courtyards. Each courtyard contained several rooms, with areas for work and rest. They could also borrow money from the neighboring house, and there was a gate in the middle, making it easy for them to go there.
This made Liu Yulian very satisfied. She thought these people should read more books to see if others had researched it. Standing on the shoulders of giants, their research would be faster. Don't underestimate the ancients. Some of the ancient things are extremely precious in later generations. Many people are still unable to research and produce those ancient things.
"You go to the library first." Liu Yulian took the two maids to the library and asked them to read more books there.
The emperor assigned Liu Yulian a total of four maids. Although Liu Yulian was a princess, she rarely had so many people around her. Liu Yulian sent two maids who knew more than a few words to the library. They were daughters of officials, and Liu Yulian asked them to stay in the library in the hope that they would read more books.
There was a maidservant who was very good at martial arts, so Liu Yulian naturally let this maidservant stay by her side. This maidservant's main task was to protect Liu Yulian. This maidservant also understood her role and she did not envy those who could go to the library.
There was also a maid who knew some medical skills and knew how to do massage.
Liu Yulian thought that this female doctor was pretty good. When she was tired, she could let the maid rub her shoulders.
"Read more books." Liu Yulian specifically emphasized to the two maids, "Learn on your own. What you learn is yours."
If they just listen without learning, it will be difficult for them to make progress.
"Yes." The two maids also wanted to work hard. They had previously thought they were destined for palace fighting. Now that they could change their path, they were of course willing to do so.
After Liu Yulian arranged these people, she did not stay in the research institute. She returned to the Marquis' Mansion and planned to take a break.
Some families sent people to keep an eye on Liu Yulian, and when the servants returned to report that Liu Yulian had returned to the Jingning Marquis's residence, some people wondered why Liu Yulian didn't stay at the research institute all the time. Other officials in the capital couldn't stay at home all day either; they still had to work in the government office.
Women are women. They are not that useful. All they do is rest.
Women can never achieve great things.
Some people thought of sending their own family members to the research institute and letting their own people undermine Liu Yulian.
Liu Yulian went home to rest the day before and did not stay in the research institute all the time. The next day, someone impeached Liu Yulian in the court.
These people took advantage of the fact that Marquis Jingning currently held no official position and did not need to attend court. Liu Yanjing had just returned to the patrol camp, but he was not in court either. These people took advantage of the fact that the Liu family members had not yet attended court and desperately impeached Liu Yulian.
The emperor found it very funny when he heard what these people said. These people had not researched those things at all. They were all outsiders. Yet they had the nerve to impeach Liu Yulian here.
"This is my special permission," the emperor said bluntly. "The research institute is not your territory. Don't extend your hand so far. If you extend your hand too far, it will be chopped off."
The emperor firmly stood on Liu Yulian's side. Since he valued Liu Yulian, he couldn't force her to do things according to his own way. A talented person like Liu Yulian was a good person. There was really no need to let her bother with these things. She should be allowed to focus on her research.
The emperor believed that this was a must, the most basic trust.
Whether Liu Yulian rested yesterday or had to rest for many days in the future, it was Liu Yulian's freedom. The emperor didn't care how many days Liu Yulian rested. Judging from Liu Yulian's previous research, Liu Yulian was an excellent person.
Research like this sometimes comes in a flash of inspiration. If they had let Liu Yulian stay in the research institute, she might not have come up with such a good idea.
Court officials: ...
The Crown Prince looked at those who had impeached Princess Rongning. Some of them were from the Cen family, and there were others. These people just wanted to get their own people to go to the research institute. Men are always like this. Men don't like women to show up in public, and they like to undermine women's power.
The Crown Prince and the Emperor had discussed this before. They both believed that there would definitely be people who would be jealous of Princess Rongning's position and would try to get others into the institute, gradually eroding its power.
Neither the Crown Prince nor the Emperor would allow such a thing to happen. If those people brought the court tricks to the research institute, I'm afraid no one in the institute would be able to do research anymore.
When Liu Yulian learned what had happened in the court, she blinked. How could those people be so talkative? The research institute was not their territory, so Liu Yulian could not possibly care what they thought.
Liu Yulian also plans to research some things, such as soap and the sophisticated production method of white sugar... These things don't seem that important, but if they are made, they can also make some money.
Liu Yulian wanted to let the emperor know that the research institute was not only a place to spend money, but also a place to make money. If the research institute kept spending money but not making money, then others would definitely think there was something wrong with the institute.
Research on agriculture, research on the secondary industry... Liu Yulian believes that this scope is very broad, so different people should be allowed to study different things.
Even though the imperial court has a dedicated Minister of Agriculture, this does not mean that the research institute cannot conduct research.
After a certain crop has been grown in an area for a few years, it becomes difficult to plant that same crop again. Some crops have a continuous cropping effect, meaning they can't be planted consecutively. This is the case with bamboo fungus and tea trees. After a tea tree is uprooted, it's difficult for other tea trees to survive in that area for at least a year.
Liu Yulian didn't know much, but she had a fully-qualified life system that allowed her to do some research. She could then share what she knew with the researchers and have them do the research.
Scientists often work as a team rather than alone.
