Agriculture is actually very time-consuming. Unlike those machines, as long as the parts are matched, the effect can be verified immediately.

First of all, agriculture has a growth period. If you want to verify the results, you must abide by the growth rules of plants.

For example, spring wheat is planted in spring and harvested in autumn. It takes two seasons, less than half a year.

Another example is winter wheat, which needs to be planted in the fall and then harvested the following summer.

Even for bean sprouts, he planted them in spring and harvested them in late summer.

Every plant has its own growth pattern, which Liu Ji and the others cannot change.

When conducting research, naturally you cannot just do this one, but you need to do it every one and then select the one with the best effect.

Different plants require different nutrients.

Then start with these fertilizers that have the best effects, and experiment with mixing them in different proportions to get a ratio that works best.

Only the results obtained in this way are the most useful.

Moreover, it is not enough to only produce results in the experimental fields. After the experimental fields are stable, small-scale experiments can be carried out in official fields. After success, experiments can be carried out in the entire official fields.

Then it was taken to official fields in various places for small-scale testing, and then it was taken to official fields in various places for large-scale testing.

If there is no problem with these, then according to the results of local trials, different proportions will be promoted according to regions.

Only at this point will the research be truly completed.

And such a process, according to the current situation, will take ten years, not to mention twenty years, to be completed completely.

Even in later generations, it will still take a long time to do it.

Moreover, future generations can still use advanced means to test soil in various places and directly use the data to conduct targeted research.

But in ancient times, this was not feasible, so we could only use the oldest method of trial and error.

Winter turns to spring, and another year comes.

In this winter, many people did many things.

The imperial court has also made a lot of preparations. The emperor is going to march westward, so naturally the scene cannot be too small.

Xiao He was in charge of Luoyang. This time Wang Buxu directly named Zhang Liang. Basically, Xiao He and Zhang Liang were responsible for everything at home, both openly and covertly.

Chen Ping and Guan Ying accompanied the emperor's motorcade on the Western Expedition.

The various government offices below will naturally send people to follow. This is not just a simple expedition to the west.

Why did Wang Buxu make this trip himself?

Is it really just for the so-called imperial conquest?

Of course it is, but not entirely.

The reason is very simple. This can demonstrate the power of the Han Emperor and make the countries in the Western Regions more fearful of the Han Dynasty.

Similarly, besides the emperor's trip, when else can the entire court organize a group to visit other places?

After this battle, the Western Regions will inevitably be included in the territory of the Han Dynasty.

So as the imperial court, as the people who issue orders at the top, they know nothing about the situation in those places, and their eyes are dark, so how can the policies they make be correct?

Even if there is a governor of the Western Regions, when the governor of the Western Regions writes a letter, will they sitting in the court think that certain things are unnecessary?

The Western Regions are not the Central Plains, and the people, land, and customs are also different. If you don’t understand them, how can you make decisions for them based only on your own thoughts?

Therefore, during this trip to the Western Regions, whether we fight or not is secondary.

The most important thing is to let the officials of the Han Dynasty understand the Western Regions and prepare for the subsequent acceptance of the Western Regions.

To put it more clearly, since the big man wants to bring people in, the best way is to communicate more and understand more.

Instead of sending officials and troops there to forcefully annex and end the matter.

As the saying goes, know yourself and the enemy, and you will never be in danger. When I understand you, when I get familiar with you, then I can consider you from your perspective, and at the same time add my things, slowly, through the accumulation of time, to the silent

I will change your ideology gradually, let you gradually follow my thoughts, and truly become my person.

This is called assimilation, not the so-called simple intermarriage and forced indoctrination of cultural concepts.

The size of the motorcade was large because there were also many officials accompanying it.

The Han Dynasty favored martial arts, so except for the emperor who had ten identical carriages, only older officials could equip one carriage. As for the others, they all rode horses.

As for why there are ten identical cars, I would like to ask Zhang Liang. Although Wang Buxu felt that it was impossible for something like that to happen again, the ministers still demanded that it must be done.

In addition, Zhang Buyi led 30,000 imperial guards for personal protection.

Although Peng Yue did not come, he mobilized 3,000 elite mobile scouts to scout the surrounding areas and provide warning.

This is not over yet, there are still 50,000 troops protecting the outside of the team.

The number of guards alone is 80,000, so who would dare to cause trouble?

Although it is a fake, it costs a lot of money, and this is really not something that ordinary people can afford.

Basically, Wang Buxu's trip made the man's finances tight for the whole year. This was because Wang Buxu didn't have so many requirements, didn't want to enjoy everything, and kept everything simple.

"What are you doing over there?" Not long after leaving Luoyang, Wang Buxu saw a strange field, which looked like graves from a distance.

But in fact it can't be a graveyard, there are still people working on it.

Besides, Wang Buxu has never heard of when so many graves appeared around Luoyang?

Someone immediately went to inquire. Of course, the team did not have to leave. In about a minute or two, news came from the scouts.

Zhang Buyi got the exact news, turned back and reported to Wang Buhui: "Your Majesty, that is a test field set up by the Academy of Sciences. It is said to be used to study some fertilizers. Each pile is different. Now we are preparing to test it."

Still farming!"

"Oh? It's interesting. Let's go and have a look!" Wang Buxian suddenly became interested.

Are you doing composting?

It looks like, different things, fertilizer, what is this if it's not compost?

Since Wang Buxu was born relatively late, he had only seen composting when he was a child, but he had almost forgotten about it.

Besides, a child wouldn't be allowed to do this kind of thing. When he gets older and can do farm work, he will be replaced by chemical fertilizers, and he will be even less familiar with that ancient compost.

This is how the emperor travels. Isn't it your territory?

When traveling, does it really mean that you just go straight to your destination?

Of course not, the emperor also had rules when traveling. Small counties could be entered selectively, but large counties must be entered. The scouts were not only detecting dangers, but also detecting whether there was anything out of the ordinary.

Although not, because the Han Dynasty's scouts have been everywhere for a long time. Those who have not heard of it before can't be found by these casual scouts now.
Chapter completed!