Chapter 433 Cold Resistant Grain Seeds Prisoner Army
It was rare for Su He to have some free time, so he took his children to visit the Agricultural Institute of the Academy of Sciences.
The main purpose of his coming here is not to take care of the children.
Su He received a report that important breakthroughs have been made in the breeding of cold-resistant potatoes and cold-resistant corn, two staple foods in alpine regions.
Both crops, cold-resistant potatoes and cold-resistant corn, can be grown near the North Sea and close to the Arctic Circle.
The Chinese nation is a farming nation. If you want to hold a piece of land, the most important condition is that it can be cultivated.
Rice and wheat are more palatable to people, but for these two crops, there has been no breakthrough in the technology for growing them in alpine regions.
Su He learned that breakthroughs had been made in alpine potatoes and alpine corn, and he immediately came to the Institute of Agriculture of the Academy of Sciences to learn about the situation.
He waited in the pavilion with his children and asked the guards to notify relevant personnel.
Su He looked at the large number of crops planted around the pavilion.
He pointed to the wheat growing beside the pond and asked his eldest son Su Shu: "Su Shu, do you know this plant?"
His son Su Shu is likely to be the future emperor.
He doesn't even know about grains, so it's easy for him to say why he shouldn't eat minced meat.
If this happens, it is because Su He, the father, is unqualified and fails to educate his children well.
Su Shu smiled and said: "Father, I know it, it is wheat.
But I don’t know exactly which wheat variety it belongs to.”
The second son Su Lei saw his father asking his eldest brother, and he said anxiously: "Father, I also know this kind of crop.
I also know that the crops in the pond are rice, and corn is grown where we just walked.
These three crops are the main foods that people eat now."
When Su He saw that his sons were doing well, he smiled and said, "Okay, you are all very good."
A young man in his twenties who looked somewhat similar to Su He came next to them holding a large box.
When Su He saw him arriving, he showed a satisfied look.
This is Su Lin, his fifth uncle Su Wuniu's careless playboy son.
After receiving education, young people have now become the backbone of the breeding profession.
He studied under agricultural academician Li Dajiang and was proficient in crop breeding.
Su Lin looked at the frostbite scars on Su Lin's right hand. He had just returned to the capital from the upper reaches of Heilongjiang River.
When Su He saw Su Lin wanting to salute, he quickly stopped him and said, "Xiao Lin, you know the purpose of my coming here, which is to introduce to us the situation of cold-resistant potatoes and cold-resistant corn."
Su Lin also knew the seriousness of the matter, so he opened the big box in his hand.
There are three potatoes bigger than your fist and hundreds of yellow corns.
Su Lin introduced: “Potatoes and sweet potatoes are two crops grown with tubers and roots.
They have one common characteristic, which is breed degeneration.
We still don’t understand why the varieties of these two crops have deteriorated.
But after a long period of practice, the new teeth that had just grown in were treated with sterilizing agents.
After further cultivation, the degeneration of some potatoes and sweet potatoes disappeared and they grew stronger and larger.
After several years of cultivation, these improved seeds continue to deteriorate...
Our Institute of Agriculture, Academy of Sciences, has mastered potato and sweet potato breeding technology.
Breeding centers in various provinces are now promoting this breeding technology to maintain the excellent seeds of these two crops."
Su He listened to Su Lin's introduction and knew the specific reason.
In crops such as potatoes and sweet potatoes, which reproduce asexually, viruses infected by the mother plant will be passed on to the offspring.
The yield difference between poisonous seeds and non-toxic crops can be more than ten times higher.
They are infected with plant viruses. With today's microscopes, tiny microorganisms such as viruses cannot be seen.
But scientists have learned about bacteria through microscopes and have explored ways to sterilize plants.
, also effective against some viruses.
Su Lin said sheepishly: "Your Majesty, there is something wrong with me. I am usually a bit talkative.
Now I will officially introduce cold-resistant potatoes and cold-resistant corn. These two crops are carefully cultivated by us.
According to His Majesty's previous instructions, we asked the Mongols for relevant information.
We tested the planting temperature of cold-resistant crops, which is similar to the planting temperature in the North Sea region, ensuring that these two crops have sufficient yields in severe cold areas.
We were divided into multiple teams and tested in different places.
Cold-resistant potatoes and cold-resistant corn grow better in cold areas and can also grow normally in normal temperature areas such as the Central Plains.
We tested it in Qiongzhou Prefecture, where the temperature was relatively humid and hot, so the growth was not good.
We have confirmed that this cold-resistant crop likes cold but not heat."
