scientific farming

No matter who is involved in the papers sent by the border, they are not allowed to stop, for fear of delaying the war.

This time the servant dared to temporarily stop Xiao Lue's copy and hand over Zheng Zhengbiao's copy first, because he considered the balance, and felt that Zheng Zhengbiao was more sacred, and he had family support in Beijing, so he was much more important than Xiao Lue, a mere general's mansion.

It's just that the servant found out that Zheng Zhengbiao's excerpt actually said that Xiao Lue and Zheng Zhengbiao had colluded with the enemy and treasoned the country.The people outside didn't know, but as a servant, he knew that Xiao Lue had the gold medal for avoiding death from the late emperor. If Xiao Lue returned to Beijing and talked about the book, he would not be able to cut off his head.

Without waiting for something to be discussed in the hall, he secretly winked at another servant, pretending to be respectful, then quickly took out Xiao Lue's booklet, and sent it in in a hurry to report that it was just sent by Kuai Ma.

The emperor glanced at the servant.

The servant pretended to be calm and did not show anything unusual.

The booklet was submitted to the imperial case, the emperor opened it and read it, and handed it to another servant beside him to read it.

Xiao Lue's excerpts explain in detail that the reinforcements did not arrive during this period, and the two armies did not fight.

Because the besieged city had no food and grass for a long time, it all depended on the people in the city to provide food to support the defenders. Therefore, they mainly worked with Mr. Song to find a way to solve the problem of food shortage in the city, and reclaimed all the reclaimable land in the city as fields, and then planted vegetables.In the first few days, it was all vegetables mixed with porridge.

Later, because there were only three thousand defenders left in the besieged city, there were ten thousand enemy troops besieging the city, and twenty thousand enemy troops were stationed thirty miles away.In order to prevent the enemy from attacking the city because of the news that they and Mr. Song were planting vegetables in the city, they discussed a plan to "look at the plums to quench their thirst"-cook vegetable porridge on the city wall and rice in bamboo tubes, deliberately making it fragrant Scattering, on the one hand, is to shake the morale of the besieging enemy army who can only eat dry food, on the other hand, it is also to make the enemy army feel that there is not enough food and grass, so they have no choice but to bluff.

It was possible to delay the time and wait for reinforcements.

What is gratifying is that this move was unexpected. Many enemy soldiers couldn't hold back the aroma of food, and even offered to exchange dry rations.

Although there are only two flatbreads per dry ration for a small soldier, breaking the flatbread, adding vegetables and water, and making it again can feed the two defenders. Therefore, after several generals discussed, Master Song boldly exchanged dry food with the enemy small soldiers , greatly eased the crisis of food and grass in the city.

Regarding the night attack on the enemy's pigsty.

The excerpt said that the defenders of the besieged city had only been able to eat dry food for several months, even if the besieged city had vegetables to eat, but there was no meat, the defenders had no strength, and the strength of the defenders was precarious.There is no way, they seem to attack the enemy's pigsty at night.

Thanks to Mr. Song for making rice in bamboo tubes, he accidentally obtained the recipe for making "firecrackers", which temporarily deterred the enemy army. In the end, the emperor's kindness was overwhelming, and the besieged city finally waited for reinforcements!

As for the entry of the enemy's generals into the city, Mr. Song exchanged dry rations for food from the enemy's soldiers, and found out that the enemy's country repeatedly invaded the besieged city, but the country is mountainous and there is not enough arable land, so the grain output cannot be sufficient.

Lord Song wanted to quell the war, and proposed to discuss peace talks with the enemy country by planting methods, so he invited the enemy general to enter the city to negotiate.

The reinforcements arrived in time, and the enemy's chances of winning the battle between the two armies were not great. The enemy's generals were also very concerned about the method of planting and increasing production.

Xiao Lue made a request in the excerpt, and the emperor sent envoys to the besieged city to hold peace talks with the enemy country.

Xiao Lue's note was quite different from Zheng Zhengbiao's note, and the courtiers were at a loss when they heard it: Isn't this going to war?All the ministers are still discussing the issue of the household department's grain and grass preparations, so why are they suddenly talking about peace? !

Some of the courtiers who were pro-Xiao Lue faction beamed with joy and said: "Your Majesty, what General Xiao said in the memorial is really joyful. Not only was he saved from the flames of war, but he was also able to negotiate peace with the enemy country to achieve long-term peace and stability on the southwestern border! It must be God's gratitude to the emperor's sage, I can't bear the loss of people's lives! Your Majesty is so wise!"

As he spoke, he knelt down on the ground and shouted the emperor Shengming.

What can the other courtiers do?If they don't kneel, they don't agree with the emperor Shengming, so they can only hold their noses and kneel down and shout long live, shouting emperor Shengming!

After kneeling and shouting for a while, a courtier still took the opportunity to say: "His Majesty, now General Zheng and General Xiao have two memorials, but what they said is quite different, it is hard to tell whether it is true or not..."

"Hehe... Xiao Lue asked the emperor to send envoys. If it is fake, what will happen when the envoys arrive? Are General Xiao and Lord Song foolish?"

General Xiao is definitely not!But Song Wen definitely is!

There was the determined Song Wenhei, who silently slandered him.

"Your Majesty, why don't you wait for the sent guards to come back to make a decision? Now that the two armies are standing still for the time being, the gates of the besieged city have been opened, and the guards can also enter the city to inquire..."

"Absolutely not! The enemy country is staring at them. It's rare for them to have peace talks. If our envoys arrive late, the enemy generals will think that we deliberately underestimate them and directly lead their troops to attack the city... There is not enough food and grass, so we really start a war, isn't it? Do you still let the defenders cultivate their own land, or exchange big cakes with the enemy?"

