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Chapter 4348 4350 [One General’s Success Delivers Thousands of Soldiers’ Death]

"Your martial arts skills are pretty good. In that case, I'm willing to admit defeat. I agree to your marriage with Yuzhi." After entering the room and sitting down, Song Que spoke.

"Thank you, senior. I will definitely treat Yuzhi well and never let him suffer any injustice." Xiang Nan immediately bowed.

Song Que nodded, "So what are your ambitions in the future?"

"I plan to retire to the countryside with Yuzhi." Xiang Nan said again.

"How can you be so depressed at such a young age?" Song Que was very unhappy when he heard this. "The world is in turmoil now, wars are raging everywhere, and heroes are vying for the throne. It's the right time to start a career. You actually want to retire to the countryside? You really have no ambition and are content with living a mediocre life."

He is not only famous in the martial arts world, but also the King of Zhennan in the court. It can be said that there are few people in the world who can compare with him in terms of fame and power.

Therefore, Song Que thinks highly of himself and regards all the heroes in the world as nothing. If it weren't for the fact that the people competing for hegemony in the world now were Yu Wenzhi, Dugu Ce, Li Shimin, Dou Jiande and other young people, he would not be willing to bully the weak. Otherwise, he would have gone out to compete with them for the world.

His son Song Shidao was gentle, respectful, modest, generous, and loyal. Although he was a good boy, such a character was not suitable for dominating the world.

Therefore, he originally hoped to find a good son-in-law who could lead the Song army to conquer the world and complete his previously unfinished hegemony.

He never expected that Xiang Nan, who looked imposing and promising, was actually so indifferent and had no courage to compete for the world. This really disappointed him.

"I don't agree with what you said, senior." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "A real man has his ways and his ways. For your own selfishness, you take up arms and kill endlessly. As the saying goes, one general's success is built on the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers. If you want to become an emperor, I don't know how many people will die.

Moreover, it is easy to conquer the world, but difficult to rule it. Once the country is poorly managed, the administration is chaotic, and corruption is rampant, the people will suffer. Even if the country is well managed, the people may not benefit.

So I don’t want to be an emperor. I want to retire to the world and be a happy passerby. It’s also a good thing to be free and unfettered, happy and content with one’s fate.”

"One general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of men?! What a good poem." Song Que was stunned and nodded, "Well, since you don't want to fight, I won't force you.

But I want you to promise me that if anyone wants to take over Lingnan, you need to come out and help the Song family to protect my territory."

Poetry is used to express one's aspirations, and songs are used to express one's feelings. One's spirit can be seen from his poems. A person who can write such a famous line as "One general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers" is definitely not a mediocre and ordinary person.

So he knew that he had underestimated Xiang Nan.

People like Xiang Nan, who seem to have no ambitions, actually have great ambitions. Therefore, there is no need to coerce or bribe him, he will naturally stand out when the time comes.

"Okay." Xiang Nan nodded.

Although he didn't want to dominate the world and find so many things to do, he didn't mind protecting the peace of the area. After all, the stability of Lingnan was also good for him.

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Song Que then began to prepare for Xiang Nan and Song Yuzhi's marriage.

He only has this one precious daughter, so naturally he has to prepare for the wedding well.

He built a villa for the couple next to Yanhu Lake at the foot of Baiyun Mountain.

Not only is it surrounded by mountains and rivers, it has beautiful scenery, but it is also only 20 miles away from the Zhennan Palace. It takes less than an incense stick of time to ride a horse, and you can go back to your mother's house for dinner every day. He is a well-known figure in the martial arts world and the court, so he wants to marry his daughter off in a grand and lively manner, so he has sent out invitations to heroes to announce it to the world.

For a time, the name "Kou Zhong" once again resounded throughout the world.

"This Kou Zhong is really lucky. Not only did he learn the magical skill of "The Secret of Immortality", but he also married the daughter of Heavenly Blade Song Que."

"Zhennan King Song Que only has this precious daughter, but he married her to a quack. What does that mean?"

"This is good. I was originally worried that the Song clan would marry the Li clan, and then the north and the south would join forces. Now that Song Que's daughter has married a warrior, we don't have to worry about the Song clan and the Li clan forming an alliance anymore."

"It is said that those who learn the Secret of Immortality have the ability to lead the martial arts world and subvert the world. I wonder if Song Que wants him to be his son-in-law because he can't stand the loneliness and is ready to come out again."

All parties who received the news talked about it, and they also began to prepare gifts for the wedding six months later.

On the one hand, Song Que is an important figure, so he cannot be careless about his daughter's wedding gift; on the other hand, they are getting married in Lingnan, which is thousands of miles away from the heartland of the Central Plains, and it will take at least a month to get to Lingnan, so they naturally have to make preparations in advance.

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During this period, Xiang Nan was not idle. In addition to traveling and talking about love with Song Yuzhi, he also prepared some inventions and gifts for Song Que.

  "Uncle, this is a curved plow. It can save animal power and is flexible to operate, making it easy to turn and make turns. This is a telescope, which can clearly see things in the distance.

This is glass, which can be used to make glass cups, glass pots, glass mirrors, and glass windows; this is woodblock printing, which will make printing books more convenient in the future; this is soap, which can be used for cleaning and can remove dirt..." Xiang Nan placed the inventions one by one in front of Song Que.

"This is sweet potato, which can produce 5,000 to 8,000 kilograms per mu, and the roots, stems and leaves are all edible and non-toxic; this is potato, which can also produce 4,000 to 5,000 kilograms per mu, and can reach up to 12,000 kilograms per mu; this is corn, which is drought-resistant and produces about 800 kilograms per mu;

This is peanut, which can be eaten raw or cooked, and can also be used to extract oil; this is chili, which tastes spicy and is very appetizing; this is tomato, which can be eaten as a fruit or a vegetable.

This is coffee, it tastes bitter but it can refresh you; this is cocoa, it is very fragrant..." Xiang Nan took out a series of fruits and seeds, which made Song Que stunned.

The curved plow, telescope, glass cup, glass mirror, woodblock printing...these are all very practical inventions and are very beneficial to people's livelihood.

He was especially shocked by the sweet potatoes and potatoes that produced thousands of kilograms per mu. You should know that the climate in Lingnan is warm and there can be two crops a year, so one mu of land can only produce about 300 kilograms.

The sweet potatoes and potatoes in Xiangnan can actually produce 5,000 to 6,000 kilograms, which is 20 times more. If the yield is really so high, the people in Lingnan will no longer have to starve.

"Can it really produce so much?" Song Que asked doubtfully, "Is it not an exaggeration?"

"This is the key point of planting. Uncle can find someone familiar with farming to try planting it and then we can know whether it is true or not." Xiang Nan said.

"Okay, even if we can produce more than 1,000 kilograms per mu, it will be a remarkable achievement." Seeing how confident he was, Song Que couldn't help but say excitedly.

If the yield per mu is 1,000 kilograms, it will be three times the output of rice and can feed more than three times the population.

In ancient times, population was wealth. The prosperity of dynasties depended on the size of their population. The Tang Dynasty, with a population of 80 million, was considered a prosperous era.

(End of this chapter)