Author: Things in the world are like tides and people are like water
"Potato!"
Hearing Xue Cheng and Yu Zhifu's exclamations, Qi Guangji's expression also became serious.
As a member of the Jinyi Guards, he keenly sensed something was wrong. When he spoke, he not only used words to describe it, but also made gestures with his hands.
"The big one is about as big as a fist. The surface is covered with a layer of yellow skin. There are freckle-like black dots on the skin, which are densely packed. The texture of the food is a bit strange..."
"What?"
Xue Cheng's eyes widened at this time, and Yu Zhifu's frown deepened.
Yu Zhifu spoke first: "But according to the official notification, isn't the improved variety rice? It must be planted in paddy fields to increase production on a large scale. Yours is actually buried directly in the soil, and it does not have many requirements for the soil.
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When Yu Zhifu spoke, he even used his spiritual thoughts to outline the fog in front of him, condensing it into the shape of a rice plant.
After hearing what they said, Yang You also added: "Yes, the angel once went to Jiujiang County to personally reward the sage who invented hybrid rice. I heard that he did not come forward and just asked his disciples to receive it on his behalf.
, the entire Jiangnan West Road knows this, how can a superior variety be a potato?"
Yang You still has a lot to say about this. His family basically does not have land. If he had land, he would not carry big bags on the dock.
Originally, Yang You wouldn't care about these changes at all, but as a six-door policeman, he recently investigated the case and found that many people who used to hang around in the streets and waited for death have happily gone to farm, and many people's faces have changed.
Everything was shining.
I often hear discussions about improved rice varieties from various characters, so I have a certain understanding.
He even participated in the experiment of that sage's disciple. When the formation was set up near the Jiujiang County Government Office, he was at the scene and even moved a formation stone with his own hands.
After hearing Yang You's response, Qi Guangji took a deep look at Yang You, and Yu Zhifu also took another look at him.
"He should belong to the Jiangnan West Road area, and may even be in Jiujiang County, but his identity and status are still unclear and difficult to judge."
He was making judgments about Yang You's identity in his mind, but the words on his lips still didn't stop.
"I don't know much about this. I've only heard some rumors. I heard that it was experimental and the two effects were not stable, so there was no large-scale promotion.
"It's just that when I, Lu Dizhou Mu, went to Jiangnan West Road to visit that sage, I took the initiative to help that sage promote it, and at the same time conducted large-scale experiments to confirm whether there were any problems."
Qi Guangji carefully recalled the conversation that day and immediately completed some details.
Yu Zhifu's expression changed, and Xue Cheng was also moved.
"Is this the prince who silently made a move? I have never heard of such a change before, and I didn't expect that he would quietly extend his tentacles to the Northland, directly affecting the third prince.
"Is this to increase the power of the third prince and keep the balance between the two princes?"
Xue Cheng keenly grasped the subtle differences and changes. He had never known that the prince had a son in the north before.
"You are truly worthy of being a member of the royal family. All the arrangements are made silently."
When Qi Guangji finished his speech, Yu Zhifu thought for a while and said: "The activities of Japanese pirates along the southeast coast seem to be more frequent than in the past, and Japanese pirates are causing trouble everywhere, causing considerable impact.
"When my friend went to sea, he spotted some Japanese pirates in action near the Magic Town of Sihaifutu Town..."
When he said this, Yu Zhifu's heart moved again.
"My family doesn't know much about the sea and only knows about a few fixed routes. However, Japanese pirates have been wreaking havoc here all year round and are active on the sea every day. Logically speaking, they should have a deeper and better understanding of this area.
"Judging from the return route, they do have a deep understanding of this area. They only cruised around the outside of that area and did not go deep at all. Next time they go deep again, they will have to catch a few Japanese pirates to come and ask questions.
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As for whether the Japanese pirates could be easily caught, Yu Zhifu never thought about it.
With the royal guards and armor he carried, it didn't take much time to defeat a small group of Japanese pirates.
"The Japanese pirates are raging, why don't we just send troops to suppress them? Aren't we, Daxia Bingfeng, invincible? Even the barbarians in the north have their backs broken. How come we can't even kill the Japanese pirates? Are the Japanese pirates very strong?"
Yang You spoke with curiosity, but also with an awe-inspiring murderous aura and pride.
