"My lord, the battle in Jiangling is currently in full swing. General Guan and General Zhang have successfully helped Jiangdong capture Jiangling."
Zhuge Liang was reporting to Liu Bei on the current war situation in Jingzhou. Zhao Yi ran in carrying a few sweet potatoes and potatoes without waiting for the soldiers to report.
"Lord, I'm so happy, so happy~!"
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang turned to look at Zhao Yi at the same time, and saw the latter running in carrying a few dirty lumps.
"Hongfei, why are you so happy?"
Since Zhao Yi had repeatedly performed extraordinary feats in the past and was now his son-in-law, Liu Bei loved him so much that he did not need to notify him when entering or leaving the military tent. You must know that only Guan Yu and Liu Bei had such privileges. There are only three people, Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang.
"The military advisor is here too?" Zhao Yi said, putting the potatoes and sweet potatoes on the table, and said, "This is the great joy that Hongfei mentioned! This thing is the fairy fruit I brought down when I was practicing fairy magic in the mountains. , Jing Wanyi reminded me that I planted some experimentally in the ground last year, and I didn’t expect to get a bumper harvest this year! My lord, this is a magical food that can be used as a staple food or a vegetable~! If you plant it carefully, If we take care of it, we can produce two to three thousand kilograms per acre of land, which is about twenty dendrobiums, no problem!"
"What?"
Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were talking about the war in Jingzhou just now, but Zhao Yi suddenly brought them to the topic of grain output, and what was the output he just mentioned? Twenty huks of dendrobium per acre? Did you still wake up from a hangover last night and start talking nonsense?
Seeing the expressions of Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang, Zhao Yi knew that they must be thinking wrongly, so he pointed at the fruits with soil still in them.
"Really, last year I gave some seeds to Bo Chang and asked him to allocate twenty acres of land for trial planting. Now the harvested grain is placed in the granary. If the lord and the military advisor don't believe it, they can check it in person. There is no way it can be faked. "
"Really?"
At this time, Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang were both stunned. They saw that Zhao Yi was definitely not joking, and there was no need for him to joke about this kind of thing.
Liu Bei took two quick steps, stretched out his hand to gently touch the potatoes covered with soil, and said, "Hongfei, is this the immortal food? Each acre can produce more than twenty husks of dendrobium, so how long does it take for it to mature?"
Zhao Yidao: "Sweet potatoes usually mature once every five or six months, but the time to mature in summer will be shorter. Potatoes only take three or four months to mature. They are not picky about the soil and are also very resistant to insects." , absolutely suitable for large-scale planting.”
"What? Five or six months? Can it mature once in three or four months? This...is really what gods eat!"
After learning about the yield and maturity cycle of this food, Liu Bei felt that the potatoes he held in his hands seemed to weigh as much as a thousand catties.
He is not an idiot. Knowing what it means to have such food means that he has taken a solid step towards his dream! This will bring population, and population can bring soldiers. This Zhao Yi is really his lucky general, sent by God to wish him success!
"Hongfei, you have done a great job this time! Military advisor, I think we can order the entire army to plant this magical food immediately!"
Seeing that Liu Bei was impatient, Zhao Yi hurriedly raised his hand and said: "Master, I have a better way."
"Hongfei, tell me."
"I wonder if this is possible. The four counties in Jingnan now have large areas of free land. We can break it into small pieces in a 'well' shape and distribute it to the people, and provide them with free potato and sweet potato seeds to help They farm and work, and when the harvest is good, they hand over part of the food as tax in proportion, and they can keep part of the food to be self-sufficient.
