Chapter 1127 The discovery of corn(1/2)
When Guan Shishan Academy was very lively, in the distant North America, Li Geng and his group also ushered in a festive event.
"Langjun, corn, this is definitely the corn mentioned by His Highness of the King of Chu. We searched for half a year and finally found its trace."
In the fields near an indigenous tribe, Chen Sier talked to Li Geng with joy on his face.
In the past six months, they have turned around the west coast of North America, but have not found any signs of corn near the coastline.
And, the more you go north, the more desolate you feel.
So Li Geng decisively turned around and headed south, landed in the waters near Mexico in later generations, and headed inland.
Now, they have been in the inland for more than a month. They have met several small native tribes along the way, and they are still peaceful.
But there was no big discovery.
Just when he was about to give up searching and land in another place, he came to a large native tribe. By exchanging some material, he gained the friendship of the other party and thus entered the area where the natives lived.
Li Geng had no expectations at all, but as soon as he entered the area where the natives lived, Chen Sier discovered that the land ahead was covered with corn-like crops.
So he immediately rushed into the ground and broke off a "corn".
The corn fell steadily in Chen Sier's hands, and he observed it carefully.
The outermost part of the corn is green and yellow. After taking off the outer garment, there is a layer of underwear inside.
Chen Sier then removed the underwear for Yumi, but found that there was a layer of tender green gauze skirt inside, which was close to Yumi's body.
With his trembling hands, Chen Sier lifted up the golden hair and could clearly see the red and white fruit. Each of them looked so crystal clear. No wonder His Highness the King of Chu wanted to name it corn. It was so appropriate.
These corns are like pearls, tightly lined up.
"It's really corn? I didn't expect that I could find it without any effort when I searched for it."
Li Geng also quickly walked to Chen Sier, picked up the corn, and looked at it carefully.
"Kaz!"
Li Geng couldn't help but put the corn in his mouth and took it.
A sweet smell instantly filled Li Geng's mouth.
Li Geng, who hadn't tried this sweet taste for a long time, couldn't wait to eat the corn.
His actions not only did not make the locals angry, but instead made the locals very happy.
I saw several natives following Li Geng running into the cornfield, and quickly broke off several corn pieces and handed them to Li Geng and Chen Sier.
Then he kept talking nonsense.
However, except for some simple words, Li Geng basically understood nothing.
Fortunately, people's expressions and body language are common in the world.
From the joy of those natives, Li Geng felt that he should be popular.
While the iron was hot, Li Geng proposed to exchange all the corn in the field with the natives.
Although the language was not clear, the two sides had understood what the other party meant after more than ten minutes of communication.
These corns are for you!
These mirrors and pocket watches are for you!
Everyone’s things are not sold. We are friends, so we don’t need money to give them to you.
Anyway, the final purpose is the same.
Li Geng didn't care about these details.
After struggling for so long, I finally found the legendary corn.
Although I don’t know if the yield of these corns is 1,000 kilograms per mu, Li Geng made a rough estimate and felt that there was absolutely no problem with the yield of 500 kilograms per mu.
The most important thing is that he sent these corn, which does not need to be planted in paddy fields.
Judging from the farming looks of these natives, they should be very simple and crude.
Even so, these corns can still grow like this, so the yield after careful cultivation is obviously more worth looking forward to.
Next, there was naturally a welcome ceremony. The two gangs of people who could not communicate in languages celebrated around the bonfire, singing and dancing.
Li Geng also waited in this tribe until the corn became more mature before he was ready to pick it.
Otherwise, if the corn is brought back to the Tang Dynasty and all of them are broken, or if there is no way to be used as seeds, it will definitely lead to extreme joy and sorrow.
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When Chang'an City entered the hottest time of the year, the distant Port-au-Prince ushered in the biggest snowstorm in the 18th year of Zhenguan.
The goose-feather-like snow began to fly all over the sky after lunch, covering the entire Port-au-Prince in a vast white world.
"Langjun, the cattle and sheep have been settled. Although a few of them were unfortunately frozen to death, the impact is not great. We have reserved a lot of hay, enough for them to survive until winter passes."
Changsun Jiaqing stood beside Li Chengqian and reported on the situation in Port-au-Prince.
Beside Li Chengqian, Feng Xiaoyou, Zhang Sizheng and others who were directly involved in the rebellion were all killed.
However, Changsun Jiaqing and Changsun Xiang, who were born in the Changsun family, escaped from death by chance and exiled to Australia with Li Chengqian.
This also fully reflects that monsters with background can always escape the disaster.
Wu Chengen's "Journey to the West" shows this to the fullest.
