In the end, the Yin brothers were not able to escape this disaster. All five thousand of their sheepskins were robbed in the name of military requisition. Of course, they were not the only ones. All the foreign merchants were basically robbed. Now that the political situation is unstable, it is the time to make a fortune.
In good times, no one would care about such things, and Wanyan Wushu would not care about it in order to win over Wanyan Asai.
Overnight, Wanyan Asai robbed property worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, and he was so happy that he couldn't even close his mouth.
Zhang Lu immediately used Eagle Letter to send news of the internal strife in the Jin Kingdom to Yanshan Mansion.
It was now early February, and Chen Qing came to Taixue Agricultural College again. The potatoes he had been paying attention to were ready to be harvested.
The Agricultural College was very quiet. All the students had gone to Fengxiang for internship, including Chen Qing’s son Chen Ji, who also went to Fengxiang.
But Professor Yang Du and several students did not go. They carefully took care of the potatoes growing in the big glass room every day.
Today, five political ministers and other officials in charge of agriculture are here. Three thousand kilograms of grain per mu is about to be born, which of course makes everyone look forward to it.
In full view of everyone, Yang Du carefully used a shovel to open up the soil, revealing a nest of potatoes in the soil. There were more than twenty potatoes, large and small. Everyone was amazed. There were more than twenty potatoes under one seedling, as small as lychees.
, as big as a fist.
"How do you eat this thing?" Zhou Kuan asked curiously.
This is actually an issue that everyone is concerned about. Since it is food, they must be concerned about how to eat it.
Chen Qing said with a smile: "First of all, it can be eaten as a vegetable, cut into shreds, slices, or cut into pieces and roasted with the mutton. It is easier to use it as food. It can be boiled, roasted, or steamed. There are ways.
It’s a lot, don’t worry.”
Soon, Yang Du dug out all the potatoes. There were three large baskets, weighing one hundred and fifty kilograms.
"Everyone has seen with their own eyes that after planting less than half of the land, we harvested 150 kilograms. The yield from one acre of land reached more than 3,000 kilograms. We used a greenhouse, so the yield will be higher. Next,
One hundred and fifty kilograms needs to be planted continuously and harvested in May and June. Then, the planting can be continued. Two crops can be planted a year. In three years, it will be promoted throughout the Guanzhong area. In ten years, it will be planted all over the world.
, Especially for poor families in mountainous areas, planting a few acres of land can provide food for the family. You, you can solve the people's food problem, which has never been possible in previous dynasties!"
All the officials applauded.
After returning from Taixue, Chen Qing received urgent information from Yanshan Road. There was internal strife among the top brass of the Jin Kingdom. Wanyan Wushu had killed Wanyan Chang. This news came from Linhuang Mansion and Liaoyang Mansion almost at the same time.
Of course Chen Qing understood the conflict between Wanyan Wushu and Wanyan Chang very well, but if he only regarded this internal strife as a worsening of the conflict between the two, then the level of looking at the problem would still be a bit low.
Why didn't it break out before, but why did it break out at this time? At the juncture when I was about to launch a full-scale attack on the Kingdom of Jin, the conflict broke out.
In fact, this was a self-protection and self-repair of the Jin State. When the survival crisis was approaching, the Jin State court and Wan Yanchang did not make any changes or make any response to the upcoming crisis. If this continues,
It is inevitable that the Jin Kingdom will be destroyed.
But some people realized this crisis, and in order to save the Jin Kingdom, this coup was bound to happen.
Chen Qing immediately convened a political meeting to discuss the plan to send troops to the Jin Kingdom!
In the meeting hall, Chen Qing said to everyone: "This time I send troops to the Jin Kingdom, I am considering sending 400,000 troops. Our 600,000 troops are still insufficient. We must leave at least 100,000 troops in Guanzhong. Considering the 50,000 troops stationed in the northwest and Lingxia Road,
With the 80,000 troops stationed on Fujian Road and Pingping-Guangnan Road, and the 60,000 troops facing Lin'an Prefecture, we still have a gap of 100,000 troops, so I plan to convert the 150,000 civilian regiments in various places into formal armies.
In other words, we need 750,000 troops to ensure the success of this Eastern Expedition."
Jiang Yan pondered for a moment and said, "Will there be more troops of 400,000?"
Chen Qing shook his head, "Not many. After all, it is a war to destroy the country. The Jin Kingdom's current military strength is about 350,000. They use the strength of the whole country to fight against us. Of course, we must also use the strength of the whole country to destroy them. Not only
In the Kingdom of Jin, we will also face support from the grassland nomads to the Kingdom of Jin, so it is still unclear whether the 400,000 troops will be enough."
Lu Qingshan asked: "How is the situation on Guangnan Road, Your Highness?"
Chen Qing said slowly: "Liu Guangshi has indeed separatized the regime again. He has occupied Yongzhou, Binzhou, Hengzhou and Qinzhou, and has an army of about 20,000 people. Liu Qiong leads an army of 50,000 people and is currently on the front line of Yuzhou and Wuzhou.
He did not rush to attack, but worked step by step and fought steadily. With our absolute advantage, we believe that Liu Guangshi's rebellion will be wiped out in the first half of this year and Guangnan West Road will be completely recovered."
Lu Qingshan nodded, "I support the expansion of the army in my humble position!"
Everyone expressed their support for the expansion of the army. The Internal Affairs Bureau also decided to allocate 10 million gu to support this war of annihilation. The temple treasury and the government treasury will each contribute 5 million gu, and at the same time, an additional 1.2 million gu will be added to Yanshan Road.
To provide food, at the same time mobilize 500,000 people, 30,000 ships and 300,000 livestock from various places.
The war machine of the entire Yong Kingdom was in operation again, and all kinds of food, supplies, and people were continuously transported to Yanshan Road. In fact, preparations for war began in November last year. An army of 400,000 had already been mobilized to Yanshan Road to gather. The first batch of food
Supplies have been sent, but the 400,000-strong army will consume 200,000 shi of food a month. Three months of training and preparations have consumed 600,000 shi of food. The first batch of food supplies is basically available.
Therefore, the Yong court still needs to prepare food for at least half a year, which is 1.2 million shi.
Three days later, Chen Qing said goodbye to his family and led 30,000 cavalry to leave Jingzhao and march towards Yanshan Prefecture. As the commander-in-chief of the three armies, he wanted to personally preside over this battle to destroy the country.
At this time, the prelude to the war to destroy the gold, the war to attack Linhuang Mansion has slowly begun.
The war against Linhuang Prefecture was led by veteran general Niu Gao, with Wang Duo as his deputy, and Shao Jichun, one of the new five tiger generals of the Western Army, as the vanguard. Niu Gao led an army of 50,000 and supplies of 100,000 camels, and left Yanshan from Juyong Pass in a mighty and mighty manner.
Killing to Linhuang Mansion thousands of miles away.
The main reason for attacking Linhuang Mansion first was to cut off the support of the grassland nomads to the Jin Kingdom. Once the Kelie Tribe, Tata Tribe and Merqi Tribe gathered forces to support the Jin Kingdom, Linhuang Mansion was the only way to pass.
This is an extremely important chess piece. Niu Gao's army may not attack the Jin Kingdom, but he built a front line in the west. This front line not only blocked the eastward advance of the nomads, but also blocked the westward retreat of the Jin soldiers.
the road.
When the time is right, Niu Gao's army can also seize Dading Mansion to the southeast. Dading Mansion is also a westward retreat route for the Jin soldiers. In this way, both Jin soldiers' westward retreat routes will be completely cut off.