Destiny Only Han

Winter to spring.

In the sacrificial fields outside the Antarctic Temple in Chang'an City, the annual plowing ceremony and the new agricultural machinery exhibition are held simultaneously.

Therefore, those who were selected to watch the celebration had three kinds of fun.

One, of course, is to watch the national celebration.

The second is to take a look at this year's latest agricultural machinery, and then wait for the opportunity to get a group purchase price, not only for personal use, but also for the opportunity to resell it...

As for the third, after visiting the national celebration, there will be a free meal to enjoy!

Well, it's Laojiu.

The kind that even eats and takes!
Therefore, when Liu Ying appeared in Jitian with Leisi on his shoulders, the crowd around suddenly burst into shouts of mountains and tsunami.

The so-called cannibalism is soft, but so...

After a while, Liu Ying left with Lei Si on her shoulders.

As the emperor, he only needs to push Lei nine times, which is basically a show to show the country's emphasis on farming.

Therefore, Liu Ying simply held the agricultural machinery exhibition and the plowing ceremony simultaneously.

In this way, it shows that the country attaches more importance to agriculture.

After all, the foundation of a country is not finance or real estate, but primary industries such as agriculture, forestry, fishery and animal husbandry.

These seemingly dirty, poor, and hopeless industries are like the foundations of a hundred-foot-high building. Without the support of these industries, you can only watch him build a tall building and watch him collapse...

Therefore, Liu Ying has always given the green light to the two universities, the Royal Agricultural University and the Imperial Higher Agricultural and Animal Husbandry University. Both the school funding and the teaching staff are directly full.

Although no particularly shocking returns have been seen so far, in many cases, the development of agriculture and animal husbandry mainly depends on accumulation. After all, human beings' understanding of nature is still too shallow.

But the mechanics are different.

Liu Ying changed her clothes and walked slowly towards the agricultural machinery exhibition.

Behind him, Zhang Buyi followed closely.

The Zhang family not only owns a large area of ​​land in Guanzhong, but also has a large area of ​​farms and pastures in the north and overseas, so naturally they are particularly interested in agricultural machinery that can save manpower and improve efficiency.

"By the way, what's new this time?" Zhang Buyi tried to get out from Liu Ying.

"You'll know if you go there? You'll be satisfied." Liu Ying remained mysterious.

Zhang Buyi became more and more curious when he heard the words.

He participated in the first fair last year, but the agricultural machinery on display had limited appeal to him.

After all, the Zhang family was not short of money. As soon as new agricultural machinery such as those horse-drawn harvesters and horse-drawn planters came into the market, he purchased hundreds of each and sent them to his family's fiefdom in Liu County and the northern border counties. big farm.

However, there was nothing new in the last exhibition, and some improvements were made on the basis of the old models, and corresponding upgrades and improvements were made for the suggestions and pain points put forward by consumers...

The kind that does not increase the price!

Therefore, Zhang Buyi still feels a dull pain in his back.

For this reason, he can only persuade himself by buying early and enjoying early.

But in fact, it is really to buy early and enjoy early!
The efficiency of a horse-drawn harvester is enough to be worth a hundred Macs!

Therefore, from what Liu Ying revealed before, Zhang Buyi, who knew that there must be a new product release this year, was full of anticipation and vaguely guessed something.

After all, under the reed shed next to the sacrificial field, his family's short pier was hugging a big pancake face, laughing and dancing...

Well, the pie face is Aya, the Queen of the Huns, Lu Matong's wife...

Aya saw Liu Ying walking unsteadily from a distance, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes in a hurry, and bent down to salute: "Meet Your Majesty!"

Liu Ying smiled: "Get up."

"They're all from my own family, so there's no need to be too polite."

"But you made my elder sister cry just now, so what should you do?"

Liu Lelihua clenched her fists rainingly: "Smelly brother, you are begging for a beating again, right?"

Aya said with a hearty smile: "Three cups of wine?"

Liu Ying shook her head: "That's not okay, at least nine cups!"

After he finished speaking, he looked left and right: "By the way, where is the Marquis of Zhongshui (Lu Matong)? Didn't he come with you?"

Aya took two steps forward, and lowered her voice: "Recently, the old guy on the left has been a little dishonest, so I let Lu Matong stay in Longcheng to frighten them... But don't worry, your majesty, if they make trouble, I will definitely Send their heads to Chang'an!"

Liu Ying smiled, but her tone was cold: "If you don't make a mess, can the heads not be sent to Chang'an?"

