"One, raise the gun! Two, aim! Three, shoot!"
"Bang bang bang bang~!"
Thunder-like noises sounded frequently on the school grounds. Now everyone in Liu Beijun has fully adapted to Zhao Yi's training methods and will no longer be frightened by the noises.
More than six months have passed since he rescued his father-in-law and returned home. During this period, Zhao Yi was actively training his troops, especially three-stage shooting in frontal combat. On the other hand, what he was most worried about was the new arrival of his father-in-law. Na's concubine, Mrs. Sun.
If you want to ask what Zhao Yi is worried about, it's not because Mrs. Sun, the lord's new wife, is already pregnant.
Although Liu Bei stayed in his young wife's room for a few nights, he recalled that he was so drunk that he didn't know what he had done.
However, no one else dared to say anything about this kind of private matter involving the lord. Only Zhao Yi tried to approach Sun Shangxiang several times to ask for clarification, but the latter ignored him and even acted like a wife.
"Axiang~Axiang~~~"
On this day, Zhao Yi once again sneaked into Mrs. Sun's courtyard, climbed on the wall, and tried to call out his old friend.
"General Zhao, can you call me Axiang? Call the mistress or Mrs. Sun. If you continue to pester me unreasonably, I will tell the emperor and have you beheaded!"
Sun Shangxiang walked out of the room, and it could be seen that his lower abdomen had obviously bulged.
She looked coldly at Zhao Yi on the wall, her tone cold and emotionless.
"Axiang, please listen to my explanation. The situation was urgent that day. Your Governor Zhou found someone to assassinate me. After he came back, he met people from the Killing House in Hengshan. He almost lost his life there. I finally escaped death. After escaping from Hengshan Mountain, I already learned that you are married to my lord."
Zhao Yi seized the opportunity and said what he wanted to say first.
Sun Shangxiang sneered and said: "Editor, keep editing, I won't believe a word of what you say now, Zhu, Ge, Kong, Ming, Jun, Shi."
"Oh, that thing was just a stopgap measure. At that time, the alliance between Sun and Liu was imminent, and our military advisor was seriously ill. I could only temporarily borrow his identity to promote the alliance. Otherwise, we would all be Cao Cao's prisoners now. How can we still argue here?"
"Anyway, you are always right. I don't want to talk nonsense with you. Leave quickly!"
"Axiang, you can let me leave. I just want to know one thing. Is the child in your belly mine?"
Sun Shangxiang was obviously shocked when she heard the other party's bold words. She looked around and walked two steps forward: "You want to die!? How dare you shout such a thing? Do you really want to be beheaded by your father-in-law? Do you? Do you know how big a sin this is?"
"Then tell me, don't hang on to me all the time. I, Zhao Yi, am not the kind of person who always gives up. I have calculated that even if you and the lord are really married, the time will not match up, and the two of us We were together at that time, and the condition of your stomach is just right now."
"Oh, our immortal disciples also know the time when women give birth. They know a lot."
"That has nothing to do with being an immortal or not. This is called science. Ah Xiang, if you say this, I will take it as your acquiescence. The seed in your belly is indeed my Zhao Yi's seed."
"Hmph~ What's the point of asking these questions now? Uncle Liu Huang is your father-in-law, and I am your mother-in-law. There is a gap in seniority, identity, and fate between the two of us, and all of this is caused by you! Zhao! Yi, I want to give birth to this child and give him the surname Liu, and you can only call him Young Master!"
"Axiang, you are still so childish. Don't worry, I will definitely find a way to get you away from my old father-in-law. No matter what means I use, trust me."
"Stop talking nonsense, do you really want to die? I want to rest, get out of here!"
Although Sun Shangxiang said she was ruthless, she was still very worried when Zhao Yi said those treacherous words. Fortunately, the courtyard was full of female soldiers she brought from Jiangdong, who were her confidants, even if someone heard them I don’t dare to spread it everywhere.
Zhao Yi slipped down from the wall of his nominal mother-in-law, and kept thinking on the way home, how can he get Uncle Liu to transfer the new concubine to him? This difficulty is definitely no less than passing five levels and killing six generals.
"It seems that this matter has to be blamed on God and gods. The ancients did this, but how to implement it specifically..."
