Zhecheng because of Zhewang Qu Yan's only son Qu Min ordered the Zhewang army veterans to surrender to Qin, the Qin army also successfully took over Zhecheng and several surrounding cities, Qin soldiers did not commit any crimes, but also let the local Yancheng battle of the famous southern Qin army, there is no previous fear, the Qin army in addition to collecting the blades of the Zhewang army, is to let the Zhewang soldiers go up the mountain to cut wood, ready to lay the river pontoon bridge.

In short, because of the surrender of the army led by the young lord Qu Min, and the autumn of the Qin army, Zhecheng did not commit any crimes, so that this place, known as the richest place in Jingdi, was not devastated by the war!

In the past few days, because Yingdu is indeed a Longtan tiger's den, Lin Yuyan is also cautious about crossing the river to attack Yingdu, which is also a rare period of tranquility for the southern expeditionary army and horses of Daqin, Lin Yuyan also saw the magnificence of the river for the first time, which is different from the Han River.

Now, with Wu Kang's army entering the river, Daqin has also built two lines of defense against Yingdu.

When the Chu ** team won a great victory in Yongzhou with difficulty, Daqin's army had been staying in Zhecheng for several days, and Lin Yuyan himself was also inspecting around Zhecheng with Qu Min, the only son of the Zhewang Qu Yan.

It is said that Zhexian is the richest place in Jingdi, the reason is that the Zhewang Qu Yan relied on the land of several counties in Zhexian County, which was able to provide a huge amount of food to supply all kinds of soldiers and horses in Jingdi, originally a Zhecheng is a land of fish and rice, but in fact, it is not the same as Lin Yuyan imagined, and the food produced around Zhexian County is very small, just to meet their own needs.

The surplus of Zhe County lies in a special product around Zhe County, even if a plant called "Zhe", which is called "Gan Zhe" by the locals, is a plant similar to young bamboo, but it can indeed be eaten directly, its taste is sweet, the most rare thing is that this sweet Zhe can be boiled out of a kind of "starch syrup" similar to malt fermentation, the taste is much better than the starch sugar, it is precisely because of this that Zhecheng is because of the hundreds of thousands of acres of sweet sugar refined, exported to Chu, Wu, and Qi countries and other rich countries, In exchange for a large amount of food.

Especially in the rich Qi country, the caramel refined by one stone of Ganzhe is several times higher than the sea salt of Qi State, and when converted into grain, one stone of caramel is able to exchange for dozens of stones of grain, this converted ratio, it is no wonder that Zhecheng can obtain so much food to support the huge army supply and demand of Jingdi!

Qu Minsui is only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old child, but after all, he is the son of Qu Yan, the head of the five pillars of the Jing Kingdom, and he has seen that there are still some things, especially the Zhewang Qu Yan admires the culture of the Central Plains, and he also hired the scholars of the Central Plains to enlighten Qu Min.

Qu Min also thanked the Qin army for not committing any offense in the autumn of Zhecheng, and was not like Yancheng, where hundreds of thousands of people were lifeless.

Qu Min brought Lin Yuyan to the place, is the important "grain and grass" guarded by the Zhewang army, a piece of tens of thousands of acres of Ganzhe fields, seems to be different from the intensive cultivation of the Central Plains, although these Ganzhe in the eyes of the Jing people are rich grain, but still not to the extent of cherishing it as life, probably to transplant it to the acres of fields, let it grow, and do not take care of it.

But according to Qu Min, the growth of these Gan Zhe is often very gratifying!

Lin Yuyan arrived at the acres of fields planted with tens of thousands of acres of Ganzhe, which finally confirmed his original prediction, isn't the Ganzhe of Zhecheng the "sugarcane" of later generations!

