Destiny Only Han

Chapter 197
In the east of Liyang City, there is a piece of farmland surrounded by fences with watchtowers in four corners.

Liu Ying squatted under the shade of a tree, opened a small bag, and revealed the golden corn kernels inside.

These are the third generation of maize.

In the first generation, Liu Ying planted the five in Yangdi, the backyard of Han Wangcheng Palace.

It's a pity that the corn keeps growing, but Han Wangcheng was killed by Xiang Yu innocently...

Liu Ying shook her head, spread out the corn in front of her, and checked whether there were insects or rot.

At the time of Yangdi, because the variety did not degenerate, and under the careful care of Liu Taigong and Ding Yi, the supply of water and fertilizer was sufficient, so five corns grew nearly [-] seeds in total.

These thousands of seeds constitute the second generation of maize.

According to Liu Taigong's standard for planting sorghum, nearly [-] seeds were sown in the upper field of nearly four acres.

Well, at this time, Qinmu is used, which is equivalent to one-third of Shimu.

In autumn, under intensive cultivation, the corn showed its unrivaled characteristic of the highest yield per mu even in later generations.

After threshing, it is weighed on the scale, and the yield per mu is three stones!

During this period, the yield of wheat and corn is usually only one and a half stones per mu, and the yield of rice is slightly higher, two stones per mu.

If the fields of the two are replaced with corn, then when the harvest season comes, the amount of grain that can be harvested will be at least half more!
And corn stalks, if used as firewood, are much more resistant to burning than wheat straw or rice stalks.

Therefore, on the night of the harvest, Xiao He and Liu Taigong and other people who witnessed the weighing process in the whole Hanzhong City had no sleep all night.

In the early morning of the next day, Xiao He led hundreds of soldiers to the door in person, and took more than half of the corn kernels, which were more than a dozen stones, for sowing in the official field.

But what Liu Ying has now is only a small part of it.

He only planned to plant two or three acres here. As for the other corn seeds in his hands, he sent them to various counties in Guanzhong for planting.

After all, there are unpredictable things in the sky, so all eggs cannot be put in the same basket.

In case the corn on his side is in the mature season and suddenly encounters disasters such as fire, wind or rainstorm, if the grains are not harvested, at least there are seeds elsewhere.

Endless life.

As said in a brief history of mankind, it was not humans that tamed wheat, but wheat that tamed humans.

Liu Ying intends to be tamed by corn, and volunteers to help the other party 2000 years in advance, all over the Eurasian continent!

As for the two or three acres of land he planted here?
He didn't intend to wrong himself any more. His plan was to keep half of it as seeds, and the other half in batches, from fresh corn to old corn, and finally stick cornmeal pancakes twice...

In front of Liu Ying, on the land that had been repeatedly plowed several times with a Quyuan plow, a dozen or so men who were picked up by Grandpa Liu untied their small hoes from their waists, bent over, and dug with a clear division of labor. Pit, sow, fill with soil.

A series of movements are smooth and flowing, pleasing to the eye.

No way, there are too few corn seeds to sow randomly like rice or wheat.

Every one is cherished!

Therefore, when eating, Liu Ying will never waste any of them!
Beside Liu Ying, there are Taigong Liu and Liu Fei squatting in the shade in the same posture, Liu Le with her hair brushed up and wearing men's clothes, and Liu Ruyi who has just learned to walk and was taken to the field by Taigong Liu for education.

"The country takes the people as its roots, and the people take the grain as their life... The people have no grain, and the country loses its roots... Therefore, the sages and the people work together to cultivate and eat, and eat [yōng] to eat and govern..."

In the middle of Liu Taigong's eloquence, Liu Fei stared at a field mouse hole in the distance, drooling silently, Liu Le squatted beside him, encouraging him with his eyes from time to time, and Liu Ruyi, who had a high nose bridge and big eyes, was babbling and confused. Hu repeated Liu Taigong's words indistinctly, which made Liu Taigong smile from ear to ear, and his face was full of relief.

This brother can't stay for a long time... Liu Ying's eyes froze, she picked up a lump of soil from the ground, and handed it to Liu Ruyi who wanted to stuff anything into her mouth.

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Liyang, Han Palace.

Hiding in the harem for a long time, intending to be exposed to both rain and dew, Liu Bang, who was not an early emperor, finally appeared in front of everyone, and began to examine the big and small things that happened during this period.

As he expected, Peng Yue attacked Xiang Yu's transport team many times, causing the Chu army's food road to be cut off, so after a small defeat, Xiang Yu chose to stop fighting and return.

At this moment, the army is running out of supplies, so forcibly confronting Han Xin will not take any advantage.

Liu Bang figured out that the war between himself and Xiang Yu should start after the autumn harvest.

First, the Chu army fought for many days. They have been fighting since last year and have been fighting until now, without stopping for a moment. The soldiers' war weariness has reached the extreme.

As for the remaining reason, it is still the commonplace food.

Troops and horses move ahead without food and forage.

Without sufficient food reserves, how could it be possible to fight?

Liu Bang closed the secret report and smiled wryly. In fact, such problems also commonly existed in the Han army.

The military rations, in fact, the Han army has also reached the verge of breaking down.

