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Li Cun didn't think that he would have to carry an extremely heavy burden when he took over the Central Plains, which had been beaten in a mess.

For this reason, Li Cun has been carefully preparing for many years, but he is afraid that he will not be able to catch this huge trouble.

It is no exaggeration to say that Li Cun had already begun to store grain, store talents, and formulate plans to rebuild the Central Plains region as early as a few years ago.

However, in the end, Li Cun still underestimated the burden of the Central Plains.

Of course, this is also because Li Cun didn't expect that Zhao Gou, that stupid comparison, in order to escape for his life, actually dug up the Yellow River, so that tens of millions of disaster victims appeared in his territory all of a sudden, and he had to fucking work hard to control this damn Yellow River.

Listening to the reports of the people in the household department, all the grain of the Daqian Dynasty was added together, including a bumper harvest in the next few years, which was not enough for all the people of the Daqian Dynasty to survive this famine, and Li Cun's heart was blocked.

Because Li Cun has been preparing for a rainy day for a long time, Li Cun will definitely spend this year safely.

But the problem is that a famine of this magnitude often starts in three years.

The key point is that the Yellow River has caused large areas such as Shandong, Jiangsu, and Henan to become flooded areas, and all the fertile land there has been barren, which has greatly reduced the arable area of the people, and thus greatly reduced the grain production.

The key point is that Li Cun has needed to fight with this Yellow River in the past few years, which must require a lot of food support.

What to do?

Li Cun's first thought was to rob Goryeo, Japan, and the countries on the Indochina Peninsula.

I have to say, that's really a way to do it.

Strictly speaking, this is not a good idea.

Especially in the current situation, the Daqian Dynasty has made enemies everywhere.

- At this time, if Li Cun is good at fighting again, I am afraid it will be Japan during World War II, crazy that he wants to fight whoever he wants, and then he is attacked by the crowd, and finally kills himself.

Therefore, unless it is absolutely necessary, Li Cun will not choose this path.

But then again, Li Cun can not grab it first, but it is still possible to engage in some grain trade with Japan, the countries of the Indochina Peninsula, and even the countries of Tianzhu and Dashi.

Of course, Li Cun also knew that these profiteers engaged in maritime trade would definitely not be willing to engage in grain trade, after all, the volume of grain was too large, and the profits were too small, far less profitable than engaging in trade in luxury goods and scarce resources.

In this regard, Li Cun is considerate and considerate, but he can't let it go.

Li Cun soon gave Qin Hui a holy decree, asking him to find a way to buy food, the more the better.

Li Cun also issued a holy decree to Chen Yu, asking him to trade grain with small countries in Indochina such as Dali, Khmer, Queen, Falla Bodi, Bagan, and Sriwijaya, and the more the better.

But Li Cun knew that even if Qin Hui and Chen Yu went well, he was afraid that he might not be able to get through this difficulty.

Just when Li Cun was thinking about what else he could do to get food, a big piece of good news that Li Cun never expected suddenly came!

- Chen Yu sent an urgent message to Li Cun, and the fleet sent by Li Cun to find sweet potatoes and corn came back, and they brought back the sweet potatoes and corn that Li Cun particularly wanted, and in addition, they also brought back potatoes that Li Cun didn't want!

Since Li Cun's power was small, Li Cun would send several fleets every year to South America in search of sweet potatoes and corn on state-of-the-art sea vessels.

Moreover, as Li Cun's power became larger and stronger, Li Cun sent more and more fleets.

Over the years, Li Cun has sent no less than 100 ships to South America to find sweet potatoes and corn, no less than 20,000 people have been sent, and the cost has been as high as tens of millions.

Some people compared Li Cun's crazy actions to Qin Shi Huang's sending people to find the elixir of life.

Some people even say that Li Cun is more crazy than Qin Shi Huang, because Qin Shi Huang is not as laborious as Li Cun.

There are also people who say conclusively that the sweet potatoes and corn that Li Cun is looking for do not exist at all, which is completely Li Cun's conjecture, and Li Cun is working hard and hurting money by mobilizing the people so much.

In short, Li Cun has been full of criticism for constantly sending people to South America to look for sweet potatoes and corn, and even the concerts that advised Li Cun to stop being obsessed with it, Li Cun sent back hundreds of letters.

And many people who were pinned on by Li Cun had high hopes, just to cheat Li Cun of money, Li Cun's ship, and the goods that Li Cun prepared for them, after leaving the Daqian Dynasty, they immediately went to live in other countries, or went to be pirates, and some bold guys even sold their ships and goods and secretly returned to the Daqian Dynasty.

This road is far more difficult than Li Cun imagined.

Li Cun even thought that if he couldn't find sweet potatoes and corn all the time, and then waited until the political situation of the Daqian Dynasty was unstable, and he kept sending fleets to find the illusory sweet potatoes and corn, it was likely that he would be equated with Zhao Ji's Daxing Huashigang building Genyue Long Live Mountain or something, and it was possible that he would be nailed to the shame frame of history.

To be honest, Li Cun also thought about whether to give up looking for sweet potatoes and corn?