Seeing Lin Yuyan's appearance, Qu Min thought that His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin didn't care about what Zhecheng was doing, and couldn't help but have some teenagers arguing at the moment: "Just these tens of thousands of acres of sweet fruit can be boiled out of tens of thousands of stones, and when it is transported to Chu in winter, it is ten times the price of grain, and when it reaches Wu and Qi farther away, it can often be exchanged for twenty or thirty times the grain!" ”

For what Qu Min said, Lin Yuyan still believes that sweetness is definitely the favorite taste of human beings, especially in the case of lack of sugar, the price of caramel is often high, and the wealthy families of Zhumen in the Central Plains often ferment a few catties of wheat from the extravagant...... Even a few taels of malt caramel to satisfy your appetite.

It's just that the taste of wheat starch is really not as sweet as this sweet one, and it is not easy to preserve, and the production cycle is relatively long.

Qu Min is only thirteen or fourteen years old, but like most of the locals in Zhecheng, he is extremely rich at a young age, as if he has become a little chubby.

Looking at the muddy yellow liquid produced at the end of those processes, Qu Min also enjoyed scooping it up and drinking it all in one go, and then he was still unsatisfied, Lin Yuyan looked at Qu Min's appearance, and frowned at the moment and said: "The prince of Zhewang drank it all like this, don't you feel sluggish?" ”

"What? ......" This is also a slang term from the ancient Qin land, Qu Min doesn't know what it means, but he can roughly guess a synopsis, and immediately replied: "Everyone in the world thinks that the wine of the Central Plains is the first-class drink in the world, but I just think that the sugar water in Zhecheng does not have to be bad for the wine!" ”

Lin Yuyan glanced at Qu Min's fat figure, and when she heard him say this, she didn't think it was very strange.

Qu Min was also quite enthusiastic to scoop up a scoop of sugar water for Lin Yuyan, under the hospitality, Lin Yuyan was not like Qu Min's native of Zhecheng, for this extremely high concentration of sugar water, Lin Yuyan just took a sip, and immediately handed it to Jing Yi, Ji Wu and others behind him, these are strong men who have a good amount of wine in Daqin, ready to drink all the sugar water, but they couldn't help frowning, looking at the muddy yellow sugar water, their faces seemed to be uncomfortable.

"Although this sugar water is not as strong as wine, I still feel ...... when I drink it all Boom! ”

"Add some water to dilute the ......," Lin Yuyan suggested, and then looked at Qu Min, who had not climbed into the sugar water tank, and also admonished: "Although this sugar water tastes sweet...... But after all, it is not an indispensable thing such as rice, and if you eat it for a long time every day, it will inevitably cause physical diseases and ...... Bloated! ”

"Bloated? ......" Qu Min stared at the scoop of sugar water in his hand, looked at himself again, compared the wealth of the locals in Zhecheng and the might of the Qin soldiers, shook his head, and finally slowly put down the scoop in his hand, and said: "No wonder the old pawn in Zhecheng has become like this now, I originally thought it was a meal, but I didn't expect the culprit to be this Gan Zhe!" ”

When Qu Min was young, he also dreamed of opening a bow with several stones, riding a tall horse, wearing a strong and stubborn battle, and taking the lead in fighting, but since he was a child, Qu Min has such a bloated body, and those old soldiers of the Zhewang Army will get sick and die almost every year, even if it is a witch doctor in Jingdi, it is not for a reason.

Originally, Qu Yan, the king of Zhe, was puzzled, how could the starvation disease during the famine cause that kind of disease after settling down in a rich place like Zhecheng, who could have imagined that the reason was told by the Qin people who regarded it as an enemy at the beginning, and it would actually be caused by drinking sweet sugar water for a long time!

At that moment, the young Qu Min also bowed to Lin Yuyan and said, "Qu Min thanks Gongzi Qin for his kindness!" ”

Looking at Qu Min, who was cautious, Lin Yuyan also waved his hand, as if he didn't care about this matter, who could know that the young Qu Min remembered this matter as a great favor in his heart.

Lin Yuyan looked at the place where the caramel was simmered, and also nodded, I have to say that this is tantamount to a windfall for Daqin, in the future, through the Jiangxia Commercial Bank and the commercial office to be established in Wancheng, it will be able to take advantage of the winter to transport this item to the vassal states of the Central Plains to sell, so as to exchange for a large amount of food in the hands of those who like sweets!