Chapter 190: Crops and Trade Nodes in the Americas
"Your Excellency, you have captured 800,000 Yellow Turban Army and won a complete victory, but how to solve the food problem of these Yellow Turban Army?"
Chu Tianxiong returned to Xia City, and soon encountered a thorny problem, Xia smiled and asked him for food.
"It's not that I want to subdue so many Yellow Turbans, it's that they're willing to follow me. In the past, when Liu Bei passed through Xiangyang, countless residents were willing to follow him, and he was endless, probably this is the charm of his personality. ”
Chu Tian tried to change the subject.
"But my lord, what about the food? What about food for 800,000 people? ”
Facing the cold summer step by step, Chu Tian was almost leaning against the wall, and her breathing could be heard clearly, because of excitement, her chest rose and fell.
Chu Tian put his hands on her soft shoulders and gently pushed them away: "There will always be a way, as long as we spend this year, there are 800,000 displaced people who reclaim farmland and grow grain for us, and we don't have to worry about food problems in the future." ”
Chu Tian thought that the sudden influx of 800,000 displaced people into the Langya Kingdom was indeed a huge test for the officials of the Langya Kingdom.
He recruited 800,000 homeless people outside and made great achievements, which made a group of officials in Langya Country suffer. They should properly arrange this group of displaced people to prevent change.
The first is the food problem of 800,000 displaced people. The Yellow Turban Army basically had no surplus food, and the plundered Yellow Turban Army was all supplied by the granaries of various villages and towns in Langya State.
"Alas......" Xia Liang sighed, "Fortunately, I bought a batch of sweet potato seeds, if they are planted on a large scale in May and June, they can be harvested in October, and maybe they can survive the food crisis." ”
"Sweet potato?!"
Chu Tian's eyes lit up, this is a good thing.
Grain production can be increased by improving the rotational cropping system, building water conservancy, and applying fertilizers, as well as by soil and climate, as well as by the variety of crops.
With sweet potato seeds, there is no doubt that the land of Langya can feed more people.
"How did you get your hands on it?"
Chu Tian's eyes were fiery when he looked at the summer cold, what he coveted was the summer cold, but the seeds of sweet potatoes.
"Players from the Americas sell to players in the Eastern Han District, and then players from the Eastern Han District sell to me. His subordinates used the teleportation array to go to Luoyang and buy sweet potato seeds from a lord in Jiaozhou. The lords of Jiaozhou also had seeds for new crops such as corn, peanuts, Champa rice, and tomatoes. ”
When the summer cooled down, she had actually thought of a countermeasure a long time ago, and she just deliberately teased the lord just now.
Corn, peanuts, potatoes, sweet potatoes, Champa rice......
When Chu Tian heard the names of these crops, he was shocked.
With these crops, the Eastern Han District can feed twice or twice as many people.
Some cold-tolerant and drought-tolerant crops do not have high requirements for climate and soil, and new crops from the Americas can be planted in places that are not suitable for growing wheat, and the new crops themselves have large yields......
Perhaps the greatest impact of the civilization of the Americas on the modern world is these new crops. Their indigenous civilization had little influence and became a colony of the West.
"It's only been a year since the borders of civilization were opened, so how could anyone get these crops?"
Chu Tian pondered that from the Americas to the Eastern Han Dynasty across the sea, the area of "Lord" expanded to ten times, the sea is vast, and it takes an extremely long time to cross the sea.
"There are trade nodes in the world of lieges, and there are teleportation arrays in the trade nodes. For example, the Strait of Malacca is a world trade node, and Edo Bay is a trade node...... Teleportation arrays between trade nodes can be used in peacetime. Otherwise, it would take ten years to just sail around the world, and no one can afford such a long voyage. ”
"It turned out to be the work of the teleportation array."
Chu Tian understood that if he used the teleportation array, he could indeed get the crops of the Americas very quickly.
"Where is the world trade node in our Eastern Han District?"
"There is generally only one trade node per civilization zone. Because the territory of our Eastern Han Dynasty is too large, there are two trade nodes. One trade node is the Western Regions Protectorate on the Land Silk Road, and the other is Nanhai County of Jiaozhou on the Maritime Silk Road. ”
Chu Tian silently wrote down these two places, one in the west of the Eastern Han District and the other in the south of the Eastern Han District.
These two places were untouchable for a short period of time.
However, in the later stage, the conquest of the main world of "Lords" across civilization regions also relies on the teleportation array of trade nodes to gather troops, which can be said to be very important.
Chu Tian can't control the World Trade Node now, which doesn't mean that it will be useless in the future......
"In this way, the Western Regions Metropolitan Protectorate and Nanhai County of Jiaozhou have gained a lot of benefits from the opening of the borders of civilization."
