In fact, he had many clever tricks to soothe the hearts of the soldiers. However, the Wei Dynasty was built on the ruins of the Han Dynasty. Sweet potatoes could only solve the food problem, but they could not solve the fact that other materials were scarce.
To do things, you still have to do it step by step.
"Let's make some sugar."
To make sugar, now only sugar cane can be used.
In fact, the most suitable material for making sugar is beet root tubers that have been selected in later generations.
However, that thing is not currently available in Dawei, because not only does it grow in distant Europe, but most importantly, there is no suitable variety now. Although the current beets can indeed make sugar, the tubers are too small.
Production is severely limited.
Therefore, to make sugar now, only sugar cane can be used.
However, the local sugarcane varieties produced in the southern part of the Wei Dynasty are naturally sweet and delicious. They can be eaten raw or directly squeezed into sugar water, so they are not suitable for making sugar.
The sugarcane used in sugar production is a variety from the Western Regions, called Dicane.
This kind of sugarcane is small in size but hard in texture. It can easily hurt the mouth when eaten. Unlike native sugarcane, it can be chewed in large quantities.
This variety is suitable for large-scale sugar production, and now that the Western Region is in the hands of the Wei Dynasty, it is very easy to bring back this variety.
The most important thing is that Xun You's nephew Xun Shao recently passed the scientific examination and awakened a magical power that can speed up the growth of crops under his control!
This is simply a darling who was born at the right time. It was precisely because of him that Zhao Feng finally chose to make sugar!
Soon, Xun Shao was appointed governor of Yizhou and ordered to immediately purchase large quantities of sugarcane from the Western Regions.
Now through trade, Zhao Feng has accumulated a lot of money. Dicane in the Western Regions can be seen everywhere. It is not a valuable thing, and people in the Western Regions are very fond of the paper of the Wei Dynasty. This has also given Zhao Feng a significant income, buying cane.
, naturally there is no shortage of money.
Soon, Xun Shao purchased a large amount of Di cane and ordered half of Yizhou to cultivate Di cane.
With the examples of sweet potatoes and pig raising, people everywhere now pay great attention to the imperial decrees and support them very much!
In their eyes, it was not a forced decree, but a coup that allowed them to make a fortune!
As a result, people from all over Yizhou rushed to plant rice cane. Even some people in Liangzhou used the excuse of being close to Yizhou to raise pigs and plant rice cane at the same time!
Soon after the sugar cane was planted in various places, Xun Shao's natural skills were activated.
Xun Shao's talent also goes against the laws of nature, but it also requires some of his life to achieve it.
Now, if this land in this state is harvested one day early, it will cost him one year of life!
Once his talent is activated throughout Yizhou, not only will the sugar cane be harvested, but the weeds will also grow rapidly!
His lifespan is greatly consumed!
However, now that Zhao Feng has repeatedly announced major events that will improve the country's power and destiny, every citizen has increased their lifespan by a thousand years, and the same is naturally true for Xun Shao. Therefore, for this year's crop of sugarcane, he completely dares to use his life to urge them to mature!
So in Yizhou, the people planted rice cane the day before. When they went to bed at night, they heard bangs and bangs outside, as if they were exploding. When they went out the next day, they saw all the rice cane in the fields bursting out of the ground!
Moreover, those sugarcane plants are growing at a speed visible to the naked eye in broad daylight, and they are growing taller and taller, which is really strange.
Many people think that they have planted a lot of sugar cane, but they have planted a field of monsters.
A few days later, the sugarcane was ripe. Although Xun Shao felt tired, he felt full of expectation!
"Come here, let me go to various places to buy sugarcane! Those who are of good size will get one penny for each cane!"
A stick of sugarcane costs one copper coin, which seems very cheap, but in one acre of field, more than 3,000 sticks of sugarcane can grow!
Ten acres of land is 30,000 yuan!
Because all the people in Yizhou have also been separated from their status as tenant farmers after harvesting sweet potatoes for consecutive years. Now no one has dozens of acres of land!
Therefore, this unified acquisition directly made the people of Yizhou rich!
Imagine, from sowing to harvesting, with Xun Shao's talent for ripening, it only takes ten days!
And every household received hundreds of thousands of dollars!
Rich families have lots of land, and many rich families even make millions of dollars, while an ordinary yard only earns tens of thousands of dollars!
Even the houses of wealthy families only cost hundreds of thousands of dollars!
In other words, in about ten days, every household in Yizhou earned a luxury villa.
Who would be unhappy if this happened to anyone?
The people of Yizhou worshiped Zhao Feng so much that they all wished they could hug him and kiss him.
It was a pity that Zhao Feng was far away in the capital. The excited people were so excited that for several days, every household donated money to the government with money they had picked up for free, and each household presented their own delicacies, hoping that Xun Shao could have a bite.
Like a pilgrimage, everyone is gathering here!
When Xun Shao heard about it, he was immediately frightened. He quickly sent out people in multiple ways to comfort the people and persuade them to return. Outside the mansion, he climbed to a high place and shouted loudly: "Everyone! Thank you for your kindness! However, you
If you have this time, it’s better to go back and plant sugarcane again! Although I let everyone’s crops mature in a few days, I have also lost hundreds of years of life because of this, and I can’t stand the second time! Everyone, please work harder.
, I can live hundreds of years longer, which is the greatest reward for me!"
Only then did the people of Yizhou realize that the imperial court not only gave them huge sums of money, but also the court officials contributed their own life to make him rich!
"I am a citizen of the Wei Dynasty, and I hope that your majesty will live forever."
"I am a citizen of the Wei Dynasty, and I hope that the Wei Dynasty will prosper forever!"
The people of Yizhou had a great affinity for the imperial court. No one in Yizhou was attached to the Han Dynasty anymore, and they all regarded themselves as citizens of the Wei Dynasty.
From then on, he sincerely supported Emperor Zhao Feng and had better expectations for the future.
Zhao Feng, who was in Xudu, quickly received this feedback. The luck golden dragon increased rapidly and became so huge that it was as big as a county!
The lifespan of all the people of the Wei Dynasty has been greatly increased again, and Xun Shao, who made the first contribution, has been blessed by an extra fortune from somewhere. Not to mention the lifespan has been increased a lot.
A large amount of sugarcane was accumulated in Yizhou, but the sugar-making technology was originally known to the Han Dynasty.
If there are any differences in today's sugar production, one is that some ingredients are added to give the sugar not only a sweet taste, but also a fragrance.
Another, that is, sugar making was included as a job in Yizhou Prefecture. The old master responsible for sugar making was awarded the rank of seventh-grade official, and a group of sugar making helpers under him were all assigned according to their superb skills and skills.
No rating has been given.
Nowadays, there are several sugar-making processes in Yizhou. Several middle-aged experts have built carts for pressing out sugar juice, large vats for rinsing raw sugar, and large stoves for boiling sugar.
Each of these people will have basic production requirements. If the quality exceeds this requirement, they will receive additional rewards. Whether their grade can be improved is also directly related to this.
The master of the seventh-grade official became the quality supervisor of all sugar, overseeing both quantity and quality.
It concerns everyone's status and wages, so almost everyone works hard!
