Iron Dynasty

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With an order, Kui Wu rushed into the potato field with thousands of slaves.

Harvesting potatoes is very simple, you just need to open the soil ridge where the potatoes are planted, and there are yellow and orange potatoes inside.

In modern times, the scientific name of potatoes is potato, also known as teriyaki. When he was a child, he often confused potatoes with sweet potatoes. In fact, sweet potatoes are another high-yielding crop, but unfortunately they have not been obtained from overseas.

However, modern agriculture is also in his plans, so he will continue to collect crops from all over the world.

These days, the three warships when Yueyun went down are almost estimated to be repaired. The expanded Dengzhou Shipyard has also been producing Galen ships this year. Now that the end of the year is approaching, the scale of Dengzhou Shipyard can at least be launched. Twelve Galen ships.

According to the data reported by Zhang Liang, the twelve Galen ships included one flagship, which was a first-class sailing warship, three second-class sailing warships, four third-class sailing warships, and four fourth-class sailing warships.

If these warships can be successfully completed by the end of the year, it means that his navy will have 15 Galen ships. Although this number is far less than the hundreds of ships in Western maritime powers, for Xiao Ming, this fleet is enough to use To deal with the colonizers who have now reached out to Asia.

After all, according to his experience, the current West is not monolithic. Their most important colony is the Americas, and they don't invest a lot of troops in the East.

Moreover, after traveling long distances, far from the mainland, even if the war begins, it will take several months for the reinforcements to arrive when the news spreads. Even so, they still have to face the problem of supply.

I think for him, he is playing at home, and the advantage is very obvious.

After retaking Shanhaiguan this time, Xiao Ming had already speculated in his mind the plan to retake Ryukyu Island from the Dutch. After all, the status of this island was very important.

As long as he captures Ryukyu Island, he will be able to completely block the trade routes of Japan and Korea going south. Of course, his purpose is not only as simple as Ryukyu Island, but what he really needs is sulfur, gold and silver.

According to the records, in the late 16th century, Japan set off a boom in mineral exploration, and silver mines were discovered in many areas. During the long 400 years from 1562 to the Edo period, the Iwami Silver Mine located in Ota City, Root County, Japan was the largest silver mine. The largest silver mine in Japan and the world.

At that time, the Japanese country was one of the few silver-producing countries in the world. At that time, one-third of the silver in the world was produced in the Japanese country. At that time, the Japanese country was even called the Silver Islands by the people of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition to silver, the gold of the Japanese country accounted for 5% of the world at that time, and the most important resource of the Japanese country was nothing but sulfur, one of the ingredients of gunpowder.

During the Ming and Song dynasties, the Japanese kingdom had always been an important source of sulfur, but now most of the sulfur that Xiao Ming produces in gunpowder is trafficked from the south.

He had investigated and found that the sulphur was also trafficked by sea merchants from Japan.

In the past, when there was not much demand for gunpowder in the Great Yu Kingdom, the price of sulfur was still more expensive than saltpeter. Now Qingzhou needs to produce a large amount of gunpowder, and the price of sulfur is even higher.

Because of this, Xiao Ming became more and more determined to drive out the Western colonizers to dominate trade in East Asia, and even to colonize the Japanese country. There is no way, what we need to live in this era is to plunder various domestic scarce resources.

After all, this is an era of upgrading industry by plundering resources. As long as one of these resources is lacking, industry may stagnate.

While he was thinking about it, Pang Yukun was already patrolling the fields.

Two fist-sized potatoes were dug out from the mound, and Pang Yukun rushed over excitedly, Your Highness, this thing is really heavy.

Xiao Ming returned to his senses and looked at the field. Now the soil ridges are full of potatoes that have been turned upside down. The slaves are busy in full swing, but it seems to be the joy of a bumper harvest. Each of them has a smile on their face.

Taking the potato from Pang Yukun, Xiao Ming picked it up and smelled it carefully. A familiar smell came from the surface, which was touching.

That's the taste. Xiao Ming said excitedly, ignoring Pang Yukun's astonished eyes.

Pang Yukun couldn't help but be puzzled: His Royal Highness seems to have eaten?

No, but this king's western teacher said it. Xiao Ming made up a reason again. When a lie appeared, he could only keep making up for it with lies.

Pang Yukun nodded and sighed: It's a pity, if he's still alive, he won't be able to ask for advice.

Ignoring the sympathy among literati like Pang Yukun, Xiao Ming took the potatoes and went directly to the village to find a coal stove and a clay pot.

Filling the pot with water, Xiao Ming washed the potatoes, put them in the pot, and let them heat on the briquettes.

After a while, as the water boiled, a faint scent wafted out of the clay pot.

Seeing this, Pang Yukun kept his eyes on the tumbling potatoes in the clay pot, waiting for the moment when the potatoes were cooked.

Now that the potatoes are cooked, it's a question of whether they can be eaten.

After boiling in boiling water for a while, Xiao Ming took the chopsticks and fished the potatoes out of the clay pot.

The aroma of the hot potatoes is permeating, and the surface is concave when you pinch it, which is proof that it is cooked.

After swallowing, Xiao Ming soaked the potato in cold water and then picked it up and peeled it. A smooth potato came out, and he took a bite on it.

Fragrance! Xiao Ming couldn't help shouting.

It has to be said that there are very few vegetables that can be eaten in the Great Yu Kingdom, so that Xiao Ming even thinks potatoes, which are eaten by modern people, are delicious.

Seeing Xiao Ming's expression, Pang Yukun immediately followed suit and took out a potato from the clay pot.

After taking a bite, Pang Yukun's eyes immediately straightened. This taste was something he had never experienced before, but I have to say that boiled potatoes tasted really good.

After eating one potato in a hurry, Pang Yukun took out another potato and ate it. After eating three potatoes in a row, he burped.

His Royal Highness, the taste of these potatoes is really good, three potatoes are enough for a meal. Pang Yukun laughed, these potatoes are so delicious and very hungry, if they were promoted in the fief, why would the people have no food to eat in the future.

Xiao Ming is also full, he is very satisfied, this is only part of his agricultural plan, and sweet potatoes will also be introduced in the future.

Touching his stomach, Xiao Ming's eyes narrowed. He said, There are many ways to eat this potato. In a few days, this king will give you something better to eat.

Pang Yukun nodded heavily, holding the potato as if holding the whole world.

After experiencing a handful of potatoes, Xiao Ming asked Kui Wu to start weighing the yield of potatoes on an acre of land. At night, Kui Wu came up with the result.

Your Highness, there are thirty-two stones in this acre of potatoes. Kui Wu's face flushed with excitement.