Straight man of steel

Chapter 89 I want to eat watermelon

Liu Che was not at all worried that Zhang Yuan would lie in front of him, after all, the initiative from the beginning to the end was firmly in his hands.

Regarding the function of watermelon, what Zhang Yuan said was exactly the same as what Da Si Nong said, while the beet had an additional function of boiling sugar, the key is still the most important function.

"Is this the only way to boil sugar?"

"Your Majesty, please taste this red root. The root of this beet is very sweet. Peel it and cut it into pieces, then boil it with clear spring fire to remove impurities, and dry the sticky matter to get sugar."

If Zhang Yuan asked Liu Che to taste the beetroot, he would taste it, what would be the face of the emperor.

I saw Liu Che handing the beet to the servant of the Huangmen who was next to him, and the servant of the Huangmen took it and took a bite of it, and then chewed it carefully.

"Your Majesty, it is really sweet, sweeter than this watermelon."

Although the answer given by the servant of Huangmen was the same as what Zhang Yuan said, Liu Che's face did not look any better because of this.

As an emperor, he doesn't mind having more such delicious vegetables and fruits on his land. On the contrary, he is very happy to see this, but he hates things that are beyond his control.

Human beings' fear of the unknown can be magnified a thousand times or ten thousand times in an emperor.

"Where do you get these things, and they can be grown."

There are many rare and rare plants discovered by the people of the Han Dynasty, but the edible fruits and vegetables have been domesticated and cultivated for a long time before they can grow in the farmland. Anything that is abrupt means that it is abnormal and uncontrollable.

"The seeds of these two plants were obtained by merchants from the Western Regions when I was in Linqiong.

Chen bought some strange seeds, and in the end only watermelons and beets survived. "

As early as the previous year, Liu Che mobilized an army to recruit volunteers to go to the Yuezhi in order to form an alliance with the Yuezhi to deal with the Huns. Not long ago, Lang Guan Zhang Qian led more than 100 entourage, and there was also a man named Gan's father's Huns guide left Longxi County and headed west to look for Yuezhi.

Although Liu Che is unfamiliar with everything in the Western Regions, at least he knows this place, and he is full of desire to conquer this place.

This kind of desire overshadowed his fear of the unknown, and also overshadowed the loopholes in Zhang Yuan's words. The merchants from the Western Regions can't even come to the big man now. After all, there is a Hun in the middle. Even if they come, they will go all the way along Longxi County. Traveling to the inner history, instead of climbing the mountain again to go to Shu.

The items from the Western Regions that are circulating in the Han Dynasty before us all flowed from Ailao Kingdom to Dongyue Kingdom or Yelang Kingdom before finally reaching the territory of Han Dynasty. Fortunately, the emperor in front of him has not yet controlled everything in his land. To the point where he can find even one more needle.

"It seems that there are many good things in the Western Regions. Since watermelons can be eaten and beets can be boiled into sugar, they should be planted on a large scale.

Can this beet live in Guanzhong? "

Although Liu Che likes food, he is also an emperor. Sugar beets are obviously more beneficial to the development of the Han Dynasty. The sugar consumed by the royal nobles is transported from the south with sugar cane, or made from grains. Either way is a waste of people and money. way of doing.

"You can give it a try."

Zhang Yuan said that the reason why he can give it a try is that the current Guanzhong area is far from comparable to the Loess Plateau after 2000. Now the fertile land in Guanzhong basically has higher yields than other places, which also caused The people in Guanzhong are rich, and most dynasties also established their capitals here.

Whatever Liu Che wanted, he had to pay accordingly, such as official positions such as land or money. The practice of wanting a horse to run but not giving the horse to graze was not applicable at any time.

"I intend to transfer you to work under the command of Da Si Nong, and give you three thousand mu of land, what do you think?"

As soon as Liu Che opened his mouth, the servant of the Huangmen beside him reminded him.

"Your Majesty, the Da Nong Order does not have the duty to cultivate vegetables and fruits. If this is done, there will definitely be people who talk too much."

Empress Dowager Dou is not dead yet, and the country is still practicing Huang Lao's tricks. It is best not to change at all, so that those who are interested will shut up.

Seeing Liu Che worried, Zhang Yuan immediately said what he was thinking.

"Your Majesty, since there is no precedent in the court, it is only necessary to grant the ministers land, and the ministers with manpower can recruit themselves."

Zhang Yuan's statement seems to be the most reasonable and convenient, but such a large piece of land does not have a proper name, it is difficult for Liu Che to transfer it to him, and he cannot transfer it to the internal history area, but if it is outside the internal history area, it is equal to Getting farther and farther away from Liu Che's control, this is not what the emperor wants to see.

"You don't have any credit for it. There is no way I can reward you with such a large piece of land."

To be honest, in the past few years when Empress Dowager Dou did not die, Liu Che's role as emperor was really aggrieved.

Liu Che mentioned the word credit, which reminded Zhang Yuan of his unfinished system task, which had been delayed for several years.

"How steel is made, hate iron but not steel: increase the annual output of Dahan's carbon steel to one ton per year.

Mission completion reward: Potato Seeds. "

This time is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to escape from Tian Fu's sight, and Zhang Yuan is willing to fight for this.

"Your Majesty, I have a way to exchange for credit, and it can also make a few nobles unable to find fault."

Zhang Yuan's words did not arouse Liu Che's interest.

"Water row? Or is it a way to increase the production of wrought iron?"

"neither."

As soon as these three words came out, Liu Che's face immediately changed. He wished he could dissect Zhang Yuan's whole body to see what else Liu Che didn't know about it.

"what is that?"

Zhang Yuan took a deep breath and preached to Liu Che.

"When I was at Zhuo's smelting workshop, I came up with a new method of making steel, with less loss and higher output."

The weapons of the Huns are not as good as those of the big men. Although they are not as good as them, they are not much worse. They are all made of iron.

However, the speed of the Huns is not comparable to that of the cavalry of the Han Dynasty. They are not even qualified to compare. Often the army of the Han Dynasty wants to surround the cavalry of the Huns, but they are easily escaped by them. If the cavalry of the Han Dynasty wants to go deep into the grassland, they often Will be surrounded by Huns cavalry.

The reason Wei Qing was able to go farther and farther on the road against the Huns was not because he was faster than the Huns, but because he never fought a battle that he was not sure of winning. As long as he did not fight those battles that he was not sure of, the rest would be all It is a victory.

The reason why Huo Qubing was able to torture the Huns to death was due to his military thinking that ordinary people could not fathom.

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