The Lingyunge meeting started at four quarters (eight o'clock) and just ended.
Su He led civil and military officials to the Pavilion of Heroes to pay homage to the fallen martyrs.
Civil and military officials all changed into black clothes.
The memorial ceremony was also attended by many families of soldiers and officials.
The Pavilion of Heroes is built in the north of Hanzhong City. It is a converted attic with a height of 18 meters.
There are several tall trees planted in the courtyard of the Pavilion of Heroes.
There are urns under the tree, and an old Taoist priest is leading a few Taoist boys to perform rituals.
Su He led the team into the Pavilion of Heroes. They stood in a row and observed silence in front of the urn of the martyrs.
Wang Wenjun and a fat man in his thirties with a greasy complexion came to attend the memorial ceremony together.
"Brother, you just came back, Hanzhong City has changed a lot.
But our family is fine. The second brother is now the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the prefect of Hanzhong.
His rights can protect the family's stability and normalcy.
The rebels are also different from other bandits. They are very violent towards the gentry, but they are very kind to the people."
Wang Bonuo sighed: "Life is impermanent, and everything in the world is impermanent.
The second brother also wanted him to have a good ending for the sake of the family.
Our whole family has turned against the thieves, and there is no way out. We just hope that this team can develop and grow."
He had just returned from Nanzhili and sailed into Hanyin County.
He heard that the front line was blocked and had been blocked by unknown troops.
I waited anxiously for several days until the blockade was lifted and hurried to Hanzhong Mansion.
But he found that everything had changed here.
"That Taoist priest is not a liar. He dared to deceive the rebels. He was so courageous.
That’s not right! My second brother knows him, how could he be deceived."
Wang Bonuo saw the Taoist priest doing the work and he was very familiar with it.
This is the fake Taoist priest who used to fool around in Hanzhong Mansion.
Wang Wenjun explained: "This is Taoist Master Ma whom the second brother asked for. It may be that all true Taoist priests resist the rebels."
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Ma Qiankun muttered sentences that no one could understand.
In his hand he waved a mahogany sword covered with talismans and seals.
He saw Su He waiting for the silence to end and his mahogany sword reaching for the candlestick next to him.
The talisman seal on the peach wood sword immediately burned.
Ma Qiankun began to read the eulogy.
After he finished reading, he shouted loudly: "Send farewell to the heroic soul."
After Su He and other civil and military officials heard this, they immediately bowed deeply to the urn.
After the formal establishment, the first decree issued by Suhe was to abolish the kneeling ceremony.
From now on, there is no need to kneel down to anyone except your ancestors and parents.
When people meet officials, they only need to bow.
Bowing has become the most solemn etiquette.
After bowing, Su He led civil and military officials to comfort the families of the martyrs.
Tell the families of the martyrs that they can receive a pension every year, and the local township head will personally deliver it to them.
Su He personally handed over the medals and pensions awarded to the martyrs to their families.
Taoist Master Ma Qiankun is still working as a mage, placing the ashes of martyrs.
The ashes of the martyrs and their tablets are enshrined in the Pavilion of Heroes.
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Wang Zhongce walked out of the Pavilion of Heroes and said to Su He: "Commander Su, I heard that you want to see my elder brother for something.
Today my eldest brother Wang Bonuo has returned by boat.
They came to watch the ceremony just now, but now they have gone home."
"Yes, I heard from Wang Jijun that her eldest brother Wang Bonuo often purchases medicinal materials in the south.
His footprints are all over Guangdong, Fujian, Nanzhili, Jiangxi and other places.
I want him to go to Fujian and purchase a grain crop with a very high yield on a large scale."
Su He briefly explained the situation.
The crop he wanted Wang Bonuo to purchase was sweet potatoes.
Sweet potato, also known as sweet potato and sweet potato, is a grain with very high yield.
Sweet potatoes are particularly resistant to drought. Even if there is almost no rain in northern Shaanxi, it can survive with only a small amount of water in the river.
