Chapter 167: Military Parade in the Martial Arts Arena (I)
Genius remembers in a second [Aishang Novel Network biquge.info] to provide you with wonderful novels to read.
"If the last general is as expected, the harvest should be about five million quintals!" Yue Yang's voice still clearly reached the ears of Lu Xiangsheng and the people around him.
"Yue Yang, is this true?" Lu Xiangsheng's voice trembled.
Yue Yang thought about it carefully, "Governor, this last general is not sure, even if there are no five million quintals, but there must be four million or six hundred thousand quintals." ”
"Five million quintals...... Five million quintals! Looking at the busy scene in the surrounding fields, Lu Xiangsheng's body trembled excitedly, and suddenly Lu Xiangsheng grabbed Yue Yang's hand and asked frantically: "Zhenghong, this official asks you, you only have about 500,000 mu of land now, if you want to get 5 million quintals of grain, then you have to at least 1,000 catties of grain per mu, how did you do it?" ”
In fact, at this time, not only Lu Xiangsheng, but even Xu Dingchen, Chen Xinjia and the surrounding generals all looked at Yue Yang with their mouths wide open. Five million quintals of grain, according to 100 catties of grain per quintal, five million quintals is 500 million catties of grain. Today's Ming Dynasty is in an era of starvation everywhere, and the reason why the displaced people are living is not because there is no food? According to the calculation that each person eats an average of two catties of grain a day, 500 million catties of grain is enough for the entire Datong Prefecture to feed six or seven hundred thousand soldiers and civilians for a year, which is very remarkable.
"It's really nothing." Yue Yang got off his horse, walked to the field, picked up a round thing from the pile of grain, came to Lu Xiangsheng, handed it to him, and said, "Governor Lu, look...... That's the key. The name of this thing is called potato, also called potato, which was purchased from overseas at the end of the phone bill, and this thing can not only be eaten. Moreover, it has the characteristics of fast growth length and high yield. As long as it is carefully cared for, it is possible to produce thousands of catties per mu or even higher. Therefore, the last general ordered people to plant it with wheat in large quantities, and the effect was quickly achieved. ”
"Good...... All right! ”
Lu Xiangsheng listened to Yue Yang's introduction, his body trembled with excitement, he looked at the potato in his hand, as if he was looking at a rare treasure, and muttered in his mouth: "Great, great...... With this thing, I declare the people...... No...... My people will be saved! The old man must be sacred. Let the imperial court decree that all the people of the Ming Dynasty must plant this kind of thing, so that there will be no famine in my Ming Dynasty! ”
Although Lu Xiangsheng was so excited, Yue Yang was not as optimistic as him, because Yue Yang knew that the popularization and exhibition of a thing would not be achieved overnight. Theoretically, as long as most of the Ming Dynasty is planted with potatoes, the entire people of the Ming Dynasty can be fed, an ideal that sounds plump but difficult to achieve.
After all, at this time, the Ming Dynasty was still a society dominated by large landlords, big businessmen and civil official groups. The land of nearly nine cities in the country is in the hands of these people, and even if the yield of these crops is high, ordinary people who do not have land will not enjoy any benefits from it, but will increase the monopoly of land by landlords and merchant groups. Just like the Ming royal farm, it stands to reason that the old Zhu family, which owns millions of acres of fertile land in Pingjin and other places, should not lack silver flowers every year, but in fact, in the past two hundred years, even in the best years, the imperial village has only received more than 5,000 taels of silver. It can almost be reduced to the world's biggest joke, where does the food and silver go? That's the crux of the matter!
Yue Yang looked at Lu Xiangsheng, who was excited, and sighed secretly in his heart, but he didn't say anything, even if the promotion of high-yield crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes was not so smooth. But if you can have more, you can have more, and it's always good to harvest more food.
At this time. Not only Lu Xiangsheng, but even Xu Dingchen, Chen Xinjia and the generals behind them looked at Yue Yang again. As the saying goes, if you have milk, you are a mother, this sentence exhausts the rules of the world, since Yue Yang has so much food in hand, then he can no longer look at him with a simple gaze.
"Make friends with this son, maybe there will be something to ask for him in the future." That's what's really going on in the minds of these people around me.
The change in people's eyes and attitudes is easy to feel. After seeing the change in everyone's eyes at their boss, the subordinates who followed behind Yue Yang were also honored, and a sense of pride surged in their hearts, we are here in Wuli Village, and the grain produced every season is enough to feed hundreds of thousands of people in Datong Mansion.
The people with their own thoughts followed Lu Xiangsheng and Yue Yang and continued to march towards Wuli Village, and the closer they got to Wuli Village, the more they felt the prosperity of Wuli Village. The smooth and wide roads, the tidal traffic, the merchants everywhere and the shouting of the streets make for a lively scene.
When everyone walked into Wuli Village, they suddenly saw Lu Xiangsheng automatically walking towards the right. Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's move, although the people behind him were puzzled, they still followed very automatically.