This courtier is so angry!The majestic soldiers and horses of the Dali Dynasty were reduced to farming, in exchange for big cakes in the hands of the enemy!If it wasn't for Xiao Lue and Song Wen, let alone defending the city, the besieged city might not be here anymore!

"Your Majesty, I think you should send envoys to the trapped city immediately. Qi Kan, the enemy general, has a weird temper. What he values ​​is Master Song's planting method, and Lord Song is in the trapped city! What if he directly grabs People, if there is no peace talk, it will be useless to the enemy country!"

"Now we don't know whether what General Xiao said is true, so we are discussing about envoys..."

"okay!"

The emperor rubbed his forehead, which gave them a headache from the quarrel.Looking at Zheng Zhengbiao in the court, trying to say that Zhezi was Xiao Lue's procrastination, he was very disappointed.Frowning, he said to the servant who read the scriptures, "You also read the date of the final payment, so that they will know!"

The waiter stepped down and read in a low voice: "The general in front of the battle, Xiao Lue! Li Qingnian, August 23!"

The second booklet: "General Zhenjun, Zheng Zhengbiao! Li Qingnian, August 25!"

A needle can be heard instantly on the court!

After the emperor looked lazily at presenting Xiao Lue's memorial, he didn't call out to the servant who had been kneeling all the time, "Tell me, why is it that you are late for the paper that was sent out this morning?"

After the question, the eyes fell on the courtiers from the Zheng family faction who had just jumped around the most.

"Your Majesty..." The knees of those from the Zheng family's faction gave way and they knelt down on the ground.It's just that they really didn't know, but when something happened, they couldn't get away with it.What's more, they slandered Xiao Lue just now, this, this, was clearly premeditated.

"Your Majesty, Xu Shi, Xu Shi finished writing the memorial to General Xiao, and sent it two days late...so, that's why he arrived too late."

The emperor looked at the servant who was shaking into a sieve again and said, "Really?"

"Your Majesty, have mercy!..."

In a word, drop the hammer directly.

The emperor said with a cold face: "Pull it out, you will die!"

"Your Majesty, spare your life! Your Majesty, spare your life..." The servant cried all the way, and asked the guard to pull him out.

The members of the Zheng family sat on the ground slumped, their faces ashen.

The emperor said: "Zheng Zhengbiao, it was only half a year since I went to the impoverished city, and I almost lost the impoverished city! It is even more so that the impoverished city has no food and grass, and the people need relief to be able to hide in the city! Only half a year, if I am one step later, this country will be destroyed. A city will be bitten down by the enemy!"

The courtiers knelt down one after another, pleading guilty and listening.

"Ministry of Households, did the impoverished city fail to harvest food last year?"

An official from the Ministry of Household Affairs came out and said, "My Majesty, because General Xiao returned to Beijing half a year ago and General Zheng went to the besieged city, the handover of affairs was cumbersome, so the taxes have not been handed over."

"That is to say, the besieged city has more food and grass than in previous years, but it is not enough!" The emperor was so angry that if Zheng Zhengbiao was present, he would kill him on the spot.

He valued Zheng Zhengbiao so much, what happened?It happened that Zheng Zhengbiao was the one who cheated the emperor. He was not only corrupt, but also incompetent in defending the city!

It happened that Xiao Lue was forced to steal the enemy's pigs, and Song Wen was forced to let the defenders grow vegetables and buy food in exchange for two pancakes from the enemy's soldiers... What a joke!

If this spreads out, it will make the neighboring countries laugh!In the future, when this passage is recorded in the annals of history, what face does he have!

The courtiers were so scolded by the emperor that they couldn't lift their heads, wishing they could shrink into the cracks in the ground.

After scolding fiercely, the emperor ordered to hand over the time list for the peace talks in the besieged city tomorrow, and the Song Wen booklet will be delivered soon, and the detailed rules of the peace talks will be discussed together at that time.

"Retreat!"

The emperor walks away!

The courtiers knelt on the ground, and no one made any movement for a long time. After waiting for a long time, they all got up. They were all sweaty and fell to the ground, unable to stand up all at once.

The faces of those from the Zheng family were as pale as paper.

On the seventh day of September, Song Wen sent the excerpts.

A simplified picture of the firecrackers was attached inside, stating that because Zhu Hongyi had requested reinforcements many times, but there was no news of them, such important prescriptions were worried about being intercepted and the enemy would attack, so they did not attach them.Ask the emperor to send the Ministry of Industry to the besieged city to learn the recipe.

In addition, the handwriting of the emperor of the enemy country requesting peace talks is also attached to the booklet, which is stamped with the country's seal.

Song Wen fully explained the benefits of this peace talks to the Dali Dynasty: first, the stability of the border; The city is a stronghold of the mutual market, the two countries exchange what is needed, and the operation of business roads can further promote the prosperity of Dali.

These three, the emperor and even the courtiers of the Dali Dynasty did not understand.Song Wen really couldn't tell, so he simply said that he found two crops in the enemy's country. Camellia oleifera and rapeseed, which were mentioned when he presented the oil recipe, had very high oil production. Then sell the oil to them - all the money in the world goes to Dali Dynasty!

This sounds a bit attractive, and it provides the courtiers with ideas.

Now that the mutual market is open, if there is a lot of grain in Dali, can we exchange pigs, sheep, cattle, etc. with them, so that the price of meat that ordinary people usually eat can be lowered?

After such a discussion, everything in the enemy's country has become their target.Immediately excited, I can't wait to go to the besieged city immediately, carry out peace talks, and open the mutual market immediately.

However, the emperor focused on what Song Wen said about the imperial court's money-making. The manufacturing of waterwheels and oil prescriptions controlled by the imperial court, so why worry about not getting the treasury more abundant? ! !