This mountain is mine

Chapter 248 Conspiracy and conspiracy

At the end of October, the ears of rice are heavy.

In the farmland, what a harvest scene.

"Two stones were harvested for one mu of land! It's only one mu of land! If it was early rice, the yield would be higher!"

Tang Kuo mixed in the crowd of onlookers, listening to the exclamation of others, looking at the golden ears of grain in front of him, his eyes shone brightly.

According to this output, plus the grain he accumulated before, and planting it in the tribe for another year, it is enough for him to attack the Liao Kingdom. He doesn't have to worry about not being able to buy grain. After occupying the land of the Liao Kingdom, he wants to grow Plant as much food as you want, and then invade the Song Dynasty, there is no need to worry about logistical supplies.

Hearing people's heated discussions, Tang Kuo withdrew with one of his subordinates.

I found someone to ask, and I knew that all these grains belonged to Zhao Man. Li Sijin is also traveling outside now and is not in the village.

Tang Kuo smiled, followed the man's directions and entered the village. He was determined to obtain these grains.He has his own way to persuade Zhao Man to agree.

According to Tang Kuo's guess, there is no such thing as hybridization in this era, and it must be the technology of his time-traveling colleague Li Sijin. It can't be seen that this guy is a literary youth who studies agriculture.

The talents that Tang Kuo lacked the most were those who helped him cultivate the land. Of course, this kind of people did not refer to hardworking farmers, but scientific farming.

He thought to himself, if he and Li Sijin could cooperate, they would be a perfect match.

What future can Li Sijin have with a prince whose title has been abolished?Next time you meet him, give him a clear path.

When Tang Kuo appeared in Liushutun, he thought he was doing it without anyone noticing, but he didn't know that his every move was already under surveillance.

Not many people in this village had seen Tang Kuo before, and he had secretly killed all the guards who were following him. Only Yu Miaomiao and Zhao Man had seen him now, but he had a kind of arrogance that looked down on the world. Kung fu is very good, in fact, it is already very noticeable.

This Liushutun is full of eyeliner, bright and dark, Yu Miaomiao doesn't know how much there is.Therefore, as soon as Tang Kuo appeared, Zhao Man knew it. He only knew that he was a suspicious outsider, but he didn't know that it was Tang Kuo. At first, he really didn't take it to heart.

At this time, Zhao Man's heart is all on Yu Miaomiao's body. She is going to give birth in half a month. Last month, when Mr. Lan heard the news of the medicine poison, he went back in a hurry, and he hasn't come back yet. .

Zhao Man didn't go anywhere, and stayed with her every day, walking hand and foot, and had to support her.

In fact, Yu Miaomiao is in good health, very skinny, she also exercised during her pregnancy, so she doesn't need him to take care of her personally.

Zhao Man never leaves for a moment, warming the bed at night and warming hands during the day, before, Yu Miaomiao was sweet in his heart, but now, as the days get closer, he has to follow even Miaomiao when she goes to the toilet, which makes Miaomiao very annoyed.

If this goes on like this, after giving birth, she will not even want to maintain the slightest sense of beauty.

She also blamed herself for talking too much to him about hearing that someone gave birth to a child in the latrine.

This is the news that Yu Miaomiao has seen before, and I don't know if it is true or not.That is to say casually, Zhao Man really went to ask Dr. Qiu, and Dr. Qiu said that it is indeed easy for women to give birth, and this is also possible.

Now Zhao Man looked at the latrine as if he was facing an enemy, afraid that his son would be born in the hut. Although the hut was clean and incense was lit, he still didn't want to.

It made Yu Miaomiao very embarrassing.

This time, there was another tug-of-war. This kind of situation would happen many times a day. The closer the delivery date was, the more frequently Yu Miaomiao had to go to the toilet.

"I lied to you before. It's not so easy to have a baby. Grandpa said that it took almost a day and a night for my mother to give birth to me."

Hearing this, Zhao Man was so frightened to death that he didn't want to go anywhere anymore, wishing he could get into her stomach to see what was going on, as long as she made a slight noise, he would be startled.

Now Wen and Sun are back to help with cooking and housework.Zhao Man kept staring at Yu Miaomiao.