In fact, this truth is basically true no matter in which era or country.
"Well, this winter is colder than last year, so everyone should pay more attention."
Although Li Chengqian's spirit has recovered a lot, he still lacks passion and has grown much older all of a sudden.
It is difficult for anyone to accept this from the reincarnation of the Tang Dynasty to the common people exiled to Australia.
"In the past few days, a fleet of ships will come from Yongping Port. At that time, they will bring us the cotton coats, quilts, and a lot of wool thread we ordered. If it weren't for this blizzard, the fleet would have arrived almost."
Changsun Jiaqing is not particularly worried about the current situation.
After a year of development, thousands of them have successfully settled here.
A few months ago, they successfully conquered several nearby native tribes, and made the speed of the city construction reach a higher level.
In addition, the fishery resources in Port-au-Prince are very rich, so there is no need to worry about starving to death.
The most important thing is that the cattle and sheep transported from Puluo have successfully reproduced on the nearby grasslands.
The land around Port-au-Prince is very fertile and is very suitable for raising cattle and sheep.
As long as there are a few years, Changsun Jiaqing feels that Port-au-Prince can start selling cattle and sheep to the outside world.
"We cannot treat the merchants who are willing to come to our Port-au-Prince to do business unfairly. No matter what price they offer, as long as they are not like lions, we can agree directly. Otherwise, the distance is so far and the population here is not large, so there are not many businesses willing to do business with us."
After Li Chengqian lost his arrogance, he became very down-to-earth.
Although Port-au-Prince is a very good port in his opinion, there are not many Tang people in Australia, but the land area here is so vast, it is difficult for him to attract people to come here to settle down.
Now we can only go to nearby tribes to recruit or arrest natives to help with their work as much as possible.
According to Li Chengqian's plan, every Tang Dynasty man must have at least two servants, so that the popularity of Port-au-Prince can rise.
Of course, Li Chengqian did not dare to let too many natives enter Port Austria, otherwise it would be troublesome if these natives felt they could replace them.
"No problem. When we came, we brought a lot of gold and silver. We found a small copper mine near Port-au-Prince. We will not be short of money in a short period of time. However, the problem of insufficient manpower will always exist.
In addition, various arrows and swords also need to be transported from Yongping Port, and there is no good solution in a short period of time."
"If I remember correctly, in the people of Xishi City in Chang'an City, there are slaves from any tribe. When I passed by Puluozhong, I heard that they also set up a market in the Western City. Next time we can ask merchants to go to Puluozhong to buy a batch of slaves and sell them to us.
Whether it is the Raiders or the Goguryeo, we are wondering whether it is the Japanese. Even if there are the living Indians in Linyi, we must. Anyway, we cannot make the number of native Australians in Port-au-Prince to exceed 20%.
After all, Li Chengqian was also a prince, and he still has some strategic vision.
"Well, the last time I wanted to tell those businesses, but I happened to meet the native tribe near Port-au-Prince provided us with a group of people, so I didn't mention it. This time I will definitely have a good talk with the shopkeepers to let them know that doing business with our Port-au-Prince will definitely make sure to make sure you don't lose money."
"The second brother hopes that we will develop agriculture well in Port-au-Prince, and that we can not only solve our own food problems, but also provide beef jerky, mutton jerky, wool, milk powder and other supplies to Puluo, which will be enough to support hundreds of thousands of dollars."
Li Chengqian’s current goal is to build Port-au-Prince into a large port similar to that of Puluo, and to make his life meaningful again.
"The main one is a population of hundreds of thousands. Our Port-au-Prince can definitely become a prosperous city. All people live a wealthy life, even the people in Chang'an City are not as good as those in the people."
Changsun Jiaqing is still very confident in the conditions around Port-au-Prince.
In the vast grassland, no matter how you catch sea fish, he can’t catch them. If he couldn’t live a better life than the people of Chang’an City, he felt that he should buy a piece of tofu and pretend to be dead.
"The journey from Yongping Port to Port Auspicious Port is too far. Along the way, we have actually encountered many good ports. If more people from the Tang Dynasty could occupy these ports and whether there were any interoperability between our ports, it would be much easier for Port Auspicious Port Auspicious Port would become prosperous."
Li Chengqian immediately saw the biggest problem in Port-au-Prince.
It is lonely overseas, with no village in front and no shop in the back.
It takes several months to go to Yongping Port.
Even if the natural conditions here are very good, how can it attract a large number of people?
Unless gold mines can be found, many gold mines.
"Sooner or later, this day will come! Langjun, the chef has prepared hot pot. In such cold weather, it is perfect to have a hot pot meal."
To be continued...