Grain and grass......

If only there were potatoes at this time.

Fei Qian was a little depressed.

Although this thing was all over the streets in later generations, no matter the supermarket, even if there were no fresh ones, there were all kinds of products made from potatoes, but now, this thing is rarer than gold.

I can't even see it, and at this stage of time, the potatoes should still be tossed around in the hands of the American Indians......

And sweet potatoes.

It should still be in the Americas.

Fei Qian was full of malice, whether it was because of these two high-yield food species in the Americas, so they didn't have much initiative, which led to the hungry and crazy European natives in the later stage.

Now in this Eurasia, and which is the most productive species?

It seems that there is no more.

The food of the Han Dynasty was already very comprehensive, and basically most of the food in later generations was available, more or less.

How to get more food on the barren land is a big question, and Fei Qian is like a greedy old landlord, wondering how to dig more land......

This is not a trivial problem.

Of course, the Linghu clan in the Shangdang, as well as the Wang clan and the Wen clan in Taiyuan, dig up their old foundations, and it is estimated that they can still get a batch out, but this is not a long-term solution.

Unless Fei Qian still wants to do all kinds of arduous struggles with the Shi clan in his life, this first step is to take the lead in going out, and he can't rely too much on the Shi clan in this source of grain and grass.

Eating people with short mouths and short hands with people has been better than that since ancient times.

The Han Dynasty seems to have taken turns ruling with relatives and eunuchs, but the political map is always divided into three parts of the world, and there is also a part of the so-called Qingliu, that is, the scholars.

Until now, Fei is in it, and he knows more clearly that in later generations, many things in the Han Dynasty have been covered up by the dust of history, so many people think that the Shi clan is at its peak in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and the so-called Wei and Jin gate valves have a far-reaching influence, which has been extended to the Sui and Tang dynasties, and even later generations.

This argument is half right and half wrong. If the Wei and Jin dynasties are regarded as a sign of the scholars reaching the pinnacle, then the Han Dynasty has gone at least three-quarters of the height at this stage.

There are also some gentlemen who advocate violence and say, what are the scholars, carrying knives up, either eating knife noodles or knife noodles, and those unarmed scholars are still not obedient?

However, only after truly understanding the history of the Han Dynasty can we deeply understand those very unreasonable events in the history of later generations......

Why did Yuan Shao, the fourth and third dukes, get Jizhou without blood?

Why did Cao Cao's good friend in his early years, Zhang Miao, a friend of life and death, betray Cao Cao with Chen Gong to greet Lu Bu?

Why did Guo Jia judge that Sun Ce would not live long without any contact with Sun Ce?

Why did Sun Quan slaughter the four families of Zhang Gu, Zhu and Lu, and finally turned around to marry Lu Xun, who was like a turtle with a shrunken head?

Why did Cao Cao repeatedly ask Sima Yi to come out, but after letting Sima out of office, he always refused to reuse it?

Why has Yang Biao been cleaned up by many people and has taken a back seat, but Cao Cao still thinks that Yang Xiu must die, and he can only act by military law?

Why, under all these many whys, under the thick historical dust is the rolling waves of the power of the scholar family that is surging here. Three or four hundred years, has cultivated the scholar family into a behemoth, not just in the Wei and Jin dynasties, although the Jiupin Zhongzheng system was proposed by Cao Cao in the later period, but at that time it already means that Cao Cao has completely compromised with the scholar family, completely abandoned his original recruitment order, and abandoned the meritocracy system, in exchange for Cao to replace Liu and ascend to the emperor's throne.

There is also the famous saying "Today's heroes, only the king and the ear" are just Cao Cao's temptation?

Whether it is Cao Cao, or Liu Bei, or even Sun Quan, in fact, the three of them have been in love and killing each other with the Shi clan all their lives, but Cao Cao and Liu Bei are somewhat similar, they both have the ambition to calm the troubled times, they have all encountered such and such setbacks, and they have all survived in adversity again and again, so Cao Cao's words are at least generally sincere.

