I have a cornucopia

Chapter 236 Loyalty, unspeakable loyalty
Of course, Yang Feng’s fiancée was not here to urge him to get married.

They just come to see the sea.

As for whether Prince Yang understands the meaning behind this, that is his own business.

But speaking of it, the dealer is also very panicked now!

In the past, the two families were considered well matched, and the Yang family was even slightly inferior. After all, the Yang family had never produced a Jinshi, but the Zhuang family had. But now, what a waste of being well matched. Yang Feng is already a prince, and there are all kinds of rumors about him and the Princess Regent. Although the Zhuang family has developed rapidly, it is only a local tyrant after all, and this place is only a prefecture-level tyrant. Even in Juzhou, its actual status can only be said to be on par with the Du family...

They're not on the same level at all!

But openly urging people to get married is definitely not a good idea, as that could easily backfire.

After all, everyone could see that Yang Feng was obviously delaying on purpose, which meant that he was not sure what choice he would make. In this case, urging him to get married was more like forcing him to get married. Given Yang Feng's current status, it would be troublesome if he was in a bad mood and directly regretted the marriage.

After all, Yang Feng's regret for breaking off the engagement would at most affect his reputation a little. Given his current status, this reputation issue was soon ignored by everyone.

It is true that breaking off an engagement would lead to criticism, but given Yang Feng's status, who would dare to hold on to this matter?

But what the dealer loses is real profit.

In this situation, they can only remind him tactfully to let him not forget that he is a married man. Although they haven't married yet, that is settled. But if Yang Feng is still hesitating, it will be more advantageous to the banker.

After all, he was in the wrong.

Judging from her age, his fiancée is already an old maid.

Seventeen is considered an old girl!

He has to make amends.

Compensate the dealer in other ways.

Breaking off an engagement is a breakup, but dragging it out and being indecisive is not.

In short, this kind of marriage between noble families is also very complicated and full of intrigues, which makes Yang Feng helpless. After all, he really just wanted to marry his fiancée because she was too young, and he really didn't consider the issue of regretting the marriage. His fiancée's appearance still met his aesthetic standards, and she didn't look very weak. Besides, the princess was younger than this, at least seventeen, and the princess was only sixteen in lunar age. How could she be entangled between sixteen and seventeen in lunar age?
Prince Yang had no choice but to publicly declare that as long as the Huns were not destroyed, how could he continue to stay at home?

How can we have a family when the Jianlu have not been destroyed?
Wait until the Jianlu are defeated before considering starting a family!

Alas, Prince Yang’s sacrifice for the Ming Dynasty was truly too great.

At his age, his peers already have children, but he is still single. He works so hard for the Emperor and the Ming Dynasty that he doesn't even have time to start a family. Such a loyal minister is truly admirable.

Loyalty, loyalty is beyond words!

"King of the East Sea, can this immortal seed really produce seven stones per mu?"

Zheng Chenggong next to him was also holding a seed bag and looking at it.

He came to introduce the immortal seeds, although in Yang Feng's opinion, promoting the immortal seeds in their place was a waste of time. If Fujian wanted to have enough food, the best choice was not the immortal seeds, but to go to the other side to grab land and open up wasteland. You should know that the cultivated land area in Fujian during the Ming Dynasty was not much different from that of today, that is, all that could be reclaimed had been reclaimed. However, since Zheng Chenggong came in person, he still had to give him face. Of course, what was really important was to open up direct trade between him and the Zheng family. In the future, the Zheng family's merchant ships could go directly to the port of Shandong, and his high-end products could also be sold overseas through the Zheng family. For example, the pile of glass mirrors should be able to make a fortune.

This is a big customer.

So a technical team is ready.

They will follow Zheng Chenggong to Fujian with various immortal seeds and planting techniques.

"It's OK to produce 17 dan per mu of Xian seeds, but Xian seeds can't be grown on just any land. It has to be fertile enough."

Yang Feng said.

The yield per mu is only seven shi.

This is a unit of volume, not weight. Seven shi is equivalent to eight hundred jin. Although the jin is a little bigger at this time, it is actually less than one thousand jin. He took the producer's boast of more than 2,000 jin of corn seeds per mu, and even used some fertilizers and added a lot of compost. The yield was less than one thousand jin, which was actually not much.

The main reason is that there are too many insects. Although labor is cheap and you can remove the insects manually, it is ultimately not as good as pesticides.

He does have pesticides, too.

But the manual rocker sprayer is really hard to catch!

He caught quite a few electric ones, but there was no place to charge them!

Besides, he didn't want to let people taste the pesticide so early.