"Hmm. But in the future, once the various civilizations unify and go to war, they will bear the brunt. Because of their importance, the World Trade Node will be a springboard for civilizations to fight with each other. The national war at that time will be the real national war. ”
"You've got a point."
Chu Tian's analysis of the cool summer is recognized.
The reason why the world trade node is important is that it has its own teleportation array across civilization zones in "Lords", and second, its geographical location.
Places that qualify as world trade nodes are all necessary passages between civilizations.
For example, as long as the Strait of Malacca in Southeast Asia is occupied, merchant ships from all countries passing by have to pay taxes, and the annual ship tax alone is eye-catching.
"You must have already bought corn and peanut seeds, right?"
Chu Tian believed that she would not let herself down.
Sure enough, Xia Liang nodded: "All the major new crops in the Americas, as long as they are suitable for planting in the Yihe area, I did not hesitate to buy them from the lord of Jiaozhou at a large price and obtained a batch of good seeds." Spend 5,000 taels of silver for this. This is the book of accounts. ”
"5,000 taels of silver...... The lords of Jiaozhou also bid too harshly. ”
"They use teleportation arrays to get seeds for these crops from trade nodes in the Americas, and then breed them to get new seeds. They also joined forces to form a chamber of commerce to monopolize trade, which was of course expensive. But when we get the seeds, we can grow them ourselves. At the beginning of April, I asked Li Kui to arrange for farmers to plant corn, spring sweet potatoes, and peanuts. Wheat and mulberries can be harvested at the end of June, and corn and daylily can be harvested at the end of August...... After the wheat harvest is completed in June, the displaced people can be arranged to plant summer sweet potatoes and summer peanuts, autumn potatoes in August, and wheat in October......"
The dense agricultural arrangements are listed, and the summer is cool one by one to explain the monthly agricultural arrangements for Chutian.
In addition to crops, reservoirs are built, drainage ditches are dug, wells are drilled, fertilizer is collected, locust plagues are prevented, and cropping is arranged in rotation......
There are slight differences in the types of crops in each county, which need to be adjusted. The difference between crops in plain and hilly areas is even greater.
In the past, Chutian thought that farming was an easy task, but now just listening to his subordinates' reports on the monthly farming arrangements is already a big deal.
However, Chutian still grasped the key point, because of the introduction of potatoes, sweet potatoes, peanuts, corn and other crops, there is a grain harvest every one or two seasons. As long as it can last for one year, next year's wheat harvest will allow the grain problem to be completely solved.
"Li Kui should be in charge of these agricultural affairs."
"But he has limited knowledge of crops such as potatoes and corn, so his subordinates assisted him in completing the first year's agricultural arrangements, not intentionally overstepping his authority."
"I mean you don't have to overwork."
Chu Tian was naturally satisfied with the cool performance in the summer, although Li Kui could bring agricultural bonuses to the territory, but he had limitations after all, Li Kui would not think of going to Luoyang to buy seeds for new crops in the Americas, because he didn't know about the new crops in the Americas at all.
At least for now, the summer is prescient, and he did not hesitate to spend 5,000 taels of silver to Luoyang to buy a batch of seeds for American crops to help Langya survive the food crisis.
Chu Tian thought that five thousand taels of silver was worth the money.
With new crops, more people can be fed, and the entire Eastern Han region has even more terrible war potential.
Chu Tian believed that the lords of Europe, Egypt, West Asia, and other civilizations should have managed to get the seeds of these new crops. They may have gotten their new crops earlier than in the Eastern Han Dynasty.
"You come with me to inspect the harvest of the farmland."
Chu Tian took Xia Liang, who usually served as a clerk, to inspect the farmland in Xia City.
Chu Tian fought against the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army in March of the lord's calendar, and when he officially invaded the Beihai Kingdom, it was already April, and he confronted Dolgon in the Beihai Kingdom until May, and it was already June when he returned to the division. Just as the grain could be harvested, and at the same time the war was stopped, and the people's morale was improved.
Large numbers of Yellow Turbans were resettled in nearby villages and towns. In order to resettle the displaced people, Chutian also specially established 30 villages composed of displaced people, each of which resettled 5,000 displaced people, and reclaimed wasteland.
At present, the population controlled by Langya is about 3 million to 4 million people.
The reason why there is no accurate data is because it is too late to count.
Because Chutian implements a policy that is beneficial to players, the proportion of player accounts in Langya Kingdom is not low.
These players regard Xia City, Langya City, Snow Moon City, and Ju City as the cities they live in, and the strength of Chutian's power makes them feel safe.
So far, except for a few battles that broke out when Chutian unified Langya Kingdom, there was basically no war in Langya Kingdom. Especially after Chu Tian officially served as the minister of Langya, he basically led the war to the territory of other lords.
