Chapter 30 The water is placed on the ground, and each flows southeast, south, northwest, and northwest

After Lan Yu told He Xi about Feng Sheng's true intentions, He Xi did not stop the construction of the castle, but accelerated it. In less than a month, the rammed earth castle was built one mile square.

And the army that had withdrawn from the north also arrived here.

The army did not go by water. The reason is simple, there are not so many ships. Hundreds of thousands of troops, millions of livestock. If you want to use the waterway, the ships that He Xi temporarily used to transport grain are simply not enough.

When marching along the river, there will be problems of one kind or another, but there are also some conveniences. That is, it is convenient to drink water.

Don't underestimate this.

Any small problem, multiplied by millions. All are a big problem. Marching, especially the march of a large group of men and horses, no small problem can be ignored. It is impossible for hundreds of thousands of troops to go together, because it is difficult to ensure the passage of millions of troops on the roads under the whole world, and they must be divided into several teams, front and back, left and right, and even in parallel. Wait, it's nice to have 10,000 people per team.

Plus so many captives in. People's hearts are unstable.

After all, the Mongols all live on the steppe, and now they are forced to migrate, and not everyone is willing to do so.

In short, so many questions are in. It is impossible for a large army to march fast, and a march of thirty miles a day is quite good.

I walked like this for nearly ten days.

He Xi hadn't seen Feng Sheng yet, so he saw King Yan first.

Poor King Yan, this time it was purely soy sauce. Although it is said that King Yan is the first in everything. I have always wanted to catch until the war is fought. But this time, the war was too smooth. There are hardly many big battles that go smoothly, and there are more monks and less meat. The generals of Yan Wang's uncles and uncles are all scrambling. How can King Yan snatch it. Second, as long as Feng Sheng thought in his heart that if King Yan died on the front line, how would Zhu Yuanzhang deal with him, he would not have the idea of sending King Yan to the front line.

What can King Yan do? You can only be a spectator.

His time has not yet come.

Because He Xi came and went in a hurry in the army, he didn't talk to King Yan at all.

King Yan saw He Xi and exchanged a few words. Let the left and right take out a baggage, open it in front of He Xi, and say, "This is what I found when I went out of the camp." It was also my biggest discovery this time. ”

He Xi opened it to see that it was him who had dug up the soil, which seemed to have been neatly dug from the ground. There is also some vegetation on it. He Xi took a closer look and said, "This is wheat?" ”

Yan Wang said; "Not only wheat, but also sorghum and soybeans, which were planted by a civil official of the Yuan Dynasty in the camp of Naha. And it's been planted for more than one season. Brother He, is this what you are talking about? Although it is a bitter cold place, almost half of the year is winter. But the land is fertile. A handful can pinch out the oil, even if it can be planted for a season, but the place is big. ”

Han Chinese, even if they take refuge in the Han people of Tartars. I can't change my own characteristics. Always want to plant something in a new place. In other words, Naha's supply of various materials on the grassland is very small. For the civil officials who are powerless, they will give even less.

It's only natural for some people to be self-reliant.

I don't know if King Yan was influenced by He Xi. is still the vision of King Yan, better than others.

What is the most precious thing for a country? Money? But the clouds. People are very important. But for Daming, it's not the most important thing. After all, the population in the north of the Ming Dynasty is sparse, but there are more than 60 million people overall.

Land, in He Xi's view, is land. This represents room for development.

And it can't be some barren land, the Gobi Desert. It is land that can be cultivated and produced.

It was when King Yan realized this that he felt that this was the biggest discovery.

On both sides of the Songhua River, how big is it? King Yan trekked to come, and it can be regarded as a measure with footsteps and horses' hooves, but it is still difficult to give an accurate description. However, it is very large, at least the Central Plains Province. And the province is all plains. There are rivers. Most of the places can be cultivated.

Even among the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, none of them has such a unique environment.

It was King Yan who valued this place all of a sudden. He knew that he might only be able to reclaim a little on his own. But if Yan Kingdom can be located here, it will be the cause of the kings of the ages.

