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Chapter 453 Minister of a Great Power
Yeluhong brought the cooking methods of wheat from the Central Plains and spread these methods everywhere.This is also the task given to him by Yeluzhen and Yelu Deguang.

In fact, the cooking method of wheat is very simple. You only need to press the dehydrated wheat into flour with a stone mill, and then mix it with supernatant water to make dough. Dough is the basis of everything.Although Yelu Deguang also brought the fermentation method, the Khitan people found it troublesome and put the dough directly into the fire to bake. The baked biscuits were dry and hard. Although they had the aroma of wheat, they were hard to swallow.

The smart Khitan people will not give up on this. After tearing open these cakes and soaking them in cow and goat milk, the taste is unbelievable.Many people who ate dry pancakes dipped in milk for the first time almost burst into tears. There is such a delicious thing in the world.

Now it has become the most basic food of the Khitan nomads, because flour is easy to preserve, unlike fresh meat that will go bad, and a sheep can be exchanged for a lot of flour, which can be used for them for a long time.Not only does it taste great, but it also has a lot of servings.

Of course, the current nomads still have to eat beef and mutton, but now beef and mutton is not their only choice.In the past, nomads often ate highland barley, but the taste was extremely bad and difficult to swallow.Although they still invented many cooking methods, the highland barley is still highland barley, not only in small quantity, but also not good in taste.It is hardly comparable to wheat.

Almost the entire Khitan knew that Yelu Deguang introduced wheat under the care of Master Zongxin, and changed the farming time. The wheat that should have been cultivated in winter to survive was replaced by spring cultivation. As a result, the wheat miraculously adapted. The climate of Khitan makes the yield very high.Now Khitan has begun to have farmers and is no longer a pure nomad.

Wheat plus some vegetables makes the Khitan people's life more fulfilling and less monotonous than before.And it also makes their lives more satisfying, because something tastier becomes their staple food.

In fact, Khitan had just suffered a big defeat, and its own emperor Yelu Deguang also died in the Central Plains.But Yelude left a large wheat field before his death, and he was harvesting when he died.This is also the last gift Yelu Deguang left to his people. Yelu Deguang has a very high status in the hearts of the Khitan people, but it is a pity that he died too early, otherwise no one would doubt that he would be able to unify the world.

The death of Yelu Deguang was undoubtedly a great blow to the Khitan people, but their lives were not affected at all, and they were better than before anyway.This is all because of Yelu Deguang's love for Khitan, even if he dies, he will leave a huge fortune to the tribe.

One of the reasons why Yelu Deguang dared to lead the army to Cangzhou at that time was that he thought that he, the emperor, had reached the peak, and he also thought that he would die, but even if he died, he would not have any worries, because he had given the Khitan people The foundation for defeating the Central Plains was left behind, that is wheat.

Khitan has always relied on imports for food, and only the rich can afford rice and wheat. Khitan is located in the extreme north, and water resources are scarce, making it difficult to grow rice.But nomads turn to social development, they must have a pillar industry, and it must be agriculture, otherwise soldiers cannot go on expeditions.

Even so, the Khitan people still fought south and north, and used war to support war to plunder everywhere, and based on this, the Liao Kingdom was established.But this is not a long-term solution. If you want to go on an expedition or fight for a long time, you must have food reserves, which can even be said to be the foundation.

If all food needs to be imported, this country has no future at all.The current ferocity and toughness will one day decline, so there must be basic food as a pillar.

Zong Xin's contribution to Khitan is too great, and just four words have changed the status quo of Khitan.So Yeluhong knew how important he was to Khitan when he saw Zongxin for the first time, so Yeluhong wanted to kill Zongxin countless times, but he couldn't do it every time... Except for some factors that must be considered, It was Zong Xin's contribution to Khitan that made Yeluzhen reluctant to kill him.

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The large troops headed west all the way to Fengzhou City.Along the way, the emperor's luxurious carriage, Yeluruan, was originally used as the center point to move forward. Later, the center point gradually shifted, and the center point became Zongxin's carriage.Because Yeluzhen was driving the chariot for him... Yelu Anduan was sitting next to Yeluzhen, Yelv Chagao and Yelupen were on the left and right, almost driving away the eighteen Youyun riders, so all the generals ran to Zongxin near the carriage.

The reason they came here was very simple, because Guo Huai was giving lectures to Tianya.Yeluzhen and Yelu Anduan each had a person beside them, and they quickly recorded every word Zong Xin said with their pens, trying not to miss any sentence.The reason is very simple, because the content of Zong Xin's lectures to Tianya is too essential, and every class seems to refresh their cognition.

Now Yeluzhen finally understood why his eldest brother Yeluhong said that he wanted to drive Zongxin for his whole life. If he was not the King of Khitan, Yeluzhen would want to drive Zongxin for his whole life.

In the end, even Yeluruan drove the carriage to the side of Zongxin's carriage, and opened the window to listen to Zongxin's lecture.Sure enough, he was a well-known eminent monk, and Yeluruan felt that his life was wasted after listening to one of his lessons.

