Destiny Only Han

"Bah, bah..."

Xia Houying's face turned red, and after taking a few breaths, she looked puzzled: "Why is it still a little salty?"

Liu Ying looked at Liu Bang, who was as if nothing had happened, and silently moved half a step to the side.

This guy, he didn't wash his hands after going to the toilet!

Liu Ying looked at the densely grown weeds, and thought of the alfalfa that she had planted in the East Palace.

Those are the seeds purchased from Central Asia together with the smuggled blood horses.

Compared with Dayuan Kingdom's ban on the export of war horses, this more epoch-making pasture is completely unrestricted, and you can sell as much as you want.

Rye plus alfalfa is the magic weapon prepared by Liu Ying to control the area north of the [-] mm iso-precipitation line.

The former is resistant to drought and cold, and can provide food for the people in the settlements, while the latter can improve the soil, and can be used not only as fodder, but also as vegetables.

In spring, pick some young shoots of alfalfa, wash and blanch them, and they are delicious after a simple cold dressing. They are more delicious than many serious vegetables...

The important thing is that alfalfa is also a salt-tolerant plant, in other words, it can grow on saline-alkali soil.

Liu Ying plans to send part of it to Qi after her breeding is successful.

Because land building has not been successful there, many of the fertile soils in later generations are still soaked in sea water, which leads to the excessive salinity near the coastline, and it can be said that there is almost no grass growing.

Liu Ying can take such land as her own with peace of mind and build it into a plantation matching the breeding base to provide a certain amount of feed for the cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks that will be raised in large quantities, so that humans and animals will not compete for food and occupy the cultivated land. situation.

Of course, the main source of feed is corn.

The five corns obtained by Liu Ying have now spread all over Guanzhong Bashu, and the sown area is spreading across the Central Plains with an unstoppable trend.

Although after years of expansion, the original varieties have degenerated a little, but in the end it did not become what Liu Ying had been worried about:

Seeds can be sown, but will not take root.

Obviously, what Liu Ying got was not a hybrid high-yield variety, but just ordinary corn seeds.

Although the yield per mu cannot be compared with those high-yielding varieties, the yield per mu is much higher than that of ordinary rice and wheat.

The most important thing is that this kind of corn seed is perfectly adapted to the farmyard manure, and the yield has not been stretched due to the fertilizer.

Well, in fact, the production of urea and other chemical fertilizers during this period will not increase the yield sharply, on the contrary, it will even reduce the yield of crops.

The reason is actually very simple. The grain seeds at this time were relatively primitive, a product of tens of thousands of years of domestication by humans using soil methods.

The environment it adapts to depends on the sky to live, and occasionally some fermented farmyard manure is added to supplement the soil.

In such an environment, if chemical fertilizers are used suddenly, not only will the crops not absorb them, but there will be a risk of root burn.

It's like being a vegetarian and getting used to it. Suddenly eating big fish and meat, it's easy to spoil the stomach and then be carried away...

And even if the crops are gradually accustomed to chemical fertilizers, the yield will definitely not be as explosive as imagined.

It should be no problem to increase the yield from one to two hundred catties per mu to three to four hundred catties by about doubling the yield, but if it goes higher, it will be more than enough.

Let's take a simple chestnut.

A child born to a couple with an average height, even if they eat milk and eggs every day, eat steaks every day, and then find a special fitness trainer to guide them to exercise, he/she will definitely be taller than their parents, but definitely not taller than their parents. Boss Yao's daughter...

Even if Boss Yao's daughter doesn't have enough to eat every day, she just lies on the bed and does nothing after eating...

Fertilizers determine the lower limit, while seeds determine the upper limit.

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In the summer and April of the sixth year of the Han Dynasty, in the southern suburb of Liyang.

Today is the day of the summer solstice. According to past customs, on this day, Liu Bang needs to lead the Sangong Jiuqing and other civil and military officials to go outside the city to welcome the summer.

But under Liu Bang's unreasonable smack and roll, Liu Ying could only reluctantly go to the southern suburbs to perform the ceremony instead of him.

As for Liu Bang himself, he is hiding in the ancestral temple at the moment, holding the ceremony of "drinking wine".

The so-called "drinking wine" refers to the mellowness of wine, and it is also called re-brewed wine. The spring wine is made at this point, and it is drunk with the courtiers with courtesy and music, and it is respectful and inferior.

It can also be understood as a justifiable drink...

On the altar in the outskirts, Liu Ying was wearing a scarlet robe, scolding her unreliable father in her heart, and under the instructions of the stern-faced ritual officer, she kowtowed three times and kowtowed nine times like a robot.

Well, the reason why it is red instead of black is because the ancients paid attention to the matching of five directions, five colors, five sounds, five flavors, five elements, and five sense organs with the four seasons and four elephants. The clothes are all in bright red.

And today's Summer Sacrifice mainly worships the Red Emperor of the southern suburbs and the southern star gods.

That is, wells, ghosts, willows, stars, Zhang, wings, and Suzaku Qisu, in addition to offering sacrifices to Emperor Yan and Huozheng Zhurong.