Li Cun even made many excuses for himself, such as the difficulty of going to South America from the Great Qian Dynasty was too great, such as the current shipbuilding technology is still somewhat inferior and may not be enough to support this kind of ultra-long-distance voyage, such as the current situation in the world is relatively chaotic, the Middle East and the West are engaged in a huge conflict over their respective beliefs, which is not conducive to navigation, and so on......

It is worth mentioning that in order to protect some fleets from outside interference, Li Cun even sent many fleets to the east, wanting to reach North America from the Bering Strait, and then sail nearshore to South America, just like the Great Indian Migration.

The map of the world was drawn for all fleets.

All the precautions that Li Cun could think of, such as bringing enough vegetables and fruits to avoid sepsis, such as bringing enough cotton clothes because it may be very cold in North America, and what kind of people, what kind of things, and what kind of dangers they might encounter along the way, Li Cun wrote them all down, and even made them into a book, and sent them to every fleet that went to South America to find sweet potatoes and corn.

Moreover, Li Cun personally met with every fleet that went to South America to find sweet potatoes and corn, and personally promised them that as long as they could bring back sweet potatoes and corn for themselves, even if it was just one of them, he would reward them heavily and never be stingy.

In the eyes of many people, Li Cun's desire for the so-called sweet potatoes and corn is almost enchanted, even surpassing Li Cun's favorite woman.

Li Cun can understand the short-sightedness of these people, after all, they are not like Li Cun, who knows that sweet potatoes and corn must exist, and as long as they pay a sufficient price, they will definitely be able to find them.

Moreover, Li Cun believes that what foreigners can do, I Chinese can definitely do.

Therefore, no matter what others say, no matter how difficult it is, Li Cun always insists on sending a fleet to South America to find sweet potatoes and corn.

Li Cun even thought that as long as he didn't die, he would always insist on sending a fleet to South America to look for sweet potatoes and corn.

The good thing is that -

Li Cun's prestige in the Daqian Dynasty was extremely high, and he rarely made mistakes, so much so that although others questioned Li Cun's decision, no one dared to resist Li Cun's decision.

Moreover, all along, Li Cun has not used the money in the treasury to recruit people who dare to go to South America to find sweet potatoes and corn, but has been using the money in his small treasury to do this.

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In this way, it will be even more difficult for others to manage Li Cun.

Now, Li Cun's unremitting huge investment has finally paid off, and someone finally brought back sweet potatoes and corn to Li Cun, and also brought back unexpected surprises to Li Cun - potatoes, the key is to bring them back when Li Cun needs them the most!

Li Cun was so excited that he issued three holy decrees in succession, asking Chen Yu to quickly send the safest people to send this fleet and sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes to Bianliang City in Tokyo.

I feel that this is not safe enough, after all, there are pirates in the southeast sea again, so Li Cun sent the East China Sea Army to pick up this fleet, uh, well, mainly to pick up sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes.

More than ten days later, Li Cun finally saw a pile of sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes that were extremely well preserved in a very beautiful brocade box, as well as Li Mai who brought them back.

What made Li Cun even more satisfied was that Li Mai also brought back seven native Indians who could grow sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes - originally brought back ten, but three died on the way due to water and soil unadaptability.

Li Mai is a descendant of a declining family, and later his family fell into the middle of the road, and he slowly became Ren Xia, who was in his forties, and was still messing with evil young people in the market.

It is rumored in the rivers and lakes that Li Mai keeps his promise, promises a thousand gold, and promises other people's things, even if he dies, he will definitely do it.

Two years ago, Li Mai was set up and lost a lot of money, he sold all his family property and borrowed a lot of money from friends, but he failed to repay this huge debt.

The creditor wanted to sell Li Mai's wife and daughter into the Qinglou to receive customers to pay off the debt.

Of course Li Mai refused.

In order to raise money, redeem his wife and daughter and pay off the money owed to his friends, Li Mai resolutely unveiled the imperial list and chose to go to sea to help Li Cun find sweet potatoes and corn.

In that year, after Li Cun met Li Mai in person, he sent someone to help Li Mai pay off all his debts, and gave Li Mai 10,000 yuan, a state-of-the-art sea ship, and a shipload of porcelain, silk, glass, and soap.

Li Mai didn't say anything at the time, recruited more than a hundred crew members by himself, and set off.

Li Mai has been gone for more than two years.

There is not much to say about the hardships and risks in between.

It is only said that Li Mai did not live up to Li Cun's expectations, and now he has really found sweet potatoes and corn and returned.

Moreover, Li Mai also brought back many other food crops that he had encountered.

Among them are potatoes brought back by Li Mai from the Andes Mountains of South America.

Of course, Li Mai didn't know the name of the potato, he only knew that those barbarians had cultivated this peculiar underground fruit for thousands of years, and the abundance of this peculiar underground fruit directly affected the lives of those barbarians, so they worshipped this peculiar underground fruit as the "god of harvest", if the yield of this peculiar underground fruit was seriously reduced in a certain year, it was considered to be the god of snubbing the harvest, and a grand and cruel sacrificial ceremony must be held, killing livestock and virgins as sacrifices, begging the god of harvest to bless the harvest.

