When Chai Ping, a special envoy and visiting officer from Guangfu, chased Zhou Huai'an and his party in Boluo County, it was already two days later. During this time, he even received a batch of freshly harvested samples of new crops from Xunzhou, such as a dozen cassava with fresh mud.

During his time in Guangzhou, under the cover of his daily activities, he retrieved some of the materials that could be used from the underwater vehicle, including some experimental species collected from the local area;

Among them are cassava tubers from Africa; Although this is a variety improved in China for the water and soil environment of African agriculture in later generations, it still grows well in Xunzhou and Chaozhou and is harvested immediately; To know the value and significance of this thing, it is even no less than the discovery of potatoes, which is known as one of the catalysts of the industrial revolution in modern times.

Because cassava is also a high-yielding, drought-tolerant tuber crop, although it needs to be reprocessed for human consumption, it is a good source of animal feed. Therefore, it has been developed and utilized in food, feed and industry. Root starch is one of the main raw materials for starch production in industry. Sixty-five percent of the world's cassava production is used for human food and is the main food crop for low-income farmers in tropical wetlands.

It is also suitable for the relatively humid, hot and marshy Chaoshan Plain environment in the Lingnan region, and it does not need to occupy the flat fields that directly produce grain and develop cash crops, but can further make use of those relatively barren slopes and gaps, but the yield is much higher than that of traditional millet and upland rice, or even several times.

As a raw material for the production of feed, cassava meal and leaves are a high-energy feed ingredient. In the fermentation industry, tapioca starch or dried flakes can be used to make alcohol, citric acid, glutamic acid, lysine, cassava protein, glucose, fructose, etc., which have important uses in food, beverages, medicine, textiles (dyeing), papermaking, etc.

Of course, the better news is that the Great General's Mansion from Guangfu has compromised itself after a period of delay; Although this kind of realistic utilitarian compromise will have sequelae and other hand tails.

According to the latest edict brought by Chai Ping, a basic evaluation and praise and conclusion were announced about Zhou Huai'an's "diligence and many talents, and he was tired of making achievements", "he was eager to lose, and he was quite discussed", and "now he uses the theory of observation and effect to make him use his life in front of the army"; At first glance, it is the handwriting style of Yang Shigu, who is quite friendly to himself.

Since then, he has accumulated merits and demerits, and transferred the title of Sima of Leizhou, and joined the army of the general's mansion, Cangcao, and still received the grain judge, and in this regard, he was in charge of the preparation of medicine, armor, food, and straw for the army in Guangfu, and gave the two guards to obey and act without delay;

As for the corresponding compensation and exchange conditions, the number of the six battalions of the Sanjiang Patrol Army under his leadership was changed to one of the two rear flank armies under the military government, and from then on, he was ordered to defend his hometown instead of leading the army; It can also be regarded as the small army leader at the end of the ranking, and has entered the regular sequence where he can receive money, food, and materials from the General's Mansion; Instead of only basic food and clothing, armor was assigned only when they needed to go to war, and they did not rely on identity between the main force of the rebel army and the peripheral periphery.

It's just that the head Wang Pan is still awarded the rank of general as the military master, and someone is the deputy leader; However, what is surprising is that Chai Ping, who was originally the visiting officer, was also reappointed as the head of the army, and received the rank of lieutenant, and recruited another battalion and merged it into it, reaching the military quota of seven battalions. Of course, this is also a common practice of mixing sand and checks and balances among the rebels.

For these who are still on the standard line of his lowest expectation, Zhou Huai'an is relatively satisfied with the basic conditions and attitude, or he can accept it when he sees it; For him, everything else is empty, and only the strength and reputation of his own strength are the foundation that can really be evidenced;

Although under his management and search these days, the Fufeng Battalion, which actually has the territory of two states and ten counties, no longer expects much money and food supplies from the Great General's Mansion; By relying solely on its own accumulation and the effective replenishment of local recovery output, it is possible to maintain basic self-sufficiency for several years in a non-war situation. But the fame and status that can be used to obtain resources is something that can be used as much as possible.

