Chapter 89: The army enters Sichuan

"Where is the queen?" Li Jun asked casually about the palace maid who was serving next to him while eating. If it were usual, Empress Quan would definitely accompany Li Jun to have dinner at this time and take care of him considerately. It would be the first time that there is no one like today, and Li Jun would not ask.

The palace maid replied respectfully: "Go back to the emperor, the empress has gone to farm."

"Farming? What land?" Li Jun was so surprised that he almost spit out the rice in his mouth. This cannot be blamed on Li Jun. It is really hard to believe what the palace maid said. Queen Quan is a queen and goes to farm. Who believes it? Don't say that Li Jun can't believe this, even if anyone else can't believe it. He looked at the palace maid in surprise and said, "You can't talk nonsense, this is a serious crime of deceiving the king."

If Li Jun hadn't been curious, he wouldn't have cast this palace maid with a big hat like deceiving the king.

If the crime of deceiving the monarch is detained, that would be fine. The palace maid was shocked and hurriedly said, "Emperor, what I am telling the truth, the empress really went to farm."

"Really?" Li Jun put his job and looked at the palace maid without a moment, as if he wanted to find the answer in her eyes.

The palace maid hurriedly said, "Emperor, I have the courage to lie even if I have a hundred courages. The empress is busy in the pepper field. The empress also said that the chili will be eaten immediately, and the emperor can eat it again. What's the name Qingqingqing? Oh, the green peppers are fried with meat."

Li Jun then suddenly realized that the pepper was discovered by him by accident on the roadside during the Lin'an Security War last year. He picked some and came back to stir-fry the meat. Unexpectedly, Queen Quan took the lead and made a fried pork with green pepper for him. After eating it, he still thought about it. Since then, he has too much government affairs and is too busy to get busy. He has never tasted such a delicious food again. Unexpectedly, Queen Quan was growing peppers. He suddenly became interested and asked: "Where is it? Take me to see."

Li Jun is a pepper worm. When he heard that the pepper almost drooled again, he naturally wanted to go and see it immediately.

The palace maid dared not disobey, so she had to say, "Abide by the order." After a pause, she said, "Emperor, the empress has given me a letter to serve the emperor for food."

"Eat enough... to eat with the queen later." Li Jun wanted to lie and say he was full, but when he thought of cheating on this little palace maid who was only sixteen or seventeen years old, he couldn't bear it, so he changed his words and said that he would eat with Queen Quan.

The palace maid could not resist Li Jun, so she had to say, "Please follow me." Walking in her head, Li Jun followed her.

There is an open space in the palace. Queen Quan asked Li Jun about the method of growing peppers last year and then came to remediate them with Chun'er. After the beginning of spring this year, she planted peppers according to the method Li Jun said. They will soon mature in the past few days. Queen Quan was very happy and came to take a look and wanted to find some red peppers for Li Jun to stir-fry.

Li Jun followed the palace maid and saw from a distance that Queen Quan was light in her gait, walking around the ground, as beautiful as a moving landscape. Queen Quan was a great beauty, and she could not stop anywhere she could be beautiful. Standing in the pepper field, she was naturally like the fairy of the God of Luo in Lingbo.

Queen Quan looked at the very pretty peppers with all her concentration, smiling as if she was looking at some treasure. Li Jun was very moved. She worked hard for her own abdomen, and anyone would be moved, and said, "Yaner, you go back and rest, just leave it here to others."

"No." Queen Quan raised her head, looked at Li Jun, smiled, as warm as the spring breeze, rejected Li Jun's proposal, and said, "If I did it for them, would it be interesting?"

She planned to plant peppers herself to satisfy Li Jun's desire. She understood the affection in it without saying it. Li Jun couldn't help but be moved and said, "That's too hard for you."

"I don't have to work hard." Queen Quan was very happy, as if Li Jun said this with magical charm, and said, "As long as you are happy, they will be happy. Master, how do you think of this chili?"

