Chapter 30: The water flows down to the ground and flows to the southeast, northwest
After Lan Yu told He Xi about Feng Sheng's true intentions, He Xi did not stop the construction of the castle, but accelerated it. In less than a month, the rammed earth castle, which is one mile square, has been built.
And the army that retreated from the north also arrived here.
The army did not take the water route. The reason is simple, there are not that many ships. Hundreds of thousands of troops and millions of livestock. We had to go by water, and the ships He Xi temporarily used to transport food were simply not enough.
When marching along the river, there will be problems of one kind or another, but there are also some conveniences. That is convenient for drinking water.
Don't underestimate this.
Take any small problem and multiply it by a million. It's all a big problem. When marching, especially when marching in large groups, no small problem can be ignored. It is impossible for hundreds of thousands of troops to go together, because it is difficult to ensure that millions of troops can pass through the roads all over the world. They have to be divided into several groups, front and rear, left and right, or even separate lanes in parallel. Wait, it would be great if each team had 10,000 people.
Plus there are so many prisoners. People's hearts are unstable.
After all, the Mongolians all live on the grasslands, and not all of them may be willing to forcefully migrate now.
In short, there are so many problems. The army cannot march fast. It can travel thirty miles a day, which is quite good.
I walked like this for nearly ten days.
He Xi saw King Yan first before he saw Feng Sheng.
Poor King Yan, this time it was just soy sauce. Although it is said that King Yan strives to be the first in everything. I have always wanted to win a fight. But unfortunately, this time the battle went too smoothly. There were not many battles going smoothly, with more monks and less meat. All the generals, uncles and uncles of the King of Yan, are fighting for it. How could King Yan defeat him? Secondly, as long as Feng Sheng thought about how Zhu Yuanzhang would deal with him if King Yan died on the front line, he would not have the idea of sending King Yan to the front line.
What can King Yan do? I can only be a spectator.
His time has not yet come.
He Xi was in a hurry in the army and did not have a detailed talk with King Yan at all.
King Yan met He Xi and exchanged a few words. He asked Zuo Zuo to take out a baggage, open it in front of He Xi, and said, "This is what I, Naha, found when I left the camp. It is also my biggest discovery this time."
He Xi opened it and saw that he had piled soil, which seemed to have been dug neatly from the ground. There is also some vegetation on it. He Xi looked at it carefully and said, "Is this wheat?"
King Yan said, "There are not only wheat, but also sorghum and soybeans. This was planted by a civil servant of the Yuan Dynasty in the Naha camp. And it has been planted for more than one season. Brother He, what you are talking about is beyond the Great Wall. Is this here? Although it is a bitterly cold land, almost half of the year is winter. But the land is fertile. You can squeeze out a handful of oil, and even if you can plant it for one season, the place is huge."
Han people, even those who took refuge with the Tatars. You can't change your own characteristics. I always want to plant something in a new place. In other words, there are very few supplies of various materials on the grassland. For civil servants who are powerless, even less is given.
It is only natural for some people to be self-reliant.
I don’t know if King Yan was influenced by He Xi. King Yan still has better vision than others.
What is the most precious thing to a country? money? But clouds. People are very important. But for Daming, it is not the most important thing. After all, the population in the north of the Ming Dynasty is sparse, but overall there are more than 60 million people.
Land, in He Xi's opinion, is land. This represents room for development.
And it can't be some barren land, the Gobi Desert. It is land that can be cultivated and productive.
It was when King Yan realized this that he felt that this was the greatest discovery.
How big are the two sides of the Songhua River? King Yan trudged here and measured it once with his footsteps and horse hooves, but it was still difficult to give an accurate description. However, it should be big, at least as large as the Central Plains province. And this province is all plains. There are rivers. Most areas can be farmed.
Even among the thirteen provinces of Ming Dynasty, no province has such a unique environment.
So King Yan suddenly paid attention to this place. He knew that he might only be able to cultivate a little by himself. But if Yan State can be located here, it will be the cause of eternal kingship.
