Chapter 880: The pit is not skillful
In the eyes of a powerful character like Tang Yi and holding heavy troops, Edward really saw something other than power.
The emperor who was far away in the East was not just an emperor in the eyes of this madman...... It was both shocking and novel to him.
It is shocking that such an unreasonable and very childish thing should not appear in a superior person.
What's new is that this made him start to look at Tang Yi again and re-evaluate the relationship between Sisacks and the Great Song.
At the very least, Tang Yi in front of him is no longer a madman with empty eyes, but a person of flesh and blood - a mysterious and strange person from the East!
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As for what Tang Yi just said, "a gift that Edward can't refuse...... When he walked into the cabin, he realized that this ship was not a luxury that could be enjoyed by nobles such as silk and ceramics, but a real treasure that he could not refuse, and that could change the future of the entire Western Saks.
"This ......," Edward's head couldn't even think for a moment.
"These are for me!?"
"Of course!" Tang Yi said indifferently. "These are all Da Song farming tools made of the best fine iron, and there are 10,000 catties of corn seeds that have just been cultivated."
"Corn?" Edward's eyes widened. "That's what you Song people say, that kind of extremely high-yield grain?"
"Yes!" Tang Yi nodded. "I just tried planting in the Great Song Dynasty last year, and the yield is about two to three times that of wheat, which should help His Majesty's people to eat their stomachs."
"Two or three times!?"
Edward could hardly believe his ears, and subconsciously asked, "So, how much is that?" ”
"Hmm......" Tang Yi groaned. The production capacity per mu is about four or five hundred catties. ”
Edward exclaimed, "Are there so many? ”
He didn't believe it before he asked, Tang Yi gave this number, which was a reassuring pill for him.
The yield per mu of West Sax is converted into Song "jin", and it will indeed be able to reach two hundred catties, and four or five hundred catties is indeed more than doubled.
Edward could not have imagined how many people could be fed with so much more food each year.
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In fact, he didn't expect that although he converted the yield into Song "jin" and made a rough comparison, he forgot to convert the acres and Song acres.
An acre of land in West Sax and an acre of land in the Great Song Dynasty are completely two different concepts. One acre is equivalent to six Song acres, and one acre of land in West Saxx in his eyes is equivalent to six acres of land in the Great Song Dynasty.
Due to the backward cultivation technology and the lack of tools, Europe at this time was still at the level of extensive cultivation.
Don't look at the fact that the acres are six times larger than the acres of the Song city, but if you plant the same thing, the yield of one acre will be the same as the yield of one acre of the Great Song Dynasty, that is, the level of more than 30 catties of grain per acre.
This is the fundamental reason why Europe's population remained at a very low level until the Age of Discovery.
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If the difference between Song mu and Ying mu is taken into account, plus the batch of advanced farm tools given to him by Tang Yi, then the yield of one mu of land in Edward's mouth is not as simple as four or five hundred catties.
Moreover, the agriculture of Western Saacs only grows one crop of wheat, while corn and wheat do not conflict, that is, they can be planted for two crops.
It is no exaggeration to say that it is a conservative estimate that only this shipload of aid will increase the grain output of West Sasacks by more than ten times.
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"Why?"
Although Ed did not know at this time that the significance of this boatload of seeds was far greater than he imagined, even if the grain production was increased by two or three times, for a country and a regime, the meaning of this could not be described in words.
"Why did you give us something so important?"
The Great Song Dynasty sent porcelain and silk, these Edwards can understand, even if Tang Yi sent him a hundred boats of ready-made grain, Edward was not surprised.
But it's enough to change everything!?
This gift was so expensive that Edward couldn't believe it, let alone accept it easily.
Tang Yi smiled: "There's nothing strange about it. ”
"First, the West Sasacks and the Great Song are an alliance. Da Song has never been stingy with his allies, and I, Tang Yi, have never left a back hand with my friends. ”
"Second, there is an ancient saying in the Great Song Dynasty: It is better to give it a fish than to give it a fish."
"The reason why His Majesty the King allied with the Great Song Dynasty is nothing more than wanting to use the power of the Great Song Dynasty to block the wolf ambitions of the Duke of Normandy!"
"However, the Great Song Dynasty can keep the West Sax for a while, but it can't save the first life, and the West Saacs will have to trample the French under his feet sooner or later."
"These seeds should be regarded as the Great Song Dynasty's 'teaching of fishing' to Xisacx!"
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It was so open that Edward was so moved that he almost cried.
Now he finally knows that this Tang madman is an absolute temperament, and his righteousness is thin and cloudy!!
slammed and knelt on one knee, and actually made a kneeling salute to Tang Yi.
"On behalf of the people of West Saxac, I thank the Great Song Madman!!"
Tang Yi made a big red face over there, and hurriedly went up to help, "Your Majesty is too polite, let's ......"
"We're allies, Your Majesty doesn't have to be polite!"
"These ...... These are just the first steps, I have already recruited a group of talents who are good at farming in the Great Song Dynasty, and I will be able to arrive in Rome in half a month at most. ”
"Then His Majesty will bring back to West Saks, along with the men, the seeds, and the farming implements."
