The autumn wind in Beiting started later this year, and similarly, the reinforcements from the Anxi Protectorate also arrived later.
In a few days, the story of the commander's horse Fuqin guarding the empty city has spread throughout Tingzhou. Whether it is a trafficker or a wealthy family, everyone knows that there is a wise and brave man like Zhang Peng in the princess's mansion in Canyang Pass, west of Beiting City.
County horse.
So much so that when Zhang Peng walked on the streets of Beiting City, people would greet him with smiles, with such expressions of admiration, that there were even several scenes where vendors in the city refused to accept Zhang Peng's money for tea and meals.
Xu Wanyi was a blessing in disguise. Not only was the poison eliminated, but her martial arts realm broke through the bottleneck and entered the realm of a grand master where Qi unites and unifies.
Is there any natural reason for this? Other people's time travel is smooth sailing, but I am in debt.
After all, the pressure of ten million yuan is a bit too much. In future generations, this will be a loan of hundreds of millions!
Zhang Peng suddenly remembered Principal Wang’s father’s joke of “set a small goal first”.
Why can people take this kind of thing for granted?
"Uncle, let's get on our horses quickly. The princess wants us to rush to the outskirts of Longshang within half an hour. If you stroll around like this in such a leisurely manner, we won't be able to reach the ridge at noon," Gao Gao complained.
Tian and Zhang Peng get along, and the two of them already get along not as masters and servants, but as friends.
This is related to the fact that Zhang Peng now has no control over his dealings with others, and is so casual that it is outrageous.
Nowadays, Chakhtuo's army could not escape far into the desert in a sneak attack, but it plundered most of the autumn grain and population in most areas in the southwest of Tingzhou.
While Beiting was distributing relief to the people who had escaped the plunder, they also had to organize military camps to quickly replant autumn crops. It seemed that Tingzhou's food security could not be guaranteed in the coming year, but Xu Wanyi decided to replenish as much as she could.
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So I didn't rest at home for a few days before I took the lead again and went to dig the ground on the ridge.
"Shit, I told her a few days ago that the farming season has passed half a month, and the rainy season has stopped. It's not that you can replenish the green crops now with more people. Just digging the ground is enough for them to drink a pot.
"An extra hoe won't help me!" Zhang Peng replied to Gundam nonchalantly, and stopped in front of a Hu people's clothing store. He seemed to be very interested in the Hu people's business.
"But the princess has already told the news that you are going with us in front of all the civil and military officials in the city. If you don't go, won't you make the princess lose face?" A look of embarrassment showed on Gao Gao's face.
"If he wants me to go, I will go. I don't want to lose face, right?" Zhang Peng casually flipped through the goods on the Huren's stall and snorted arrogantly.
Gundam almost burst into tears: "Uncle, you were clearly writing and drawing on paper last night to prepare for this replanting!"
Zhang Peng turned around and looked at Gundam angrily. In the end, he couldn't bear to let his little follower be implicated because of his absence from the "Spring Plowing and Replanting Mobilization Meeting", so he could only sigh: "That's all, you hand over those things."
It doesn't matter if you give it to her, she and I will start to quarrel without even saying a few words, and everything will fall apart if we go back and forth. Come on, take it."
After saying that, Mr. Zhang Peng took out three scrolls from his sleeves and handed them to Gundam: "Boy, I won't go. If I stay with those idiots for a long time, I'm afraid of contracting the stupid disease. You can give these three scrolls to the county.
Lord, then repeat what I said next to her word for word, do you understand?"
"Understood," Gundam excitedly took the three scrolls and made a gesture of listening.
After two cups of tea, Gundam galloped out of the city with shock and joy. His forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he nervously protected the scroll in his arms. He even put a sword on his back, as if no one dares to block the way.
Just chop someone with a knife.
Zhang Peng watched Gundam riding out of the city, feeling happy and helpless at the same time. He subconsciously touched the private seal of He Bo in his arms.
