In the main hall, Xiao Ming and Yue Yun sat opposite each other, and after a long time, Xiao Ming put away the booklet. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

He had basically understood the current situation, and in general, the general distribution of countries in Europe had not changed, only the current rulers.

Except that the technology is a little more advanced, nothing else is different.

"Your Highness, the Ryukyus are also occupied by the Dutch, which is equivalent to blocking the southward route of our fleet, and the last general feels that this Ryukyu must be taken back, so that the trade between the Japanese and other countries can be cut off." Yue Yun said.

Xiao Ming nodded, Yue Yun is very discerning, as long as he takes Ryukyu and controls the route, from now on, the *** of the Wa Kingdom will be pinched in his hands.

However, this matter is still very long-term, after all, he is not yet capable of taking the Ryukyus, and these three Galen ships have already caused him heavy losses.

It's just that this adventure was worth it, Yue Yun brought back corn, peanuts, potatoes and pepper seeds.

"Let's not mention this, your current task is to recruit naval soldiers, train them, and wait for the formation of the Dengzhou fleet, and that time is the moment for you to gallop at sea."

Yue Yun nodded, revealing a hint of excitement, after landing in Dengzhou, he deliberately went to the Dengzhou shipyard, and now the shipyard is building six warships at the same time.

Two of them were first-class sail ships, and when they were launched, he believed he would be able to compete with the Dutch at sea.

Looking at Yue Yun who was excited, Xiao Ming asked expectantly, "Where are these potatoes, peanuts, peppers, and corn?" ”

"Back to Your Highness, these things have already been sent to the treasury of the government office, and the last will bring back the three ships of things this time." Yue Yun said.

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

The two went to the warehouse together, and at this time Xiao Ming saw a mountain of potatoes, with peanuts 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.

Potatoes, corn, and peanuts are all high-yielding crops, and these crops are also very suitable for growing in slightly arid places, and once these crops are popularized in Qingzhou, he will not worry that the people of the fiefdom will go hungry in the future.

"Your Highness, these potatoes, peanuts and corn taste really good, if it weren't for these things, the soldiers would have starved to death on the island." Yue Yun had already tasted these things.

"Of course, it's not just delicious, it's much more productive than wheat and rice." Xiao Ming turned to Zhao Long and said, "You inform the transport team, transport these seeds to the slave plantation now, and plant these things." ”

When Zhao Long heard this, he had to be ordered to leave.

This time, Yue Yun had a long journey, and Xiao Ming also had to take care of Yue Yun's body, and after saying a few words to Yue Yun, he let him go back to rest.

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

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

Originally, these lands were not Xiao Ming's, but belonged to the four wealthy families in the past, but after the collapse of the Wangfu, the Qin family and other families, some fertile land came into his hands and became an official village.

In order not to waste this land, he sent 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, and before he set off in the morning, Pang Yukun waited outside the door.

Saying this along the way, the two gradually reached the slave plantation.

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

The brick houses were lined up in neat rows, apparently not long after completion, and many slaves were moving back and forth between the fields and the village.

Not far away there was a small village of these, each of which had slaves in charge of the land in their own area.

"Your Highness, Pang Changshi."

When the two entered the village, an honest farmer came running, who was the captain of the village, and was responsible for the cultivation of the land and the management of the village personnel.

"Kuisi, can you keep the things you sent yesterday?" Xiao Ming asked.

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

Xiao Ming nodded, the slave plantation was only just emerging in his hands now, and it would become more and more popular after Qingzhou in the future, because in this era, the slave plantation was an important source of food.

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

Kuisi nodded, ran to the middle of the village, rang a bronze bell in the middle of the village, and in a few moments, the slaves in the fields were all gathered.

Pang Yukun is purely here today to gain knowledge, because he doesn't say anything, just studies seriously.

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

Because crop cultivation is also a science, especially potatoes, which will degrade from generation to generation, he had to arrange the work of cultivating high-quality seedlings in advance.

After all, after several generations of propagation, the next generation of potatoes will be greatly reduced or even wiped out due to soil viruses.

This time, he wants to talk to Kui Si about breeding, whether it is peanuts, corn, peppers or potatoes, they need to be artificially selected to retain high-quality seedlings.

So this time he planted potatoes, peppers, peanuts, corn not for food, but for seedlings.

After all the slaves were in place, Xiao Ming began to focus on the method of raising potatoes seedlings, which is called cutting and propagating.

Xiao Ming saw the potatoes transported by Yue Yun this time, and they were all very large, indicating that they were high-quality potato species, so there was no problem with cutting them for propagation.

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

In addition, when cutting the pieces, the knife should be burned with alcohol and strictly sterilized.

After that, when the potato pieces sprout, they will be propagated by breaking the buds, that is, the potato sprouts that have grown will be broken and planted, and the broken potato sprouts will grow again after a while, which is similar to the principle of cutting leeks.

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

It's still spring, and it's a good time to grow potatoes in the wild, so it's a good time to raise seedlings.

These operations are not very difficult, and there is no problem for Kui Wu and the others to understand.

Then he talked about the seedlings of peanuts, corn, peppers, etc., and explained the establishment of seedling bases in each plantation, so that these imported crops could be planted in his fiefdom in a steady stream.

(To be continued.) )