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Chapter 4349 4351 [Blessing from the Immortal Official]

Afterwards, Song Que found the officials in charge of agricultural affairs and distributed seeds of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, peppers, peanuts, tomatoes, carrots, sunflowers, etc.

Find the most capable farmer, choose the best land, and cultivate carefully according to the planting requirements.

He wanted to see if these seeds were really as good as Xiang Nan said.

If it is true as Xiang Nan said, those seeds have high yield and wide uses, then the Song clan in Lingnan will become rich and the people's livelihood and economy will be greatly improved.

By then, if there is food, there will be people, if there are people, there will be soldiers, and if there are people, there will be taxes. With soldiers, taxes, and food and wages all complete, is there any need to worry about not being able to dominate the world?

Even if we take the risk of saying that by promoting these high-yield crops and saving tens of millions of people from suffering from hunger, he will also be praised as "Buddha of Ten Thousand Families" and "Tzu Chi for All Living Beings". Even Cihang Jingzhai and Jingnian Zen Temple cannot compare with him.

It can be said that he gained both fame and fortune.

Glass, soap, curved plow, woodblock printing, etc. were also very useful. He also recruited craftsmen and prepared to build a workshop to produce them.

Glass was very precious in ancient times, and its defective colored glaze was regarded as one of the seven treasures of Buddhism.

In Journey to the West, Sha Seng was the curtain-pulling general, but he was demoted to the mortal world just because he accidentally broke a glass cup, and had to suffer the pain of a sharp sword piercing his heart every day.

Therefore, if glass could be produced in large quantities, it would be no different from discovering a silver mine.

Soap was still very useful to the nobility, and was very effective in bathing and removing dirt.

You should know that nobles attached great importance to their appearance. During the Shang Dynasty, they insisted on washing their hair every three days and taking a bath every five days.

The items used by the nobles for cleaning at that time were also very high-end, such as pancreas made from pig pancreas, soapberry water made from soapberries, sesame oil, egg white, osmanthus oil for hair care, etc.

However, none of these are as effective as soap. Soap has a really strong cleaning ability. Song Que couldn't put it down after using it once.

The telescope is even more powerful, it can see everything clearly several miles away.

If this is used on the battlefield, there is no need to be afraid of ambushes, as they can be observed early.

……

"Kou Zhong, where did you get these inventions and seeds?" Song Que asked curiously.

"Uncle, this is all a gift from the gods." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "I am currently learning from the gods how to build a small blast furnace. By then, I will be able to produce steel. I can produce 30 million kilograms of steel a year."

"Thirty million kilograms of steel?!" Song Que was shocked when he heard it.

The annual steel production of the Sui Dynasty was only about 5 million catties. If a blast furnace could produce 30 million catties of steel a year, that would be really amazing.

You should know that steelmaking technology has always been high-tech in ancient times, and many places simply cannot master this technology. Therefore, cast iron, porcelain, tea, silk, etc. have always been the bulk of ancient Chinese exports.

For example, the Southern Song Dynasty Shipwreck No. 1 contained a large number of iron pots; during the Ming Dynasty, the Tatars applied for mutual trade many times because the grassland people did not have iron pots and could not even cook mutton...

With good steel, we can make good weapons and armor, so the term "golden swords and iron horses" is used to describe the power of a military force.

In the TV series "The Twin Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", the reason why Li Shimin was so famous and invincible was because he had a group of elite black-armored cavalry under his command, which was a heavy cavalry.

In the era of cold weapons, this is like a tank. When encountering those poorly equipped bandits, they can just form a formation and charge forward, and the enemy can't resist at all. At that time, once the formation is disrupted and the morale of the army is scattered, they will naturally be defeated miserably.

……

"There's more." Xiang Nan smiled and took out a black lump, "Uncle, look at this..."

"What is this?" Song Que asked puzzledly as he looked at the black spherical object.

Xiang Nan smiled, took out a tinderbox, lit the fuse, and threw it far away.

There was a loud bang, followed by flying debris. In an instant, dust rose up in an area of ​​dozens of meters in radius. The trees, flowers, and even the ground were all destroyed.

“……” When Song Que saw it, his eyes widened in shock.

"This...this...what is this?" he said in surprise.

Although his Eight Styles of Heavenly Sword was more powerful than this, there were only a few people in the world who could match his martial arts skills. I'm afraid that ordinary martial arts masters would not be able to use such a powerful force.

"This is called a hand grenade, also known as a palm mine. It's made of ceramic on the outside, and is stuffed with explosives and iron sand. Once it explodes, people within a radius of dozens of meters will be affected, and if they are not killed, they will be seriously injured." Xiang Nan explained, "If you don't believe me, look at these trees. They are all hit by iron sand..."

"It's really powerful." Song Que looked at the trees and saw that the iron sand was embedded very deeply. If it were a human, even if he didn't die at that time, he wouldn't live for long.

Because the iron sand cannot be removed once it is injected into the body, it will soon cause infection, suppuration, and fever... There were no antibiotics in ancient times, so at this point the person was basically dead.

Its range is several dozen meters in radius, at least it can affect dozens of people. This is much more lethal than a bow and arrow.

"If it is fired with a cannon, it will be even more serious." Xiang Nan said, and he moved another cannon barrel and stuffed the shell into it. After lighting the fuse, there was a loud bang.

A spherical projectile shot out and flew thousands of steps away before exploding with a loud bang, affecting objects within a radius of dozens of meters.

"It can be hit so far?" Song Que was even more surprised when he saw it.

With his martial arts, he could draw a 20-stone bow and shoot an arrow a thousand meters away. Such a superb archery was rare in the world. However, Xiang Nan shot thousands of steps with one shot, and the power was obviously much stronger than one arrow.

  The key is that its operation is very simple, just light a fire. Even the elderly, the weak, women and children can probably operate it. With such a powerful weapon with a long range, what kind of army can't be defeated, what kind of city can't be conquered? !

"This is called a cannon." Xiang Nan explained, "There is also a single-person musket~"

As he spoke, he took the rifle, pulled the trigger, and fired. A hole immediately appeared on a tree a few hundred meters away.

"How amazing." Song Que was amazed when he saw it.

Even for an excellent archer, it is not easy to shoot a hundred steps away. It requires a good bow, training, a strong physique and sufficient logistical supplies.

In comparison, it doesn't require much strength to pull the trigger, but the range is much longer than a bow and arrow, and the power is much stronger than a bow and arrow.

If his army were fully equipped with this kind of long spear, plus dozens of artillery pieces, not to mention the ordinary bandits and rebels, even the black-armored elite cavalry of the Li clan would not be a match for his Song army.

"Kou Zhong, I was right about you. You are really capable." Song Que patted his shoulder and said, "With your ability, it would be a pity if you don't become the emperor."

"Uncle, I took out these things not because I want to compete for the Central Plains." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "In fact, the world is so big, why should we fight for just one place. As far as I know, there is a lot of room for development in the South."

(End of this chapter)