Datang first village

What is a sugar cane plantation?

Is it better than a vegetable garden?

The Niu Jinda Department, who had just retreated from Liaodong, was preparing to let the soldiers go home. Both the generals and the soldiers were interested in this sugarcane garden. .

Fifty thousand mu, it sounds like this number is really exciting.

For this reason, Niu Jinda also specially went to General Tiance's Mansion to thank him.But Qin Wang Li Yuanxing was not in the mansion, but went to the palace.Niu Jinda waited until noon and Li Yuanxing hadn't come back, so he had to go back to the barracks first.He still has to personally take care of important matters such as the military rewards of the government soldiers and returning home.

There will be fewer and fewer government soldiers in the Tang Dynasty, and some government soldiers want to turn into professional soldiers. These things are important matters in the army.

As the main general, you have to ask.

"General! Everyone is willing to stay!" As soon as he entered the barracks, he saw the deputy general greet him, and said to Niu Jinda hurriedly.

"You have to stay. I didn't see them being so united when the government soldiers were assembled before, a bunch of bastards." Niu Jinda scolded with a smile.But he entered the barracks full of joy, and it was a good thing for the generals to stay.As for what to say in the rear, that is a matter for the Ministry of War.

Several young generals also greeted him, and first gave a salute.

"Today, he's acting like a human being." Niu Jinda thought that there were so many strange things today, and the group of guys who are always in a hurry now know how to behave.

One of the young generals said: "Niutou, when you went to the Prince Qin's mansion, someone from the Ministry of War came. They were holding an imperial decree from the Holy Majesty, which meant that the King of Qin gave us too little reward this time, and the Majesty will reward us again. It is still a sugarcane garden. , this time we will give us [-] mu, how to divide it among the army is naturally up to you!"

"Niutou. What is this sugarcane garden? How much grain is harvested per mu?"

Niu Jinda didn't mind at all that these boys called him Niutou, but Lao Niu knew something about sugarcane.When he was waiting for Li Yuanxing in General Tiance's mansion, he asked a master in the mansion, looked up the information in the mansion, Lao Niu simply knew what it was.

In the early Tang Dynasty, Youtang came from the south.

However, snow sugar will not be available until decades later in history, but Qin Palace already has snow sugar.Sugar squeezed from beets, it's just a secret that no one knows.

"Well, sugar cane is a good thing. One mu of land yields six tons!" Niu Jinda was talking about Tang tons, not the metric tons of later generations.Tang Ton is folded down to more than 780 kilograms.Six tons per mu, that is to say, the yield per mu of four tons for later generations.

Many people were happy to hear this amount, which seems to be a good thing.

It is normal for soldiers from the north to have never heard of sugar cane from the south.

"One ton of snow sugar, three tons of slag. I heard that slag is a high-grade raw material for papermaking, and it is also worth money." Niu Jinda counted cheerfully.

What is the price of a ton of snow sugar?

That thing is in Chang'an City, at least it costs thirty yuan a catty, and a ton is thirty guan.One hundred thousand mu is 300 million guan.The faces of the young generals were all smiles.

But Niu Jinda said at this time: "Don't be proud, if there is too much of this candy, it will be cheap. In a few years, the snow candy in Chang'an City may be only a dozen yuan a catty."

More than a dozen essays is also a good thing, and the young generals are naturally happy.

At this time, Li Yuanxing was drawing circles with Li Er on the huge map in the palace.

A circle represents a fiefdom.

"How many natives did you say here!" Li Er's pen stopped in South America, and he also knew the location where Li Yuanxing first sealed Li.There is a large population in Europe, at least 800 million people, so Li Er knows that there is a need to conquer, but there are only natives in these places.

What is a native.

It took Li Er a lot of effort to understand that before Yanhuang, those half-savages in China who didn't know what a house was, what clothes were, and what rituals were.These people are easy to deal with, delicious, delicious, and easy to use.Then teach them what civilization is, which is also a great merit.

It is most appropriate to educate the barbarians and use it on these people.

"Brother Huang, this area is not easy to seal. There is a super large copper mine. No matter who it is sealed to, it is troublesome. Even if it is kept in the royal family, it is unrealistic. There are not many people there. Such a large area, 10 people, 20 Ten thousand people is the top of the sky." Li Yuanxing's strokes covered half of South America.

Li Er wrote down the population on a piece of paper, and then made a mark on the map, a mark that only he himself understood.

This map cannot be seen by others, this is the real secret.

"The seventh-class family, as well as the first- and second-class families of Daibei, Hebei, Jiangnan, Lingdong, Bashu, and Guanzhong, the fiefs that Goro seems to have given may be said to be rich in products, but few people are there. The third-class family fiefs, but It is very close to Chang'an, and there are mostly several companies below the third class mixed together."

Li Yuanxing also said: "The third-class family can't turn the sky, unless their family is outstanding and has made great progress in 30 years. Otherwise, compared with the family background, it is too far behind the second-class family. In this part of South Asia, the entrustment must be It is the loyal generals and military subordinates, this is the gateway to the Great Tang South."

