Datun Tian's jujube only came to Yuan Tan's study.

Because there was high-yield corn and wheat under Yuan Tan's rule, there was no need for tuntian at all, so jujube was useless and depressed.

"Prime Minister?" Jujube only bowed.

"Well, get up, you can read this book first." Before Yuan Tan's words fell, Dian Wei took a book and sent it over.

Jujube only took it and took a look, "The Cultivation and Planting of Watermelon".

As he opened it and looked closely, he couldn't help but be shocked.

Zao only heard about the bet in the court.

The prime minister said that there are crops that can yield 10,000 catties per mu.

No one believed it, and the Datuntian family even less believed it.

Now looking at the book, it turns out that all the processes of how to grow 10,000 catties.

Yuan Tan said: "You get familiar with this book as soon as possible, and then give training courses to officials, and you will be responsible for this watermelon project." ”

Speaking of which, this is a heavy responsibility.

But the jujube didn't raise his motivation at all, "I'll plant it." Rest assured, Lord, I will plant according to the method in your booklet, but ...... But....... ”

Yuan Tan smiled: "If you can't grow 10,000 catties, I'll be responsible." ”

Zao only breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, it seems that the prime minister didn't let himself take the blame, can he really grow 10,000 catties?

So after the beginning of spring, officials began to go to the countryside to help poor households grow watermelons.

Yuan Tan attaches great importance to poverty alleviation, and the military advisers came to the front line to supervise the development of the work.

Pang Tong came to Guangzong.

Guangzong is the birthplace of the Yellow Turban, the area is alluvial of the ancient Yellow River, there is more sandy land, alias sand dunes, it can be seen.

Sandy land is almost incapable of growing crops, so there are many poor people.

Pang Tong took people to Dongsha Township to investigate the work.

The officials who are helping the poor here have seen the military division coming, and they have worked even harder.

The villagers all came out, and they heard that it was the military advisor who came, and they had never seen such a big official.

"Fellow villagers, we will take you out of poverty and become well-off." Pang Tong said kindly.

With such a big official coming to us, we must be out of poverty.

The villagers were even happier than the people who heard that they had become a special zone.

"Strategist, how do we get out of poverty?" Village Chief Wang asked back.

"Plant watermelons." Pang Tong touched his mustache and said.

Growing watermelons?

"Strategist, how many catties of watermelon is produced per mu?" Village Chief Wang asked again.

The people here don't know what watermelon is, but it doesn't prevent them from asking about the most critical place, which is the yield per mu.

"This ...... 10,000 catties. ”

Groove~.

When the people heard Pang Tong's words, they were almost about to smoke,

"We will come out of more than 50 catties of grain planting, you have 10,000 catties, what are you bragging?" An old man who was about to die of old age went out and opened up directly.

"With 200 times more production, you really dare to brag. I've seen a lot of bragging, and you are the best one. ”

"This is the rhythm that wants to blow us out of poverty."

"This ......." Pang Tong looked embarrassed and speechless. After thinking about it for a while, my heart was full of confidence when I said it to the Lord, why didn't I have any confidence when it was my turn?

In fact, you can't blame Pang Tong for not having confidence, it's really too scary to put 10,000 catties in ancient times.

Later, the villagers learned that the yield per mu was said by the prime minister.

I suddenly wanted to cry without tears.

It seems that the prime minister has become bad, this is a change of law to get us poor, and if you don't get us, you can only accept slavery and not stop.

So the people didn't believe it even more, but they had to cry and plant.

"Son, when Dong Zhuo was back then, your grandfather hanged himself in order to keep me alive. Looks like I'm going to get ready to hang myself in the summer. ”

The old people have begun to give an account of the afterlife.

But whether people believe it or not, as long as Yuan Tan gives an order, he will do it.

Under the supervision of local officials, watermelon planting began to get on the right track.

…………

On this day, Yuan Tan was reviewing the recital in the study.

Huang Chengyan and Ma Jun came in a hurry.

After Yuan Tan saw the two of them coming, he became excited, "How is it?" Did the wooden battleship have a breakthrough? ”

Ma Jun said happily: "Lord, not only has there been a breakthrough, but a ship has been launched." ”

Launched so quickly.

Yuan Tan suddenly felt that Ma Jun's work was very good, you must know that it was expected to take five years.

