Liu Zheng certainly wouldn't expect to make a fortune from serving hot and sour noodles.
However, the harvest of sweet potatoes still made the land of Yinzhou jump for joy and rush to tell each other. Those who had doubted Liu Zheng before were all dumbfounded. Two seasons a year, six thousand catties per acre per season? And you can eat this sweet potato any way, it tastes sweet and feels full. It is indeed much stronger than that of rice.
then.
The entire Yinzhou, Yangzhou, and Kezhou have all started a craze to plant sweet potatoes.
Liang Erfu has been very busy these days. Fortunately, under Liu Zheng's instructions, he started preparations for the cultivation of sweet potato seedlings years ago. This way there won’t be insufficient rice seedlings to sell.
The cultivation of sweet potatoes began to spread on a large scale. A few days later, Yintan City's slag cement was finally successfully produced. This also means that in the future, the quality of buildings in Yinzhou, Yangzhou, and Kezhou will change from wooden to concrete. The same is true for city walls, construction fortifications, and defenses. This will still be the case! From now on, Liu Zheng's Yinzhou territory will be built into a steel castle by him! At least in the face of today's cold weapon sieges, they can resist for a long time.
And as time goes by, Liu Zheng has begun to consider truly entering the desert...
Concrete post houses and camel teams will greatly reduce losses in the desert.
Of course, the most critical thing is that it is still about planting trees and water.
This gave Liu Zheng a headache.
After all, Yinzhou, or Liangzhou as a whole, is a place with little rain. At this time, there is no technological level to achieve the South-to-North Water Diversion. Under such helpless objective conditions, we can only slowly find a solution.
Liu Zheng is very busy.
The Silk Road was the biggest thing in his opinion, so he did everything himself, from purchasing saplings, designing the journey, planning planting and inns. On the way back and forth from Loulan, Liu Zheng had already drawn a map. Based on the memory of his previous life, he could probably assess where he needed to go around and where he needed to improve the roads... After all, Lop Nur was a real devil's land. Just go around and try your best to stop the loss...
…
Liangzhou Prefecture.
Chen Ping sat in his study, looking at the small bag of salt in front of him with a dark face.
"How is this going?"
"Who can tell me where this refined salt comes from?"
Then he started roaring.
A group of counselors and staff from Liangzhou Prefecture looked at each other in silence.
"Sir, this refined salt seems to have appeared suddenly..."
"Yes, we have been investigating for a long time, but we still can't find out where this refined salt comes from?"
Chen Ping said angrily: "Trash, are they all just a bunch of losers?"
“Check who is selling and where the goods are purchased from!”
"Find the source!"
Bang.
He slapped the desk hard and warned: "Salt transportation is a matter of national importance. Now this kind of refined salt suddenly appears in Liangzhou, and you actually tell me that I don't know what I feed you!"
A counselor said with a grimace: "Sir, source, source..."
"What's the source?"
Several people took a deep breath: "Sir, the source of this refined salt seems to be in Pingzhou, we dare not check it!"
"King Lu?"
Chen Ping was stunned for a moment, a sinister look flashed in his eyes, and he gritted his teeth: "White Cliff Army!"
A group of people bowed their heads in silence.
As long as they are from Liangzhou, who doesn't know the relationship between Baiya Army and King Lu? The biggest reason why a strange bandit group like the Baiya Army appeared in Liangzhou was because of the support of King Lu of Pingzhou! King Lu seemed to be pretending to be crazy and acting like a fool, but in fact the city was very deep, and the key sage also had a certain tolerance for him. What's more important is... Even though King Lu has been pretending to be crazy and acting stupid these years, he never expresses his attitude towards the princes.
But everyone knows that the current queen Zheng Fu is relatively close to King Lu.
In this case, King Lu naturally did not want the prince to successfully succeed to the throne. Therefore, he, the Queen, and the Baiya Army were all on the same side. In addition, King Lu was a serious vassal king, so he naturally looked down upon Chen Ping of Liangzhou.
Thinking of the White Cliff Army, Chen Ping thought of the Liu family and his son in Yinzhou. He immediately became angry and shouted: "How can it be unreasonable? This White Cliff Army is so bold that he dares to get involved in the salt transportation! If this continues, Liangzhou will still be Liangzhou, just give it to Baiya Army and Yinzhou!"
Everyone was so frightened that they fell to their knees one by one.
is not that right?
With the Baiya Army in the north and the Liu family and his sons in the south, Chen Ping, the governor, seemed to have less and less presence. Moreover, seeing the Baiya Army and Yinzhou growing stronger bit by bit, how could Chen Ping not be anxious? At this moment, he had the advantage of being the capital of Liangzhou and nothing else.
"Find a way! Find a way for me!"
Chen Ping shouted angrily.
A think tank said from the side: "Sir, I have a plan!"
When Chen Ping saw that it was his chief military advisor Liu Chang, his expression softened a little and he said calmly: "Liu Changshi, just tell me."
Liu Chang is a skinny person, but he often has clever ideas, and others also listen attentively. A murderous intention flashed in Liu Chang's eyes: "Sir, although this plan is poisonous, if it succeeds, it will definitely rewrite the situation in Liangzhou and even affect the situation of the Longyan Dynasty!"
