Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 684
The boats did come back, not as brilliant as they were when they set off, but rather rusty and scratched, which could be regarded as the scars of their heroes!

There was still a period of time between when the ship appeared in everyone's sight and when it actually docked. Sun Xiangfu sent someone back to the city to inform Feng An and Li Tai. After a while, Feng An called a group of officials and soldiers in the city to come forward. Come to the pier to greet them, and vacate the best berths for them. The officers and soldiers will also run over and block the onlookers and boatmen from a certain distance to the surrounding area. They are neatly lined up on the way out, and when the fleet docks, they will be able to pack the supplies on board into the cages on the car. These preparations were arranged by Feng An immediately after receiving the news of their return. go down.

At this moment, the members of the Babailing South Road Art Troupe, wearing full cultural art troupe uniforms, have lined up neatly on the shore. When the fleet was still more than a mile away from the shore, Ah Yue waved her red tassels and directed the musicians. The hands played the welcome song, and those people who had known that the fleet would return in the next two days and waited to meet their families on the pier wiped away their tears listening to these cheerful and shocking music, but, There are smiles on their faces.

Zhao Long, who saw the scene on the shore with a telescope on the flagship, knew that this was a welcome ceremony prepared for them by everyone, so he asked all the crew members to dress up and show their best mental outlook.

However, when he saw the urns held by the crew members, even Zhao Long, who has experienced countless life and death trials at sea, couldn't stop the tears from falling from his face. rowed down.

"For a while, let these brothers go ashore first."

After confessing in a choked tone, the crew members holding the urn began to line up on both sides of the gangway on the side of the ship.

Three hundred and two boxes, three hundred and two lives, this is the price of this trip.

Even those exploratory crew members who were bitten to death and mutilated by crocodiles that suddenly appeared in the Amazon jungle, their bodies were all found and cremated into boxes. For this reason, Zhao Long once ordered to use Liannu Suddenly killed all the crocodiles in several small rivers, and broke their stomachs.

"If we can come back alive, we should laugh and wipe away the tears for me." After adjusting his emotions, Zhao Long wiped away the tears on his face and shouted.

As everyone knows, these actions of his have been seen by the people watching them with binoculars on the shore. No one will laugh at the way these big men cry and cry. Some of them are just sad.

Li Tai, who had formally taken over the position of chief executive of Feng Anling South Road, was now the person with the highest official title present, so he stood in the middle of the welcoming team, Feng An was on his left, Sun Xiangfu was on his right, and the warriors Xun, Feng Zhizun and others lined up beside the two of them according to their official ranks. This kind of welcoming ceremony seemed very formal and solemn.

As the fleet slowly approached the pier, Sun Xiangfu also reminded Li Tai, "They are all heroes and martyrs who have made great contributions to the country. , enough courtesy and respect.”

Li Tai asked, "Master Sun, what should I do?"

Sun Xiangfu replied, "For all the living crew members, make the highest-level memorial report, and for all the dead martyrs who explored the sea, build a martyr's cemetery, write biographies, erect monuments, worship regularly, and enjoy the respect of future generations forever."

If it was Li Tai in the past, he wouldn't think it was a big deal, but he has grown rice in Shannan Road for three years, and he already has a very deep understanding of the importance of crops. If these people really give Datang The agricultural industry has brought fundamental changes, so their achievements will definitely be recorded in the history books. If the follow-up of this matter is handled well, Li Tai himself will also be able to get a lot of their credit. Guang, so, for Sun Xiangfu's point, he agrees with both hands.

Li Tai nodded, and said sincerely, "I know what to do."

Seeing his attitude, Sun Xiangfu knew that he really understood the meaning of doing this. Datang needs more people to take a brave step to explore various unknowns. With honor, they can give them certain Incentive effect, it is true that more than 300 lives were sacrificed today, but because of their actions, they may save 300 million, 3000 million lives in the future, which is too many to count.

"Kangdang..."

The side of the ship finally landed and stopped. Under the leadership of Zhao Long, teams of crew members walked down from the lowered springboard. The first to get off were the crew members holding the urn. Starting from Li Tai, all the people who welcomed them , After touching those urns with their hands, they said 'Welcome home', and then, they had a big hug with the person holding the box.

This kind of ceremony is heavy and enthusiastic. After more than 300 crew members holding urns lined up on the pier, Li Tai, on behalf of the imperial court, made a speech, reporting victory to the imperial court and asking for credit. Everyone didn't care much about it, but the construction of the cemetery for the heroes and martyrs who explored the sea, writing biographies, erecting monuments, and being worshiped by future generations forever, and paying homage to such things shocked all the crew members who came back alive. No running in vain, all the efforts are worth it.

After non-sailor and crew technicians like Zhao He went ashore, the time to count the harvest of this distant sea exploration officially arrived.

"Master, this is the booklet I compiled and registered for all the species I brought back, the growth environment, the shape of the fruit, I have records, the names and so on, I may not get it right, some of them are not recognized by the locals, I just numbered them, and you can count them all over again, or give them the name of Datang."

Everyone is mourning the sacrificed martyrs, and Zhao He can't be too happy, just doing business.

