My short video leads to ancient times, and the ancients break the defense!

The speeches of Wei Qing and his hawks were so shocking that even Liu Che expressed great surprise.

You know, Wei Qing has always been a very stable person in Liu Che's heart. Because of this, Liu Che felt confident to hand over the army to Wei Qing and let him coordinate the Han army and the northern expedition to the Huns.

But now Wei Qing actually said that he could completely exterminate the Xiongnu, which really subverted Wei Qing's previous image.

But what Liu Che was more curious about was why Wei Qing had a soft spot for potatoes.

"Wei Qing, what do you mean by this?"

Wei Qing also realized that he had lost his temper, so he quickly considered his tone and explained to Liu Che:

"Your Majesty, the main reason why China did not go north to occupy the Xiongnu grassland is because although the grassland is rich in water and grass, it is not suitable for growing wheat and rice."

"If the people cannot survive, they will naturally not be able to build cities or generate strongholds."

"But potatoes are different!"

"Potatoes are drought-resistant and cold-resistant and can be grown on grasslands. For me, the grasslands are fertile soil."

"We Han people mainly focus on farming. Although we cannot graze on the grassland, we can grow potatoes on the grassland."

"As long as these lands can grow food, then for our Han people, the grasslands will become delicious food."

"The Han Dynasty has a population of tens of millions and is still growing, but the land is limited. Many Han people have no land and can only be tenant farmers."

"If they are allocated land, even if it is grassland land, as long as it can grow food, these people will flock to it."

"As long as they take root in the grassland and the Huns from the grassland dare to invade, they will use their knives to kill these Huns."

"At that time, Han Chinese cities were built one after another on the grassland, taking care of each other, and constantly enlarging the Huns' territory. Sooner or later, we will be able to drive out the Huns."

The more Wei Qing spoke, the more excited he became, as if he had already seen the scene where the Huns were killed and the Han people occupied the grasslands.

Liu Che's eyes became brighter and brighter, until later, he even laughed heartily:

"Hahaha, well, you are indeed the general I value!"

"With potatoes, the grassland is no longer a bitter cold land for me, but a geomantic treasure land that can produce a large amount of food."

"In this way, the place our Han army captures is the place where our Chinese people can survive."

Dongfang Shuo was a little worried and asked;

"Your Majesty, can potatoes really be grown in the bitter cold land of the Mobei Grassland?"

"You know, even the grass native to Mobei will wither in the cold winter."

Wei Qing replied decisively:

"Certainly possible"

"Everyone, have you forgotten the cherry blossom-flavored potatoes?"

"Siberia is colder than Mobei, but the Japanese slave captives were still dragged by the Soviets to grow potatoes, which shows that potatoes are more cold-resistant than we imagined."

When talking about Siberian potatoes, everyone couldn't help but nodded.

After all, potatoes with the flavor of cherry blossoms are really unforgettable.

"But the question is, how to get these potatoes?"

Huo Qubing asked the most critical question

"Your Majesty, I am willing to take people to America and bring back potatoes to Your Majesty!"

The person who spoke was Zhang Qian.

Zhang Qian went on a mission to the Western Regions and brought back intelligence from the Western Regions for Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. He also officially started the war between the Han Dynasty and the Xiongnu, which can be said to be a great achievement for his hard work.

Now that Zhang Qian saw how important potatoes are to the Han Dynasty, he took the initiative to ask for help again. , hoping to go to America and bring back potatoes for the Han Dynasty.

Liu Che looked at Zhang Qian whose face was full of vicissitudes of life, and slowly shook his head.

Zhang Qian had been on an envoy to the Western Regions for more than ten years, and he had suffered enough. He would not go to America again. , Liu Che was worried that his body could not bear it

"I have my own concerns about this matter, so you don’t have to worry."

"After the warship is built, we must first conquer the Japanese islands and then set off from the Japanese islands. Maybe we will be closer to America."

"His Majesty the Holy Spirit"...

Ming Dynasty, Hongwu plane

"Sweet potato? Luzon? ?!"

As an out-and-out farmer, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't hold back his excitement when he heard about such high-yield grains.

"Liu Bowen, is Luzon that small country across the sea from our Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Yuanzhang actually didn't care about the surrounding countries. He felt that his Ming Dynasty could be completely self-sufficient, so he felt that external countries were dispensable.

This is why Zhu Yuanzhang chose to ban the sea. On the one hand, it can reduce the invasion of Japanese pirates. On the other hand, it was to make the Ming Dynasty self-sufficient.

Now that he heard that Luzon actually had a thousand kilograms of grain per mu, he immediately wanted to go to Luzon and grab all this grain.

Only the people of the Ming Dynasty could possess this kind of immortality. If he is qualified to grow it, letting those Luzon people do it is simply a waste of natural resources.

As for the corn and potatoes in America, it's not that he doesn't covet it, but that the place is too far away and he really doesn't know how to grab it?

Liu Bowen heard this After Zhu Yuanzhang asked, he nodded affirmatively,"Sir, that is indeed Luzon.""

"According to the navigation charts left by the previous dynasty, the Southern Song Dynasty should not be very far from the Ming Dynasty, but there is an ocean in between. If you want to reach it, you must have a big ship."

"Boat? We have it!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought of the warships rewarded by the immortals. He originally thought that these warships were used to kill Japanese slaves.

But now he discovered that this kind of warships were clearly used for him to plunder immortal seeds.

"We are going south to Luzon and get all those sweet potatoes back!!"

"If one thousand kilograms of grain per mu were common in our Ming Dynasty, would the people of the Ming Dynasty still be hungry? Seeing that Zhu

Yuanzhang was about to start a war again, Zhu Biao quickly dissuaded him and suggested:

"Father, why don't you send an envoy to Luzon first and ask Luzon to deliver these sweet potatoes to our Ming Dynasty?"

"In this way, I, Daming, can get the sweet potatoes without any effort. Wouldn't it be better?"

"Biao'er, you think too simply. Zhu

Yuanzhang, however, looked disapproving and preached:

"The yield of these sweet potatoes is one thousand kilograms per acre, which is the foundation of the country. If you want to be strong, these sweet potatoes are a must."

"How could Luzon be willing to hand it over so easily?"

"When the Ming Dynasty was established, Luzon also sent envoys to pay tribute to our Ming Dynasty, but they did not offer sweet potatoes."

"It can be seen from this that Luzon is simply ambitious and does not regard the Ming Dynasty as its suzerain state at all."

"Instead of asking for nothing and arousing Luzon's alarm, it is better to send troops south first, capture Luzon by surprise, and grab the sweet potatoes."

"As long as we have this thing, the prosperous age of Ming Dynasty will truly come!"