Chen Ping was shocked: "Speak quickly!"
Liu Chang smiled sinisterly: "Sir, why did the Xiongnu invade Liangzhou several times?"
"Lack of food!"
Chen Ping said without even thinking about it.
Liu Chang shook his head slowly: "We are short of food, but we are even more short of salt!"
Chen Ping was shocked and his eyes flashed: "What Liu Changshi means is..."
Liu Chang chuckled and said: "Sir, every year, countless people in the Xiongnu die due to lack of salt. I can collect some of this refined salt and send it to the royal court of the Xiongnu, hinting to him that this refined salt comes from the Baiya Army. I am not from Liangzhou." It would interfere too much, adults think..."
Chen Ping's expression changed drastically.
Others were also pale with fear.
In this case, doesn't it mean that Chen Ping wants to lure the wolf into the house? Let the Huns, who just signed the armistice agreement, invade Liangzhou again? Will there even be another dispute with the Long Yan Dynasty? What is the difference between this kind of behavior and betrayal of the country?
One person immediately said: "Sir, you absolutely must not!"
"We can never be such eternal sinners!"
"The Baiya Army is still from Longyan, but the Huns..."
"Bringing a wolf into the house is a sinner of the country!"
Liu Chang snorted coldly: "My lords, the Baiya Army is just a bandit army at best. How is it any different from the Xiongnu? Besides, we are only using the Xiongnu to fight against the Baiya Army, but I, Liangzhou, can sit on the sidelines and wait until When both sides are exhausted, it’s time for Liangzhou to come out and reap the fruits of victory!”
Everyone was shocked and speechless.
Chen Ping's face turned dark for a while, then green for a while, and he looked very confused.
Liu Chang's plan is quite vicious. It is equivalent to secretly letting the Xiongnu wolves into his own yard. Even if the Xiongnu can completely eat the Baiya Army, can Liangzhou still drive them out? If not, then Chen Ping will really be a criminal of the country.
Liu Chang encouraged: "Sir, you must not be kind to women at this time! If Liangzhou continues like this, the country will not be able to generalize the country, and the state will not be able to generalize the state! Do you still have a foothold, sir?"
"good!"
Chen Ping nodded heavily and looked around coldly: "Whoever dares to reveal this matter will be killed without mercy!"
"yes!"
"Liu Chang takes my order and sets off immediately to secretly open nine levels, but we must control the situation!"
"It's my lord!"
…
Du Biao has been a little cautious recently.
Every time he was transporting salt, his right eyelid would twitch.
Is it because I have made too much money recently? This refined salt business is really just about taking away the refined salt and bringing back nothing but money. It’s so exciting.
Of course, the White Cliff Army did not lose their minds in the face of huge interests.
They are still relying on King Lu of Pingzhou. Every time the refined salt is brought back from Yinzhou, it will be brought to Pingzhou immediately, and then redistributed, or even exported to domestic sales, and returned to Liangzhou. The White Cliff Army's cautious actions allowed them to survive for so long.
With the protection of King Lu, who dares to come and investigate?
After so long, there has been no movement in the capital, only Chen Ping? hehe……
Today, another batch of refined salt.
"Quick, quick, here, what are you looking at!"
As soon as he arrived in Pingzhou, Du Biao saw and heard the singing and dancing of Prince Nalu's Mansion in broad daylight. He couldn't help but think in his mind, it turns out that pretending to be crazy and acting stupid is the only way to be a stable prince. Half of the profits from this refined salt all went into King Lu's pocket. Who wouldn't envy him?
"Move quickly!"
"Move gently and don't disturb the prince!"
Soon, all the dozen or so carts of refined salt were moved down.
Du Biao turned around and left.
Prince Lu's Mansion will naturally settle accounts with Baiya Army.
This group of grooms continued to return to Yinzhou to collect salt, and Du Biao stood up in the city. As the third leader of the White Cliff Army, he naturally would not personally escort, but he would be present at every handover. An hour later, another team of refined salt would arrive, and he had to pick it up five miles away from the city gate, because without him, the third leader, the guards would not let these people in easily.
He, Du Biao, this face is his passport.
He was sitting at a roadside tavern.
However, this wait only lasts for an hour.
He's drunk three bowls of Yinzhou, and he's not here yet?
But he was usually late, so he waited for a while.
However, it didn't come again.
Something's wrong!
His expression changed, he stood up quickly, threw down a few pieces of broken silver, mounted his horse and started running wildly.
Heading towards Liangzhou.
Following this path, he never found any trace of that team.
I felt increasingly nervous.
After continuing to run for a full hour, he finally saw people lying on their backs and rivers of blood on the roadside ahead!
His eyes were splitting, "What's going on? What's going on!"
This is the salt transport team of the Baiya Army!
However, the refined salt on the carriage was gone, everyone died, and the horses were robbed!
"Who did this, who did this!"
Du Biao roared and asked.
This is already in Liangzhou, who dares to harm the Baiya Army?
"The third master of the family, the third master of the family..."
Suddenly, Du Biao found a brother who was not dead, and hurriedly ran to pick him up: "Tell me, who did it? The third boss will avenge you!"
The man had only one breath left.
"The Xiongnu, the Xiongnu..."
"What?"
