Chapter 44: Sweet Potatoes Harvested by Accident
Liangzhou is a place, everything is good, but the land is vast and sparsely populated. Even under the deliberate guidance of Shen Mo and others, the number of people has been several times the original, but there is a lot of wind and sand in this place, and there are few crops that can be planted! This also leads to the fact that the Shen family now has so many soldiers in the army, and most of the soldiers' rations are purchased from outside, even if the Shen family has extremely strong financial resources, it can't be like this! Besides, in Shen Mo's plan, these government soldiers will be used as Tuntian soldiers when there is no war, but where is Tian now?
So when he first saw this, Shen Wansan didn't mention how excited he was, but when he came back, he forgot to bring back the person he recommended... When I looked back, I couldn't find it.
When Shen Hao walked to Shen Wansan's small courtyard, he was stopped by the maid standing at the door from a distance, saying that Shen Wansan ordered that no one should enter.
This made Shen Hao even more puzzled, and after waiting at the door for a while, he saw a middle-aged man with a scruffy beard and raunchy walking out. The eye sockets were deeply sunken, and Shen Hao didn't recognize it at first... Is this still his handsome second uncle?
For the first time in many years, when he saw Shen Hao for the first time, Shen Wansan didn't have time to sigh, and hurriedly pulled Shen Hao into the courtyard.
Looking at the things on the table, Shen Hao's eyes were almost blind, "Sweet potato!" Isn't this a sweet potato? How did it end up here? ”
According to Shen Hao's memory in his previous life, should this thing still be in Europe or America? Shen Hao couldn't think clearly, but it was impossible to appear here!
Hearing that Shen Hao seemed to know this thing, Shen Wansan's eyes flashed with a gleam, grabbed Shen Hao's hand, and said excitedly, "Hao'er, do you know this thing?" Do you know how to plant it? Can this thing feed our entire Liangzhou? ”
A series of questions, overwhelming. However, the sentence of feeding the entire Liangzhou made Shen Hao suddenly react, this thing can not only feed the entire Liangzhou, but also feed the entire Han family!
What did the Three Kingdoms era fight for? Only with land can we have more land to grow more food, and we can feed more people, and if there are more people, won't there be more taxes for soldiers? And now, what is placed in front of Shen Hao is the crops that can completely feed half of the Han family with the power of one state! You must know that the grain yield per mu of the Three Kingdoms at the end of the Han Dynasty was only more than 300 catties, and sweet potatoes could reach the ordinary level of 6,000 catties per mu in the previous life! Even if the yield of sweet potatoes has decreased due to the difference in planting technology, there are still three or four thousand catties...
Shen Hao didn't dare to think about it anymore, such a terrifying data, Shen Hao was afraid that he was thinking about it, and it might not be a problem for Liangzhou to fight against the other thirteen states on his own...
And Shen Wansan also lost his mind for a while after hearing Shen Hao's explanation. He knew it was useful, but he didn't expect it to go down in history! Then, he grabbed Shen Hao and didn't let go, because he had planted it several times without success, since Shen Hao knew this thing, he should also plant it, right?
Will Shen Hao? Although I had never planted land in my previous life, sweet potatoes were obviously the simplest kind of plants... I'm not an expert, so it's good to find an insider... In this era, there are a lot of people who can farm...
And Shen Wansan, who heard this method... Holding his forehead with his hand, he said that he was too excited, and he had been messing around for so long... Such a simple method, I should have thought of it a long time ago...
After calling someone and giving some orders, the matter was resolved...
Then, it was Shen Hao's purpose.
Hearing what Shen Hao said, Shen Wansan still couldn't believe it, after all, Shen Qian was completely different from now, he was active and studious, his brain turned quickly, and he had a very good view of the economic caravan, and it was also based on this that Shen Wansan planned to bring it back to the Shen family to cultivate it well. It's just, why did it suddenly grow crooked?
It turned out that Shen Qian was met by Shen Wansan during a caravan trip, when Shen Wansan was accidentally intercepted and separated from the caravan, but Shen Wansan didn't know the road there, so he rushed into the old mountain forest in a panic... In the old mountains of the late Han Dynasty, the dangers were countless, and after staying in it for less than a day, Shen Wansan was bitten by an unknown insect. Dizziness, nausea and other symptoms followed, and then, the world swirled, and Shen Wansan didn't know it.
When he woke up and found that he was already lying on the bed, it was Shen Qian who saved people. It's just that Shen Qian, who is in the middle of the family, has no one else at home and lives alone. Thanks to him, Shen Wansan took Shen Qian with him. This also happened when I later found out that Shen Qian's ability was good, and it was worth cultivating and being accepted as a righteous son.
After understanding the ins and outs of the matter, Shen Hao finally thought of why Shen Qian was so wrong. The change in status blinded Shen Qian's eyes, and also made Shen Qian lose himself in power. It's just that in this way, Shen Qian is not easy to deal with anymore.
Looking at Shen Wansan's look of hating iron but not steel, he turned to order his subordinates to bring Shen Qian back to take good care, as for Wang Zhun and Han Wen, Shen Hao said, when will I think about it, now, let's lock it up first.
After a pause, Shen Hao asked Shen Wansan about the recent changes in the Shen Mansion. The current Shen family is not the Shen family in my impression, and it is not an exaggeration to call it ever-changing.
After talking about it for an afternoon, although Shen Wansan has been obsessed with sweet potatoes recently, and he hasn't asked about many things in the Shen Mansion, he listens to the reports of his subordinates every day and understands much more than Shen Hao, a person who has not returned home for four years. For the Shen family at this moment, Shen Hao once again had a clear understanding: in addition to the struggle with the Central Plains, he secretly gathered the homeless people, and the king with a different surname was top-notch!
Shen Wansan doesn't know how many people there are in Liangzhou now, but according to Shen Hao's estimates, I'm afraid there will be millions...
In the other direction of Wuwei County, the Liangzhou Wangfu is far more magnificent than the Shen Mansion. After receiving the news that Shen Hao had returned, Shen Mo and Jia Xu put down the matter they were discussing, and they were overjoyed and speechless.
At night, with the return of the third son of the Shen family, the deeds of capturing Beigong Boyu, the leader of Qianghu, and annihilating the large tribe of Qianghu, also spread. For a time, the people of Liangzhou worshiped the three sons of the Shen family as gods, especially the old Liangzhou people who have lived here for generations, no one hates the Qiang people more than them, and they have been harassing and miserable for generations, and today, finally a hundred years later, the Qiang Hu soldiers have completely disappeared! In the future, their descendants will no longer have to stay in the town as carefully as before, and they will have to worry about being taken captive by the Qiang Hu if they run a little farther!