Iron Dynasty

The sunset glow hangs in the sky like a beautiful neon dress.

In the red brilliance, Qingzhou City has a strange beauty. After enjoying a sumptuous dinner in the palace, Xiao Ming returned to the bedroom and fell asleep.

The next day at noon he got up lazily.

The days of struggle have to continue, but it is not as urgent as before. At least Xiao Ming's mood has relaxed a lot after there are no barbarians outside the city.

In the days that followed, he could finally build his own fief easily and comfortably. Of course, his current fief also included Youzhou.

After washing, except for the bedroom, Xiao Ming was informed that Pang Yukun was already waiting for him in the main hall.

Xiao Ming was a little unbelievable. If this Pang Changshi would wake him up outside the door before, this is really the sun coming out of the west.

Your Highness.

In the main hall, Pang Yukun had a faint smile on his face, and he bowed respectfully when he saw Xiao Ming.

Today, he deliberately did not disturb Xiao Ming's rest. The three months of war made Xiao Ming very tired from running around, and he really couldn't bear it.

He followed Xiao Ming step by step to today, witnessing Xiao Ming's transformation from a bohemian vassal king to being able to drive the barbarians out of the gate.

The changes in his mentality during this period have already convinced him to Xiao Mingcheng, and the tempering of these days has gradually made him less cynical than before.

What he wanted is now becoming a reality, and Xiao Ming is no longer a person who needs his supervision.

Pang Changshi happened to be here, and this king is going to find you. Xiao Ming sat down on the chair, and the maid brought a cup of tea.

His Royal Highness is talking about Youzhou, the lower official has heard about it. Pang Yukun said, he naturally knew clearly that the businessmen were making noise at the gate of Qi Wangfu.

Xiao Ming nodded, This time is the battle of Jizhou, and then the recovery of Qingzhou. During this period, many merchants provided a lot of materials for the Northern Expedition, and now it is time to repay them. In this way, the next war will be the king. Only then can we raise more silver taels, if people do not have faith, they will not stand up, and this king cannot break his promise.”

Pang Yukun didn't sleep peacefully for a few days because of the recapture of the sixteen states of Yanyun. He said, Your Highness, when your Highness went down to Shanhaiguan, I was already thinking about this matter. I cannot give the spoils of war to these merchants. Whether it's war horses, cattle and sheep, or bunnies, these things are useful to us, so the lower officials thought they were only given pastures and stipulated that they must raise horses on the pastures.

After a pause, Pang Yukun said: The barbarians swept the world with cavalry, which is where the Da Yu country is inferior, and after losing the sixteen states of Yanyun, the Da Yu country has no good horses to use. This is because there is no high-quality grassland. Therefore, Your Highness, you must take this opportunity to vigorously develop horse politics in Youzhou, the barbarians were only driven out of the customs, but the national strength of the barbarians is still strong and must not be taken lightly.

Xiao Ming nodded slowly, and Pang Yukun's words came to Xiao Ming's heart.

He said: You are right, the Silk Road is still under the control of the barbarians, and we are now just huddled within the Great Wall. Without enough cavalry, it is difficult to completely defeat the barbarians. If the barbarians are not eliminated in one day, this is the north. Big trouble.

That's the truth. Pang Yukun laughed, In addition to the grassland, His Royal Highness can also transfer some of the victims to Youzhou to plant potatoes, peanuts, corn, and peppers. The people of Qingzhou are reluctant to grow potatoes. Land, in order to get land, they will not refuse.

People refuse to grow potatoes?

Xiao Ming suddenly remembered that potatoes should also be planted.

Pang Yukun nodded, Xiaguan just wanted to tell His Highness about this. Originally, he was going to force the people to take part of their land to grow potatoes. Now, His Highness has collected more than half a million victims from Jizhou, and now there is a large area of ​​land in Youzhou. Isn't it right to distribute the land to the victims for them to plant? Otherwise, it would be okay to force the people to plant, but it will inevitably cause problems at that time. The gossip of the people.

Xiao Ming smiled helplessly.

In fact, when potatoes were first introduced to Europe, they were despised and even considered to be an ominous object. European farmers also refused to plant them. of crops.

It was only later that there was a great famine in France. At this time, a pharmacist who preferred potatoes took the opportunity to vigorously promote the high yield and delicious taste of potatoes in France, so hungry and crazy French talents began to rush to plant, saving a large number of hungry people.

Since then, potatoes have been valued by European powers, and they have forced domestic farmers to plant some potatoes.

Now Xiao Ming is obviously suffering from this kind of embarrassment, but he comes from later generations and naturally believes in the importance of potatoes to fiefs.

He said: In this case, select some of the disaster victims to go to Youzhou to reclaim land, and Youzhou City itself has 200,000 people, this number is enough, when the first season potatoes are cooked, this king will let the people second Years of scrambling to grow potatoes.”

Youzhou still has 200,000 victims? Pang Yukun was a little surprised.

Exactly, so this king wants you to go to Youzhou, build a government office in Youzhou, and distribute the land to the people by the way.

Now that Youzhou is in his pocket, he naturally wants to extend his rule there.

Yes, Your Highness, this is what the lower officials are best at. Pang Yukun laughed.

Now that Xiao Ming's fief has doubled, there is no reason to be happy as a courtier.

In this case, you are responsible for the disaster victims and Youzhou. This king will call these businessmen to the Chamber of Commerce tomorrow to discuss the pastoral affairs.

Then he said: By the way, the victims who have been escorted back this time are all chaotic troops. How have you dealt with them during this time?

Anyone who violates the law has already been executed, and all that are left are innocent people who are dragging their families and their families. Pang Yukun said sternly, this matter is very serious, and he must not mess around.

Hearing this, Xiao Ming said: The Qinglong King still doesn't know where to flee to, so these victims must be cleaned up, so as not to be disturbed by some of them who are loyal to the Qinglong King.

It's not that Xiao Ming is cold-blooded, after all, this matter involves the safety of the fief.

If someone with wicked intentions takes the opportunity to cause trouble at this time, it will be his people who will be killed and injured.

Pang Yukun nodded again.

The two talked about Youzhou and the disaster victims, and also talked about some fief government affairs, and Pang Yukun left with satisfaction.

And Xiao Ming was preparing to talk to the merchants about this Youzhou.

This time Youzhou has a large pasture. Not only did he want to give it to them, he also planned to sell some to them. He had a preliminary idea and planned to focus on building agriculture and animal husbandry in Youzhou.

He was thinking when Aster suddenly walked in and said, Your Highness, Bowen College sent someone, and they said they created a hydrogen balloon.