In fact, he was very pleasantly surprised when he saw Sun Xiangfu in the crowd that greeted him. You must know that when he went to sea, Sun Xiangfu was still a criminal subject whose actions were restricted!Judging from the current state, he should have regained his freedom, and maybe even his official rank.

"Well, you did a good job, just stand next to me, let's look at the real thing and check it together!" Sun Xiangfu patted Zhao He's shoulders, which became stronger and stronger, and motioned for Zhang Ke to bring the desk paper and pen. road.

Zhao He scratched his head with a smile, and waved over the boat. At this time, the Mayans who had been assigned to work by him began to carry baskets and got off the boat.

"Are these people natives of South America?" Sun Xiangfu asked, looking at those young men whose skin color was similar to that of Asians, and whose body was more Mongolian.

Zhao He replied, "They call themselves Mayans, and I think they look similar to Turkic people, but their language and culture are completely different from ours. However, these people on board, after nearly half a year of devil-style teaching by us, have been able to speak Chinese. Do some basic communication with us, as long as we don't say some uncommon words to them."

The Mayans belonged to the yellow race in terms of skin color. Their physique was strong, their legs were thick and short, their shoulders were wide and their heads were wide, and they were brown eyes. These characteristics were as high as [-]% similar to the Turks and Xueyantuo people in the north at this time. Through later generations Their genes are firm. Like the Indians, they all belong to the Mongolian race. Sun Xiangfu, a face-blind patient, can recognize them quite well.

Then, seeing the things they brought down, Sun Xiangfu compared Zhao He's booklet and recorded it on a new paper. Among them, there were many crops that he needed to name.

"You actually found all the main species I listed?" Sun Xiangfu asked in surprise when he opened Zhao He's brochure. See the first recorded crop seeds, potatoes.

Seeing Sun Xiangfu's unexpected expression, Zhao He couldn't hide the pride in his heart anymore, and said, "Of course, we can't even finish the main task, so how dare we come back."

"Hahahaha, good, very good, the results of your trip to the sea have at least doubled the ability of the people of Tang Dynasty to resist natural disasters..."

When Sun Xiangfu flipped through the brochure quickly, he couldn't help laughing loudly, which attracted the crowds to watch. What kind of crops are there overseas, what are the yields of these crops, and what are their tastes? Therefore, even the well-informed Feng An and the samurai Xun, when they saw the soil bumps in the baskets, they didn't recognize them at all, and they didn't know their functions.

Among them, as the actual owner of these species, the samurai Xun of the Overseas Exploration and Investment Company was the first to ask, "Why is Zhengming laughing?"

Sun Xiangfu smiled and pointed to the baskets that were brought up, "Does Wu Shangshu know what these are?"

The warrior Xun shook his head, waiting for Sun Xiangfu's next words.

"This thing is called potatoes. It can be used as grain or vegetable. It does not need to choose the land for planting. An ordinary field can produce three thousand catties per mu, and a good field with strong fertility can reach six to eight thousand catties. If it is improved and intensively cultivated, it will not be difficult for the yield per mu to exceed [-] jin."

"Ten thousand catties per mu?"

Samurai Xun and Feng An are not too young. After hearing Sun Xiangfu's words, they almost slipped and fell to the ground. It is already scary enough for you to grow rice with a yield of more than 1000 catties per mu, but now you are doing a mu If more than 1 catties of crops are produced, it will really scare people to death!
"Hehe, don't believe me, the two gentlemen. These potatoes are the staple food of the Mayans. Although they don't know how to cultivate them, it is no problem to grow a few thousand catties per mu." Zhao He explained to them, The Mayans who carried the potatoes ashore also understood what he said, and nodded in confirmation.

"This, this, it's no wonder that Zhengming laughed just now. In the future, my Datang's ability to resist natural disasters can really be increased by more than two times. With such high-yield crops, my Datang only needs to allocate a state road field Come out to plant, and it can be eaten by the people of the whole country!" Samurai Xun's lips trembled a little. When he said this, he regretted that he didn't find a way to buy more exploration and investment companies when he left Chang'an. With the stock in his name, and with such a profitable crop in his hands, the stock of the Overseas Exploration Investment Company is estimated to skyrocket.

Then, when he heard Sun Xiangfu's next sentence, he regretted it even more.

"This is called sweet potato. Its yield is not much lower than that of potatoes. It is also a vegetable and food. Moreover, the sugar content is very high. It can be used for beekeeping, and it can also be used to squeeze sugar and make vermicelli. Its nutrition is very balanced and can make people It has a certain ability to resist diseases, and the most important thing is that its stems and leaves are delicious vegetables and green feed that livestock love to eat. As far as it is concerned, its overall economic value even exceeds that of potatoes..."

All right!If Sun Xiangfu continues to talk, the samurai is worried that he will convulse and faint, because he feels that he has missed a legal, fast opportunity to double his net worth. However, Sun Xiangfu is still counting the fleet brought from overseas. The new species that come back have no intention of stopping.

"Zhengming, wait a minute, the old man feels chest tightness and shortness of breath."

"You shouldn't be suffering from high blood pressure!" Seeing the state displayed by the warrior Xun, Sun Xiangfu suddenly became nervous.

(End of this chapter)