Li Jun looked carefully and found that the peppers grew really well, and they were also very good even from a modern perspective. In addition to the fact that they had never planted crops in this land and still had fertility, the efforts of the Queen, praised: "It's very good, it's all your credit."

Such praise is like Tianyin Fairy Music for Empress Quan. She smiled happily and said, "Your Majesty, you see, it's much more popular. I've picked it up enough to make you a fried pork. I wanted to give you more surprises, but I didn't expect you to know, I'll pick it now."

Li Jun naturally had no objection and said, "Okay, I'll pick it too." He said, "I'll pick it too." He walked to a pepper, picked a red pepper, and praised, "The peppers grown in Yan'er must be different."

"There is no difference, it's not the same." Queen Quan said in a humble voice. Before she finished speaking a humble word, she immediately turned into a surprising word and asked, "Master, what's wrong with you? Why are you sucking your own mouth?"

Not to mention that Li Jun's current behavior, Queen Quan would be surprised, even anyone would be surprised. He raised his right hand and slapped himself hard, and said with great remorse: "Do you dare to be greedy? If you greedy, I will suck you twice." His right hand was lifted again, Queen Quan was so panicked that he hurriedly grabbed his hand and said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, look at you, why did you suck your mouth for no reason?"

No one could believe that the reason for sucking his mouth was actually caused by Li Jun, a rational man. If Li Jun hadn't been the lord of the nineteenth century and could not play, Queen Quan would have touched his forehead and said angrily: "Master, are you having a fever? Your forehead is not hot, what kind of stupid are you going to do?"

Li Jun's next words surprised Queen Quan even more. Li Jun said to Duan Ganmu, the captain of the guards who followed closely: "Ganmu, go and find two diligent and experienced farmers to see this pepper. Also, immediately transfer a team of guards to guard the place. Without my will, no one is allowed to pick a pepper."

Isn't it just a little chili? It's understandable to ask two farmers to take care of them. That is, Li Jun wanted to eat more, maybe he felt sorry for Queen Quan. But he actually made a big move to send guards to see the supervisor, which was a bit difficult to understand. Queen Quan was stunned and asked, "Master, what are you doing?"

"Yan'er, you have done a great thing that benefits the country and the people. Countless soldiers and countless people have benefited from your actions. This is a great event of great merit." Li Jun answered the Queen with a sentence that would make anyone confused.

Queen Quan was stunned at first, then burst into laughter and said, "Your Majesty, you are here to make me happy again. However, they are still very happy when they hear it. The emperor has eaten and is interested in handling government affairs, which is naturally a great thing that benefits the country and the people." She really understands that she actually interprets Li Jun's words in this way.

The little pepper actually has such a significant effect, no one would have thought that it would be impossible to believe the queen.

"Yaner, no. Chili peppers have a great effect on our upcoming Sichuan battle. I was worried about this, but I didn't expect it to solve it for you." Li Jun said very comfortably, holding Queen Quan's jade hand and said, "Yaner, come, let's pick it together. If you want to pick the red ones, pick it off and dry it, it will come in great use."

So, the supreme emperor of the world and the queen of the world bent over and picked peppers in the ground.

The sun just showed a little face from the horizon. The sun spread his warmth to the world, and a new day began.

There are countless ships moored in Ningbo ports. These ships are not fishing boats, but warships. In addition to the original warships, a group of warships have also arrived from Fuzhou and Guangzhou. These warships are naturally new warships that have just been built. So far, the navy in Zheng Jinghe has a very powerful force. There are twelve large invincible warships, and this kind of warship has a total of five floors, which can carry hundreds of people and hundreds of horses. The carrying capacity is really amazing.

The wisdom of the Chinese nation is truly amazing. In Guangzhou, there is a shipbuilder named Zhou Shan who designed this new type of warship. Of course, being able to build this new type of warship also depends on the emergence of steam machines and machine tools, otherwise it would not be possible. The power of this kind of warship is still provided by steam engines, not a steam engine, but a set of steam engines. It has faster speed, larger carrying capacity, and stronger continuous combat capabilities.

