Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

"My lord?"

"What kind of food is this?" Liu Bowen keenly felt that Li Chen did not invite them to dinner for no reason, and calling them here must be something important, and most of this matter is related to what they ate.

Li Chen pointed to the remaining food residues and said, "This is called potatoes, and this is called sweet potatoes. Military advisers, what do you think of the taste of these two things?"

Chen Deng said after a moment of recollection: "The taste of these potatoes and sweet potatoes is very good, and I feel that these two things seem to be very hungry."

"good."

"Brother Chen is right." Chen Qingzhi and Yu Qian agreed.

What Chen Deng said is naturally correct. Both potatoes and sweet potatoes contain a lot of starch, so they are naturally very hungry.

Chapter 122

Li Chen glanced at the four of them with piercing eyes and a serious tone: "Every word I say next is related to the future of the people in Xuzhou, and even the future of the entire Han. Everyone, everything that follows must not be revealed Say a word."

"The potatoes and sweet potatoes can be planted twice a year, and the output of each season is more than [-] catties. Now, I have [-] catties of grain seeds each in my hand."

"I intend to distribute the grain seeds, but I am afraid."

For the four of them, Li Chen expressed his worries.By distributing the grain seeds, Xuzhou's grain production will naturally increase significantly.In a short time, the people of Xuzhou will not worry about food.

However, if the grain seeds are distributed to the people for planting.Then there is no doubt that this matter must not be kept secret.Maybe after this season, potatoes and sweet potatoes will be scattered throughout Dahan.

You know, now Li Chen only has one state in Xuzhou.Whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shao's territory is much larger than him.Once potatoes and sweet potatoes became popular, they became the most beneficial to the two.

Whoever solves the food problem will definitely take the lead in the future struggle for world hegemony.If you want to compete for world hegemony, among the two most important factors, one is food and the other is the source of soldiers.

The issue of the source of soldiers, in the final analysis, also lies in food.There are no entertainment activities in this era. Once people have enough to eat, that event becomes the only entertainment activity.In this way, as the population increases, the source of soldiers will naturally also increase.

Therefore, to say a thousand words and ten thousand, food is very important.As long as Li Chen still has the intention of fighting for world hegemony, he must hold the sweet potatoes and potatoes tightly in his hands.

It took a long time after Li Chen finished speaking, the four of them were in shock.

The yield per mu is three thousand catties, which is simply a fantasy for the four of them.At this time, the four felt that their IQs were severely crushed.

If it wasn't for Li Chen being their lord, they would definitely think that Li Chen was playing tricks on them.

"Everyone, let's make up an idea, should we grow this new type of grain or not?" Seeing that the four of them were silent, Li Chen hurriedly asked again.

"Sow, of course you have to plant."

"My lord got such a divine thing, if I don't grow it, it will be a retribution." Chen Deng came back to his senses and said hastily.

Chen Deng is the chief steward of Xuzhou, and Chen Deng has always been in charge of food and grass.If potatoes and sweet potatoes are planted in Xuzhou for one or two seasons, what kind of food will Xuzhou worry about in the future.

"My lord, don't worry."

"Let's discuss countermeasures first." Liu Bowen also said.

As soon as Liu Bowen finished speaking, he saw the four of them whispering to each other.As the saying goes, the three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang.Not to mention that the four people who are doing it are all monsters of different eras, and each of them has an IQ that is off the charts.

The four of them were discussing in whispers, and the topics around them were basically how to keep the secrecy while popularizing new types of grain in large quantities.The main point of the four people's discussion is exactly how to do this confidentiality work.

As the saying goes, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and to grow potatoes in large quantities, sweet potatoes must require a large number of people, and how to keep them secret is even more difficult.

This was not a simple matter. The four of them each expressed their views, and one after another the proposals were put forward and then rejected.The four of them discussed from noon until the evening, and finally came up with a fairly complete plan.

Looking at the plan put forward by the four people in his hands, Li Chen couldn't help but feel a little familiar.That's right, this plan is actually a bit similar to the rural work point system in that special era in the previous life.

The farming system in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period was basically divided into two types, one was military settlements and the other was civilian settlements.The Mintun is naturally the common people farming, and the military village is for the soldiers to farm when there is no war.

The military station system was not implemented in Xuzhou, and Li Chen followed the elite soldier system.That is to say, soldiers have to train every day even when there is no war. Naturally, they don't have the time and energy to participate in such things as farming.