Su He listened to Su Lin's detailed introduction to cold-resistant crops. He was indeed a bit talkative, and the content was rather verbose.
Suhe is the most productive, and the output of these cold-resistant crops is about 70% that of the Central Plains.
This is already an extremely high yield, which shows that it is completely feasible to engage in agriculture on the prairie.
Especially in the Mobei Mongolian region, there are many sandy lands and it is very dry.
Potatoes and corn, among the staple foods, are extremely drought-resistant.
Su Shu asked curiously: "Uncle Xiaolin, this is amazing, how do you know which kind of corn is cold-resistant?
If I didn't really understand it, I would have thought it appeared in fairy tales."
Su Lin glanced at Emperor Su He, and then he explained: "There is no shortcut in breeding.
It has only one secret.
Cast a wide net and the fittest will survive.
For example, with cold-resistant corn, we brought more than 2,000 varieties of corn that were induced to mutate and hybridize through various means.
Plant them locally on Heilongjiang farms in early spring and late autumn.
Of more than 2,000 varieties, only 37 varieties grow normally and 11 varieties meet the minimum yield requirements.
We use the ancestors of these eleven varieties as male and female parents for cross-breeding.
Repeating this process, continuous breeding, and a little bit of luck, you can select the right variety."
After Su Shu heard this, his eyes widened, looking very curious.
Su He patted his son on the shoulder and said, "You will go to college soon, and then you will know the power of science."
He turned to Su Lin and asked, "Are the first batch of seeds enough?"
Su Lin said in a relaxed tone: "I have bred these two varieties at the Heilongjiang Breeding Center...
At the same time, large-scale trial planting was conducted to confirm that these cold-resistant potatoes and cold-resistant corns can grow normally.
The first crops have been harvested and they are ready for sale as seeds.
There are one ton of potato seeds and three tons of corn seeds. They are all stored in the cellar and will not mold or rot.
However, these seeds have to be supplied to the three northeastern provinces, so only a quarter can be extracted.
Corn is a hybrid variety and cannot be planted again."
When Su He heard that there were so many seeds, he said with satisfaction: "These seeds are enough for early promotion.
You have made great contributions, and I will reward you later.
If this strategy really succeeds, you will be famous in history."
Su He understood clearly, and he took his children to visit the Agricultural Institute of the Academy of Sciences. There were many novel things here, and the children had a lot of fun.
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Su He was in Qianqing Palace, reading the memorials of Prime Minister Wang Zhongce.
The policy he proposed has been discussed and revised for many times, and this is the final version.
In order to maintain the superficial peace, the robbery team was dispatched on the grassland in the name of horse bandits.
Later, they were canonized in the name of recruitment.
After many revisions, Wang Zhongce no longer selected ordinary people to take on real tasks.
of gangsters.
A good citizen who lives in a bandit's den for too long will turn into a person with serious banditry.
Wang Zhongce chose the method of walking quickly in small steps, conducted experiments in advance, and selected a special group of people-prisoners.
The internal codename of these people in the imperial court is the Prisoner Army.
Su He looked through Wang Zhongce's reasons.
Serious criminals receive relatively strict management in prison.
These people have become obedient to team management. The most important thing in the army is discipline, and they are already satisfied.
The prisoner army is mainly composed of small-scale combat teams of a hundred people, and discipline is even more important.
Select serious criminals to form a prison army, which is their punishment.
If these damn people really died on the prairie, no one would be heartbroken.
With the introduction of foreign slaves, the intensity of labor reform for serious criminals has been greatly reduced.
They are doing labor camps in relatively safe construction projects, which does not serve as a punishment.
Wang Zhongce decided to use the waste and use prisoners to test whether his strategy could succeed.
The criminal army is a relatively fierce person with excellent fighting ability, so they do not require long-term training in the early stage.
The imperial court was not afraid that they would run away after being released.
The selection of the prisoner army will be reviewed by the imperial court, and people who are involved in the country will be selected.
If you do what the court orders you to do well, you will have the opportunity to clear your name and have a chance to start a new life.
If they escape from the prisoner army, their relatives in the country will be punished.
As long as they are not naturally cold-hearted, these people know how to choose.
The imperial court has too many bargaining chips, and if you give them just a little bit, these people will fight for it.
Even if there is a small number of people who escape, they will become the credit of others.
Su He looked at the policy proposed by Wang Zhongce. This policy was relatively complete, and he immediately approved its implementation.
In the future, in the Mongolian region, there will be field armies and prisoner armies working openly and covertly to suppress the local nomadic tribes.
It only takes a few decades to completely eliminate the nomadic tribes that do not submit to the imperial court...
