"Boy, you haven't been out to sea yet, tell you, the sea is big and boundless," said one of the older merchants, who had drunk too much, and boasted, "There are many magical things on the sea, and there are huge beasts the size of several rooms, and there are schools of sharks that go crazy at the sight of blood, well, have you ever seen Snake Island?"

"No," a young man next to him complimented, "Have you seen it before?"

"Of course, let me tell you, there is a snake island in the South China Sea, which is full of snakes, full of flowers, dense, full of poisonous snakes, which is very terrifying, and there are some small islands, which are full of birds, and the ground is full of bird droppings, and the smell is terrible. ”

Hearing this, Chen Qi was stunned and thought of struvite, but isn't struvite only found in South America? Oh, by the way, this is a different world, not the earth, and the formation of struvite requires a large amount of guano accumulation all year round, and it also needs high-temperature fermentation.

In this way, if you find a small island with many seabirds in the hot South China Sea, there is a high probability that there will be struvite on it. Chen Qi was very happy in his heart, because struvite contains nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, which is a natural compound fertilizer, of course, there is too little potassium, but it is just right to add more bitter salt, of course, cheap manure should also be added, after all, the cost must be controlled.

In order to keep secrets, Chen's firm sent a low-key fleet and invited a few captains who were said to have seen a small island full of birds at a high price, and soon found the legendary island of birds, and sure enough, there were a lot of struvite stones on the island, enough to be mined for many years.

To solve the problem of the yield of soil compound fertilizer, the Chen family first gathered several families close to their own family, such as the Huang family, the maiden family of Chen Qi's mother, and the Tian family, the family of Tian Hao, the county guard. Chen Shou took the lead in apologizing, because the fairy soil is too scarce, and he can only deny it before, but now the output is slightly left, in order to apologize, give some to a few families.

Everyone went home happily and sprinkled the fairy soil in the field, and sure enough, the rice yield increased significantly. The big families in Lingnan married each other, the relationship was intertwined, and no secret was a secret, and soon, other big families in the city also got the news and came to the door one after another, and Chen Shou sent some fairy soil as usual to apologize.

As a result, public opinion changed instantly, and Chen Jiale was praised for his kindness and benefit to the township. When these people realized the benefits of soil compound fertilizer, the Chen family began to sell fairy soil, of course, it was not public, but secret, and the purchase must be introduced by acquaintances, of course, the price is also very black. Those big families are very much affected by this, and they have entrusted them to buy it.

Governor Chen Shou ordered a batch of fairy soil in the name of the governor Yamen, and then sold it to those poor farmers at a low price, taught them to use, after the harvest, the people praised the governor for loving the people like a son, Chen Shou's original lofty prestige in Lingnan skyrocketed again, almost to the point of ten thousand Buddhas.

After dealing with today's trivial matters, Chen Qi changed into clean clothes, rode out on a tall horse, and took Chen Xiaoyi, a small servant and personal bodyguard, to the city.

Chen Xiaoyi is eighteen years old this year, and now he is strong and tall, more than two meters in size, with big shoulders and a round waist, muscles all over his body, a face full of meat, and a beard on his cheeks, like a violent bear.

"Little master, there was important news just now," Xiao Xiang'er chased after her from behind, panting.

"What's the matter?" Chen Qi stopped and asked with some confusion.

Xiao Xiang'er opened his mouth to say a big change, Chen's firm got a very bad news from the mouth of the original merchants, it is said that there is a defeated Red Turban Army was chased by the imperial army in a panic, and did not hesitate to cross the mountains and mountains to flee into Lingnan, everyone was caught off guard, last night they actually let them take two county towns under a sneak attack, the Red Turban Army robbed all the gold, silver and grain in the city, forced the people to become thieves, and developed rapidly, it is said that the thieves have 100,000 people.

The news of the war suddenly made Chen Qi a little stunned, he had been living in a peaceful environment in his past and present lives, and war had always existed in TV and movies, and he never thought that one day the pace of war would be so close, which made him a little worried.

The two counties that were breached were not far from Guangzhou, that is, more than 100 miles away, and if the red turban thieves marched in a hurry, they could reach the outside of Guangzhou within three days, which made Chen Qi very worried about his mother and family in the city, so he whipped his horse whip and accelerated towards Guangzhou City.