It's not because he is really worried about Beiting's farming and people's livelihood because of how great he is, but because he had a dream last night!
He dreamed that in the second year of Kaiping (next year), there would be a year-round drought in Beiting, the river in the setting sun would dry up, and there would be countless grains in the summer. A large area from the Altai Mountains to the north of the Tianshan Mountains would starve to death in the wilds, and the people in Yizhou would even sell their children.
The girl left her hometown, and for a time bandits and refugees broke out in Beiting. The Turkic army took the opportunity to raise troops southward, plundering Hexi, and cutting off Beiting's retreat.
When he woke up, the private seal of He Bo in his arms was glowing slightly and burning hot.
At that time, Zhang Peng sat on the bed in a daze for a long time, holding He Bo's private seal in his hand, and was completely unaware that his palms were burned.
Sure enough, He Bo's private seal really has a special function, that is - to warn the future!
"Oh, I really don't want to be the son of destiny. I was forced to do so." Zhang Peng shook his head slightly, and then focused his attention on the barbarian merchant's shop again.
This was the reason why he temporarily decided not to see Xu Wanyi. He glanced at the melon seed peels on the ground at the door, leaned over to pick them up, then put on a smile and walked into the shop with a high head.
"Distinguished guest, please allow Old Henis to introduce to you the special products of our store. We are from..." An enthusiastic Hu businessman came over. He was wearing a luxurious Kandi with a yellow background and purple stripes.
He was wearing a ceremonial robe and a delicate but old ruby hairband, but Zhang Peng rudely interrupted his opening remarks.
"I know you are a descendant of the nobles of Sasanian Persia," Zhang Peng looked at the exquisite Sasanian brocades, the noble gold and silverware and the exquisite Damascus scimitars on the shelves with boredom, and said to himself, "It's just that
You have been reduced to the point of selling off your family property. Tsk tsk, you must have a hard time being a second-class citizen under the rule of the Caliphate."
Old Henis looked at Zhang Peng in shock. He did not expect that far away in Daxia Beiting, he would meet a young man who knew the situation in his hometown very well.
"The glory of Elamshahr will never perish. Sooner or later we will drive those big-eating executioners out of the Iranian plateau!" Old Henis's posture became more humble. "Dear guest, you are really knowledgeable. Please have mercy on me."
Helpless old Henis, please choose some goods, Old Henis will definitely give you the best price."
Zhang Peng raised his eyebrows, feeling a little admiration for the lofty ambitions of old Henis, but more of a pity. If the history of Central Asia had not gone wrong, the Persians would have been left with only Persian city-states and resistance forces under the iron-blooded rule of the Caliphate.
It would be wiped out, and Zoroastrianism would become a historical term. It was not until the rise of the Safavid dynasty in the sixteenth century that the Persians once again established their own independent sovereign state.
Zhang Peng shook his head and said with a smile: "I'm not interested in your rags, but I am interested in your seeds."
Old Henis's gray pupils were full of doubts: "Dear guest, I do not sell seeds here."
"Stop talking nonsense, how much of this do you still have?" Zhang Peng stretched out his hand, and in his palm was a chewed melon seed skin, "Five hundred guan, I'll cover it!"
"Five hundred strings!" Old Henis looked happy, and then looked at the seed shell in Zhang Peng's hand.
But after he looked at it for a long time, he finally showed a puzzled expression. Obviously, he didn't know what it was. He said with an aggrieved face: "Dear guest, old Hernis doesn't know what kind of seed this is. I'm sure."
, I don’t have this shipment.”
"Do you still have goods on consignment from others in your store?" Zhang Peng asked dissatisfiedly, his tone becoming very harsh.
Facing the angry customer, Old Henis became more and more humble, and hurriedly leaned over to apologize and smiled: "Dear guest, Old Henis's shop only has business of my own family, and has never consigned anything to others."
"Call out everyone in your store!" Zhang Peng's tone became more and more severe, not for any other reason, just because the melon seed peel in his hand was not anything else, but the peel of pumpkin seeds!
