Chapter 379: Prairie Storm (1)

Da Wu Zhu turned to the mercenary leader: "Especially your subordinates, all of them are wearing stainless steel armor, metal will attract thunder and lightning the most, it is really unavoidable. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info now think about it, it suddenly rained that night, and it happened to wet you, it must be Guo Dalu's ghost. ”

The bearded man had a bitter face, and sighed: "I lost a group of good brothers in Houlong Village, and I was originally very unconvinced, thinking that Guo Dalu was just lucky, and that thunderbolt was summoned by mistake, but I didn't expect that everything was his premeditation." Guo Dalu first showed the enemy weakness, let us concentrate men and horses outside the warehouse, and then a light rain fell, wetting us and the ground, and finally the thunder struck down, annihilating our entire army, interlocking, leaving no traces, really powerful. ”

Da Wu Zhu's face sank: "Bayintru, you were ordered by me to capture Houlong Village and invite that Guo Dalu to the grassland, but you were defeated, are you guilty?"

The bearded Bayintru knelt down: "My subordinates are guilty, please punish the great witch." ”

Da Wu Zhu said coldly: "According to the rules of our Hu clan, if we are defeated, there is wine, women, gold and silver, and if we are defeated, then there is only one way to go - death." You were defeated and returned, so that Guo Dalu was vigilant, in the future, it will be difficult for me to sneak attack Houlong Village, and even worse I lurked in Yin County's mercenary soldiers, originally five horses should have been divided, I see that you are loyal to me, although the defeat did not flee, thousands of miles across the sea, white mountains and black waters. Therefore I will give you to kill yourself, and leave you a whole corpse. ”

Bayintru did not beg for mercy either, and kowtowed: "I lost the battle, and I should have died a long time ago." It's just that I must report the details of the battle with Guo Dalu to Da Wuzhu, so I didn't commit suicide and apologize. Now that my wish has been fulfilled, I dedicate my soul to the Immortal Heavens. ”

Bayintru stood up and stretched out his hand to the mercenary leader: "Brother, borrow a knife to make an envoy." ”

The mercenary leader couldn't bear it for a while, he and Bayintru went into exile all the way, and it can be regarded as a deep friendship, he turned his head to Da Wu Zhu and said: "Da Wu Zhu, I ask for a favor for the Bayintru brothers, he has been to the Great Li Dynasty, and he has fought face-to-face with Guo Dalu, in the future, if you want to conquer Da Li Ming and defeat Guo Dalu, you need such an experienced warrior." ”

Da Wu Zhu had a calm face: "Bill, I heard that the knights of Lucia are extremely honorable, and they are even willing to fight the evil dragon for the tears of a lady, is it possible that the warriors of my steppe Hu clan are cowards who sacrifice their lives?"

Mercenary captain Bill was speechless for a while, in fact, mercenaries don't pay much attention to reputation, whoever gives more money will help whoever fights, but there are indeed many knights in Lucia who attach great importance to honor, seeing Tian'er shouting what "honor is my life", the wind of duels for honor is prevalent, and there are many people who commit suicide after losing the battle. In the past few years, the angel has decreed that no one who commits suicide will be allowed to enter heaven, which has stopped the trend of suicide.

When Da Wuzhu threw over a stainless steel knife produced in Houlong Village, Bayintru held it with both hands and strode towards the outside of the tent, but he committed suicide outside the tent, lest his dirty blood stain the tent of the noble Dawuzhu. Suddenly, he paused, took out a mud ball from his arms, and gently put it on the fur on the ground: "Da Wuzhu, this is dug up by the villain from the field of Houlong Village, it is edible, and I thought that maybe it could be planted on the grassland, so I brought it back." ”

Da Wuzhu looked at Bill, and Bill nodded: "This thing was dug up in the field of Houlong Village, we took it with us to fill our hunger, and on the way back to the grassland, we hid in Tibet, and when we couldn't catch the prey, fortunately there was this thing to fill our stomachs, and when we returned to the royal court, only this one was left." ”

Da Wu Zhu nodded disapprovingly, he knew that there were many crops in the Great Li Dynasty, and they were rich in products, but the soil on the grassland was extremely thin, and they couldn't grow common crops such as wheat and rice, and even millet couldn't be planted. In the words of the books that came out of Guo Dalu, this is called soil erosion. The mud balls brought back by Bayintru are of no great use.

Da Wu Zhu watched Bayintru's background disappear into the tent, and then said to the maid next to him: "Send this thing to those slaves who can farm, and let them try to see everything, by the way, Bill, what is the name of this thing?"

Bill said: "I heard the villagers of Houlong Village call this thing what beans are, and what they are called, but I didn't hear it clearly. ”

Da Wu Zhu's eyes widened suddenly: "What?!beans??beans growing in the fields of Houlong Village??, could this be the legendary divine bean?!"

