Food is the most important thing for the people. Three meals a day was a very luxurious thing for the ancients. Even in the wealthy Tang Dynasty, people only had two meals a day. The three-meal system really became popular in the Song Dynasty.
In an era when food is scarce, being able to eat one more meal is a sign of superior socioeconomic status.
The concept of lunch only existed in England in 1786. The history of eating three meals a day in the Sakura Country is only a hundred years, but the Song Dynasty led the Chinese people to eat three meals a thousand years. The reason is that the emperors of the Song Dynasty paid special attention to it.
Agricultural development, the yield per mu in the Song Dynasty was almost twice that of the Tang Dynasty. On the other hand, this was attributed to the fuel reform in the Song Dynasty.
Before the Song Dynasty, people had always relied on renewable plant fuels for both life and production. By the Song Dynasty, coal gradually replaced plant fuels and played an important role in industrial production and people's daily lives.
The large-scale mining of coal is one of the objective conditions for the birth of the steam engine. With the mass production of the Fuxing-1 steam engine, the demand for coal is getting stronger and stronger. Although coal can still be purchased from the market, as the steam engine in the future
For large-scale application, the search for overseas coal mines must be put on the agenda.
The overseas terrain of the Southern Song Dynasty world is not the same as that of the main world. In order to find coal mines for mining, Li Jie specially sent ten fleets to explore various places. The development of steam engines is definitely inseparable from coal, and with the output of steam engines
As it gets bigger and bigger, the amount of coal purchased must also be bigger and bigger.
If it all depends on the supply from the mines in the Song Dynasty, such a large-scale purchase will definitely attract the attention of other forces, which is inconsistent with Li Jie's original intention of low-key development.
A year passed by, and almost all the factories on Fuxing Island were built. After a year of development, most of the residents on Fuxing Island accepted the existence of steam engines. Because of the large-scale use of steam engines, Li Jie's
The power ushered in a massive expansion.
Due to frequent frictions between the Mongols and the Song Dynasty, more and more victims were displaced due to the war, and there were so many victims that Li Jie simply could not treat them. Thanks to the official's passive response, Li Jie's behavior of secretly gathering the victims has not caused any problems for the time being.
official attention.
The number of residents on Fuxing Island has now exceeded 40,000. The salt factory, glass factory, sugar factory, and shipyard have absorbed a large number of surplus labor. After simple training, in accordance with the principle of bringing in the old with the new, the victims who were absorbed
Quickly entering various jobs, as the number of refugees increased, the power of the Fuxing Society expanded rapidly.
In terms of merchants, in addition to Marco Polo and others, Sanli captured several groups of merchants one after another, and Li Daitao's "overseas trade" was in full swing.
At the same time, the poppy botanical garden that Liu Xiaoyu was responsible for was proceeding smoothly as planned. The planting base selected by Li Jie was about 300 nautical miles away from Fuxing Island. It was originally a desert island. Because some people led by Liu Xiaoyu settled in, the island gradually
It started to gain popularity.
However, this island is deviated from the main channel, and there are very few ships coming and going. Except for Liu Xiaoyu, who can occasionally leave the planting base, no one else is allowed to leave the island.
Just when everything was on track, a piece of good news reached Li Jie's ears.
"My boss, the Mongolian Khan Ogedai is dead!!!"
Liu Xiaohu reported the news to Li Jie with a very excited expression.
‘Is Ogedai dead?’
'Okay! Okay! I finally got this opportunity!'
'Marco Polo and his son can come in handy!'
According to the original historical trajectory, the official production of opium was in the Ming Dynasty. However, at that time, the production technology was not in place, and there were no people with ulterior motives to operate it. The scale of opium production was not large. The real large-scale production of opium
The invasion of China was still during the Manchu Qing Dynasty.
The reason why opium first flowed into China was that the English wanted to use opium to make money for the Qing Dynasty. Therefore, the price of opium at that time was very high. It was definitely a luxury product. The only people who could smoke opium were the nobles.
However, Li Jie's main purpose of selling opium cream was not to make money. As long as he could make it popular among the upper class of Mongolia and corrode their will, whether he made money or not was secondary.
The opium poppy cultivation base established by Li Jie is already quite large. Although the production scale is not large, it is still enough to corrupt Mongolia's high-level officials.
"Okay! Prepare the boat immediately, I'm going to Fuxing Island!"
The sudden death of Ogedei would surely set off a frenzy of seizing power among the Mongols. Compared with attacking the Song Dynasty, the ambitious lords valued the throne of Khan more, and their internal struggle for power could not stop within a few years.
