Ma Jun has some expectations in his heart, according to his experience, Guo Jia has always been on the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, and every time they meet, they will show him the way forward, which makes him very inspired.

This time, he was invited from thousands of miles away, and there must be something extremely important.

However, he was probably going to be disappointed today, only to see Guo Jia open the package on the table, revealing the things inside, which were two rice plants.

Ma Jun was confused, his attention now was on studying weapons and equipment, and he almost didn't care about farming.

"What do you mean by ......"

"These two rice fields have their own advantages and disadvantages, and if you can combine their advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, the credit is no less than creating another Tiefutu, or even surpassing."

"But I'm now studying gunpowder and what adults call thermal weapons, but I'm afraid I'm not ...... doppelganger."

Ma Jun looked reluctant, he was now completely obsessed with the study of weapons, and he no longer wanted to touch the matter of farming.

"What if I say that the rice thing is more important than gunpowder?"

Guo Jia stood up with a solemn face: "Do you know where a country's strength is?" ”

"Naturally, it is a powerful army and powerful weapons, which is also the reason why my Han people can overpower the Hu people of the Quartet."

Ma Jun's face was excited, and he was alive and well as a militant image.

Guo Jia shook his head and said: "This is just one of them, the premise of maintaining all this is that you must at least feed the people and the army." If there is no food, how can I be invincible in the Han army? ”

When Ma Jun heard him say this, he suddenly realized that he was indeed too obsessed with weapons. The weapons of the army are important, but so is the food and clothing of the people.

The people live on food!

He began to re-examine the question posed by Guo Jia, to merge the advantages of the two types of rice and discard their disadvantages?

"Can you elaborate on what it means to integrate the advantages and discard the disadvantages?"

"In layman's terms, it's like mating, making the two come together to create more grain and easier to grow."

Ma Jun was stunned.

Can rice also be mated?

His reaction was completely expected by Guo Jia, and if he had not been born in later generations, it would have been difficult for him to imagine that anyone would have created such a great work.

"You just have to do your best, and if you succeed, it will be a great credit, and you won't be able to do it...... I won't blame you either. ”

Food has always been an important problem for feudal dynasties, and if it is in a peaceful and prosperous era, it will be fine. When faced with natural disasters, food crises bring man-made disasters.

Guo Jia's original intention was to find potatoes, and this plan is already being implemented.

However, as far as he knew, potatoes were native to South America, and it was difficult to obtain them with the seafaring technology of this era. Guo Jia once asked the Zhen and Mi clans to send merchant ships, but the final result was no news.

Since this road has no results for the time being, he simply used the dead horse as a live horse doctor, and asked Ma Jun to turn to research "hybrid rice".

Success is naturally the best, as for whether it can be completed in the end, it can only be done to the best of the people and obey the destiny of God.

"Okay, I'll do my best."

Ma Jun solemnly assured, and then left with rice.

Guo Jia just tried it, but he didn't have much hope in his heart.

At this time, the soldiers guarding the gate of the mansion came to report.

"Commander, General Zhang Liao is here."

"Ask him to come in."

A moment later, Zhang Liao walked into the room.

Guo Jia stood up, holding the edict of appointment of the Son of Heaven in his hand.

"I will leave for Chang'an tomorrow, and the prime minister has made a table to the Son of Heaven and named you the pastor of Liangzhou, with full authority to deal with the military and political power of Liangzhou."

After speaking, he handed the edict to Zhang Liao.

Zhang Liao took the edict and said solemnly: "The last general will live up to the trust of the prime minister." ”

Although he once served as a governor of the state, he existed as a left-behind rear minister, and that position only lasted for a few months. Now that he is once again living in the state pastor, he can't help but feel a little excited.

He could guess that in the next few years, he would be in a period of peace. During this period, grain and grass were accumulated to prepare for the next attack on Yizhou.

Liu Bei is now a fierce general under his command, but he chose to let him take the position of the lord of a state, which represents extreme trust, and he can only do his best to repay.

Guo Jia continued: "I will leave you 20,000 elites, and in the future, you can recruit and recruit troops, and increase the number of troops to 50,000. Externally, it can guard against the Qiang, and internally, it can also deter those who are restless. ”

As Liu Bei's territory became more and more extensive, it was imperative to expand the army. In addition to the 150,000 elites who were planned to attack Yizhou, they also had to guard Liangzhou, merge the state, and subordinate to prevent being robbed while the fire was taking advantage of the fire.

In this way, Liu Bei needs to have at least more than 300,000 troops, or even more, after all, his current territory has spanned the land of three states.

Zhang Liao patted his chest and promised: "The military advisor can rest assured, as long as the last general is still alive, he will never let the Qiang people step into Liangzhou half a step." ”

People in this era inevitably exaggerate when they speak, but Guo Jia acted as a bartender at this time, and said with a smile: "If they send someone to sneak in, wouldn't it break your promise?" ”

Zhang Liao: ......

Not so funny, even a little cold!

Guo Jia put away his smile and said with a straight face: "I hope that the general will not talk about the word "death" lightly, survive, be a winner, build together, and witness the arrival of this splendid and prosperous era." ”

Zhang Liao also straightened his face: "The last general understands." ”

"Well, Liangzhou will be handed over to you, train the troops well, and go to the Zhen family and the Mi family for food,"

"The last will understand."

"I'll go!"

"Strategist, don't worry."

Guo Jia paused, and this didn't seem right.

Zhang Liao realized that he had made a mistake and hurriedly changed his words: "The military advisor has gone all the way." ”

Guo Jia: "...... The general still don't say anything. ”

Zhang Liao scratched his head in embarrassment, are you so happy today, why can't you even speak? In the past, he would never have said such a bad thing.

……

After Guo Jia entrusted Liangzhou to Zhang Liao, he set off to return to Chang'an with Huang Zhong, Ma Chao and an army of 30,000.

"The prime minister asked Zhang Liao to serve as the pastor of Liangzhou, instead of you, who are more familiar with Xiliang, Meng Qi will think that the prime minister does not trust you?" Guo Jia suddenly lifted the curtain and said to Ma Chao, who was riding a horse and following the side of the carriage.

"No!"

Ma Chao replied without thinking, but that sullen appearance had betrayed his mood at this time.

Ma Yunlu was riding a little red horse to follow behind, and he couldn't help but prick up his ears when he heard the words, his brother's status was related to the height of the Ma family, and he couldn't tolerate sloppiness.

"That's good, I originally wanted to remind you not to be suspicious, Zhang Liao will be reused because he is an old man under the Prime Minister, and his qualifications are far above yours."

"Over time, when you've accumulated enough merits, sooner or later you'll be reused, and you have an advantage that none of them have,"

"General Tianwei!"

(End of chapter)