Li Mai also knew that this peculiar underground fruit was very easy to grow, and the yield was very large, and when cooked, it became soft, and it tasted like fried chestnuts, and it was covered with a layer of not too thick skin, which made it very hungry.

After seeing sweet potatoes and corn, Li Mai understood why Li Cun was so persistent in looking for sweet potatoes and corn.

So Li Mai was thinking at that time that Li Cun must also want this strange underground fruit.

By the way, in order to get more rewards, Li Mai and the others also brought back a lot of beauties from various places to Li Cun, who is particularly good at women-among them, there are Indian native beauties, as well as blond, blue-eyed, maroon-haired, and even red-haired European beauties.

From this, it is not difficult to see that Li Mai and his team, in addition to finding sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes, should also make a fortune, otherwise they would not have brought back so many beauties from various places.

But this is also normal, Li Cun brought a large number of porcelain, silk, glass, soap and other specialties of the Great Qian Dynasty to each fleet, so that they could trade and use the places they passed, in this case, it is normal for them to earn a lot of money, otherwise they may not be able to come back.

Li Cun did not break his promise, he named Li Mai the Marquis of Dingxi, and rewarded Li Mai with a mansion located in the inner city of Bianliang City, Tokyo, as well as a large number of gold, silver and jewelry.

In addition, those who came back with Li Mai all had rewards.

In the eyes of many people, Li Mai and others, who are in the market, bathe in the emperor's grace deeply.

Many people don't understand this.

There are even many people who give Li Cun a recital, asking Li Cun to take back his life and reward Li Mai and others again.

Some people also say that this case is unavoidable, and it is unfair for Li Mai and others to be rewarded for their small meritorious work.

For these people, Li Cunli also ignored them.

Joke.

Let's not talk about it, you have no jokes, since Li Cun has been rewarded, don't say that there is no problem, even if there is a problem, it is absolutely impossible to change it easily.

The point is, when these people see the yield and value of sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes, they will naturally know who is the clown.

Moreover, putting aside the treasures of sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes, which can help Li Cun safely survive the current difficulties and allow the Great Qian Dynasty to develop greatly, let's just say that Li Mai and the new continent of North America and South America that they discovered, Li Cun actually gave them any reward.

Li Cun is a person who has a lot of problems with men and women, and he is a typical lustful person.

The key is that Li Cun doesn't know what's going on with his body, and the hit rate is still extremely high, so it is estimated that compared with Mulai Yin Smail, he will definitely not lose.

As a result, as a result, as of now, Li Cun's children have been flooded.

It's good to say that there are many daughters, and even a good thing, in the future, Li Cun can attract a large number of talents by marrying his daughter.

But there are many sons here, and if they don't handle it well, they may be in great trouble in the future.

After all, there is only one throne under Li Cun's ass.

If it is not handled well, it will not be the Nine Dragons in Kangxi's later years, maybe it will be a hundred dragons or even a thousand dragons.

And if Li Cun is asked to personally abolish all the princes except for the prince who inherited his throne, or even imprison them, Li Cun can't bear it, after all, they are all their own blood and bones, and they have worked hard to create them, and the tiger poison will not eat children.

Now that we have this huge new continent, it's easy to do.

In the future, Li Cun can completely divide those princes who want to be emperors but are not suitable to be emperors of the Daqian Dynasty to the New World, and at most help them move some people, give them some start-up capital or something, and let them develop slowly by themselves.

In this way, it can be done, not only to ensure that the Daqian Dynasty will not be divided, but also to properly handle his sons.

Taking a step back, even if there is a person among them who wants to unify the world in the future, and a war breaks out, it will be rotten meat in the pot.

And it's probably a few hundred years from now.

And after Li Cun dies, it doesn't matter if it's a monstrous flood!

It's a bit far.

It is only said that Li Cun then issued an order to give Li Mai the new continent they discovered the "Prince's Continent", and divide this "Prince's Continent" into 100 states, and use the names of his first 100 sons as the state names of these 100 states, such as Biaozhou, Zhangzhou, Lizhou, Dizhou, Huzhou, and so on......

As for the names of Li Cun's sons after a hundred years, they can only serve as county names on the Prince's Continent, who let them be born relatively late.

No one has noticed that Li Cun's boring-looking move today is to lay out the layout for the future division of his own princes, and they can't imagine that the princely continent is even bigger than the ten current Daqian dynasties, and it is big enough to solve the troubles of the Daqian Dynasty.

Now, all the cadres noticed was that Li Cun had done his best to grow sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, and he was a little too cautious.

In order to plant these precious sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes so that they can be planted enough seeds for next year, Li Cun not only hired the best farmers to take care of them, but also planted them on the royal estate.

Also, it's not safe to be afraid that all your eggs are in one basket.

Li Cun divided these sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes into ten places to plant, and sent the most responsible officials to manage them.

That's it, Li Cun is not at ease.

In the end, Li Cun was stunned and planted a portion of sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes in his imperial garden!

- Li Cun wants to take care of these precious sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes personally!

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