Yu Zhiqian smiled and didn't speak, and at this time, Cheng Yanjin jumped out.

"Your Majesty, I have nothing to say about the marquis, why do you want to erect a statue and write a record! I'm not convinced! ”

Compared with those officials who are concerned about the issue of feudal marquis, the statues and records that really make the ministers of the court and the central government frightened!

There are already many ministers who enjoy the treatment of the statue, such as Cheng Biting Jin, the guy who has been erected in the Stone Square, this guy has not been there recently, it is said that when he was just erected, this guy had to go to see it three times a day, and he enjoyed the admiration of the surrounding people for these statues.

In addition to Cheng Biting Jin, Niu Jinda, Wei Chigong, Di Renjie, Su Dingfang and others, there are standing statues, and their lives will be recorded under the stone carvings, and at the same time, a part of the area will be reserved.

Now being an official is not the era of being an official for thousands of miles just for money, this group of ministers are all people with ideals and ambitions, for them, being able to live for generations is more important than anything else, almost all ministers think that one day they can be remembered by future generations, but the people who can stand statues are people with great merit.

For example, Su Dingfang, he is the youngest person in this group of children, but Su Dingfang destroyed the southeastern countries and solved the urgent need for food in the empire, this credit made many people shut up and dare not say anything, but now Xu Xiake can actually stand up a statue, which makes many people unconvinced, even Cheng Yanjin and others, who have already set up a statue, feel unconvinced, their own credit is killed with a knife and a shot, why does Xu Xiake have it?

What's even more excessive is that there is also a note, you must know that Cheng Yanjin is not qualified to write now, and he must wait until after his death to be able to write, and now Xu Xiake, who looks like a young man in his thirties, is actually qualified to write a note, and he has to be praised among the people, which makes Cheng Yanjin anxious! Cheng Yanjin doesn't have this treatment!

"Yes, Your Majesty, this reward is too heavy!"

Many ministers have come out against it.

Yu Zhiqian looked at the ministers below, took out a box, and slowly took out the sweet potato: "This thing is called sweet potato, also called sweet potato, this is a plant brought back from the New World, and it is also a food!" ”

Looking at the sweet potatoes that Yu Zhiqian raised, a group of ministers didn't understand what it meant, Yu Zhiqian smiled, continued to take out the potatoes from the box, and held them up to show the ministers: "This is called potatoes!" ”

"It's called corn!"

"It's ......"

Yu Zhiqian took out some of the things in the box, placed them on his table one by one, glanced at the unknown ministers, and said, "These plants can be used as food, do you know the yield of these foods?" ”

After finishing speaking, Yu Zhiqian lifted the sweet potato: "This kind of food can be used as a staple food or as a non-staple food, I have seen this kind of food when I traveled to the fairy world, and it is also the location where the gods told me about these foods, Xu Aiqing brought these foods back from the New World!" ”

When the ministers heard this, they whispered that there was an extra kind of food, which was indeed a good thing for the people.

"Do you know how high the yield of sweet potatoes is?"

The ministers looked at each other, the first time they had seen this thing, they had never seen it before, let alone the yield!

"I don't know exactly how much the yield per mu is, but the minimum should be more than a dozen stones, and it should be more than twenty stones normally!" (One stone equals 53 kilograms!) ）

Hearing Yu Zhiqian's words, the group of ministers were stunned at first, and then looked at Yu Zhiqian in disbelief: "Your Majesty, you are not wrong, right?" ”

"Of course, these plants will be used as seeds to plant next year, and you will know when the time comes!"

Hearing Yu Zhiqian's words, the ministers began to communicate in a low voice again, they had never seen the food that yielded twenty or thirty stones per mu before, and they had never even thought that if this kind of food had existed earlier, how many fewer people would have died? Before the founding of the Yutang Empire, because of hunger, how many victims ......

"This is a potato, how much is the specific yield, the yield is higher than that of sweet potatoes, and it may be doubled! It can be used as a staple food, and it can be used as a dish! ”

"This is corn, the yield is not high, about ten stones per mu, if it is cultivated, it can be even higher......"

"It's a chili ......"

"It's ......"