He waved his hand suddenly, and the leather curtain at the mouth of the tent was windless, and he was kneeling outside the tent, and Bayintru's hand, which had raised his knife to his throat, suddenly stopped, and the great witch made a move, and the steel knife that he had given Bayintru for self-cutting suddenly flew back.

Bayintru was snatched of the knife between life and death, and was in a daze, Da Wuzhu had already hurriedly said: "Bayintru, you idiot, get in quickly, and tell me what is going on with this divine bean? Stupid! Stupid! You want to commit suicide and apologize, how can you forget such an important matter of the divine bean? You didn't report it to me?!"

Bayintru touched his neck, there was a shallow blood mark there, Da Wu Zhu flicked his fingers later, he was already dead, although he was an iron-clad tough guy, but he was also a little afraid of life and death, but he never expected that in the end, it was the mud group he brought from Houlong Village that saved him.

Da Wuzhu carefully held the mud ball and wiped it with his slender fingers, revealing the "divine bean" inside, the divine bean was hidden by Bayintru closely, and it was not frozen, and even because Bayintru was warm in his arms, it had turned green and grew small buds.

Da Wuzhu frowned: "This is the divine bean of Houlong Village? I had to report it before, saying that Mr. Houlong Guo Dalu stole the divine bean from the Nine Heavens and presented it to the old emperor of the Li Dynasty, and the yield of the divine bean per mu can reach 10,000 catties." The old emperor Longyan Dayue canonized Guo Dalu Danshu iron coupons, and spread the divine beans all over the world, so that the Great Li Dynasty no longer starved. It's just that I take it as a joke, how can there be a crop that yields 10,000 catties per mu in this world? Even if I prayed to the Immortal Heaven and obtained the power of the gods, I would not be able to grow such a high yield. ”

It turned out that Mr. Houlong's offering of the beans was naturally transmitted to the grassland by the merchants, but, after all, the northern Xinjiang is too far away, and the beans have not yet spread to the farmers in the frontier, in fact, part of the reason for this is that the old emperor deliberately did it, you know, the imperial court controls the large and small military leaders in the remote frontiers, one is by salary, the second is by grain, and the third is by weapons, as long as the silver, grain and steel weapons are firmly controlled in the hands of the imperial court, even if the military leaders command 100,000, Hundreds of thousands of troops must also obediently listen to the old emperor's words, otherwise, as long as the court has a piece of paper, silver and food, the big-headed soldiers will mutiny.

Among them, especially food, people are iron, rice is steel, if you don't eat for a day, you are hungry and panicked, the sergeants on the frontier can be deducted silver, and you can meet the enemy with inferior swords and armor, but you can't stand the hunger of food, and if you can't mix a belly, it's not **** Niang's opposite? !

Therefore, the imperial court has always strictly controlled the transportation of grain to the frontier, and each time the grain is transported in a quantity, it can only ensure that the army can be used for half a decade, and would rather spend time, effort and money to transport grain to the frontier than let the army leaders store a large amount of grain in their hands.

However, the god bean was born, and the old emperor immediately discovered the hidden worry after the initial joy - the military leaders of the big and small regions in the territory over there, if they got the god bean seeds and planted them by themselves, then they would have a lot of food in their hands.

The old emperor can only use a stupid way, that is, it is strictly forbidden for the beans to spread to the frontier, and the bean seeds he is now rewarding are mainly circulated among the royal family and high-ranking officials, and the beans from Houlong Village on Guo Dalu are also mainly in the south of the Yangtze River.

Of course, this is a stupid method, with the passage of time, the god bean will reach the northern frontier sooner or later, but for the old emperor, it is good to be a day late, and he may take the opportunity to figure out a new way to control some ambitious military leaders in the frontier.

Because of this, although Da Wuzhu has heard of the name of the god bean, she has no physical object in her hand, but she has the heart to send a few more capable subordinates to the Great Li Dynasty, and even go directly to Houlong Village to steal a few god beans. However, since the news came that the bearded man was going to attack Houlong Village, there was no news, and she did not know whether she was alive or dead, which made her quite worried, and she did not dare to send his men to Houlong Village again for a while.

And more importantly, the Great Khan has been cutting down on Da Wuzhu's subordinates openly and secretly, and many cronies have been forced to leave Da Wuzhu, so that only a few maids are left around her to do rough work, and the reason is that the Great Khan heard the rumors and said that the Immortal Heaven has issued a decree, and Dawuzhu will bring unprecedented upheaval to the grassland.

As far as the Great Khan is concerned, what is the upheaval he is most worried about?-- of course, when the Great Wu Zhu became an adult, he suddenly transformed into a man and took his throne! In addition, what else can be called "earth-shattering"?