However, it is obvious that the Han Empire at this time is still a grassroots team.

When Liu Ying bowed three times and kowtowed nine times, many princes and ministers under the altar quietly left to follow Liu Bang's trail...

After all, you can have a drink.

Well, 208 million cups...

After a while, Liu Ying offered blood food to Emperor Yan and others, that is, the fresh blood of livestock, to end the whole sacrifice.

He turned his head, looked at the crowded crowd when he came, and the sparse crowd at the moment, he sighed, and prepared to take them back to Liyang Palace.

This is a behavior that the Chinese are used to.

After weddings, weddings or other gatherings, there is always a good meal...

Today is no exception.

After the ceremony of welcoming summer, there is also a big dinner.

What they eat is the livestock that have been slaughtered and whose blood is used as blood food to sacrifice to the gods.

These livestock were all purchased by Taichang Mansion from Liu Ying. Although the price was higher than that purchased from the private sector, you get what you pay for.

The cattle and sheep raised by Liu Ying have been intensively fattened in advance, with sufficient intermuscular fat, tender and juicy meat, which is far from comparable to those raised by folks who are hungry and full.

Of course, there are naturally people with sophistication in it...

Under the altar, Taigong Liu looked at Liu Ying's sweating profusely, and felt aggrieved in his heart.

It's really tolerable for that bastard to hide himself to enjoy the blessings, and let his good grandson come here to suffer, he can't bear it!

Just wait, let that bastard know why the flowers are so red!

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Liyang Palace.

Looking at Liu Taigong standing against the wind with a cane in hand, Liu Bang's drunkenness disappeared immediately. He looked at Lu Wan who was smiling like a flower beside him: "The old man loves you the most, you go and drive him away..."

Lu Wan curled her lips: "Fart! The old man hit me the hardest!"

Having said that, he still walked towards Mr. Liu with a smile on his face.

Hitting is kissing and scolding is love.

For a child like him who had lost his own father since he was a child, Taigong Liu beat him up unceremoniously, obviously treating him as his own son.

And Lu Wan's confidence in helping Liu Bang resolve the disaster lies in the doctor's report just now.

He is going to be a father!

This time, it's true!

Lu Wan stepped forward and chatted with Mr. Liu.

Gradually, the anger on Liu Taigong's face quickly disappeared, replaced by uncontrollable joy.

"Great, great... It's a pity your father can't live to see..."

Liu Taigong took Lu Wan's hand, thinking of his sworn brothers, he burst into tears all of a sudden.

He wiped the teardrops from the corners of his eyes, and said with something in his words: "When she is in good health and can walk around, take her into the palace and let me have a look... She is also a miserable person, you must treat her well." !"

His words were equivalent to acknowledging Yu Ji's identity.

Lu Wan's heart warmed, and she said with a smile in tears: "It's for sure, my son thinks so. When she gives birth to a son for me, I will write a letter requesting that she be named Queen Yan!"

Grandpa Liu kicked him: "Nonsense! What's wrong with having a girl? You don't understand the principle of flowering first and bearing fruit later? Can't you learn like that prodigal kid?"

Lu Wan was overjoyed, and suddenly seemed to think of something and said: "Father, after the end of the summer ceremony, we will issue an edict for the canonization of the heroes who destroyed Chu before... It is better to hit the sun than to choose a date, so why not officially announce the edict today, seal Ayu is Queen Yan..."

"Good idea!" Liu Taigong nodded heavily, and waved to Liu Bang who was hiding in the distance, and his tone suddenly became severe: "I won't beat you! Come here, Naigong!"

Liu Bang came tremblingly, with a bitter face: "Father, in front of foreign ministers, can you show me some face? I am also an emperor now!"

Grandpa Liu raised his hand, causing Liu Bang to tremble in fright: "What's wrong with the emperor? I'm still the emperor's father!"

He wanted to show Liu Bang some face today, but when he thought about what he was going to do next, this loving father couldn't do it today!

Liu Taigong told Liu Bang about canonizing Yu Ji as Queen Yan, and stared at her without blinking.

As long as Liu Bang dares to refuse, he will be beaten with peach blossoms all over his face!

Liu Bang thought for a while, looked at Lu Wan with an earnest face, and said, "It's not a big deal, I'll add a pen and add it later... Whoever dares to say no, I'll kill him!"

The boulder fell to the ground in Lu Wan's heart, and she grinned silly.

Concubine Yu had a special status, and Queen Yan was his first wife, the face of the Yan Kingdom and the Han Empire, so he naturally felt uneasy.

Liu Taigong became more confident when he saw that one thing was done easily.

He pulled Liu Bang and said, "Are you still angry with your sister-in-law Qiu?"

Mrs. Qiu means sister-in-law.

Liu Bang scratched his head: "I am the emperor of the Han Empire, so I can't be so stingy?"

Taigong Liu nodded with a smile: "That's good. Look, your second brother has already become king... Your eldest brother passed away early, so it's better to leave a child like Liu Xin..."

Liu Bang raised his head and looked at the red clouds all over the sky: "Oh, the sun is so dazzling, I seem to be suffering from heat stroke..."