If nothing goes wrong, Meng Ge, the eldest son of Temujin's fourth son Tolei, will eventually win the throne of the next Mongolian Khan. The reason for this is mainly because Ogedai died too suddenly.
, it’s funny to say, Wo Kuotai died too cowardly, he died of excessive drunkenness.
Meng Ge succeeded to the throne of Khan, which resulted in the transfer of the succession of the Khanate from the Ogodei family to the Tolei family. The royal family was divided since then, which also paved the way for the complete division of the Great Mongolia.
The Mongols have always believed in respecting the strong. Ogedai's sudden death will inevitably cause turmoil within the Mongols. What Li Jie wants to do is to fish in troubled waters. According to Marco Polo's father, they have close ties with Kublai Khan, and Kublai Khan
Lie was the brother of the future Mongke Khan.
With this relationship, Li Jie's erosion plan is not without possibility of success, but there is no airtight wall in the world. Sooner or later, the Mongolians will discover the disadvantages of opium, but once they are exposed to it, will they smoke opium?
They can't help it.
As for how to operate it specifically, Li Jie has already made a plan. The Mongols are not monolithic. Marco Polo and his son can use the name of Kublai Khan to sell all kinds of rare treasures in a grand manner, and opium cream is only one of them.
Just a gift.
Five days later, Li Jie arrived at the opium poppy planting base. All the residents on this desert island were engaged in opium poppy cultivation. All living supplies were transferred from the outer islands. These people were all the most determined ascetics.
, they had been told before coming that they would basically not be able to leave the island in their lifetime.
With Liu Xiaoyu's support, this group of people readily accepted this task with almost no complaints. From this point of view, it can be proved that Li Jie's training (nao) was very successful.
When Li Jie came to this desert island, this group of people was overjoyed. After joining the Fuxing Society, they swore an oath to fight for the unity of the world throughout their lives, even if they went through fire and water!
Li Jie did not hide it from them. He told this group of ascetics in detail about his future plans. This group of people had no intention of refusing, and since they learned that aphrodisiac was planted to deal with Mongolia,
People are more and more enthusiastic about doing this work.
The five-year plan formulated by Li Jie seems to be going smoothly, but outside of this plan, there is a strategy that is not developing very smoothly.
In the end, Li Mochou failed to survive Su Shan's torture and truthfully explained all the problems of the Ancient Tomb Sect, including the location of the Ancient Tomb Sect. However, due to the rules set by Lin Chaoying, the founder of the Ancient Tomb Sect, it was impossible to conquer Little Dragon Girl.
The progress is very unsatisfactory.
It can be said that there is almost no progress. Xiao Longnu's performance is even more indifferent than in the original work. No matter what methods Li Jie uses, he can't get close to her. If it weren't for the mission, Li Jie would have lost it long ago.
Got patience.
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Half a year later, Marco Polo and his son did not disappoint Li Jie. The opium paste was presented to the Mongolian high-level officials in the name of a foreign specialty.
I scoff at it, but most people are still happy with it.
As a result, Marco Polo and his son became the guests of the Mongols. The Mongolians, who were used to living a hard life, had never enjoyed this kind of ecstasy. Soon, most of the nobles fell, and the only thing that did not fall was a part of their will.
Among the determined people, Meng Ge, Kublai Khan, Boyan, Tuo Huan and others are the main ones.
Not only were they not deceived, they also collected information about the harmful effects of opium cream through various channels, and publicized the harmful effects of this substance within the Mongolian forces. However, their voices were not enough to eliminate the desire of the upper nobles for opium cream.
A sip of it in their eyes would be better than a living god.
What an expansion of territory!
What occupation of the Central Plains!
What destroyed the Song Dynasty!
In the dreamland of drunkenness and death, they had already fulfilled Genghis Khan's legacy. The group of people who smoked opium paste could no longer distinguish between fantasy and reality. Because of the popularity of opium paste, the upper-class Mongolian nobles also reduced their intention to invade the Southern Song Dynasty.
This deeply worried Meng Ge. He believed that opium cream would destroy the Mongols sooner or later. Although he was not convinced that Guyuk would serve as the Mongolian Khan, Guyuk's succession to the throne was discussed at the Khuritai Conference. Only
He alone cannot be shaken.
"His Holiness, how is the investigation on the origin of opium cream going?"
