"In May, more than 100 hu of rye were harvested in Yanzhi Mountain, Mayi and Yuyang. In spring, seven acres of rye were planted in the mountains of Diaoyin County, and it would not be harvested in August." Cai Chengxian reported on this work that lasted for several years, and only heard him say: "The households all said that if this thing is sown in spring, it is not as good as wheat. It is best to plant it over winter and not afraid of the cold. Therefore, after choosing the seeds in the golden autumn, it will not be sown in spring next year."

"From Mayi, Yuyang, a batch of seeds are allocated and sent to Liaodong as soon as possible." Shao Xun said: "The Shaofu also sent a minister to the government.

He led more than ten garden households, divided them into two batches, floated northwards, and chose a place to plant rye at the foot of Mashi Mountain."

"Yes." Cai Cheng responded first, and then said, "Your Majesty, I have heard that the former land of Daxian has been abandoned for a long time. Even if I plant rye in autumn, I will not be able to collect much in the next year."

"You just think it depends on the heavens to harvest." Shao Xun said: "There are still many Hu tribes traveling to farm. What's the difference? How much can you collect?"

"Yes." Since the emperor's requirements are so low, Cai Cheng has nothing to say, so the arrangement is.

"What's wrong with Jiaozhou Garden?" Shao Xun asked again.

Cai Cheng said intimately, the emperor has been staring at this matter, but fortunately he has made preparations.

At his signal, a young man behind him took out a map and a line-pack booklet, placed it on the desk, and then began to report.

Shao Xun glanced at this person, probably in his twenties, and just introduced that he was Cai Cheng's nephew, Cai Kuang.

His courtesy name is Dazhong, and he is currently serving as the Nandingyuan Order.

The so-called Nanding Garden is a Linhai manor located in Nanding County, Jiaozhi County, and is the thirteenth garden under the jurisdiction of Shaofu.

While listening to the report, Shao Xun looked through the booklet, and then took something from Cai Cheng.

"The ministers of this object do not know what their name are." Cai Cheng said, "A businessman in Guangzhou said that this is 'South Sea cardamom', which is similar to the cardamom in the land of friendship and is actually different. There are also merchants who are familiar with the barbarians who say it is 'Gakule', but they don't know what it means."

Shao Xun nodded.

"Gakule" is obviously a transliteration of foreign languages. Jiaozhou and Guangzhou merchants call it "South China Sea Cardamom", which is to distinguish it from local cardamom. In fact, these two are not the same type of plants at all.

Shao Xun knew very well what this was: nutmeg, this thing was found in the famous Thirteen Scents in later generations.

Nutmeg and nutmeg are both famous spices.

In the Age of Discovery, lilac, nutmeg and pepper are the three main varieties, and it is simply a huge profit when transported back to Europe. You can also make money in China, but the market demand is too small, so there is no huge profit.

To increase the market demand, it is very simple to increase the meat production.

Europeans are an agricultural model that combines agriculture and animal husbandry. They have farmlands to grow grain, but after planting for a period of time, as the fertility of the farmland decreases, grain output decreases, so the farmland enters a fallow state and becomes a pasture.

Therefore, Europeans have a tradition of slaughtering livestock in late autumn. Making cured meat and ham is also a tradition. Once they are exposed to spices, they cannot do without them. Therefore, there is a broad market demand, which has made the myth of wealth in the spice trade of the Netherlands, England and Portugal East India Company. Before the sea spice trade, Arab merchants were originally transported to Southeast Asia, and then camels were transported to Constantinople, which were purchased and distributed by Venetian merchants, but later they understood everything.

Shao Xun thought about it carefully. At this time, there were probably some markets for introducing spices. At least he liked more spices in the meat.

Isn’t Thirteen Scent fragrant?

But it is hard to say how big the market can be. Because the proportion of agricultural planting industry is too high, and the proportion of animal husbandry is very low, which is completely different from that of Europe.

However, under manor agriculture, it is only "maybe" to increase the proportion of some animal husbandry.

"Nan Dingyuan is planning to grow spices?" Buxun asked.

Cai Kuang stopped reporting and, with his uncle's encouragement, replied in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, I think sugarcane and spices can be grown. "Come all those who can make money?" Shao Xun asked with a smile.

"That's right." Cai Kuang said.

Shao Xun smiled and nodded, but actually didn't agree.

However, his mentality has been flattered now. In many things, he holds the idea of ​​starting to start even if it doesn’t work in the future.

For example, the spice and sugar trade were really not very big in this very old era, but how to say it, let’s start.

Anyway, the Shaofu should be able to make money here, so let's do it.

"What's the situation in Jiaozhou?" Shao Xun asked.

"The wind is calm." Cai Cheng replied.

This means that the local tyrants and barbarian chiefs live their lives behind closed doors and maintain superficial respect for the court. The court does not control these people, and everyone is "well-off".

The current governor, Qiu Ao, heard that when he took office, he brought two thousand White Tiger and Yi barbarian soldiers from Badong and Fuling. This is the most trustworthy armed force he has in Jiaozhou. I just don’t know how many are left now.

The number of diseases included in "Tremella Diseases·Jiaozhou Chapter" is still too small, and it should be much better when the next version is updated.

In any case, the mortality rate of the Daliang Dynasty he founded in the tropical and subtropical areas should be lower than that of all dynasties. In the reality of low medical standards, prevention is more important than anything else.

