Chongzhen shrugged his shoulders and said, "What else can I do?" I ate the sweet potato as ginseng, and I almost choked to death. ”

"It's such a shame to eat alone, it's really a shame for my ancestors." Zu Dashou covered his face.

"It's not like that, Biaoxia and Zhou Ji Zukuan have all eaten it, in fact, you have also tasted one, General."

"So-and-so? When? Yes? Could it be ...... last time?"

"Yes, the last time you were drunk, it was baked for you to eat, it was more crispy and soft, and you were not afraid of being hot, so you were full of praise after swallowing it whole, and shouted that you would bake ten or eight more under the label."

"So did you bake it? I drank too much that day. Zu Dashou rubbed his face fiercely.

"Of course not, this baby bump is so precious, before it is planted on a large scale and harvested, how dare you waste it at will.

To tell you the truth, when they made a detour through Mongolia and entered the customs, Ma Lanyu's gang of killers and General Ma Shilong pestered the label to eat the whole basket of sweet potatoes. I would rather sacrifice Xiao San'er's proud self-esteem than maintain my sweet potato humble dignity. ”

"Then the one you baked for a certain one is just to lay the groundwork for today, right?" Zu Dashou glared at Chongzhen fiercely.

"The general is wise." Chongzhen clenched his fists and smiled and complimented.

"What a cunning boy!" Zu Dashou sighed, "Even if a certain cheap nephew is far-sighted, how can he catch up with you." ”

"General, you seem to be saying the opposite."

"Seriously, it's okay, you really have to take him well."

"I know, I have been sparing no effort to drive Xiao Guizi. But this kid was fine before, and after returning to Guanning, he was like a big dog standing in front of his house, barking and roaring at people passing by at every turn. ”

Zu Dashou couldn't help but be angry and funny: "What the fuck are you talking about?" But you also see this kid's point in the eye...... Don't talk about it yet, that kid is here. ”

"No." Chongzhen smiled and grinned and clenched his fists in promise.

The sweet potato seedlings have emerged, and of course Huang Chongzhen will not forget his mentor Yuan Keli.

However, before he could fully prepare, Yuan Keli's fleet first went to Ningyuan to visit Yuan Chonghuan, and then traveled north along the coast of western Liaoxi to the beach near Songshan Fort, which was the port of Jinzhou, which had not yet taken shape.

Chongzhen, who learned the news early, has already brought a lot of burning knives and has been waiting for a long time.

However, to his surprise, instead of asking for the already small number of sweet potato vine seedlings from him, Zhang Pan gave him a lot.

This allowed Chongzhen to plant the inside and outside of Jinzhou City, as well as the sunny slopes on the Black Mountain.

What makes Shigejin even more pleased is that in addition to sweet potato vine seedlings, there are also sprouting potato seeds, and yellow-orange-orange corn seeds that look like golden kernels.

After asking, I learned that this was after Yuan Keli asked the imperial court for permission in the name of inspecting the Ming Maritime Frontier.

Sending a ship to Nanzhili to find Gu Tongying, he carefully escorted the grains of these new crops back to Denglai as if he were escorting them to treasure.

In addition, there is also a hot pot must-have such as chili.

Huang Chongzhen held the seedlings that still had the aroma of the earth, and almost burst into tears: "Finally, I don't have to eat boiled meat, I can finally eat boiled pork slices, and I can finally eat hot mutton." ”

Along with these crop seedlings, there are many farmers in the southeast who have been farming for generations, planting and planting the land without knowing what to do, and willing to go to other places to beg for a living.

These farmers are all good at handling the delicate rice in the water towns of the south of the Yangtze River, and they are also familiar with the growth rules and habits of sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn and other exotic crops that are not uncommon in the southeast coast.

It also belongs to the eastern part of China, and the spring in Shandong always comes earlier than that in Liaodong.

Therefore, when Chongzhen was still complacent about cultivating sweet potato seedlings, the sweet potato vines on the Shandong Peninsula had already shown strong and vigorous vitality in many relatively barren dry lands.

It is precisely because of this that when Chongzhen learned that his teacher no longer needed material support, he wanted to send those old soldiers from Tuntian who he had trained in a hurry to serve as crappy technical advisers in the past to show his filial piety.

Zhang Pan, who led the team, laughed, imitated Yuan Keli's tone, and conveyed his original words: "Although I am not a farmer, my family has been scholarly for generations, and I am a farmer's son."

How can new crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, and even peppers and tomatoes be cultivated? Don't worry, don't think, concentrate on following Yuan Shuaizu to guard Guanning, and guard the first gate for Jiannu to enter Beijing, it is enough. ”

After Zhang Pan finished speaking, he also introduced ten southeast farmers to Chongzhen to serve as a technical guide for the cultivation of new crops in the Guanning Army.

Only then did Chongzhen understand why Yuan Gong had such confidence and said such big things.

gave Zhang Pan, who was getting more and more burly because of the gradual reduction of clothes, a big bear hug, and Chongzhen asked again: "The one who led the team south, is it also you?" ”

"Yes, it is to implement the military idea of the actual combat exercises of the Marine War you said, which is really useful."

