The Jurchens said it nicely, but who knew that after the Yun family army regained Yanyun, there was no movement at all.
What about shutting the door and beating the dog, what about luring the enemy deeper, whoever says it will do it, anyway, I don’t know!
After such a long time, the Yun Family Army now is no longer the Yun Family Army before.
Just the row of flashing cannons at the head of Yanjing City made the Jurchens dizzy when they saw them.
In recent times, many Jurchens have experienced the power of this thing.
Whether it's the Iron Buddha or the Kidnapping Horse, they all turn into scum in one shot!
Now, Yun Chao no longer has to hide anything.
After continuous expansion, the Yun family army has exceeded 800,000.
This is without counting the navy.
If we add 200,000 navy troops, the Yun family army will have as many as one million combatants!
The reason why Yunchao trained such a huge army was not just to regain territory within the country.
With the cooperation of the navy and ground, the Yun family army now basically controls the four large islands in the east.
In addition, the navy has already set foot on the land of Southeast Asia and is clearing out the local indigenous people in preparation for the next large-scale immigration!
Something as big as recovering Yanyun is already trivial in Yun Chao's eyes today.
When the soldiers of the Yun Family Army set foot on the city of Yanjing, Yun Chao was attending the launching ceremony of the Iron Dragon at Mingzhou Port.
The Iron Dragon is the first steel ship built by the Yun family army.
Just in case, four steam engines, large and small, were equipped, and simple sails were also installed.
However, this is just a test ship, not a warship used for combat, and it cannot sail across the ocean.
There is still a long way to go from a test ship to a steel ship that can actually sail.
Of course Yun Chao understood this truth, but he was still very excited.
Although there has been no food shortage problem due to the massive expansion, if the current rate of development continues, the conflict between food and population will break out sooner or later.
Yunchao has formulated a five-year plan.
Within five years, we are planning to send a ship to South America.
Get all the potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, peppers, rubber and other good things that grow there.
These things need to be adapted to planting, and they will not produce high yields as soon as they are obtained.
It takes a long time to cultivate before it can adapt to the Chinese climate.
China has such a large span between north and south. Crops adapted to the southern climate may not necessarily grow in the north.
In the same way, crops that are suitable for the northern environment may not be able to adapt to the southern environment.
For example, the yields of potatoes and sweet potatoes in later generations were not high at all when they were first introduced.
Especially when grown in northern areas, the yield is even higher.
Not to mention the yield per mu is less than 10,000 jin, not even 1,000 jin.
The same goes for corn. It is said that the yield of corn that has just been transplanted to the north is not even two to three hundred kilograms, and ordinary people are not interested in growing it at all.
Yun Chao felt a little melancholy, wondering if he would be able to see high-yielding South American crops in his lifetime.
Without decades of cultivation, it would be impossible to grow potatoes and sweet potatoes with a yield of tens of thousands of kilograms per acre!
For example, rubber trees cannot tap rubber unless they are more than five or six years old.
Even if Yun Chao introduces rubber trees now, it would take only a few decades to grow, breed, establish a large scale, and finally tap the rubber. Don't even think about it.
However, if you may not see it in your lifetime, why don’t you just do it?
If Yun Chao was that kind of person, it would be impossible for the Yun Family Army to develop to this point.
How can you be a rich man and enjoy an easy life if you work hard with a bunch of illiterate people all day long?
Without the predecessors planting trees, how could future generations enjoy the shade?
However, until American crops are found, Yunchao has a temporary solution to the food shortage.
When he had his hands free, he sent people to recover Annan's homeland of Han and Tang Dynasties.
It is said that there are relatively high-yielding rice seeds in Annan, which can be harvested three times a year. If cultivated properly, it should not be a problem to temporarily solve the local food problem in China.
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Yun Chao wanted to board the Iron Dragon to experience it in person, but was stopped by his subordinates.
Something can happen to others, but nothing can happen to Yun Chao.
The senior generals of the Yun Family Army all know that once Yun Chao gets into trouble, the Yun Family Army will immediately fall apart!
It's not that the generals of the Yun Family Army have different intentions, the main reason is that Yun Chao's prestige is too high, and no one except Yun Chao can convince the public.
Therefore, many senior generals of the Yun Family Army were extremely anxious and reminded Yun Chao openly and secretly to hurry up and have a child.
After being married for so long, Yun Chao didn't even have a child.
The senior leaders of the Yun Family Army were almost dying of anxiety. For such a large power, without a successor, everyone felt unsure.
What if something happens?
Not only the top brass of the Yun Family Army, but also the people around Yun Chao were extremely anxious.
Lin Youniang didn't want to talk about it. She had been married for so long and hadn't even given birth to a child. The pressure was simply overwhelming.
Even Aunt Wang is anxious for Yun Chao. Sometimes she even wants to see with her own eyes what Yun Chao and Lin Youniang are doing. Is there anything they did wrong? Why can't they conceive a child after so long?
Yun Chao didn't know that Aunt Wang and Lin Youniang were already secretly stirring up trouble without telling him.
For example, giving Yun Chao a concubine.
Lin Youniang had mentioned it before, but Yun Chao rejected it.
The reason is that I am still young and busy with work, so I don’t have the energy and time to take care of children and not be in a hurry to give birth.
In fact, it was Yun Chao who was deliberately holding back the child.
How many men are unwilling to take concubines?
Nine out of ten men are worthless, and one who is not worthless is in poor health.
Beastiality comes from the instinct of living things. Yun Chao is not a saint, so how can he be an exception.
The main reason why he refrained from attacking the beauties around him was that Yun Chao didn't want to have a child so early.
It's not because he doesn't like children, it's because he thinks longer term.
Throughout history, almost all emperors and princes with similar age differences have good beginnings and good endings.
The emperor was worried that the prince would usurp the throne.
The prince hoped that the emperor would die soon.
Once power reaches a certain level, it can easily break through family ties.
In history, there are many cases of father and son turning against each other, and brother Xiao Qiang's story abounds. Yun Chao does not want to follow in the footsteps of those people.
Although Yun Chao has not yet decided what kind of political system he will eventually establish, it does not prevent him from taking precautions before they happen.
Yun Chao wants to wait a few years before having children.
If I really become an emperor in the future, I won't lose all my family ties in the fight for power and gain.
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The application of steam engines on ships has long been realized by the Yun family.
Although the previous ones were all wooden ships, this is the first time that there are steel ships, but there are some things in common.
Yun Chao was not worried at all that the Tielong's maiden voyage would fail.
When the Iron Dragon slowly sailed out of the harbor with black smoke, Yun Chao's eyes had moved above the Iron Dragon, as if he had crossed the sea and saw a place farther away!
