I have a cornucopia

Chapter 103 Yuyang's flying dragon came and shocked the colorful feathers.

As groups of farmers left pushing carts filled with sweet potatoes, Governor Yang's sweet potato boom began.

It is indeed the golden age of sweet potatoes.

At present, among his immortal species, the one that can really shoulder the heavy responsibility of famine relief is sweet potato.

As for the others…

Pumpkins and potatoes would also work.

But the problem is that pumpkins and potatoes cannot provide stable food when food is scarce in summer! You know, Yang Feng's sweet potato seedlings and canned food fed the hungry people throughout the summer and early autumn. Ever since sweet potato seedlings began to cover farmland, they have almost become a staple food for hungry people, so much so that they were all gone bald in the later period. Potato seedlings were definitely inedible, but pumpkin seedlings were also eaten by poplars after the sweet potato seedlings were gone bald in the later stages. Plenty added to the menu. Fortunately, the hungry people had eaten grass roots, bark, Guanyin soil, and could still tolerate the shortcomings of throat irritation. After all, they were not just eating this kind of thing.

The other staple foods are more of a propaganda function.

There was indeed a good harvest of corn.

The yield per mu is more than 300 kilograms.

Because Yang Feng knows very well that the yield of these seeds will plummet to 100 next year. Modern corn seeds are the most cheating, and the solution is also the most technological. Starting next year, he will have to use the existing corn seeds at this time, and These seeds were cross-bred.

It’s all simplified!
Not retro enough?

He brought them from Xuzhou, and later people from various places came to seek refuge because they could no longer survive. This situation was the crowding out effect of his design, because the gentry controlled the force, the land annexation intensified, the big landowners strengthened themselves, and then they joined the clan with clan in-laws. Small-scale tenants and homesteaders were increasingly unable to survive, and Yang Feng's propaganda effect made him seem like a land of light. Those who could not survive under the oppression of the powerful came to him one after another. Similarly, in the lands they left, due to the decrease in population, there were fewer people to feed on prime farmland, and ultimately the problem of famine in these places was greatly alleviated. And because the powerful have become the controllers of these high-quality farmlands, they have also gained the loyalty of the clans and in-laws who are attached to them, and can use them as a basis to establish a group training with a certain combat effectiveness. After all, in this case, they are really willing to spend money on group training. .

The yield of rice has also increased significantly. Even in the Ganyu area, the yield per mu can reach close to that of Wushi Valley, which is already the level around Taihu Lake. But this is because he uses all available fertilizers on rice. Bean cakes, plant ash, and retting manure are all used. Modern seeds do have obvious advantages over this era, but they also require more fertilizers. Not to mention anything else, the bean cake alone is very valuable. After all, it can be eaten directly by people, so at least before the guano business starts, the value of these seeds is limited, but the advantage is that it is not a hybrid, and the next generation will not appear. Severely degraded.

Part...

If this development continues, it will actually be the restoration advocated by Confucian scholars.

Yang Feng also became their god.

At this time, it was already very common for him to enshrine his immortality tablet. Especially among his hungry people, the devout ones had begun to kowtow to his immortality tablet every morning and evening. At this point, he truly had a solid foundation. .

Of course, Yang Feng himself knows this. For those who don’t know this, they are cheering for this miraculous autumn harvest.

Although a yield of 100 kilograms per mu is acceptable, the problem is that this kind of degradation will not only last for one generation. Maybe the yield per mu will be only a few dozen kilograms in the next year.

Qiu Zude was so excited that he wanted to present a Jiahe memorial to Chongzhen.

And this process will be very long.

Same goes for wheat.

And the population is over half a million.

But it didn't work.

The yield increase is obvious, but the fertility requirements are higher.

But this is indeed an effective way to deal with the current situation.

Didn’t Prime Minister Cao start his career through music?
This is how Li Ji started his life. His family had a manor and a subordinate tribe, which could provide stable food for the tribe in troubled times. Then he could fight on his own, and finally met the Ming Dynasty in troubled times.

Even mythologized.

Looking back, if a powerful man is given a title, he will be back to the Spring and Autumn Period.

Of course, these are only those who depend on him, that is, the hungry people who feed on him.

Don’t expect too much in troubled times.

Whatever is convenient, come on!

But 500,000 are just those who depend on him. In fact, those from nearby state and county health offices must be added, so it adds up to two to three million. And in this completely chaotic world, in this area, these The population has become a doomsday refuge. In other places, there is either famine or killing. Although it is still a luxury to have enough food in this area, at least they are not starving to death, and there is no killing. Even the small groups of bandits in various mountainous areas have been eliminated by Yang Feng. Those who are easy to eliminate should be trained by his subordinates. Those who hide in the mountains are too difficult to eliminate. He will go up and strangle the leader to death, and the rest will be destroyed. Go down the mountain and work for him.

If you dare not listen, you will be strangled to death.

