Steel Dynasty - Chapter 371

[Chapter 371 Youzhou’s Ambition]

The sunset hung in the sky like beautiful neon dance clothes.

There was a strange beauty in Qingzhou City in the red light. After enjoying a sumptuous dinner in the palace, Xiao Ming returned to the palace and fell asleep.

He got up lazily at noon the next day.

The days of struggle will continue, but it is no longer as urgent as before. At least Xiao Ming feels a lot more relaxed now that there are no barbarians outside the city.

In the days that followed, he could finally build his own fiefdom easily and comfortably. Of course, his current fiefdom also included Youzhou.

After washing and scrubbing, Xiao Ming was told that Pang Yukun was already waiting for him in the main hall, except for the bedroom.

Xiao Ming was a little unbelievable. If this Pang Changshi had been there before, he would have woken him up outside the door. The sun was really coming out from the west.

“Your Highness.”

Pang Yukun had a faint smile on his face in the main hall. When he saw Xiao Ming, he bowed respectfully.

Today he deliberately did not disturb Xiao Ming’s rest. The past three months of war had made Xiao Ming very tired from running around, and he really couldn’t bear it.

He followed Xiao Ming step by step to where he is today, and witnessed Xiao Ming’s transformation from a bohemian vassal king to being able to drive the barbarians out of the country.

The change in his mentality during this period has already made him sincerely convinced of Xiao Ming, and the tempering of these days has gradually made him no longer as cynical as before.

What he wanted was now becoming a reality, and Xiao Ming was no longer a person who needed his supervision.

“Pang Changshi came just in time. I am also preparing to find you.” Xiao Ming sat down on the chair and the maid brought a cup of tea.

“Your Highness is talking about what happened in Youzhou, I guess the official has heard about it.” Pang Yukun said, naturally he knew all about the commotion caused by the businessmen at the gate of Prince Qi’s Mansion.

Xiao Ming nodded, “This time there was the battle of Jizhou first, and then the recovery of Qingzhou. During this period, many merchants provided a lot of supplies for the Northern Expedition. Now it is time to repay them. In this way, I will win the war next time.” Only in this way can we raise more money. If a person has no faith, he will not be established. I cannot break my promise.”

Pang Yukun had not slept well for several days because of the matter of regaining the Yanyun Sixteenth Prefecture. He said: “Your Highness, your Majesty is here. We were already thinking about this when we arrived at Shanhaiguan. We could not give the spoils of war to these merchants. Whether it was war horses, cattle, sheep, or beasts, these things were all useful to us, so the official thought that we would only give them pasture, and the regulations They have to raise horses on the pasture.”

After a pause, Pang Yukun said: “The barbarians swept the world with their cavalry. This is where Dayu fell short, and after losing the Yanyun Sixteenth State, Dayu had no good horses to use. , this is all because there is no high-quality pasture, so Your Highness, you must take this opportunity to vigorously develop horse politics in Youzhou. The barbarians have only been driven out of the pass, but the barbarians’ national power is still strong, and they must not be taken lightly.”

Xiao Ming slowly said .

Nodding, Pang Yukun’s words reached Xiao Ming’s heart.

He said: “You are right, the Silk Road is still under the control of the barbarians. Now we are just huddled within the Great Wall. Without enough cavalry, it is difficult to completely defeat the barbarians. If the barbarians are not eliminated, this will be the end of the north. “This is exactly the reason.

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Pang Yukun laughed, “In addition to pastures, His Highness can also move some of the victims to Youzhou to grow potatoes, peanuts, corn, and peppers. The people in Qingzhou are not willing to grow potatoes. These victims don’t have land, so they won’t refuse to get it.”

“People refuse to plant potatoes?”

Xiao Ming suddenly remembered that potatoes should be planted.

Pang Yukun nodded, “The official just wanted to talk to His Highness about this. Originally, the official was going to force the people to use part of their land to grow potatoes. After all, if potatoes are so high-yielding, no matter how large the population is, they can afford it. It’s just that Now that His Highness has gathered more than 500,000 disaster victims from Jizhou, and now has a large area of land in Youzhou, isn’t it possible to allocate the land to the victims for them to plant? Otherwise, it would be okay to force the people to plant, but it will definitely cause trouble when the time comes. The gossip of the common people.”

Xiao Ming smiled helplessly.

In fact, when potatoes were first introduced to Europe, they were looked down upon and even considered an unlucky thing. European farmers also refused to grow them. After all, no one would risk starvation to grow a potato they had never seen before. crops.

It was only later that a great famine broke out in France. At this time, a pharmacist who loved potatoes took the opportunity to vigorously promote potatoes in France as high-yielding and delicious. So the hungry and crazy French began to rush to plant them, saving a large number of hungry people.

From then on, potatoes began to be taken seriously by European powers, who forced domestic farmers to grow some potatoes.

Now Xiao Ming obviously suffered from this embarrassing situation, but he came from a later generation and naturally firmly believed in the importance of potatoes to the fiefdom.

He said: “In this case, select some of the victims to go to Youzhou to reclaim land, and Youzhou City itself has 200,000 people. This number is enough. When the potatoes of the first season are ripe, I will let the people of the second season People are rushing to plant potatoes every year.”

“There are still 200,000 disaster victims in Youzhou?” Pang Yukun was a little surprised.

“Exactly, so I hope you will go to Youzhou, establish the government office in Youzhou, and distribute the land to the people.”

Now that Youzhou is in his pocket, he naturally wants to make his own The rule extends there.

“Yes, Your Highness, this is what this official is best at.” Pang Yukun said with a smile.

Now that Xiao Ming’s fiefdom has doubled, there is no reason for him to be happy as a minister.

“In this case, you will be responsible for the victims and Youzhou’s affairs. I will summon these businessmen to the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow to discuss the pasture.”

Then he said: “By the way, the victims escorted back this time are all rebels. How have you handled it during this time?”

“Everyone who has violated the law will be punished, and the only ones left behind are the innocent people who took care of their families.” Pang Yukun said seriously, this matter is very serious, and he cannot act recklessly.

Hearing this, Xiao Ming said: “The Qinglong King still doesn’t know where he has fled, so these victims must be eliminated, lest some of them who are loyal to the Qinglong King stir up trouble.”

It’s not that Xiao Ming is cold-blooded, after all, this matter involves the fiefdom. safety.

If someone with evil intentions takes the opportunity to cause trouble at this time, the people who will be killed or injured will be his people.

Pang Yukun nodded heavily again.

The two talked about Youzhou and the victims, and also discussed some political issues in the fiefdom, and then Pang Yukun left with satisfaction.

Xiao Ming, on the other hand, was preparing to talk to the businessmen about the matter in Youzhou.

The grassland in Youzhou is very large this time. Not only will it be paid to them, but he is also planning to sell some to them. He has a preliminary idea to focus on building agriculture and animal husbandry in Youzhou.

Just as he was thinking about it, Zi Wan suddenly walked in and said, “Your Highness, Bowen College has sent people, and they said they have made a hydrogen balloon.”

(End of Chapter)