"Don't worry, Your Majesty, food has always been a top priority. In April this year, all parts of the country have already planted sweet potatoes in official fields in accordance with Your Majesty's instructions. Presumably, after this autumn harvest, , when the common people see the output of this thing with their own eyes, they will no longer hesitate!"
In this closed agricultural society, food has always been the top priority, and Feng Jing will certainly not forget this.
"What about the potatoes?"
Su Jian and Zou Yang, until now, were eagerly waiting for the title of Marquis of Guannai, but the imperial decree had not yet come down, which made them feel uneasy.
In the past few months, whenever I had nothing to do, I thought about writing a letter to Liu Deng, for fear that Liu Deng would forget their affairs.
"It's still the old rules. Potatoes are still being cultivated on a large scale in the Hutuo Valley. A few days ago, I heard from General Zou and others that they would be ready for harvest in about a month. If we want to promote it on a large scale, we probably have to wait until next year!"
After what happened last winter, the entire Daiguo officialdom has a clear understanding of sweet potatoes.
Now a complete set of procedures has been developed, from the initial picking to the final processing and storage, there are already a set of procedures.
This is a good thing for people all over the world to have a full stomach.
The famous dish of pork stewed vermicelli has now entered thousands of households.
A handful of vermicelli and a small strip of pork are enough to feed the whole family. Of course, this kind of food is very popular among the people.
The quartermasters of the army love vermicelli to the core.
As long as you pay a little attention when storing and keep it dry, it will not go bad after being stored for several months, and this thing will expand once soaked in water. Only a small handful is enough to feed a soldier for a whole day. .
This is the most important point. After all, reality is the most important thing in the military!
When the soldiers set out, they each carried about ten kilograms on their backs. If they saved some food, it would be enough for them to eat for a month. This greatly eased the difficulty of logistical transportation.
This year's sweet potatoes haven't been harvested yet, so the Lieutenant's Mansion has already informed them in advance and directly ordered 50,000 shi of vermicelli from the Neishi Mansion as a military ration reserve.
"Promotion is promotion, but the border troops must say hello well. Vermicelli can be freely circulated, but sweet potatoes cannot be circulated, especially in Yanmen and Yunzhong lines. If anyone dares to be taken out of the border at will, I will behead him on the spot. Leave no one behind!”
With the terrifying output of this thing, if the Huns were allowed to plant it on a large scale, it would be a real disaster for the Han Dynasty.
Insufficient food supply has always been one of the main reasons restricting the development of nomadic peoples.
Because humans are not animals after all, whether they are Huns or Han Dynasty people, they always need to eat some food.
If a person's body only eats meat and does not eat vegetarian food for a long time, it will not last long before it will fall ill.
The Huns also knew this very well.
It's just that they don't have the skills of farming people, so they can only rely on robbery to obtain enough food.
Therefore, Liu Deng must be very careful about the circulation of potatoes and sweet potatoes.
"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I have already ordered this! In addition, the secret traders have put forward another opinion..."
Feng Jing hesitated when he spoke.
"Oh? The Prime Minister says what he has to say, and we two don't have to hide anything!"
"This is a statement they wrote. Please read it yourself!"
After Feng Jing finished speaking, he took out another booklet from his sleeve with a strange look on his face.
Liu Deng took it with some doubts, and after just glancing at it, his eyes widened.
"hiss--"
Liu Deng suddenly thought, didn't he pay this attention to himself?
Now, by bringing this up, they want to take the blame for Liu Deng!
At that time, Liu Deng wanted to exterminate the Huns out of righteous indignation. However, thinking about it now, is this really the best way?
"How much of this salt has been produced?"
Liu Deng asked hesitantly.
"Now we have accumulated no less than 300,000 stones, and now we are just waiting for the king's order!"
Feng Jing's expression was a little strange, but Liu Deng also understood that Feng Jing was still a scholar after all, and he was naturally resistant to such insidious methods.
Adding lead powder to table salt...
This is true killing without a knife!
I'm afraid those Huns will never know until they die that the people who killed them are thousands of miles away...
According to the dosage proposed in their instructions, it does not take a year at all.
It only takes three to five months for a strong man to be unable to get out of bed due to lead poisoning.
This can indeed weaken the Huns quickly, and there will be almost no casualties.
But is this really what you want?
Dai's salt production industry has now monopolized nearly half of the domestic market.
Moreover, Liu Deng’s cost is so low that it is outrageously low.
Because of this reason, those private salt traders who originally relied on private salt transactions with the Huns were completely bankrupt.
After more than a year of development, these secret traders under Liu Deng have almost monopolized more than 60% of the salt supply in the Xiongnu territory.
It can be said that Liu Deng was the largest salt dealer in the trade with the Huns.
If we really follow the opinions put forward by these people, I am afraid that large-scale lead poisoning alone would be enough to reduce the number of the Huns' cavalry by more than half...
However, if you calm down and think about it, is this really the best solution?
After the Huns are completely exterminated, it may not take long for a new nomadic nation to be born on the grassland.
If we can't come up with a long-term solution to the problem, are we going to let future generations poison the grasslands again in a few decades?
"What do you think, Prime Minister?"
Liu Deng somewhat understood why Feng Jing's face looked so weird. This method was indeed a good one, but it was a bit too damaging to his moral integrity.
Although the Han and Hungarian clans are said to be feuding, if this method is really put into the battlefield, this is definitely not a good start.
"Does your Majesty want to hear the truth?"
Feng Jing hesitated for a moment, then looked seriously into Liu Deng's eyes and asked.
"certainly!"
"I think this method is too insidious and unethical. If we use this method, I'm afraid we will be criticized for the rest of our lives..."
As expected, it was similar to what Liu Deng thought, and Feng Jing would definitely hold objections.
"You don't have to worry about this matter, Prime Minister. Just pretend you've never seen this trick before!"
Liu Deng hesitated for a moment, but finally made up his mind.
After having children, his mentality has indeed changed a lot, and he is no longer so decisive when doing things.
At this moment, he was really shaken. Solving the Huns problem without any blood was the best solution.
However, when he thought about hundreds of millions of people dying because of his attention, he couldn't feel happy now.
"No! Then the old minister will resign first!"
After Feng Jing finished speaking, he saluted Liu Deng and slowly walked out of Liu Deng's study.
It was clear that a great opportunity was right in front of him, but he became confused...
