Chapter four hundred and seventy-eight: the birth of the third great artifact
Xiao Xiangxiang looked at Fang Jifan in admiration. Novels .
Unexpectedly... the young master can coax the child.
What a caring person.
Fang Xiaofan sucked with all his strength, his big eyes opened and he looked straight at Fang Jifan!
Fang Jifan stared at her with big eyes and couldn't help but say, "Xiao Xiangxiang, who do you think she looks like?"
"That's all right." Xiao Xiangxiang said: "Of course it's like the master."
Fang Jifan shook his head and said, "You didn't tell the truth."
Xiaoxiang said crispyly: "Like the young master."
"I also feel a little like it." Fang Jifan said: "In the future, I will definitely become a beauty like you."
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This is purely a commercial mutual blow, Xiao Xiangxiang immediately said: "It will also look as good as the young master."
Fang Jifan nodded and said, "Of course."
After a while, Milu arrived.
In a hurry, he saw Fang Jifan holding Fang Xiaofan and said, "It's too late to come back."
"It's okay." Fang Jifan shook his head, but didn't know what to call her. In fact, he really wanted to call her an aunt, but he was afraid of being photographed, so he forgot.
Milu took the child, and the child stretched out his tender little hand and tried hard to hold Fang Jifan's finger. However, seeing that Fang Jifan had put his finger away, he was immediately injured as if he was 10,000 tons, and then he cried.
Milu hurriedly coaxed her and glanced at Fang Jifan.
Fang Jifan was foolish in the court of Fang Xiaofan, idiot, this is a finger. This child must have a lack of IQ, so he can also cheat.
Milu coughed and said, "Jifan, I have something to say to you later."
Fang Jifan said: "It's okay, it's OK to say it now."
"No," Miru said: "The child is hungry."
"Oh." Fang Jifan suddenly realized, slapped his forehead and ran away.
After a while, the satisfied Fang Xiaofan had fallen asleep. Xiao Xiangxiang hugged her patiently and whispered to coax her.
Fang Jifan returned and Milu glanced at Fang Jifan and sighed: "I have been out all these days and have met many destined wives. They all praised you as a good child."
"Is that true?" Fang Jifan was happy: "I wonder when...will you... enter the palace?"
Milu was not very tempted by the word "you", but said, "I will enter the palace tomorrow."
"Then I'll go and prepare the gift." Fang Jifan was very good at this.
Milu shook her head, "It's ready."
"Are you ready?" Fang Jifan felt so nervous. Why was this... so scared? But he was inconvenient to ask more questions.
Milu seemed to see Fang Jifan's thoughts and said, "Don't worry, in your words, I am not a false reputation."
"..." Well, Fang Jifan thought this word was weird.
Milu said again: "Your father and I... have been promoting sweet potatoes and potatoes in Guizhou in the past two years. The next step is to change the land and return it to the current... Your father hopes that Guizhou can become a model for the southwestern provinces. If Guizhou matters are done, then the natives in Yunnan, Guangxi and even Huguang will be like this. In this way, he can be regarded as worthy of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty."
Fang Jifan sighed in his heart that his father was not only thinking about creating Fang Xiaofan in Guizhou, but also doing things.
Milu said again: "As long as the southwest provinces are certain, then your father hopes to complete the unsuccessful careers of the ancestors of the Fang family."
Fang Jifan said inexplicably: "What?"
Milu said: "In recent years, heavy rains have caused disasters in Annan, and countless refugees have been lost. The King of Annan is named the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, but in the West, they regard themselves as Emperor Annan and change their year names and calendars. Do you know these?"
Fang Jifan shook his head.
However, it is not a good thing to change the year number and calendar privately.
During this period, this was like rebellion.
For example, the Korean Kingdom surrendered to the Ming Dynasty, so their reign titles were the same as those of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was in the 14th year of Hongzhi, and the reign titles used by the Korean Kingdom were also in the 14th year of Hongzhi. All edicts and official official documents of the Korean Kingdom used the reign titles of Hongzhi.
Even after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, the Li Dynasty of Korea still regarded the Manchu Qing as a dog and sheep barbarian, privately called the Qing emperor "Hu Emperor" and called the Qing envoy "Envoy". In addition to the official documents and congratulations to the Qing Qing Dynasty, all internal documents, including the royal tombs, ancestral temples, and religious temples, were still used to celebrate the Chongzhen reign. This is the case. As for private writings, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, some people still wrote the Chongzhen reign, and even had the chronology of the "265th Year of Chongzhen".
Annan's approach is quite similar to the attitude of North Korea towards the Qing Dynasty. In addition to the official congratulations to the Qing Dynasty, he used the Hongzhi reign title, but in private, he closed the door and became the emperor himself.
I think no one in the court knows about this, but... with the lessons of Emperor Wen's conquest of Annan, he will not be able to do so.
