"Alas.**" Qiao Wushuang sighed. As a woman, what can she do? She can only lament the injustice.
I'll go out with you to relax then.
Don’t worry, the Sichuan Army and Jiangdong are mortal enemies. Now the King of Shu is not attacking due to strategic reasons, but as long as the Sichuan Army is not destroyed, the Jiangdong family will be destroyed one day.”
"Yes." Sun Shangxiang nodded, and that was all he could do.
Qingming Festival was coming soon, and Liu Zhang suddenly thought that pumpkins seemed to be planted during this season, and he could also start raising spring sweet potato seedlings. If he missed it, he would have to wait for several months.
Food is the first priority for the people, and food is the first priority for the army. This is a huge matter, and Liu Zhang decided to personally guide it. Although he is not very clear about this, at least the cultivation of red potato seedlings is clearer than the current farmers. Pumpkin and red potato are very important.
Importantly, Liu Zhang didn't want to make any mistakes.
To be on the safe side, Liu Zhang kept one-third of the pumpkin seeds and sweet potatoes, kept them properly in an icehouse, and gave two-thirds to experienced farmers in Guanzhong.
Pumpkins and red potatoes do not require fertile land and can even grow on slopes, but Liu Zhang specially dedicated the most fertile land for these pumpkins and red potatoes.
In addition to knowing that there are several steps to raising seedlings and that planting in Shaanxi requires a clinker shed because of the cold weather, Liu Zhang did not know the specific operation methods.
Liu Zhang thought for a while and decided to separate the seeds in all areas where there were differences and plant them according to their own method. Anyway, as long as the seeds came out of this batch, it would be fine.
When the farmers in Guanzhong got pumpkin seeds and red sweet potatoes, they all found them very novel and wanted to try growing one. However, they were afraid that there would be no harvest and they would go hungry. When they heard that no matter what the outcome, the Sichuan Army would provide subsidies, these farmers were completely
Feeling relieved, they all asked for planting.
While farmers in Guanzhong were experimenting with growing pumpkins and sweet potatoes, the results of the war in the Central Plains were revealed. Ma Chao, Wang Shuang, and Zhang Ren won a complete victory, annihilating more than 200,000 Cao Jun. Zhang Liao escaped with injuries to the east of Yingshui, not counting the armor, weapons, and flags discarded by Cao Jun.
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If it weren't for the two characteristics of the army of the descendants of the family, unwilling to surrender and unwilling to engage in battle, those soldiers saw that they were being flanked and ran away with their lives, and Cao's army would have suffered even greater losses.
However, after this battle, Cao's army became frightened of the Sichuan army. Those new troops of Cao's army were frightened. If they fight next time, their morale and confidence will be seriously lacking.
War reports also came from Jiaozhou, but nothing happened. The merchants in Sichuan were most worried about Dianzhou being captured and the Southwest Silk Road cut off, so they fully supported the Sichuan army.
The barbarian armies led by Cai Ming and Zhu Rong, with the full support of Shu merchants, successfully defeated Shi Xie and led their troops to attack Jiaozhou, occupying three counties.
Fazheng mobilized his troops to Chaisang. The Sichuan army also stabilized the situation after strategic contraction in the Yangtze River and Chaisang. Now the southeast mainly focuses on stability and does not give Jia Xu, Lu Su and Lu Xun a chance. A confrontation situation has formed.
Zhe Lanying from the north mobilized 100,000 troops to gather in Hetao. Under the guise of cooperating with Cao Cao's attack on the Sichuan army, when the Xianbei army took advantage of the emptiness of the western grassland to invade, Zhe Lanying suddenly turned around and fired, and the 100,000 troops went straight towards the Xianbei army.
The Xianbei army, through Cao Jun's secret envoy, already knew that Zhe Lanying was Cao Cao's daughter. She was a grassland tyrant in the Kebineng area. She was extremely cunning and could not have guessed that Zhe Lanying would leave her father alone and let Cao Jun dominate the world.
Ignoring the great cause, I just made an excuse for myself.
The Xianbei army was caught off guard and was defeated by the Di army. Kebineng, Budugen, Suli, Xieguini, and the four Xianbei armies withdrew eastward.
Xianbei, who was originally stronger than the Di people, suddenly became evenly matched. However, because the Xianbei army consisted of four groups and did not belong to each other, the situation was still weaker than the Di people.
Ke Bineng never expected that a little Zhelanying would suddenly invade Hetao, drive away Xieguini, and dominate the western grasslands.
Then he defeated the Sichuan army and his strength expanded.
Now they have defeated Xianbei in the east, and in just two years, they have become the number one force in the grassland.
Cao Cao's six armies besieged the Sichuan Army. Except for the victory in Jiangdong, all other armies were completely defeated. Even the war in the northern grasslands was temporarily ended, and the world returned to peace again.
The Sichuan Army also wanted to stabilize the situation after the war and pay close attention to internal affairs cultivation. When the people of the world learned that Liu Zhang had come back from the dead, the morale of the people and the army was high. The people farmed diligently and the army stepped up training.
Regarding internal affairs, Liu Zhang was accustomed to being the hands-off boss. All matters concerning Chang'an were handed over to Huang Yueying and Jiang Wan, and Liu Xun studied with them.
Liu Zhang only took people to see the pumpkins and sweet potatoes, hoping that they would sprout every day.
"Your Highness, if this greenhouse is covered, will it suffocate the crops inside?" An old farmer looked at the greenhouse built in the field and said to Liu Zhang sadly.
During this month, Liu Zhang came to the fields to check every day. The farmers became familiar with Liu Zhang, and there was no longer any detention.
