Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 130
Feng An's power in Lingnan was not just blown out. In just one day, he transferred three thousand young men to Sun Xiangfu, even brought in hundreds of cattle, and plowed more than a foot along the foot of the mountain. After the wide fire zone, an area by Baiyun Lake became a sea of ​​flames.

"Look, there are a lot of wild ducks."

Ah Yue, who was standing in the crowd watching the excitement, had excellent eyesight. She stubbornly believed that only Sun Xiangfu could save her father, and she always acted like a follower, never leaving Sun Xiangfu more than ten meters away.Therefore, before her father came out of the patient concentration camp, Sun Xiangfu felt that she was there, and she always liked to yell to attract Sun Xiangfu's attention, as if to remind Sun Xiangfu not to forget to promise her To heal her father.

"We destroyed the duck's home, we have to rebuild it for them."

In fact, when Sun Xiangfu and Feng An came to visit the land the day before yesterday, they had already selected a suitable place to live. It was a large peninsula on the east side of Baiyun Lake. This island was much larger than the hill in Xingfu Village. There is a passage for entering and exiting, and you can also see the stream on a high mountain opposite across the lake.

"Are we going to raise them all?" the smart Ah Yue asked with a smile.

"Yes, there will be rice fields around this lake in the future, so if we can't tame them, they will harm our rice fields." Sun Xiangfu pointed to the location of the peninsula in the lake and said, "Wait where are we?" After the house is built, make some duck sheds for them, and you have to find a way to let them live in the duck sheds.”

The Chinese people domesticated ducks as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The "Qi Min Yao Shu" written by the Northern Wei Dynasty recorded the general method of raising ducks. Sun Xiangfu once looked at a Sui book brought by Yu Xiuer from the Yu Mansion at home. , the name is "Xiang Duck Classic", the duck-raising technology recorded in it is actually quite mature, but the food of wild ducks is more complicated, the amount of exercise is more sufficient, and the meat grown is stronger and more delicious. It is a must for soup, Sun Xiangfu Don't want to let go of such deliciousness.

"Oh, then Ah Yue will also live on the island. After domesticating these wild ducks, Ah Yue will have duck eggs to eat every day."

Hunting is still one of the main sources of food for the people in Lingnan at this time, so Ah Yue is no stranger to wild ducks and duck eggs.

"Okay then! That island is mine now, and I allow you to live on it." Sun Xiangfu smiled, scratched Ah Yue's little nose, and continued to command and inspect his Xintian. Anyway, he would also help It’s no big deal, because most people can’t understand the Chinese he speaks, and he can’t speak the words of the Liaomin and barbarians in the south of the Five Ridges at this time, so he can only convey them through the help of some soldiers sent by Feng An.

Tens of thousands of acres of barren grassland cannot be burned all at once. Many wild animals may die in this way. Sun Xiangfu asked everyone to only open three to four thousand acres a day, and burn them piece by piece, giving those wild animals a chance to move their habitats. , Therefore, for [-] young and strong laborers, the workload of a day is not heavy. With the help of four plows, each person only needs to open an average of more than one mu of land.

After the fire was extinguished, the plowshares went down to the ground, and a smell of earthy seeds and plant ashes wafted from the entire field. This smell was very familiar to Sun Xiangfu, and it also showed that these lands that were often flooded by lakes were very fertile, but they were dug out. There are many leeches and other creatures in the soil. Sun Xiangfu organized people to pick them up with bamboo clips, collected them and put them on the boulders to dry.

After a busy day, the [-]-acre land was opened up. When it was almost dusk, Sun Xiangfu took the big guys to camp on the peninsula. There were so many mosquitoes in the wild in Lingnan that people couldn't sleep, even if there was a tent to isolate them. Sun Xiangfu was also disturbed by the sound of mosquitoes flapping their wings, so he had to get up and go to a place far away to start a fire.

"These hunters are really powerful, since they can fall asleep in the smoke." Zhao Long, who accompanied Sun Xiangfu to light the fire, said looking at the sleepy hunters.

Not everyone has a tent. In fact, unless it’s raining, most of the Liao people don’t need a tent to sleep at night. They just light a pile of wormwood leaves next to the straw mat to sleep soundly, usually wormwood. After the grass was burnt, the mosquitoes came, and when they got up the next day, there was blood all over the straw mat, all of which came from the bodies of the mosquitoes that turned over and were crushed to death. Even so, the Liaomin didn't feel anything.

"You have to find a way to kill mosquitoes, otherwise, there will still be plagues after a long time."

Where people live, a large number of mosquitoes are not allowed to appear, but to prevent mosquitoes from breeding, the first thing to do is to destroy their growth and reproduction environment. Therefore, everyone does not need to open the fields the next day. All the aquatic plants were shoveled off, and a platform was built with solid soil along the river slope. Then, a thousand Liaomen were sent out to burn cement.

For this kind of cement slope protection and river guardrail, Zhao Long and others who have seen the scenery along the Qujiang Pond in Chang'an are very familiar with it. With ten craftsmen brought by Sun Xiangfu as technical guidance, they can repair a large section every day. .

Three days later, there was no need for Sun Xiangfu to continue to guide. Everyone knew how to open the fields and how to repair the slope protection around the island. Sun Xiangfu left a pile of drawings and returned to Guangzhou City. The craftsmen were all old people from Xingfu Village. The blueprints he drew should make the peninsula livable, so it shouldn't be difficult.

"It's been more than ten days, and Captain Xi hasn't come back yet."