This is the first choice for emergency food in the lean season, and it is super durable. It can be stored in a cellar for half a year. If I remember correctly, the noble little pumpkins in my previous life were produced in Xinjiang!
Whether it's porridge, stews or hot pot, it's a top choice. It's so expensive, even though he is a high-income surgeon, he can't afford it every day.
If you get this thing, firstly, you can add a kind of food to the people of Li, and secondly, you can sell it to Xu Wanyi to pay off your debt. Is this kind of high-yielding good food worth one hundred thousand yuan?
"Okay, distinguished guest, please wait a moment." After saying this, Old Henis called the servant, and then spoke Persian for a while. Finally, within a few minutes, six Persian warriors and four Persian maids came from the backyard.
Went into the store.
But after some inquiries, no one knew about the pumpkin seeds.
The owner of the pumpkin seeds must be found! Beiting’s fragile agricultural system needs a high-yielding grain to ensure food security!
Potatoes, corns and sweet potatoes are unthinkable, but if I see pumpkin seeds today, I will never let them go.
Zhang Peng shuddered when he thought of the early warning image given by He Bo's private seal. He really couldn't stand by and watch the disaster come. The most important qualities given to him by twenty years of education in his previous life were the feelings of family and country and the national spirit.
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This cannot be easily changed as time travels and status changes.
Unwilling to be reconciled, Zhang Peng had to carefully ask who else had come to Old Hells' store today. In the end, he left Old Hells ten dollars for information and hurriedly checked them one by one...
On the outskirts, on the ridges, countless young men from the Beiting Army were busy on the endless wasteland, including Xu Wanyi, who was sweating profusely and digging the ground with a hoe.
In order to prepare for the invasion of Chakhtuo in the area, the emergency strategy of fortifying the wall and clearing the country must be implemented. Burning the green seedlings with fire was a sour experience at that time, and now it is so sour to dig the ground.
No matter how good Xu Wanyi's martial arts skills are, she can't dig more acres of land than others in one day.
"Princess, please drink some water," Jianping couldn't bear Xu Wanyi's hard work and brought her some water.
"Where is the county horse? Why haven't you come yet?" Xu Wanyi took the water and drank it in small sips.
"Junma just sent Gundam here," Jianping wiped Xu Wanyi's sweat with a cloth. She was worried about the wound on Xu Wanyi's arm, but she checked and found that the wound healed in just a few days, leaving only
A very ugly scar, shaped like a centipede.
"Where are you? Why don't you come to see me?" Xu Wanyi asked with a frown.
Jianping pointed towards the distance, "Mr. Qin is scolding him now."
Lord Jun looked towards where Jianping was pointing. With her extraordinary eyesight, she saw that Grandpa Qin was chasing Gundam with a walking stick. While chasing him, he was yelling curses, but it was too far away.
I can't hear clearly what he was scolding.
"Hey, Gundam is a good boy. I guess he got this beating for Jun Ma, but I'd better stop him. This beating is a real injustice," Xu Wanyi sighed.
As Xu Wanyi walked towards Grandpa Qin and Gao Da, she finally heard clearly what Grandpa Qin was talking about.
"Such a treasure, why didn't you take it out earlier? Zhang Peng actually regards this important matter as a child's play, which is related to the people of the world. I'm so angry that I won't leave!" Grandpa Qin was panting at the moment, holding a scroll in one hand and a scroll in the other.
Holding on to the cane.
"Mr. Qin, I'm just a messenger, why are you beating me?" Gao Gao had already climbed up the poplar tree at this moment, his face was full of grievances, and when he saw the princess coming, he felt like he was seeing the princess.
Like a savior, he said, "Princess, save me!"
"I'm so shameless, Zhuzi, get down here." Grandpa Qin was obviously even more angry. He was angry that Zhang Peng didn't come forward at all, but still slapped him loudly in the face.