If you don't follow the military route, then you can only let the common people grow potatoes and sweet potatoes.But the loyalty of the people is a big problem, and it is difficult not to leak the secrets.

It was also under this system that the four of Liu Bowen brainstormed and came up with a Zhuangtian system.What is the Zhuangtian system is to group all the fields of the entire village together.Then sweet potatoes and potatoes are planted uniformly. Not to mention that all fields planted with sweet potatoes and potatoes are exempted from taxes, and the government guarantees three hundred catties of grain per mu of good land.Even in a disaster year, if the output is less than [-] catties, the government will make up for it.

In this way, not only is the tax exempted, but the people can guarantee three hundred catties of grain per mu of land.We must know that the yield of the best fields in this era is less than [-] catties per mu.

In order to ensure that sweet potatoes and potatoes are not leaked out, each village that grows potatoes and sweet potatoes will be divided into planting areas and residential areas.The growing areas are enclosed and guarded by soldiers at all times.All people are searched every day when entering and leaving the planting area to ensure that no grain is taken out of the planting area.

The four of them thought very well, even how to distribute the food to the people when it was ripe.After the potatoes and sweet potatoes are ripe, they can be made into potato flour and sweet potato flour and distributed to the common people, so that they will not be afraid of them selling potatoes and sweet potatoes as grain seeds.

Li Chen carefully looked at the entire Zhuangtian system plan. Although the whole plan is not perfect, its general context is already clear, and it is indeed a good plan.If it is implemented according to this, not to mention foolproof, it is also sure.

"That's right, it's indeed a good idea." Li Chen nodded, and Liu Bowen and the others said.

Seeing that Li Chen agreed, Liu Bowen said: "Since the commander-in-chief agrees, the four of us are discussing the details. This matter is of great importance, and it must be done properly."

After pondering for a moment, Li Chen said: "The output of potatoes and sweet potatoes is more than [-] catties. Even if they are dried to make potato flour and sweet potato powder, the yield of [-] catties is more than enough. One mu of land only gives three hundred catties to the common people, right?" Some of them are less, so I think it’s better to give five hundred catties per mu to the people who participate in farming.”

Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Chen finished speaking, Chen Deng hurriedly stood up and said: "My lord, absolutely not. If the rice is favored and the rice is hated, the people will give more than their mu's yield. The people will be grateful to the lord, and Will work very hard.”

"However, if you give too much, I'm afraid these people will have a bad idea."

After Chen Deng finished speaking, Liu Bowen and the other three also nodded in agreement frequently.

Hearing people's persuasion, having enough food, and seeing that several confidantes objected to giving more, Li Chen dismissed the idea.I even wondered if the three hundred catties was a bit too much.

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Chapter 123 Going to Luoyang

The Xuzhou war is over, and the farm has been secretly prepared to plant potatoes and sweet potatoes in large quantities.At the same time, Xuzhou began to accept a large number of refugees from all over Xuzhou.

However, Li Chen intercepted a large amount of food and supplies from Yuan Shao, the captain of his transportation team. At this time, it can be said that there is no shortage of money and food.And Li Chen doesn't need to hold back, it only takes more than 100 days for his first batch of sweet potatoes to be harvested, and he doesn't need to worry about food and grass at all.

In a blink of an eye, half a year has passed.Xuzhou is developing at a speed visible to the naked eye. The military, agriculture, and commerce are developing in an all-round way. Xuzhou has become the wealthiest state in the entire Han Dynasty.

Xuzhou City, Yunlong Palace.

"Report to my lord, the first batch of potatoes and sweet potatoes have been harvested, and now there is plenty of food in the warehouse. If calculated according to the current population and military strength of Xuzhou, it will be enough for three years." Chen Deng is reporting, and he is in charge. It is the matter of farming in Xuzhou.

"Master, in the past six months, Xuzhou has collected a total of 30 victims, and now the victims have been resettled in various counties. It is almost the end of the year, and the number of victims accepted these days is much less." Yu Qian also reported his work, He is responsible for the absorption and resettlement of disaster victims.

Even in this era when it is difficult to eat, Han people attach great importance to the concept of home and year.A few days ago, victims from all over the country rushed to Xuzhou in groups. These days may be due to the close of the new year, and fewer and fewer victims came to Xuzhou.