According to the long tune of Humai spread on the grassland, whenever a great witch Zhu transforms into a man, it will bring a burst of bloody rain, and there will be a tragic battle between the Great Khan and the Great Witch Zhu, and the heroes of the royal court will split into two factions, obeying the orders of the Great Khan and the Great Witch Zhu, respectively, and swinging knives and shooting arrows at their former comrades-in-arms and friends!

This tragic civil war will greatly hurt the vitality of the Hu people, and it is precisely because of this that although the Hu people have been pressing the Great Li Dynasty to fight, and have broken through the barrier several times, they have not been able to completely annex the Great Li Dynasty after all, and the injury of this civil war is also one of the major reasons.

The Great Khan was worried that Da Wu Zhu would take his throne and take it for himself according to the Golden Horde, so he had been openly and secretly weakening the power of Da Wu Zhu. --The Great Khan is also a little clever, he does not blame Da Wu Zhu, but punishes his subordinates, after all, those female slaves did let the three princes escape, and Da Wu Zhu has no shame to beg for mercy.

It's just that the prestige of Da Wu Zhu is deeply rooted in the hearts of every grassland people, and the more slaves and warriors at the bottom, the more respect they have for Da Wu Zhu. Therefore, the Great Witch Zhu also allowed the Great Khan to move these hands and feet, because in the grassland, there is absolutely no knife that will cut at him, and there will never be an arrow shot at him.

It's just that in this way, it is more difficult for Da Wuzhu to do anything, and it is not as convenient as before. For example, the matter of exploring the divine beans was put on hold like this - when the Great Khan heard that the Great Wu Zhu said that the Li Dynasty had a yield of 10,000 catties of divine beans per mu, a mouthful of high-grade liquor spewed out.

Da Khan laughed breathlessly, and even patted Da Wu Zhu's shoulder in a gaffe: "Da Wu Zhu, although you can communicate with Changshengtian, but after all, you are a child, after listening to the bragging of the Li Dynasty merchants, you actually believe in the god beans with a yield of 10,000 catties per mu? Hahaha, is that god bean a stone on the Gobi Desert, pick it up as you like? Come on, I know you like the strange things from Houlong Village, this is a book brought by the merchant, what is the Yue Opera "Liang Zhu", I am impatient to watch it, so I will give it to you. I heard that in the Li Dynasty, this Yue Opera was sung and spoken by a group of women on stage, which is similar to us dancing to the gods and sacrificing to the sky. ”

At that time, Da Wu Zhu flipped through the book, and was immediately fascinated by the words full of fragrance in it, and returned to his tent with the book, and was reluctant to put it in his hand, and he didn't even have the heart to eat dinner, so he shed tears for Zhu Yingtai.

The strange thing is that Da Wu Zhu doesn't like Liang Shanbo at all, and shouts that such a stupid man is stupid, and he can't even tell that Yingtai is a woman--"There is no distinction between men and women, damn it! Da Wu Zhu!" Hearing this, the maids next to him looked at each other, and Da Wu Zhu himself was embarrassed to scold others.

After coming and going, Da Wu Zhu didn't really see the appearance of the god bean until Bayintru was in the hands of Bayintru, to be honest, he was a little disappointed, this god bean is really not good-looking, and the skin is still a little pitted, how can this ugly thing be stolen from the Nine Heavens? This is thrown on the ground and no one picks it up!

Da Wu Zhu threw the god bean: "This thing can really be eaten?"

Bayintru and Bill said in unison, "It's edible, and it tastes good." ”

Bill said: "After we crawled out of the pile of dead people in Houlong Village, we were afraid that we would be discovered by the villagers around us, so we could only walk the path in the dark, and although we had silver on our bodies, we did not dare to buy anything to eat, or even hunt. It was only by these sacred beans that I picked up from the fields of Houlong Village that I filled my stomach, and I escaped until I got to the beach and got on the boat I had hidden in the morning. This bean can be eaten by roasting it in the fire. ”

Da Wu Zhu put away the divine bean: "I want to see how much yield this divine bean has when planted - 10,000 catties per mu? This Guo Dalu is really good at bragging." ”

Da Wu Zhu immediately passed the order to go and ordered the serfs to sort out a piece of land around the camp, and now it is when the snow is flying, the thick snow covers the grassland, and the serfs can barely sort out a piece of land under the wind and snow.

The nearby soldiers and serfs looked strange, and when they heard that it was the Great Wuzhu who ordered such a strange thing, they all gathered around to watch, and after a while, they even alarmed the Great Khan, when the Great Khan heard that it was the Great Wuzhu who got the divine beans that Bayintru got from the Li Dynasty and wanted to try planting, he shook his head again and again, if it wasn't for the front of the soldiers, he would have to directly reprimand the Great Wuzhu for messing around.