Zong Xin has one thing in common with other monks. Apart from his bald head, this is the only thing about Zong Xin like a monk. He likes to solve riddles.But Zong Xin's puzzles are different from ordinary monks. The puzzles he poses are very brain-training. Even if they can't think of the answer, after listening to Zong Xin explaining the answer, the nearby generals feel that they have become smarter.

Smartness is always one of the greatest compliments to people. No one wants to be stupid. Whether smart or not is almost born.But Zong Xin made these people change their minds, because after listening to Zong Xin's class, many people feel that they are getting smarter and smarter. If they continue to listen, will they become extremely smart?

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Soon, the brigade arrived outside Fengzhou City.Yeluruan had already sent envoys to the city to negotiate, but the news that the envoys brought was that the 5000 troops were led by Khitan Ming King Yelu Anduan, and wanted to bypass Fengzhou City and enter the desert.As for why this group of people went to the desert, the envoy could not provide any information, but only hoped that Fengzhou City would provide some food, water, and preferably some wine.

In fact, Yeluruan's troops were not short of food or water.After all, it was the army of the Khitan emperor. Khitan was originally rich and poor, so how could the Khitan emperor be short of money and food?But this army is under the name of Yelu Anduan, and they have no plans to attack Fengzhou City.

Many people didn't understand Yeluruan's intentions, but a few old fried dough sticks knew what Yeluruan was planning when they heard it.

When most people hear this news, they directly think that this is a robbery, a very peaceful and legal robbery.Clearly robbed 5000 people of Fengzhou City to use the rations.One person is calculated on the basis of three catties of grain per day, and 5000 people need fifteen thousand catties of grain per day, and a month needs 45 catties of grain, which is several thousand taels of silver.

Will Fengzhou City provide these food and drinks?They will definitely provide it.A few thousand taels of silver is not too much, and it is not much less.But facing Khitan Ming King Yelu Anduan, Fengzhou City Lord had nothing to do.Because after Yelu Ruan succeeded to the throne, Ming King Yelu Anduan's status rose sharply. He had already controlled most of Khitan's military power.

No matter how powerful Fengzhou City is, no matter how good Feng Hui's martial arts are, he is only a small role in front of Ming Wang Yelu Anduan.If King Ming intends to flatten Fengzhou, Fengzhou has no need to resist at all, and he may die happily by going out of the city and surrendering.

The reason why Yeluruan asked the envoy to say this was to make Feng Hui think it was just a robbery, and deliberately let Feng Hui know that the group was going to enter the desert, so that Feng Hui could not take precautions.In fact, Feng Hui's troops at this time naturally surpassed this army, but Feng Hui did not dare to fight against King Ming of Khitan. Even if he defeated King Ming's army, even if he killed King Ming, the small city of Fengzhou would not be able to withstand Khitan's strong suppression at all. .

The king of a small country cannot afford to offend the ministers of a big country.What's more, Feng Hui knew very well how powerful Yelu An Duan was. Maybe it wouldn't be long before Feng Hui would no longer be a minister, but a king.Therefore, Feng Hui had to accept this blackmail, and would even send these things to the military camp with a smile on his face.

In the early autumn, it was normal for the Khitan people to come to their place to play the autumn wind, but it was unexpected that this time it was Ming Wang Yelu'an who came to ask for the money.Fortunately, this time it was the autumn wind, not the grass valley.

Beating the autumn wind is a saying of the Han people, and it is a Khitan custom to beat the grass valley.Hitting the autumn wind is just an excuse to ask for money, but hitting the grass valley is completely burning, killing and looting.So Feng Hui was very worried and afraid. Although the mighty Khitan army only had 5000 soldiers, it might not be able to defeat the [-] troops in Fengzhou City, because the Khitan was famous for being brave and good at fighting, and the Khitan border was not far away. Troops can be dispatched to help at any time.

Feeling aggrieved is certain, but Feng Hui never dared to offend someone like Yelu Anduan.It's just that Feng Hui didn't understand why Yelu Anduan brought 5000 people here to fight the autumn wind.Of course, what Feng Hui thought more about was when these people left, hundreds of thousands of catties of food was nothing, as long as these people were willing to leave, he was willing to give any amount of money.

What Feng Hui was more worried about was that after giving them food and drinks, they would stay here and not leave.It's not that Feng Hui can't afford to support [-] soldiers, and it doesn't cost much to raise [-] more, but he is just worried that the businessmen in Fengzhou City will have a lot of trouble if there is an army stationed near Fengzhou City for a long time. Forget about doing business.In order to protect themselves, all businessmen will find ways to leave this place of right and wrong.

After hearing that Yelu Anduan was going to enter this desert, Feng Hui was very happy and wanted to get out of this desert... Even the locals might not be able to do it. If these people really wanted to go in, Feng Hui would raise his hands agree.

(End of this chapter)