After thinking about it all the way, Zhao Yi returned home. Liu Wanyi was waiting outside the courtyard door holding a lantern. As soon as she saw him, she hurried up to greet him.
"Wanyi, why are you still standing outside the door so late?"
"Husband, come quickly! Come and see, the sweet potatoes and potatoes we planted in the backyard are ripe~!"
"Already mature?"
Zhao Yi counted the days and it seemed that it was time to mature. He put Sun Shangxiang's matter aside for the time being and followed Liu Wanyi to the edge of the specially designated vegetable patch in the backyard.
At this time, Liu Wanyi and her maid dug out a few potatoes and placed them next to them. Zhao Yi used the light of the lantern to lift a bunch of potatoes, patted off the soil on them, and counted five potatoes hanging there. Potatoes may look ugly on the outside, but they are enough to make people happy.
The sweet potatoes on the other side are also growing well. He didn't plant much at that time, and most of them were given to Ma Bochang. But even so, Zhao Yi estimated that the mature potatoes and sweet potatoes in this field alone were enough for him and Liu Wanyi and these ladies have been eating for two or three months.
"Great~ Wanyi, actually these potatoes and sweet potatoes should have been ripe for a while. Before the ground freezes, let the maids dig them all out tomorrow day. The vines growing on them can also be used for cooking. If the potatoes have sprouts, you can't eat them because they're probably poisonous. Once they're done, put them in the kitchen. I'll come back from training tomorrow to distribute them, and we'll level the ground and plant some more!"
"That's great, husband~! We only planted a small amount at first, but you see there are so many fruits on every vine. Have you told father about this? He will definitely be very happy~"
"I will tell my father the good news early tomorrow morning. I will also go to see Bo Chang to see how the large-scale planting is going."
Just as Zhao Yi finished speaking, suddenly an idea flashed in his head.
Potatoes, sweet potatoes, doubling the food will bring doubling the population, doubling the population will bring doubling the number of soldiers. In this era of food scarcity, population is also an important part of the symbol of strength, which means that his potatoes And sweet potatoes can even determine the historical direction of the late Eastern Han Dynasty.
"Can we make a fuss about this matter..."
Zhao Yi thought about it for a while and took Liu Wanyi back to the room to rest. Early the next morning, he did not rush to report the amazing news to Liu Bei. Instead, he first found Ma Liang's eldest brother Ma Bochang.
Uncle Ma often saw Zhao Yi looking for him and knew what was going on. He said with excitement on his face: "Hongfei, I'm going to find you! All the seeds you gave me last winter have a good harvest~! It's just like you That said, the fairy foods called potatoes and sweet potatoes are very easy to grow. Compared with wheat and corn, they mature in a shorter time, have larger yields, are highly resistant to drought, diseases and insect pests, and are almost indifferent to soil.
The potatoes that were planted last year have matured a few days ago. I have ordered people to put them all into the granary. After a day of counting, we harvested a total of more than 200 potatoes from the ten acres of land, which is more than 10,000 as Hongfei said. There are about 150 kilograms of sweet potatoes, and the yield has far exceeded my expectations~! You can report it to the lord immediately and use these grains to start large-scale planting, so that the people and soldiers will no longer have to worry about going hungry in the coming year! "
Uncle Ma often said it with tears in his eyes, but Zhao Yi listened with little interest. To be honest, the output was still a bit different from his psychological expectations. You must know that in his time, one acre of potato could produce 2,000 to 3,000 kilograms. It is relatively small, and it is not uncommon for high-yield areas to yield 5,000 kilograms per mu.
However, Zhao Yi was relieved when he thought about it. The planting technology in this era is definitely incomparable with that in a thousand years, and chemical fertilizers and the like also have an impact.
But even so, for people of this era, potatoes and sweet potatoes are definitely qualified to be called "fairy foods". Now that there are enough seeds, as long as they are planted in a large area, the harvest in the coming year will definitely add up to a big harvest. It snowballed.
"Very good, Bo Chang. Now I will take some potatoes and sweet potatoes and go to find the lord. This will allow more people to participate. It will not only find work for them, but also fill their stomachs. This is good for our army." This is definitely great news~!”
