Li Ye specially met with Yang Liangyao and praised him for his great achievements for the Tang Dynasty. He also listened to his account of the search for the Southern Continent and Nanda Island, including the settlement of the first batch of experimenters and troops on Nanda Island.
Accompanying the Emperor to receive Yang Liangyao were eight senior officials from the Political Affairs Hall. Everyone did not interrupt and just listened to His Majesty and Yang Liangyao.
In fact, everyone has heard a lot of loopholes. The Emperor seems to know the Southern Continent, Nanda Island and the New World very well. The question arises, how does the Emperor know?
Although everyone had doubts in their minds, no one dared to point out the emperor's flaws.
Yang Liangyao talked about the fleet crossing the Pacific, various thrilling encounters, and meeting the Yin people in South America. He collected various crop seeds and mature crops along the way.
After hearing this, Li Ye smiled and asked: "Why not settle in the southern continent instead of the southern island?"
Yang Liangyao leaned forward and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, the land of the Southern Continent is not as fertile as the Southern Island, the forests are not as lush as the Southern Island, and the climate is drier. It is not as mild and humid as the Southern Island. We entered from the mouth of a large river and sailed for seventy or eighty miles.
, there are fertile and flat grasslands all the way, a large river spreads on the grassland like a mirror, there are pine forests more than ten feet high in the distance, there are no ferocious beasts, and with the promise of a hundred years of tax exemption, it is simply a paradise."
"You named Nanda Island Xinjiangning?" Li Ye asked again with a smile.
"Exactly!"
"Okay!" Li Ye nodded, "This is a good name, I'm ready!"
But Li Ye was still concerned about crops, and asked with a smile: "Where are the crop seeds that I brought?"
Wei Jiansu said quickly: "They are all in the Agricultural College!"
Li Ye stood up and said with a smile: "Go to the Agricultural College to see the crops, otherwise I won't be able to sleep tonight."
All the officials got on the bullock carts, surrounded the emperor, and marched to the Agricultural College.
The Agricultural College is one of the largest universities in Chang'an, second only to Guozixue and the Engineering College. There are many students who applied for it. This year's imperial examination, tens of thousands of people chose to apply for the Agricultural College, but only 2,000 were admitted.
After all, it is easier for the common people to accept children studying agriculture if they are educated in agriculture, industry and commerce.
The Agricultural College has a special seed bank. The seeds brought back by Yang Liangyao are placed in a confidential room. After all, no one has seen those crop specimens. Everyone knows that they are important, and there are experienced people to take care of them.
The seed bank was very cold, and ice cubes were placed inside all year round to cool down. Li Ye saw the specimens placed in hay boxes one by one.
The first one is a pumpkin, with a small pocket next to it filled with seeds.
"You haven't named it yet!" Li Ye asked with a smile.
Wang Bo, the minister of Sinong Temple, reacted very quickly and said quickly: "I'm just waiting for your Majesty to give me my name!"
The officials secretly scolded Wang Bo for being a sycophant, but Li Ye smiled happily and said: "This is called pumpkin. The method of growing it is the same as winter melon. People can grow it in front of and behind their houses, even in the county town!"
Zhao Jiunian, a student at the College of Agriculture, said: "We are all preparing to start trial planting next spring!"
Li Ye shook his head, "We can't generalize!"
He pointed to the second crop, sweet potatoes, and said: "This is called sweet potato. It will go bad after a few months. Doesn't your agricultural college have a glass greenhouse? It is grown in a glass greenhouse. The method of growing sweet potatoes is the same as that of yams. They are planted directly in the soil.
, this is a high-yielding crop that requires a lot of fertilizer for planting, and it is estimated that it can be harvested before and after the frost."
Zhao Yuanzheng bowed and said: "I understand, we will start planting tomorrow!"
"With this!"
Li Ye pointed to the potato next to him and said: "This is called a potato. It is best grown in mountainous areas. It has a large yield and does not care about the land. The yield is similar to that of sweet potatoes. Plant it together. Look, it has sprouted on it."
"Follow the order!"
Li Ye introduced and named them one by one. It was indeed a trip to the Americas dedicated to collecting crops. In addition to the pumpkins, potatoes and sweet potatoes before, there were also corn, sunflowers, tomatoes, peppers, peanuts, and even cotton, etc.
It's a pity that there are no tobacco seeds and no cocoa.
However, Li Ye was still overjoyed. With these crops and Jiaozhou rice, Datang's population of hundreds of millions was guaranteed, and it would have a solid population base for overseas development.
Coming out of the Agricultural College, Yang Liangyao bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I want to go to the Southern Continent and Jiangning Island again!"
Li Ye smiled and said: "I just came back, let's take a rest for half a year! There's still time to go next year."
"Your Majesty, I can't stay idle. A month's rest is enough. The key is that I promised the soldiers on Jiangning Island that they will change their posts after one year. Moreover, I have gained a lot of experience. This time I will establish supply points and rest areas along the way.
From now on, it will be much easier for the fleet to go to the Southern Continent and Jiangning Island."
Since Yang Liangyao had this intention, how could Li Ye not be sure? He said happily: "Then it's all thanks to you!"