Yu Zhiqian showed the new crops one by one, looked at the ministers below with a smile, and finally all the ministers were paralyzed, although they didn't know if what Yu Zhiqian said was true or false, if they were all true......

"Your Majesty, the old minister is brave, these are all true?"

Yu Zhiqian looked at the gray-haired old minister not far away, and his body trembled slightly when he stood up.

"Of course, when did I deceive someone?"

"I'm lucky, God bless me!" The old minister shouted excitedly, looking like crazy, but Yu Zhiqian didn't blame him for losing his honor in front of the palace.

Although the Yutang Empire now has the domestic grain land of Nanyue, everyone is still not at ease after all, what if the Nanyue country suffers a disaster? But now that high-yield food has appeared, there is really no need to worry about the lack of food in the DPRK.

"Ladies and gentlemen, do you think I have rewarded Xu Xiake a lot now?"

After hearing Yu Zhiqian's words, everyone lowered their heads, and then Cheng Yanjin saluted Yu Zhiqian, and then saluted Xu Xiake: "Your Majesty, Xu Hou's merits are not comparable to Cheng, Cheng is convinced!" ”

"In that case, let me do what I will!"

Yu Zhiqian said with a smile, and then carefully put away all these plants, these are all things to make seeds, Yu Zhiqian doesn't dare to put them indiscriminately, in case something goes wrong, then he has to run thousands of miles away to find it again.

"Retreat!"

When all the ministers left, Yu Zhiqian sat cross-legged on his dragon chair, thinking about the impact that this incident could have in the future, the reason why Yu Zhiqian rewarded Xu Xiake so much, partly because Xu Xiake's credit was really great, and partly because it inspired the world!

Xu Xiake's credit is to discover a new continent and bring back new plants, and in the future, his deeds will spread all over the world, north and south of the country, and there will definitely be people affected by this incident and begin to explore unknown areas outside the Yutang Empire, and there will be a lot of them.

This group of people will be the first group of people to go to sea to make a fortune, as long as they can succeed, they will bring back countless wealth from all over the world, the existence of these people will be fierce more people, bravely go out, to explore the unknown.

What Yu Zhiqian needs is this spirit of continuous exploration, as long as the people go out bravely and find that the outside world is so vast, wonderful and rich!

Once this door of exploration is opened, with the deepening of exploration step by step, coupled with Yu Zhiqian's guidance, it is certain that from exploration to colonization, Yu Zhiqian believes that as long as the country is not closed, even if the Central Plains Dynasty continues to change, the Han nation will always stay in the first position in the world, unshakable!

Yu Zhiqian's generous reward to Xu Xiake, with the retreat of the dynasty, began to slowly ferment in the people, and half a month later, when the statue of Xu Xiake appeared in Wanshi Square, it completely caused an uproar among the people.

A group of people watched the new stone carving being pulled up, and then Yu Zhiqian took Xu Xiake's hand and came to the sculpture, and when it was auspicious, he pulled hard and pulled down a large piece of red cloth, and then Shen Wansan trotted over and put away the red cloth, this red cloth can be reused, it has been used more than a dozen times, and no one cares.

"Who is this?"

When the sculpture appeared, many people were stunned, the previous sculpture, most of them were generals, and occasionally there would be some Wenchen, holding a dossier, but this sculpture is different, a person holding a stick, carrying a bag, looking firmly into the distance, and everyone looks different.

"I don't know! It can't be Xu Xiake, right? ”

"Xu Xiake? Who is it? ”

"You don't know? Come from out of town! The people of Chang'an City next to him looked at the identity of the person, if it is not from Chang'an, if you don't know Xu Xiake, then you can understand that Chang'an City is the most well-informed person in the world!

"I'm from Chang'an, but I just came back from out of town, so I didn't hear that there was something here, so I came over to take a look!"

