"Iron hammer, go find the best stonemason from Sichuan and Sichuan. I want to erect a monument here to commemorate the brothers who traveled thousands of miles to find good seeds for the people!"
Jin Feng turned around and said.
"yes!"
Tie Zhui bowed and agreed, while carefully taking the tooth tag and package from Jin Feng's hand.
"I announce that the first platoon and second platoon of the second battalion of the second regiment will be merged into one platoon and renamed the Heroic Expedition Platoon to commemorate their efforts and sacrifices this time!"
Jin Feng said again.
"Yes!" Xiaoyu quickly wrote down Jin Feng's instructions: "I will arrange to change their flags when we get back."
When the escort of the expedition team heard this, he looked at Jin Feng more firmly.
"Thank you sir!" Wang Laosan, as the platoon leader, expressed his gratitude to Jin Feng.
"Thank you for what? You deserve this!"
Jin Feng waved his hand: "Brothers, you have worked hard after returning from a long distance. Let everyone rest. I will arrange an airship to take you back later!"
"yes!"
Wang Laosan saluted and turned around to arrange for the bodyguards to rest on the spot.
Jin Feng then had time, walked to the side and looked at the open space, imagining the style and inscription of the monument.
"Mr. Jin, did these warriors encounter bandits? Why are they in such a mess?"
A common man was lying on the fence and shouted: "Is the bag filled with gold and silver?"
Before Jin Feng could answer, another commoner said: "Your head was squeezed by the door? Let alone a bag of gold, can you even carry a bag of stones?"
"Even if you don't think about it, is Mr. Jin the kind of layman who likes yellow and white things? It must be that these strong men won the battle, and Mr. Jin and His Majesty came to greet them!"
…
The people watching began to guess the identities of Wang Laosan and others.
"Old Crow, tell them to keep their voices down!"
Tie Chui was arranging bodyguards to stop the people, but was stopped by Jin Feng.
Jin Feng took out an iron trumpet from his horse's trousers and stood on a cart nearby.
There was no need to shout or beat the gong. When Jin Feng raised his trumpet, the surroundings immediately became audible.
"Are you curious who they are? Why did Your Majesty and I come to the dock to greet them? What did they bring back?"
Jin Feng shouted loudly: "Now let me tell you who they are! What did they bring back?"
"They are soldiers from the first and second platoons of the second battalion of the second regiment of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau. After defeating the invading Tibetan enemies at Damangpo a year ago, I gave them a special mission!"
"I once met an expert who told me that thousands of miles south from Dakang, there is a country called Jiaozhi. There is a kind of rice called Champa rice, which can be harvested in fifty days.
Mature and very productive.
Thousands of miles south from Jiaozhi, there is a country called Tianzhu, where there is something called cotton. When mature, cloud-like cotton wadding can be picked. Clothes made from cotton are light and warm!
If rice and cotton in Champa can be popularized, our people in Dakang may no longer have to go hungry or suffer from cold! 81Zw.????m
Now everyone should be able to guess what task I gave them, right?
Yes, the task I gave them is to go to Cochin India to look for Champa rice and cotton seeds!"
Having said this, Jin Feng paused for a moment, turned around and pointed at the expedition team escorts, and continued: "The mountains in the south are high and the forests are dense, and there are snakes, insects and beasts everywhere. They climbed over mountains and ridges along the way, and after going through hardships, they finally captured the rice and rice fields in Champa.
The cotton seeds were brought back!
A total of seventy-two of them went, and now only thirty-two have come back!”
At this point, Jin Feng's voice suddenly rose, almost shouting at the top of his lungs: "Do you think the fine seeds they brought back from thousands of miles away are worth more than gold?"
"yes!"
The people around him shouted in response.
"Do you think they are heroes?"
"yes!"
"Then please remember these heroes!"
Jin Feng shouted loudly and jumped off the cart.
The next second, the area around the pier suddenly became lively.
"No wonder Sir and Your Majesty came to the dock to greet us personally. It turns out that the heroes are back!"
"I saw the second donkey in our village. He went to Xichuan last year and never came back. I thought he had died, but I didn't expect that he went south to find good seeds for us!"
"I also saw Lao Hei from our village. According to his seniority, he still calls me Third Uncle!"
"Oh, I didn't realize it, Lao Liangzi, you are still a relative of the hero!"
"Did sir just say that they brought back high-yielding seeds that mature in fifty days?"
"Yes, there is also a seed called cotton!"
"That's great, when can we plant it?"
"I guess it won't be until the year after next at the earliest."
…
The common people were lying outside the fence, pointing at the expedition escorts in the open space.
The escorts of the expedition team looked at Jin Feng, their eyes filled with gratitude.
No one likes to be unknown, especially after making huge sacrifices.
Listening to the people around them shouting for heroes, the escorts of the expedition felt that the hardships they suffered this time going to the south were worth it!
The Ninth Princess looked at Jin Feng's back, looking thoughtful.
The emperor's main job is to study the art of controlling his subordinates, and the Ninth Princess is also considered a master of it.
But since she can remember, the Dakang court has never been quiet, and few civil and military officials really listen to Chen Ji.
Arriving at Xihewan, Princess Ninth discovered that the vast majority of the people supported Jin Feng from the bottom of their hearts, and the bodyguards were even more loyal to Jin Feng.
Although there are traitors like Wei Laosan, their number is very small.
Previously, the Ninth Princess thought that the people and bodyguards were like this because Jin Feng had benefited them.
In fact, this is the main reason why people and bodyguards support Jin Feng.
Now, Princess Ninth discovered another reason.
That is, Jin Feng never eats alone.
After making money from running a factory, he would give a large part of it to the female workers, the bodyguards who escorted the goods, and the chamber of commerce guys who opened stores in various places.
If the battle is won, the spoils will be divided generously.
With credit, Jin Feng will not monopolize it.
For example, this time, Jin Feng could have asked the expedition team's escort to return to the village and hand over the seeds.
In this way, when rice and cotton become more popular in Champa in the future, everyone will remember Jin Feng's name.
But Jin Feng did not do this. Instead, he deliberately weakened his influence in this matter, repeatedly emphasized the hard work and sacrifice of the expedition team, and gave them the credit!
In this case, it’s strange that the escort of the expedition team is not grateful to Jin Feng!
The Ninth Princess can be sure that the thirty-two escorts in front of her will definitely be Jin Feng's die-hard followers in the future.
The key is that the Ninth Princess discovered that Jin Feng did not do this deliberately to win people's hearts, but did it from the bottom of his heart.
This made the Ninth Princess vaguely understand why the bodyguards were loyal to Jin Feng.