Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 716 Is Different (Please Subscribe!)
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"I forgot to introduce myself to my sister. My surname is "Zhe" and my first name is "Yuexiu."

Li Qingzhao was startled, and said, "The surname is "Zhe"? Are you from the Zhe family in Fuzhou?"

Zheyuexiu said: "Sister knows my family?"

Li Qingzhao said: "How can I not know the number one general who has guarded the Central Plains for hundreds of years?"

After hesitating for a while, Li Qingzhao said again: "Why is my sister here?"

Zhe Yuexiu said: "My Zhe family has surrendered to the imperial court, and I was sent to serve as a bodyguard for a big man."

After hearing this, Li Qingzhao couldn't help thinking to himself: "Even the Zhe family in Fuzhou voted for Dazhong. Could it be that the Song Dynasty is really about to perish? Does the world really want the surname "Li"?"

Seeing that he had finished saying "My Zhe family has now surrendered to the imperial court", Li Qingzhao stopped talking, and Zhe Yuexiu hurriedly explained: "Not long ago, my prefecture was surrounded by Xia Guo and Jin Guotuan, and we cannot reinforce the army, and the family will be wiped out. And Zhao Song gave up on the north of the Yangtze River. How could he save our prefecture? Moreover, His Majesty's prestige and virtuous name are spread far and wide. There is absolutely no reason not to respect it.”

As soon as Li Qingzhao heard it, she could tell that this girl admired the new emperor very much.

Li Qingzhao thought silently: "It's no wonder that this girl worshiped the new emperor. She regained Yanyun, destroyed Liao, Korea, and Japan. Zhu Luoguo, he did something that even Hanwu Tangzong failed to do. After entering the Central Plains, he wiped out the invading Jin army, and even killed the two culprits, Wanyan Zonghan and Wanyan Zongwang. In any case, it is not necessarily true that he may become the first emperor of all ages... It is just that he is suspected of being militaristic. A good emperor should strive to let the people live a happy life, not lay down a large territory..."

For Fuzhou Zhejia, who also voted for Dazhong, Li Qingzhao, who had more or less Confucianism in her mind, was a bit bored, but she couldn't say it in public. After all, there were tens of thousands of Chinese troops around here.

Therefore, Li Qingzhao changed the subject and said, "What are you doing here, are you opening up wasteland?"

This matter is not a secret, and the Propaganda Department has to vigorously publicize this matter, so Zheyuexiu replied truthfully: "Well, cultivate an experimental field."

"Experimental field?"

Li Qingzhao said somewhat differently: "What is an experimental field?"

Zhe Yuexiu explained: "Not long ago, His Majesty crossed Hainan to conquer the south, and as far as the Chaluqi Dynasty in the west, His Majesty sent people to search for high-yield crops along the way. Later, the guards at the Malacca Strait came from a western fleet. I found two miraculous foods on the Internet, one was named "corn" by His Majesty, and the other was named "Sweet Potato" by His Majesty. It grew in distant America. Those Westerners got those corns and sweet potatoes from a ghost ship that had been floating on the sea for an unknown amount of time, and then brought them on board as food. After His Majesty learned about this, he sent his own troops Go get all those corns and sweet potatoes back, and then personally participate in the cultivation, Your Majesty said that if the corns and sweet potatoes can be successfully transplanted, the Chinese will no longer starve."

Li Yan's words were actually a bit exaggerated.

Although corn is the crop with the highest yield and the highest total output in the world.

Sweet potato is also a high yielding and adaptable food crop.

But it is impossible to make the Chinese no longer starve just by relying on these two unimproved crops.

But then again, if corn and sweet potatoes can be successfully transplanted, then with the super yield and super adaptability of these two crops, the starvation situation of the Chinese people will be greatly improved, and then Li Yan will encourage agricultural research and development It is not entirely impossible for the Chinese people to no longer go hungry.

Li Qingzhao said: "Corn and sweet potatoes are so magical? And where is America?"

In fact, Zheyuexiu was not very clear, and could only follow what Li Yan said: "I heard that as long as the corn and sweet potatoes can be successfully transplanted, it is conservatively estimated that the total grain output will at least reach the previous level within five years." Three to five times, as for where the United States is, I don’t know, I heard that it is on the other side of the ocean, and it takes a long, long, long time to sail to get there.”

