Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 61 Rye and cassava, the divine seeds have arrived!

"I'll send the fourth batch of radio stations over first. Grandpa, you can pick them up over there."

This time, the scale of Yin Yang Qi Hai is visibly larger than before. Therefore, the efficiency of item transmission has also been improved, and there is no need to worry about the problem of being annihilated after hitting the edge.

But the fourth batch of radio stations was too numerous after all, with a total of twenty stations, so it still took a long time to transport them.

But on Daming's side, everyone didn't find it too long.

The atmosphere at the Holy Sun Altar gradually turned to a relaxed one from the anger just now after learning that the Jurchens would destroy the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Seeing these radio stations falling down continuously and landing on special thick cushions, Duke Chang Mao of Zheng and Li Wenzhong of Cao grinned from the corners of their mouths to their ears.

The few radio stations sent in the third batch were simply not large enough to support the millions of Ming troops.

Of course, although the number of the Ming army during the Hongwu period seemed very scary, this was due to the system of guards. Most of them were land reclamation troops, and there were not that many mobile troops that could really be used in field battles. " Only “hundreds of thousands of people.”

But even so, there are still too many troops who really need radio stations.

Among them, the highest priority is the army on the northern border (there is no term for "nine borders" at this time), as well as the Twelve Guards of the capital, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang began to reorganize the system in the fifteenth year of Hongwu, and designated it as directly under the emperor. The Jin Yiwei, Banner Guard, Huben left guard, Jinwu front guard, Habayashi left and right guard, Fujun and front and rear left and right guard.

With these twenty radio stations, plus the six from the third batch, the combat effectiveness of hundreds of thousands of elite Ming troops can be raised to a higher level.

Although the world's most powerful army has improved a level and is still the world's most powerful army, there is still a qualitative change for the Ming army's field troops.

After all, communication is an absolutely influential factor in war, both in ancient times and modern times.

With these radios, when defending, if the enemy attacks a major town on either side, the whereabouts of the enemy can be immediately known to the general in charge, and then troops can be sent to surround it; when attacking, the Ming army can calmly divide into joint attacks, and each department can Communicate in a timely manner. As long as one unit is attacked, you can hold on and wait until all units come closer to support, so that you will not be defeated by others due to time differences and not know anything.

It can be said that with the fourth batch of twenty radio stations, the Ming army's chances of winning in the attack on Liaodong will be greatly increased. As long as they perform normally, they will definitely succeed.

Even going forward, when we go on an expedition to Mobei to attack the Northern Yuan Dynasty, we don't have to worry about Li Guang's "lost prince" dilemma. If we are extravagant and equip the scout troops with separate radio stations, it will be easy to catch the enemy. Main force.

Because fighting in Mobei, the difficulty is not actually finding the traces of the enemy's main force. As long as the scouts spread out a lot and spread far away, there is a high probability that they can be found. The difficulty is that because the scouts spread out too far, after finding them, the scouts must be original. Lu returned to look for the main force of the army. After finding the main force of the army and reporting to the commander, the commander would lead the army there. By this time, the enemy had long since disappeared.

In ancient times, the only solution to this problem was to abandon the infantry and let the commander lead thousands or tens of thousands of fine cavalry to quickly maneuver and keep a close casting distance from the scouts. This is why Huo Qubing likes to lead a small number of cavalry personally. The reason for capturing the enemy's main force.

But now times have changed. With radio stations, for example, the Ming army's scout troops can report to the main force of the Ming army if they find enemies anywhere in Langjuxu Mountain, Onan River, and Yuyuerhai. , eliminating the process of turning back and running, and at the same time covertly monitoring the enemy's traces from a distance, giving the main force of the Ming army real-time updates on the enemy's movement trajectory.

This is equivalent to the Ming army clearing away the fog of war and having a clear view of the enemy's dynamics. This battle will be much easier to fight.

Chang Mao and Li Wenzhong's eyes shone with excitement, as if they had seen the Ming army being invincible and invincible on the battlefield after equipped with these radio stations.

"Great! God is really helping me!"

"God help me, this is from our eldest grandson."

Zhu Yuanzhang scolded dissatisfiedly. Chang Mao nodded repeatedly, gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "Thanks to my nephew (Chang Yuchun is Zhu Xiongying's grandfather, Chang Mao is his uncle), with these radio stations, our Ming army can attack or defend. It’s much easier now!”

Li Wenzhong also nodded repeatedly and said with deep feeling: "Yes, this radio station is really a magic weapon! The six stations before were not enough. In the past, we always missed opportunities due to poor communication on the battlefield. Now it is better. , with this thing, whether we are on an expedition to Liaodong or Mobei, we can obtain information and control the battlefield in real time, and make the most correct decisions."

"Without His Majesty the Holy Sun, how would we have this blessing?"

"Yes, thanks to His Highness Shengsun!"

Everyone praised Zhu Xiongying one after another. Their gratitude to Zhu Xiongying was beyond words and could not be overstated.

Immediately afterwards, Zhu Xiongying sent the second batch of expired seeds.

In addition to potatoes, corn and sweet potatoes, there are also newly added seeds of rye and cassava.

Looking at these new seeds, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly asked: "Dasun, what are these two new seeds?"

"Grandpa, what I sent here are rye seeds. Rye has strong cold resistance and can be grown in the north, even north of Mobei. It can be used not only as food but also as feed. It doesn't matter the soil."

"The ones sent later are cassava seeds. Cassava is more adaptable than potatoes and sweet potatoes. It is drought-tolerant, barren-tolerant, and has fewer pests and diseases. It doesn't matter the soil and can be grown in mountainous areas. But if you want cassava to have high yields, you still need to use soil layers. Planting in deep and loose soil, if the soil is not good, the yield will be relatively low. The only limitation is that it must be grown in the south, such as Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan and Guizhou."

After hearing this, Zhu Biao and Li Shanchang fixed their eyes on the large pile of seeds that seemed ordinary but contained great power.

Zhu Biao was the first to come to his senses. He said in a trembling voice: "So, if these rye seeds can grow in the cold places of the north, they can also survive in the Little Ice Age? Doesn't this mean that the people in the north also have a way to survive? .”

Li Shanchang was so excited that his beard trembled. He nodded repeatedly and said, "This is exactly the truth!"

"Moreover, this cassava seed can actually grow in the barren mountainous areas of the south. It is drought-tolerant, barren-tolerant, and has few pests and diseases. This... this is simply a divine seed!"

Seeing the excitement of the two people, Zhu Yuanzhang was filled with joy. His fingers gently rubbed these novel seeds, as if he could feel their hidden vitality.

The emergence of these two new seeds is undoubtedly a timely rain for Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already made a plan to expand southward and use the food from the south to help the north if it was not possible. Now that there is this rye, the most basic survival of the people in the north can be guaranteed, which actually strengthens the north. The local Han people’s sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

The stability of the north is very important to the current Ming Dynasty.

Because due to historical factors, the land of Youyan has been out of the control of the Han government since the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and the land of Two Rivers (Hebei and Shanxi, Shanxi was called "Hedong" in ancient times) has also fallen to the Hu people since Jingkang. Hands are hundreds of years old.

Therefore, the north is not only severely barbarized, but also has a very sparse population and low food production. However, the north bears the important task of defending the Mongols, and has to station a large number of troops and immigrate. For these troops and immigrants, the Ming court Grain must be transported to the north every year.

This is also the root cause of the implementation of the "Kai Zhong Law" since the third year of Hongwu. If there was no need to transport grain to the north, why did the Ming Dynasty issue salt tokens representing wealth to the merchants?
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