"This immortal seed can only be planted for one season, and then planted again the next year. Even if we plant it according to the king's teachings, we can only produce a little more than three stones a year, but it is enough. It is more than millet and wheat, but not as good as rice. And even if there is no irrigation, it can be planted on the mountain, but the yield is less, only about 100 catties per mu. It can be planted widely, which is better than other crops. But now there are few people who can plant, and the annual yield of seeds is small. There is no shortage of land, so it is better to plant them on good land. When there are more people who can plant in the future, the seed yield will increase, and we can plant seeds in dry fields and even mountains. In this way, this wasteland will become fertile land."

The village head next to him said cautiously.

The village heads were all elected, and they didn't even have to be servants of the Yang family. Yang Feng didn't care about the loyalty of these people. After all, even if they were not loyal, at most they would spread the technology privately to gain some benefits, but this was what Yang Feng wanted.

And this method of diffusion is more efficient...

I might as well steal!
People may not take the things you promote seriously, but they will attach great importance to the technology obtained through illegal private means.

But in fact, all the village heads and farmers were very loyal to him.

These refugees really have very low demands, just enough to have enough food. They all fled here because of famine and war. The chaos that lasted for more than ten years in the Ming Dynasty made them accustomed to death and had a high tolerance. They had no complaints about anything, such as cutting mountains and cutting stones, and building dams. For them, just having food to eat was enough. Sweet potato pancakes and sweet potato vines were indeed not as good as rice, and canned fish mixed with a mess was indeed not as good as meat, but they couldn't even get enough to eat grass roots and tree bark in the past.

What's more, as land reclamation progressed and various crops were gradually promoted, they no longer ate just sweet potato pancakes and canned fish.

Isn’t pumpkin delicious?

Aren’t potatoes tasty?

Is corn porridge not tasty?

...and Yang Feng, who gave them all this, was no different from a god in their hearts.

In fact, they really worship Yang Feng as a god, and now these farmers all have Yang Feng’s immortal tablets in their homes.

Such farmers are already spread all over southern Shandong and northern Jiangsu, especially in the triangle area of ​​Yihaixu, with a total population of more than 500,000. Together with the original indigenous population, it forms a base of at least 1.5 million people. All the people are soldiers, and the weapons are issued by Yang Feng, which are nothing more than captured cold weapons, old firearms, and even artillery. These manors are just residential areas in normal times. In fact, there is a dock fortress on a mountain not far away, which is shared by five nearby villages. In case of invasion, everyone will retreat there.

There is a warehouse in the fort, where food for five villages is stored. There are also cannons and ammunition. It is right next to a stream, so water can be brought directly into the fort.

I can hold the door closed for half a year without any pressure.

This area is full of this pattern.

Villages are scattered across the plains for agricultural production. Several villages share a fortress where supplies are stored. When a war breaks out, all the villages move into the fortress.

Those near mountains are built on mountains, those near water are built in water network areas, and there are even some on coastal islands. Even if it is a pure plain with no conditions, a special dock can be built. At most, more trenches and tunnels can be dug around them, especially tunnels. Northern Jiangsu also had tunnel warfare, but it is not as famous as the Ji Zhong Plain.

Once a war breaks out, we will clear the land and fortify our defenses.

Don't let the enemy get a grain of food or a single animal, and then mobilize the entire nation to defend.

All that remained was for the troops to gather in various cities.

Moreover, this model has been tested. Previously, the Qing army attacked southern Shandong in multiple ways, and the farthest one crossed the Yi River. However, because the Mongolian cavalry lacked heavy weapons, they failed to capture a fort. After the attack on Tancheng failed, they ran out of horse feed and could not grab any more, so they had to retreat. However, on the ice of the Yi River, they were intercepted by the Yizhou and Pizhou cavalry who had assembled. The cavalry occupied the commanding heights of the river bank and bombarded the Mongolian cavalry on the open ice with light artillery. Although the latter tried their best to rush through the interception, they were also dispersed. After that, they were surrounded and intercepted by various reinforcements. In the end, less than 300 of the 1,000 Mongolian cavalry escaped.

The other routes are similar.

The most unfortunate were those who attacked Yizhou, where a thousand Mongolian cavalrymen were completely wiped out.

They failed in their attack on Yi County, but were eager to plunder so they continued to advance. They were defeated at the gates of Yizhou by the Confucius and Mencius Knights who came south from Juzhou. After being scattered, they fled into the mountains in panic. Eventually, they were surrounded and suppressed by various forts. They had no food and could only kill horses to satisfy their hunger. It was not until more than a month later that the last dozen or so Mongolian cavalrymen were too hungry to surrender to a nearby fort.

Then he was shot to death.

This model is a huge invisible quagmire.

Once trapped in it, it is very difficult to get out, so Dorgon never thought of actually breaking through southern Shandong from the beginning, he just threw in some Mongolian cavalry to create an illusion.

