Chapter 706: Dong Zhuo's Ambition

Dong Zhuo naturally knows rice and wheat, but this sweet potato and potato are unheard of.

When he heard Xiongba say that these two things were actually food, a trace of surprise flashed in Dong Zhuo's eyes, and he pointed to the sweet potato and asked in surprise, "Can this thing really be eaten?" ”

Xiongba nodded and said, "This thing is called sweet potatoes and potatoes, which were found by subordinates in Nanyang, and the local people all feed on it. ”

Saying that, Xiongba was about to try it himself, but Dong Zhuo took the initiative to take the sweet potato and stuff it into his mouth under everyone's shocked gaze.

"Lord, don't ......"

Before Li Ru's words fell, Dong Zhuo had already bitten a piece of sweet potato and slowly tasted it in his mouth.

Immediately, Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up, and he smiled at Li Ru and said, "This sweet potato tastes very good, do you want to taste it too?" ”

"The lord is a body of ten thousand gold, how can this kind of thing of unknown origin be eaten casually?" Li Ru said with a serious face.

Dong Zhuo pouted his hands disapprerovingly: "This sweet potato was brought back by Xiongba, how can it be poisonous." ”

As he spoke, Dong Zhuo handed the sweet potato to Li Yuanba, and said with a smile: "Come, Yuanba, your brother-in-law is too timid to eat, you come to eat and see." ”

"Okay."

Li Yuanba happily took it, and after eating it, his eyebrows immediately turned into crescent moons, and he grinned: "Father-in-law, it's delicious, Yuanba still wants it." ”

"Okay, I'll give it all to you."

"Father-in-law."

"You and I, father and son, what is there to thank for."

Dong Zhuo turned around and asked, "Xiongba, how many catties did you bring back from this food called sweet potato?" ”

Seeing that Dong Zhuo did not find the value of sweet potatoes, a trace of helplessness flashed in Xiongba's eyes, and he said with a wry smile:

"Lord, Qin Hao is very fond of these four crops, not only planting them on a large scale in the mountains and forests where people rarely live, but also specially sending troops and horses to guard all places, and his subordinates worked hard to get such a point, and they were almost discovered by Qin Hao's subordinates."

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Dong Zhuo's brows furrowed again: "Qin Hao values these crops so much and refuses to leak them, is there any benefit in this?" ”

It's not just Dong Zhuo who doesn't understand, but even Li Ru and Jia Xu can't figure it out, rice and wheat can be found everywhere, and although sweet potatoes and potatoes are rare, they won't be guarded by the army, right?

Seeing that Dong Zhuo finally paid attention to it, Xiongba also breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and explained:

"According to the subordinates, the yield of these four foods planted in Nanyang far exceeds that of conventional crops by several times, and the yield of rice per mu in Nanyang has reached 800 catties, wheat has reached 700 catties, and potatoes and sweet potatoes have reached 1,000 catties per mu."

Since ancient times, China has divided the north and south with the Qinling Mountains and the Huai River, and cultivated crops, generally rice in the south and wheat in the north.

Rice is mainly cultivated in the south, supplemented by mulberry, hemp, beans and other cultivations.

In ancient society, men cultivated and weaved, men were responsible for farming, and women were responsible for weaving, so every household planted mulberry and hemp.

Mulberry leaves can be used to raise silkworms and spin silk, make silk, and mulberry fruits can also be eaten.

As for hemp, its seeds can be eaten, such as oil extraction, stir-frying, and its stem bark can also be used to make hemp rope and linen.

In the north, wheat and millet are mainly planted, but beans, mulberry, hemp and other crops are also planted.

There are many kinds of cereals, but no matter what is grown, there is a big drawback, that is, the yield is not high!

For example, rice, wheat and other major crops are planted on fertile land, and the yield per mu is only about 20 kilograms.

The crops that have been planted for nearly a thousand years have always been this yield, but now Xiongba said that Qin Hao has a thousand catties of grain per mu in his hands, how can Dong Zhuo and the others believe it?

"It can't be!"

Li Ru sneered and immediately vetoed: "How can there be such a high-yield grain? ”

Not only Li Ru, but Jia Xu didn't believe it either, but then he seemed to think of something, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

Of course Dong Zhuo didn't believe it, he looked at Xiongba and said with a serious face: "Xiongba, don't you know how to do farming?" Wuliangzhou is not without peasant children, such a high-yield grain is unheard of? ”

Xiongba looked at Dong Zhuo's eyes without fear, and said seriously: "My subordinates have seen it with their own eyes, if there is the slightest deception, please behead me." ”

Seeing that Xiongba swore so much, Dong Zhuo also believed it a little, after all, if there were no huge benefits, why would Qin Hao be so precious about these grains?

As soon as he thought of this, Dong Zhuo directly sent nearly a hundred spies to Nanyang.

Qin Hao's attention to the new crop far exceeded Dong Zhuo's expectations, and only one of the nearly 100 secret agents came back alive and brought back the news that all the information about Xiongba was true.

"God bless Qin Hao, with such a high yield of grain, this is simply a divine thing, no wonder Qin Hao refuses to leak it."

Dong Zhuo was envious and depressed in his heart, and then couldn't help but analyze randomly: "Why can Qin Hao get this artifact?" Could it be that the farmer has already taken refuge in Qin Hao? Impossible. ”

Li Ru stood up at this time and said with a smile: "The lord doesn't have to envy Qin Hao, don't I already have it in Liangzhou, and after cultivating enough seeds, it can also be fully promoted in Liangzhou." ”

"By the time we have cultivated enough seeds, the Qin family will already have tens of millions of stones of grain."

Dong Zhuo showed dissatisfaction, and said hatefully: "Don't forget, Qin Hao is Qin Wen's son, what Qin Hao has, will he Qin Wen have?" ”

Bingzhou and Liangzhou are neighbors, and after Qin Wen has a new crop, the forces under his command must be stronger than before, how can Dong Zhuo feel at ease?

The most important thing is that the Qin family is still a pro-Han faction, and Dong Zhuo's plan is about to be implemented, Qin Wen and Qin Hao's father and son are so strong, Dong Zhuo is worried that they will hinder his plan.

Li Ru instantly figured out Dong Zhuo's thoughts, and after a little contemplation, he said with a sneer: "Lord, then let's poke out this news, if there are hungry people everywhere today, Qin Hao has such a divine object, but if he doesn't come up with the words to save the people, he will definitely be spurned by the people of the world." ”

Seeing this, Jia Xu was just about to speak, but Dong Zhuo frowned and said, "It's not appropriate." ”

Li Ru and Jia Xu were stunned at the same time, and then only listened to Dong Zhuo continue: "In this case, won't the princes of the world also get it?" ”

Dong Zhuo's eyes flashed with a hint of yearning, and he said in a deep voice: "If such a divine object is obtained by all the princes, when will it be able to sweep away the troubled times and dominate the world?" ”

When Zhang Jiao was in Luoyang City, he said that the Han Dynasty would die, but Dong Zhuo was far more than the only one who was affected.

Since the Great Han is bound to die, why can't I sit on this throne?

Most of the princes were hooked out of their ambitions, and Dong Zhuo took ending the troubled times and dominating the world as his lifelong goal, so he naturally didn't want other princes to grow.