After chattering a few times, Yu Miaomiao got bored. Today she will follow Zhao Man, and she will follow him no matter what he does.

So, this time it's reversed.

Zhao Man is a big man who has nothing to be ashamed of. He feels that it doesn't matter. Their child is about to be born. What hasn't been shown to her?

If she wanted to see it, he let her see it loudly, but she really leaned on him, staring at him without blinking, and he was tragically unable to urinate.

Zhao Man was in a very unhappy mood, and he couldn't blame others for this kind of thing.

So, she turned her head and looked at Yu Miaomiao.Yu Miaomiao was amused, looked at him pretending not to know, and stabbed him with what he said earlier, "Qilang, do you want to whistle for you? But I can't hold you."

Zhao Man groaned and squinted at her.

Yu Miaomiao blinked, "Then I'll cover my ears and close my eyes."

Zhao Man bit her mouth.

Yu Miaomiao didn't want to push him any further, so she quickly pushed him, "Then you are not allowed to follow me from now on."

When he gets old in the future, he won't dislike her either. At that time, she shouldn't mind anything, but now she still doesn't want to.

Zhao Man vaguely agreed, and when she turned around and went out, he felt at ease again, wishing he could pull her in again to show off his majesty.

Yu Miaomiao won't go in again, and walks around the yard with a hot face. It's rare that the weather is very good today, and the heat on his face finally faded.

I secretly thought: To deal with shameless people, I have to be shameless first.

After walking a few steps, someone at the door said that someone at the door wanted to buy this hybrid rice as a grain seed.

Yu Miaomiao directly refused, and confessed: "I persuaded you to go back with a good voice. When the rice is harvested next summer, then it will be sold as grain seeds. I will not sell it this time."

She planted all the hybrid grain seeds that she harvested in summer and autumn. This is the second generation of the hybrid seeds. She has no plans to sell them or keep them as grain seeds.

In rice hybridization, the male sterile line is always used as the female parent. Due to the interaction between nucleoplasmic genes, the hybrids are fertile, but after self-crossing, sterile plants may be isolated from homozygous sterility traits. This part If the rice plants are sterile, they will not be able to produce seeds, and of course the yield will be affected.

In short, the second generation of hybrid seeds can no longer be used as grain seeds, and the yield will be very low.

It's not that she is reluctant, selling it to others is harmful, but others will not believe this truth, so I can only say that I keep it for my own use.

Since she wants to store a large amount of grain, she has no intention of relying solely on her own fields. She can only use the advantages of the farmland to increase production. The people have surplus grain, and it is also convenient to sell more grain. The supply of grain and grass in the Song Dynasty is also more sufficient. .

What Zhao Man wants to do, she will not hinder him, he will walk in front, and she will follow behind.He wanted to see that the soldiers of Song Dynasty were strong and horses were strong, and Yu Miaomiao would not hide his secrets, otherwise she would not bother to teach people how to farm.

Many of the farming theories and experiments she knew were recorded one after another, and she planned to spread them after printing, but she deliberately did not mention the various farming theories and experiments that were planted in the cold northern regions.

She has never been a selfless person. Although the north was also the Great China in her previous life, her position is different now after all.

As soon as he was sent away, Zhao Man came out, ran to the well to wash his hands, and then came to help Li Miaomiao circle around.

Not long after, the concierge came back again, "Ma'am, the man at the door said that he paid a high price, and he had high-quality ginseng, antler and fur. He knew that these hybrid rices were made by Mr. Li, and said that we are not willing to sell them. Why don't we sell them?" Send someone to ask Fourth Master Li, maybe he is willing to sell it."

Yu Miaomiao was confused by what she heard, and went in without knowing.

Zhao Man's eyes suddenly sank, "Bring him in."

When the concierge went out, Zhao Man patted Yu Miaomiao's hand lightly, "I'll help you for a walk later, go into the house and wait for me, and you are not allowed to walk in the yard."

Seeing his serious expression, Yu Miaomiao didn't want to distract him, so she complied.

Zhao Man helped her into the house, and then went to the main hall.

