Chapter 718 New variables
Just at this time, Jiang Fengze was dressed and was going to the backyard to stretch his muscles.
When he opened the door, he was stunned for a moment, then nodded as if he understood, and immediately invited the national teacher into the house.
Jiang Fengze poured a cup of hot tea, went to the bed and covered Xiao Lanyi with a quilt, and then sat down and spoke.
"It was too late last night, and I was afraid of disturbing your rest, so I didn't report everything to you first."
"Since you left Beijing, a lot of troubles have occurred here. Fortunately, you are back, and we can have a backbone." Jiang Fengze said, and seemed to be relieved.
Soon, he sorted out his thoughts and sorted out the big and small things in this period of time.
Especially the farce that happened in Pei Mansion.
Everything was reported to Mu Yihan in detail.
Mu Yihan leaned back on the armchair, rubbing his brows with his long fingers, revealing a thoughtful look.
He listened very carefully, sometimes nodding in response, sometimes closing his eyes in silence.
And when he heard that Mr. Pei, out of greed, had turned to the Gu family and almost made a big mistake, Mu Yihan frowned and snorted coldly.
"These old parasites in the court are really hopeless! In the past, I thought that if the water is too clear, there will be no fish, so I only gave them minor punishments and severe warnings, and did not kill them all. I didn't expect that they are still so unsatisfied!" Mu Yihan's face darkened.
Jiang Fengze nodded and asked, "Mr. Pei will definitely die, but the punishment will be decided by you."
Mu Yihan's eyes were dark, and he almost didn't hesitate, and his voice fell coldly.
"For participating in treason, it is not too much to be cut into pieces, so let's arrange for him to be torn apart by a chariot, and execute him in the street to serve as a warning to everyone!"
When Jiang Fengze heard the word "torn apart by a chariot", his bones hurt. That would be torn apart by five horses!
However, if the Gu family's plan really came true that day, the court would be in turmoil, the people would suffer, and how many people would live a life worse than death.
In comparison, it was not unfair for Mr. Pei to be torn apart by a chariot.
After deciding this matter, Jiang Fengze told the imperial teacher in detail about the highlight, that is, the movements of the Gu army outside the city.
"At present, Li Qingping has brought the blood plague over there, and the Gu army is hiding in a crowded place. They will all be infected soon."
"Moreover, according to what Li Qingping said, the Gu bandits are already short of food and clothing, and many of their soldiers can't even get enough food. If the plague spreads, they will be in disarray and we can trample on them!"
Jiang Fengze continued, "This is all thanks to Nuobao's idea. In this way, we can get a great advantage without spending a single soldier."
Mu Yihan heard this and raised his eyebrows slightly.
No wonder the little guy clamored to give him a surprise as soon as he came back last night. It turned out that he was waiting here.
At this time, Jiang Fengze spoke again, "Master Imperial Master, right now, our soldiers are already ambushing outside the Gu army. After a few days, when the epidemic breaks out there, we can bring muskets and mine eggs and go and kill them without leaving a single piece of armor."
Mu Yihan did not show his agreement after hearing this, but narrowed his eyes.
Soon, he reached into his sleeve, took out a long roll of paper, and handed it to Jiang Fengze.
"They really deserve to be killed, but before that, there is one thing that is unclear. Take a look at this first."
Jiang Fengze was stunned for a moment, but still took it and opened it to take a closer look.
On the yellowed rice paper, there was a long string of small characters densely written.
Jiang Fengze came closer and found that what was written on it seemed to be the annual grain production of various places in Southern Province.
He was a little puzzled and looked up and said, "Master Imperial Master, this is the harvest record of the grain distribution offices in various places, why are we looking at this?"
Mu Yihan looked at the rice paper and said, "Look carefully and see what is written on it."
Jiang Fengze had to lower his head again and read half of the paper in three lines at a glance.
Soon, he found something wrong!
"Wait, what is written here is too exaggerated! A small town in Southern Province with no more than 30,000 people and a total of only 2,000 acres of land actually produced 30,000 dan of grain!" Jiang Fengze immediately exclaimed.
