Chapter 272: Farming, Why Is It So Hard (2)
Ten minutes later, Tuo ran wildly and carried the poor former caravan leader Shang Yi in front of Song Yong like a boar caught alive.
After a lapse of more than a month, Shang Yi's changes are amazing.
This decent man who used to be welcomed and treated with ceremonies no matter where he went to the southwest region or which tribe he was, can no longer see the kind of lofty position he had at the beginning.
Now he was covered in a small animal skin.
The linen robe that represented identity and status in the southwest region has long been pulled off by someone.
Without the protection of clothes, his bare chest, arms, and even face were now covered with bloody marks from sharp thatch and dead branches.
Coupled with messy hair and a messy beard, it looks like a wild man.
And on his head and face, there were obvious traces of being beaten.
Without thinking about it, Song Yong guessed that these traces were left on Shang Yi's body by the captives of the thirteen small tribes.
The reason why they have fallen to the point where they are now is not because of the instigation of this guy in the first place.
These captives don't dare to blame and rebel against the Gray Rabbit tribe because of these now, don't they dare to find him, the culprit, and take revenge.
Not to be beaten to death, these captives are already worried about the punishment of the gray rabbit tribe.
After being thrown to the ground by Tuo, Shang Yi didn't care about it, and almost threw out all his gold.
In his hurry, he quickly made a kneeling motion, and shouted respectfully: "I have seen the honorable Lord Tough Bone Witch, no matter what a villain can do, but according to your orders. ”
For this kind of little person, Song Yong is also rare to ink.
After yawning elegantly, he directly stated his thoughts:
"Now I need a batch of grain seeds, whether it is millet, millet, wheat, soybean, hemp, any of them, and the more the better, and if I can have white grain (rice), it would be even better. ”
"If I can help me think of a way, it will be impossible to release you, but you will not have to continue to work as a coolie in the future, and I will guarantee that you will not be severely beaten by other captives, and if you can't, you will not want to return to the Qingshang tribe alive......
I don't know if it's a coincidence or not, but here in the primitive era, it is said that there have been grains with a history of cultivation for hundreds of years in the Central Plains.
The grains of the ancient period of the modern plane are actually the same thing.
Millet refers to sorghum rice, which Song Yong intended to use to make liquor, which is also the best material he knows for making liquor.
The famous liquor in China is all made from the best quality sorghum.
Millet, also known as yellow rice in the north, is a nutritious coarse grain.
In the famous food program 'Tip of the Tongue', it is said that the yellow steamed bun made of yellow rice is ground and tasted great when eaten hot, and Song Yong, a southerner doll, is very interested in trying this.
Wheat, that is, wheat.
There's nothing to say about this, Song Yong is looking forward to eating steamed buns, steamed buns and noodles in the primitive era, and he is completely counting on this thing.
菽 refers to a general term for a variety of beans, whether it is mung beans or soybeans, in the primitive era planes were collectively referred to as soybeans.
Song Yong mainly intends to grow these legume crops as a source of oil for consumption, and the okara after being extracted from oil is also very useful for feeding livestock in winter.
For example, deep-processed products such as soy milk and tofu will also be made by the way.
Hemp, of course, is not for food, Song Yong's idea of planting hemp is entirely for making clothes and ropes.
Originally, Song Yong thought in his heart that after he offered such generous conditions, Shang Yi, the leader of the caravan, was grateful anyway.
After all, I just need to ask him to help me think of ways to get these, not let him take them out right away.
Unexpectedly, after hearing this, Shang Yi's face was as pale as a dead man, and a wail came out of his mouth:
"Your Majesty, the concubines can't do it. ”
Then, he cried out loud.
Of course, it is naturally impossible for Shang Yi's mouth to shout such a sentence that makes people play instantly, but the specific meaning of his inability to do this is not wrong at all: he can't come up with a way!
In the subsequent desperate cry of this goods, Song Yong figured out the reason like this:
The caravan of the Qingshang tribe, the large caravan that goes to the Central Plains every year, every time it comes back, it can indeed bring back some grains, and there are quite a few of them.
But among these grains, all the hemp is made into linen cloth and eaten products.
The other four grains, except for a part left for the Qingshang tribe to eat, the remaining ones are also a kind of food that is sold at a higher price.
If it's used for seeds, don't count on it.
Because the four grains sold to the caravan were all the products of the tribes in the Central Plains region after some frying and processing in advance.
These four grains are not possible as seeds, and they have the possibility of being planted.
The reason for this is that all the tribes in the Central Plains region have coincidentally blockaded several other marginal Daze regions.
In this way, the caravans from the fringe areas will exchange a steady stream of supplies for these grains to eat.
Although such a blockade is absolutely impossible to completely stop the seeds of the five grains from spreading and spreading to other regions.
But such a blockade can always delay a little time for other areas to start developing planting......
After listening to this statement in Shang Yi's mouth, Song Yong felt that his egg hurt badly for a while.
"Oh no! Lao Tzu just wants to farm a field, why is it so difficult. After silently lighting a cigarette, he complained wildly in his heart.
He never imagined that those tribes in the Central Plains would actually do something to cook the seeds and sell them for their own benefit.
Aren't they worried that the shelf life of the fried grain will be greatly reduced?
For the tribes in the Central Plains, this is a bit excessive.
When Song Yong thought that after learning the secret of eating wild vegetables in the original Gray Rabbit tribe, he also hid this and did not tell other tribes, it seemed that it was not difficult to understand in comparison.
Human nature! A lot of times it's selfish.
Especially in such a situation, even if you are always starved to death, under the huge pressure of survival, it is particularly prominent.
In comparison, the original Shennong's taste of herbs will seem so great and respectable.
"It seems that the next time I sacrifice to the Shennong clan and these ancestors of the Chinese nation, I will see that I will be more honest and serious. For a while, Song Yong felt a lot of emotions in his heart, and he was so intended.
At the same time, Shang Ye had been carried by Tuo again and thrown back into the captives of labor.
However, he also provided a lot of very useful information for the honorable Brother Yong just now.
Therefore, after throwing Shang Yi back, Tuo explained to the guards who supervised these captives: In the future, you can arrange a little easier work for him, which can be regarded as a little preferential treatment.
After obtaining this result, Shang Yi secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
He was still facing Song Yong just now, hiding a big secret about the Qingshang tribe, how could the Qingshang clan, as a qualified witch, be willing to accept the blockade of the original region against them.
As early as more than ten years ago, they began to try secret cultivation with a small amount of seeds obtained from the Central Plains.
After more than ten years in a row, the initial little grain seeds have now snowballed, and the amount has become hundreds of times.
But even so, for the astonishing number of 5,000 acres of land opened up by the Gray Rabbit Tribe, it is still a drop in the bucket.
This is also the reason why Shang Yi struggled in his heart for a while, and finally did not confess this secret;
Of course, if Shang Yi is this guy, he is lucky enough to go to the modern plane to take a look.
Only then will he know how scary it is for those members of the Huaxia tribe to farm the land.