After listening to everyone's report on his work, Li Chen said: "The work of absorbing the victims needs to be accelerated. We want to make Xuzhou the most populous state in the entire Han Dynasty. Now we have no shortage of food, and we have a population. It’s like having a source of troops.”

"The next big battle may not be far away."

These days, the situation in Luoyang has become more and more severe.A few years ago, Dong Zhuo held Han Xiandi Liu Xie hostage to Chang'an, Wang Yun and Lu Bu planned to kill Dong Zhuo.Then Li Que and Guo Si killed Wang Yun to avenge Dong Zhuo, and brought Han Xiandi Liu Xie back to Luoyang.

Just a few months ago, Li Que killed Fan Chou, a general in the Xiliang Army, which made Guo Bang feel a sense of crisis.At this time, the honeymoon period between Li Que and Guo Si was almost over, and the civil strife in the Xiliang Army was about to begin.

At this time, the biggest node in the entire transition from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period came.The ministers in Luoyang, taking advantage of the civil strife in the Xiliang army, sneaked out of Luoyang with Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and escaped from the control of the Xiliang army.

There is no doubt that many warlords robbed Liu Xie, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and then Cao Cao took the emperor to command the princes and moved the capital to Xuchang, thus occupying the initiative throughout the Three Kingdoms period.

194 AD is coming to an end, and after the end of the year is 195 AD.According to the history of previous lives, the time when Cao Cao coerced the emperor to order the princes should be 196 AD.

But Li Chen always felt that it seemed that the wind blown by his butterfly wings had blown the entire historical trajectory a little off.Judging from the current situation, Li Que and Guo Si's honeymoon period will definitely not last for a year.

Whether he can get the things in the dry well in Luoyang is related to whether Li Chen can take the initiative and be righteous in the warlord melee in the future.Therefore, he had to make plans early, and because of this, Li Chen was going to sneak to Luoyang secretly.

"Yuanlong, I'm going to Luoyang this time. It can take a few months at the earliest, and half a year at the slowest. I will leave the affairs of Xuzhou to you." Li Chen told Chen Deng.

"My lord, don't worry, Chen Deng will go all out." Chen Deng cupped his hands and said.

"Qingzhi, as soon as my military order arrives, you will immediately lead the army to Hulao Pass without delay." Li Chen hastily urged Chen Qingzhi again.

"No." Chen Qingzhi clasped his hands and said.

Outside Luoyang, there is Xiongguan Hulao Pass.This is a place where one man guards the gate and ten thousand men cannot open it.Back then, even when the [-]th princes were begging for Dong, they didn't knock on the door of Hulao Pass.

If Dong Zhuo hadn't panicked in the end, burned Luoyang, and moved the capital to Chang'an, I am afraid that even the loose sand of the Eighteenth Route princes would not be able to attack Hulao Pass at all.

When the Eighteenth Route princes were begging for Dong, the reason why they were able to form a group was because everyone was still very weak.A school of small fish can huddle together against a big fish, but the big fish and small fish together will eat the small fish.

Therefore, it is impossible to replicate the situation of the Eighteenth Route princes seeking Dong.Therefore, Li Chen only asked Chen Qingzhi to rush to the vicinity of Hulao Pass to listen to the order as soon as he received his military order, not the reason for attacking Hulao Pass.

Once there was civil strife in the Xiliang army, those ministers would flee with Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and there was no need to do such thankless things as storming Hulao Pass.The reason why Li Chen sneaked into Luoyang was not for Liu Xie, but for that thing in the dry well.

Li Chen is not good at dealing with political affairs, so he simply became the hands-off shopkeeper.Xuzhou's political affairs are handled by Chen Deng and Yu Qian, and the military affairs are handled by Chen Qingzhi. Xuzhou is like an iron bucket.

Li Chen's sneaking into Luoyang this time is also a super luxurious team.Liu Bowen was by his side to advise, and Wu Youyu was always a personal bodyguard.Professionals have the intelligence expert Luo Yangxing, and then bring the mascot Cheng Yaojin.

With such a team around, it's not going to work.

AD 194, December.Not many days before the end of the year, Li Chen brought his team of heavenly kings and came to Luoyang disguised as a merchant.

The northwest wind howled, and the sky was scattered with heavy snow like goose feathers.Heavy snow fell one after another, and the snow on the ground was more than a finger thick.

