Chapter 277 Great Harvest
Of course Nu Jiaolong was afraid. After all, this was the lair of the Japanese pirates, and nearly a thousand people on the entire island were Japanese pirates.
They had such strange hairstyles, did weird dances... and laughed like crazy lunatics.
Fortunately, her son was still alive. Although he was covered in bruises, the little boy was still alive. This was the first time in so many years that she felt so grateful to God.
But she didn't know how long her child could live, or whether he could leave this hellish place with her...
The Japanese pirates drank wine and ate meat, then looked at her with eyes that looked down on her and laughed.
Nu Jiaolong knew in her heart that if the five thousand taels of silver had not been delivered, she would have become the prey of those Japanese pirates.
As the night grew darker, the Japanese pirates came back drunk. The mother and son, as well as the five young followers of Princess Yong'an, were locked up in a prison built with wooden fences... In the distance outside, the Japanese pirates on night watch were drinking and laughing, while outside the cell, there was thunderous snoring.
Nu Jiaolong saw those young men stand up, and then somehow pulled out their swords from their waists... The swords were as soft as thin cloth, and when they were wrapped around their waists, the Japanese pirates didn't find anything unusual when they searched them.
Nu Jiaolong even had some doubts, can such a soft sword kill people?
The next moment, the leader of the teenagers was seen walking to the cell door, reaching out his hand, and somehow opening the lock on the fence.
"You wait here, we will come back to pick you up later."
Yuan Yue spoke to Nu Jiaolong in a calm voice, and after that, several people flew out... so fast that Nu Jiaolong didn't even have time to react.
Looking at those ghostly figures, Nu Jiaolong finally understood why Princess Yong'an dared to send five people to seize the island...
Secret guards and assassins are not at an advantage when facing the enemy head-on, especially when facing a large number of troops. However, once they hide in the dark and carry out assassinations, they will be like a fish in water and act very smoothly.
The five people of Yuanyue seemed to be ghosts that merged with the darkness. They started from the snoring places in the Japanese pirates' residences, like the god of death coming, quietly and easily reaping those dirty and evil lives.
At some point, the snoring in the backyard became quieter and quieter until it became dead silence. At the same time, the sweet and greasy smell of blood spread in the night wind.
The Japanese pirates who had just returned from the exchange of exchange entered the yard, staggering and still singing and cursing, and didn't realize anything was wrong until he slipped on something... and his hands, which were supporting the ground, grabbed a sticky liquid on the ground.
"Who the hell is peeing..."
But when he saw the black and red liquid in the hand raised in front of him, the Japanese pirate sobered up instantly, opened his eyes wide and was about to scream, at this moment, a black shadow passed by him like the night wind without even stopping.
The pirate's screams were all stuck in his throat until the black shadow had already flown away, and then he crashed to the ground with a loud bang... A thin bloody mark appeared on his throat, and blood spurted out...
The next morning, Shen Ning personally picked up Yuan Yue and his group at the port.
After a whole night, the five young men were covered in blood, and their clothes could no longer be seen in their original colors.
Nu Jiaolong sat at the stern of the boat with her son in her arms. Both she and her son had black cloth bags covering their heads. When the bags were taken off, she looked at the teenagers with horror in her eyes.
Only then did she know what assassination meant... There were thousands of Japanese pirates on the entire island, but except for the two who were specially left to lead the way, no one was left alive.
When Nu Jiaolong hugged his son and got off the boat tremblingly, Shen Ning smiled and said, "I'm sorry, but this is also for your sake. I hope you understand."
"My Lady, you are too kind. I know, I know."
Nu Jiaolong certainly knew that the princess was obviously going to occupy the secret island. If that was the case, she certainly didn't want others to know the location of the island.
Covering her head was already very kind and polite... A moment before getting on the boat, Nu Jiaolong even thought that she and her son would also die on the island.
After clearing out the Japanese pirates on the island, Chen Ning sent a hundred government troops to wait on the island for more than ten days, and cleared out all the Japanese pirates who came back from outside, making sure that no one would come again, and then sent the thousands of people on the slave ship to the island.
Those people were originally going to be sold as slaves to foreign countries, and were locked up in cages and stacked up like chickens and ducks. Many of them even died from the torture in such an environment.
But now, they were rescued, and they were given a way out as they had been branded as slaves and would only be enslaved even if they were released.
This island is isolated from the outside world, and Princess Yong'an sent food and clothes by large ship... There are houses left by Japanese pirates on the island, which can be lived in after a little repair.
In addition to a forest, there is also a cliff on the island, which is covered with moss. All this shows that the island is very stable and is not the kind of island that can be easily submerged by sea water.
They have their own home...
There are dozens of soldiers stationed on the island, who are responsible for leading these people to train in the morning every day, and to open up wasteland, plant crops and build houses after meals. They only need to be obedient and work hard to have food and clothing.