In the curious eyes of everyone, Da Wu Zhu slowly walked out with the god bean in his hand, he picked up the soil layer, buried the whole god bean, and then, he knelt down, raised his head to the sky, and sang a prayer that only Da Wu Zhu understands, all the soldiers and serfs knelt down, and the Great Khan's face was a little blue, but finally he knelt down in the snow.

Suddenly, a string of sunlight penetrated the thick clouds and shone on the field, surrounded by still thick snow, but only this piece of land, warm as spring, grass grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, among them, there was a never-before-seen "grass" growing out of the field, that is the god bean.

Bayintru and Bill had seen the bean in Houlong Village, and they hurriedly trotted up and carefully peeled off the soil layer - and immediately, the soldiers and serfs around them were in an uproar, "What a big bean!"

Not only is it big, but it is also numerous, and when a god bean is planted, the beans that grow underground are bunched one by one, all of which are the size of fists.

Dawu Zhu said in a deep voice: "Come on, plant these divine beans again." ”

Immediately a few serfs next to him stepped forward and took the sacred beans in Bayintru's hands, one of the old serfs was taken captive from Li Chaobianguan, he was a good farmer, he took a closer look at the divine bean in his hand, the divine bean grew after spiritual power, and grew a lot of buds. He saluted to the Great Witch Zhu: "Respect the Great Witch Zhu, there are many sprouts on this sacred bean, according to the knowledge of the minions, you can cut the divine bean according to the sprout head, and then plant it, so that there will be more seeds." ”

Da Wu Zhu waved his hand: "That's it." ”

This time, after cutting into pieces, there were many more divine beans planted than the first time, under the prayer of the great witch Zhu, the sunlight shining down from the immortal sky once again urged the growth of divine beans, this time, even the Great Khan could not be calm, he saw the heavy divine beans rising under the ground, stood up in a gaffe, took drunken steps, stumbled into the farmland, and dug out a divine bean with his own hands, "My immortal God, this is really a divine bean!

Da Wu Zhu estimated it a little, and it has been determined that the yield of this god bean per mu is three or four thousand catties, you know, the spiritual power given by this immortal heaven only allows the god bean to grow in winter, and will not promote its own production, the soil of the grassland is far less fertile than the south of the Yangtze River in the Great Li Dynasty, such a poor land can also produce three or four thousand catties of divine beans, that in Houlong Village, Fengshen Mountain, Yin County, it can indeed produce 10,000 catties per mu!

The old serf threw himself on his stomach in front of the big witch's feet and kissed his shoes with the most respectful gesture: "Thank you to the almighty Immortal Heaven, and thank you to the great witch for bringing us the divine bean! With the divine bean on the grassland, no one will starve anymore!"

All the soldiers and serfs present kowtowed to the Great Witch Wish, thanking the Great Witch Zhu, you know, although the warriors on the grassland are brave and good at fighting, but every winter when they encounter a heavy snowstorm, they will also be hungry, a large herd of cattle, sheep and horses freeze and starve to death, and the old and weak serfs are driven to the wilderness and let them die, in order to save the rations in the tribe, it is customary.

But now, with the god bean, all the tribes of the Hu nationality, even if they no longer graze cattle and sheep, do not have to worry about starvation - this is a god bean with a yield of 10,000 catties per mu, the grassland is so vast, just pick a horse farm to plant the god bean, it is enough for the Hu people to chew up and down the whole country.

The Great Khan saw the heartfelt respect of the soldiers and serfs to the Great Wu Zhu, and almost crushed his teeth, he didn't expect that a small mud ball could actually make all the people return to the Great Wu Zhu, however, the people take food as the sky, this sentence passed down from the Great Li Dynasty, the Great Khan has also heard it, he can't order someone to shovel the divine bean, and not let the divine bean spread out, so as not to further expand the power of the Great Wu Zhu. If he really did this, the soldiers present would immediately rebel.

The Great Khan sighed in his heart, he was repeatedly wary of Da Wu Zhu, and secretly used many means to reduce his subordinates and transfer his cronies, but Da Wu Zhu was the darling of Changshengtian, and Changshengtian just sent down a divine bean, so that everyone in the Hu Kingdom was determined to be Da Wuzhu. Sure enough, manpower can't compete with the Immortal Heaven, even if he is a Great Khan.

The Great Khan saluted to the Great Witch Zhu: "Respected Great Witch Zhu, millions of soldiers and serfs on the steppe will preach your grace of giving the Divine Bean, and I will pass on the order to go, after this winter, when spring comes, I will go to various horse farms to plant the Divine Bean." (To be continued.) )