"The seeds are still buried in the ground, why haven't they suffocated to death?" Liu Zhang replied casually. Several other old farmers laughed after hearing Liu Zhang's words, and the old farmer who asked the question had a red face.
"After the seedlings are grown, the greenhouse will be removed. But when will they sprout?"
Liu Zhang was always a little anxious because he didn't know the germination time of sweet potatoes and pumpkins. Other farmers had never grown these things and didn't know either.
What's more, this sweet potato may not be the sweet potato of later generations. It should be something similar to the sweet potato in "Southern Vegetation". Liu Zhang couldn't help but feel nervous about the huge benefits brought by this high-yielding crop.
"Lord, it seems to be raining. Let's go back." A drop of rain hit Wang Xu's face, and Wang Xu said to Liu Zhang.
Liu Zhang nodded, "Go back, I hope you won't have to wait until the rainy season for germination again."
If the rainy season has not yet sprouted, it fully means that you have chosen the wrong season for planting, and it also means that the sweet potatoes obtained from Loulan Underground City are really not the sweet potatoes of later generations.
The most serious thing is that during the rainy season, the tubers and pumpkin seeds buried underground are likely to be drowned.
Liu Zhang thought to himself and left with his people. At this moment, a farmer ran over and said with great joy: "Your Highness, Your Highness, what I planted has sprouted. Your Highness, come and see. Come and see."
The farmers were crazy happy. They all knew that Liu Zhang regarded these crops as treasures, and they were secretly competing to see who could plant them first. Now that the flowers have fallen into their own homes, how could the farmers not be happy?
, fell into the rice field next to it.
The farmer crawled out of the paddy field, covered in mud, but smiling without incident.
Liu Zhang hurriedly walked over and said happily: "Did it really sprout? Pumpkin or red potato?"
"It's all sprouted, it's all sprouted." The farmer chuckled from ear to ear.
"Let's go and have a look."
Wang Xu hurriedly stepped forward: "My lord, it's going to rain heavily, so you'd better go back first."
"No, I'll go and see it first, otherwise I won't feel at ease."
Liu Zhang asked the farmer to lead the way, and all the way to the field that the farmer was responsible for. In the transparent greenhouse, many sprouts appeared sparsely, both in the sweet potato field and in the red potato field. They were green and full of vitality.
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Liu Zhang couldn't help but step into the field, and looked closely. In any case, it finally sprouted, and the two crops sprouted at the same time. Most of his worries were finally eliminated.
In the distance, a woman passed by. It was Qiao Wushuang who was taking Sun Shangxiang and several maids out for an outing. One of the maids said: "Miss, madam, it's going to rain really hard. Let's go back quickly."
"Wait a minute, sister-in-law, look, is that Liu Zhang?"
Sun Shangxiang suddenly pointed in the direction of the farmland and said, Qiao Wushuang looked over, and the figure from behind was indeed Liu Zhang. If Liu Zhang was alone in the farmland, she would think it was just a similarity, but Liu Zhang's soldiers were all nearby, Qiao Wushuang
I just find it a bit unbelievable. A king of Shu, who is from a royal family, what is he doing in the farmland?
"That is His Royal Highness the King of Shu." A maid said: "Miss, Madam, you may not know that I heard from other neighbors on the street that the King of Shu has been in the farmland for more than half a month, and sometimes he eats with the farmers.
Eating, it is said, is to see what crops can sustain us."
The other three maids nodded. Although they had not seen it, they had heard about it. However, Qiao Wushuang and Sun Shangxiang did not talk to their neighbors, so naturally they had not heard about it.
"Your majesty, King Shu, come and see if the crops are ripe every day?" Sun Shangxiang said in shock, this was completely beyond her understanding.
Sun Shangxiang himself is a person who is close to the people, otherwise he would not be worthy of his maid sisters, but who is Liu Zhang? Not only is he the leader of the Sichuan Army, he is also from the royal family.
In this era when the descendants of down-and-out families are unwilling to associate with the untouchables, the dignified King of Shu, a descendant of the royal family, hangs out with the farmers every day and even takes care of the farming affairs, which is simply the first of its kind.
"Sister-in-law, what is Liu Zhang doing? To win the hearts and minds of the people? There is no need to be so pretentious, right?" Sun Shangxiang asked Qiao Wushuang.
Qiao Wushuang looked at Liu Zhang from a distance and shook his head: "No, other princes may occasionally pretend to be close to the people, but Liu Zhang won't. Xiang'er, you used to hate Liu Zhang, but you may not know that Liu Zhang did a lot of practical things for the farmers.
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For so many years, the Sichuan Army has not increased taxes, and has allocated more land to many farmers. Farmers who work hard have also received food subsidies, which are unprecedented in history.
Liu Zhang and Huang Yueying improved many crop planting methods, such as spaced planting and multi-crop planting, and even we in Jiangdong have adopted them.
Jingzhou and Yizhou were also the first to sow double-cropping rice. Liu Zhang also introduced many dry crops such as Champa rice from the south of Jiaozhou.
These measures are of immediate benefit to farmers, so what Liu Zhang is doing now is definitely not to win over the people, but he may really be cultivating new crops, and he does not need to win over the people. The people of Guanzhong still support Liu Zhang.
Isn’t it enough?”
Sun Shangxiang fell silent and looked at Liu Zhang intently. Qiao Wushuang continued: "I heard before that Sichuan Army Military Advisor Huang Yueying, although she comes from a wealthy family and is a woman, she likes to do some mechanical crafts that others look down upon. She often communicates with craftsmen.
I often go to the fields to discuss experiences with farmers.”