But in He Xi's heart, the Northeast Plain is an inalienable part of China. Even if Xinjiang is allowed to become the land of a vassal state, Northeast China cannot be allowed to become the land of a vassal state. After all, Xinjiang is far away from the Central Plains. Not to mention that Gansu and Shaanxi are exhausted, which is not enough to support the expedition, and Gansu and Shaanxi cannot support it. Then the Ming Dynasty would be unable to reach out to the Western Regions. After all, at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Feng Sheng visited the northwest. Because of unexpected changes, all the people in the northwest were evacuated to Guanzhong.
There are only about 1.2 million people in total.
There are only 1.2 million people in the vast northwest. What kind of concept is this? It is simply much worse than Liaodong.
Therefore, Xinjiang and the Central Plains are physically separated. But Northeast China is too close to North China. With the rise of vassal states in Xinjiang, they can expand westward. But for the rising vassal states in the northeast, their only route is to go south to enter the pass, or to wipe out North Korea.
This is like a conflict with Ming Dynasty.
He Xi didn't want to bring trouble to future generations.
However, King Yan is so positive. He Xi is also not easy to attack. Said: "There is no telling how much fertile land there is in the world, such as the Northeast. But there are no people to cultivate it. The roads are clear and blue, so as to open up the mountains and forests, establish sects, and benefit future generations. This is what a man should do."
King Yan's eyes lit up.
This is too bad for King Yan’s temper.
In fact, King Yan had no idea about the throne in his heart. It's just that the prince's strength is too strong. was suppressed. But deep down he was unwilling to be inferior to others. Since he cannot be an emperor, it would be quite good to be the master of a place and a country like the descendants of Genghis Khan.
It's just that King Yan ignored it, and He Xi bypassed the fact that King Yan wanted to seal the Northeast.
In fact, for King Yan, he had already decided to seal the vassal abroad. Whether it is in the Northeast or not is not too important.
King Yan said, "That's right. Who do you think this is?"
King Yan pulled Lian Zining over. When He Xi saw Lian Zining, he was stunned for a long time and said, "Zi Ning, why have you become like this?"
Lian Zining knelt on the ground and said, "This disciple is ashamed of his teacher."
He Xi said: "Get up quickly, get up quickly."
When King Yan saw this, he knew that the master and the disciple had something to say. So he left wisely. Lian Zining and He Xi had a deep conversation. Talked about it all night. Both sides rested their feet and fell asleep.
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Many people think that two people sleep together while talking, which some people cannot understand.
But after adapting to the pace of life of this era, I slowly understood it. Especially if you are in the Northeast, it will be more understandable. Because it’s too cold in the Northeast, even though it’s already spring. But Northeastern people spend a lot of their activities on the kang. As I talked, it became easier from the beginning.
How easy? Lying down of course.
Then pull up a quilt, isn't that what is called sleeping with your feet up?
Lian Zining has used his experience in the past few years to develop Qingchu. He also told He Xi everything about the discovery of highland barley and so on.
He Xi said; "I think the problem with Qingcui is a microbial problem."
Lian Zining said: "What are microorganisms?"
He Xi said: "Buddha said that there are 48,000 insects in the water. In recent years, the Taiyuan Hospital has had microscopes. If you can see these things, the Taiyuan Hospital is ready to call them viruses. I wrote with Ambassador Dai Xin, I think the word virus is inappropriate. These things are not completely capable of causing disease, so how can we call them viruses. It is better to think of microorganisms."
"The reason why you are confused may be due to this aspect. Therefore, you should not feel that you have not done well, so you are sorry for this or that. Just hide and don't reply. But you don't know that scientific research requires communication. . Many things can lead to parallels. I will write to Nanjing and try to find a way to get you a microscope. "
Although He Xi was not in the capital, he knew that Dai Shenyi became famous all over the world after the cowpox incident. Now, not only has he been given the virtual title of First Grade, but all the officials have been very polite to him when they see him. Dai Yuanli had such conditions, and it was easier to talk about some things.
