1978 Synthetic Writers

Chapter 92 Browning Lychees

"Boom boom boom!"

At the Heping Hotel, Jiang Xian knocked on Ba Jin's door. Li Xiaolin was very excited when he saw him. "Jiang Xian, have you really finished writing the manuscript like you said on the phone?"

"It's written."

Jiang Xian took out a stack of manuscripts from his bag. He used the manuscript paper from Renwen Press, with 7 words per page. The words took up more than pages, which was quite substantial.

It took Prince Ma 11 days to write this novel, and Jiang Xian 5 days to copy and revise it.

Some scenes involving excessive speeding were also deleted as appropriate.

[Li Shande returned home in high spirits, finally able to put down the stone that had been weighing on his heart for months. He played backgammon with his daughter for a long time, read a few poems by Luo Binwang to coax her to sleep, then pulled his wife into the tent and began to count the public grain that was about to overflow from the warehouse of his descendants.

This experienced official was very meticulous in checking the accounts, but he would always calculate repeatedly when he found the key points. He would not stop until every income and expenditure in the account was settled. After several rounds of adjustment and offset, the public grain was finally handed in in full at once, and the inventory was cleared. ]
Li Xiaolin held the manuscript in his hand, but didn't rush to read it. He felt its thickness first.

"More than 50,000 words, right?"

"Seventy thousand words."

"Look at you, why are you writing in such a hurry? No one is rushing you. Only slow work can produce fine work."

"I want to finish writing it early. During the period of the National Congress of Writers, you and Mr. Ba are both in Beijing. I can revise the manuscript while I am here, so I don't have to go to Shanghai to revise it."

"You can't write like that. Can your body handle it?"

"It's okay, I'm young and have lots of hair."

"You kid." Li Xiaolin covered his mouth and laughed.

She admired the writer Jiang Xian more and more. Not only was his work good, but he was also a very interesting person.

"Dad is still resting."

"Then I won't bother Mr. Ba to rest. I'll go back first."

"I'll give it to you."

"No, no, you're too polite, Sister Xiaolin."

The two said goodbye, Li Xiaolin closed the door quietly, sat at the table, took a sip of water, and looked at the manuscript in his hand.

"Brown Lychees", Jiang Xian.

[“Throughout the ages, the only difficulty is to do things; if one thing is accomplished, thousands of heads will become bald.” — Introduction]
Seeing this introduction, Li Xiaolin nodded in approval.

"Yes."

"Why isn't this the case?"

When a general succeeds, thousands of soldiers die. When a thing succeeds, thousands of heads become bald.

Emperor Wu of Han was a man of great talent and strategy. With a wave of his hand, he sent hundreds of thousands of elite Han cavalry out of the border. To support a mobilization of this scale, how busy would the grassroots officials in charge of logistics be?

Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty built the capital, moved out of Nanjing, and dredged the canal. These were all grand projects, but if you think about it carefully, how many Zhou Dewens were working hard behind these major projects?

How did Zhuge Liang die?

It was because he took on all the tedious chores of "personally reviewing all fines of twenty or more" himself, and he died a lot of trouble.

Sighing, Li Xiaolin continued looking down.

After just reading the beginning, I felt that Li Shande, who lived in the Tang Dynasty, was quite vivid in Jiang Xian's writing.

A thousand years ago in the Tang Dynasty, officials still had to worry about housing.

This is somewhat similar to them in this era.

However, people in the Tang Dynasty still needed to repay a loan called "Xiangji Qian". The principal was called "merit" and the interest was called "blessings". Every month, they had to take out a part of their "salary" to repay the "blessings".

Well, not in this era.

"correct."

Li Xiaolin suddenly thought of something.

"Jiang Xian still lives in the guesthouse of the Beijing Film Studio."

"Isn't he using the novel to express his frustration about not having a house?"

She smiled.

Often the information revealed in a work provides a glimpse into the author's life.

For example, once Lin Yutang was cheated when buying a toothbrush, so he wrote about the experience in his book and complained about it.

