Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 708 Dong Zhuo's Ambition

Chapter 706: Dong Zhuo's Ambition

Dong Zhuo knows rice and wheat naturally, but sweet potatoes and potatoes are unheard of.

When he heard Xiongba say that these two things were actually food, Dong Zhuo's eyes flashed with surprise, he pointed at the sweet potato and asked with a look of surprise, "Is this thing really edible?"

Xiongba nodded and said, "These things are called sweet potatoes and potatoes. They were found in Nanyang by subordinates, and the local people eat them."

Saying that, Xiongba was about to try it himself, but Dong Zhuo took the sweet potato and stuffed it into his mouth under everyone's shocked gaze.

"My lord, you can't..."

Before Li Ru could finish speaking, Dong Zhuo had already bitten a piece of sweet potato and slowly tasted it in his mouth.

Immediately, Dong Zhuo's eyes lit up, and he smiled at Li Ru and said, "This sweet potato tastes very sweet, would you like to try it, my son-in-law?"

"The lord is a body of ten thousand gold, how can you eat this kind of thing of unknown origin casually?" Li Ru said with a serious face.

Dong Zhuo waved his hands indifferently: "This sweet potato was brought back by Xiongba, how could it be poisonous."

With that said, Dong Zhuo handed the sweet potato to Li Yuanba and said with a smile, "Come on, Yuanba, your brother-in-law is too timid to eat it, come and see."

"okay."

Li Yuanba happily took it, and immediately after eating it, his eyebrows turned into crescents, and he grinned: "Foster father, it's delicious, Yuanba wants it."

"Okay, I'll give you everything."

"Thank you, righteous father."

"You and me, father and son, what's there to be thankful for?"

Dong Zhuo turned his head and asked, "Xiongba, how many kilograms of this sweet potato did you bring back?"

Seeing that Dong Zhuo did not discover the value of sweet potatoes, Xiongba's eyes flashed a hint of helplessness, and he smiled bitterly:
"My lord, Qin Hao is very fond of these four kinds of crops. Not only are they planted on a large scale in the mountainous and forest areas where there are few people, but they also specially send troops and horses to guard the various places. The subordinates took great pains to get such a point, and they were almost killed by Qin Hao. It was discovered by his subordinates."

"Oh?"

After Dong Zhuo heard this, his brows furrowed again: "Qin Hao values ​​these crops so much, and he still refuses to disclose it. Is there any benefit in it?"

Not only Dong Zhuo didn't understand it, but also Li Ru and Jia Xu couldn't figure it out. Rice and wheat can be found everywhere. Although sweet potatoes and potatoes are rare, they shouldn't be guarded by the army, right?

Seeing that Dong Zhuo finally paid attention, Xiongba was relieved and explained:

"According to my subordinates, the output of these four kinds of food grown in Nanyang far exceeds that of conventional crops by several times. The yield per mu of rice in Nanyang has reached [-] catties, the yield of wheat is [-] catties, and the yield of potatoes and sweet potatoes has reached [-] catties per mu. Thousands of pounds."

Since ancient times, China has divided the north and the south by the Qinling and Huaihe Rivers, and planted crops, generally rice in the south and wheat in the north.

In the south, rice is mainly grown, supplemented by mulberry, hemp, and beans.

In ancient society, men farm and women weave, men are responsible for farming and women are responsible for weaving, so every household grows mulberry and hemp.

Mulberry leaves can be used to raise silkworms to spin silk and make silk, and mulberry fruits are also edible.

And hemp, its seeds can be eaten, such as oil extraction, fried food, and its stem bark can also be used to make hemp rope and hemp clothing.

In the north, wheat and millet are the main crops, but also beans, mulberries, and hemp.

There are many varieties of whole grains, but no matter what is planted, there is a big drawback, that is, the yield is not high!

For example, the main crops such as rice and wheat are planted in fertile fields, and the yield per mu is only about 20 kilograms.

The crops that have been planted for nearly a thousand years have always been the same yield, but now Xiongba says that Qin Hao has a thousand kilograms of grain per mu. How can Dong Zhuo and others believe this?

"This is impossible!"

Li Ru sneered and immediately rejected: "How can there be such a high yield of grain?"

Not only Li Ru, Jia Xu also didn't believe it, but then he seemed to have thought of something, and his brows could not help frowning.

Of course Dong Zhuo didn't believe it. He looked at Xiongba and said with a serious face, "Xiongba, don't you think you know nothing about farming? It's not like there are no farmers in my Liangzhou, but such high-yield food is unheard of?"

Xiongba looked into Dong Zhuo's eyes without fear, and said seriously: "I have seen it with my own eyes, if there is any deception, please behead my lord."

Seeing Xiongba making such a promise, Dong Zhuo also believed it a little bit. After all, if there was no huge benefit, why would Qin Hao treasure these grains so much?
At this point, Dong Zhuo sent nearly a hundred spies directly to Nanyang.

Qin Hao's emphasis on new crops far exceeded Dong Zhuo's expectations. Only one of the nearly [-] secret agents came back alive and brought back the information that Xiongba's intelligence was all true.

"God bless Qin Hao, such a high yield of food is simply a fetish. No wonder Qin Hao refuses to reveal it."

Dong Zhuo was both envious and depressed, and then he could not help but analyze randomly: "Why is Qin Hao able to obtain this divine artifact? Could it be that the farmer has already taken refuge in Qin Hao? Impossible."

Li Ru stood up at this time and said with a smile: "Master, you don't have to envy Qin Hao. I already have it in Liangzhou. After cultivating enough seeds, it can be fully promoted in Liangzhou."

"When we cultivate enough seeds, the Qin family will have tens of thousands of grains."

Dong Zhuo showed dissatisfaction and said bitterly: "Don't forget, Qin Hao is Qin Wen's son. What Qin Hao has, does he know Qin Wen?"

Bingzhou and Liangzhou are neighbors, and after Qin Wen has new crops, his forces will definitely be stronger than before, so how can Dong Zhuo feel at ease?

The most important thing is that the Qin family is still a pro-Han faction, and Dong Zhuo's big plan is about to be implemented. Qin Wen and Qin Hao and his son are so powerful that Dong Zhuo is worried that they will hinder his big plan.

Li Ru figured out Dong Zhuo's thoughts in an instant, thought for a moment and then smiled gloomily: "My lord, then let's get the news out, now that the world is full of hungry people, Qin Hao is sitting on such a fetish, but he doesn't show it. If you save all peoples, you will surely be cast aside by the people of the world.”

Jia Xu saw this, and when he was about to speak, Dong Zhuo frowned, "It's not right."

Li Ru and Jia Xu were stunned at the same time, and then they only listened to Dong Zhuo continue: "If this is the case, wouldn't the princes in the world also get it?"

Dong Zhuo's eyes flashed with longing, and he said solemnly, "If all the princes can obtain such divine objects, when will they be able to sweep the chaotic world and rule the world?"

Back then, when Zhang Jiao was at the head of Luoyang City, his remarks that the great man would perish would be affected by far more than Dong Zhuo.

Since the big Han is bound to perish, why can't I sit on the throne?

Most of the princes were drawn out of their ambitions, and Dong Zhuo made it his lifelong goal to end the troubled times and rule the world, so he naturally did not want other princes to grow stronger.

(End of this chapter)