Xu Wanyi looked at Gao Da who was holding the tree trunk in confusion, and then brought a bowl of water to Grandpa Qin: "Grandpa Qin, why are you angry at Gao Da? Is it because he didn't bring Zhang Peng? You also know, Zhang Peng
Peng has an out-of-character personality, so I didn't expect him to come."
Grandpa Qin took a deep breath and wanted to say something, but in the end he did not say anything. He just handed Xu Wanyi three scrolls with a wry smile: "Take a look, your good commander gave it to you, sooner or later."
I won’t give it, but I will give it today when we are replanting the young crops. Haha, my old face has been beaten into a monkey’s ass, so I have no choice but to rely on my old skills and beat up this skinned monkey like Gundam.”
After hearing her grandfather's words, Xu Wanyi became more and more curious about the three scrolls. What exactly was drawn here could make Grandpa Qin so angry.
Soon, Xu Wanyi no longer had any curiosity at all, but experienced changes in her mentality from shock to ecstasy, to shame, and finally to rage.
The first scroll: Detailed illustration of columbine making and curved shaft plow making! The pinnacle of wisdom of Chinese farming civilization, which greatly improves the efficiency of cultivated land sowing. There are few plowing oxen in Beiting, but there are enough draft horses!
The second scroll: engineering drawings of windmill mill and animal-drawn waterwheel! There are strong winds all year round in Beiting. The versatile windmill is a unique weapon here. Coupled with the animal-drawn waterwheel irrigation project, it is not a problem to easily build an agricultural empire in Beiting.
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The third scroll: Detailed illustration of making a wheelbarrow! This kind of hand-pushed wheelbarrow can be operated by a single person, regardless of the terrain, can be added with a sail to take advantage of the wind, and has amazing carrying capacity. It is most suitable for Beiting and Beijing with complex terrain.
The Western Region area, and the cost is low. Once popularized in Beiting, it will have a huge promotion effect on the production and life of the entire Western Region.
Princess Luanming, who has extensive knowledge and has been involved in military and government affairs for many years, can naturally see how precious these three scrolls are. It is no exaggeration to say that they are priceless treasures.
No wonder Zhang Peng had no interest in the city's military and civilian replanting plan a few days ago. It turns out that he already had a better way!
Columbines and curved plows can shorten the farming time of this rush by more than ten times!
Coupled with the introduction of windmills, waterwheels and hand-pushed wheelbarrows, this is simply a one-stop development plan tailor-made for the long-term Beiting farming industry!
The corner of Xu Wanyi's mouth twitched slightly. She looked at the hoe in her hand that was soaked in her own sweat, but suddenly she felt that she had no motivation to pick it up again.
Her face was hot, and Xu Wanyi felt ashamed. No wonder Grandpa Qin said that his face was slapped by Zhang Peng. Not only him, but the princess was also slapped in the face!
But even though you were slapped in the face, you still have to smile, be filled with joy, and carefully do the next thing according to the other person's wishes. This is the key to making people even more angry and unhappy.
"Did Zhang Peng ask you to tell me anything?" Xu Wanyi took a deep breath and gritted her teeth and asked Gundam on the tree.
"Yes, but..." Gundam's face turned pale and he hesitated to speak.
"Say!" Xu Wanyi's eyes widened angrily.
"Uncle, uncle said," Gao Da gulped, "You fools who don't know how to farm, I'll leave the method to you, do it well, don't let me look down on you, by the way, three pictures, three hundred thousand
After saying that, Gao Gao felt that the situation was not good, because the princess had already walked to the poplar tree with a red face, and gently raised her jade hand.
"Princess Princess, this is what you asked me to say, ah..."
The poplar tree fell down simply because it provided shelter to an innocent courier and microphone.
With her back turned to the smoke and dust caused by the falling poplar tree, Xu Wanyi walked to Grandpa Qin and handed him a hoe stick, smiling and saying: "Grandpa Qin, please continue beating."
"Hahaha, just what I wanted!" Mr. Qin laughed heartily.