Chapter 292 Finally Successful
Someone suggested killing him.
Jiang Tangtang naturally didn't want to.
Killing people is easy, but in the chaotic ancient times, it was not easy to grow up 5,000 strong men.
She thought about her own space again.
There are hundreds of acres of land in the space, the growth cycle of plants is fast, and the crops grown contain spiritual energy. Sometimes, a handful of wild vegetables in the space can save the life of a person who is about to starve to death.
It was simply impossible for her to cultivate so much land with her own energy. Even if most of the land was planted as an orchard and did not need to be cultivated repeatedly, the harvest alone would require a huge amount of manpower.
If only the space could be used better...
After just a thought, Jiang Tangtang shook her head and gave up. The space was her most important secret and must not be exposed casually.
Let’s study sea rice insurance.
I have been busy paying attention to the war recently, and I don’t know what happened to the rice seeds that were newly sent to the experimental fields in the Gulf.
Jiang Tangtang was just thinking about it when she heard good news from the other side.
Yuan San came to report, "Madam, Teng Hai came over and said that all the wild rice we planted this time is alive. I'd like to ask if you can send more people to the bay to expand the planting?"
Teng Hai was the new person in charge of the experimental field after Xiao Xian left. Unlike Xiao Xian, Teng Hai was a true farmer, illiterate, and had spent his entire life working in the fields.
But the experience is indeed rich.
Jiang Tangtang observed him for a few days in the experimental field in the bay and found that he not only had rich farming experience, but also had good qualities such as honesty and responsibility, so he directly promoted him.
However, Fujihai is illiterate, and he doesn't know how to use carrier pigeons to report any happenings in the experimental field to Jiang Tangtang. He also doesn't know how to adapt. This time when he went to Qiongzhou, he didn't find Jiang Tangtang. When he heard that Jiang Tangtang had come to Cangwu, he actually rushed to Cangwu in a dusty state.
Jiang Tangtang couldn't hide her excitement, "Of course we have to expand the planting."
She summoned Fujiha and asked him about the situation of the Gulf Experimental Field in detail. Then she asked Xie Xin for 3,000 people and took them back to the Gulf Experimental Field to farm.
In order to facilitate the management of prisoners and prevent any of them from escaping, Xie Xin gave Jiang Tangtang only two thousand of the three thousand people who were prisoners, and the other one thousand were soldiers from Lingnan.
In fact, their worries were unnecessary, as the 5,000 captured soldiers had no intention of running away.
After having eaten the prison food in Lingnan, many people were thinking in their hearts how to gain the trust of the general and his wife and bring their families over after making meritorious service.
Since the drought began, the army has been in short supply of rations.
This time they received an order to attack Lingnan, but they had not eaten enough along the way. They went to the battlefield on an empty stomach. It was only after they were captured that they had a full meal.
As for sending them to farm, no one objected. Many of them were farmers' sons and had previously worked as farmers. Many did not want to fight and were forced to serve.
Fujimi returned to Yazhou with three thousand soldiers and began farming in a hurry.
Jiang Tangtang immediately arranged for people to search for tidal flats and saline-alkali lands in Lingnan. He also asked Yuan San to send people to various places to issue official documents, recruiting a large number of people to grow rice on the tidal flats.
When people heard that rice could be grown on the coastal mudflats, Lingnan was excited.
"Is this true? Can rice really be grown in the muddy land by the sea?"
Many farmers from Yu Ni Village who had gone out to work to make a living were shocked when they heard about this and grabbed the staff to ask.
"How could what Madam said be false? The government has issued an official document and is recruiting people everywhere. It must be possible to grow it."
The guy in charge of recruiting was also very happy. Everyone finally saw hope again. The lady was indeed sent by the gods to rescue them.
"Then we won't have to go hungry anymore?" The farmer who asked the question earlier was still in disbelief. "If rice can be grown in seawater, then we won't have to go hungry anymore, right?"
There is no rain, so they lack fresh water, but they do not lack sea water.
If seawater can be used to grow rice, then we won’t have to worry about droughts in the future?
"I don't know the specific details about how to plant it. You need to attend the class."
The news that rice could be grown on the mudflats by the sea also reached the ears of the major families.
Ever since the Cui family and other aristocratic families had their property confiscated and their property exterminated, the remaining aristocratic families have been very depressed for some time.
Some people felt a sense of grief, worried that Jiang Tangtang would come to their rescue at any time, and worried that their accumulated wealth would be taken away by the imperial court.
But some people also felt that Jiang Tangtang's treatment was understandable. She simply confiscated the people's property and sent them to serve in the mines.
If the emperor of the Great Zhou was assassinated, how could he let off the person who colluded with the assassin so easily? Not to mention saving his life, even the execution of his entire clan would be considered a light punishment.
No matter what these aristocratic families were thinking, no one was willing to leave Lingnan.
Every time they received a piece of news from outside, their faces turned pale. At this moment, Pei Yang was receiving distant cousins in his new house.
Looking at his cousin who looked at least ten years older and had a vicissitudes of life on his face, Pei Yang was a little confused. "Cousin, how did you become like this?"
If he remembered correctly, this cousin Song was only one year older than him. When he met him two years ago, he was still full of vigor and vitality. He had heard that he had just passed the imperial examination and had a promising future.
But now, only two years have passed, and his high-spirited cousin not only looks like an old farmer in his thirties, but also has an air of decadence all over his body.
Song Liangcai looked frightened, "My cousin is living in the peaceful and prosperous Lingnan and has no idea what's happening outside. We are lucky to have escaped.
"Brother Pei's family set out only a day later than we did, and they were all killed. On the way to Lingnan, I saw with my own eyes that men captured women and children and cooked them for food. But in Lingnan, where people still walk the streets at night, how can you understand our feelings?"
Pei Yang also knew that life was not easy outside, but he thought that only the common people had a hard time. He didn't know that the lives of the wealthy families with a strong foundation were also so difficult.
At this time, he couldn't help but feel lucky that his elder brother had a sharp vision and made the decision early on to move the whole family to Lingnan. Although the family lost some money and shops because of moving to Lingnan.
But looking at his cousin's family, he felt that this little loss was nothing. It was better than his cousin's family.
My cousin's family had suffered a great loss, and had lost most of their belongings. Now that they were in Lingnan, if they hadn't helped, they would have been like those refugees, twisting straw ropes to exchange for a bowl of banana and lotus root soup.
"People outside are saying that crops can be grown in seawater. Is this true?" Song Liangcai thought about the news he heard from outside and tried to find out.
In the past, he was determined to pass the imperial examinations, bring honor to his family, and achieve success in the court.
But during this escape, he watched countless people starve to death, and he felt that nothing was more important than food.
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