He had heard the news about Japanese pirates raging along the southeastern coast before, but he could not understand why the Japanese pirates could be so powerful, because in his opinion, Daxia's strength was simply unbelievable.
Just like the recent reforms and changes in Jiujiang County, he watched helplessly as a group of people who were also very poor in the past became stronger little by little, and his face turned red.
The treatment of dock workers is obviously much better than before, and their wages have even doubled.
Otherwise, no one else would want to work on the dock and would just go home and farm. After the emergence of improved varieties, it used to take fifty acres of land to feed the family.
Now that improved seeds are available, as long as there are twenty acres of land, a family can eat and drink, and they can also pay taxes.
Many people have gone to the countryside to farm.
There is a shortage of people at the dock and in other places, so wages have to be doubled to keep people.
Even the landlords and wealthy people have a much gentler attitude towards the previous characters. After all, the output has increased, and the corresponding fine operations have come from agricultural colleges. There have been many changes. The landlords and wealthy landlords also hope to have more tenants in their fields.
under his command.
Under such an overall environment, Yang You felt that Daxia really had a bright future, and it should be easy to defeat the Japanese pirates along the southeast coast.
Even a prefect like Rui Zhifu is so capable, so how strong will the state pastors and generals who manage the southeastern coastal area be?
Before Yu Zhifu could reply, Qi Guangji took the initiative to speak: "The Japanese pirates are not extremely strong. On the contrary, they are weak compared to the regular and powerful army. They are not as good as the invincible iron hooves of Daxia and Northwest, and they are not as good as the northern frontier army of Daxia."
That sharp sword light."
Yu Zhifu nodded silently as he listened, and glanced at Qi Guangji with interest. He was not angry when Qi Guangji preempted his words, but instead tilted his head and looked at him.
"Then why don't you send the Northwest Iron Cavalry or the Northern Frontier Army to kill them? Every year I hear that Japanese pirates are wreaking havoc and killing many people. I can hear that many people are fleeing to the south of the Yangtze River."
Xiang Yu also turned his head curiously to listen. His grandfathers escaped from the southeast coast. It was not a flood or drought but a man-made disaster.
Originally, they planned to be fishermen on the seaside, relying on the sea to eat. Although they had to pay a lot of taxes, their daily lives were pretty good.
But after the Japanese pirates often wreaked havoc, several brothers and sisters of his grandfather's generation were killed by the Japanese pirates, and even the fishing boats and fishing nets that they depended on for their livelihood were robbed. Reporting to the officials was of no help at all, because the county government at that time was broken.
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His grandfather didn't know how to farm, and there was little land there, so there was no need for such tenants. He had no choice but to become a sailor with a caravan and travel to Jiangnan West Road.
Later, he got married and had children because the Yangtze River suddenly flooded and many families became refugees. His grandfather's fishing skills were pretty good. He knew a lot about the nature of wild fish and was able to support people.
Therefore, he was able to save many people at that time, so he married his grandmother at that time.
"Poof!"
Yu Zhifu couldn't help laughing when he heard such an innocent and ignorant question.
Privately deploying troops from other areas to this area of Jiangnan West Road would definitely be a serious crime of beheading.
No general has the courage to do so. Moreover, the cavalry has no way of fighting at the seaside, and the invincible iron hooves will be blinded when they reach the sea.
The swords on the northern border are indeed bright, and they have always been called brave, but that is the border. There are heavy troops at all times, and absolutely no one will send troops down.
The Japanese pirates on the southeast coast were raging, but they were very measured and could not hurt the people of the big families.
Most of them only hurt civilians, and they could not even defeat big cities such as county offices, so they have been wreaking havoc for many years but not many people paid attention.
Especially the wealthy gentry families in Jiangnan will never allow large-scale troops to go to Jiangnan.
If a large-scale army is really deployed here, the Japanese pirates may not necessarily die, and the wealthy families in Jiangnan will be even more worried about their own property being robbed.
The passing of a bandit is like a comb, the passing of a soldier is like a grate, and the passing of an official is like a shave.
The saying that has been passed down for many years is not false.
When foreign troops are mobilized to suppress the rebellion of bandits, some outsiders will not care about the local reputation. Maybe they will directly turn around and rob the local wealthy households first to plunder enough money, and then
Just take the money and leave.