It was only shortly after this kind of warship was put into production, with limited production. After mobilizing all shipbuilding capabilities in Guangzhou and Fuzhou, it was only 12 ships that were driven out. If the Southern Song Navy equipped a large number of this new warship, the Southern Song Navy would be invincible in the world.

This group of warships also came from Guangzhou and Fuzhou. Li Jun visited it carefully and said in surprise: "If such a ship appeared overseas, it would definitely be a major event that shocked the nations." As Li Jun said, at that time, except for the Southern Song Dynasty, there was no other country that could build such large warships. The giant-like warships appeared overseas and did not scare those foreign countries.

In fact, Li Jun has another sentence that he has not said, that is, "This is the Song Dynasty version of modern aircraft carriers." Although the technological content is incomparable, Li Jun cannot find the second word for such a giant warship except for the word "aircraft carrier".

What Li Jun praised the most was the firepower system on the ship. Each floor had fifty cannons, and there were twenty-five cannons on each side, a total of two hundred cannons. Only two hundred cannons were installed, instead of two hundred. Zhou Shan considered that 200 cannons were enough to deal with the situation. If there were fifty more, it would be a waste, and the top layer was not equipped.

After visiting, Li Jun blurted out and said, "This is an invincible battleship." Such a powerful firepower system must have been invincible at the time. Li Jun's words were very much agreed by the soldiers, so this kind of warship had a new name "Invincible Battleship".

These twelve invincible warships alone have 2,400 artillery pieces. If firepower support is provided, what else can you do to deal with? Zheng Jinghe is confident to ask for support to Zhang Jue. Gundam took the opportunity to take advantage of the situation, and he agreed.

On the shore, teams of fully armed Song troops were lined up neatly and boarding the ship.

Li Jun and Liao Shenggong and others saw Zhang Jue and Liu Hezi off and said, "Jun Yu, General Liu, you are responsible for the important task of the court. You must do your best. I, the court, and the Chinese people are looking forward to your good news."

Since Mongolia implemented the great detour strategy, Sichuan has been unstable for more than ten years. Li Jun’s words are nothing more than saying. If Sichuan is stable and the rich Chengdu Plain provides the Southern Song Dynasty with a great help, Liu Hezi and Zhang Jue are naturally very clear. They are completely another Jiangnan, and will have great benefits for future development.

Liu Hezi and Zhang Jue said confidently: "Prince, please rest assured. I will do my best to die before I die!"

"You must take care of yourself. The court needs you. The Chinese people need you. You must pay attention to safety." Li Jun reminded.

On the battlefield, arrows flew everywhere, and it was inevitable that they would make mistakes. Injury was inevitable, and they were more likely to die on the battlefield. Li Jun's care really touched Zhang Jue and Liu Hezi, and said, "Thank you, the emperor."

Li Jun picked up two glasses of wine from Duan Ganmuduan's tray, handed it to Zhang Jue, and the other to Liu Hezi. He walked to the two of them, and picked up the wine glass from the tray of the guards led by Duan Ganmu and handed it to the generals, each with a glass. Each of them had it, and picked up another glass and said, "Soldiers: You are going to the Sichuan front line, you must bravely kill the enemy. I, the court, and the people are waiting for your good news. The soldiers, after drinking this glass of wine, please set off."

The eunuch should have done the tray, but Li Jun was a little disgusted with these eunuchs, unless he had to ask the guards to do their best except for the eunuch.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" After all the generals gave thanks, they drank all their wine glasses on the tray in the guard's hand, and turned to the boat.

Li Tingzhi and Liao Shenggong all drank it all in one go, saying that they should take care of each other.

Li Jun drank it all, put the wine glass, took a package from Duan Ganmu and handed it to Zhang Jue, "Jun Yu, this is the pepper planted by the queen. You may need it. You are about to go to war, and the peppers have not had time to dry them. You can get on the boat and then dry them."

"Thank you, the emperor! Thank you!" Although Zhang Jue didn't know what the pepper was and what it was for, he took it over. For Zhang Jue, a wise person like Li Jun would never give him useless things, which would definitely be of great use.