Lu Xiangsheng turned his head and said to Chen Xinjia and Xu Dingchen with a smile: "Lord Xu, Lord Chen, you two still don't know why this official is going this way, right?" When the official first arrived in Wuli Village, he didn't understand the rules here, and finally he could understand it after observing it for a long time. ”
Looking at Lu Xiangsheng, who was in a good mood, Yue Yang had no choice but to explain the traffic rules copied from modern times to everyone, and finally said: "The last general is messing around, but it makes you laugh." ”
Chen Xinjia and Xu Dingchen stroked their beards, savored it in their hearts, and felt more and more tasteful, and after a long time, Xu Dingchen said: "Lord Yue, although this move seems to have a sense of nonsense at first glance, but it makes sense to taste it carefully. ”
Chen Xinjia pondered for a while, and also felt that it was such a reason, and said slowly: "Well, it is indeed such a reason. ”
After hearing this, the generals behind him also talked about it, some people think that this is a superfluous move, people walk on the road, where to go is not to go, why do you have to stipulate which way people go, isn't this a superfluous move? Others think that it is better to stipulate which way to go, so that it is more orderly.
Not to mention that everyone was talking, at this time, Yue Yang said to Lu Xiangsheng: "Governor, you must be very tired from saddle horses all the way, why don't you go to Yuejiazhuang to rest and rest first?" ”
Yue Yang had good intentions, but Lu Xiangsheng didn't appreciate it, but said to Yue Yang: "Yue Garrison, this official and all the adults came to Wuli Village this time, inspecting the people's livelihood is only one aspect, the most important thing is to see the elite soldiers you have trained." , this official really wants to see the elite soldiers who can win more than 2,000 levels. ”
"This ......" Yue Yang couldn't help but hesitate.
Seeing this, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help frowning, and asked, "What's the matter, isn't it inconvenient for Yue to guard?" ”
"Not really!" When Yue Yang saw Lu Xiangsheng's expression, he knew that he had misunderstood, and hurriedly said: "The governor has misunderstood, since the governor is interested in this, then he will be called together as a soldier for the governor to review." ”
After speaking, Yue Yang made a gesture of invitation, signaling Lu Xiangsheng to go first, and the group soon came to the school field next to Yuejiazhuang.
After several expansions, the school yard in Yuejiazhuang has become a large-scale martial arts arena that can accommodate tens of thousands of people, and most of the training and shooting exercises are held here.
Yue Yang took Lu Xiangsheng, Xu Dingchen, Chen Xinjia and others to the stage in the middle of the school field, with Lu Xiangsheng, Xu Dingchen and Chen Xinjia standing on his left, and Yue Yang was allowed by Lu Xiangsheng to stand on his right. Around the drill stage, there were hundreds of Governor's Mansion Governor's Mansion Battalions brought by Lu Xiangsheng, who were composed of the old department of the Tianxiong Army, and after these people stood in their positions, they immediately put their swords out of the sheath and looked like they were wound, and for a while, the originally peaceful atmosphere immediately became solemn.
Lu Xiangsheng turned his head and said to Yue Yang: "Garrison Yue, you can gather the sergeants!" ”
Yue Yang turned his head and glanced deeply at Hu Laosan and Shunbao beside him, the two of them understood, straightened their chests, put their hands around their waists, and began to run down the stage together, coming to the side of the two drums, the two of them each picked up the drumsticks and glanced at each other, and at the same time beat the drums.
"Knock...... Knock Knock...... Knock knock knock ......"
The low drum beat slowly increased from slow to urgent, and it sounded rhythmically, and soon resounded in all directions. Soon a few minutes later, a round of drumming had passed, and the two men put down their drumsticks and walked to a distance of about ten paces in front of the stage, both of them holding their hands on their thighs in the trench, looking ahead.
At this time, there was still no movement around, and there was not even a single sergeant on the school field, at this time, the generals of Xuanda who were standing behind Lu Xiangsheng looked at Yue Yang who was standing behind Lu Xiangsheng, and there was a playful look in their eyes. According to the military regulations of the Ming Dynasty, after the drum of gathering troops sounded, all the sergeants had to assemble within a quarter of an hour, but now several minutes have passed and no one has been seen, isn't it a joke?
While everyone was laughing secretly, a neat voice slowly came from a distance. The public, who was still smiling playfully, couldn't help but show a puzzled look in his eyes, what kind of voice is this, why is it so neat?
Suddenly...... All the generals gasped, only to see a group of sergeants running in neatly from outside the school field, all of them were fully armed, all of them were wearing a kind of iron armor covering the whole body, so many people were running, but the queue was not chaotic at all, and a neat roar was heard in the entire school field.
And let most of these sergeants are firecrackers with firearms, and a small number are shieldbearers with heavy shields, they came in in a group, and a thousand generals ran in the front, and stood in front of Shunbao and Hu Laosan in front of the martial arts hall. Until this time, all the queues were still not chaotic at all, no matter which direction they looked at, they were all in a straight line, and there was no need for any immediate rectification.