He understands.

After all, he knew very well how Yang Hao was defeated at Sarhu. The mountains and hills of Jianzhou Wei were essentially a quagmire.

"If the Ming Dynasty is like this, how can the Central Plains be stained by the barbarians again?"

Zheng Chenggong looked at the vaguely visible fortress on the distant mountain and the people who lived and worked in peace and contentment, and could not help but sigh.

Of course, he was just sighing. After all, if the Ming Dynasty was like this, there would be no Ming Dynasty.

Prince Yang was a separatist, but he was just a loyal minister. In fact, he appointed all the local officials in this area by himself. No, he made a memorial to the emperor. He would write a list to Li Zicheng later. After all, his place was not under the jurisdiction of the Nanjing Regent. But Li Zicheng could not reach out to him because there was the Qing Dynasty in between. In this case, the governor had to make a memorial to the emperor. This was not against the rules because the governor had this power in the late Ming Dynasty. Yang Sichang had the right to remove the governor from office and then appoint an acting governor. As for whether the court would actually grant the title...

This, Chongzhen basically accepted when he still liked him.

But no matter what, it is a fact that this area now only recognizes Yang Feng and not the Zhu family.

However, Zheng Chenggong also knew that no one could blame anyone else on this point, because his father in Fujian was ambitiously preparing to do the same thing.

Of course, his father's strength is far inferior to that of Prince Yang, so he may not be able to reach the level of Prince Yang. At least he has to respect the Regent.

"Hu Chen, I'm afraid it's not just Hu Chen. Your father, as the governor of Fujian, has watched the Western barbarians occupy Taiwan and has not thought of expelling them. Aren't you afraid that one day they will become as powerful as the Jianlu? The Jianlu were just a group of stray dogs back then. They were accepted and settled in Jianzhou by the Ming Dynasty, but within two hundred years they learned to bully their masters like evil slaves. The Western barbarians have strong ships and powerful guns, and they have occupied Taiwan. I'm afraid that within a few decades, they will set foot in Fujian.

The world is indeed a bit chaotic nowadays, but no matter how chaotic it is, it is a family affair and we cannot give outsiders a chance. The Three Kingdoms War was also a chaotic time. Did Cao and Liu ever give outsiders a chance?

Cao Mengde also wants to climb Jieshi."

Yang Feng suddenly changed his expression and said.

"The King of the East Sea is right, but my father doesn't have many warships now, not enough to drive away the red-haired people."

Zheng Chenggong said quickly.

"Is that so? Then would you like me to help dispatch some warships? I guess your father is not the only one who is willing to help Your Majesty drive out the barbarians, right?"

Yang Feng said.

Zheng Chenggong was speechless.

Of course, he was not worried that Yang Fengzhen would find someone else. After all, his family was the boss at sea, and this was the result of a series of battles.

But Yang Feng can do it himself!

He was the governor of coastal military affairs, and theoretically Zheng Zhilong was under his control.

Yang Feng also has his own fleet. Although it is not as powerful as the Zheng family, if he really wants to, he can just build it. His loyal dogs Huang Fei and Lin Qingye both have naval forces. Don't these people like to reach out to the southeast? If they really send a fleet southward under the banner of expelling the Dutch, it is hard to say whether they can expel the Dutch. It is still possible to establish a territory in Fujian, and then incite the forces in Fujian that are dissatisfied with the Zheng family. Then the problem becomes complicated. After all, everyone wants the huge profits from maritime trade.

"King of the East Sea, I will go back and inform my father immediately to prepare to send troops to drive out the red-haired people."

he said immediately.

"That's right. Your Majesty is now in the hands of Li Zicheng. A woman is the regent and can't take care of everything. We, as ministers, should take the initiative to share your worries. We are fighting the Jianlu in the north, and you in Fujian don't need to fight the Jianlu, but you also have your responsibilities. It's your responsibility to drive out the barbarians from the sea. The red-haired people are nothing more than a few thousand pirates. They can only come with dozens of warships. They are tens of thousands of miles away from their nests and have no backup. They are also at odds with the Portuguese. If there are 10,000 or 20,000 elite troops crossing the sea, they can be wiped out.

As for their strong ships and powerful guns, it's not that you don't know how to build their ships, but their guns may not be as big as yours. Are you still afraid of them on the sea?
Go and tell your father to go for it. If he wins, I will ask for a title for him, making him a prince. You will have a lot of business to make money in the future. I said before that the immortal seeds need fertilizer, and the fertilizer is on the sea. As long as you wipe out the red-haired people, I will tell you where to dig it.

Your Zheng family is still very wealthy!"

Yang Feng patted Zheng Chenggong on the shoulder and said.

(End of this chapter)