Many years later, Mayor Xiang Guoqi was sitting in his office in Shuri Castle, still thinking of that distant afternoon when his father took him to see the Song Dynasty's canonization ship.
This place is not far from Yuntian Port. I don’t know when several new wooden trestles were built in the distant port, stretching straight out to the Haji Inland Sea. The clear weather even made it possible for the ships parked next to the trestles to be
It was clear - two huge ships flying blue and white star flags, larger than the Tangshan canonization ship, were moored among them. Under the giant ships, several black smoke-emitting small boats moved without wind and came between the big ships and the pier.
Go freely, loading and unloading all kinds of goods.
On the pier, several tall towers that are comparable to the Hyakuura Soe Goden in Shuri Castle were erected here at some time. The tops of the towers are so slant that they extend their long arms into the air to pierce the sky, and they are constantly changing slowly.
direction, using hanging iron hooks to lift the cargo unloaded from the ship.
Under the high tower, dozens of Ryukyu people wearing rattan hats, under the command of several "Song people" and Ryukyu scholars, were shouting chants in unison and laying strips of hair on the gravel road.
Black wood and two parallel black iron bars.
Xiang Guoqi couldn't help but be stunned in this bizarre environment, and he walked to the group of Ryukyu scholars without any restraint. He suddenly felt that the young scholar at the head looked very familiar: "Could it be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of Hachi-den?"
Wu Xiangxian, who was sweating profusely, hurriedly held up his cane helmet, bowed his hands and said, "I'll make the Crown Prince laugh."
"Don't you dare, don't you dare," Xiang Guoqi quickly returned the gift and asked, "What is the business of the Prince's Palace here?"
Wu Xiangxian said with a smile: "I was recently reading the "Little Knowledge of Physics" given by the envoy of the Song Dynasty, and saw that there was something like a 'railway' in it, but I didn't understand it very well, so I came here to observe and experience it. I saw that many people with no surnames did not understand the dialect of the Song Dynasty, so I
Let's start doing general work here. When I was studying in the downstream, I read many books of the Tang Dynasty and saw that Xun Qing, a great scholar in the pre-Qin Dynasty, said: "If you know something but don't do it, you will be trapped even if you are diligent." It is definitely not the right way to insist on his "evil nature theory"
, but this statement is extremely true.”
"I see." Although Xiang Guoqi has been obsessed with learning Japanese recently, ancient Chinese books are a basic skill for Ryukyu scholars, so he can still understand these sentences.
"Huainanzi says, 'The sage uses his body to do it.' Listen to the sage's words and then act on them. It would be foolish to go to the Song Dynasty in Australia, but if you are lucky enough to go to Lingao to see it, it would be great."
Naturally, Xiang Guoqi didn't know where the "Australia" and "Lingao" were, so he laughed a few times in agreement and said: "Your Majesty has great ambitions, I admire you very much."
The two exchanged greetings for a few words, then heard the sound of horse hooves behind them. Xiang Guoqi and Wu Xiangxian turned their heads and saw Xiang Heling and his cousin Xiang Guoyong coming on horseback. Xiang Heling turned over and dismounted a few steps away.
, walked over with an angry look on his face.
Xiang Heling glared at his son and said quietly, "What are you doing here without paying homage to the envoy first?"
Xiang Guoqi lowered his head and did not dare to say a word, but Wu Xiangxian came to the rescue and said: "Guo Tou, please don't blame the prince. I am arguing with the prince about the principles of railway tracks!"
Xiang Heling also made a smile and bowed: "That's the case, it doesn't matter. I just wonder if the prince in the Yudi Palace knows where the envoy of the Song Dynasty is?"
"Master Zhao is currently in the fields of Nakijin according to the Sika Nazhi, and he is discussing farming matters with several agricultural technicians from the Song Dynasty and Nakijin according to the Sika Nazhi and Yijian relatives."
"Thank you very much for your kind words, Prince of the Yudi Palace." Xiang Heling turned to his two sons and said, "Why are you still standing there? You haven't mounted your horse yet." Then the three of them left.
"It would be great if I could really go to Lingao..." Wu Xiangxian sighed, held on to his rattan helmet, and continued to act as a translator and direct the Ryukyu civilians to lay the railway tracks.
The midday sun shines on the earth. In a sweet potato field in Nakijin Village, Zhao Yanhao, the "Messenger of the Song Dynasty", is holding a straw hat produced by Lingao while listening to the newly appointed "Captain of the Farm Reclamation Ryukyu Team" talking incessantly about hemp. Balanced explanation of the mechanism of growing sweet potatoes.
Wan Lihui was originally very interested in this position - at least Ryukyu is very close to Japan, and there are many Japanese in Ryukyu, which is at least closer to his "grand ambition" of shooting Japanese targets with a gun - but it turned out that this was not the case. This time, they actually traded with the Japanese. After hearing the news, Wan Lihui walked around outside the cabinet building for a long time with a gloomy expression. Finally, he decided to give up this foreign post, the title of deputy envoy, and the opportunity to be famous in Ryukyu - Xiang Compared to not being able to pick up Ryukyu beauties without being sent out, it was even more painful for Wan Rihui to see the moving target produced by Satsuma Domain in Ryukyu but not being able to shoot.
Most of the other agricultural veterans were unwilling to leave the feng shui treasure land of Nanhai Farm and go to Ryukyu to open up wasteland. Wu De thought about it and suddenly thought of a tall naturalized cadre who used to be beaten by him.