In the hall, Tang Kuo had already been welcomed in, and he looked at the furnishings in the house calmly. It was an ordinary farmyard with nothing special.

A prince's life is so miserable that he really doesn't know what to say. I heard that Zhao Man is good at martial arts and has the talent to lead the army, but once he is demoted to a commoner, he has no ability, so he came to farm.

They have many Jurchen warriors, but there are not many talents who lead the army to fight. It should not be a problem to imitate the Wanyan family and divide the territory between the north and the south of the Song Dynasty, and absorb the power of the Liao people. It is somewhat difficult to destroy and press the Southern Song Dynasty to death.

Tang Kuo thought in his heart, if he could be reused when he met Zhao Man, he could give him a chance to make full use of his strengths. Tang Kuo would have died of anger if he had treated Zhao Man so well.

Now Tang Kuo believes that his appearance in Zhao Man’s life is like a ray of dawn, illuminating Zhao Man’s entire life. In the past, Liu Bei’s crying bag could accommodate Zhuge Liang, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei. He absorbed the background of 2000 years, It will never be worse than Liu Bei.Tang Kuo had no worries about not being able to subdue Zhao Man.

Just as I was thinking about it, I heard a steady footstep.

Tang Kuo raised his eyes and said "Hey", he recognized Zhao Man. They only met each other at Yuzhou Wharf years ago, but the surprise on Tang Kuo's face quickly subsided.

He looked at Zhao Man with majesty, his whole body tensed up, trying to overwhelm Zhao Man in terms of momentum.

When Zhao Man saw that it was Tang Kuo, his thick eyebrows twitched slightly.

"You want to buy rice seeds?"

It was really hard to find anywhere, and it took no effort to find it. He sent people to look for Tang Kuo everywhere, but unexpectedly he came to the door by himself.

After a pause, Zhao Man pointed to the chair beside him, sat down first, and said indifferently, "We met once in Yuzhou before."

Tang Kuo smiled proudly, and sat down, "Since we met once, we are considered acquaintances. There should be room for improvement in this business, right?"

When Zhao Man heard the words, he only hooked the corners of his lips, but didn't comment.

Tang Kuo continued: "Let's make a price. If you give money, you can give ginseng, deer antler and other medicinal materials. I will charge as much as you have."

Zhao Man leaned on the back of the chair and said, "What if I don't sell it?"

Seeing Tang Kuo's expression froze, he continued, "If everyone can buy this kind of grain, and the price of grain falls, what benefit will I have?"

Tang Kuo showed a clear look, and smiled slightly, it is human nature to pursue profit.

"You can't guarantee that none of the grain seeds will be sold, nor can you guarantee that this technology will not be learned by others. It will be a matter of time before the technology of hybrid rice spreads. Besides, the grain I want is not for sale. It's just right for you to sell it to me, it's convenient for others and for yourself, why not do it?"

The last time Tang Kuo did business with Yang Yuan, he was not particularly on guard. Yang Yuan already knew his identity. Tang Kuo also saw that Zhao Man and Yang Yuan were familiar, so he didn't beat around the bush. Tang Kuo said meaningfully: "As the saying goes, It is well said, many friends have many paths, giving flowers to others, with lingering fragrance in their hands, and those who know how to share, the return will not be small. As much as you give to others, others will return to you. There is no guarantee that the king will not ask for it in the future It's my time."

Give Zhao Man an ideological education, Zhao Man has no fluctuations on his face.

Tang Kuo analyzed his interests, spoke soft words, and made a promise. Seeing that Zhao Man was still silent, he stared at Zhao Man with a slightly cold tone.

"This hybrid rice is the method revealed by Li Sijin. I am very close to him. If he can give you the method of hybrid rice, he can also give it to me. I don't want your grain seeds."

Only then did Zhao Man say with a somewhat "ugly" face: "That's true."

Although Zhao Man didn't know why Tang Kuo insisted that the hybrid rice was produced by Li Sijin, but he was willing to give Tang Kuo such a misunderstanding, and patiently asked Tang Kuo a few words about how to get acquainted with Li Sijin, A very concerned look.