As Zhang Jue expected, Li Jun's next words made him happy and regretful. Li Jun said: "The peppers are very spicy and are a good seasoning. I'm giving them to you, but I want you to use peppers to treat miasma. In western Sichuan and Yunnan, the miasma is very strong. If the soldiers get miasma, they can boil water for them to drink, or they can chew it."

The miasma in western Sichuan and Yunnan is very famous. Zhang Jue, a famous general in Sichuan, naturally knew it. Unexpectedly, Li Jun was so careful that he actually considered this matter. He had to admire it from the bottom of his heart and said happily: "Thank you, the emperor." When you go to Yunnan, you must deal with miasma. With chili, it is naturally easy to do things.

Unfortunately, Zhang Jue was a little happy too early. Li Jun's next words greatly reduced his interest just now. Li Jun said: "It's a pity that there are not many peppers, only a little bit. I'll keep the rest as seeds. When I plant a large piece of it next year, there will be much more."

Zhang Jue wished he could go to Yunnan immediately. Naturally, the more peppers the better. Unexpectedly, Li Junta also hit people. He felt very sorry. In fact, there was nothing to do.

If Queen Quan hadn't even had no such thing as a pity for Li Jun's mouth, what would be the use of regret?

Li Jun naturally understood his mood and said, "I guess it was already autumn when I sent troops to western Sichuan and Yunnan, and the miasma was not that powerful. You have to seize the opportunity to attack and minimize the impact of miasma as much as possible."

"Prince, please rest assured, I understand!" Zhang Jue is a famous general, and he can understand it at a glance. Naturally, he understands what Li Jun means. If there is no way to cure miasma, he should deal with it as flexibly as possible and reduce casualties.

It is an indisputable fact that chili peppers can cure miasma. When the Red Army arrived in western Sichuan in the Long March, many soldiers were infected with miasma without medicine. The great leader learned that the local people used chili peppers to cure miasma by boiling water, and immediately ordered the collection of chili peppers and boiling chili peppers to dissolve miasma. The Red Army was able to successfully walk out of western Sichuan, and peppers made an indelible contribution.

Later, the Red Army crossed the snow-capped mountains and carried peppers through the grass. It was with the help of peppers that the Red Army completed the amazing moves of climbing snow-capped mountains and crossing grass. It is imagined that if there were no peppers, the consequences might be much more serious.

I marked the places famous for eating chili peppers on the map, and was surprised to find that Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Shaanxi and Hunan have miasma. I have been thinking that peppers were originally spread from South America to the south of the Yangtze River. Perhaps because there was no miasma in the south of the Yangtze River, peppers were not popular in this area, but instead took root in these places with miasma.

Over time, people forgot that they first ate chili peppers to understand the miasma, just as a condiment and a seasoning to improve their taste.

Under the conditions of the Southern Song Dynasty, before there was no better drug to cure miasma, using chili peppers, a cheap and easy-to-get plant to cure miasma, can be said to be a great thing. Queen Quan accidentally did another great thing that benefited countless people.

This also requires a promotion plan. Under the promotion of Li Jun, ordinary people in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, Hunan, Shaanxi and other places planted a large number of peppers, which could not only taste delicious but also drive away poisons, which can be said to have multiple goals in one fell swoop.

What is most unexpected is that the unexpected discovery of Chili Pepper has helped the Southern Song army very much, and it is not only limited to miasma removal, but will be introduced one after another.

Li Jun pulled Zhang Jue with his left hand and Liu Hezi with his right hand, and walked towards the Invincible Battleship. When he arrived on the battleship, he said a lot of advice before saying goodbye to each other.

Just as the Song army set out from Ningbo, the Song army from Jiangyin, Changzhou and Zhenjiang also boarded the ship and advanced towards Sichuan.

Looking from the sky, countless ships on the Yangtze River were surfacing the river, covering the river surface, without seeing the head in front and the tail in the back.
Chapter completed!