Hearing Li Xiuning's words, Ning Fan was stunned. It turned out that a villain who had been doing evil for a long time would really become a good person after doing a good deed!
My predecessor had been causing trouble in Beijing for many years and was already notorious. I didn't expect that just by killing a group of corrupt officials, I would become famous among the people and even become a great hero in the eyes of the people. I was really flattered!
"I accept this praise with reluctance, but offering me up as an offering to burn incense is a bit too much!"
Ning Fan also had a wry smile on his face, and Li Xiuning on the side said playfully: "I heard that even the girls from several brothels in Beijing are full of praise for His Highness. There are also rumors that as long as you go, the brothel will You can choose any of the girls here, and there’s no charge!”
"Ahem!!"
"Princess, I can't believe the rumors in the market!"
"I have always kept myself clean, and I have never been to such a romantic place!"
"It's just a few words that common people talk about before tea and after dinner. I can't believe it!"
"Yeah?"
Seeing the teasing look in Li Xiuning's beautiful eyes, Ning Fan quickly changed the subject: "Princess, how is the training of the army officers and soldiers?"
"Now that you are the boss, I will personally take over the Qilin Camp. I will never lose in the big competition in three months!"
"With the princess taking charge personally, there will be no problem. How is the training effect?"
"Your Highness, I am here to discuss something with you!"
"Um?"
"In the past two days, the training volume of the soldiers has increased day by day, and their morale has been unprecedentedly high. However, the lieutenant generals in the army have two meals a day, and the food is very light, and their physical strength cannot keep up!"
Li Xiuning had a look of embarrassment on his face and said softly: "It's fine if it lasts only three or two days, but if it lasts for a long time, I'm afraid it will break down the soldiers' bodies!"
Ning Fan frowned slightly when he heard this. He also realized the seriousness of this problem, and it was also a problem that had to be faced squarely. In this era, it was not like Ning Fan's previous life, where everyone had three meals a day and warm tea. Full!
In this era of strict class structure, only the royal family can have four meals a day, officials can have three meals a day, ordinary people and military officers can only have two meals a day, and even some poor people can't even eat a hot meal all day long. miss a meal!
"I'll figure this out!"
"The training plan cannot be disrupted. Not only must the soldiers be well fed, but they must also be well fed!"
"Your Highness, why don't we go into the palace to meet the Holy Spirit together?"
"No, there is no need to trouble Father with this little thing!"
Ning Fan pondered for a moment, then looked at Lin Yong who was standing aside, and said, "Uncle Lin, take the thousand taels of gold that your father just rewarded and buy some young pigs!"
"Porpoise?"
Lin Yong had a look of confusion on his face: "Second Master, why do you want to buy those pickled things? We have cattle, sheep, chickens and ducks in our house..."
"Follow the king's instructions!"
"yes!"
Seeing the firm look on his second master's face, Lin Yong stopped retorting and asked softly: "Second master, will you buy all the thousand taels of gold into dolphins?"
"That's right, they all need young dolphins, preferably breeder dolphins!"
"As you command!"
Lin Yong strode away. Li Xiuning, who was standing beside him, had a puzzled look on his face. He only heard Ning Fan whisper: "Princess, from now on, one hundred thousand soldiers will train in the morning and clear the wasteland and plant in the afternoon!"
"Reclamation?"
There was a look of surprise on Li Xiuning's face, and she asked in confusion: "Why do you want to reclaim wasteland?"
"Self-reliance!" Ning Fan chuckled and said, "Nowadays, all our soldiers, Dayu, eat two meals a day, even the frontier troops!"
"If we rashly ask my father to give extra meals to the soldiers in Gyeonggi Province, what will our colleagues in the border army think when they find out?"
"And if you want all the soldiers of Dayu to have three meals a day, I'm afraid we can't do it with our current national strength!"
"So, if you want to maintain training and keep the soldiers full, you have to do it yourself!"
Ning Fan spoke leisurely, and Li Xiuning nodded in agreement. What His Highness said makes sense!
Those soldiers fighting at the border still have two meals a day. If the soldiers trained in Gyeonggi Province change to three meals a day, I am afraid the soldiers in the border army will not be willing!
Why are we working so hard outside and you guys have never even been on the battlefield and you still have better food than us?
As the saying goes, don’t worry about scarcity but inequality!
"But Your Highness, if our soldiers cultivate the land on their own, when will they be able to eat the food they grow?"
"So, I plan to borrow food from the imperial court in the name of the Western Camp!"
"Borrow food?"
"Um!"
Ning Fan nodded with a smile and said softly: "I am a hundred thousand people in the capital. Even if I cultivate ten thousand acres of fields every day, even if I don't grow it myself, I can still fill my stomach by selling it!"
"Of course my father will not refuse!"
"In this way, our soldiers will make extra meals for themselves. Even if the border troops know about it, they will have nothing to say!"
After hearing Ning Fan's words, Li Xiuning's face was filled with recognition, and then she asked doubtfully: "But why did His Highness ask Butler Lin to buy a baby dolphin?"
"Baby dolphins have a sour smell and a strong fishy odor, so they are cheap and only poor people eat them!"
"I have a method that can get rid of the fishy smell of dolphin and make the meat extremely delicious, even more delicious than beef and sheep!"
"So, I'm going to order someone to build a pig farm!"
Ning Fan's face was full of smiles. People in this era didn't know that castrated pigs had no appetite, and the dignitaries regarded pigs as humble and dirty things. They have been despised by scholars since ancient times!
Most people can't stand that kind of food, so cattle and sheep are the mainstream of this era!
But cattle are important farming tools. Dayu decreed that cattle were not allowed to be killed without permission. This also led to the price of meat being too high. Ordinary people may not be able to eat more than a few bites a year!
Therefore, Ning Fan is planning to open a pig market to bring down the price of meat in Dayu, so that the people can eat meat several times a year!
【Boom! Release system task: Build a pig farm]
[Task time limit: seven days]
[Task requirements: The size of the pig farm reaches 1,000 pigs]
[Task rewards: Potatoes*1000, Sweet potatoes*1000, drawings of the farming artifact Quyuan Plow! 】
"hiss!"
Ning Fan couldn't help but trembled when he heard the system prompt in his mind. Potato and sweet potato finally came out. This is an artifact of the times!
It is no exaggeration to say that the value of any of these two items is far greater than that of ten peerless civil servants and generals!
Seeing Ning Fan's face suddenly become extremely excited, Li Xiuning's face was full of confusion: "Your Highness, why is such a surprise?"
"Hahaha!"
Ning Fan had an unconcealable smile on his face and said softly: "It's nothing, I just thought of something funny!"
"Princess Princess, return to the army immediately and send someone to survey the wasteland near the West Camp!"
"I'm going to meet my father and ask the Ministry of Industry to prepare a batch of farm tools!"
"Starting tomorrow, the entire army will reclaim wasteland..."
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