Of course, Li Xiaolin was more curious about the plan designed by Jiang Xian to transport fresh lychees to Chang'an. The article quickly laid out: preservation methods, transportation routes, and transportation costs.

Jiang Xian explained them one by one and carried out experiments based on research.

Using a combination of methods such as jar storage, ice storage, stem cutting and transplanting, the shelf life of litchi can be extended as much as possible.

Choose routes such as Meiguan Road, Xijing Road, Beishangcao Road and waterway to shorten the transportation route.

The period of lychee flavor change has been extended by another half day
The cavalry mileage increased by another two hundred miles
Speed up and keep fresh.

[Wait, that can be improved a bit!]
[Wait, that can be improved a bit!]
The ups and downs of the transportation were so stressful that Li Xiaolin could hardly breathe.

[The branches of the five jars of litchi began to wither from the fourth day, and the one that lasted the longest was the seventh day. Considering the freshness, it was only four days. In other words, using the "branch planting method" and the "salt washing and water separation method", a total of eleven days can be gained.

Once the imperial court took steps to transport the lychees, by the time they arrived in Chang'an, they would have changed in color and fragrance but still be considered fresh!
“Eleven days. If you use my method, fresh lychees can be transported from Lingnan to Chang’an in just eleven days, and the fragrance will remain the same!”]
The plan was almost complete, waiting for the imperial court to intervene.

Li Xiaolin was shocked!

This is incredible!
The transportation method was actually solved by Jiang Xian? !

Spanning more than a thousand years, the distance is more than 5000 miles.

Jiang Xian found a route to transport lychees from Lingnan to Chang'an within 11 days!

"Wonderful! Wonderful!" Li Xiaolin could hardly contain his excitement at the moment.

But Jiang Xian immediately restrained her.

Because the tone of the entire text quickly turned dark after Yang Guozhong appeared on the scene.

[Yang Guozhong said: "The Concubine's birthday is coming on the first day of June. Do you have the confidence to accomplish this?"

"As long as the method of changing luck can be fully implemented, I will be able to deliver the lychees to you before the first day of June." Li Shande said.

He must work hard to prove that he has irreplaceable core values so as not to be squeezed out of this market.

Yang Guozhong took a silver plate from his belt and handed it to him. Li Shande took the plate and asked for the handwriting. Yang Guozhong was startled and laughed:

"You took my sign, but you still want to issue a notice according to the rules. Isn't this ruining my reputation?
——Process is a rule that only the weak should follow. ”]
The heating in the Heping Hotel was clearly on, but Li Xiaolin felt a little cold for no reason.

In the second half of the novel, Li Shande's humanity and duty begin to collide.

To improve his luck, he flattered officials, concealed the truth about the death of slaves, was misunderstood by friendly merchants and did not keep his promises, and did not stop the destruction of lychee trees.
The staff of the post stations fled and the people were living in misery.

Li Shande just completed his mission and turned a blind eye.

Litchi accomplished the task, and a corrupt official was created.

He had never felt so disgusted with himself before. His stomach would churn if he looked at himself for even a second longer.

No matter how fast his mount ran, Li Shande could not avoid finding a black mark on his conscience.

In the illustrations in the grid book, ochre dots represent color changes, purple dots represent fragrance changes, and red dots represent taste changes.

The black spots mean that the lychees have turned brown, leaked juice, and are completely rotten.
Appeared.

The second time after "Furong Town".

"Arc of Humanity!"

Li Xiaolin clapped his hands and said, "This is Jiang Xian's specialty."

He's really good at this.

With sufficient foreshadowing, the film gradually reveals the mental journey and the reasons for Li Shande's changes.

Every time he was misunderstood, it was not from his true heart.

He didn't mean to do anything bad.

He did only bad things.

This little man was cornered to the point of going insane.

This ray of light bloomed!
Then it continued to sublimate, and one corrupt Li Shande after another constituted the corrupt Tang Dynasty.

boom!
The Anshi Rebellion broke out!