There is a kind of scholar

Chapter 883: Su Xian’s magic trick is unparalleled, and the princess of Liao Kingdom tragically loses her first kiss

"The thief!"

Su Xian was only halfway through what he said when he was interrupted by Nalan Yan's sharp voice.

She was full of hatred towards Su Xian. It goes without saying. Who told Su Xian to take away her first kiss?
She was equally angry with her brother Nalan Jie. Just now, Nalan Jie didn't care about her biological sister, but he forcefully pushed her... aside?
She was really ashamed, angry, and completely crazy.

She couldn't care less about the Liao Kingdom, the eight major tribes, or how to solve the problem.

After roaring, Nalan Yan pushed hard to the side, pushing her brother Nalan Jie away, and faced Su Xian again.

Her facial features were distorted. She raised a palm and was about to beat Su Xian. She howled like crazy: "I want to kill you, you perverted thief!"

"Yan'er, stop!"

Nalanjie's heart beat violently and he quickly stopped.

Su Xian is the hope of saving the Liao Kingdom and must not be offended.

But in that short moment, he only had time to shout and could not step forward to stop...

As a personal bodyguard, Yang Zhilan always stood behind Su Xian. When she saw this, she took a step forward, lightly raised her hand, and clamped Nalanyan's wrist firmly, unable to move.

"I thought of a way to save your Liao country, don't you want to hear it?"

Su Xian was always as steady as a rock, because he knew that Yang Zhilan behind him would not let Nalan Yan mess around, so he had some free time and even raised his eyebrows.

"You..." After Nalan Yan's slap was blocked, she regained some clarity, but she was still very angry and her eyes were red.

"I have a way to save your Liao Kingdom." Su Xian repeated loudly.

"I..." Nalan Yan looked very tangled, obviously having a fierce inner struggle.

"Don't you want to sit down and listen quietly?" Su Xian roared.

"But you..." Nalan Yan still looked confused.

"This opportunity must never come again. If you don't listen, I will leave!" Su Xian threatened.

"Ah... I'm so angry with this princess!"

Nalanyan stamped her feet fiercely on the spot, making a "dong-dong-dong" sound. She held her head in both hands and shook her whole body, as if she was making a difficult decision.

After a few breaths, she stopped holding her head and shaking, glared at Su Xian and scolded: "If you have any solution, just tell me quickly. It would be better to solve it as soon as possible. Why are you dragging your feet like a woman?"

"How do I look like a woman?" Su Xian asked.

"You..." Nalan Yan lowered her eyes subconsciously, glanced at Su Xian's broad and strong chest, her face turned red, she quickly raised her eyes, glared at Su Xian and scolded:

"What idea did you come up with? Tell me quickly."

Su Xian nodded, turned back to stand at the long table in the conference hall, turned around and greeted the Nalan brothers and sisters: "You guys also come and sit down."

The Nalan brothers looked at each other and quickly returned to the long table. After sitting firmly, Nalan Jie couldn't wait to ask: "What method did Brother Su come up with?"

"Get the map!"

Su Xian ordered loudly.

Soon, an official from Ping'an City sent a map.

Su Xian spread it flat on the long table.

Everyone stood up and looked down. The map was criss-crossed with city maps of Ping'an City.

The Nalan brothers were wondering, what on earth was Su Xian trying to do?
"It's not the map of Ping'an City, I want the map of the entire world, including Daliang and Liao Kingdom." Su Xian shook his head.

"Yes."

After the clerk from Ping'an City withdrew, after a while, he sent another huge map. Su Xian laid it flat on the long table and took a look at it, then nodded with satisfaction.

After shooing away the clerk and closing the doors and windows of the meeting hall, Su Xian pointed at a certain location on the map and said to the Nalan brothers, "Look here."

"Yuguan?"

The Nalan brothers and sisters gathered around and said in unison.

Yuguan, also known as "Shanhaiguan Pass" in later generations, is a majestic pass that only one man can pass and no ten thousand men can open. It is located in Pingzhou.

To the west of Pingzhou, it is close to Jizhou.

To the west of Jizhou is Youzhou.

There is "Jimen Pass" in the north of Youzhou, which is also a majestic pass. Jimen Pass and Yuguan are connected by the Great Wall, which has always been a natural barrier to prevent northern peoples from entering the pass from the south.

The area north of this barrier was the territory of the Liao Kingdom.

Su Xian pointed his finger at the location of Yuguan, which immediately aroused the nerves of the Nalan brothers and sisters. This pass was not only the dividing line between Liang and Liao, but also a battleground for military strategists.

Recall that decades ago, the armies of the two countries fought a desperate battle here, with corpses strewn across the fields and rivers of blood flowing...

"Yes, look at this large area outside Yuguan." Su Xian used his hand as a pen and drew a large circle on the map.

"Brother Su, as far as Xiao Wang knows, this is a bitter cold land. I wonder what's so strange about it?" Nalanjie asked curiously.