Aya secretly looked at Liu Ying's expression, feeling a little hairy on the back, so she bowed and clasped her fists: "I understand, I will send a report to the grassland. Within ten days, the left general will be wiped out, and the head will be sent to Chang'an!"

After all, what the grassland nation focuses on is cutting grass and roots.

Even if General Zuo actually talked about his seniority, he could be counted as an uncle of Aya's clan...

But for a queen, especially a queen who will pass on the throne to her daughter, the shit uncle can only blame him for being dishonest!
Liu Ying nodded with a satisfied smile: "Come with me, and take a look at the new agricultural machinery I developed specially for you!"

"For a minister?"

Aya was flattered.

In fact, after careful calculation, Liu Ying treated her very well.

For example, when Liu Ying entered the grassland for the first time, she was only captured, and she was not beheaded or given to the soldiers at will. This gave her the opportunity to meet and get married with Lu Matong later.

Later, Liu Ying even gave her the crown of the Queen of the Huns!

If it weren't for Aya's self-knowledge, she would definitely think that Liu Ying actually has a unique taste and has always been secretly in love with her...

Liu Ying nodded: "To be precise, it is a new type of agricultural machinery developed for the prairie people, for all the prairie people who have become subjects of the Han Dynasty and think that they will become a member of the Han Kingdom!"

Aya looked excited.

Countries and countries, people and people have always exchanged sincerity.

For example, the Rong and Di people who surrendered to the Qin State almost sacrificed their younger generation for the Qin State to be able to stand firm in the western frontier. Another example is the Mongolian soldiers in the Song Army, fighting the opposite Mongols even more desperately than the Song Army...

Therefore, in the eyes of Aya and many Xiongnu herdsmen, Liu Ying is the leader who treats them as his own!

For example, Liu Ying allocated special funds to build settlement schools on the grasslands, recruited Hun children to study for free, and learned the characters, language, and customs of the Han Kingdom.

In today's grasslands, who doesn't take pride in taking a Han name?

Aya looked at Liu Ying, and couldn't help showing a smile on the corner of her mouth.

Before she came to Han, she was a guest at a herdsman's house. The most memorable image of that family was the embroidered portrait of Liu Ying hanging in the felt bag, facing the curtain...

Wearing a bamboo skin crown on his head, his face is benevolent and benevolent, but his pointed chin has turned into a flat face like a prairie man...

I'm so sorry, I forgot to bring an embroidered portrait to Chang'an... Aya shook her head, meeting Liu Ying's somewhat puzzled eyes, with an impeccable ritual smile on her face.

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The [-]nd Dahan Agricultural Machinery Fair.

All kinds of new agricultural machinery are placed around this vast venue, basically covering a full range of products from plowing, sowing, harvesting to threshing and drying.

Among them, the booths with harvesters and threshers had the largest crowds.

After all, the former has investment value, that is, if you buy one yourself, you can not only work in your own field, but also go to other people's fields for paid harvesting.

As for the latter, it is completely for personal use.

After all, this thing is not expensive, and basically everyone can afford it, especially the two-in-one in front of me.

The so-called two-in-one means that it can not only thresh rice and wheat, but also complete threshing of corn cobs. One machine can be used for two purposes without taking up space, and the price is only equivalent to [-]% of buying two machines separately.

The important thing is that if you pay the deposit today, you will also get an iron pot for cooking pig food...

Therefore, there are crowds of people on both sides of the platform.

Liu Ying walked in slowly, and walked straight to the main venue of the fair.

There, there is a large agricultural machine covered with a red cloth.

When Xu Shi saw Liu Ying, the sly host lifted off the red cloth and yelled loudly through an earthen horn:
"This is the Luban No. [-] lawn mower... It combines harvesting and baling!"

"...Luban No. [-] lawn mower, the harvesting efficiency is far ahead of all the harvesters on the exhibition!"

"Don't get too excited, what Luban No. [-] is best at is not harvesting, but bundling!"

"It only takes half an hour to complete the bundling of four bundles of grass. Each bundle of grass weighs 250 catties. It is fully automatic and does not require manual intervention. After a bundle is full, the machine will automatically rise and throw the haystack on the ground!"

"...efficiency, far ahead..."

Liu Ying covered her face, looking dumbfounded.

Behind him, Zhang Buyi and Aya were particularly moved.

After all, according to what the big-mouth host said, this kind of machine is very suitable for the northern grasslands where cattle and sheep are found in the wind and grass!
After all, nomadic means that after the livestock have gnawed a pasture bare, they have to change the field to prevent the livestock from destroying the grass roots.

