"Did I hear me wrong? It's the six cities that came to ask us for food, right? Guo Xin's Dadu Protector Sima suppressed the urge to pluck his ears and asked.

"No, they're bringing us food, and the cart is full of wheat, oh, and some things called potatoes, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes, I don't know what they are." The guard who came to report scratched his head, he had also grown crops since he was a child, and he had never heard of these things.

"How long has Yuan Zheng been in Juliu City? So much food for him? Even if you go out and grab it, you can't grab much, right? "There are not many places suitable for farming in the Western Regions, and the ones who are most familiar with farming are these Tang people, and they can't grab any land if they want to, Guo Xin immediately got up, "Let's go, go out with me to have a look!" ”

When I arrived outside the city, I saw groups of gray-haired veterans surrounding the convoy of Juliu City, stretching their necks to look at the grain in the cart, which was piled up.

"Qiyu Dadu protects, the grain from the six cities is delivered, including 20,000 catties of wheat, 50,000 catties of potatoes, 80,000 catties of sweet potatoes, 30,000 catties of corn, 13,000 eggs, 3,000 chickens, and please take care of most of them!" The leading soldier came to Guo Xin, gave a military salute, and handed over the list with both hands.

"And eggs and chickens?" Hearing these two, even Guo Xin couldn't help but start drooling, even if he was the king of Wuwei County and the protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, he hadn't had much chance to eat meat over the years, he hurriedly grabbed the list, and saw that what was written on it was exactly the same as what the soldiers reported.

Looking up at these Chang'an teenagers who came to the Western Regions not long ago, Guo Xin found that their skin was much darker than when they first came, but their faces were much rudder, revealing a healthy smell, which was obviously the appearance of eating a full meal every day; Their eyes were much warmer than when they first arrived, and their eyes were full of confidence.

"Where did all this food come from?" Guo Xin couldn't help but ask, it's not that he didn't have a tuntian in Qiuzi, but even if he has a good year, he can barely support himself, which can make all the soldiers have enough.

"We planted it with us, and we opened up new fields in Juliu City, built ditches, waterwheels for irrigation, and used dragon dung to fertilize the fields, so we had such a harvest." The person who came said proudly, it has only been a long time, and the six cities of Juliu not only do not need the assistance of the Metropolitan Protectorate, but they can also help the Metropolitan Protectorate in turn, and he is now like a promising child who has returned to his long-lost father.

"Look, this is the wheat that we have grown in the six cities; This is a sweet potato, roasted and very sweet; This is corn, and you can eat it when you cook the cob; This is a tomato, which can be eaten raw, and it is fried with eggs and fragrant; This is a potato, it couldn't be better to make a large plate of chicken......" Speaking of this, the young man was puzzled again, this potato stewed chicken is obviously packed in a clay pot every time, why does it have to be called a large plate of chicken?

"This wheat is better than all in Guanzhong! How do you eat all these things? Is it delicious? Guo Xin looked at the past like the veterans, and was directly dazzled.

"Don't worry about the protectors, the guards have also sent the cook, and I'll make them for my comrades in Qiuzi City to taste later, and then they will stay for you to teach you how to do it." Of course, Shen Long had considered these questions, and the people accompanying him would teach them how to store and cook these foods; Others will stay and teach them how to grow the food in the Turtles.

"Now there is just enough food to eat, and I am reluctant to take it out to make wine, but it will be good to wait until next year, when the grapes should be ripe, and then there will be wine to drink."

What, you can still make your own wine? Guo Xin not only had the illusion, am I in the Western Regions now, or have I returned to Guanzhong? No, even if it's the garrison in Guanzhong, life isn't so good?

"Thank you Yuanzheng." Guo Xin began to wonder, is it too wasteful to put Yuan Zheng in Juliu City? If he is allowed to return to Qiuci and preside over the affairs of Tuntian in Qiuci, then my Datang army will no longer have to worry about food, right?

Guo Xin gave an order, and the white-haired soldiers began to transport grain into the city while counting according to the list, and the soldiers of the six cities carefully told them how to store these things all the way; When the grain was counted, it was found that the actual number was more than what was on the list.

Guo Xin asked and knew that this was the amount of money that Juliu City had prepared more and left for loss on the road, and their journey was much smoother than planned, so there was still a surplus.

But when the grain was finished, there were still several carts left, Guo Xin pointed to these carts and asked, "What are these?" ”

"Qiyu Dadu Protection, this is the armor blade sent by the Shou Capture to the Dadu Escort, now the six cities of Juliu have been able to smelt iron to make weapons, the Shou Capture said that the Anxi Army has not been able to get the supply of the Tang Dynasty for many years, and the armor and weapons have long been dilapidated, so they specially escorted some to Dadu, both 300 sets of armor, 1,000 horizontal knives, 2,000 spears, and 100,000 arrows...... "The person who came took out the second list and asked Guo Xin to count and receive.

Guo Xin was directly shocked this time, what's the situation? Not only do you have a surplus of food, but you have all started to smelt iron and build weapons by yourself, what has become of the six cities now?

"Dadu Hu, the steel fire of this knife is better than ours!" A veteran picked up a horizontal knife and tried it.

"Dadu Hu, this armor style looks a little rougher, not as good as our Mingguang armor, but it is very strong, and the weight is light." Juliucheng has not yet reached the point of pursuing beauty, and both armor and weapons are based on practicality.

"Hey, this craftsman is a good craftman, so many armors, horizontal knives, the style looks almost identical, so many good craftsmen you have found?"

"You look at the hammer print, how big is this hammer to strike? That craftsman with such a great strength? "These veterans were all too familiar with armoured weapons, and they soon discovered that there were many suspicious points.

"This armor is forged by a waterwheel driving a sledgehammer, if we rely on manpower alone, all the soldiers in the six cities will go into battle, and we won't be able to create so many armor weapons." The man explained.

"Take it all! Pontus is more and more eager to go to the six cities to see for himself! Guo Xin looked in the direction of Juliu City, "By the way, if you have enough money, you can also escort Yang Du to the past, right?" ”

"Please rest assured, we came out this time with two convoys, and the other one is estimated to have arrived in Xizhou City!" It stands to reason that it is taboo for the military town to privately transport materials, but in today's Western Regions, it has long been a matter of not caring about this.

"When you return, Pontus will also go with you to the six cities to have a look!" Guo Xin made up his mind.