"Here, the most important thing!" The position of Li Yuanxing's finger is the future Singapore.

"Let's use it as a military port directly under the royal family. Any family is not good. It's just that the guarding general will make you and my brothers spend more brainpower in the future. Right now, there really isn't a very suitable guarding envoy!" Li Er said. After finishing, he rolled up the map with his own hands, and locked it in his iron cabinet.

This map must not be seen by outsiders. This is the top secret of Datang's expansion.

After locking the door of the cupboard, Li Er said to Li Yuanxing: "I'm afraid it will take a long time to go south this time. You should think about whether you want to go to America or not. However, you have to think about taking those families to Australia. One or two. It's a pity that this matter can't go through the Tianying Pavilion, let the Tianying Pavilion discuss it, the general trend of the world's layout, I'm afraid it will be known to the world!"

"Brother Huang, my brother's idea is that I want to requisition all Feng An's ships, and then give him a piece of land for the Feng family. That little Baiyue and Wa Island are not worthy of being called enemies at all. If you want to do it, destroying them is just a matter of flipping your hands. But the meaning of the cabinet master is to take this opportunity to train Datang to fight for the future!"

"Okay, plan for the future!"

Li Er very much agrees with this long-term plan, being strong today does not mean being strong later.

It is impossible for the master of the cabinet to lead the army in every battle. Slowly, he still has to rely on the generals of the younger generation of Datang.

Wajima trains the army of expeditions, while Baiyue trains the army of naval battles.

After looking at the world map, Li Er knew very well that Datang wanted to fight all over the world, and this process was enough for him to fight all his life.

Li Yuanxing left the palace and immediately issued three orders after returning to Admiral Tiance's mansion. These were not orders for rewards, but orders for disarmament.The Twelve Guards of the Tang Dynasty and the Four Guards of the Forbidden Army, a total of sixteen guards, the whole army will be assessed.Anyone who fails must be expelled from the army.

Those who were cut down, among them the outstanding ones, were the railway corps, the naval transport force, the guards of all ports and docks, and the guards of railway stations.Can be given priority for admission.

The second order is to test low-level officers, and each army recommends excellent team leaders, team leaders, and regiment lieutenants to enter the military academy for special training.

The third order made the officers really scared, but all the officers who were not illiterate were forcibly dismissed from the military and sent back to school to study. When they learned it, they would return to the army.And at the level of the fifth grade, not only can they know characters, but they must also be able to write articles such as military newspapers.

This time, even Cheng Motou and Yuchi Heitan were a little nervous. In order to prepare for the exam, they called the clerks in the army and the clerks in the mansion to give them special training.

That night, in the west of Chang'an City, a group of knights from Prince Qin's Mansion in bright armor guarded a carriage and entered Chang'an.

The knights of Prince Qin's Mansion entered the city without shouting from the front team, the people had already moved out of the way early.

"It seems to be different from the previous armor!" A peddler who was selling goods on the side of the road kept looking at the team of knights.

Once you know the way, you can start analyzing immediately.

"This swallow head is different, but the helmet is the same. The hat has a gold border around it, and..."

Naturally, the guard team of Master Gui is different from Li Yuanxing's. It's not that anyone is more noble, it's just that the decorations in the team are different for the sake of distinction. Bright yellow is originally the color of the royal family. , It is not too much to use bright yellow in decoration.

The cabinet master hurried back, not because of Li Yuanxing's three orders.

Admiral Tiance's mansion, Li Yuanxing's study, the master of the cabinet slowly took two seals and looked at them. These are the seals of Huating Laolang, for the shipyard.A businessman wants to estimate a large ship with [-] materials and four steam engines, and the speed must reach a cruising speed of forty miles per hour.

This speed, according to the calculations of later generations, means that the speed of the cargo ship has reached about twelve knots.

Whether to sell or not to sell, the old wolf dare not make the decision, but the big ship of [-] materials is currently used for military use, and the largest one sold to the people is [-] materials.

The other seal was sent by Dandong Port.

There is no war in Dandong. There are eighty warships of [-] materials, twenty warships of [-] materials, and four warships of [-] materials.With such a large-scale fleet, apart from daily training, there is no war at all, and there are not even half of the enemy around. The entire Bohai Bay has become the inland sea of ​​Datang.

The Dandong military port does not need so many warships, so it is requested to be transferred to other places.

"It seems that the generals in Dandong knew that there were pirates in Baiyue, so they beat up the Lingnan ship!" Li Yuanxing asked the cabinet master after reading the seal, "How does grandpa arrange it?"

"With us, the size of the ship does not determine the combat effectiveness. But here, the size is the difference in combat effectiveness. The question is whether it is necessary and necessary to arm the cargo ship. I can't make up my mind about this matter, so I just came to discuss it with you."

The cabinet master took a sip of tea and turned to look at Li Yuanxing.

"What do you think of Ryukyu and Okinawa?" (To be continued.)