Zhang Pan nodded happily, smashed his mouth again, and said: "In just a few months, the ability of those sons and daughters under my brother's command to land and fight has been greatly improved.

Especially at the time when Nanzhili landed, because the momentum was like a rainbow and the speed was like thunder, the officers and soldiers of the guard station stationed along the coast thought that it was a Japanese attack, and they scattered and fled, and the wolves rushed to the fish.

Even the Daming battle flag raised high on the flagpole on the deck was not clearly distinguishable for the first time, which is really infuriating and funny. ”

"The dignified Jiangsu and Zhejiang, the sea area is vast, and there is not even a sailor who has been guarding it, which is tantamount to opening the country." Chongzhen was also quite helpless about this, and changed his words again, "Fortunately, Yuan Gong asked the emperor for a will to inspect the Ming Maritime Frontier, and from now on, whether it is going north to cut gold or south to Pingkou, it will be famous." ”

"It's the pole, it's the pole." Zhang Pan nodded again and again, and then changed his words, "It's just that for some reason, Yuan Gong didn't ask for the Laizhou Navy Battalion to be relocated to the broader and more dangerous Weihaiwei. ”

"Step by step, this is exactly what Yuan Gong is clever about, if you want too much at once, even the current majesty who has no objection to Yuan Gong's request will be jealous, and the power eunuchs and others will obstruct it in every way."

Seeing that Zhang Pan nodded lightly in agreement, Chongzhen said again: "Where is the farthest way to the south this time?" Have you ever been to Fujian? ”

"After Nanzhili landed and negotiated with the local government, I sent people to Kunshan to look for Gu Tongying and others you mentioned, and I led the fleet to continue southward and went to Ningbo City on the east coast of Zhejiang.

That port was also garrisoned by a strong naval division, as a way to maintain the existence of exploration and trade between our Ming Dynasty and the Wa Kingdom, but since the 'tribute trade' was canceled by the imperial court, it has gradually declined.

The dragon trapped in the shallows was played by fish, but became a vassal of the merchant gang. However, my brother can see that the appearance of the Denglai Navy Marine Corps of my Ming Dynasty still touched it a lot. ”

Zhang Pan paused when he said this, and then said: "As for the Fujian sea, although it is nominally not the territory of the imperial court, it is actually the territory of the Zheng clan in Fujian. Even Yuan Gong was quite jealous of it, so he did not rush south as a brother. ”

"Oh? Ba Min Zheng family, hasn't it been recruited by the governor of Fujian, Nan Juyi? He also became the vanguard of the Battle of Penghu, helping my Ming Dynasty drive out the Hongyi invaders. Chongzhen raised his eyebrows, wanting to hear Zhang Pan's insights first.

Zhang Pan said: "It was the fourth year of the Apocalypse, and there was a great drought in southern Fujian in six to seven years, and there were still many people who starved to death by eating grass roots and bark.

Zheng Yiguan, the helmsman of Zheng's generation, recruited tens of thousands of people in Quanzhou to enter Taiwan to reclaim land and relieve the poor. ”

"Entering Taiwan and reclamation is really a magnificent era." Chongzhen sighed.

"What do you say?" Zhang Pan was stunned for a moment, then smiled again, "You said the sea, didn't you?" Indeed it is. If I had not sailed to sea, I would never have known that the East China Sea was far more vast than the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea.

There are many natives in Nanyang, and Hongyi is rampant, and Zheng Yiguan has a place there, and I really want to see it. It is said that further southeast, the sea is wider, the waves are bigger, and the depths are more unfathomable. ”

"The area of the sea is far larger than the land, and maritime disputes have gradually been added to the sequence of future wars. As a general of the first regular Marine Corps in China, my brother must have this opportunity. ”

"Hahaha, thank you for auspicious words." Zhang Pan laughed.

Chongzhen said again: "But that is a major military and political event in the southeast, and we, as generals in the northeast, should first fight this land war in Liaodong, which has lasted for more than ten years." ”

"Yes, yes, Yuan Gong often said that people should not be ambitious, but down-to-earth." Zhang Pan nodded frequently.

"However, this does not prevent the two of us from drinking and talking happily and getting drunk for three days."

"It's okay to drink, but don't get drunk for three days, just get drunk and don't do it. I've only been with Yuan Shuai for one day, and if I'm drunk with you for three days, Yuan Shuai won't be able to go to Yuan Gong's place to sue me for my black state.

Gossip Hugh, hurry up and bring the wine, why don't the two brothers drink his mother's three hours first. After three hours, you must prepare three hundred jars of the most mellow, strong, and fragrant burning knives, so that I can go back and travel with Yuan. ”

"Okay, no problem. Little San'er, what are you still doing? Bring up all our best wines. Ah, Aggie is here. Come on, come on. Xiao San'er has already moved the wine, and our brothers have a good time catching up. ”

"A certain is called Xiao San'er, and it is not called Xiao Er'er, why do you instruct Yu so much?" Wu Sangui glared at Chongzhen fiercely, but he still obediently moved the wine.

After all, alcohol is forbidden in the army on weekdays, and it is not easy to open meat when Zhang Pan comes, and he has already been drunk.