"Lord, you captured 800,000 Yellow Turbans and achieved a great victory. But how to solve the food problem of these Yellow Turbans?"

Chu Tianxiong rushed back to Xia City, and soon encountered a difficult problem. Xia Liang asked him for food with a smile.

"It's not that I want to conquer so many Yellow Turbans, but that they are willing to follow me. When Liu Bei passed through Xiangyang in the past, countless residents were willing to follow him and never stopped. Maybe this is the charm of his personality."

Chu Tian tried to change the subject.

"But Lord, where is the food? Where is the food for 800,000 people?"

Facing Xia Liang's pressing steps, Chu Tian almost leaned against the wall. Her breathing could be heard clearly, and her chest was rising and falling due to excitement.

Chu Tian put his hands on her soft shoulders and pushed her away gently: "There will always be a way. As long as we get through this year and 800,000 refugees cultivate farmland and grow food for us, we will no longer have to fight for food."

Problem worries.”

Chu Tian thought that the sudden influx of 800,000 refugees into Langya Kingdom would indeed be a huge test for the officials of Langya Kingdom.

He recruited 800,000 refugees outside and made great achievements in battle. This was a hardship for a group of officials in Langya Kingdom. They must properly arrange this group of refugees to prevent changes.

The first is the food problem for the 800,000 refugees. The Yellow Turban Army basically had no surplus food, and all the looted Yellow Turban Army relied on the granaries of various villages and towns in Langya Kingdom.

"Alas..." Xia Liang sighed, "Fortunately, I bought a batch of sweet potato seeds. If they are planted on a large scale in May and June, they can be harvested in October, and maybe we can survive the food crisis."

"sweet potato?!"

Chutian's eyes lit up, this is a good thing.

Ways to increase grain production include improving the rotational farming system, building water conservancy projects, and applying fertilizers. In addition, it is affected by soil and climate, as well as crop varieties.

With sweet potato seeds, the land of Langya country can undoubtedly support more people.

"How did you get it?"

Chu Tian looked at Xia Liang with fiery eyes. What he coveted was not Xia Liang, but the seeds of sweet potatoes.

"Players in the Americas sold it to players in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and then players in the Eastern Han Dynasty sold it to me. I used the teleportation array to go to Luoyang and bought sweet potato seeds from a lord in Jiaozhou. The lord in Jiaozhou also had some

Seeds of new crops such as corn, peanuts, Champa rice, tomatoes, etc.”

Xia Liang calmed down. She had actually thought of a countermeasure for a long time, and just now she just meant to tease the lord.

Corn, peanuts, potatoes, sweet potatoes, Champa rice...

Chutian was shocked when he heard the names of these crops.

With these crops, it would be easy to feed Donghan District twice as many people as twice as many people.

Some cold-resistant and drought-resistant crops do not have high requirements on climate and soil. New crops from the Americas can be grown in places that are not suitable for growing wheat. In addition, the yields of the new crops themselves are large...

The greatest impact that civilization in the Americas had on the modern world was probably these new crops. Their indigenous civilizations had little influence, and instead became colonies of the West.

"It's only been a year since the borders of civilization were opened. How come someone has gotten hold of these crops?"

Chu Tianxun thought that across the sea from America to the Eastern Han Dynasty, the area of ​​"Lord" had expanded to ten times. The sea was vast, and it would take an extremely long time to cross the sea.

"There are trade nodes in the world of Lords, and trade nodes have teleportation arrays. For example, the Strait of Malacca is a world trade node, and Edo Bay is a trade node... The teleportation array between trade nodes can be used in peacetime. Otherwise, it is just a global

The voyage will take ten years, and no one can endure such a long voyage."

"It turns out it's the teleportation array's contribution."

Chu Tian understood that if he used the teleportation array, he could indeed obtain American crops very quickly.

"Where is our world trade node in Donghan District?"

"Each civilized area generally has only one trade node. Because our territory in the Eastern Han Dynasty is so large, there are two trade nodes in total. One trade node is the Western Region Protectorate on the Overland Silk Road, and the other trade node

It is Nanhai County, Jiaozhou, on the Maritime Silk Road."

Chu Tian silently wrote down these two places, one was to the west of Donghan District and the other was to the south of Donghan District.

Chutian will not be able to contact these two places in a short time.

But in the later stages, the battle across civilized areas in the main world of "Lord" also relied on the teleportation array of trade nodes to gather troops, which can be said to be very important.

Just because Chutian can't control the world trade nodes now doesn't mean it won't be useful in the future...

"In this way, the Western Region Protectorate and Jiaozhou Nanhai County have gained a lot of benefits from the opening of civilized borders."

"Yeah. But in the future, once the various civilized areas are unified and go to war, they will be the first to bear the brunt. Because of their importance, world trade nodes will become a springboard for battles between civilizations. The national war at that time will be the real national war.

"

"What you say makes sense."

Chu Tian agreed with Xia Liang's analysis.

The reason why the world trade node is important is that it has a teleportation array across the civilized area in "Lords" and the second is its geographical superiority.

Any place that is qualified to become a world trade node is a necessary passage between civilizations.

