In Lin Danhan's team, one or two Mongolian tent vehicles were very eye-catching. The passing herdsmen knelt down and kowtowed on the roadside. They knew that the direct descendants of Genghis Khan, now the great emperor of Mongolia, lived here.
This is a cart pulled by dozens of oxen, and it carries a huge tent. The tent was made of cowhide and decorated with gold. On the top of the tent's dome, a Sulu ingot was flying in the wind.
There is a railing on the front of the car, and a driver wields a long whip to drive the cattle forward. There are stairs on both sides of the platform for getting on and off the car. There was a guard standing on one side of the stairs.
There were many cavalrymen armed with spears running back and forth to protect them.
In the middle of the tent is a small door one meter wide, with two guards standing at the door holding swords.
The floor inside the car was covered with Persian carpets, and there were several desks on the main seat and on both sides. Behind the main seat is a gorgeous screen partition.
Behind the partition are the dormitories of the Khan and his concubines.
In front of the screen is the place where the Khan handles official business and banquets.
A square-faced, thin man sat on the main seat. He was Lin Dan Khan, the last emperor of Mongolia. Direct descendant of Genghis Khan.
This escape, no, it should be called a great turn.
Chongzhen and Huang Taiji thought he was running away.
But Lin Danhan himself doesn’t think so. In 1627, Lin Dan Khan's rebellion determined the right-wing ministries.
Stabilized half of his empire.
After regaining the support of the right-wing tribes, he took advantage of the remaining power of reunifying the right-wing tribes and returned as the king.
The people of Duoyan Sanwei were so frightened that they retracted their heads into their burrows like marmots, and walked majestically through their territory. They neither dared to come to see them, nor did they dare to cause trouble, nor even dared to fart. .
The biggest gain from this westward move is to reconnect with the big boss of Dongchang in Ming Dynasty.
At this time, the person sitting on the tables on the south side of the tent car was Mr. Wang Gu, the deputy sexton of Dongchang Haike.
Tushan sent a heavyweight leader like Wang Gu to station in Baicheng. On the one hand, he supported Lin Danhan to stabilize the situation, and on the other hand, he spied on the intelligence on the grassland and Jiannu.
At this time, there was a small linen bag on Lin Danhan's desk. Lin Danhan poured out some golden corn seeds and spread them on the table.
Baicheng is a pastoral area with a cold climate and a short frost-free period. It is basically impossible to grow crops in this era. There was not enough accumulated temperature, and it snowed before the crops could mature. So they can only graze.
There is a saying that goes well: if a family has a lot of wealth, it does not include the hair.
Because animals can die at any time, such as plague, drought, or floods.
Heavy snow covers the grassland in winter, and cattle and sheep cannot find grass roots to eat, so they will starve and freeze to death.
The terrifying giant mosquitoes on the grasslands in summer fly in overwhelmingly and can suck the blood of cattle and sheep until they become emaciated or even dead.
Once the livestock dies, the meat cannot be stored for long and will quickly become rancid.
People will starve to death.
Food is different, it can be stored for more than ten years.
Therefore, herdsmen like to exchange cattle and sheep for food.
Because once there is a disaster, only by saving food can we save our lives.
Gu "Mr. Wang, you said this thing called corn can be grown in Baicheng. Are you kidding me?" Lin Danhan is thirty-seven years old, but the wind on the grassland is a more powerful weapon than the butcher's knife. It is simply a super killer. Pig knife.
It is even more powerful to destroy people's appearance. Lin Dan is thirty-seven years old, but he looks close to fifty.
"The Great Khan's clear warning is absolutely true. I will guarantee with my life and property that this thing can definitely be planted around Baicheng. The person next to me is an expert in growing corn. This time I was specially sent to guide and teach the people of the Great Khan how to grow corn. . We will stay in Baicheng for the first half of the year. We will leave after the corn harvest in August."
