Chapter 4349 Chapter 4351 [Blessing from the Immortal Official]
Later, Song Que asked officials in charge of agricultural affairs to distribute seeds of potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, peppers, peanuts, tomatoes, carrots, sunflowers, etc.
Find the most capable farmer, select the best land, and cultivate it carefully according to the planting requirements.
He wanted to see if these seeds were really as good as Xiang Nan said.
If, as Xiang Nan said, those seeds have high yields and great uses, then the Lingnan Song Dynasty will be prosperous, and people's livelihood and economy will be greatly improved.
At that time, if there is food, there will be people, if there are people, there will be soldiers, and if there are people, there will be taxes. If there are soldiers, horses, taxes, and food and wages, are you afraid that you will not be able to dominate the world?
To put it another way, by promoting these high-yielding crops, tens of millions of people will no longer suffer from hunger. He will also be praised as "Buddha for all families" and "Tzu Chi for all living beings". Even Ci Hangjing Neither Zhai nor Jing Nian Monastery can compare with him.
It can be said that he gained both fame and fortune.
Glass, soap, curved plows, engraving and printing were also very useful. He also recruited craftsmen and prepared to build workshops for production.
Glass was very precious in ancient times, and its defective colored glaze was regarded as one of the Seven Treasures of Buddhism.
In "Journey to the West", Sha Monk was a high-ranking general who rolled the curtains, but he accidentally broke the glass lamp and was demoted to the lower world, where he had to suffer the pain of being pierced through the heart with a sharp sword every day.
So if we could mass-produce glass, it would be no different than discovering a silver mine.
Soap is still very useful to nobles. It is very effective for bathing and removing dirt.
You must know that nobles attach great importance to appearance. During the Shang Dynasty, they were particular about washing their hair every three days and taking a bath every five days.
The items used by the nobles for cleaning at that time were also very high-end, such as pancreas made from pig pancreas, saponin water boiled with saponins, sesame oil, egg white, osmanthus oil for hair care, etc.
However, these are not as effective as soap. The decontamination ability of soap is really strong. Song Que couldn't put it down after using it once.
And the telescope is even more powerful. It can actually see everything miles away.
This is to be used on the battlefield. There is no need to worry about ambush. It has been observed early.
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"Kou Zhong, where did you get these inventions and seeds?" Song Que asked curiously.
"Uncle, these are all given by the gods." Xiang Nan said with a smile, "I am currently learning from the gods to build a small blast furnace. By then I will be able to smelt steel, and we can produce 30 million kilograms of steel a year."
"Thirty million kilograms of steel?!" Song Que was shocked when he heard this.
The annual steel output of the Sui Dynasty was only about five million kilograms. If the blast furnace could produce 30 million kilograms of steel a year, that would be really amazing.
You must know that steelmaking technology has always been high-tech in ancient times, and many places simply cannot master this technology. Therefore, cast iron, porcelain, tea, silk, etc. have always been the bulk of China's exports in ancient times.
For example, the shipwreck No. 1 of the Southern Song Dynasty contained a large number of iron pots; during the Ming Dynasty, the Tatars applied for the opening of mutual markets many times because the grassland people did not have iron pots and could not even cook mutton...
And with good steel, good weapons and armor can be made, so the word "gold and iron horses" is used to describe the strength of the military.
In the era of cold weapons, this was like a tank. When encountering rogue bandits who are not well-equipped, they form a formation and rush forward, and the opponent cannot resist them at all. When the time comes, the formation will be in chaos and the morale of the army will be scattered, and they will naturally be completely defeated.
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"That's not all." Xiang Nan smiled and took out a black pimple, "Uncle, look at this..."
"What is this?" Song Que looked at the black ball-shaped object and asked doubtfully.
Xiang Nan smiled and took out the fire seal. Light the fuse and throw it far away.
There was a loud bang, followed by debris flying across the sky. In an instant, dust and sand rose up in a radius of tens of meters, and trees, flowers, and even the ground were completely destroyed.
"..." When Song Que saw it, his eyes widened in shock.
"This...this...what is this?" he asked in surprise.
Although his Eight Heavenly Sword Styles are more powerful than this, there are only a few people in the world who have martial arts like him. Most martial arts masters may not have such power when they take action.
"This is called a hand grenade, also called a palm mine. It is made of ceramics on the outside and filled with explosives and iron sand. Once it explodes, it will cause disaster for dozens of meters around, and it will cause serious injuries if not killed." Xiang Nan explained, "I don't believe you. Look at these trees, they are all filled with iron sand..."
"The power is indeed extraordinary." Song Que looked at the trees and saw that the iron sand was embedded very deeply. If it were a human being, even if he didn't die at that time, he wouldn't be able to live for long.
Because the iron sand has penetrated into the body and cannot be removed at all, it will soon become infected, suppurate, and cause fever... There were no antibiotics in ancient times, and by this time it was basically certain to be dead.
Its range of influence is tens of meters in radius, and it can affect dozens of people if not calculated. This is much more lethal than a bow and arrow.
"It would be even worse if it were fired from a cannon." Xiang Nan said, bringing in another cannon barrel, then stuffing the cannonball into it, and after lighting the fuse, there was a loud bang.
A spherical projectile shot out, flew thousands of steps away, and then exploded, affecting items dozens of meters in radius again.
"Hit it so far?" Song Que was even more surprised when he saw it.
With his martial arts skills, he can draw a strong bow of twenty stone and shoot an arrow a thousand meters away. Such a superb shot is already rare in the world. But Xiang Nan could hit thousands of steps with one shot, and it was obviously much more powerful than an arrow.
The key is that its operation is very simple, just igniting it. Even the elderly, weak, women and children can probably operate it. With such a long-range and powerful artifact, what kind of army cannot be defeated, what kind of city cannot be conquered? !
"This is called artillery." Xiang Nan explained, "There are also muskets for single use~"
As he spoke, he took the long gun, pulled the trigger, and fired. Hundreds of meters away, a hole immediately appeared in a tree.
"It's amazing." Song Que was surprised when he saw it.
Even for an excellent archer, it is not easy to shoot a hundred paces. It requires a good bow, training, a strong physique and sufficient logistical supplies.
In comparison, pulling the trigger does not require much effort, but the range is much longer than that of a bow and arrow, and the power is also much stronger than that of a bow and arrow.
If all his troops were equipped with such spears and dozens of artillery pieces, not to mention ordinary bandits and rebels, even Li Clan's black-armored elite cavalry would not be a match for his Song family's army.
"Kou Zhong, I saw you right, you are really good." Song Que patted his shoulder and said, "With your ability, it would be a pity not to be the emperor."
"Uncle, I took out these things not to compete in the Central Plains." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "In fact, the world is so big, why bother fighting for one place. As far as I know, there is a lot to do in the south."
(End of chapter)