With this kind of lawn mower, and efficient means of transportation such as four-wheeled carriages and railways, fixed grazing can be realized in many places on the northern grasslands, that is, cattle and sheep are kept at home, and herdsmen go outside to mow grass and come back to feed them!
Captive breeding, how fast they gain weight!

The important thing is that in this way, herdsmen can also avoid the hardship of frequent migration!
After all, who doesn't know that a house built of bricks, tiles and concrete is much more comfortable than a house wrapped in a ventilated felt!

But in order to have food for cattle and sheep, the herdsmen can only migrate in four seasons and live in no fixed place!

Now, no more.

Liu Ying looked at Aya and asked, "Do you think it will be difficult for the Huns to settle down and delineate the grazing areas of various tribes with this lawn mower?"

Aya smiled, and just stretched out three fingers in a gesture of counting money.

Liu Ying understood in seconds.

But Zhang Buyi was full of doubts: "What do you mean?"

Aya said with a smile: "Naturally, His Majesty needs money!"

Zhang Buyi frowned: "You mean to bribe those tribal leaders?"

Aya shook her head: "No, it's road construction."

Zhang Buyi still frowned.

Liu Ying smiled, turned her head and explained: "Aya means to pay for road construction."

"After all, the grassland is sparsely populated and there are not many reference points, so the boundary division is very blurred. This has led to a big fight over the determination of the border of the grassland when the Xiongnu held a meeting in Longcheng in the fall!"

"However, if we use a cement road that will not be obscured by weeds and flooded by wind and sand as the boundary, the conflicts between the tribes in the grassland will be much less."

"After all, it's clear at a glance who has invaded whose pasture, whose sheep crossed the border and gnawed at the opponent's grass..."

Zhang Buyi applauded: "This method is good."

"However, in this way, I'm afraid it will cost an astronomical figure. After all, the area of ​​the northern grassland is too large..."

Liu Ying sighed softly: "Yes."

"But this is an expense that is necessary even if it is a waste of money!"

"Not only for the long-term peace and stability of the northern frontier of the empire, but also for the welfare of our fellow citizens. After all, if you want to get rich, you must first build roads..."

Zhang Buyi nodded in agreement.

His father said that the contradiction between nomads and the Central Plains is that the nomads are too poor and the Central Plains are rich. When the poor can no longer survive, don't they just want to grab a hand from the rich man's house?
But if we let the herdsmen become rich, or give them a hope of life, they will no longer care whether their leaders are Huns or Han...

If you want to get rich, build roads first... Zhang Buji smiled silently, but felt that this sentence did not apply to the Han people in the Great Wall.

After all, the Han Dynasty promulgated a policy to encourage childbirth.

Therefore, for those poor households, if they want to get rich, having more children is the right way...

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Chang'an City, Wuyanghou Mansion.

On the straight, spacious and quiet road, a few dusty men slowly appeared, like men dug out of a coal pile.

The first person was a boy about sixteen or seventeen years old.

This person is none other than Fan Kuang, the son of Marquis Wuyang who returned to Han from Anman Duhu Mansion.

He's had the worst of luck.

When returning by boat, there was a storm and the boat almost capsized. After returning to Han, due to the difficulty of building the Yangtze River Railway Bridge, it was only possible to go northward by land. It was not until Nanjun that there was finally a train to take.

The problem is that seats on passenger trains are tight, and tickets need to be reserved in advance.

The important thing is that Iron Boss is now state-owned, and the conductors are overbearing, and even Mrs. Fan has not received the slightest preferential treatment when he reported his family name...

After all the talk, I finally added a few seats for them behind the front of the car.

Therefore, it seems normal for Mrs. Fan to have a dark face like a coal digger...

Because of this, he looked at the clean and tidy Hou Mansion at this moment, with tears in his smile, and suddenly showed two rows of white teeth...

"Young Master?"

The gatekeeper rubbed his eyes vigorously, and shouted loudly with surprise on his face: "Young master is back..."

Shouting, he hurried into the wing beside the gate.

Fan Kang blinked: "Where are you going?"

The housekeeper who heard the sound from the other side explained with a smile: "This is giving Madam a bad blow..."

"It's too windy?" Fan Kang frowned.

The housekeeper explained again: "It's just a phone call... It is said that this name is the nonsense of His Majesty once drunk, but Chang'an Xungui thinks it is very fashionable..."

"Telephone?" Fan Kang was completely confused.