Finally, the areas of southern Shandong, eastern Henan, and Xuhai began to live and work in peace and contentment.

Just as Yang Feng's apocalyptic refuge was flourishing, the Ming Dynasty's corruption continued. Li Zicheng continued to raid Guanzhong, and Liu Fangliang continued to raid Henan and Zelu. However, the regiment of Beizhili that had resisted the Qing army had already moved south. Because Fan Fucui used the excuse that the fall of Tongguan was due to his chief assistant not taking advantage of his position, he quickly took the blame and resigned, or it could be said that he ran away quickly. After all, the broken ship Chongzhen was about to sink. Therefore, Li Jiantai was promoted to the chief minister, together with Fang Yuegong from Gucheng, Chen Yan, who was already an elder, and Wei Zaode finally stood out. Chongzhen's last cabinet was assembled, but Fan Jingwen was appointed by Chongzhen as the governor to lead the northern Zhili The officers and soldiers mainly trained in regiments went south.

The battle for the throne of the Qing Dynasty ended and Fulin ascended the throne as in the original history.

As for the cause of his father's death...

Of course he died of illness!

Could it still be said that Yang Feng broke into the Phoenix Tower and chopped off his head with an axe?

But in fact, Sister Da Yuer secretly sent someone over to try to get the head back, even if it cost some money. However, Yang Feng told the messenger honestly that he was too lazy to take it back, so he just threw it to a group of wild dogs. Besides, the person died. If the light goes out, why should we insist on clinging to that head?
Be open-minded!
If that doesn't work, you can go back and cast one out of gold for him.

Very trendy.

Anyway, this happened.

Although there are many folk rumors, this kind of thing is just a rumor after all.

Even the court didn't take it seriously.

Immediately after Jierhalang led his army southward, Wu Sangui Yingcheng held firm. Jierhalang bypassed Ningyuan and attacked the former garrison where Li Fuming was stationed. Similarly, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, Gao Di, did not dare to go out for rescue, because there were obviously friendly troops in front and behind. Li Fuming had no choice but to die in a bloody battle in Qiantun. However, Jierhalang was unable to attack Shanhaiguan and retreated with the few harvests in Qiantun. However, when passing through Ningyuan, he was attacked by Wu Sangui. It is said that he suffered certain losses, and then the invasion ended hastily. This battle was similar to the original one in history. It was not a big war at first. It was just a short assault to show that they still had the ability to attack after Fulin came to the throne. Therefore, the intelligence system of the Qing army was very efficient. They must have known about it. Sun Chuanting was defeated, and the Ming Dynasty's northern mobile combat forces were almost wiped out.

This opportunity cannot be missed.

But no matter what, as long as the gates of Shanhaiguan have not been opened to them, they will not be able to truly occupy the city within the pass.

We can only rely on the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty to find opportunities to plunder.

The first month of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen. Texas.

"Dutang, our master was tricked to death by Wu Sangui. He stood still in Ningyuan and watched Jianlu pass from outside the city. Jianlu besieged Qiantun. He also watched indifferently in Ningyuan. Even if he sent troops to bluff to contain it, our master would not be able to do anything. Fight to the death!”

More than fifty of Li Fuming's family members knelt in front of Yang Feng and cried.

They escaped from Qiantun.

However, they were not deceived by Gao Di to stay in Shanhaiguan. Instead, they found an opportunity to protect Li Fuming's wife and children who stayed in Shanhaiguan and went south directly. These servants were all smart people and knew that in the current Ming Dynasty, it was better to defect to anyone than to Yang Feng. It happened that Yang Feng was transporting a batch of cans to his uncle. Of course, the main purpose was to check the city defense in this area. After confirming that Li Zicheng had no idea of ​​going eastward, it was inevitable for him to go north. Fan Fucui, who hurriedly resigned and returned to Shandong, immediately called the Shandong Tongshan Association to summon the knights of Confucius and Mencius to go north to strengthen the defense lines of Dezhou, Linqing, and Dongchang. Now Yang Daxun is stationed in Linqing, Yang Wei is stationed in Dezhou, and Yu Qi, who is already a staff general, is stationed in Dongchang. Wang Zuntan led the Confucius and Mencius knights from Qingzhou to Caozhou, and Song Jicheng led the Denglai Confucius and Mencius knights to Jinan. Yang Feng's men still had to guard the southern front, so they did not go north for reinforcements.

But even so, Lubei can be said to have gathered a large number of troops.

At present, the main warning is Liu Fangliang.

The latter has captured Lu'an and is marching towards Handan.

The officers and soldiers of Inspector Fan Jingwen were really preparing to hold on.

As for the offense...

Even if Fan Jingwen has the courage, his regiment training officers do not have the courage. These regiment training officers were originally gathered in Shuntian, Baoding, Zhending, and several prefectures in Hejian when he followed the Qing army last time. These people were responsible for defending. There is not much interest in Quang Binh Mansion.