For example, he can have people go to find and open mines, and smelt equipment and tools on the spot; In addition, in the name of raising troops, he wantonly recruited hungry young laborers and unemployed craftsmen in Guangfu, and in disguised dug the corners of the departments of the Camp Field Division, the Degree Branch Division, the Salt and Iron Official, and the Hejin Official, which were subordinate to the General's Mansion.

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"Since the Yellow King is still useful to me, let me give a gift first."

Zhou Huai'an immediately expressed his position. The main reason is that in the process of torturing the remnants of the official army and the local regiment obtained from Dongkezhai, there were actually important discoveries.

The old man with a goatee, who claimed to be the former official of the Ministry of Rites and the history of Gaozhou's assassination, really couldn't be tortured and couldn't be beaten and confessed, about the Lingxi rebellion before this, there was a secret communication with the high-level of the Guangfu Righteous Army, and privately revealed the shocking news of the Righteous Army's true and false information.

However, as the saying goes, if you are not in your position, you will not seek your own government, and then it should be left to the general's mansion headed by Huang Chao to have a headache and trouble.

And after seeing Chai Ping again, who will be working together for a long time in the future, Zhou Huaian also seems to have noticed that he has changed significantly during this time. It's like after a lot of heavy reality polishing and experience, and becoming more and more introverted and urban.

But I couldn't help but think of the previous expedition with the Angry Wind Battalion, and I talked to him on the way back from the last invited banquet.

"Monk, do you have a way to exorcise evil spirits for them?"

Chai Ping, who was slightly drunk and riding on the horse, complained casually and was very depressed.

"Since entering this Guangzhou city, many acquaintances seem to have changed people. People don't understand and don't understand. ”

"Exorcism, why exorcism?"

Zhou Huai'an was unmoved.

"It's not really evil. It's just an upstart-style disease of wealth. ”

"It's just that after they have been poor and difficult for too long, they suddenly saw the glory and wealth of their voices,"

"I just lost my heart and my original intention. But it's their own choice. ”

"It is also the drive that has been suppressed in people's hearts for a long time, and the instinct to indulge in leisure and hate work and greed for pleasure"

"As the so-called Buddha has clouds, it is easy to kill the thief in front of you, but it is difficult to kill the thief in your heart."

"Unless there is a very serious reason and persistence, no one likes to abandon the comfortable and comfortable status quo and return to the bitter and ordinary"

Speaking of this, Zhou Huaian couldn't help but say with sincere persuasion.

"After entering a prosperous city like Guangzhou, there is no reasonable planning and deployment constraints, and this kind of thing is unavoidable."

"Besides, if you really want to go against the question, I'm afraid that most of them will cause dissatisfaction and backlash, and even become the target of rejection."

"To be honest, this is no longer something you can manage, nor is it something you can meddle in and intervene in"

"The roots of the rebels and the future of the rebels have been involved."

"It's really a big trouble and it takes a person of sufficient weight and status to bear it and turn it around."

After saying so much in one go, Zhou Huai settled for a moment, and then hesitated again and again before continuing.

"But there is a greater possibility that your superiors also agree with one of them,"

"And it will be for the sake of your qualifications and past, and I will agree with you on the surface."

"And then send you out in private.,It's out of sight.。。 It's also the best result. ”

"It's just that before you are sent out, it's also troublesome to keep some virtue. It's fine not to reveal me. ”

"You dare to selfishly speculate and divide my rebel brothers"

Chai Ping's face suddenly changed, and he suddenly staggered in his hand to draw a knife, but he was quietly held down by Zhou Huai'an, and he couldn't break free for a while.

"I'm just talking about the facts, a little analysis. For the sake of your kindness to me in the first place, I gave me a bite of food. ”

"If you think it's ridiculous, you can fart, why do you have to be so out of shape"

"It means that you still care, don't you?"

"You...

He took a few deep breaths, and finally pressed back the half-drawn horizontal knife, and the horse turned his head and walked away with some anger. Since then, he has become somewhat distant and rare, and then he was reassigned after the change of the tide.

Zhou Huai'an now thinks back that this is still an idealist who is relatively deep in the rebel army and has not been destroyed by the cruel reality. But I don't know if he can still think like this.

(End of chapter)