When he arrived at Feng An's residence, Sun Xiangfu saw Xuanzang and Li Chunfeng who looked sad.

The medicinal materials collected in the Lingnan area are almost used up, and the treatment of the first batch of drug testers has been halfway through. It is a critical period. If the drug is stopped at this time, the previous efforts will be in vain.

"Just don't let anything happen to you."

The people were sent out, and Sun Xiangfu couldn't control the misfortunes and fortunes of the day and night, so he sighed and went to Feng An to find a way.

At this time, in the imperial study room of Chang'an Taiji Palace, a snowflake-like memorial was piled up on Li Shimin's desk again. , those big aristocratic families may be busy for nothing this time.

At this time, there was a change in Suzhou, Hangzhou, and other state capitals along the canal. Water bandits attacked the county and state cities. It was Feng An who sent people to collect strategic materials and prepare for an incident. After all, medicinal materials could barely be considered strategic materials.

Therefore, each memorial says a lot in a tortuous way, but its core content is three words, playing Lingnan.

"This is my Tang family!"

Li Shimin pushed those mountain-like memorials to the ground, and said with anger and helplessness on his face.

At this time, there was no one else in the study, only he was sullen, and after a while, an inner servant came in from the door and said, "Your Majesty, the empress has invited you, and she said that there is something important to discuss."

Under normal circumstances, Empress Changsun would not go to the imperial study where Li Shimin worked, and would never send someone to interrupt Li Shimin's normal work. Today was an exception. Anyway, Li Shimin didn't want to read those stereotyped memorials anymore, so he threw them away. Sleeves, go to the harem with the servant.

"What does Guanyin servant have to discuss with me?" Li Shimin asked in the Lizheng Palace to make his face look as good as possible.

"Your Majesty, let's read this secret letter first."

The eldest grandson Wuyou handed an envelope to Li Shimin, and this letter was sent by Yu Xiu'er who just visited her in the palace.

The content of the letter was not complicated. Sun Xiangfu first showed Li Shimin his interrogation statement, and then told Li Shimin the strategy he had discussed with Feng An. After reading the letter, Li Shimin's depressed mood was swept away.

"Come here, go to the Sun's Mansion to proclaim the decree, and give the Sun's wife Yu Xiu'er a five-rank order, a pair of white jade Ruyi, a hundred pieces of silk, and a million dollars."

When Li Shimin mentioned these rewards, Changsun Wuyou was a little surprised. As a husband, he has always been stingy with his courtiers who are capable of making money, why is he suddenly generous today?
Seeing the eldest grandson Wuyou's puzzled eyes, Li Shimin explained to her with a smile, "Sun Zhengming, you boy is terrified. I'm afraid those aristocratic families will suffer a lot from him this time, but you have to do all the acting. I still need to cooperate with him in court."

As soon as he said it, he showed the letter to Empress Changsun, and then analyzed it for her. Only then did Empress Changsun know what kind of results Sun Xiangfu's behind-the-scheme could lead to.

In the early morning of the next day, the civil officials of the Manchu Dynasty brought up the conquest of Lingnan again. This time, Li Shimin changed his previous attitude and ordered Zhang Gongjin to mobilize the water army and civilian ships to prepare for the southward affairs. The flattering words of singing praises and wishing the army a victory made the ministers who participated in the Lingnan discussion that day a little confused.

After the dynasty was dispersed, Li Shimin summoned Zhang Gongjin and several confidant ministers alone.

"Hongshen, you don't need to worry about going out this time. Conquer more ships, less troops, and travel slowly."

Everyone was given a seat when they saw the gift, and Li Shimin's words made everyone stunned.

"What is the meaning of this, Your Majesty?"

Li Shimin smiled proudly, "This is my plan."

Through the confession obtained by Sun Xiangfu, Li Shimin has fully seen the intentions of the aristocratic family members. They provoked this war because they wanted to sell the grain hoarded in their hands at a high price. The grain hoarded by the Wang family and the Lu family was in Hongzhou. That is, the vicinity of Nanchang, Jiangxi in later generations, and the border between Ganzhou, Jiangxi and Guangdong. This is a battlefield preset by the aristocratic family.

Then there is Changsha in the direction of Jinghu Lake, where the two major Cui clans stockpiled food. At this time, Changsha is [-] miles to the south, which is the boundary of Lingnan Road. This is the second battlefield preset by the aristocratic family. , and the Zheng family of Xingyang, who transported grain by water to Quanzhou to stockpile, also set up a battlefield near the border of Lingnan Road. Sell ​​food at a high price in the back.

But what if it doesn't work?

Li Shimin's gesture of fighting is to let them continue to transport a large amount of grain to these three places. Not only them, but Li Shimin himself will also transport some grain there. Then, he will announce two important news at this time, Start dumping the grain in your hands at ultra-low prices.

This is the first news!Naturally, the rebellion in Lingnan was just an internal rebellion in a small tribe. Feng An had already sent troops to suppress it, and the imperial court did not need to send a large army to attack Lingnan. Therefore, this battle was over.

The second news!It depends on Sun Xiangfu. In short, they will sell the grain in their hands at a super low price at their grain storage point. Even if they don’t sell it, they will transport huge grain from north to south, and then from south to south North, the consumption is enough for them to drink a pot, let's see if they have the energy to transport it around.

On Feng An's side, of course, he made an appointment with Li Shimin, leaving a few small tribes in these three directions for them to make trouble. No big deal, the letter has passed, and when it's time to leave, they will know what to do.

(End of this chapter)