For example, as long as the Strait of Malacca in Southeast Asia is occupied, merchant ships from various countries passing through will have to pay taxes. The ship tax alone is enviable every year.

"You should have bought corn and peanut seeds, right?"

Chu Tian believed that she would not let him down.

Sure enough, Xia Liang nodded: "All the major new crops in America, as long as they are suitable for planting in the Yi River area, I bought them from the Lord of Jiaozhou at a large price and obtained a batch of fine seeds. I spent 5,000 taels of silver for this. This is the account book.

"

"5,000 taels of silver...the lord of Jiaozhou's offer is too harsh."

"They used the teleportation array to obtain the seeds of these crops from the American trade nodes, and then obtained new seeds through their own cultivation. They also joined forces to form a chamber of commerce to monopolize the trade. The price is of course expensive. But after we get the seeds, we can cultivate them ourselves. I have already

At the beginning of the month, ask Li Kui to arrange for farmers to plant corn, spring sweet potatoes, and peanuts. Wheat and mulberries can be harvested at the end of June, and corn and day lilies can be harvested at the end of August... After the wheat is harvested in June, the refugees can be immediately arranged to plant summer sweet potatoes, summer peanuts, and eight-year-old peanuts.

Autumn potatoes can be planted in October, and wheat can be planted in October..."

A dense list of farming arrangements was listed, and Xia Liang explained each month's farming arrangements to Chu Tian one by one.

In addition to crops, we also need to build reservoirs, dig drainage ditches, drill wells, collect fertilizers, prevent locust plagues, and arrange rotational farming...

The types of crops in each county are slightly different and need to be adjusted. The differences between crops in plain areas and hilly areas are even greater.

In the past, Chu Tian thought farming was an easy task, but now just listening to his subordinates report on their monthly farming arrangements was already a headache.

However, Chutian still grasped the key point. Because of the introduction of potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, corn and other crops, there will be food harvests every one or two quarters. As long as it can last for one year and wheat will be harvested next year, the food problem can be completely solved.

.

"Li Kui should be responsible for these farm chores."

"But his knowledge of potatoes, corn and other crops is limited, so his subordinates assisted him in completing the farming arrangements for the first year without intending to exceed his authority."

"I mean you don't have to work too hard."

Chutian was naturally satisfied with Xia Liang's performance. Although Li Kui could bring agricultural bonuses to the territory, he had limitations after all. Li Kui would not think of going to Luoyang to buy seeds of new American crops because he didn't know anything about America.

new crops.

At least for now, Xia Liang has the foresight to spend 5,000 taels of silver to go to Luoyang to buy a batch of American crop seeds to help Langya country survive this food crisis.

Chu Tian thought that five thousand taels of silver was worth the money.

With new crops, more people can be fed, giving the entire Eastern Han Dynasty a more terrifying war potential.

Chu Tian believed that the lords of European, Egyptian, West Asian and other civilizations should have also managed to obtain the seeds of these new crops. They might have obtained the new crops earlier than those in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

"You come with me to inspect the harvest conditions in the fields."

Chu Tian took Xia Liang, who usually worked as a clerk, to inspect the farmland in Xiacheng.

Chutian crusaded against the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in the third month of the Lord's Calendar. It was already April when he formally invaded the Beihai Kingdom. He also faced off with Dorgon in the Beihai Kingdom until May. It was already June when he returned to the army. It was just in time for the grain to be harvested. At the same time,

The war stopped and people's morale improved.

A large number of Yellow Turban refugees were resettled in nearby villages and towns. In order to resettle the refugees, Chutian also established thirty villages composed of refugees, with each village housing 5,000 refugees and reclaiming wasteland.

The current population controlled by Langya Kingdom is between 3 and 4 million.

The reason why there is no accurate data is because it is too late to compile statistics.

Because Chutian implements policies that are beneficial to players, the proportion of player accounts in Langya Kingdom is not low.

These players regard Xia City, Langya City, Xueyue City, and Jucheng as the cities where they live. The strength of Chutian's forces makes them feel safe.

So far, except for a few battles that broke out when Chu Tian unified the Langya Kingdom, there has been generally no war in the Langya Kingdom. Especially after Chu Tian officially became the prime minister of the Langya Kingdom, he basically brought the war to the territories of other lords.

Compared to Beihai Kingdom, which has ten rooms and six empty rooms next door, Langya Kingdom is not an exaggeration if it is called a paradise.

"Do you remember the time of the first epic battle?"

"Of course I remember that the first epic battle took place in December of the first year of the Lord's calendar. The first national war took place from August to October of the second year of the Lord's calendar."

"It's June now, but the second epic battle has never been announced."

Epic battles and national wars are conducted alternately.

The three-year event in the Lord Calendar is supposed to be an epic battle in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but at this time there is no notice.

"Could it be a crusade against Dong Zhuo?"

"Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty has not yet passed away, so Dong Zhuo does not dare to enter the capital. But I heard that many players in Guanzhong, Xiliang and even Hanoi support Dong Zhuo. Dong Zhuo's power is even stronger. They are playing with fire..."
To be continued...