King Jinlun is the Mongolian national master, but he has secretly taken refuge with Meng Ge. In his opinion, Guyu is a typical example of a tiger father and a dog son. With Guyu's ability, it is impossible to suppress many forces within Mongolia. In the near future,
, there will inevitably be a civil strife within Mongolia due to the competition for the throne, and Meng Ge is the one with the best chance of standing out.
The threat posed by opium cream to Mongolia was imminent. Jin Lun Dharma King had not thought of killing Marco Polo and his son directly, but this method was not advisable. He had done experiments and found that opium cream was highly addictive. Once the source was cut off,
Those who are addicted to drugs will definitely go crazy and the harm will be even greater.
"There are no clues yet. Marco Polo and his son are deeply loved by the Great Khan. They are always accompanied by masters when they come and go. It may be difficult to capture them without leaving any trace."
"However, according to my subordinates' speculation, Ji Le San is most likely a conspiracy of the Song people, but this is exactly what I don't understand the most. The monarchs and ministers of the Song Dynasty have always been loyal believers in Confucianism. This dishonorable method is not
It’s so much like their handiwork.”
Brother Meng snorted coldly: "The rabbit bites people when it is in a hurry! It is not impossible for the Song people to use such methods."
"Bo Yan!"
"My subordinate is here!"
"I order you to fully cooperate with the Dharma King to find out the source of the opium paste. If necessary, you can directly kill Marco Polo and his son!"
"yes!"
Boyan is the second disciple of Xiao Qianjue, the old monster in Blackwater. Although he is not liked by Xiao Qianjue because of his passion for fame, he still respects his teacher very much. As an unparalleled master of Tantric Buddhism, King Jinlun has made his own dragon elephant.
After practicing Prajna Kung Fu to the tenth level, Boyan was not only ignored, but even Xiao Qianjue was not worth mentioning in the eyes of Jinlun Dharma King.
How can Boyan accept this?
But it was a difficult task. Although he didn't like this great monk, since the leader gave the order, he had to obey it.
After leaving the military tent, Boyan asked: "Master, I wonder how you plan to find out the source?"
Jinlun Dharma King glanced sideways at him and said calmly: "You don't need to worry about it, the poor monk has his own plans!"
"You!" Jin Lun Dharma King's tone made Boyan feel that his self-esteem was seriously hurt, and he couldn't help but glare at him, "Master, you are too trusting. Please note that you, the national master, are in name only!"
King Jinlun smiled slightly: "Even if the poor monk does not live up to his name, he is still a national teacher. Haha, don't you know what the reputation of your master is? You should worry more about this matter!"
Boyan glanced at Jinlun Dharma King with hatred. If the opponent's martial arts were not too high, he would definitely not be able to help but beat him up. No matter how bad his reputation was in Mongolia, Xiao Qianjue was still his master. How could he tolerate others?
Wanton insult.
"Hmph! Dharma King, take care of yourself!"
After saying that, Boyan turned around and left. Jinlun Dharma King looked at Boyan's retreating figure with a faint smile on his lips. He was well aware of how powerful Xiao Qianjue's martial arts was. He has never seen that palm from the last time.
The memory is still fresh, Xiao Qianjue is now notorious within Mongolia, and his secret efforts are indispensable for it.
Xiao Qianjue was stubborn and had a perverse temperament all his life. He had three apprentices before: Xiao Leng, Boyan, and Xiao Yuling. Among the three apprentices, the one he disliked the most was Boyan, who was passionate about fame.
He was the most defensive in his life, especially fond of Xiao Leng and Xiao Yuling, and hoped that they would get married. Unfortunately, Xiao Yuling had an affair with Liang Xiao's father, Liang Wenjing, and gave birth to Liang Xiao.
Liang Wenjing ruined the marriage between Xiao Leng and Xiao Yuling, so Xiao Qianjue hated Liang Wenjing very much, and finally designed to kill Liang Wenjing and take Xiao Yuling away. From then on, Liang Xiao was lonely and helpless, and his life goal was to kill Xiao Qianjue.
It's not that Xiao Qian didn't know that King Jinlun was behind the scenes, but he was aloof and arrogant. He didn't need to explain his actions to others in his life. Moreover, he didn't want to get involved in political struggles when he was old. He just wanted to concentrate on studying martial arts, hoping to be able to
Going to the next level to break through the natural chasm and reach the realm of a great master. It just so happens that he takes this opportunity to escape from the whirlpool of power. It is not so much that Jinlun Dharma King is superior, but that he does not want to care about him.