Of course, he did not forget to tell Xiao Xiang'er to shrink the business of the Chen family firm, and move most of the people to the city of Guangzhou, the workshop that could not be relocated, hidden on the spot, fortunately, most of the Chen family's workshops are on the small island in the heart of the river, and the red turban thieves came from the Central Plains over the mountains and mountains, obviously there can be no water army, so it is very safe.

Chen Qi hit a horse and walked on the road, and found that the pedestrians on the road were still there, and when they arrived at the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city were still lazy, obviously the news of the arrival of the red turban thieves did not spread, and it should have been blocked.

Chen Qi did not rush back to Chen's house, but went directly to the Yamen in the city, and with his understanding, his grandfather Chen Shou should now be working in the Yamen. That's right, Chen Shou is now the Lingnan Taishou, although he is at the same level as the governor, but it is an essential change.

The so-called governor, in the name of "patrolling the world and raising the army according to the people", inspected the Quartet on behalf of the emperor and had to return to Beijing every year to report on his work, representing the central government's control over the localities.

Of course, Chen Shou offended the emperor and was not welcomed, but he was a great Confucian in the world, and his reputation was grand, and the emperor could only send him far away, out of sight and out of mind, and on the grounds that Lingnan was remote, he was forbidden to go to Beijing to report on his work.

The governor was appointed for five years, and Chen Shou was already the third term, and he did not receive the holy decree to let him go to Beijing to report on his work, but he received the appointment of appointing him as the Lingnan Taishou.

In Chen Qi's view, this is obviously a faint move of the imperial court, similar to the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty in the history of the previous life, and it is the beginning of local secession.

Although the main force of the Red Turban Army was defeated by the northern border army, but under the guidance of the leader Zhang Shun, it was divided into pieces and transferred to remote villages and mountains to continue fighting, and for a time the Red Turban Army spread like locusts in the Central Plains and Jiangnan.

All state capitals and counties have the figure of the Red Turban Army, for a time the northern border army went east and west, taking care of the other, it happened that at this time the northern barbarians invaded, the border army could only go back to defense, in desperation, the emperor issued an order to recruit the folk heroes, so the civil landlord armed forces around the country appeared one after another, defending their homeland, encircling and suppressing the red turban thieves.

Although the red turban thieves were suppressed, the emperor found that the local civil armed forces were too strong, and there were already signs of local secession.

Lingnan is a wild place in the eyes of the world, naturally no one took the initiative to come, and although the emperor hated Chen Shou, he also knew his virtues and believed in his loyalty to the imperial court, so he appointed him as the Lingnan Taishou.

Chen Qi rarely came to the yamen, and the porter didn't know him, even if he reported his name, he still needed to go in and report.

Chen Shou was working and was a little puzzled by the arrival of his grandson. Chen Qi entered the door and asked directly about the red turban thief, Chen Shou was stunned for a moment, and he knew his source, so he didn't hide it, and roughly told about it. Things are worse than expected.

After the Red Turban Thieves broke through the two county seats, they first robbed the rich households in the city, and then took out a part of the gold, silver and grain to buy most of the civilians, in an attempt to gain support, and called it the way of heaven, but it was the indifferent gaze of everyone, and the response of the civilians was mediocre, and only a very small number of broken households that could not survive were bought to join the Red Turban Thieves.

"Hehe, it's really stupid," Chen Qi sneered, "Lingnan is not the Central Plains, although it is located in a remote area, but under the governance of your grandfather, the people's livelihood is safe, although the civilian life is not rich, but it is very stable, and the atrocities of the red turban thieves are known all over the world, so naturally there is no reason to be a thief." ”

So the red turban thieves turned their faces and ruthlessly robbed the city of all the gold, silver, and rations, and forced the people who could not survive to become thieves, and the number of people who had grown from thieves to 100,000 people had grown. ”

After the red turban thief grows stronger, he will naturally not stop, but divide the troops into three ways, looting everywhere, one of which is directly approaching Guangzhou City, although the red turban thief robs all the way and marches slowly, but within ten days, it will definitely be able to surround Guangzhou City.