Mu Yihan also nodded seriously.
Yes, this is just one of the small towns.
You know, the fields planted by ordinary farmers in Nan Jixun can only produce one or two hundred catties of grain per mu, which is one to two stone of harvest.
Jiang Fengze widened his eyes and read every word carefully!
He found that the yield of almost every mu in almost every state capital in Nan Province can reach more than a thousand catties per mu, which is about ten stones.
This is almost ten times that of other places!
Jiang Fengze was born in a farming family, so he didn't dare to believe it. He couldn't help but said, "No, this is too outrageous. Could it be that the grain department deliberately reported a false account to make the accounts look good?"
But when he said this, even he himself was a little suspicious.
Even if they wanted to fake it, they couldn't make it so exaggerated. Wouldn't it be discovered at the first sight?
Mu Yihan's eyes were dark, and he shook his head and said, "At first, I also had this suspicion, until I passed by several villages on the road, and Ali and I went to inquire in person, and then we knew that the current rice production in the Southern Province can indeed reach ten stones per mu."
Upon learning this amazing news, Mu Yihan immediately found several minor officials in the Southern Province, and they told everything when asked.
This amazing rice production is not fake, and it has to start from five or six years ago.
About six years ago, Gu Pingzhi went to Guangdong and South Vietnam to recruit private troops.
There, he accidentally saw a young man with strange clothes and strange words.
For some reason, the young man, though he had fair skin and unarmed hands, seemed to know a lot about rice.
He had been promoting it on the road, saying that the current rice production was too low because the farmers kept their own seeds, which made the seeds increasingly inferior.
He even said that as long as we learn to crossbreed, we can cultivate better rice seedlings and increase grain production several times.
Others who heard such absurd words just thought he was bragging and laughed it off.
Only Gu Pingzhi found it interesting, so he took out a large sum of money, took the young man under his wing, and then let him show him how to crossbreed rice.
Mu Yihan continued, "Later, that young man was really good. In less than two years, he cultivated new rice seedlings. In the autumn harvest of the following year, the grain production of the Gu family farm increased by seven or eight times."
"After that, gradually, the whole Nan Province used this kind of rice seedlings. It's no wonder that the power of the Gu family has grown so much. I think it's because of this reason." Mu Yihan sighed. .
Jiang Fengze listened attentively.
The more he listened, the more incredible it was.
You know, food is the lifeblood of a country!
If the entire Nanji country can use this new rice seedling, the grain grown will be ten times more, and the number of hungry people will be greatly reduced, and the national strength will be strengthened!
"Master Imperial Master, if that's the case, where is the young man who can cultivate new rice seedlings now? Have you brought him back?" Jiang Fengze asked hurriedly.
Mu Yihan's eyes narrowed and he shook his head with regret.
"Three years ago, when the new rice seedlings were seven or eight percent mature, Gu Pingzhi found a secret place in the South Vietnam area, far away from Jiangnan, and used it as a cultivation farm for new rice seedlings." "
As for that young man, Gu Pingzhi was worried that his ability would be used by others, so he executed him after the new rice seedling farm was built."
New rice cannot be kept for seeds.
Gu Pingzhi placed the cultivation farm in another place and then transported the cultivated seedlings to Jiangnan for planting.
One place is only responsible for cultivation, and the other place is only responsible for farming. In this way, this technology can be mastered by him alone.
Jiang Fengze was almost heartbroken when he heard this!
He stood up angrily and couldn't help cursing, "If such a strong man could be used by our court, how many people would benefit? How many people would be saved from starving to death? That Gu Pingzhi is really abominable."
And now it seems that it is true.
No wonder Gu Pingzhi thought of the blood plague to harm people. Presumably, when he went to Nanyue, he saw the Baiyue people there infected with the disease, so he came up with this wicked method.
Mu Yihan also nodded seriously.
"So, what we need to do now is to get the location of the breeding farm before we deal with the thieves, and get the hybridization method of the new rice seedlings, so that our people will no longer be hungry!"
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