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The imperial court did not pay much attention to the East-West War.

It's just a small local war.

Just like when Guan Qiujian destroyed Goguryeo back then, it didn't cause much repercussions.

Yang Zheng discovered a problem. The elites of this era don't have much interest in undeveloped land, and only pay attention to one-third of an acre of land in the Central Plains.

But this is also in line with this era. To put it bluntly, it is still underpopulated.

Cao Wei conquered the Far East back then, but finally gave up.

There are still many places in the Central Plains that have not been developed, so naturally they will not spend energy on those places.

To solve these problems, we still need to increase the population.

To feed a large population, high-yield food is needed.

In recent years, more and more crops have been sent from all over the world and cultivated in greenhouses.

Eggplants from Tianzhu, lentils from Linyiguo, spinach from Nanzhong, etc., greatly enriched Daqin's dining table.

But the high-yielding crops Yang Zheng wanted had not been found for a long time.

Potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, Champa rice, if you find any one, Daqin will enter a new era.

No matter how these things taste, let's fill up the stomach first.

But I vaguely remember that potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn are all products of South America. In this era, traveling across the ocean is definitely a life-threatening.

So Yang Zheng focused his energy on Champa Rice and sent a large number of Jinyiwei southward, but found nothing.

I don't know if the local savages don't know how to grow rice yet.

There was no way, Yang Zheng could only order to cast the net widely, and get everything that looked like rice, and set up an agricultural affairs department in Jiaozhou, and sent a large number of Taixue agricultural scholars to the south.

"Whether the people of Daqin can eat or not depends entirely on you!" I blamed myself for not studying hard back then, and now I don't know anything, and I can't help, I can only provide a general direction.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, we will find rice seeds even if we are smashed to pieces!" 130 two agricultural bachelors pulled out their ring swords and roared towards the sky.

"Uh..." How does Yang Zheng think that this group of people look like they went south to rob...

Although Great Qin Wude is abundant, it seems to be a little too much.

Regardless of literati, warriors, men or women, their tempers are hotter than the other, and they can use knives but never talk.

On the streets of Daxing, duels happen every now and then.

The imperial court issued repeated orders and repeated orders to strictly prohibit private fighting, but it was still useless.

However, Yang Zheng was quite pleased with the aura of the agricultural scholars. This is what they wanted.

Going south in this era is not about traveling in the mountains and rivers. Wild men and beasts are everywhere. Without two knives on your body, you can't cut people. It's really not good.

Thinking about it this way, Yang Zheng rewarded each of them with a copper crossbow painted in gold.

Exquisite and gorgeous, it is not only a sharp weapon for killing, but also a valuable handicraft.

The big and round agronomists burst into tears with excitement, "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Two months later, the news from the south... made Yang Zheng a little annoyed.

After Tao Huang and Mao Jiong defeated the invasion of Linyi Kingdom last time and invaded its territory again, Linyi Kingdom was unwilling to fail, and gathered another [-] troops to avenge their revenge...

United with the natives of Jiaozhou, killed the people and officials of Daqin, and burned the government offices...

Linyi Kingdom is like a stone in a hut, smelly and hard.

I don't know why, since the founding of the Han Dynasty, they have been provoking the north and taking the northward expansion as their national policy.

Soochow was also troubled by them.

Historically, the East and West Jin were also unbearably disturbed until after the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the establishment of the Sui Dynasty angered Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and ordered General Liu Fang to lead an army of tens of thousands by land and water to conquer Linyi in the south.

The Central Plains imperial court was really serious, and Linyi was naturally no match, and the country was destroyed by Liu Fang.

However, the soldiers in the north were not used to the subtropical climate, and the gentry died four to five out of ten, and even Liu Fang himself died of illness.

The remnants of Linyi made a comeback and restored the country.

Under such circumstances, how can the Bachelor of Agriculture and Jin Yiwei find rice seeds?
What Yang Zheng didn't expect was that Lin Yiguo attacked Jiaozhou again and again, which made the court indignant.

It's their blessing that Daqin didn't go to fight them these years. Didn't expect these savages to dare to attack Daqin?Still coveting Jiaozhou?
Jiaozhou has been China's sacred territory since ancient times, and the scholars' concern for this land is much higher than that of Liaodong and the Western Regions...

After all, Jiaozhou is the land actually controlled, and it has been operating for almost 300 years since the Han Dynasty.

On the other hand, Jiaozhou has abundant products.

The peacock feathers, pearls, and spices used by many high-ranking officials and nobles are all produced in Jiaozhou.

"The wolf in Linyi is ambitious and has repeatedly offended us, Daqin. If we don't punish him now, it will become even more rampant in the future." Du Yu took the lead in admonishing.

Even Lu Zhi and other officials who have always disliked wars have changed their previous conservative attitude this time, "Linyi thinks it is a remote place, but it is unbearable to kill our officials and kill our scholars and people!"

They all said so, of course Yang Zheng would not be polite, "Punishment will be avoided, and those who offend my Daqin will be punished no matter how far away they are!"

"If that's the case, I'm afraid it will take a lot of troops..." Du Yu worried.

With the lesson of Emperor Sui Yang, Yang Zheng certainly would not use northern soldiers.

There are plenty of people in Nanzhong and Guangzhou.

"This battle is dominated by soldiers from Nanzhong and Jiaozhou. Materials from central Shu and Jiangdong will be sent to the south. I will send another general!" Yang Zheng's eyes swept across the civil and military officials, and finally settled on one person. "This battle It must be Lu Xiaojie!"

To kill a chicken, you need to use a sledgehammer.

Yang Zheng is going to solve Lin Yiguo once and for all.

In the southern war, the best candidate for commander is of course Lu Kang.

His old Bu Wuyan, Zuo Yi, Zhang Xian and others are all top fighters, coupled with Tao Huang and Mao Jiong, it is basically a combination of Wang Zhan.

Yang Ji's condition worsened, and he was recuperating in Jiaozhi. Huo Biao's level of commanding the army was not as good as his level of governing the people.

So I had to send generals from the court.

"The minister takes orders!" Lu Kang was not overly excited, he was as gentle as water as before, and ignored the envious eyes around him.

When he went out, even Wei Guan and Du Yu had nothing to say.

In the past two years, Lu Kang's low-key in Daxing is outrageous.

Ordinarily, surrendered generals would usually pay homage to the pier, either to join Wei Guan's command, or to hug Du Yu's thigh tightly, but Lu Kang was a different kind. After entering Qin Dynasty, he did nothing, neither fought nor robbed.

Only one son, Lu Ji, joined the prince's family.

But his reputation is too great, he does not beg others, but others come to win him over.

Lu Kang remained unmoved.

Every time Yang Zheng wanted to make a big use of it, he couldn't find a reasonable reason, and it was not good for him to hastily elevate a person, and Lu Kang's personality was relatively gentle.

There is Ma Long in the east of Liaodong, Yin Chun and Yang Yi in the west, and Lu Kang in the south.

Yang Zheng was as steady as Mount Tai.

In fact, these are local wars, even if the war is unfavorable, it will not shake the foundation of Daqin.

Instead of letting the Bachelor of Agriculture and Jin Yiwei carefully search for a needle in a haystack in Lin Yiguo, it is better to take down this land and search on a large scale.

Where Linyi farts a bit bigger, can it resist the big Nanzhong and Lingnan?
"Decree, Lu Kang is the governor of Guangzhou and Jiaozhou, and holds the festival, the general of Zhennan!"