The selfishness of the scholar clan is concealed under politeness, and when Fei Xi was in the Lushan wooden house, he discussed the problem of this scholar clan with Pang Tong Xu Shu and a few others. At this stage, it is inseparable from the Shi clan, but it must not rely too much on the Shi clan, once it is too strong and too strong with the Shi clan, it will be difficult to turn around, just like if Cao Cao won all the way at that time, from the north to the south, and then the battle of Chibi was decided, maybe Cao Cao's meritocracy and strategy could really be maintained to the back......

But history did not go this way, Liu Bei was in exile and did not change his will, Cao Cao experienced countless conspiracies and betrayals, Sun Ce finally fell in front of the iron curtain full of intrigue and filth, Sun Quan buried his hatred and ideals with pickles......

Fei Qian didn't want to follow such a path, so he had to go his own way.

And this road, Fei Qian has only taken a little bit.

The first step is to step on the indoctrination of the Hu people......

In this second step, we must step on the source of money and food......

The land of Pingyang is regarded as having money and grain in his own hands, and he also supports his own expedition to the south and the north, but the land of one city is limited after all, and after the expansion, it is impossible to maintain the expenditure of the whole situation by relying only on Pingyang alone.

The land of Yinshan Mountain, like Pingyang, wants to become a productive area, one is to wait for people, the other has to wait, the grass is overgrown, although fertile, but crops and residual grass seeds are still up for grabs, must be deep for two or three years, after the weeds in the ground are completely cleaned up, the yield will really come up.

Therefore, there must be additional sources now, otherwise I can only stay still and save money now, otherwise when something really big happens, I can't even draw out the rations of the soldiers, and the team can't open it, then it will become a big joke.

But how do you get new food and grass resources now?

Fei Qian couldn't help but stand up, walked around in the hall, walked and walked, and suddenly saw the items placed on the table, suddenly his heart moved, and he couldn't help but pat his head gently, oops, in fact, some of his thinking is solidified, in fact, it is still okay to change the angle......

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"General Yu, the commander of Baishiqiang is here......" Fei Qian's personal guard reported outside the hall

Fei Qian stood up and greeted the outside of the hall, and at a glance he saw the big white bun on the top of the head of the Qiang handsome Li Nagu. It is said that the white towel bun in northern Shaanxi in later generations has spread because of the habit of the Qiang people?

"Old friend, long time no see...... Fei Qian smiled and beckoned to Rinagu.

"Honorable general, yes, it's been a long time...... "Li Nagu stroked his chest in salute and bent down towards Fei Qian.

Although the relationship between Fei Qian and the Qiang people has always been good, it does not mean that the Qiang people can still treat Fei Qian as casually as before.

"Come, please be seated." Fei Qian invited Linagu to sit in the hall, and ordered some tea, soup, dried fruits, snacks and the like.

After the attendants came up like water and retreated like water, Fei Qian smiled and invited Linagu to drink tea and eat snacks.

Li Nagu was a little confused, and suddenly received an invitation from Fei Qian, and rushed over from the vicinity of Guide, and he didn't know what Fei Qian's idea was, but since he came, he had to wait for Fei Qian to reveal his hole cards.

But Rinagu was soon attracted by the exquisite pastries on the table......

Fei Qian pointed to a kind of pastry from the beanware on the table, and said to Linagu: "This is a butter cake, the raw material, similar to you, but the method is not the same, so the taste is not bad, why don't you taste it?" ”

"Okay, good ......" Li Nagu looked at the delicate and small pastry, and couldn't help but gently pinch a piece with his fingers, as if he was afraid that he would use too much strength, so he crushed the pastry.

This butter cake, golden is very eye-catching, smells sweet, obviously added sugar, and in the Han Dynasty, it is not easy to have a little sugar.

Most of the crops in later generations have been almost developed by the ancestors in the Han Dynasty, such as millet, millet, rice, wheat, mushroom, sorghum, etc., which are basically very common on the market. There are many kinds of food that can be made using these as raw materials.