Li Qingzhao was a little skeptical about what Zheyuexiu said, "Is there really a place called 'America' on the other side of the ocean? Also, are there really such high yields of corn and sweet potatoes?"

Although he had doubts in his heart, Li Qingzhao didn't say it out, but asked, "Is such a large piece of land planted with corn and sweet potatoes?"

Zheyuexiu smiled and said: "How can there be so many seeds and seedlings." Then Zheyuexiu pointed to a piece of land that looked very fertile in the distance and said: "Only there and the other two fields are planted with corn and sweet potatoes, and the rest are all grow cotton."

Cotton, Li Qingzhao, who has read a lot of poetry and books, knows a little bit.

As far as Li Qingzhao knew, the origin of cotton was Tianzhu and Dashi, and it had been introduced to China as early as the Northern and Southern Dynasties or longer. However, cotton was mostly grown in the frontiers and had not been introduced to the interior.

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Although Li Qingzhao knew about cotton, he didn't know the function of cotton, so he asked, "What is cotton grown for, filling pillows and mattresses?"

Zhe Yuexiu said: "My sister is talking about kapok, not cotton. Cotton can not only fill pillows and mattresses, but also weave cloth. Planting a large amount of cotton can solve the problem of clothing for the common people."

Li Qingzhao wondered: "Cotton can also weave cloth?"

Zhe Yuexiu pointed to the cotton armor on her body, and said: "The outer cloth of my cotton armor is made of cotton. Sister feels it, although it is not as gorgeous as silk, but it is very comfortable to wear."

After hearing what Zhe Yuexiu said, Li Qingzhao reached out and touched Zhe Yuexiu's cotton armor, and found that the cloth was indeed similar to what Zhe Yuexiu said, so he was very surprised!
Zheyuexiu said again: "Cotton can be made into fabrics of various specifications, from light and transparent yarn to thick canvas and thick velveteen. These fabrics are durable and can be washed and ironed at high temperatures. The cotton weaving technology in China is actually very mature, but it has not been promoted in the Central Plains. This time, His Majesty asked someone to plant some cotton in the Central Plains as an example. Later, some cotton fabrics will be shipped from other regions to the Central Plains for sale, supplemented by economic If the means are promoted, within a few years, the people in the Central Plains will take the initiative to grow cotton, which will greatly improve the clothing of the people in the Central Plains.”

Hearing what Zheyuexiu said, Li Qingzhao realized that she might be wrong. The new emperor seemed to know not only how to fight wars, but also how to govern the country and develop the people's livelihood.

In addition, Li Qingzhao discovered that Zhe Yuexiu seemed to know a lot about the new emperor.

Out of a woman's curiosity, Li Qingzhao began to chat with Zhe Yuexiu.

After this conversation, Li Qingzhao knew how great the new emperor was, and then he became very interested in the new emperor, and even had the idea of ​​meeting the new emperor to see if he had three heads and six arms.

Zhe Yuexiu was very talkative, and Li Qingzhao was willing to hear about the new emperor.

As soon as the two talked and listened, before they knew it, the sun was setting.

At this moment, a female soldier ran over to find Zhe Yuexiu, and said, "Miss, officer...Master is going back."

After Zhe Yuexiu heard the words, she turned her head to look, only to find that a large group of people had come out of the field.

Zhe Yuexiu folded her forehead and said: "It's delayed the important matter." Then she hurriedly said goodbye to Li Qingzhao: "Sister, I have something important to do, let's talk next time!", and then hurriedly led the horse to that The crowd ran.

Li Qingzhao just wanted to ask Zhe Yuexiu for a contact information so that we can see each other later, but before she could open her mouth, Zhe Yuexiu had already run away with her horse.

Li Qingzhao looked in the direction Zhe Yuexiu was running to, and saw a young man with an extraordinary bearing at a glance.

Although the young man was dressed in ordinary clothes and Li Qingzhao couldn't see his face clearly, Li Qingzhao still felt that he was so different.

Coincidentally, that young man also happened to look at Li Qingzhao.

The eyes of the two collided so closely...

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PS: Calvin, I will update it first today, and I will take a good look at the back.

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