"Nan Dingyuan gets on track as soon as possible." Shao Xun said, "I am still waiting for you to bring the first ship of sugar back."

"Yes." The uncle and nephew responded together.

After Cai Cheng and Cai Kuang left, Shao Xun sat alone in the empty hall, quietly watching the dim sky outside, the northeast direction was almost done. The attack and destruction of Murong Xianbei was only one part of his strategy. His main focus now is even on how to manage the five counties of Pingzhou.

Jiaozhou arranged a chain to slightly strengthen the connection between this foreign land and the central government.

Next is to be friends of time.

A strategic arrangement is like plants sprouting, breaking the soil, growing until they bloom and bear fruit, and it takes time to precipitate.

In this process, you may even encounter various tests such as drought, storm, frost and snow, and require careful care from farmers.

The sunset gradually sets and the hall room becomes dark.

Shao Xun's face was not in the shadow.

Tong Qianjin couldn't help but look at the door of the hall. Why didn't the emperor move for a long time?

Shao Xun chuckled, stood up and shouted, "Let's go and go to the Prime Minister's house to have a walk."

*******

The palace was very deserted after nightfall.

After Shao Xun arrived, he added a little popularity to the place.

In the study, after the Mengding tea is boiled, the fragrance is everywhere.

Wang Yan took a sip and praised "good tea".

Shao Xun pondered for a moment and said, "Yifu, you have suffered all these years."

Wang Yan proved it and said, "This is the duty of the minister, why did Your Majesty say this?"

"You don't need to say more." Shao Xun sighed, gently pressed Wang Yan's hand, and said, "I was fighting for Mr. Chen and Mr. Liang back then. You recorded the affairs of the Shangshu and guarded Luoyang. If you were not for you, how could all things be so easy?"

Wang Yan was silent.

In the early days, he and the King of Heaven were indeed in a cooperative relationship, just one master and one servant.

Without him, there would not be so many wars today, and the rear would not be so stable.

This is a fact.

"I'm so greedy-" Shao Xun picked up the tea bowl and took another sip.

Wang Yan quietly waited for him to say the following.

"I want to put more land in my hands, even if I can't control it for a while." Shao Xun said: "The police are as if Wang Yan, the Northeast of Liao, suddenly realized.

The Emperor said that Liaodong was obviously not Liaodong County, but the entire Liao area.

If the counties in Pingzhou in the late Han Dynasty were still half-guimo and half-actually controlled in the early days of the Cao Wei Dynasty, nearly a hundred years have passed, and Pingzhou has completely lost control and there is no question of even being a guimo.

If the Daliang Dynasty wants to manage, it will not take a long time to go overnight, and at most it can only control a small part of it.

From now on, it will be very successful to restore actual control of Liucheng in the next twenty years.

Other places are full of local tyrants and tribal chiefs. They recognize the piece of paper given by the imperial court, which is guimo. If they do not recognize it, they will directly rebel.

In the early days of the dynasty, politics was relatively clear and martial arts were more powerful. These tribes would probably not rebel, and the further they went, the harder it became.

The emperor said this to him, Wang Yan looked at Shao Xun, and seemed to have some realization in his heart, but with this enlightenment, he felt a little angry, sad and even grievance in his heart.

"Yifu, the Wang family of Langya has been of great talent for generations and has a strong literary style. If they can educate the Hu people, they will be invincible." Shao Xun said.

Wang Yan was silent.

"Yifu, I owe you, Jingfeng, and I owe you————Tiger Head." Shao Xun said softly: "There are no outsiders here today, and all the words are about friendship."

After a long time, Wang Yan sighed and said, "What does Your Majesty want to do?"

"There are still family members of Zhongxia in Liaodong, and they are kept safe. There are many Xianbei in the countryside, who are splashed with wharfs, are brave and ruthless, and are ignorant. If there are more children in clothing and clothing settle down, the atmosphere will definitely be greatly changed." Shao Xun said.

Wang Yan smiled bitterly and said, "Langya Wang's family is not counted as being sent to the northwest, but also to the northeast."

Shao Xun was a little embarrassed when he heard this and immediately said, "There are still many children of the Wang family of Langya in Bianliang, and I can issue an edict to pardon."

"Your Majesty has made up your mind?" Wang Yan asked.

"The determination is settled." Shao Xun said, and after that, he added: "I love Tiger Head, I must not treat him badly."

Wang Yan didn't say anything.

If you truly love this son, you shouldn't have sent you to a place where birds don't shit.

Are the three ministers of Liangcheng, Wuyuan and Yuyang favored? If they are really favored, they should stay in Luoyang instead of being exiled to the border and guarding the border for the country. That is really possible that they will be swept away by the Hu people.

Furthermore, people like to stay in prosperous places.

In the past, Sima Yan asked his vassals to cry one by one, and used all his skills to not want to leave the capital. The life of the vassal state and Luoyang,

One earth and one sky are completely incomparable.

"Forget it." Wang Yan was a little excited.

At this moment, the already old face became more and more decadent, as if all hope was shattered, and the whole person's energy and spirit were sluggish at an extremely fast speed.

Shao Xun couldn't bear to see it. Thinking about Wang Jingfeng, Wang Huifeng's sisters, and the father-son relationship between him and Hutou, he could only sigh.

He can be content with outsiders, but he can't do that with his wife and children.

He slowly got up and left the study.
Chapter completed!