But in He Xi's mind, the Northeast Plain is an inseparable part of China. Even if he allowed Xinjiang to become the land of the vassal state, he could not allow the northeast to become the land of the vassal state. After all, there is a distance between Xinjiang and the Central Plains. Not to mention, Gan and Shaanxi are tired, which is simply not enough to support the expedition, and Gan and Shaanxi cannot support it. Then the Ming Dynasty will be powerless to reach out to the Western Regions. After all, at the beginning of the founding of the country, Feng Sheng passed through the northwest. Because of the accident, all the people in the northwest were evacuated to Guanzhong at that time.

That's only about 1.2 million people in total.

In the vast northwest, there are only 1.2 million people. What kind of concept is this, it is much worse than Liaodong.

Therefore, Xinjiang and the Central Plains are physically separated. But the Northeast is too close to North China. Xin-Xinjiang rising vassal states , they can expand westward. But the feudal states that rose in the northeast, going south to enter the customs, or sweeping the Chao-Xian, was their only route.

This is like a conflict with the Ming Dynasty.

He Xi didn't want to leave a legacy for future generations.

However, Yan Wang is so positive. He Xi is not easy to fight. Said; "In the world, I don't know how much fertile soil like the Northeast there is. It's just that there is no one to cultivate. The blue wisps of the road are to enlighten the mountains and forests, start a business, and bless future generations. That's what a manly man does. ”

King Yan's eyes lit up.

This is too much of a temper for King Yan.

In fact, in King Yan's heart, he didn't have any thoughts about the throne. It's just that the prince's strength is too strong. was suppressed. But he is unwilling to be inferior in his bones. Since he can't be the emperor, it's quite good to be the lord of a place and a country, just like the descendants of Genghis Khan.

It's just that King Yan ignored it, and He Xi bypassed the fact that King Yan wanted to seal the Northeast.

Actually, for King Yan, since he has decided to seal the foreign domain. Whether it is in the Northeast or not is not too important.

Yan Wang said; "That's right. Who do you see this is? ”

King Yan pulled Lian Zining over. He Xi saw Lian Zining, was stunned for a long time, and said, "Zining, how did you become like this." ”

Lian Zining knelt on the ground and said; "The disciple is ashamed of his teacher."

He Xi said: "Hurry up, hurry up." ”

Seeing this, King Yan knew that the master and apprentice had something to say. So he left with a sense of humor. Lian Zining and He Xi had a deep talk. Talked about it all the time. The two sides fell asleep.

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Many people think that two people talk and sleep together, and some of them can't understand.

But after adapting to the rhythm of life in this era, I slowly understood. Especially if it's in the Northeast, it's more understandable. Because it's too cold in the northeast, even though it's already spring. But a lot of activities of the Northeast people are on the kang. As he spoke, from the beginning, he became relaxed.

How easy? Lying down, of course.

And then pull a quilt, isn't it the so-called sleeping on your feet?

Lian Zining will have his experience in the past few years, and has been on the development of Qingchu. There is also the discovery of barley, etc., which I told He Xi about 1510.

He Xi said; "The problem of Qingchu, I think it is the problem of microorganisms."

Lian Zining said: "What is a microorganism? ”

He Xi said: "The Buddha said that there are 48,000 insects in the water. In recent years, there have been microscopes in the hospital. I can see these things, and the hospital is ready to kill them as a virus. I wrote a letter to the envoy of Dai Yuan, and I felt that the word virus was inappropriate, and these things were not completely capable of causing disease, so how could I say that it was a virus. It's better to think of microorganisms. ”

"There may be a reason why you don't know. So, you shouldn't feel like you're not doing well and you're sorry for this, sorry for that. He hid and did not reply. But they don't know that scientific research needs to be communicated. There are many things that can be touched. I'm going to write to Nanjing and find a way to get you a microscope. ”

Although He Xi was not in Beijing, he knew that Dr. Dai was even more famous after the cowpox incident. Now not only is the title of a product sealed, but also a hundred officials have seen it, and they are all very polite. Dai Yuanli has such conditions, and some things are easy to say.