Lin Danhan's face was inherited from Genghis Khan, and his slender eyes looked at the young man under Yang Fan suspiciously.
In my mind, since ancient times, I have never heard that crops can be grown on the grassland. What conspiracy are these people planning?
But if you can't plant it, you won't lose anything. The seeds this time are provided for free. It is said that if the planting is successful, you will have to exchange cattle, sheep, and horses for the seeds next year.
Are these people fools? They have taught their herdsmen to grow this kind of crops. If they really plant it, they have the seeds, and there are herdsmen who know how to plant it, do they still need to buy seeds from them? Is there anything else in the world? Is it such a ridiculous thing?
But now I need Daming's support, and if I don't want to lose face, I might as well let them do it. Just watch and see how they make the flowers.
"What's your name, little kid, and what is this corn?" Lin Danhan asked gloomily.
"Back to Khan, my name is Tian Zili, and I am an agronomist from Zunhuawei. Although I am young, I am only fifteen years old, but I have already studied all the courses in intermediate botany and corn planting. This corn planting There is absolutely no problem.”
"Okay, I believe you. Can you tell me whether this corn is edible? How does it compare with rice, flour and other miscellaneous grains?"
"Khan, this corn has advantages and disadvantages compared to the grains you mentioned. But those grains cannot be grown on the grassland, so this corn is your only choice."
Lin Danhan nodded. This child didn't just talk nonsense, but actually made him believe it. If we can really grow crops on the grassland, we won't be afraid even if the yield is low. There is no shortage of land here, so we can just plant extensively and get little harvest. Don’t worry if your nutrition is low, as long as it can save lives in disaster years.
"Khan, let me first talk about the disadvantages of corn compared to rice noodles,"
Lin Dan's expression relaxed and he nodded pleasantly. He liked this child a little bit. He talked about the shortcomings first and then the advantages. He was a sincere person.
"Corn is unpalatable, rough, and takes a long time to digest. Some people who are not used to it may feel a little upset in their stomachs. In addition, it takes a long time to cook, which wastes fuel. The fuel on the grassland is cow dung. So it is more expensive."
Lin Danhan nodded and said: "I am not short of cow dung. The Chahar tribe has millions of cows. I am not afraid of cooking more."
"Compared with the disadvantages, there are too many advantages. First, the growth cycle is short. It is sown in March of the lunar calendar and harvested in the seventh lunar month. There are only four months, that is, the summer of the grassland is enough for it to grow and mature."
Lin Danhan was immediately tempted. If it can mature in four months, then summer time is enough. There is at least a five-month warm period near Baicheng.
"The second advantage is that it is drought-resistant. The reason why grasslands are grasslands is because there is little rainfall, so only grass can grow but cannot be cultivated. This corn is very drought-resistant, so it can be grown on grasslands."
Yang Fan knew that many places in Inner Mongolia in later generations, including some alliance banners such as Horqin, were corn-producing areas. So he and Tushan conspired to use corn cultivation to control and support Lin Dan Khan.
The temptation of self-produced food, even if Lin Dan knew it was fishing bait with a hook, he could only swallow it. And the method to control him is also very simple.
These seeds come from modern society and can only be planted once, which is eunuch grain. From now on, new seeds must be purchased from Yang Fan in advance every year. Yang Fan can trade in improved seeds in exchange for a large number of cattle, sheep and war horses.
With food, Lin Dan Khan can better control the Mongolian tribes. As long as Lin Dan Khan does not fall, he will be a threat to the Qing Dynasty.
Marshal Mao Wenlong could drive Hou Jin to ecstasy, let alone the orthodox Mongol emperor who was of the Jin family bloodline and controlled thousands of miles of territory and nearly a million people.
If you can maintain the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, don't play the Northern and Southern Dynasties.
As long as Manchuria and Mongolia cannot come together, it will be a dream for Manchuria and Qing Dynasty to move into the Central Plains.