Su Xian smiled at the corner of his mouth, placed his fingers heavily on that area, and looked serious:
"Although this area seems bitter and cold, it is also suitable for farming and the land is fertile. If this land is planted with food, why will the Liao Kingdom worry about food shortage?"

"Brother Su, is this true?!"

Nalanjie looked ecstatic. He leaned in front of the map, arched his waist, and looked at the area carefully, his eyes flashing with light.

It would be best if enough food could be grown on the land of the Liao Kingdom. As the prince of the Liao Kingdom, he firmly believed in this.

Previously, his idea was to earn an extra 200 million taels a year by changing the trading rules of Ping'an City, so as to hoard enough food for the winter.

However, this method has a low success rate and is too risky.

Compared with Su Xian's method, it is simply weak!

While Nalan was excited about the festival, Nalan Yan was also staring at the map with a thoughtful look. She was very calm now and seemed to have forgotten what happened just now.

"Brother Su, is this... is this true?"

After the joy of the Nalan Festival for a while, I gradually realized that this area is very cold and densely covered with forests. The mountain people living here have always been hunting for a living.

If this is really a treasure land for farming, why has no one discovered it?
Su Xian's statement was too bizarre and had no basis. Nalanjie had to remain skeptical.

When Su Xian saw this, he was not in a hurry and said slowly with a smile:

"His Royal Highness, you don't know. The land in this area is black. This kind of land is extremely fertile, even better than the soil in the Central Plains. This is a treasure land!"

"Furthermore, Your Highness has obtained the blueprint of Quyuan Plow, which can be used to quickly open up wasteland. In less than a year or two, this land will be fertile and wild, and the grain produced will be enough to supply the entire Liao Kingdom."

"..."

After Su Xian finished speaking, Nalanjie still didn't believe it.

He had heard people say that this place was really a wilderness. Was it really suitable for farming?
At this time, Nalan Yan suddenly shouted.

After attracting everyone's attention, she said with a smile: "Brother, he is right. The land in this area is indeed very fertile and suitable for farming!"

"Yan'er, don't lie." Nalanjie frowned.

"Brother, I'm not talking nonsense." Nalan Yan looked very serious, "I remember that a few years ago, I went to that area, and by chance, I discovered that the land there was indeed black."

"I also met an old man who lived in seclusion in the mountains. The old man opened a vegetable garden... I remember it very clearly. He also said that the land there was very fertile and suitable for farming!"

After hearing this, Nalanjie's face became excited. He stared into his sister's eyes and asked, "Is this true?"

"It's true! I can guarantee it!" Nalan Yan nodded.

"This is great. Is it God's will?"

Nalanjie was overly excited and leaned over the map. He stared at the vast area outside Yuguan and fell into deep thought. His eyes flickered, and a complicated plan was going on in his heart.

Nalanyan breathed a long sigh of relief when she saw this. This difficult problem could finally be solved.

Suddenly, she was keenly aware of a pair of eyes looking towards her.

Turning around, he saw it was Su Xian.

Su Xian smiled and gave him a "pleased cooperation" look.

Nalan Yan was in a daze. In the situation just now, the two of them did have a sense of "cooperation". Su Xian proposed a method, Nalan Jie was suspicious, and then Nalan Yan confirmed it. If this wasn't "cooperation", what was it?
Facing Su Xian's smiling eyes, she would also smile.

But in an instant, she suddenly remembered the scene when Su Xian kissed her forcefully. The smile on her lips disappeared, and her expression turned cold, as if she was about to explode.

Seeing that the situation was going to be bad, Su Xian hurriedly put his index finger in front of his lips, said "shush", and reminded him with a pinched voice: "Your brother is thinking about something, don't disturb him!"

"Go to hell!"

Nalan Yan also lowered her voice and responded, giving Su Xian a hard look, quickly looking away, turning her head away and no longer talking to Su Xian...

After a while, Nalanjie finally looked away from the map.

There was a hint of embarrassment on his face, and he said to Su Xian:

"Brother Su's idea is good, but Xiao Wang suddenly remembered that this area is extremely cold, especially in winter. If our people go there to cultivate wasteland, I'm afraid they won't be able to adapt."

"This is indeed a problem. Even this princess can't stand the cold over there." Nalanyan added.

Su Xian frowned slightly, then relaxed and said with a smile:
"It's easy. I have a magical item that can solve this problem."

"What kind of strange thing?" Brother and sister Nalan asked.

"The pen and ink are waiting for you!" Su Xian called for the pen and ink, drew a pattern of a fire kang directly on the paper, and explained: "This thing is enough to keep out the cold."

Nalanjie came closer, studied it carefully for a while, and finally clapped his hands and laughed and said, "This fire kang is indeed wonderful. It should be able to solve the problem of cold winter."

Su Xian said again:

"The fire bed is only one aspect. In addition, I also have a plan regarding the clothes I'm wearing, but let me give it a try first."