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"Da da da."

There was a sound of unhurried hoofbeats, and a horse team that looked like a merchant appeared in front of Luoyang City.

Why do you say that this is a horse team that looks like a merchant?Because the two leading white horses looked exceptionally handsome, one could tell at a glance that these two were good horses that could travel thousands of miles a day.

This caravan was naturally disguised by Li Chen's Heavenly Kings. As for the two handsome white horses at the beginning, they were Yucheng's Sailong five-spotted horse and Li Chen's red rabbit horse.

Naturally, Li Chen would not enter Luoyang on this famous red rabbit horse, so in order to disguise, he used the method of fooling Gongsun Zan back then.The red rabbit horse and Yucheng's Sailong five-spotted horse were dyed white.

As we all know, the red rabbit horse is red, no matter how handsome the white horse is, no one would think that it is the red rabbit horse.

Looking at the tall city wall in front of him, Li Chen couldn't help but sigh in his heart.After all, the place where the emperor lived was unusual. Even though Dong Zhuo had burned it to the ground a few years ago, it seemed to have returned to its former prosperity now.

As a businessman, if you have milk, you are a mother.Wherever there are business opportunities, they will go there.The emperor lived in Luoyang, and Luoyang's merchants were naturally everywhere.

It's just that these businessmen are afraid they don't know.These barbarians from Xiliang are afraid that they will toss Luoyang, who has just recovered a little vitality, again.After the civil strife in the Xiliang army, when Li Que led his army back to Xiliang, he would naturally loot Luoyang, which had just recovered a little.

Chapter 124 Being a Neighbor with Cai Wenji

Since Li Que killed Fan Chou a few months ago, the power of the entire Xiliang Army has basically fallen into Li Que's hands.Even Guo Si couldn't compete with Li Que, let alone those small groups of forces in the Xiliang Army.

At this time, Li Que was dreaming of being in power like Dong Zhuo and sleeping in the palace at night.It was also because of this that the entire Xiliang army had no intention of destroying Luoyang for the time being, apart from eating Naka Yao in the city.

At this time, the whole of Luoyang was already [-]% to [-]% prosperous in the past, and now it was the new year, and the whole city of Luoyang was very lively, with countless merchants from all over the place.

When Li Chen's caravan entered Luoyang, it could be said that it was like a few drops of water dripping into the sea, without causing any waves.

After handing over some entrance fee to the Xiliang soldiers guarding the city gate, Li Chen's team entered the city smoothly.

Luoyang City, Xifang.

Although there was heavy snow falling in the sky at this time, the streets were still very lively.

The entire street is dotted with shops, and there are many stalls covered by tarpaulins in the heavy snow.

In the tea house on the side of the road, there are scattered people.

There were two or three shouts from the street.

Shake the fan in front of people and clap the table eye-catchingly.

Ladies and gentlemen, listen carefully:

"Let's say, under the city of Xuzhou, Yucheng fought alone against Liu Guanzhang and the three of them. Yucheng was only ten years old, wearing a golden helmet and armor, and a gold-plated phoenix wing weighing four hundred catties. .”

"The black-faced Third Master Zhang killed Zhangba Snake Spear from the left, the red-faced Guan Erye killed from the right, and the white-faced Uncle Liu Huang killed from the front. Yu Chengcheng hit three with one, which is a stable occupation Upwind."

"The four of them fought for dozens of times, and Liu Guanzhang and the other three were out of support. Chang Shan Zhao Zilong, who was talking about the battle, saw that the three of them were out of support, so he rode his horse and brought a bright silver gun to kill him from behind."

"Yu Chengcheng looked at the five people without any panic, a cold light flashed in his eyes"

"If you know what the result is, let's listen to the next chapter and explain it." Speaking of this key point, the storyteller clapped his eyes and stopped talking.

Those who listened to the book were hearing the excitement, but the storyteller stopped talking, but those who listened to the book couldn't agree to it, and everyone started arguing.

"Old man, don't you like this?"

"Old man, if you don't finish the story, you can't have children."

"Hey."

"The old man is old, even if he wants to have a child, he is powerless."

"Not afraid, not afraid." The old storyteller said with a smile while sipping tea and moistening his throat, waving his hands.

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"Chengdu, you are famous all over the world now." Li Chen walked on the street and said to Yucheng beside him.