Compared with the Beihai Kingdom next door, which has ten rooms and six empty rooms, it is not an exaggeration to call Langya Kingdom a paradise.
"Do you remember when the first epic battle was fought?"
"Of course, remember that the first epic battle was in December of the first year of the lord's calendar. The first national war was fought from August to October of the second year of the lord calendar. ”
"It's June, but the second epic battle has never been announced."
The two events, the Epic Battle and the War of Nations, alternated.
The three-year event of the lord's calendar should be an epic battle in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but there is no notice at this time.
"Could it be a crusade against Dong Zhuo?"
"Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty has not died yet, and Dong Zhuo does not dare to enter Beijing. However, I heard that there are many players in Guanzhong, Xiliang and even Hanoi who support Dong Zhuo, and Dong Zhuo's power is even stronger, they are playing with fire......"
Chu Tian was terrified of Dong Zhuo's development momentum.
Dong Zhuoxiong is based in Guanzhong and Xiliang, and is assisted by heroes such as Li Ru, Jia Xu, and Hua Xiong. The most worrying thing is that there are players who fish in troubled waters, with them supporting Dong Zhuo, no one knows whether Dong Zhuo will unify the Eastern Han District.
Chu Tian finally united with Cao Cao and Zhao Gongzi to defeat Dolgon and Wu Sangui, who were trying to rise, and now there is a more powerful Dong Zhuo and Xiliang army.
Dolgon did not have the Eight Banners Cavalry, Wu Sangui did not have the Guanning Iron Cavalry, and the commanders were all Yellow Turban Army, so it was easy to deal with.
But Dong Zhuo commanded the regular army, as well as the Xiliang Iron Cavalry, and the difficulty was not comparable to the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army.
No prince would be happy to see Dong Zhuo's troops go out of the Tiger Prison Pass and attack the Kwantung region.
Chu Tian also didn't want to see a Dong Zhuo who became wise and martial under the influence of the player.
Dong Zhuo has the ability, if he is committed to chasing the Central Plains instead of a corner of peace, the outcome is unknown.
In the fifth-level school field of Xia City, when Xue Rengui was training heavy cavalry, someone came to visit.
Xue Rengui was a little surprised. Generally, each general has his own tasks, and there will be private correspondence, but not at this time.
"Who is visiting?"
"He claims to be Changshan Zhao Zilong."
"Zhao Zilong?"
When Xue Rengui heard this name, he was slightly stunned at first, and then quite surprised.
Not long ago, he rescued this fierce general named Zhao Zilong near Anqiu County in Beihai Kingdom.
Chu Tian learned that Xue Rengui had let Zhao Yun go last time, and he was depressed for several days.
He had already instructed Xue Rengui that if Zhao Yun came to him to repay his kindness in the future, he must try to keep Zhao Yun behind, even if it was by strong means such as ropes and sweat medicine, anyway, Zhao Yun would be left behind.
What Chu Tian can't get, other lords don't want it.
Otherwise, who knows how terrible Zhao Yun was when he fell into the hands of a hostile lord.
Zhao Yun's popularity is very high, and in the setting of "Lord", high popularity often means that the intensity is not weak.
Xue Rengui weighed the importance of training soldiers and horses and going to meet with Zhao Yun.
Because Chu Tian emphasized that Zhao Yun must be left behind, Xue Rengui temporarily stopped training the heavy cavalry and chose to go to talk to Zhao Yun.
Zhao Yun waited outside the school grounds, eight feet long, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, even if he changed into cloth clothes, he was still majestic.
Xue Rengui and Zhao Yun are about the same, and the two of them hit it off at first sight.
Xue Rengui is currently only eighteen, younger than Zhao Yun.
He specially invited Zhao Yun to go to the wine shop, and invited Zhao Yun to drink with his own money, Zhao Yun is also a temperamental person, and he did not refuse.
"The lord has heard of Brother Zilong's reputation for a long time, and often warns me that if Brother Zilong comes to visit, he must be introduced to the lord. If Brother Zilong doesn't dislike it, why don't you follow him to visit the lord? ”
"In the lower district, how can the minister of Langya hear about the reputation of the people?" Zhao Yun was a little surprised, but then his expression was gloomy, "I have no intention of being loyal to the new lord for the time being, I'm afraid it will ......"
"Brother Zilong's words are wrong, the lord just wants to have a long talk with Brother Zilong, talking about the heroes of the world, not necessarily Brother Zilong's loyalty. Brother Zilong doesn't have to be stressed. ”
Xue Rengui felt like he was pimping and managed to lure Zhao Yun to Chu Tian. After following the lord and the military advisor for a long time, he gradually learned to routineize others, and the first routine was Zhao Yun.