In this way, we can not only make use of the wasteland in the four counties of Jingnan, but also mobilize the enthusiasm of the people and reduce the number of unemployed and idle people. Moreover, if we do well and succeed here, I believe that people in other states and counties will also Come here after hearing the news. By then our Jingnan will absorb a large number of people, which will become our most precious wealth. "
After hearing Zhao Yi's opinion, Liu Bei looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise. The latter shook his goose feather fan and said: "Hehehe~~~ Lord, what did Liang tell you before? The great talent of Hongfei has not been revealed yet." Completely inspiring, this method of leasing land to the people, using grain in lieu of taxes, and absorbing the population is so brilliant that I can't be ashamed of it~"
"Military advisor, please stop hating me and just tell me whether this method is feasible."
"It's doable, of course it's doable~! The method provided by Hongfei can be achieved in one fell swoop, and the work will last forever. As time goes by, more benefits will continue to emerge. As expected of a disciple of the gods, leave the specific operation of this matter to me. Come on, my lord, this matter should be done sooner rather than later, Liang will go down and make arrangements right now.”
"Okay, okay, here comes the military advisor."
Zhuge Liang took the potatoes and sweet potatoes on the table and looked at them with great curiosity. Zhao Yi hurriedly added: "If the military advisor still has any questions, you can ask Ma Bochang, the boss of the Ma family. He grew these and is more experienced."
"good."
After Zhuge Liang left, the old father-in-law and son-in-law were the only ones left in the room, and their names became much more cordial in an instant.
"Father, my son and Wanyi have prepared some food at home tonight, and I would like to invite my father to taste it together."
Liu Bei asked with a smile on his face: "But it was cooked with the fairy food just now?"
"That's right, father is really unpredictable, haha~"
"Okay, okay, I will definitely be there. My father is also very curious about what this fairy food tastes like."
Liu Bei patted Zhao Yi on the shoulder. Seeing that the latter had no intention of leaving, he pulled him to sit next to him and asked in a low voice: "Hongfei, does he have anything else to say?"
Zhao Yi thought for a while and was wondering what to say about Sun Shangxiang when he heard a burst of hearty laughter coming from outside. Then the door was pushed open and a big man with a dark face and eyes walked straight in. It's Zhang Fei's guy.
"Big brother~big brother~! We are back~hahahaha~~!"
Zhao Yigang was about to speak, but was interrupted by Zhang Fei, so he had no choice but to give up and get up with Liu Bei.
Mr. Guan with a fluttering beard followed behind.
"Second brother, third brother, it's great that you are back~ Why didn't you inform us in advance so that I could pick you up?"
"We're all brothers, what's there to pick up~~ Where's that good wine I kept here? I've been holding it back for so many days, I'm going to drink it tonight~!"
Hearing Zhang Fei talk about his good wine, Zhao Yi coughed a few times and said: "Since the second master and the third master are back, Hongfei will not disturb the reunion of your three brothers and leave first."
"Hongfei, didn't you have something to say just now?"
"It's not an important thing. By the way, Second Master and Third Master, I made some fairy delicacies for my father tonight. Since you two are back, come with us. Third Master, I still have some food from the fairy mountain. Let’s have a good drink of the wine we brought here tonight.”
When Zhang Fei heard that the wine was brought by the immortal, his eyes flashed and he said: "Good boy, you know I like this drink, no problem, we will definitely be there tonight, hahahaha~!"
After leaving Liu Bei's room, Zhao Yi hadn't gone far when he heard Zhang Fei's loud voice telling Liu Bei how brave he was in this battle and how embarrassing he had beaten Cao Ren.
Zhao Yi shook his head and temporarily left Liu Bei's courtyard. But as soon as he walked out of the courtyard, he was suddenly inspired. He turned his head and looked behind him. There seemed to be a black shadow flashing away in the corner.
"who?"
Zhao Yi's eyes turned cold, and a desert eagle appeared in his hand, chasing the black shadow.
When he came to the place where the black shadow flashed, he saw no one, only a black cat standing on the wall and meowing at him.
"Is it a wild cat? I'm not old enough to be dazzled yet...hell, is it the Tianxiahui or the Slaughterhouse? Or is it Zhou Yu? Am I offending too many forces invisibly?"
