Qian Song

Chapter 488 Li Biao vomited blood (please vote for me!)

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Since Li Cun led his army to the Western Expedition in the 25th year of Hongwu, although Li Biao still carries the title of crown prince of the Daqian Dynasty on his head, in fact, whether it is the local political power of the Daqian Dynasty or the Daqian Dynasty's The local military power, or the local financial power of the Daqian Dynasty, were all in Li Biao's hands, so it is not an exaggeration to say that Li Biao was already the local emperor of the Daqian Dynasty at this time.

What's more, although Li Cun has not officially passed on his position as emperor of the Daqian Dynasty to Li Biao because he wanted to maintain the connection between the homeland of the Daqian Dynasty and the various vassal states of the Daqian Dynasty, in fact Li Cun is no longer very It’s time to take care of the local affairs of the Dagan Dynasty.

Of course, this does not mean that Li Cun has completely severed contact with the mainland of the Daqian Dynasty.

In fact, Li Cun would send a large amount of financial revenue to the Daqian court every year. At the same time, Li Cun would also take a large number of war horses, weapons and equipment, grain and grass baggage, as well as trains, rails, and all kinds of supplies from the Daqian dynasty. Such supplies and so on.

Although there is no clear buying and selling relationship, it has actually formed a complete military-industrial complex, which has created a very considerable financial income for the Daqian Dynasty, and also created countless benefits for the Daqian Dynasty. Jobs greatly promoted the local development of the Daqian Dynasty.

The key is that Li Cun gave [-]% of all the captured money to the Daqian court. This money must be far more than the war horses, weapons and equipment, grain and grass supplies, as well as trains, rails, and various other things that the Daqian dynasty provided to the front line. The value of materials.

This also made few people in the Daqian Dynasty criticize Li Cun's Western Expedition.

More importantly, every time Li Cun conquered a place, he would do at least two things:

One is to force the place to use the characters of the Daqian Dynasty, that is, Chinese characters.

The other is to force the place to use the banknotes of the Daqian Dynasty as currency.

People of insight all understand that the former can greatly promote the culture of the Han people, so that the whole world can have a sense of belonging, identification, and admiration for the Daqian Dynasty, and then accept the rule of the Daqian Dynasty.

As for the latter, needless to say, just look at what a beautiful country did in later generations because its national currency was an international settlement currency, and you will know how important this was to the Daqian court, which had the right to issue banknotes of the Daqian Dynasty. Huge benefits too.

Not to mention, after Li Cun connected all three states of Asia, Africa, and Europe with railways, the local products of the Daqian Dynasty could be continuously sold to the world and earn huge profits.

Therefore, although Li Cun's western expedition was more about conquering the country for Li Cun's other sons, it also had absolutely huge benefits for the Daqian dynasty itself.

In addition, Li Cun brought a huge sense of honor and pride to the Han people.

This also resulted in Li Cun's Western Expedition being strongly praised and supported by the mainstream society in the Daqian Dynasty.

In this regard, Li Biao often lamented: "My father was not born in the pond. He destroyed the Liao Dynasty, destroyed the Song Dynasty, conquered the Jin Dynasty and practiced the Xia Dynasty. He flattened the four regions. The teacher traveled millions of miles and still entered and exited the door. This is unprecedented in the world. Heaven. The nine states were consolidated into one central and foreign territory, and the emperor was asked to choose his vassals and trample his territory, so as to limit the reach of his military power. Although it was said that the Chinese and barbarians were unified, all the different areas in the four seas and outside were all regarded as imperial lands, which had never been seen in ancient times. "

Li Biao knew that he could never be compared with his dazzling father.

But Li Biao was not discouraged, nor did he give up on himself.

Li Biao thought very clearly that throughout the ages, there have been so many emperors and overlords, but only his father could conquer the world. Such a person, let alone he, could not be compared to anyone.

However, although Li Biao is aware of all this, it does not mean that Li Biao will live in the shadow of his father his whole life.

On the contrary, Li Biao felt that since his father had passed down such a glorious stage to him, he must shine with the brilliance of his Li Biao no matter what.

At the same time, Li Biao also knew very well that his intelligence was far inferior to that of his father, so he could never change the national policies formulated by his father. Not only that, he also had to vigorously promote the national policies formulated by his father.

But then again, this does not mean that Li Biao is willing to do nothing in his life and can only be a city defender.

A little round.

In short, Li Biao feels that while developing the national policies formulated by his father, he must also have his own opinions.

Therefore, under the auspices of Li Biao, many extremely creative methods began to be introduced into the native land of the Daqian Dynasty, and the history of the native Daqian Dynasty really opened a new page.