"Your Highness, all you need to know is that when the coming year comes, there will be a kind of clothing that is ten times more warm than ordinary linen and silk. Wearing that kind of clothing is enough to move around in severe cold weather."

Nalan Jie nodded and said: "Is there really such a magical clothes? Then Xiao Wang will wait and see."

Next, everyone gathered their heads together and discussed carefully. The Nalan brothers and sisters raised a series of questions, all of which were perfectly solved by Su Xian.

Such as seeds, cattle, farm tools, and details of how to farm...

In fact, the wilderness area Su Xian proposed to develop was the Northeast in later generations.

After the Liao Kingdom develops that area, there should be no problem with food self-sufficiency.

But other problems that may arise, such as the Liao Kingdom becoming more and more powerful, etc., Su Xian also carefully considered -

No matter what happens in the future, if the Liao Kingdom becomes stronger because of this and does more bad things, Su Xian will personally end the evil rule of the Liao Kingdom!

As for whether he has that ability, Su Xian is confident that as long as he is given enough time, he will definitely be able to do it!
Furthermore, the way to develop that wilderness area is the only and relatively perfect way at the moment.

If this method is not used, the Liang Dynasty will be in trouble and even be destroyed in a short period of time. The Central Plains will fall and all life will be in ruins. Such disasters are what Su Xian does not want to see.

If this method is adopted, the current situation can be stabilized, but the only worry is what will happen in the future when the Liao Kingdom has sufficient food.

After weighing the pros and cons, Su Xian decided to adopt this method.

He also believed that with Nalan Jie's character, there was a high probability that such a bad situation would not happen.

Another point is that adopting this method is also beneficial to the Liang Dynasty.

First, everything the Liao needed for land reclamation was purchased from Daliang, including agricultural tools and seeds. Daliang would benefit from this and could also firmly control the "lifeblood" of Liao's grain output.

In this way, the two countries have both bounded interests and means of restraint, which is how they can get along with each other in the long term.

Secondly, Nalanjie promised Su Xian a condition, which was to implement comprehensive Chineseization throughout the Liao Kingdom!

Children in the Liao Kingdom changed to learn Chinese characters and speak Chinese, and their national costumes could be retained, but schoolchildren, scholars, and formal occasions were required to wear Hanfu.

Fully promote Chineseization!

Su Xian’s move was quite meaningful——

The vast area outside Yuguan was supposed to be part of the territory of the Central Plains Dynasty, but now it has been handed over to the Liao Kingdom for development. After the Liao Kingdom has tasted the sweetness, it will most likely not be able to take it back.

Therefore, Su Xian put forward the condition of "comprehensive implementation of Sinicization in the Liao Kingdom" to form a cultural identity. Maybe in a hundred years, Liang and Liao will become one country.

By then, the vast area outside Yuguan will naturally return to the embrace of the Central Plains Dynasty.

The Central Plains culture has a strong ability to assimilate, and Su Xian believes that this matter has great potential!

……

In the chamber.

It's past lunchtime.

But no one felt hungry.

With everyone's efforts, a complete plan was formed step by step, including how to move into farming, how to open up wasteland, how to keep warm, how to sow seeds, etc., which can be said to be comprehensive.

After another period of time, the whole plan basically took shape.

Su Xian, Nalan Jie, and Nalan Yan all had smiles on their faces, full of expectations for the future.

"broken!"

Suddenly, Su Xian shouted, his expression suddenly changed, the smile he had just smiled completely disappeared, and he looked very annoyed.

"Brother Su, what's wrong?"

The Nalan brothers' hearts skipped a beat. Su Xian reacted like this. Could it be that he missed some key issue?
Su Xian did not answer directly, but stood up while supporting the table, patted his head with his hand, looked dejected, and shook his head: "We have been working in vain, eh!"

"Brother Su, what's the matter?"

Brother and sister Nalan can't sit still, have they worked in vain?What's the meaning?Su Xian's words made them feel uneasy, and their expressions darkened.

"We have solved various problems in the vast area outside Yuguan, such as lack of people, severe cold weather, etc., but we have forgotten the most critical point!"

Su Xian shook his head, looking defeated.

Brother Nalan's heart sank again, and he asked quickly:

"What's the most important point?"

"Seeds!" Su Xian explained weakly: "The seeds in Daliang are not cold-resistant at all. In that bitter cold area, no matter how fertile the land is, it is useless if the seeds are not cold-resistant!"

Cold-resistant crops are the product of modern scientific and technological progress. Ancient grain seeds cannot withstand the severe cold in the Northeast, and it is useless to grow anything.

After Nalanjie heard this, he was obviously relieved and said with a smile: "I thought it was some kind of problem. So Brother Su is worried about this?"

"What do you mean?" Su Xian was shocked and raised his head to stare into Nalan Jie's eyes.

(End of this chapter)