Milu said: "The ancestors of the Fang family entered Annan to fight for Emperor Wen, but in the end they returned in vain. Now, the Annan country is silly disobedient, and the prefectures and counties in the border towns of Guizhou are constantly in conflict with us. The country has been suffering for years and the people are in trouble. Your father is vigorously promoting sweet potatoes and potatoes, just to prepare for that moment."
Fang Jifan had to sigh that his father was still quite ambitious.
Milu said: "I came to Beijing this time to ask your father to pass on your words. Some words are inconvenient to say in letters. Annan Kingdom will sooner or later cause conflicts. Last time your letter said that there was a military book that specializes in training sailors, so I asked you to bring them."
Fang Jifan said: "This is a trivial matter. I will order someone to send it in a few days."
My dad still trusts me very much.
Fang Jifan thought about it and said, "Your identity is a little different. You are going to enter the palace tomorrow. You are very likely to see Your Majesty. Your Majesty still has doubts about you..."
Milu smiled confidently and said, "It's okay, I know how to cook."
This tone actually makes the man's heroic spirit.
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Fang Jifan kept thinking about Annan in his heart. The old Fang family... has history.
Because of history, it seems that there are many hatred countries, and many historical missions have been continued!
For example, the grandfather of Fang Jifan's grandfather had suffered a loss in Annan. Because the emperor issued an order to withdraw from Annan and re-accept Annan as a vassal state, the ancestor had to bring a group of old brothers stationed in Annan and returned with the "thieves" who had fought for several years with Annan. After returning, he was so angry that he couldn't eat. Soon, he died of depression.
For example, his grandfather was defeated in the Tumu Fort, and even how he came back is still a mystery.
The fate of the Fang family was one with the Ming Dynasty. When it was founded, the Fang family was as majestic as the Ming Dynasty and swept across the northern desert. During the Jingnan period, the Fang family hugged Emperor Wen's thighs and refused to let go, and fought a count. When they arrived at the expedition of Annan, the Fang family led their troops to attack and fought to the death with the Annan people. Like countless nobles, they surrounded and suppressed the native traitors in Annan in the mountains.
After that, Tumu Fort also suffered humiliation with the Ming Dynasty.
So it was not surprising that my father had this idea at all.
Fang Jifan naturally supported Fang Jinglong and soon sent someone to send out military books.
In fact, the Qi family army's military strategy was widely used, not only in naval battles. Many years after Qi Jiguang's death, this army defeated the Japanese army invading Korea in the North Korea. It also fought decisively with the Tatars in Liaodong, but still remained the true nature of a powerful soldier with hundreds of battles.
After finishing all this, in addition to occasionally using fingers to breastfeed the child, Fang Jifan was very dedicated to sorting out the seeds brought by Xu Jing from the West.
There are hundreds of seeds, some of which can be called by Fang Jifan, but some cannot be called by him.
But there was something in it that surprised and happy.
It turned out to be... corn.
Corn is also one of the most important staple foods in later generations.
This thing is most suitable for planting in the south.
The biggest feature is that there is no need to work hard or spend too much effort to take care of.
It is a must-have for lazy people, and its output is not low.
Once promoted, the five major grain crops of sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, rice and wheat were all collected, which not only enriched the entire Ming Dynasty's diet, but also made many lands that were not suitable for planting other crops, and could also be used. Especially in the front lines of Liaodong and Inner Mongolia... This corn can also be grown.
The most important thing is that this corn is rich in starch, which can not only be used as a staple food, but also make sugar. In the Ming Dynasty, sugar is very valuable, especially refined sugar, which is expensive.
Sugar, which contains the necessary calories for the human body, is the main source of heat energy for the human body...
When Xu Jing saw that his teacher was interested in the corn, he was very happy and said with a smile: "Mr., this was found in Java. I don't know where the Franji people brought it from. They seemed to want to try to plant it in Java, so they brought a lot of grain. I heard that the students were buying seeds at a high cost, and many people sold it. The students saw that this thing was rare and could be eaten, so they purchased a lot."
Fang Jifan looked at the corn seeds as if he saw a treasure and said happily: "Good job."
After sorting the seeds, he then sent them to Zhang Xin.
Now Zhang Xin has a very long understanding of crops. Even Fang Jifan, except for the experience of pioneers, is afraid that when it comes to farming, he is not worthy of carrying shoes to Zhang Xin when talking about farming.
There is no need to explain these corn seeds. Fang Jifan firmly believes that Zhang Xin can quickly plant them and analyze their characteristics.
And with this corn, then... Liaodong and the desert were paired with potatoes, but I don’t know what it would look like.
Very exciting.
As for other seeds, Fang Jifan actually didn't know much. After all, he was not a botanist or an agronomist. He just relied on the experience of foodies in his previous life and had some hearing about the main crops!
Chapter completed!