Team training!
That's it.

More importantly, now that the situation has reached this point, it’s hard to say whether we have to fight tooth and nail to resist!
There are many gentry from all over the country who shouted to Li Zicheng that the Emperor Dashun will be the emperor for thousands of years. Since they can do this, why don't the gentry in Beizhili consider offering their knees to Li Zicheng together?

"Everyone, get up. Your master and I can be regarded as brothers fighting side by side. Since he sacrificed his life for the country, I will raise his wife and take him to Anton Guard. I will arrange positions for you when I return."

Yang Feng said.

These servants quickly got up and left.

"Xiao Wu doesn't seem to have any objections. Is he really a loyal minister?"

Yang Feng muttered to himself.

It is a routine operation for Wu Sangui's friendly troops to remain motionless when they are in trouble. It is said that Li Fuming was also very decisive when running in Songshan. After all, the Ming army was like this at this time, and Xiao Wu was just doing things according to the Ming army's routine. But until now, Wu Sangui's performance is still no different from the original history, and Chongzhen also issued an imperial edict to Li Yutian, the governor of Liaodong, to evacuate Liao people to Shanhaiguan. Since Wu Sangui obeyed the order readily in history, he will also obey the order readily this time. After all, for Wu Sangui and his men, being alone in Ningyuan is definitely not as good as entering the pass. So if Chongzhen did not commit suicide this time, but moved the capital to Nanjing, Wu Sangui would probably be transferred to his side by Chongzhen to escort him.

"No, he has planned this for a long time. This old guy always wants to harm me."

Yang Feng suddenly woke up.

Indeed, Chongzhen probably planned this from the beginning.

After all, he really valued Wu Sangui, so the execution of Wu Sanfu was also intentional, and it can be said that he was forced by Yang Feng to execute Wu Sanfu, so that the hatred of the Wu family was directed to Yang Feng. As the most dazzling rising star in the current Ming army system, Wu Sangui is indeed the most suitable to eradicate evildoers for His Majesty the Emperor.

"The Wu family are not loyal ministers. They are just businessmen. Businessmen value profit. They will naturally follow whoever is the most profitable. In this world, at least for now, our court is still the richest. The Wu family I won’t give up on this rich owner easily.”

Song Jicheng said.

"But the court has no money?"

Yang Wei said.

"I said I had no money before. How could Fengsheng have money after taking a trip?"

Song Jicheng said with a smile.

Yang Feng also smiled deeply.

His Majesty the Emperor still has plenty of money, but the money is not in his hands. But if Wu Sangui comes to Beijing, it's hard to say what will happen. The last time Yang Feng entered the capital, he gained a lot. This has been spread to the world...

Why, he, Yang Feng, touched it, but I, Wu Sangui, couldn't?

The three of them were standing at the top of Dezhou City.

This ancient city has been renovated. Not only has the city wall been heightened, a large number of iron cannons have been added, but a new small city has been built on the west bank of the canal. It and the boot-shaped Dezhou City are like a crescent moon and a star, sandwiching the canal between the two cities. middle. The new city and Dezhou City are connected by a horizontal city wall, which spans the canal. There is an iron cable bridge over the middle canal, which can be passed directly.

This defensive design was mainly to prevent Dezhou City from being captured.

In other words, destroy the city.

After all, the gentry in the city didn't want their homes to be destroyed.

Therefore, if the enemy attacks, they can abandon Dezhou City if necessary, and then all the defenders will withdraw to the new city and continue to defend it. Regardless of whether they can't open the new city, they still can't cross the canal.

Cheng Xinzhen hurriedly walked over behind them.

"Your Majesty announced to the world with an imperial edict that Emperor Taizu Gao blamed the Xiaoling Mausoleum for a long time without any descendants, so he blamed each other in a dream. His Majesty was frightened and would patrol the southern capital during the Qingming Festival to sweep the Xiaoling Mausoleum. He summoned Liaodong Commander-in-Chief Wu Sangui to lead his army to Beijing. , escorting His Majesty to the south, and leaving the Crown Prince in the capital to supervise the country. The Queen and several other princes and princesses went south together, and the cabinet and ministers stayed in the capital to assist the Crown Prince."

He said with some anxiety.

"Well, he finally moved the capital, but he was a little hasty!"

Yang Feng said calmly.

"But His Majesty moves the capital, what should we do?"

Cheng Xiazhen said in astonishment.

"What should we do? Of course we are to welcome His Majesty. Is there any other way for His Majesty Nan Xing? Hurry up and gather the elders from all over the country. We have to welcome him. Not only do we welcome him, we also have to protect him. Don't let Liu Fangliang disturb the holy master. .”

Song Jicheng said equally calmly.

Well, their army gathered in Lubei, but their main purpose was Chongzhen.

(End of this chapter)