And there are more fruits, peaches, apricots, plums, pears, dates, longan, lychees, oranges, oranges, pomelo, persimmons, bayberry, plums, pomegranates, etc., Fei Qian has seen them.

The variety and rich style of food were actually not bad in the Han Dynasty.

Linagu put the butter cake in his mouth, and his eyes lit up suddenly, and he nodded in praise again and again.

But all human beings seem to be born with a preference for more oil and higher sugar, which seems to be engraved in the genes, and even two or three-year-old children can't resist sweets, not to mention the aroma after adding fat.

The Hu people on the grassland are actually not small in terms of activity, and because the geography is on the cold side, most of them like some strong flavors, and this butter cake is just like that.

Rinagu nodded, smashed his mouth, and said with some doubts: "General, this smell...... This, it seems to be ......" Rinaghu was a little puzzled, because the taste in this ghee cake was very fragrant, but it was neither the taste of mutton fat nor the taste of butter.

Fei Qian smiled and said, "...... Hehe, it's good if you like it...... It's just that there is something special about the procedures......"

When it came to business, Linagu immediately put down the butter cake and leaned forward slightly, listening to what Fei Qian was about to say.

“…… Actually, there are two things to invite the Shiraishi brothers to come today...... First, we Han people, like you Qiang people, also like to raise some animals, but most of you Qiang people raise cattle and sheep, while we Han people raise a little messy, what chickens, ducks, cats and dogs, basically have ......" Fei Qian said slowly, "...... Then, this time, I specially invited Baishi Haoshuai to come over, just like asking Baishi Haoshuai to transfer a few veterans of raising animals to me, after all, for the storage of animals, the Qiang people are still stronger...... Of course, this reward will naturally satisfy the Shiraishi brothers......"

“…… Hey, these are all old friends, and what do you mention if you don't get paid, hahaha...... It's just that I don't know, this, what kind of animal is the general going to raise? Rinagu smiled, but also asked with some hesitation.

The Han people want to raise livestock, which is not a big problem, but like the general of Zhengxi, Fei Qian, who deliberately put it forward, there must be some problems. Although Li Nagu is a Qiang person, his mind is not completely rough enough to care about anything.

Fei Qian smiled and said, "...... It's not cattle and sheep, it's not horses, haha, don't worry! Speaking of these big guys, the Qiang people are still well raised, and we are still a little bit ...... Besides, you can't steal an old friend's business, can you? ”

It's not about cattle, sheep and horses, Li Nagu immediately relaxed a little, for the Hu people on the grassland, cattle, sheep and horses are equivalent to the land of the Han people, and the importance is actually quite high, so as long as it is not Fei Qian staring at these important livestock, then it is naturally easy to say.

“…… This time, I'm going to raise more pigs...... "Fei Qian said lightly," Fei Qian said lightly, "...... But raising one head and two ends is not interesting, and I can't add more meat to the sons and daughters in the army, so I want to find a piece of land in the southern suburbs of Pingyang, and then use it to support my family, at least four or five hundred...... However, my sons and daughters have not raised so much, so I am a little worried that I will not be able to raise them well, so I came to ask the Baishi brothers to help and find a few good hands......"

It turned out that I was going to raise pigs......

When the ancient man in Baishi Qiang heard this, he immediately put his heart into his stomach.

Pigs are animals that can only be used for food, and can neither go to the battlefield nor work, so they are not placed in the eyes of the Qiang people at all, and few people go to feed them.

Therefore, in the prairie, there are no Qiang people who specialize in raising pigs, and occasionally when they want to eat, they go to the forest to hunt one or two. However, this pork does not taste very good, and it is not as good as cattle and sheep at all. The taste of this general is a little peculiar......

Whatever, though.

“…… This is natural, since the general asks for help, naturally there is no problem, and after I go back, I will choose a few good hands to come over and assist the general! ”

"Good! The Baishi brothers are quick to talk, come on, replace the wine with tea, dry this bowl first, and then we will have a few more drinks in the evening! Fei Qian said, "...... Is this the second thing...... Zichu, let someone bring the brocade box on the table in the back hall......"