He Xiyuan came to find Liu Yulian and wanted to comfort her, but he didn't expect that she had written so many pieces of paper.
Liu Yulian wrote with a pencil instead of a brush. She wrote quickly with a pencil and also made a simple plan.
"Did you write all this?" He Xiyuan looked at the papers on the stone table. Liu Yulian was sitting in the yard writing these things.
"Yes." Liu Yulian nodded. "Just a simple division first. I don't know if it will work."
In addition to what Liu Yulian had thought of before, there is also fruit tree grafting and so on.
Liu Yulian planned to bring out a few things first and have them study them carefully. But she couldn't get the results right in a hurry, and she was helpless; she was just one person. Since the researchers hadn't figured out the details yet, Liu Yulian could only write down whatever she could think of.
"I plan to find someone to research high-yield rice." Liu Yulian thought for a moment and then said, "The Ministry of Agriculture will do it. I don't need you. I'll write the book."
"They will do it," He Xiyuan said, "but there has been no breakthrough yet."
"I just don't know if they will scold me." Liu Yulian joked, hybrid, bastard, who knows if others will think she is scolding someone.
Liu Yulian had to write something down first. She couldn't talk to people about genetic inheritance or anything like that, so she could only say something simple. Ancient people should have pursued high rice yields, not whether the rice tasted good.
Hybrid rice may not taste that good, but anything that can fill your stomach is a good thing.
"Why are they scolding you?" He Xiyuan said, "As long as the emperor trusts you, there won't be any problem. They're just jealous of you now. You've become a first-rank official at such a young age, while they haven't even achieved that yet."
Yes, those who impeached Liu Yulian basically did not hold higher official positions than Liu Yulian, but those people still impeached Liu Yulian. Some people did not take Liu Yulian seriously.
This time, the emperor imprisoned two people. He wanted to make an example of them, to let everyone know how much he valued Princess Rongning. The emperor thought that some people had researched for years without finding anything, yet they were still serving as officials. So, how could Princess Rongning, after discovering so much, not have more time to rest?
The emperor wanted to let those people know that they had no intention of taking over the research institute.
"Yes, that's right. Trust is necessary," Liu Yulian said. "I wrote these things because I was hoping the institute could make some money in the future. Not all research can be funded by the imperial court. If the institute could make money on its own, then those people would be too embarrassed to say anything bad about it."
Liu Yulian wasn't good at business, but she knew those things would sell well. She'd also noticed that the soaps on sale weren't that good. She knew the recipe for soap, so she could get someone to make it, which would also make a lot of money for the institute.
If researchers develop something and it makes money, they can also get a share of the money.
This is also what Liu Yulian thought. Intellectual property rights cost money. Liu Yulian thought that if she did not allow the researchers to take money and only let them take fixed salaries, then their lives would not be so easy.
Not everyone wants to be so selfless, and Liu Yulian herself can't do it anyway.
Therefore, Liu Yulian also had to write this point into the memorial, or she would directly say it in front of the emperor. These things could not be explained clearly in a few words. Liu Yulian now felt that she had many ideas, and she had to explain them to the emperor one by one, and set rules for the institute.
For example, 50% of the profits go to the national treasury, 30% to the research institute, and the remaining 20% is divided among the research team. A single research project is typically conducted by a single team.
However, this was ancient times, and the emperor couldn't possibly give that much money to an individual. So, they could set a cap, and determine how much a research team could receive based on the annual profits earned by a project.
Liu Yulian really didn't know how to calculate these things, so she could only talk about it and then see what arrangements the emperor would make.
"The research team still needs to share the money, and I don't know exactly how to do it yet," Liu Yulian said. "I just have a preliminary idea."
"It's enough to have a preliminary idea and let the emperor and others arrange it." He Xiyuan knew that things in the court were not that simple. There were not many people in the research institute now. The research institute seemed simple, but in fact, there were many interests involved.
He Xiyuan believed that Liu Yulian could make some suggestions, and as for how the emperor would deal with it later, that was the emperor's business.
"Yeah, I think so too." Liu Yulian did not intend to arrange everything by herself. These contents still had to be reviewed by the emperor.
Only with the emperor's approval could the detailed rules be implemented. If the emperor didn't agree, it might be considered corruption by the research team, which was unacceptable.
Liu Yulian didn't want anyone on the research team to be accused of corruption. If someone could impeach her and run to her house, then someone else could impeach the researchers for dividing up the money they earned. How could Liu Yulian let that be said? She still had a backer, but what about the other researchers who didn't?
This has to be cut off at the source. Liu Yulian doesn't want the researchers to live in poverty. Those people should live a richer life.
"Help me check if there are any typos." Liu Yulian did not stop He Xiyuan from reading what she wrote. She believed that these things were not secrets. She could let He Xiyuan know the contents, anyway, these contents might not be the final ones.
Liu Yulian's handwriting was not very beautiful, and sometimes there were typos. When He Xiyuan came, she asked him to help her take a look.
When Princess Zhaoyang came over, she saw two people in the yard sorting things. She originally thought that Rongning had just entered the officialdom and was worried that Rongning would be unhappy because of being impeached, so she came over to comfort Rongning, but who would have thought that He Xiyuan and Rongning were talking and laughing.
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