Although Lin Xing became the president of Bairentan Commune and had his own wife and children, after thinking about it, Wang Tian, who was captured with him, became the deputy director of Nanhai Farm, and the Fu of the labor camp Youdi is a "household name" among the naturalized people and indigenous people, and the "comrades" who were captured at the same time are all cadres, big or small, as long as they are not dead or disabled. The worst ones are all working somewhere. President or "farm director". Although Lin Xing and his commune have been listed as "agricultural pacesetters" in the "Lingao Times" every year, such an arrangement is simply too humiliating. Therefore, Wu De suggested that Lin Xing served as the "Special Correspondent of the Tiandihui Ryukyu". After Zhao Yanhao asked Lin Xing to give the seeds to Ma Balance, the two became quite familiar with each other.
"Look at this sweet potato," Lin Xing then pulled out a sweet potato from the ground. "When Yima Oyakata first promoted sweet potatoes, how does it compare with today's sweet potatoes?"
Ma Baling twirled his beard and said, "I think back to when I learned how to grow sweet potatoes from Mr. Noguni, I knew that if I cut sweet potatoes into pieces and plant them, the potato seedlings would become short and small after a few seasons, and the same would happen to the sweet potatoes that grew out. , the yield is greatly reduced. It is inconvenient to select and plant seeds, let alone promote them. If we use the common saying of the Satsuma clan, it is 'Benkeitachi passed away', it is a dilemma!"
The problem of viral infection in potatoes is actually closely related to the popular asexual reproduction. In the past, there was no good solution. Sexual reproduction could only be used to re-raise seedlings, which invisibly increased the burden on farmers. ,
Lin Xing added: "It is true that sweet potatoes have this problem. This is due to the sweet potatoes being poisoned by insect pests." Then he asked other naturalized cadres to take out a sweet potato and said, "But if Yijama Oyakata uses it, The sweet potatoes grown with Da Song's 'virus-free potato seedlings' can avoid these problems."
"Then I dare to ask Captain Lin, how did the potato seedlings in the Song Dynasty be 'detoxified'?" Ma Balance's words became very sincere.
Lin Xing smiled and said, "I don't know clearly. Please ask the chief."
Ma Pingliang looked at Zhao Yanhao with an expression of embarrassment on his face, who was pretending to look around at the scenery and cooperating with the corresponding actions. Obviously the Song Dynasty did not intend to send sweet potato seedlings to Ryukyu in vain. If he continued to buy sweet potato seedlings from the Song Dynasty, the cost of purchasing the seedlings would be
It's a small matter, but the lifeline of agriculture will be in the hands of the Song people.
However, growing more sweet potatoes can always save a few more lives, which is much better than eating cycad fruit powder every day and being poisoned to the ground.
After thinking about it, I thought I would have the opportunity to see if I could save some of these potato seedlings myself.
"It's better to rely on yourself than to rely on others. I don't believe that I can't grow 'virus-free' sweet potatoes." The old man muttered in Ryukyu dialect in a low voice full of expectation.
Lin Xing briefly introduced several newly brought vegetables - tomatoes, cauliflower, broccoli, etc. Ma Baling recognized spinach as the "spinach grass" recently brought by the Japanese from the Ming Dynasty, but the "spinach" of the Song Dynasty
"The leaves are bigger; and Chili Ma balance has never seen it, but he has eaten the "yuzu pepper sauce" that Satsuma domain officials brought to him for a try. It is said to be made of "yuzu" (lime) and "gorysin seeds"
Made - Judging by the taste, he felt that the peppers called by the Song Dynasty might be "Korean Xinzi". As for broccoli and cauliflower, it was even more eye-opening. Hemp Balancing had never thought of this before the Song Dynasty came.
The food is edible.
These varieties are selected by Tianchi Society based on the geographical and climatic environment of Ryukyu and the crop cultivation situation of Ryukyu in the old time. They are highly targeted. As long as they are planted in the hands of the right people, they will spread quickly.
Jiang Yuan's party also brought some fruit saplings, which Ma Baling felt was unheard of. For example, a sapling that looked like a sumac tree. Zhao Yanhao said that this was the sacred object of Tianzhu, "Amaroga", and was hereby given to Ryukyu.
It made Ma Balance feel moved for a while. He also saw the messenger from the Celestial Dynasty ordering his subordinates to take out some plants that could not be described by any known plant. Their appearance was similar to orchids, but their leaves were sword-shaped and similar to rice and wheat. There was also a plant that looked like a plant.
It is a plant similar to banana, but the messenger said it can grow many sweeter fruits. Zhao Yanhao asked Zheng Jue to take the dried fruits of these fruits and distribute them to Ma to balance them, and to taste them to Sheng Zu and several of his men.
Xiang Shengzu and Ma Wenbao were amazed when they ate it, and said: "It is indeed a fruit from the country. It is indeed extraordinary."
"This thing is called banana, and it is a close relative of the local plantain. It just tastes sweeter and more delicious. The key is that it can fill the stomach just like the plantain. It is also a small supplement for the people when they don't eat enough on weekdays."
Ryukyu originally had bananas, but the yield was very low. The bananas brought by Zhao Yanhao were specially optimized varieties in later generations, and the yield was much higher.
"It's just that when these fruits are ripe, there are rainy seasons and typhoons in Ryukyu, so they need to be taken care of in every possible way."
"What Mr. Zhao said is absolutely true." "What he said is absolutely true." The two agreed.
"If you have any questions, I hope you will not be ashamed to ask." Lin Xing said with fists in his hands.
"Don't dare," Ma Pingping waved his hand quickly, "Just listen to your words and you will be twice as good as Tang."