The main reason why the degree of war exhaustion was not obvious before is that the Han army successively surrendered to the Western Wei, Yin, and Henan countries, advancing all the way, so the momentum is like a rainbow.

But the most important point is that there are a large number of Guanzhong children in the Han army.

The decisive battle with the Chu army is a battle of revenge!
Zigong asked, "What is it like to be the enmity of your parents?"

The Master said: Sleeping with a thatch and a dry pillow, and not being an official, you will share the world with you.When encountering various cities and dynasties, they will not fight against soldiers.

Under the hatred of the country and the family, if Xiang Yu survives for a day, the hatred of the people in Guanzhong will not be reduced for a day!

Liu Bang opened the second memorial and read it with great difficulty.

This is not because the person who wrote it was too profound, mysterious, and difficult to understand, but that the other party's writing was crooked, not as good as a dog crawling!
He turned over and took a look at the signature, then he was relieved, and a sarcasm smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The person who signed it was none other than Zhou Bo.

Well, Liu Bang's handwriting is actually very good. Liu Ying is fair to say that if his handwriting can be handed down, he may not lose to many calligraphers.

On the original historical line, when Liu Bang was dying, he told Liu Ying to practice calligraphy well, so that he would not be inferior to himself...

As for Liu Ying, who was established as the prince when he was six or seven years old, the daily professors are all well-educated people, so there is no reason why he can't write well.

Therefore, Liu Bang's cultural level is actually not too low.

In the main hall, looking at Liu Bang's memorial, the smile on the corner of his mouth disappeared slightly, replaced by a thin anger.

In the memorial written by Zhou Bo, Chen Ping was impeached a lot.

For example, he had an affair with his sister-in-law, for example, he was loyal to Wei State and then Western Chu successively, and he was a generation towards Qin and late Chu, for example, he accepted bribes from the generals, and whoever gave the most money, he would send fat servants to him...

In fact, for Liu Bang, accepting bribes and courting Qin Muchu are acceptable to him.

When the water is clear, there will be no fish, and when the water is clear, there will be no evil.

But there is only one thing, having an affair with my sister-in-law, which challenges Liu Bang's moral bottom line!
Well, in later generations, many people who tease sister-in-law, in fact, most of them don’t have sister-in-law. If there is, then I can only respect you as a beast!
Liu Bang recalled that it was Wei Wuzhi who recommended Chen Ping to him that day.

So he called Wei Wuzhi who was on duty outside the hall, and handed him Zhou Bo's memorial.

Wei Wuzhi smiled and shook his head after looking at it hastily.

Liu Bang asked with some doubts: "What are you laughing at?"

Wei Wuzhi bowed slightly and asked back: "What my king needs is a talent or a saint?"

Liu Bang was full of doubts: "Is there a difference? Could it be that a talented person cannot be a saint?"

Wei Wuzhi shook his head and smiled: "Yes, absolutely. It's just that such a person is rare. There is probably only one person around my king who can have both of these two points at the same time."

Liu Bang knew that Wei Wuzhi was referring to Zhang Liang, so he thought about it carefully. According to Zhang Liang's standards, it was indeed rare.

In Liu Bang's nod of approval, Wei Wuzhi continued: "What my king needs is someone who can assist my king, defeat Xiang Yu, and clarify Yunei's talent, not someone with noble character like Wei Sheng, Xiaoji!"

"Chu and Han are at war, and when the outcome is unknown, the ones I recommend are naturally those who can do tricks and benefit the Han. As for the other party and his sister-in-law, or receiving money, as long as it doesn't affect the country, why, go Comparing?"

Liu Bang thought about it, and felt that what the other party said was somewhat reasonable, but he still had the feeling of swallowing a fly in his heart.

So Wei Wuzhi continued: "Since my king has doubts, why don't you invite Chen Ping to come and ask the truth?"

Liu Bang twirled his beard: "Let's do it this way, ask Chen Ping to come see me."

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In a few moments, in the main hall, Chen Ping came in a hurry, sweating profusely.

Seeing this, Liu Bang asked people to go to the ice cellar to get some more ice and put it in the hall to cool down.

He looked at Chen Ping, and asked hesitantly, "Do you know why I asked you to come here?"

Chen Ping said smugly: "I know, but there are some things that I can't explain clearly, and I don't want to explain. If the world wants to say it, let them say it."

Liu Bang's eyes were fixed, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, but he still questioned with a frosty face: "Sir, you served the king of Wei before, and later you voted for the Western Chu, and now you follow me. How can a man of faith be so half-hearted?"

Chen Ping bowed and said:
"When the minister was with the king of Wei, the king of Wei refused to listen to his words, and eventually he burned himself to death."

"The minister is with King Xiang. Although King Xiang uses his ministers, the ones he trusts are either Xiang's children or brothers-in-law. No matter how powerful the minister is, there is no place for him to use his skills."

"Now, I heard that my king is good at appointing talented people, so I came here to surrender. My king will not give up and entrust me with a heavy responsibility. But the daily work requires money, so I accept the property of the generals."

"If this is the case, please Rongchen seal up the property and return it to the treasury, resign and return home..."

Liu Bang patted him on the shoulder in fear: "It's because I didn't think carefully, so let's do it, you can't do bribery anymore. If you are short of money, just come to me and ask for it. As long as I have it, I will give you as much as you want..."

(End of this chapter)