Destiny Only Han

Chapter 326 Liu Ying: Big Goose Stewed in an Iron Pot!

Guanzhong Liyang, June Jiashen, light rain.

In Yueyang Palace, which was more than half smaller than Luoyang Palace, Lu Zhi was holding a pure white Persian cat in his arms, feeling a little sad for a while.

Although, this time is midsummer...

The Persian cat in her hand at the moment should be called the Big Food Cat to be precise.

Xiao Tong bought it from the Loulan people who came to pay tribute to the Yuezhi people.

A male and female pair, two hundred pieces of leather armor!
Although both Xiao Tong and Lu Zhi expressed their pain, the latter soon turned into a cat slave, and forbade Liu Le to come closer to the cat ten steps away...

Liu Ying also thought it was worth it.

Not only is the cat easy to play and addictive, but after localization, it can more or less catch mice.

The most important thing is Qianjin City Horse Bone.

The lucky guy who successfully made a deal with Xiao Tong and became rich almost overnight will definitely cause a sensation in the local area.

In this way, the people of Han people who are stupid and rich in money are set up.

Even if one of the ten caravans is willing to come to Han to do business, the number must be very large over time.

Lu Zi said it well, there is no road in the world, and if there are many people walking, the road will become a road.

When caravans flocked continuously on the Silk Road, there would inevitably be horse bandits.

And the horse bandits will be suppressed at any time!

Come to think of it, you're eating hot pot... bah, no hot pot.

But no matter what, the Han Dynasty will get a justifiable reason to go out of Guanxi, set up Taoist squads on the Silk Road, and patrol with armed forces.

Of course, this protection certainly doesn't come for free.

Liu Ying believes that, compared to being robbed by horse bandits and losing money and people, paying a little tax can be exchanged for strong protection, and the caravan will inevitably choose the latter.

Then, the collected tax was distributed to the soldiers cruising the road as an additional reward.

The world is full of goodwill, and the world is all good.

With enough generous remuneration, no one will feel bitter no matter how hard the work is.

Under a virtuous circle, not only will the trade routes be smooth, but the Han Kingdom will also accumulate more people on the Silk Road.

After all, after making money, people under the influence of agricultural civilization will always think about family reunion, wives and children.

In this way, when there are more Han people on the Silk Road, it is natural to set up prefectures and counties.

As for the most difficult pre-grounding.

With the cement that can dry quickly and become hard, it is not difficult to build small bunker groups.

When the stronghold was besieged, neither the Huns nor the Wusun Yuezhi Qiangs had the ability to attack the fortress.

Therefore, when the brigade of cavalry summoned by the beacon arrived, the stronghold would naturally be safe.

Although this method seems a bit rough, as long as the national strength can keep up, there is actually no solution.

Build a strong village and fight dumbly.

In later generations, the iron-blooded Song Dynasty used this stupid method to try to pacify Xixia, and Zeng Guofan also defeated the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom in almost the same way.

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Harem, the place where Liu Taigong lived.

Although it was raining heavily at the moment, the courtyard was very lively.

In the open space, several big geese with somewhat different shapes raised their heads and quacked.

Liu Ying squatted under the porch pillar, and beside her were Liu Taigong, Liu Fei, Liu Le, and Liu Ruyi who was homeless because of Liu Bang's presence.

"Can you do it?"

Liu Fei was holding a cage in his hand and was full of doubts.

Inside the cage was the mouse he caught last night.

And Liu Taigong, who was also squatting next to him, didn't say anything, but his face was full of doubts.

Liu Ying is going to do an experiment here.

Can goose prey on mice?

Although big geese mainly eat grass, they are not limited to big geese. Chickens and ducks are actually omnivorous animals, that is, they eat both grass and meat.

In later generations, Liu Ying saw videos of big geese preying on mice and snakes on her mobile phone. Although she didn't understand it, she was greatly shocked.

It is naturally understandable for waterfowl to eat snakes, but it is not known whether it is an individual behavior, a group behavior, or a behavior of a certain species when eating mice.

So the big goose that was quacking in the yard at the moment was a different breed that Liu Ying specially found.

If the experiment is successful, the dryland granaries in the north will still be used as usual, and dogs will be used to support them first, and then cats and dogs will be mixed to prevent rats.

The main battlefield for big geese to defend against snakes and rats is Linjiang Kingdom, which was conquered not long ago, that is, Nanjun, and later Northwest Hubei.

After the Han army fully took over, apart from floating wealth, that is, gold and silver used to reward the army, the remaining real estate of Linjiang King's property was naturally nationalized.

Liu Ying has become very familiar with how to embezzle state-owned assets legally over the years.

Naturally, those fields and houses were placed under his name.

In fact, no one would rob him.

Northwestern Hubei in later generations is a good place, and Xiangyang, Yichang, and Jiangling (Jingzhou City) are not bad in economics and population.

But in this era, a large number of fertile land in later generations is still soaking in Yunmengze.

The most important thing is that during the battle of Yan and Ying for decades, Qin general Baiqi flooded Yancheng, conquered Yingdu with strong troops, burned and plundered the ancestral temple mausoleum of Chu State, and killed hundreds of thousands of Chu people.