Everyone worked very hard, fearing they would be kicked out of the island if they didn't perform well...
Chen Ning was in Beihai Prefecture and would ask about the situation on the island every few days.
Of course, she is not just a Bodhisattva who wants to do good things. She also has her own plans for rescuing those people. For example, after training, they will become her private army, a force that no one else knows about.
Moreover, if necessary, that place can become her secret base in the future.
Time flies, winter goes and spring comes.
In March, the potatoes in the more than one hundred greenhouses were ripe... Chen Ning planned to dig up one of the greenhouses first to see the results.
Although she knew that the potatoes were growing well, she couldn't help but feel a little nervous at this moment.
Li Erniu, who was in charge of the excavation, was also very nervous.
The princess said that this thing concerns whether the people of the entire Beihai Prefecture and even the entire Daxuan Dynasty can have enough to eat in the future... It can ensure that the people of the entire Daxuan Dynasty can have enough to eat, so you can imagine how important this thing is.
Finally, Shen Ning became impatient waiting by the side and pretended to do it herself, so Li Erniu hurriedly swung the hoe... After he dug up the soil and lifted up the already old vine, everyone around him fell silent.
Under the not-so-thick vines hung a bunch of bumpy fruits. The big ones were bigger than an adult man's fist, while the small ones were as big as eggs. Counting them again, there were more than a dozen of them.
There are more than a dozen on a bunch of vines?
And this is just what grew on the cut piece of potato... A small piece, but in just a few months it grew into a bunch of fruits like this.
Shen Ning breathed a sigh of relief, then gave the order: Start digging.
All greenhouses are moving...
A greenhouse is not small, and there are only seven or eight people in charge of it. However, these seven or eight people dug out all the potatoes within one day.
Potatoes of all sizes were piled up on the floor of the greenhouse. Several people sat aside, staring blankly at the huge mountain of potatoes. Some were grinning, while others were wiping tears with red eyes.
It was not until this time that everyone understood that Princess Yong'an's words about ensuring that all the people in the world have enough to eat were not just talk!
The entire Beihai Prefecture was in an uproar. Everyone knew that the crops grown in the greenhouses in Princess Yong'an's Mansion had a bumper harvest.
The people soon knew from word of mouth that the potato had a high yield. It was so high even in the greenhouse, and the yield would be even higher once it was planted in the field.
Within a few days, a piece of shocking good news spread: the county lord was planting potatoes throughout the Beihai Prefecture.
Since last winter, the entire Beihai Prefecture has been reclaiming wasteland. The wastelands were carefully turned over by the people hired by Hua Yingxue, sprinkled with manure, and then covered with snow for a whole winter.
After spring, the original wasteland turned into soft black soil... The managers of Huayingxue said that growing potatoes on such land would yield higher yields than in a greenhouse.
Just as the news that Princess Yong'an was about to plant potatoes throughout the Beihai Prefecture spread, another good news came out: the Princess's Mansion was going to hand over the land to the people of Beihai Prefecture and give the potatoes to the people to plant.
Those who have their own land can plant potatoes on their own land. They just need to buy potato seeds, and Huayingxue will teach everyone how to plant potatoes.
Those who do not have land can rent the reclaimed wasteland, sign a contract, and after the potato harvest, they can hand over 50% to Huayingxue, and the rest will be theirs.
But there is a prerequisite, that is, you must learn how to plant and care for potatoes from those who are planting potatoes in the greenhouse this year... Only those who have learned are eligible to rent land and buy potato seeds on credit.
It’s not that Shen Ning is stingy, but she knows that potato planting has just begun.
Only with stricter management, growing more and more potatoes, and having more and more potatoes as seeds, can potatoes fill the land of the Daxuan Dynasty faster.
In addition to the preliminary preparations, Shen Ning also asked those who taught potato planting to teach the people some other things while teaching them how to plant potatoes.
For example, the cellar.
Potatoes have a high yield, but unlike grains like wheat and rice, they cannot be stored for a long time after being dried. After all, potatoes contain water.
But the cellar can make up for this to a great extent.
"You can dig a cellar deep underground in your front yard or backyard, and when the potatoes are ripe, you can use the cellar directly...
Besides storing potatoes, if the cellar is built better and hidden better, could it have other uses? For example, if the Yuan Dynasty attacks someday, could we hide in there with our potatoes?..."
The manager's smile was mysterious.
It was a great fortune for the people that the princess taught them her skills. After all, this cellar was really good.
As long as the entrance is made more hidden, in addition to storing potatoes, people can hide in it for refuge when outsiders attack. Then, who can find people?
Not long after, Huayingxue started selling potato seeds.
People from all over Beihai Prefecture flocked there, lining up and craning their necks to look at the mountains of potatoes.
Some people wiped away tears while waiting.
Soon, the land of Beihai Prefecture will also have a good harvest, and soon, they will be able to have enough food to eat...
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