Iron Dynasty

In the main hall, Xiao Ming and Yue Yun sat opposite each other. After a long time, Xiao Ming put away the booklet.

He has basically understood the current situation. Generally speaking, the overall distribution of countries in Europe has not changed, only the current rulers have changed.

Other than that the technology is slightly more advanced, there is no other difference.

His Royal Highness, Ryukyu was also occupied by the Dutch, which is equivalent to blocking the southern route of our fleet. The last commander felt that this Ryukyu must be taken back. In this way, the trade between Japan and other countries can be cut off. Yue Yun said.

Xiao Ming nodded, Yue Yun was very discerning, as long as he took the Ryukyu and controlled the route, from then on, the **** of the Japanese country would be in his hands.

However, this matter is still a long way off. After all, he is still not strong enough to take down Ryukyu. The three Galen ships have already caused him a heavy loss.

But this adventure was worth it. Yue Yun brought back corn, peanuts, potatoes and pepper seeds.

Leave that aside, your current task is to recruit navy soldiers, train them, and wait for the Dengzhou fleet to take shape. That's when you'll be sailing the sea.

Yue Yun nodded, showing a hint of excitement. After Dengzhou docked, he made a special trip to the Dengzhou Shipyard. Now the shipyard is building six warships at the same time.

Two of them belonged to first-class sailing warships, and when these warships were launched, he believed that he could compete with the Dutch at sea.

Looking at the excited Yue Yun, Xiao Ming asked expectantly, Where are the potatoes, peanuts, peppers, and corn?

Go back to your Highness, these items have already been sent to the government's warehouse, and this time I will bring back the entire three ships. Yue Yun said.

Xiao Ming happily closed his mouth and said, Let's go, let's go to the warehouse and have a look. While it's still early, these things can still be planted.

The two went to the warehouse together. At this time, Xiao Ming saw potatoes piled up into hills. Peanuts were on one side of the potatoes, corn next to the peanuts, and pepper seeds next to the corn.

Great, great. Xiao Ming rubbed his palms excitedly.

Whether it is potatoes, corn, or peanuts, they are all high-yielding crops, and these crops are also very suitable for planting in slightly arid areas. Once these crops are popularized in Qingzhou, he will not worry about the people in the fiefs being hungry in the future.

His Royal Highness, these potatoes, peanuts and corn taste really good. If it weren't for these things, the soldiers might starve to death on the island. Yue Yun had already tasted these things.

Of course, not only is it delicious, but it is much more productive than wheat and rice. Xiao Ming turned to Zhao Long and said, Please inform the transport team, and now transport these seeds to the slave plantation, and plant these things. down.

Zhao Long heard the words and was ordered to leave.

This time Yue Yun was exhausted from the long distance, Xiao Ming also had to take care of Yue Yun's body, and after talking to Yue Yun a few words, let him go back to rest.

And he returned to the palace to write the method of planting potatoes, peanuts, peppers, and corn.

The next day, he took the planting manual to the slave plantation on both sides of the Tuojiang River in Qingzhou.

Originally, these lands did not belong to Xiao Ming, but belonged to the former four great families, but after the destruction of the Wangfu, Qin family and other families, some fertile lands came into his hands and became official residences.

In order not to waste the land, he dispatched 6,000 slaves to take care of the thousands of hectares of land.

Your Highness, can this potato really yield four thousand catties per mu?

Pang Yukun was also very concerned about the crops introduced this time. Before he set off in the morning, Pang Yukun was waiting outside the door.

Saying this along the way, the two gradually arrived at the slave plantation.

At this time, a village appeared in front of the two of them. The village was very small, with about fifty brick houses from south to north.

These brick houses are neatly arranged, obviously not long after the completion, many slaves are running back and forth between the fields and the village.

And there is another such small village not far away. The slaves of these villages are responsible for the land in their own area.

Your Highness, Pang Changshi.

The two entered the village, and an honest farmer ran over. He was the captain of the village and was responsible for the cultivation of the land and the management of the village personnel.

Kui Si, have you taken good care of the things you sent yesterday? Xiao Ming asked.

Your Highness, it's all right, Kui Wu said cautiously.

Xiao Ming nodded. Slave plantations are only just emerging in his hands. They will become more and more popular in Qingzhou in the future, because slave plantations are an important source of food in this era.

Well, since that's the case, you gather all the people in the village now, and this king will teach you how to grow these crops.

Kui Si nodded, ran to the center of the village and rang a bronze bell in the middle of the village. After a while, all the slaves in the field gathered.

Pang Yukun came here purely to gain insight, because he didn't say anything, just studied hard.

This time Xiao Ming came over in person and wrote the planting manual himself. Naturally, it was not a whim.

Because crop planting is also a science, especially for crops like potatoes, which are subject to modern degradation, he had to arrange the work of cultivating high-quality seedlings in advance.

After all, after several generations of reproduction, the next generation of potatoes will have a large reduction in yield or even no harvest due to soil viruses.

This time he is going to tell Kui Si about breeding. Whether it is peanuts, corn, peppers or potatoes, it is necessary to retain high-quality seeds through artificial selection.

So this time he planted potatoes, peppers, peanuts, and corn not for eating, but for raising seedlings.

After all the slaves were in place, Xiao Ming began to focus on the method of raising potato seedlings. This method is called cutting and breeding.

This time, Xiao Ming saw the potatoes brought by Yue Yun. They were all large, indicating that they were high-quality potato seeds, so there was no problem with cutting them into pieces and multiplying them.

He told Kui Si to cut the potatoes into pieces, keeping the weight of each piece at about 20 grams, and having one or two sprouts on each piece of potato.

And when cutting, the knife should be burned with alcohol for strict disinfection.

Afterwards, when the potato pieces germinate, they will be propagated by breaking off the buds. That is, the potato shoots that have grown will be broken off and planted. At this time, the broken potato shoots will grow again after a period of time, which is similar to the principle of cutting leeks.

And when cultivating these seedlings, select high-quality seedlings again.

It's still spring, and autumn is a good time to plant potatoes in the wild, so now is a good time for seedlings.

These operations are not difficult, and Kui Wu et al. have no problem understanding them.

Then he talked about raising seedlings such as peanuts, corn, peppers, etc., and explained the establishment of seedling bases in each plantation, so that these imported crops could be continuously planted in his fief.