Since then, it has become desolate.

Although many years have passed, the place is still desolate, and there are as many unowned fields as there are.

But Liu Ying knows that there is almost no war in the country now, and the population will multiply faster and faster.

Therefore, this opportunity to buy bottoms is naturally not to be missed.

The fields that Liu Ying obtained in Nanjun are planned to be used for large-scale plantation of sugar cane and rice plantations.

In later generations, the main producing areas of sugar cane were mostly in Guangdong, Guangxi and Yunnan, but in this era, Chu people, especially Nanjun, the former capital of Chu, were the main producing areas of sugar cane.

Chu people love to eat and are good at eating. In the era when Qu Yuan lived, Chu nobles often used sugarcane juice as a drink.

Therefore, the safety of the plantation depends on this kind of big goose that can kill snakes and rats!

Liu Ying poked Liu Fei lightly and asked him to release a mouse first.

If you can get rid of rats, you can keep the delicious food, if you can't, you can stew the big goose in an iron pot!

Without him, Liu Le on the side looked at the high goose head, strong and powerful goose legs, and the hala almost flowed to the ground!

Accompanied by Liu Ruyi's scream, a palm-sized mouse jumped out of the open wooden cage, circled around him and ran into the courtyard.

In an instant, the big goose, which was still flapping its wings just now, was in a mess.

Liu Ying leaned her head forward, watching the changes of the situation with all her attention.

On the field, a goose with a gray color and the shape of a wild goose pounced on it in an instant, and ran around the ground with the mouse that had just escaped in its mouth. At the same time, it lifted its neck, and the mouse disappeared without a trace.

Liu Ying scratched her head, and looked at Liu Taigong and Liu Fei who couldn't believe it, so the second mouse was released.

But in the end, the goose shaped like a wild goose was still extraordinarily brave, and the rest of the big geese turned a blind eye.

Liu Ying nodded, but did not make a final judgment.

So he looked at Liu Fei and said, "Change to another goose, let's try again!"

Liu Fei nodded indifferently. He caught more than a dozen mice yesterday. If Liu Ying didn't think they were dirty, he would have threatened him not to eat them. At this moment, he must be watching Liu Ying play while grilling...

Liu Taigong frowned slightly and looked at Liu Ying: "My dear grandson, where did you get this kind of goose? Why have I never seen it before!"

Liu Ying smiled and said, "Zhao Di."

Taigong Liu nodded: "No wonder..."

Liu Ying still kept smiling, but the smile was slightly awkward.

This kind of gray goose is actually a hybrid that he obtained indirectly in Zhaodi. The parent comes from a male goose that was locked in a cage by a cook.

Well, the domestic goose is the domesticated species of the wild goose, and the relationship between the two is like a dog and a gray wolf.

Moreover, wild geese are not as dedicated as human beings say. After the death of their spouse, they will die alone...

As a migratory bird, wild geese migrate every year. After raising their offspring once, there is a high probability that they will change their mates in the second year, and NTR incidents also happen from time to time.

The reason why there are rumors is that humans are face blind...

After the body of the wild goose was hollowed out, Liu Ying had a lot of ferocious hybrid geese that couldn't fly because they grew up in a flock of domestic geese.

When Liu Ying was waiting for the second big goose to be delivered, she was already very sure in her heart.

In this way, just like the previous hybrid wolf dog, it only needs to cross the pure-blood parent with the mixed-blood offspring to get a stable offspring, and a brand-new breed that can prey on snakes and rats is born.

And unlike a dog that can lay dozens of puppies a year, a mature goose can lay at least dozens of eggs a year!
Within three to five years, this kind of big goose is enough to spread all over Liu Ying's breeding farms in South County.

So now another problem arises.

no one.

There are few people in Nanjun, and the owner farmers are too busy planting their own farmland, let alone returning to Liu Ying's manor to do odd jobs.

So it is necessary to import people from elsewhere.

It's a pity that the Nanyue Kingdom was not captured by the Han army at this time, otherwise Liu Ying could consider bringing in talents from overseas.

Liu Ying thought about it, and the southern county near Yunmengze was extremely humid, so the most suitable people to work in the plantations were the aborigines at the same latitude or further south.

Ever since, he thought of a suitable area.

Shu County.

To be precise, they are the barbarians in the vast mountains in the southwest of Shu County.

These barbarians don't understand the language and are unfamiliar with the place, so they don't worry about them running away.

The most important thing is that they survived the harsh environment in their hometown. If they went to work in a plantation dominated by civilization, it would be like following heaven!
As for the way to obtain labor force, Liu Ying has long been prepared.

Salt, cloth, and food, these are what Liu Ying is rich but the barbarians are scarce, so he can't worry about not being able to exchange for what he wants.

Compared with war, this method is more efficient, and it doesn't completely dirty your hands. Just like when the triangular trade was prevalent, the slave catchers in Africa were not whites, but black natives.

Then the problem comes again.

Now the sheriff guarding the land of Shu is Lin Zhi. This warrior who was born as a man who dared to die can fight and kill well. If he is asked to do this kind of thing that is more administrative than fighting, he is completely unable to do it. .

Then, replace him!

(End of this chapter)