Chapter 90: The Messenger of the Lord of the East
Qin Fan understood.
The Ryukyu Kingdom is actually located between Yingzhou and Dongying in the Tang Dynasty.
Yingzhou is the island of Taiwan in later generations.
The Ryukyu Kingdom was originally a vassal state of the Huaxia Dynasty for generations.
Even the monarch of the Ryukyu Kingdom asked the Celestial Empire to be canonized.
However, Dongying took advantage of the alternation of kingship in the Ming and Qing dynasties and took the opportunity to send troops to suppress the Ryukyus.
forced it to attack, and finally regarded it as his own vassal state.
During the reign of Emperor Meiji, the name of the Ryukyus was reduced to a vassal, and then it became the prefecture of "Okinawa".
Because it is located in the middle of the sea, the religion of the Ryukyus is also very special.
They believed in Ryukyu Shinto.
In their cognition, when a person dies, he will turn into an ancestral spirit and bless future generations.
In addition to the ancestral spirits, there are also gods like the Lord of the Sun and the Lord of the East.
The so-called Lord of the Sun is the supreme god of the heavenly realm, the sun god.
The heavenly realm is a separate realm above the sky.
In the eyes of the Ryukyuan people, the Lord of the Sun is also the Emperor of Heaven, the Lord of the Gods.
And the rights of the Ryukyu monarch are also granted by the lord of the sun.
As for the Lord of the East, he is the master of the Dragon Palace.
The Dragon Palace, like the Heavenly Realm, belongs to another realm.
The only difference is that the Heavenly Realm is located above the sky, while the Dragon Palace is located on the other side of the sea.
In the eyes of the Ryukyuan people, the heavenly realm is sacred, and the Ryugu Palace is the source of the abundance of the earth and life.
The Dragon Palace also has a special function, which is the destination of the deceased.
According to legend, under the divine power of the Lord of the East, the soul of the deceased would be extradited to the Dragon Palace, and then become a guardian spirit.
He returns to the Ryukyus regularly to protect his blood and relatives, and to pray for the well-being and prosperity of the human world.
This is Ryukyu Shinto, the belief of the Ryukyuan people in the oriental sun!
Regarding Moser's request, after thinking about it, Qin Fan also decided what kind of tribute to provide to the other party.
"Brother Mosser, I understand your appeal. Come with me!"
Moser had no reason not to agree, and hurriedly followed behind Qin Fan.
But the two of them went out from the county government and went all the way east, all the way out of Chang'an City, to the vast fields.
And seeing the desolation around him, Moser was also a little worried.
Could it be that the other party plans to kill people and kill people, and then there is no need to provide tribute?
Moser began to have a chill down his spine.
Finally, Qin Fan stopped at the edge of a field and pointed to the green plants on the land and said, "This thing is called sweet potato, and it is a species on the other side of the ocean!" The yield per mu is 2,000 catties, and the requirements for land are not high."
"You can bring this back to the Ryukyus, so that you can grow as much food as possible with the least amount of land, and I believe that the people of the Ryukyus will not go hungry."
When Moser heard this, he immediately put his previous worries behind him.
"This sweet potato comes from across the ocean?"
Qin Fan nodded.
Isn't South America just across the ocean?
However, Mosser's eyes suddenly turned red, and he knelt down and bowed to the sweet potato seedlings.
"Ancestral Spirit bless, bring this divine food from the Dragon Palace! Blessed by the Ancestral Spirits!"
Qin Fan was speechless for a moment, this sweet potato was obtained by signing in from the system!
Where is the other party's "ancestral spirit"?
As for the Dragon Palace? I don't know what to do.
You know, the Dragon Palace is the residence of the Dragon King, located in the abyss of the East China Sea, it is underwater, and how did you grow sweet potatoes?
How did Qin Fan know that what the other party said about the other side of the ocean and the other side of the ocean as he understood it were actually not the same meaning.
And the Dragon Palace in Ryukyu Shinto is not the same as the Dragon Palace in the traditional sense of China.
However, seeing that Moser was emotional, Qin Fan didn't stop him anymore, just waited quietly for him to calm down.
Soon, Morgan from
got up on the ground, then looked back and bowed to Qin Fan and said:
"My lord, are you the envoy of the Dragon Palace?"
Qin Fan frowned: "Why do you think so?"
"If the Lord is not a Dragon Palace Envoy, how can he bring such a Dragon Palace Divine Food?"
Qin Fan was speechless, and this girl went back again.
So he simply said, "I'm not the Dragon Palace envoy you said, and I don't know what the Dragon Palace Divine Food is."
"As for this thing, it's called a sweet potato. If you want, I will ask the people of the village to break some vines for you, and you can go back and plant them in your Ryukyu Kingdom."
Sweet potatoes are lumpy foods, and we usually eat them from their roots.
When planting, most of the sweet potatoes are buried in the soil and waiting for them to germinate.
But in reality, sweet potatoes can also be propagated by root cuttings.
Just insert the sturdy sweet potato cane into the soil, take care of it, and slowly grow roots.
Morgan was grateful, "Your Excellency, I will never forget it in the Ryukyus! This sweet potato is of great significance to my Ryukyu country, and this tribute is enough for sweet potatoes!"
"That's not going to work!" Qin Fan didn't want to let the God of Wealth go like this.
Just kidding, the sweet potato vine is just an appetizer!
If Moser had just left, he would have missed the opportunity to pay tribute.
Who can the people of Wannian County sell their crops to?
"In addition to the sweet potato vines, I will also provide you with 3,000 catties of fruits and vegetables, all of which are produced in Wannian County. If you are worried about the long journey and the spoilage of fruits and vegetables, you can also salt them or make them into dried fruits."
Hearing this, Moser was about to excuse himself.
I just got the divine food, how can I be embarrassed to ask for so much food greedily?
But as soon as he was about to speak, he was blocked by Qin Fan.
"Don't be too busy saying no. If you Ryukyus make a living from fishing, you may get lost on the sea."
Moser nodded, "As a messenger, you are really concerned about my Ryukyus."
"Then you should know about a disease called scurvy."
"Scurvy?" Moser looked confused.
"For example, after months of sailing without returning, the crew will often vomit and diarrhea, and then begin to become weak, listless, and even hallucinate......
Qin Fan roughly described the symptoms of scurvy.
At this time, Moser was surprised and said, "What the messenger said, but the fierce god of the sea?"
"The god of the sea? Call it however you want! Anyway, if you want to keep the sailors from scurvy, that is, not to be harmed by the fierce gods of the sea, as you say, just let them eat dried fruits and vegetables regularly. Especially citrus fruits."
In fact, scurvy is caused by a lack of subsistence, and most of the 3,000 catties of fruits and vegetables that Qin Fan said are rich in subsistence, which are tailor-made for Moser.
On the one hand, it brings income to the people, and on the other hand, it also solves a problem that plagues the other party, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone.
Mosser's heart was so excited that his eyes were almost crazy.
This Lord Qin Fan must be a messenger sent by the Lord of the East, not only did he use divine food to solve the problem of low grain production in the Ryukyu Kingdom, but even the fierce god of the sea, he had a way to defeat it!