Half a month later, Yang Liangyao got up and went to Quanzhou to prepare for his second voyage. This time the court paid more attention to it, allocated 100,000 yuan, established a special ocean-going agency, and began to select people across the country who were willing to go to the southern continent and
Prisoners living on Jiangning Island, and even many farmers who heard that they were given a thousand acres of land, also signed up to live overseas.
A thousand acres of land! How many farmers’ dreams.
Except for a few of Yang Liangyao's men who were sick and unable to go overseas, everyone else was willing to follow Yang Liangyao to the Southern Continent again.
After two months of preparation, Yang Liangyao, who was well prepared, led thirty large ships and three thousand people to go to sea again, heading for the distant southern continent and Jiangning Island.
In Hechuan, although half a month had passed and the attack on Diaoyu Mountain had not yet begun, the Tang army was not idle. Li Sheng sent General Xiong Kun to lead an army of 20,000, and cooperated with the 20,000 Nanzhao garrison to annihilate the three troops in Luchuan County.
Wan Guo's army killed more than 4,000 enemies and captured 25,000.
In addition, the Hu family, a local wealthy family in Luzhou, and the Wen family, a wealthy local family in Bazhou, who supported the Guo family's rebellion, were all arrested and beheaded by the internal guards, and all their property was confiscated.
As hundreds of large ships from Chengdu arrived, the Tang army quickly wiped out the Guo family's surface forces. All the Guo family's more than 100 patrol boats were destroyed and sunk by the Tang army's explosive arrows, killing more than 2,000 enemies.
That morning, the first vanguard unit of the Tang Army began to cross the Fujian River by ferry. Deputy General Zhao Ting'an said: "Commander, will the enemy be fooled?"
Li Sheng smiled and nodded, "Not only are our soldiers holding it back, but the other side is also holding it back. It's so easy to see the fish coming, how can they still hold it back?"
Li Sheng knew that the other party had deployed 5,000 men at the foot of the mountain to prevent the Tang army from crossing the river. However, they usually hid in the mountains and forests. Once danger appeared, they would immediately evacuate to the mountain. In order to annihilate these 5,000 enemy troops, Li Sheng
It was decided to use a thousand soldiers as bait to cross the river to lure the enemy out.
At the same time, the Tang Army has prepared the pontoon bridge in advance and can complete it in the shortest time.
There are more than a hundred small boats moored on the shore. There is nothing unusual about them at the moment, but their true appearance will be revealed soon.
Ten large ships gradually came to the other side. The soldiers took out their short spears and shields and jumped off the ship. A thousand soldiers came ashore.
At this moment, the sound of horns came from the mountains and forests, and five thousand Guo family troops rushed out from the mountains and forests, rushing towards the one thousand Tang army soldiers on the shore.
At the same time, a boat equipped with a paddle wheel started and sailed towards the other shore, dragging two iron chains. More than a hundred small boats parked on the shore were experiencing abnormalities.
They were actually connected in series by two iron chains. When the iron chains moved, all the boats followed, and they lined up one by one on the river.
Immediately hundreds of soldiers began to lay wooden planks. There were holes in the planks and the boat. With two iron pins inserted, the planks and the boat were fixed. It was very convenient and fast. Ten thousand soldiers led the horses and began to lay on the pontoon bridge.
Run quickly.
In just two cups of tea, the pontoon bridge was laid, and ten thousand troops rushed to the other side with their horses. They got on their horses and galloped toward the mountains and forests, cutting off the retreat of five thousand enemy troops.
A thousand soldiers of the Tang Army, holding short spears and shields, formed a large formation on the shore to fight against the five thousand enemy troops. Although the ratio was five to one, the Tang Army formed a large formation, like a shrinking turtle. Five thousand
The enemy has nothing to do with them.
At this moment, a bell suddenly rang loudly in the forest, "Dang! Dang! Dang!"
This was the bell that called for an urgent withdrawal of troops. Only then did the Guo family soldiers realize that a Tang Army cavalry appeared behind them and was about to cut off their retreat.
The soldiers of the Guo family were frightened and turned around and ran towards the forest a mile away. However, the enemy was a cavalryman who was much faster than them. He quickly surpassed the five thousand soldiers and cut off their retreat.
Ten thousand cavalry began to violently attack the five thousand enemy troops, and one thousand contradictory soldiers also launched a counterattack.
The main force of the Tang army began to cross the river continuously, and soon another 10,000 soldiers crossed the river and entered the battlefield. The 5,000 troops were completely surrounded and suffered heavy casualties. In despair, the soldiers knelt down and surrendered.
Soon, the remaining 3,800 surrendered soldiers were escorted across the Fujiang River, and the more than 1,000 corpses on the ground were also cleared and taken away.
Thirty thousand troops crossed the Fujiang River, which meant that the Guo family's land and water defense lines had been breached, and they could only defend the mountains.
At dusk, the Tang army began to pour a large amount of kerosene, pouring tens of thousands of barrels of kerosene, in preparation for burning the mountain.
At the first watch, more than a thousand soldiers set fire to the mountain forest at the same time. The woods at the foot of the mountain began to catch fire. The fire was extremely fierce, and more than a thousand fire points gradually connected into one.
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[Chapter 5 of the new book "The Humiliation in the Martial Arts School" has also been released. Comments and corrections are welcome]