Zhao Man is of course eager to exchange these crops that are destined to have low yields in exchange for what he wants. He wants to change weapons, which is definitely not possible. He also knows the role of Tang Kuo’s desire for these crops, but this time he is destined to be cheated. up.

Things that are too easy to get are not precious.

Zhao Man also wanted to see Tang Kuo's methods.

He pretended to ponder for a while, and then slowly said: "Copper coins are worthless now, and the price of rice and grain is not low."

Zhao Man was relieved, completely as Tang Kuo had expected, isn't that what business is all about.

He said straightforwardly: "I'll exchange the medicinal materials with you."

Zhao Man nodded: "Yes."

"You pay the price, but things cannot be adulterated."

"It's natural."

It didn't take long for the two to reach a verbal agreement.

Outside the house, Yu Miaomiao heard Tang Kuo's voice in the corridor, and knew that he was here to buy grain seeds, so she was naturally moved. Seeing that Zhao Man had a good attitude and let Tang Kuo talk, Yu Miaomiao knew Zhao Man Pretty plan.

This year, the weather is good and the harvest is good. They can buy grain even if they have money in their hands. It doesn’t matter if this batch of grain is sold as grain seeds. It can make a fortune, and it can also make a fool of Tang Kuo. Who made him uneducated , begging to come to the door with both soft and hard methods.

Therefore, the price and the materials to be exchanged were drawn up, as well as the follow-up delivery and receipt procedures, all of which were written down on paper, and let Wenshi take the opportunity of delivering tea to bring it to Zhao Man. up.

In fact, as Yu Miaomiao guessed, although Zhao Man wanted to get rid of Tang Kuo, since he learned about the rise of the Jurchen, he didn't think that killing a Tang Kuo would turn the world around.

Without Tang Kuo, there are such amazing weapons in the Jurchen tribe, there will always be someone else to do what Tang Kuo wants to do.He wasn't so impatient to kill Tang Kuo anymore.

Zhao Man's main purpose was to experience the power of Jurchen's explosives. Just from Xiao Jinzhao's words, it was really hard for him to imagine such a powerful weapon. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you find a good strategy for victory.

That's why he kindly asked him to stay.

Although Tang Kuo didn't think his attitude was very good, but think about it, anyone with some ability is a little arrogant, and he doesn't take it too seriously. It's a pleasure to recover such a person.

Zhao Man saw the few pieces of paper that Wen gave him, and he immediately understood. I have to say that Yu Miaomiao still knew Zhao Man's temperament very well. This guy was not the type to talk about business at all. Being lied to, Miaomiao could only worry about herself, and she didn't want to meet Tang Kuo, so she made such a bad move.

Zhao Man followed the gourd painting and agreed with Tang Kuo according to the content of the terms. Tang Kuo wanted to sell Zhao Man so that he could do things in the future, but the negotiation went smoothly.

……

It still takes a few days to harvest, and it needs to be dried in the sun for these few days and packed in boxes.

Tang Kuo stayed in Fangling City, but ran towards Zhao Man very diligently. If the transaction had not been completed and the goal had not been achieved, Zhao Man would have attacked him long ago.

I watched Tang Kuo dangle in front of me every day, and I heard him say that Song Dynasty was unfair to me, I heard him feel wronged for myself, and I heard him say that their Jurchen tribe is eclectic and talented, Huaxia is a family, everyone should not divide you and me Regardless of the country, whether it is Liao, Xia, Song or Jurchen, if everyone in Dali is the Great China, Zhao Man hated him so much that he wanted to shoot him to death in a few minutes, but he didn't show it on his face.

Zhao Man complained to Yu Miaomiao several times, did Tang Kuo really come from Miaomiao's place?
Yu Miaomiao can understand Tang Kuo naturally, but the times are different, a foreigner trying to occupy the territory of the Song Dynasty, and a Liao people occupying Youyun Sixteen Prefectures, how could Zhao Man regard him as a family?
Even Yunnan could not be regarded as the territory of the dynasty during the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the heyday of the Tang Dynasty, it only accepted the title of the Tang Dynasty and belonged to a small vassal state.

Talking about these things to Zhao Man is like talking to chickens and ducks, and he wants to take these territories as his own.