So Yuan Tan rushed to the shipyard in Jiaozhou Bay with civil and military dignitaries.

When Zhao Yun and Jia Xu saw the wooden battleship, they were completely shocked.

They originally thought that it should be a kind of warship similar to the Jiangnan Lou ship, but after seeing the real thing, they knew that they were wrong.

This wooden battleship, 95 meters long and 30 meters wide, has four floors, can hang eight sails on board, the anchor weight is 1,800 catties, the displacement is 3,000 tons, and it takes at least 200 people to set sail.

With state-of-the-art keel technology, it is much more stable than today's flat-bottomed boats.

Due to the huge size of the battleship, it used trebuchets and ballistas as combat weapons. It is much more advanced than the land combat mode on the ship that fires arrows and receives the broadside.

Yuan Tan was also shocked by this battleship.

This should be the largest warship in the world at the moment.

"Everyone, everyone!" Ma Junxian put up, "This battleship is not the largest, because the lord gave the target back then, and this battleship still needs to fight in the Yangtze River." If it is a pure sea ship, it will be even bigger. ”

"This is already twice as big as the Jingzhou Lou ship, and it can be even bigger!" Pang Tong was the only military advisor who grew up in the south, and he had the most say in the Jingzhou Eastern Wu Naval Army.

Zhao Yun and the others heard Ma Jun say that they were fighting on the Yangtze River, and their eyes suddenly lit up.

You must know that Yuan Tan must be going to the south, and the biggest difficulty in the southern expedition is the enemy's naval army.

After all, it is an indisputable fact that the south is good at water warfare.

On the water, Yuan Tan's military superiority was not reflected, which was also one of the key reasons for Cao Cao's defeat in Chibi in later generations.

But now with such a battleship, it's completely different.

Later.

Yuan Tan affirmed the work of Ma Jun and Huang Chengyan, "Send this battleship to serve in the Yangtze River Navy as soon as possible, and in the process of going to the Lujiang River, it will be considered a sea trial." ”

In fact, after Yuan Tan completely occupied the Central Plains, his influence extended to the entire lower reaches of the Yangtze River, and set up a shipyard in Lujiang County in the north of the Yangtze River to manufacture ships, fighting ships, and building ships to prepare for the future southern expedition.

However, the battleships such as warships, fighting ships, and building ships cannot be compared with battleships at all.

I believe that after this battleship is added to the sequence, the advantage of the Jingzhou naval army of Eastern Wu will not be so obvious.

…………

In the blink of an eye, it was the summer of 209 A.D.

The sandy land in Guangzong and other places is crawling with large round watermelons.

The villagers were crying and laughing while holding a large watermelon of more than 20 catties.

"It turns out that the prime minister didn't lie to us, he can really produce 10,000 catties per mu!"

"I'm going to get rich, I'm going to get rich!"

And in Yecheng, Yuan Tan's mansion.

In the study.

Yuan Tan and the military advisers were waiting for the news of the watermelon yield.

Yuan Tan closed his eyes and recuperated.

And the strategists whispered.

Jia Xu touched his beard, "Five years of Yulu, five years of ......." "Kept muttering.

At this time, in the sound of footsteps, Pang Tong ran in.

Jia Xu trembled and said: "Pang Tong Military Division, how many catties per mu?" ”

"Ten thousand catties ......." After Pang Tong finished speaking excitedly, he cried.

Xun You: The same is true for them.

It's over, it's gone, I knew it was really 10,000 catties, and I definitely didn't bet with the lord.

Jia Xu couldn't stand anymore, thinking that you have only been a year, and I have not had a lot for five years. This time, the whole family is going to drink the northwest wind.

Yuan Tan laughed out loud, firstly, looking at the expressions of the military advisers who wanted to die or live, and secondly, the bumper harvest, how could he not be happy to get rid of poverty and become well-off?

"In this way, this is a kill."

Xun Yu and they are crumbling, not to mention the killing, they have already killed to the end. We are the fruits, you can kill them.

Yuan Tan smiled: "Okay, don't cry and mourn, this year's harvest is big, and I am happy, so I don't want your money." ”

Jia Xu and them suddenly became two heavens of ice and fire, and suddenly they were like a tide of sycophants.

Yuan Tan smiled, "When I come to Japan, I will make Ma Riyan look good." ”