If Ma Qiang knew what Jia Xu was thinking, he would definitely say...

You see how accurate people are!

Many people may not be familiar with this yellow artemisia, but you can know it by changing its name.

His name is Artemisia annua!

Yes, yes, it is the original material of artemisinin that later made Academician Tu Youyou successfully win the Explosives Award.

The use of Artemisia annua in medicine can actually be traced back to the "Fifty-two Prescriptions" of the Western Han Dynasty, and the "Shennong's Materia Medica" lists Artemisia annua as another name and as a lower grade.

Artemisinin can win the explosives award, naturally it is of great use, its greatest use is in the treatment of malaria, even in the later generations of Ma Qiang, artemisinin is still the best drug for the treatment of malaria resistance.

The Han Dynasty's development of Jingzhou was actually very small, not to mention Yizhou, Yangzhou and even Jiaozhou, the reason for this was that the population was still not large enough, and the local mosquitoes breeded, which made people prone to malaria and other diseases.

If Ma Qiang has a large amount of Artemisia annua in his hand, he can rely on this small herb in the future, not to mention going to Jiangnan, going to Nanyang!

Ma Qiang thought, saliva was about to flow out.

After the crowd, Duan Ying led a person to listen to the words inside, and said to a man in a fancy costume next to him, "This is our prime minister, and I would like to ask Mr. Mi to wait for a while." ”

The man was a little sluggish when he heard the words inside, and when he heard Duan Ying speak, he hurriedly arched his hand and said, "The minister of state is worried about big things, Zhu has to wait!" Wait! ”

This man is Mi Zhu, the head of the Mi family, the richest merchant in Xuzhou.

In history, the three brothers and sisters of Mi Zhu followed Liu Bei from Xuzhou, and funded Liu Bei when Liu Bei was most suffering, so that Liu Bei regained his soldiers and horses, and when Liu Bei entered Yizhou, Mi Zhu was worshiped as the general of Anhan, and his status was above the military general Zhuge Liang, and the treatment was the highest among the ministers.

Mi Zhu was also loyal to Liu Bei, after Mi Fang's rebellion, Liu Bei not only did not blame him, but comforted him and treated him as before, but after the battle of Yiling, he deeply felt that the overall situation of revitalizing the Han family was ruined because of his brother's rebellion, and he ended up depressed.

Now he is still a young man who has just taken over the family, but he is in his early twenties, and all he thinks about is how to transform the Mi family from a merchant family to a scholar family.

The Zhen family is a first-class scholar with two thousand stones, and although the Mi family has been an official for generations, they are all officials but county orders, which can be described as not famous, and they are not even a poor family.

The Mi family's business is now getting bigger and bigger, and in this increasingly turbulent era, it is like a child passing through the market with gold, and there is a danger of destruction at any time.

Even, not long ago, there was a ruthless fire that engulfed the entire home of the Mi family, although it was only the loss of the house, and Mi Zhu always said that it was caused by the fire of the gods, but what the truth is, only Mi Zhu himself knows in his heart.

This is also why when Mi Zhu received Ma Qiang's invitation, he quickly came to the Plains Country.

With the end of the Battle of the Yellow Turban, Ma Qiang's reputation gradually spread to all parts of the world, after all, it is difficult to think of a person who is known as the first general.

In Mi Zhu's view, Ma Qiang's future must be bright, after all, the Han military merits are the most expensive!

Ma Qiang quickly finished his lecture, he walked down the stairs, and the captains and the old farmers thanked Ma Qiang with a salute.

The lesson is over.

Ma Qiang asked Yan Fa and Yang Chi to immediately organize people to prepare for the installation of water wheels and other equipment, and as he was talking, he saw Jia Xu talking to Duan Ying, and there was a young man he didn't know on the side.

"Mr. Tie, Mr. Duan, who is this?" Ma Qiang looked at Mi Zhu and asked.

Mi Zhu hurriedly bowed and said, "Mi Zhu of the East China Sea, I have seen the Prime Minister of Equestria!" ”

The God of Wealth is here!!

Ma Qiang's eyes lit up suddenly, fortunately, Mi Zhu lowered his head at this time, otherwise seeing Ma Qiang's eyes ready to slaughter, Mi Zhu would have been so frightened that he ran away without looking back.

"Mr. Mi is here! Great, let's go, it's windy here, let's go to the Prime Minister's Mansion to talk. ”

Ma Qiang called his car and pulled Mi Zhu to sit beside him.

This is the God of Wealth, you have to treat him well, he remembers Cao Cao, Liu Bei, it seems that they all attach importance to it like this.

Indeed, although this trick is old-fashioned, the effect is really good, anyway, Mi Zhu was moved by Ma Qiang, and felt that he was taken very seriously by Ma Qiang.

When he arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Mi Zhu first saw the reserved program of the Prime Minister's Mansion - Bai Yan said hello, and then was dragged to the main hall.

Most of the people who greeted Bai Yan for the first time were dragged away.

Coming to the main hall and sitting down, Ma Qiang said, "God of Wealth... No, Mr. Mi, I invited Mr. to come, and I think Mr. Mi also knows his intentions.

I am now preparing to open up the wasteland and build water conservancy, I have this money, but the food is insufficient, I want to ask Mr. to help purchase food from Jing, Yang, Xu, and Qing, I can pay you half of the money first! ”

Ma Qiang now has more money and less food, and he still trusts the goodwill of the Mi family.

Anyway, if Mi Zhu dared to run away, he would let Zhao Yun take the cavalry to the East China Sea to ask for money!

Mi Zhu thought for a while and said, "If the prime minister wants to buy grain, I don't know how much he wants?" ”

"How much can you buy?"

Mi Zhu smiled and said, "My Mi family is among the merchants, and there is some reputation, if you want it urgently, and the money is enough, within a month, I can transport 800,000 stones, if you are not in a hurry, within half a year, 10 million stones will also be raised." ”

"Bang dang!"

Ma Qiang was almost scared to the ground.

What is a row of noodles!

It's called a row of noodles!

Bought!

Ma Qiang and Mi Zhu immediately set a huge purchase contract with a total price of 70 million yuan, anyway, Ma Qiang is the more food this thing, the better.

Even if you can't finish eating, you can feel at ease when you look at it at home!

Speaking of... Chinese may indeed be squirrels...

Ma Qiang thought with a crooked mouth.

Of course, Ma Qiang casually also gave a wave of Red Star Camp products, and after Mi Zhu read it, he also hiccuped with laughter, these are all good things to make money!

- Outside Pingyuan County

A group of women and children gathered curiously to look at a new thing.

The old family members of the prime minister who came from other places are clearing the wasteland.

Pingyuan County is the national governance of the Plains Country, the population is the first among all counties, the Plains Country is flat, the population is millions, and the wasteland of Pingyuan County is only those that are not good for farming at all.

These lands are laborious to grow grass and grain?

I don't know if these old family members of the prime minister will farm.

A ruthless fire can not only burn those weeds, but also burn the eggs in the land, and the surface plant ash can also be used as fertilizer, which has been known by the Chinese ancestors in ancient times.

Next, it's about leveling the land.

There will be a large number of stones in the normal land, which need to be thrown out of the field, otherwise it is easy to damage the farm tools when plowing the land.

This is something that only humans can do.

After throwing the stones out of the ridges, they began to plough the fields and build open channels and tunnels.

Farther away, a huge waterwheel is being built, and beneath it, a long man-made river leads to the fields.

In the distance, a small lake is being drained, and countless people are waiting to dig it deeper and use it as a reservoir to collect the water that has been washed into the brine and then into the river.

The opening up of the entire plain, from the very beginning, has entered a climax!