Tang Kuo distracted a lot of Zhao Man's attention, and Yu Miaomiao could breathe a sigh of relief.There were still more than ten days before the delivery, and she began to prepare things step by step, lest Zhao Man would make trouble on the side.

On the third day of the first winter month, the two parties finally delivered the goods. Seeing the horse-drawn carts pulling away the rice carts and the medicinal materials into the warehouse, Zhao Man finally looked a little better.

On the second day, the grain had already left the city smoothly. Tang Kuo had his own channel to transport the grain. Zhao Man sent people to follow up secretly, and then Tang Kuo left Fangling City in light clothes.

Zhao Man wanted to personally lead someone to kill him. He believed that Tang Kuo could not have gone deep into the hinterland of the Song Dynasty without preparation.His greatest reliance was explosives, and he must have carried them with him.

The ambush location chosen by Zhao Man was in Xiangzhou. Tang Kuo wanted to go back, and he had to pass through Xiangzhou if he went north.Moreover, Xiangzhou is densely populated, it can be regarded as a big city in the middle of the country, and it is not far from Bianjing. If there is a big commotion in Xiangzhou and the power of Jurchen gunpowder, Song Dynasty will naturally be prepared.

Not in the territory of Fangling, so as not to implicate himself innocently.

But Miaomiao was about to give birth, and Mr. Lan hadn't come back yet, so Zhao Man was worried about leaving.

On the other hand, after missing this opportunity, I don’t know when Tang Kuo will be caught. Zhao Man also has to admit that for Song Dynasty, it is better for the Jurchens to change their leader than Tang Kuo’s continuing to make trouble outside. At least Tang Kuo The bottom line is much stronger than those Jurchens who have lived in the Northeast for a long time, and they are ambitious. Once such a person grows up, he will become a trouble in the future.

Zhao Man struggled all night, seeing him hesitant to speak, Yu Miaomiao already had an idea in his mind, and he just wanted to reassure him.

She never thought that Zhao Man's footsteps would be trapped, and she knew she couldn't. He hesitated because she also had a place besides Da Song, didn't she?She once said that if he gave her all the love he had, she would be able to follow him with all her heart.

What's more, if you can really figure out the weight in Tang Kuo's hand, giving Da Song a warning will also solve the subsequent crisis. As for this fellow countryman, Yu Miaomiao has no feelings. His explosives and opium make Yu Miaomiao only fearful, let her choose, She naturally chose Zhao Man's side without hesitation.

"You go, my mother-in-law has also moved in, and I am in good health, and everything is ready. My cousin also said that there are still ten days, and I can make it back when I go to Xiangzhou and back."

Zhao Man put his ear on her belly, and said in a low voice, "Wait for me to come back."

Yu Miaomiao was afraid that he would underestimate the enemy. Although she had never seen Tang Kuo's explosives, she had seen them on TV before. To put it seriously, she told him to be careful and stay away from the explosives.

Yu Miaomiao also knows that the main ingredients of black powder are saltpeter, sulfur and charcoal, but the ingredients of fireworks are also the same. Firecrackers are similar. Materials and manufacturing techniques have played a huge role.

Yu Miaomiao didn't know how much Tang Kuo knew.If you can get some back from Tang Kuo, I believe Bi Kuo can do the same.

Before dawn, Zhao Man left, and Tang Kuo disappeared without a trace.

He kissed Yu Miaomiao's forehead and left without a sound.

As soon as he left, Yu Miaomiao opened his eyes, stared at the dark door, put his hands on his stomach, and couldn't sleep anymore, persuading himself was easy, but it was hard to do.

This is just the beginning, she should get used to the days of fighting and separation, not going to war now, in the future...

She swallowed the sigh into her stomach.

Xiangzhou Prefecture.

Zhao Man found Tang Kuo on the fourth day.

Although Tang Kuo was skilled and ruthless enough, he suffered a disadvantage in terms of numbers. Sure enough, just as Zhao Man expected, he was cornered and injured, so he used his nirvana.

With Yu Miaomiao's warning in front, Zhao Man didn't dare to be careless, and told the people below to be careful, even so, he was still shocked by the continuous loud noise and power.

(End of this chapter)