"Our people will ensure that your children will learn the most advanced agricultural technology of the Great Song Dynasty in the shortest possible time!!"
When Edward heard this, he was halfway up before he fell to his knees again.
"Thank you very much to the King of the Great Song Dynasty! You are a more merciful benefactor than God! ”
This Tang madman was too righteous, he sent seeds and farm tools, and even the elite farmers prepared them for him.
Now King Edward knows what this Tang Yi is like, and he has made up his mind that he will never measure him with the eyes of a politician in the future, and will treat him as a real friend.
"Your Highness is simply a more merciful benefactor than God!"
"Don't, don't!!"
Tang Yi really couldn't stand this, and forcibly helped Edward up.
forcibly changed the topic, "What, the imperial physician should have a free hand there, His Majesty the king should go to treat the disease first!" ”
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To put it mildly, he finally helped Edward up, and it took a long time to persuade him to leave.
Looking at the back of King Sisax leaving, Tang Yi grinned and wiped the cold sweat on his forehead, and said to himself: "What a pit man is really a technical job!" ”
I've been throwing this skill away for more than two years, and I can't pick it up and use it coldly, and my skin is obviously not thick enough!
Why does Tang Yi feel so embarrassed now?
At this moment, Cao Jue and Song Kai pinched the time, knowing that Tang Yi and Edward should be almost finished, and they also came from the Roman Forum.
first took a picture with Edward on the dock, and the two of them guessed by looking at His Majesty's expression, this must have made Tang Yi "lame".
As soon as he got on the boat, Cao Jue couldn't help but ask Tang Yi: "Sent out?" ”
Tang Yi's face was solemn and he nodded, "It's sent out." ”
"Edward took it all?"
"It's all taken."
"Not grinding at all?"
"Didn't grind."
Cao Lao Er flattened his mouth when he heard this, "My heart is happy, right?" Stop pretending and laugh! ”
"Hahahaha!!" Tang Yi couldn't be reserved anymore, and laughed out loud.
And Song Kai couldn't help but glance at Edward who hadn't stepped out of sight again, his eyes were full of pity.
Turning his head to look at Tang Yi, "You're too damaged!" ”
"Edwards are good, but it's a pity that you sold them, and you're still counting the money there...."
"Hahaha...."
Tang Yi couldn't stop laughing while arguing: "That's no way, I'm from Song, he's not." ”
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In fact, the matter of sending grain and planting is very stupid on the surface.
According to the urine nature of the Han people, what good things have to be hidden, let alone West Saks, they are all on guard, how can they give it away so easily like Tang Yi?
Don't look at the literati and scholars who wrote down the political secrets and military system of the Great Song Dynasty in their diaries, printed them in a booklet, and scattered all over the world and no one said anything.
What if you try someone else!?
Scold you to death!
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Don't look at Tang Yi's first and second there, what he said is called an atmosphere, but it is impossible for him to say the real reason for sending grain seeds.
As mentioned earlier, he plans to "raise pigs", so he has to feed pigs, right?
Nuo is a big European, and the poor are not as good as the Great Song Dynasty, and they don't have to rob it, this battle is fought, and they have to make Shenluo and Dongluo grow fat and move the knife again.
He did not plant grain to Sisaac, but to pass it on.
Of course, this is the reason that Tang Yi used to persuade Zhao Zhen, Jia Xiangye, and Wen to let the corn seeds go on the boat.
Europe is too poor to earn money and has to be fed for two years.
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But then again, if Tang Yi just wants to spread the grain seeds, why not plant corn directly in Rome? Anyway, the effect is the same, and sooner or later the grain will spread.
Moreover, in this way, Sisax will always be poor and dependent on the Great Song Dynasty.
Why not?
Because, Tang Yi also has a more "pit" intention.
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Or rather, not at all.
The script goes like this:
West Sasacks began to grow corn with the high-tech of the Great Song Dynasty, and soon became the first well-fed kingdom in the whole of Europe, and it was the wave that "got rich first".
However, there is no way to fight directly with food. It takes a slow process to convert food into a population, and then to form a fighting force.
What will happen in this slow period of transformation?
Of course, it's "guilty"!
That's a chubby white milk doll with a fist not big enough standing in a wolf pack. Not to mention the Duke of Normandy in France, the whole of Europe had to point the knife at the granary of the West Saks.
At that time, the pressure on the Roma side will be much less...... So, does the West Sasacks have what it takes to keep all of Europe out of the English Channel? Can you survive the long-term covetousness of the wolves?
Of course not!
If it wants to survive, it has only one choice, and that is: to unite more closely with the Great Song and use the power of the Great Song to defend West Saks.
If it develops to that point, then the Great Song Dynasty will not only enter the West Saks, but only the army.
Doctor Song!
Song Food!
Song Ru!
All the cultural weapons of the Great Song Dynasty will penetrate into that land in a grand manner.
Edward didn't know that these civilized people from the East looked like they were all gentlemen and benevolent, but they were actually all bad in their stomachs.
Tang Zihao looks extremely righteous and righteous, but in fact, ......
In fact, the affection of this madman is conditional.
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