After hearing that they were all from Chang'an, the guy next to him began to introduce: "You are not in Chang'an, then I don't blame you, this Xu Xiake, it is the new marquis sealed by His Majesty's letter!" ”

Passerby B next to him was a little surprised when he heard it: "Xinhou? This Xu Xiake, like General Su, has he destroyed the country? ”

Hearing passer-by B ask, passer-by A was hung up and looked at passer-by B: "At first, I thought it was also a military merit, after all, I can't get a knight if I don't have military merits, but this new marquis is different from others, not because of military merits but because of the discovery of a new continent, I heard that it's quite big, and by the way, he also brought a lot of new plants back, so the emperor rewarded it!" ”

Hearing passerby A say this, passerby B was stunned: "How is this possible?" ”

At this time, Yu Zhiqian looked at the crowd below and waved his hand, and then Shen Wansan took out a holy decree and began to read it, announcing Xu Xiake's exploits to the people.

“…… I encourage the people to be aggressive, the courage to explore, the whole world is not the king's land, the overseas continent is lonely, I am deeply disturbed, from today on, as long as I am the people, discover the new continent, bring back new species, you can go to Chang'an to receive the reward......"

After Shen Wansan finished reading the holy decree, he slowly put it away, but the people around him were not calm and began to discuss it fiercely.

"So, if you find a new place and have plants, will you be rewarded?"

"Really? Can it be the same as Xu Xiake? Directly marquis? ”

"Don't think about it, didn't Your Majesty say that the area of the new continent discovered by Xu Xiake is larger than that of the Central Plains, and it hasn't been explored yet, no one knows how big it is!"

"Does the discovery of an island count?"

"It should be counted, I heard that new islands are constantly being discovered in the south, I don't know if it's true or not!"

“……”

In the crowd, after passer-by B just heard the holy decree, the whole person was not calm, and then slowly retreated from the crowd and quickly returned home.

"Yanping, you're back?"

As soon as I entered the house, a woman was washing clothes, and when she saw him return, she immediately screamed excitedly.

"It's back!" The two embraced, and then Zheng Yanping began to tidy up his salute, and the woman began to cook.

"Daughter-in-law, you cook two more dishes, I'll find a few friends to come over and eat together!" After finishing speaking, Zheng Yanping quickly ran out of the house and returned after about half an hour.

Three days later, Zheng Yanping left the house again, but this time he did not leave alone, but ten people left together, and after setting off from Chang'an, he immediately went south.

Along with Zheng Yanping, there was also news about Xu Xiake, merchants, and holy decrees that sent Xu Xiake's experience to all corners of the Yutang Empire, and his influence continued to expand.

The news traveled all the way south, and at the end of the second year of Shunchang, it slowly spread to the southern port of Guangzhou in the empire, and at the same time continued to pass to Nanyue Road.

The population of Guangzhou Port is not large, there are about more than 100,000 people, but most of the people who can beg for food here are fishermen, but with the destruction of the Nanyue Kingdom, the empire continued to transport various things such as grain from the Nanyue Kingdom to Shandong Province and other regions, and the status of the Guangzhou Port began to become important, and at the same time, the Guangzhou Port, which was originally only tens of thousands of people, also continued to pour into the Guangzhou Port, and now it has the scale of a middle county.

"Did you hear that? There is a guy named Zheng Yanping who bought a boat and went to sea! ”

"Is he crazy? Going to sea this season? What did he think? ”

"I don't know, listen to him, what new continent can he find, can be knighted, do you think he is stupid, I can't get a knight for non-military merits, even if he finds it, what's the use?"

A fisherman beside him, as he spoke, collected his fishing nets.

"Who's to say it isn't? Hey, I heard that this time he was not alone, he took his son and a few brothers to the sea together, this is a sin! ”

But at this time, a swarthy man, carrying some vegetables in his hand, walked over, and after several people saw it, they immediately greeted him: "Third brother, why did you come back so early today, and the fish are all sold out?" ”

When the man called the third brother saw his brother, he immediately walked up quickly: "Sixth, seventh, twelveth, I was just about to look for you, just now the city posted a holy decree!" ”

Hearing the words of the third brother, everyone looked at each other: "Third brother, what holy decree has anything to do with us?" It's not like we're not going to be allowed to fish in the future, is it? ”

The third brother shook his head: "It's not this, it's something else, there is a holy decree in Chang'an City, and a person named Xu Xiake has sealed the new marquis!" ”

"Someone has made a marquis again, how many countries have been destroyed this time? General Su wiped out more than a dozen countries before he got a marquis! ”

"This time the country was not destroyed because of ......"

ps: There is a high probability that there may be more at night! ~