In Zhang Mingtu’s lifetime history.
The Hunan Army once suppressed the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and its prestige was unparalleled. It had an excellent reputation in Hunan and had a good prestige among the entire country. After all, it suppressed a huge rebellion.
But in Jiangnan West Road, where the rebellion was the most serious, the reputation was so bad that the streets were so terrible that at the most terrifying time, ten houses were empty, and the wealth of the wealthy families was basically plundered.
The entire countryside became rich, but Jiangnan West Road, which was originally famous for its wealth, has been in decline since then, and poverty has become the norm.
Therefore, when Yu Zhifu, who was born in a military household, heard this move that went against common sense, he couldn't help but laugh.
Qi Guangji did not laugh, but explained in a deep voice: "It is unrealistic to mobilize troops and generals across regions. It requires too many procedures. Moreover, the Japanese pirate rebellion cannot be easily quelled by directly mobilizing the army."
Seeing that Yang You was about to ask, Qi Guangji reached out and pressed the button, signaling the other party to be patient. He continued to explain: "There are top cavalry in the northwest, and there is an invincible army in the north. In fact, in the southeast coastal area, there are also troops to suppress the locals.
There is no need to mobilize troops from other regions; the local army has this capability.
"But this is the ability to suppress unrest in theory. There are many other aspects involved. I will ask for local support information later. I don't know much about the situation along the southeast coast, so I only analyze it from the military and soldiers.
"Japanese pirates are not too strong, but compared to a large-scale army, they fall below individuals. Most of the Japanese pirates have simple armors on their bodies, and the armors are all standardized. Weapons such as long knives and tachi are all
Standard.
"This shows that they have experienced systematic and unified training, and are not a pair of stragglers, nor are they unorganized like bandits.
"In this way, ordinary village warriors will not be their opponents. No matter it is a frontal battle or a small-scale encounter, they cannot defeat a regular army even if it is a ragtag army.
"If the opponent wants to attack the city on a large scale, they will be easily defeated.
"However, the other party has the capabilities of a regular army, but they are also like bandits and bandits. They are supported by advanced intelligence. They often gather in teams of three or five people, and then bring a group of rogue gangsters with them to plunder everywhere.
Don't fight in the wild.
"Moreover, the other side is extremely organized and strategic. They have people who are dedicated to informing them. As soon as the army comes, they turn like the wind and don't stop at all. From this aspect, it seems that the other side is unique in terms of information and marching, far beyond ordinary people..."
"So to deal with them we need a regular army, and we need to train for a long time, but what they practice is more like attacks by street gangsters. The simple and quick results are different from the regular army."
"To deal with their regular armies, which are divided into small-scale areas, they fight solely by using their own weaknesses to exploit the opponent's strengths."
"If you want to truly fight the opponent, you have to learn the opponent's strengths and then make up for the shortcomings. You also need to deploy small-scale personnel to fight, but the small-scale personnel must learn the military's tactics to fight more with less..."
When Qi Guangji first spoke, Yu Zhifu was dismissive, but after hearing this, his expression gradually became serious.
After all, Yu Zhifu had seen Japanese pirates wreaking havoc, and he could easily defeat them, so he had always looked down upon these Japanese pirates.
But now I heard Qi Guangji analyze it carefully and in a clear manner. He analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the Japanese pirates, as well as the route of travel and the policy and mode of attack.
Case rhythm as a demonstration.
It was easy to understand and very clear. Yang You and Xiang Yu both nodded their heads. They felt that what Qi Guangji said was quite good, but they were a little bit unconvinced.
"It's so simple for you to say, why don't you suppress it? This has been going on for tens or hundreds of years."
As soon as these words came out, Qi Guangji fell silent. Of course he wanted to go, but he couldn't move.
If he didn't send enough gifts to the superior, and if he didn't get a big enough backer, he would have the ability and confidence to judge the Japanese pirate rebellion, but he wouldn't be given the chance at all.
Only Yu Zhifu, who had personally experienced the Japanese pirates' chaos, listened to Qi Guangji's words with rapt attention and seriousness.
He had fought against Japanese pirates many times, and had won several times, but never had Qi Guangji analyzed it in such detail, never understood it so clearly, and Qi Guangji explained many battle situations and battlefields very well.