Sweet potatoes do not need to be picked out, even if it is bad land, the yield is very high.
Sweet potatoes can be grown on hillside areas where food cannot be grown.
The planting area of sweet potatoes is still very wide.
In China, most fields can be planted.
Su He is very sure that Fujian has now begun to plant sweet potatoes on a large scale.
During the Chongzhen period, Xu Guangqi conducted thinning operations many times to promote the planting of sweet potatoes in the Ming Dynasty.
Because of the strong opposition from the gentry, this proposal was not supported by the Ming court.
Su He originally planned to ask Qian Fuwen, a businessman he met in Baoji County, to go to Fujian to buy sweet potatoes.
But Qian Fuwen had never been to the southeast, and he didn't fully gain Su He's trust.
Sending someone to buy sweet potatoes in Fujian will cost tens of thousands of dollars, so you must choose someone you can trust.
The loss of money is bearable, but delaying the planting time of sweet potatoes is a real loss.
Su He learned about Wang Bonuo and found that he was the most suitable candidate.
Wang Bonuo was already on a ship with them, and he would be executed if he took refuge with the Ming government.
According to Su Changsheng's investigation, Wang Bonuo values love and justice and has a deep relationship with his brothers.
His wife and children are also in Hanzhong City. He is a very family-oriented person.
After comprehensive consideration, Su He concluded that there was no possibility of Wang Bonuo rebelling.
Su He and Wang Zhongce came to the study room inside Wang's Medical Center.
Wang Bonuo and Wang Wenjun are busy here.
Wang Bonuo took out a medicinal material, and Wang Wenjun recorded its medicinal properties.
After a brief introduction, Su He directly explained the reason for his arrival.
"Wang Bonuo, I heard that you are very familiar with Fujian, and I want you to go there to buy a food crop.
It is called sweet potato, sweet potato or sweet potato, and its outer skin is purple-red.
The inside is yellow, white or purple."
Wang Bonuo heard that Su He asked him to buy food.
His tense expression relaxed.
He said with a smile: "These things are called sweet potatoes, I recognize them.
This grain is widely grown in the mountains of Fujian and is said to have a high yield.
The gentry never eat it, they feed it to pigs, and only poor farmers use it to satisfy their hunger."
Su He was very happy when he heard that Wang Bonuo knew sweet potatoes. If he had bought them a year earlier, he would have saved many lives.
"Wang Bonuo, thank you for your kindness. I will be setting off to buy a large amount of sweet potatoes soon.
It’s best to come back before the farming season in April or May.”
Wang Zhongce also agreed: "Brother, it's best to go as soon as possible. I don't know how long I can keep my identity secret.
All you need to do is buy a batch of sweet potatoes and send out the news that we are buying sweet potatoes here at a high price.
There will definitely be a large number of Fujian businessmen bringing sweet potatoes to sell them for money."
When Su He heard Wang Zhongce's method, he agreed very much.
For the sake of profit, Shanxi merchants would betray their country and join the captives.
As long as he makes enough profit, he can get a lot of sweet potatoes.
"Wang Zhongce's method is very good.
Wang Bonuo, you spread the news directly.
Here in Hanzhong, sweet potatoes are purchased at the price of rice."
The sweet potato thing is solved.
Su He asked greedily: "Wang Bonuo, have you ever seen corn?
It is a tall pole with a cylindrical stick on it and golden seeds on the stick.
It might be called something else."
Sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn are the best crops in disaster years.
They have large yields, do not pick on the land, and are easy to feed.
But now potatoes cannot be grown on a large scale.
Potatoes reproduce asexually and must be detoxified before they can be planted.
Potatoes that are not detoxified will only grow smaller and smaller, and the yield will be lower and lower.
Wang Bonuo thought carefully.
"I've never heard of corn, I have no impression at all."
Su He was not disappointed and waited until he could contact the Spaniards before buying corn from them.
"Wang Zhongce, you and Wang Bonuo discuss the funds used to go south and report to me."