Chapter 289

Thinking about it, it made sense. Jiang Jinshi said to Luo Feng: "Since that's the case, then this matter will be handed to you and Jiang Ze to handle! Take them with the least loss, after all, the garrison troops are also our Beijiang people!"

"Luo Feng obeys!"

"Jiang Ze obeys!"

Wang Hou stood out at the right time. "Commander, there is news from the west. The Western Liang King's cavalry has broken through Tongguan, and the Great Qian Imperial Court is urgently mobilizing troops from the south!"

"Ignore them! If they want to fight, let them fight!" Jiang Jinshi waved his hand. "We are currently in ruins, let's build our own home into an iron bucket first and restore production!"

Jiang Jinshi's core is to store grain, build high walls, and delay claiming the title of king!

Now that both sides are fighting fiercely, it is a good time for Beijiang to take the opportunity to develop.

Li Xinyue's Xinyue Chamber of Commerce still needs to make money from the Central Plains and the capital! Wait until enough money and grain are earned, and Beijiang begins to become prosperous, then it won't be too late to talk about other things.

"Then do we need to deploy in advance?" Wang Hou didn't give up and continued to ask.

Jiang Jinshi thought, although he was temporarily not moving, necessary intelligence information was still needed to avoid being passive.

"This matter will be handed to you and Xiao Yu!"

"Understood!"

Feng Chunsheng asked: "Commander, do we still need to continue recruiting people into the army?"

"No need to promote as vigorously as before, but we won't refuse those who intend to join! The Xiongnu side has stabilized, and we can gradually provide us with high-quality horses, select excellent soldiers, and expand the cavalry lineup!"

Jiang Jinshi knew deeply that if you fall behind, you will be beaten. There are some things you don't have to use, but you can't not have them.

Beijiang's development was set like this. Although there was no external enemy for the time being, Beijiang seemed to have become busier.

Ten days later, outside Guangwu City.

The accumulated snow began to melt. Beside the muddy official road, Jiang Jinshi rolled up his trousers and chatted in the fields with a dozen farmers.

He specially changed into coarse cloth clothes, with mud spots on his face, looking no different from an ordinary farmer.

"My lord, we can do this work, why do you have to..." An old farmer was uneasy.

Jiang Jinshi smiled and waved his hand: "I can't sit still, I came to the fields to take a look! I hope for a good harvest this year!"

The old farmer sighed and squatted on the edge of the field. "My lord, to tell you the truth, I have been farming for forty years, and the land in Beijiang is getting thinner year by year.

Seeds are sown, and it's a blessing if three out of ten can be harvested. These years of severe drought are even more...

Sigh!!"

Jiang Jinshi wiped his sweat and took out a small cloth bag from his arms: "Old uncle, take a look at this."

The old farmer opened the cloth bag suspiciously. Inside were dozens of golden seeds, plump and nearly twice as large as ordinary wheat grains.

"This is..."

"A new wheat seed, drought-resistant, with a yield more than three times that of ordinary wheat seeds." Jiang Jinshi lowered his voice. "I got it from a Western merchant, you can try it!"

The old farmer's hands trembled slightly: "Three... three times? My lord, don't fool the old man..."

Jiang Jinshi was not surprised by the old farmer's reaction. It was difficult for everyone to accept new things. If he forced it to be arranged, he was afraid of a counterproductive effect.

Most importantly, Jiang Jinshi was not familiar with farm work and didn't know if the seeds would work. If he promoted it to the entire Beijiang, everyone would starve in the end, so it was better to try planting first!

"Why would I fool you?" Jiang Jinshi said seriously. "I plan to divide five hundred acres of land in the south of the city to specifically test plant this kind of wheat. Old uncle, I see you are a good hand at farming, I would like to ask you to take the lead."

"Me? I can't..." The old farmer waved his hand repeatedly.

"You can." Jiang Jinshi held the old farmer's rough hands. "I have observed you for several days. You know what to plant just by looking at the soil color. This is understanding the land, and I need people who understand the business."

The old farmer was at a loss: "My lord, the old man's name is Chen Tugen, just a farmer..."

"Farming is the foundation." Jiang Jinshi stood up. "Without grain, everything is empty talk! Uncle Chen, are you willing to help me?"

Chen Tugen nodded heavily and carefully tucked the cloth bag into his arms, as if holding a rare treasure.

A month later, the experimental field in the south of the city.

Five hundred acres of land were neatly divided, half planted with ordinary wheat seeds, and the other half planted with the "improved wheat seeds" provided by Jiang Jinshi.

Chen Tugen led thirty experienced old farmers to take care of them carefully every day.

"Uncle Chen, this new wheat is growing too fast!" A young farmer exclaimed.

Indeed, in just one month, the field with the new wheat seeds was already green, while the ordinary wheat field next to it had just sprouted.

Chen Tugen squatted at the edge of the field and carefully touched a wheat seedling: "Strange, it's really strange! This wheat stalk is thick, the leaves are thick, look at these roots..."

He gently pushed aside the mud, revealing dense white roots. "Very developed, no wonder it's drought-resistant."

"Uncle Chen, Commander Jiang is here."

Jiang Jinshi brought Wei Xikang over, and seeing the growth of the wheat field, a smile appeared on his face.

"My lord, this wheat..." Chen Tugen was so excited he didn't know what to say.

"The growth is good." Jiang Jinshi squatted down to check carefully. "But it's too early to say it's a success. We have to wait for it to head and fill before we can see the real results. Uncle Chen, I came here today for another request."

"My lord, please speak."

Jiang Jinshi pointed to Wei Xikang beside him and the empty space: "I want to build an agricultural school here, and invite you and several experienced old farmers to be teachers, to teach young people farming techniques, especially how to take care of these new seeds."

"Me? Be a teacher?" Chen Tugen waved his hand repeatedly. "I don't know a single character..."

"You can learn to read, but your forty years of farming experience cannot be learned from books." Jiang Jinshi said seriously. "It's not just farming, but also water conservancy, solar terms, and soil improvement! These are all knowledge, and they are great knowledge that can make Beijiang no longer hungry."

Chen Tugen was stunned for a moment, then bowed deeply: "The old man... no, Chen Tugen obeys!"

Now that the academy was almost finished, Jiang Jinshi was also looking for capable people everywhere to teach at the academy.

He had already discussed in detail with Wei Xikang that the academy would not only teach literacy and pre-modern literature but also learn agricultural science, engineering, and military science.

Originally, Jiang Jinshi was prepared to add chemistry or physics, but those things were no different from heavenly books in Wei Xikang's eyes, and he couldn't find suitable teachers, so Jiang Jinshi had to give up for the time being.

In one month, the remaining two commanderies also fell into the hands of the Ming Army, which didn't consume too much of Luo Feng's energy.

Luo Feng didn't take the initiative to take action from beginning to end. He just surrounded the city with the Ming Army. In just a few days, the interior of the other party was in chaos, and the general's head was cut off while he was sleeping late at night.

The Governor and general of Linchuan Jun were even more ridiculous. When the Ming Army arrived at the city wall, they rushed out in a hurry, saying they were willing to surrender to the Ming Army.

For such people, Luo Feng regarded them as wall grass and killed them directly.