Li Biao's first proposition is the promotion system based on talents. To put it bluntly, Li Biao does not care about his origin, who his father is, or which family he comes from, but only promotes his talents.

Thanks to the talent-first promotion system advocated by Li Biao, the native land of the Daqian Dynasty did not suffer from a shortage of talents just because the emperor changed from Li Cun to Li Biao. On the contrary, many talents that Li Cun, a fool, had not discovered, were Li Biao dug it out.

And this is only one of Li Biao's achievements, and it is not the biggest achievement.

Li Biao's greatest achievement is that he accomplished something that Li Cun didn't have the confidence to do well.

This matter has to start when Li Biao was a child.

Once, a researcher from the Royal Research Institute who was studying stone paint suddenly and excitedly brought a lot of white powder to his father and reported that this kind of paint was extracted from stone paint (that is, petroleum). The white powder has the magical effect of making crops grow rapidly.

Li Biao clearly remembered that his father's face at that time was half full of surprise and half full of resistance.

Later, what puzzled Li Biao was that after his father rewarded the researcher heavily, he allowed the researcher to continue his research, but at the same time prohibited the researcher from revealing the research results to anyone.

When the scientific researcher left with some disappointment, Li Biao asked his father: "Father, this thing is not a good thing?"

His father was silent for a long time before he said, "No, this is called chemical fertilizer. It can make crops grow several times, dozens of times or even hundreds of times."

At that time, Li Biao didn't quite understand how terrifying these figures were. He just asked in confusion: "If this is the case, why does my father need to refrigerate this fertilizer?"

His father said leisurely: "This fertilizer may have miraculous effects, but it will cause endless troubles."

After thinking for a while, his father added: "This is a shortcut, but it will become narrower and narrower."

Then, his father took the initiative to explain to Li Biao in detail: "If we take this shortcut, in a short period of time, the amount of food will explode to the point where it cannot be sold, and the court will even worry about the low price of grain and hurting farmers. People are even wasting a lot of food every day, and the problem of hunger will no longer be a problem for a while."

After hearing this, Li Biao asked naturally: "Isn't this a great thing?"

After hearing this, his father smiled bitterly and said: "If this matter is sustainable, it will be a great thing. But the problem is that fertilizer is made from stone lacquer. Although there is a lot of stone lacquer in stock, we use less and less. Therefore, it must be used up. Once there is no stone paint, there will be no chemical fertilizers. When the land is exhausted, the agriculture developed based on chemical fertilizers will inevitably collapse."

“What’s even more frightening is that the more this kind of chemical fertilizers from stone paint is used, the less fertile the land will be. And the more it and the pesticides also from stone paint will be used, which will lead to more agricultural residues. If there are more and more agricultural residues, grains, fruits and vegetables will be contaminated by agricultural residues, which will cause health problems in people's bodies."

His father looked at the fertilizer in front of him and continued with a look of disgust:

"Taking this path will not only restrict the development of agriculture in the long run, but will also leave huge hidden dangers to the health of our descendants. The key is that it is unsustainable."

"If we go down this path, more and more chemical fertilizers will be used. As a result, if we want to maintain the same output, we will have to invest more chemical fertilizers. This will create a serious dependence on chemical fertilizers. Once one day, Shi If the paint is used up, no, even if the production of stone paint decreases, and the supply of chemical fertilizers becomes unavailable, people may suffer from a more serious famine, and then people will starve to death like crucian carp crossing the river." Li Biao He seemed to understand and asked: "If that's the case, why does my father still have people develop this thing?"

His father did not answer but asked: "Does my son know what is the basis of all development?"

Li Biao shook his head: "I don't know."

His father replied: "It's food."

After a pause, his father continued to say to him or to himself: "Only when people are full can they develop the economy and industry and obey the rule. Otherwise, they can only continue to turmoil."

At this point, his father looked at the fertilizers helplessly and said: "Although chemical fertilizers have endless consequences, if it is absolutely necessary, you can drink poison to quench your thirst."

Afraid that Li Biao was too young to understand, his father explained to Li Biao in detail: "Today, I have high-yield crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, etc., and I have people vigorously develop high-yield crops. In the short term, it will definitely be There is no need for this fertilizer, but the population is increasing year by year. In 50 years, I am afraid that our general population will exceed one hundred million. By then, if my son has not found another way to solve the food problem, he will Just use this fertilizer."

"It is better to drink poison to quench my thirst than to die after only 70 years of my career..."

Li Biao was very impressed by his father's unwillingness, helplessness and unwillingness at that moment.