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In the military prison, Su Xiong met Wang Tieshi, a serious criminal in the army.
As the commander of a cavalry division, he fought against the Jian Nu in Korea. He broke away from the large army too quickly and was captured by the Jian Nu.
When Wang Tieshi tried to persuade Jian Nu to surrender, he did not choose to die heroically because he was afraid of death, but surrendered to Jian Nu.
Under the leadership of Li Dazhuang, the Royal Army of Dahua broke through Dorgon's defense in a short time.
The military quickly arrested Wang Tieshi, who was about to be shot.
The Dahua court has always adhered to the principle that merit is merit, fault is fault, and merit and fault cannot offset each other.
However, for some people who have performed meritorious services, the death penalty is generally not imposed when death is optional.
Wang Tieshi was sentenced to up to 5,000 years in prison, and he will never be released from prison for the rest of his life.
Su Xiong looked at Wang Tieshi. He had chosen the right person among the soldiers who had committed serious crimes in the prison.
Wang Tieshi was born as a cavalryman and was good at fighting on the grasslands.
He also has a large family behind him and is involved in so many things that it is basically impossible for him to rebel.
Su Xiong said coldly: "Wang Tieshi, this governor is going to give you a chance to atone for your sins. Can you still lead the troops to fight now?"
When Wang Tieshi saw Su Xiong arriving, he began to panic.
He recognized who Su Xiong was and thought the court had changed its mind and was preparing to execute him.
Wang Tieshi is not afraid of anything, his only weakness is his fear of death.
When he thought that he was about to die, his face turned pale with fear.
When Wang Tieshi heard what Su Xiong said, his legs softened and he immediately knelt down to Su Xiong.
"Commander Su Xiong, I can still lead troops to fight. I will definitely not surrender this time. You have to give me a chance.
I will definitely obey your orders.
Let me go up mountains of swords and down seas of fire without blinking an eye."
Su Xiong explained to Wang Tieshi in detail the tasks and rewards related to the Prisoner Army.
"Wang Tieshi, I am going to recommend you to be the commander-in-chief of the prisoner army.
For the sake of your family, and for your chance to honor your ancestors, I hope you will not disappoint me."
After Wang Tieshi heard this, he let out a sigh of relief.
He quickly knelt down and kowtowed: "Don't worry, Governor Su, I have accepted this task, and I will definitely be able to do it well.
I must manage the prisoner army well and lead the prisoner army to complete the tasks assigned by the court."
After Wang Tieshi learned all the situation, he completely relaxed.
This task is relatively easy for him and the rewards are huge.
While in prison, he also learned about his family's situation.
As a traitor, he has a very bad reputation.
Hundreds of people in a large family were all implicated by his reputation.
When the family's former allies learned of this situation, they severed ties with their family.
Because of him, the family was ostracized by the government and surrounding people, and declined rapidly.
Children are discriminated against by other classmates in school.
He can complete the tasks assigned by the court, have the opportunity to obtain a noble title, and once again be proud of his master.
Wang Tieshi experienced the glory of his ancestors once before, and that was when he was promoted to captain.
He would never forget that feeling, and he would never miss this opportunity again.
Su Xiong looked at Wang Tieshi's performance and he was quite satisfied.
He left relevant matters to his subordinates.
Su Xiong walked out of the prison and returned to the Governor's Mansion.
Outside the gate of the Governor's Palace, he saw a soldier with a disabled left hand.
He saluted Su Xiong with a standard military salute with his right hand.
"Guo Dalei, the general of the Mongolian field army, came to report to the governor.
I am ready to leave for Mobei Mongolia at any time."
Su Xiong looked at Guo Dalei, he was a fierce general.
He was injured in the war, his left hand was amputated, and his body was also seriously injured.
He was unable to adapt to the front-line battlefield, so his superiors asked him to change his career to become a civilian official.
Guo Dalei was unwilling and proposed to stay in the second-line army.
Guo Dalei had not recovered before and had been responsible for managing the militia across the country.
After he got the news about the Mongolian army, he took the initiative to go to Mongolia.
The Mongolian field army can do much more than the previous field army. Its degree of freedom is extremely high, which is in line with Guo Dalei's ideals.
After examining his physical condition, Su Xiong agreed to Guo Dalei's request.
He patted Guo Dalei on the shoulder and said, "General Guo, I will leave the Mongolian region to you.
I hope you will live up to the great trust of His Majesty and this Governor, stabilize the local situation, and prevent these people from causing too much trouble."
Guo Dalei said confidently: "Please rest assured, Governor Su, as long as I am still in Mongolia.
We won’t let the criminal army and the Mongolian tribes cause too much trouble.”
