Liu Che didn't worry at all that Zhang Yuan would lie in front of him, after all, the initiative from beginning to end was firmly in his hands.

Regarding the function of watermelon, what Zhang Yuan said is exactly the same as what Dasi Nong said, while beet has an additional effect of boiling sugar, and the key is the most important effect.

"That's how you can boil sugar?"

"Your Majesty, you taste this red root, the root of this beet is very sweet, peel and cut into pieces, and then add a clear spring to boil over high heat, remove impurities, and dry the sticky material to get sugar."

If Zhang Yuan asked Liu Che to taste this beetroot, he would have tasted it, where would the face of the Son of Heaven be.

I saw Liu Che hand the beet to the Huangmen waiter on the side, and the Huangmen waiter took it and took a bite, and then chewed it carefully.

"Your Majesty, it's really sweet, sweeter than this watermelon."

Although the answer of the Yellow Gate Squire was the same as what Zhang Yuan said, Liu Che's face did not look good because of this.

As an emperor, he didn't mind having more of these delicious fruits and vegetables on his land, on the contrary, he was happy to see them, but he hated that some things were out of his control.

The human fear of the unknown can be magnified by a thousand times and ten thousand times in an emperor.

"Where did you get these things, and you can grow them?"

There are not a few rare and exotic grasses found by the people of Dahan, but the fruits and vegetables that can be eaten have also been domesticated and cultivated for a long time before they can grow in the farmland.

"The seeds of these two plants were obtained from the merchants from the Western Regions when he was in Linqiong.

The minister bought some strange seeds, and in the end, the only ones who survived were watermelons and beets. ”

As early as the year before, Liu Che recruited volunteers to send envoys to Yueshi, in order to be able to reach an alliance with Yueshi to deal with the Xiongnu together, not long ago, Langguan Zhang Qian led more than 100 entourage, and a Hun guide named Ganfu left Longxi County all the way west to find Yueshi.

Although Liu Che was unfamiliar with everything in the Western Regions, at least he knew this place, and he was full of desire to conquer this place.

This desire overshadowed his fear of the unknown, and also overshadowed the loopholes between Zhang Yuan's words, the merchants of the Western Regions can't come to Dahan at all now, after all, there is a Hun in the middle, even if they come, they will follow Longxi County all the way to the inner history, instead of climbing the mountain again to go to Shu.

The objects in the Western Regions that circulated in the Han Dynasty in front of him all flowed from the Ailao Kingdom and then to the Dongyue Kingdom or the Yelang Kingdom before finally reaching the territory of the Han Dynasty, but fortunately, the emperor in front of him had not yet controlled everything in his land to the point that he could find it with one more needle.

"It seems that there are a lot of good things in the Western Regions, since this watermelon can be eaten and beets can be boiled for sugar, then it should be planted in a large area.

Can this beet be grown alive in Guanzhong? ”

Although Liu Che likes food, he is also an emperor, and beets are obviously more beneficial to the development of the Han Kingdom, and the sugar eaten by the royal nobles is transported from the south to sugarcane, or the grain is used to make caramel sugar, no matter which one is a practice of labor and money.

"You can give it a try."

Zhang Yuan said that the reason why you can try it is that the current Guanzhong region is far from being comparable to the Loess Plateau two thousand years later, and now the fertility of the land in Guanzhong is basically higher than that of other places, which also causes the people in Guanzhong to be rich, and most dynasties have also built the capital here.

Whatever Liu Che wants, he has to pay for something, such as official positions such as land or money, and the practice of wanting the horses to run and not giving the horses grazing is not applicable at any time.

"I want to transfer you to the post under Dasi Nong, and allocate you another 3,000 acres of land, what do you think?"

As soon as Liu Che spoke, the Huangmen waiter on the side reminded.

"Your Majesty, the Great Agricultural Order does not have the duty to cultivate vegetables and fruits, if it does, there will be people who will talk a lot."

The Empress Dowager Dou is not dead, and the country is still practicing the technique of Huang Lao, and it is best that there is no change at all, so that those who have a heart can shut up.

Seeing that Liu Che was worried, Zhang Yuan immediately said what he thought in his heart.

"Your Majesty, since there is no precedent in the court, you only need to give the ministers land, and the ministers can recruit them themselves."

Zhang Yuan's statement seems to be the most reasonable and convenient, but such a large piece of land has no proper name, it is difficult for Liu Che to allocate it to him, and it cannot be allocated in the Inner History Region, but if it is out of the Inner History Region, it is equivalent to getting farther and farther away from Liu Che's control, which is not what the Son of Heaven wants to see.

"You don't have any merit in you, and I can't reward you with such a large piece of land."

To tell the truth, in the past few years that Empress Dowager Dou has not died, Liu Che's emperor is really aggrieved.

Liu Che mentioned the word credit, which reminded Zhang Yuan of his long-unfinished system task, which had been delayed for several years.

"How steel is made of hatred of iron does not become steel: increase the annual output of carbon steel in Dahan to one ton per year.

Quest completion reward: Potato seeds. ”

At this time, it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to escape from Tian Wei's field of vision, and Zhang Yuan was willing to fight for this.

"Your Majesty, there is a way for the minister to exchange for credit, and it can also make a few nobles unable to find faults."

Zhang Yuan's words did not mention Liu Che's interest.

"Horizontal wheel water drain? Or is it the way to increase the production of wrought iron? ”

"Neither."

As soon as these three words came out, Liu Che's face immediately changed, and he couldn't wait to dissect Zhang Yuan's whole body to see what else he Liu Che didn't know about.

"What's that?"

Zhang Yuan took a deep breath and preached to Liu Che.

"When Chen was in the Zhuo's smelting workshop, he came up with a new method of steelmaking, with less loss and higher output."

The weapons of the Huns are not as good as those of the Han Dynasty, although they are not as good as them, but they are not much worse, they are all made of iron.

But the speed of the Huns is not comparable to the Han cavalry, not even the qualifications, often the Han army wants to surround the Hun cavalry, but they are easily escaped, if the Han cavalry wants to go deep into the grassland, it will often be surrounded by the Hun cavalry.

The reason why Wei Qing was able to go further and further on the road against the Xiongnu was not because he was faster than the Xiongnu, but because he never fought battles that he was not sure of victory, as long as he did not fight those battles that were not sure, the rest would be victories.

And the reason why Huo Qubing was able to abuse the Huns died and became angry was because of his military thinking that ordinary people could not fathom.

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