Li Biao couldn't help but ask his father: "My father is a genius, is there really no solution?"

His father smiled and said: "There are ways."

Then, before Li Biao could ask any more questions, his father spoke loudly:

"There is a kind of ecological agriculture that can greatly increase food production without so many hidden dangers."

"The so-called ecological agriculture refers to the large-scale investment of compressed stone paint products in agriculture. That is, it no longer relies on external resources to develop agriculture, but relies on the natural cycle of land and nature to maintain soil fertility and increase food production."

"This method can also be called the integration of breeding and breeding."

"If you let horses in the land where food is grown, the horses can eat a lot of weeds in the field, which saves the time of weeding. In addition, because of the horses, a lot of horse manure can be produced. This horse manure is One of the best agricultural fertilizers, using horse manure as fertilizer, can greatly increase the yield of crops, and the key is that it will not destroy the fertility of the land."

After hearing this, Li Biao asked even more puzzledly: "The investment is small, the income is high, and the fertility of the land is not affected, so why doesn't my father use this method?"

His father shook his head and said, "My son doesn't know something."

"This method is not original to me, but has been around since ancient times. It uses animal carcasses, wheat or rice straw, and pig, horse, and cattle manure as fertilizer. It can provide comprehensive nutrition for crops, has a long-term fertilizer effect, and can also increase and renew the organic matter of the land. , improve the soil.”

"But it also has a big disadvantage, that is, the fertilizer effect is slow and the yield is limited."

"In short, this method is far less effective than chemical fertilizers extracted from stone paint. It is difficult for people to withstand this temptation."

Perhaps his father had expectations for Li Biao at that time, so he took the initiative to talk to Li Cun about organic fertilizer:

"China has a long history of using organic agricultural fertilizers. The ash left on the land after farmers burn wasteland is a very good organic agricultural fertilizer."

“Those in the city who collect manure also use it as organic fertilizer.”

"There are many other things that can be used as natural organic fertilizers, such as bagasse produced from sugar production, some residues of human food, and hay left by animals, which can all be made into compost."

"Using these fertilizers can also greatly increase food production and restore the fertility of the land."

"By the way, I must remember not to plant a single crop in one area, as this will lead to the occurrence of pests. Intercropping can be used, that is, multiple crops are planted together, such as beans and cereals, tomatoes and corns. Planted together, they can effectively prevent pests.”

"Actually, I am already promoting these, and I am also ordering people to develop biofertilizers and pesticides that do not use stone paint products."

"But this is a long road. Only people with great perseverance can't walk this road. I am impatient and have been overtaking in corners all my life. It is difficult to persist in this matter. I hope my son can do it in the future. It’s also something that’s hard to do.”

Just as his father said, although his father understood everything, there were too many things his father wanted to do, and this matter required unremitting persistence and was not something that could be achieved by an imperial edict. Therefore, , his father did not do much in promoting this matter.

In the end, it was Li Biao who vigorously promoted this matter.

As a result, in the past ten years, the local food production of the Daqian Dynasty has increased by almost five times, especially the production of sweet potatoes and potato root crops, which has increased by almost ten times.

This provides the most basic guarantee for all the claims made by Li Cun. It can even be said that the reason why Li Cun has been able to expand territory is because the Daqian Dynasty can provide food for the world.

The key is that Li Biao does not use chemical fertilizers, pesticides and other petroleum products that have huge hidden dangers.

Even in later generations, this will be an extremely remarkable and huge achievement.

It is precisely because of this that Li Biao has received very good reviews.

All in all, Li Biao, immersed in a huge passion, worked tirelessly to drive the Daqian dynasty, which had adapted to peace, and once again brought the Daqian dynasty to a rapidly developing pasture.

Li Biao's passion is surprising, and he even showed a bit of idealistic temperament belonging to a poet, which makes people have to admit that he is indeed not a mediocre monarch, and his ability and talent have not truly blossomed until this moment.

Li Biao connected the past and carried forward all the fine traditions created by Li Cun. He also reused new people and initiated reforms. He was resolute but not conservative, steady but daring to innovate.

Although it was impossible to complete the modernization process in Li Biao's hands, the road to modernization was broadened by Li Biao.

People often use words of praise to describe Li Biao, such as "a tiger father has no dog son", "Your Majesty has chosen the right crown prince", "the prince will also be a sage in the future".

After hearing these words, Li Biao felt that his unremitting efforts over the years had not been in vain.

Li Biao said to himself: "I have to work harder!"

However, suddenly one day, when Li Biao was reviewing the memorial, he spat out a large mouthful of blood, staining the memorial on his hand red...

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