In Lin Dan Khan's team, one or two Mongolian tent cars were very eye-catching. The passing herdsmen knelt down and kowtowed on the roadside. They knew that the direct descendants of Genghis Khan, now the great emperor of Mongolia, lived here.
This is a cart pulled by dozens of oxen, and it carries a huge tent. The tent is made of cowhide and decorated with gold. On the top of the tent's dome, a Sulu ingot is flying in the wind.
There is a railing at the front of the car, and a driver is waving a long whip to drive the cattle forward. There are stairs on both sides of the platform for getting up and down the car. There is a guard standing on one side of the stairs.
There were many cavalrymen armed with spears running back and forth to protect them.
In the middle of the tent is a small door one meter wide, with two guards standing at the door holding swords.
The floor inside the car is covered with Persian carpets, and there are several tables placed on the main seat and on both sides. Behind the main seat is a gorgeous screen partition.
Behind the partition are the dormitories of the Great Khan and his concubines.
In front of the screen is the place where the Khan handles official business and banquets.
A square-faced, thin man sat on the main seat. He was Lin Dan Khan, the last emperor of Mongolia and a direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
This escape, no, it should be called a great turn.
Chongzhen and Huang Taiji thought he was running away.
But Lin Dan Khan himself did not think so. In 1627, Lin Dan Khan’s massacre determined the right-wing tribes.
Stabilized half of his empire.
After regaining the support of the right-wing tribes, he took advantage of the remaining power of reunifying the right-wing tribes and returned as the king.
The people of Duoyan Sanwei were so frightened that they retracted their heads into their burrows like marmots, and walked openly through their territory. They neither dared to come to see them, nor did they dare to cause trouble, nor even dared to fart.
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The biggest gain from this move to the west is to reconnect with the big boss of Dongchang in Ming Dynasty.
At this time, the person sitting on the tables on the south side of the tent car was Mr. Wang Gu, the deputy sexton of Dongchang Haike.
Tushan sent a heavyweight leader like Wang Gu to station in Baicheng, on the one hand to support Lin Danhan in stabilizing the situation, and on the other hand to spy on the intelligence on the grassland and Jiannu.
At this time, there was a small linen bag on Lin Danhan's desk. Lin Danhan poured out some golden corn seeds and spread them flat on the table.
Baicheng is a pastoral area with a cold climate and a short frost-free period. It is basically impossible to grow crops in this era. The accumulated temperature is not enough, and it snows before the crops mature. So the only option is to graze.
There is a saying that goes well: if a family has a lot of wealth, it does not include the hairy ones.
Because animals can die at any time, such as plague, drought, or floods.
Heavy snow covers the grassland in winter, and cattle and sheep cannot find grass roots to eat, so they will starve and freeze to death.
The terrifying giant mosquitoes on the grasslands in summer fly in overwhelmingly and can suck the blood of cattle and sheep until they become as thin as wood or even die.
Once the livestock dies, the meat cannot be stored for long and will quickly become rancid.
People will starve to death.
Food is different, it can be stored for more than ten years.
Therefore, herders like to exchange cattle and sheep for food.
Because once there is a disaster, only by saving food can we save our lives.
"Mr. Wang, you said this thing called corn can be grown in Baicheng. Are you kidding me?" Lin Danhan is thirty-seven years old this year, but the wind on the grassland is a more powerful weapon than the butcher's knife. It is simply a super pig-killer.
knife.
He is even more powerful at destroying people's looks. Lin Dan is thirty-seven years old, but he looks close to fifty.
"The Great Khan's clear warning is absolutely true. I will guarantee with my life and property that this thing can definitely be planted around Baicheng. The person next to me is an expert in growing corn. This time I was specially sent to guide the people of the Great Khan to grow corn.
.We will stay in Baicheng for the first half of the year and leave after the corn harvest in August."
Lin Danhan's face was inherited from Genghis Khan, and his slender eyes looked at the young man under Yang Fan suspiciously.
I thought to myself, since ancient times, I have never heard that crops can be grown on the grassland. What conspiracy are these people planning?
However, there is nothing to lose if you can't plant it. The seeds this time are provided for free. It is said that if the planting is successful, you will have to exchange cattle, sheep and horses for the seeds next year.
Are these people fools? They have taught their herdsmen to grow this kind of crops. If they really plant it, they have the seeds, and there are herdsmen who know how to plant it, do they still need to buy seeds from them? Is there anything else in the world?
Is this such a ridiculous thing?
But now I need Daming's support, and if I don't want to lose face, I'll just let them do it. I'll just watch and see how they make the flowers.
"What's your name, little kid, and what is this corn?" Lin Danhan asked gloomily.
"Back to Khan, my name is Tian Zili, and I am an agronomist from Zunhuawei. Although I am young, I am only fifteen years old, but I have already studied all the courses in intermediate botany and corn planting. This corn planting
There is absolutely no problem.”
"Okay, I believe you. Can you tell me whether this corn is edible? How does it compare with rice, flour and other cereals?"
"Khan, this corn has advantages and disadvantages compared to the grains you mentioned. But those grains cannot be grown on the grassland, so this corn is your only choice."
Lin Danhan nodded. This child didn't just talk nonsense, but actually made him believe it. If crops can really be grown on the grassland, even if the yield is low, don't be afraid.
Just save your life.
"Khan, let me first talk about the disadvantages of corn compared to rice noodles,"
Lin Dan's expression relaxed, and he nodded pleasantly. He liked this child a little bit. He talked about the shortcomings first and then the advantages. He was a sincere person.
"Corn is unpalatable, rough, and takes a long time to digest. Some people who are not used to it may feel a little upset in their stomachs. In addition, it takes a long time to cook, which wastes fuel. The fuel on the grassland is cow dung, so it is more expensive."
Lin Danhan nodded and said: "I am not short of cow dung. There are millions of cows in the Chahar tribe. I am not afraid of cooking them for a long time."
"Compared with the disadvantages, there are too many advantages. First, the growth cycle is short. It is sown in March of the lunar calendar and harvested in the seventh lunar month. There are only four months, that is, the summer of the grassland is enough for it to grow and mature."
Lin Danhan was immediately tempted. If it can mature in four months, then summer time is enough. There is at least a five-month warm period near Baicheng.
"The second advantage is that it is drought-resistant. The reason why grasslands are grasslands is because there is little rainfall, so only grass can grow but cannot be cultivated. This corn is very drought-resistant, so it can be planted on grasslands."
Yang Fan knew that many places in Inner Mongolia, including some alliance banners such as Horqin, were corn-producing areas in later generations. So he and Tu Shan conspired to use corn planting to control and support Lin Dan Khan.
The temptation of self-produced grain, even if Lin Dan knew it was fishing bait with a hook, he could only swallow it. And the method to control him was also very simple.
These seeds come from modern society and can only be planted in one crop, which is eunuch grain. From now on, new seeds must be purchased from Yang Fan in advance every year. Yang Fan can trade in improved seeds in exchange for a large number of cattle, sheep and war horses.
With food in hand, Lin Dan Khan could better control the Mongolian tribes. As long as Lin Dan Khan did not fall, he would be a threat to the Qing Dynasty.
Marshal Mao Wenlong could drive Hou Jin to ecstasy, let alone the orthodox Mongol emperor of the Jin family who controlled thousands of miles of territory and nearly a million people.
If you can maintain the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, don't play the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
As long as Manchu and Mongolia cannot come together, it will be a dream for Manchu and Qing Dynasty to move into the Central Plains.