Save the Bachelor of Heaven

"Your martial arts are pretty good. In this case, I am willing to admit defeat. I agree to your marriage with Yuzhi." After entering the house and sitting down, Song Que spoke.

"Thank you, senior. I will treat Yuzhi well and never let him suffer any grievances." Xiang Nan immediately bowed his hands.

Song Que nodded, "What are your ambitions in the future?"

"I plan to retire to the countryside with Yuzhi." Xiang Nan said again.

"How can you be so depressed at such a young age?" Song Que was very unhappy when he heard it. "Now the world is in turmoil, wars are everywhere, and heroes are vying for the throne. It is the time to create a career. You actually want to retire to the countryside?! You really have no ambition and live in mediocrity."

He is not only famous in the world, but also the King of Zhennan in the court. It can be said that he has both fame and power. There are not many people in the world who can compare with him.

Therefore, Song Que thinks highly of himself and regards heroes in the world as nothing. If it weren't for the fact that Yu Wenzhi, Dugu Ce, Li Shimin, Dou Jiande and other young people were fighting for the world, he would not want to bully the weak. Otherwise, he would have fought with them for the world.

His son Song Shidao was gentle and respectful, modest and generous, and valued friendship. Although he was a good boy, such a character was not suitable for fighting for the world.

Therefore, he originally hoped to find a good son-in-law who could lead the Song army to fight for the world and complete his unfinished hegemony.

Who would have thought that Xiang Nan looked so imposing and outstanding, but his character was so indifferent, and he had no courage to fight for the world, which really disappointed him.

"I don't agree with what you said, senior." Xiang Nan waved his hand and said, "A real man should do what he wants and should not do what he wants. For his own selfishness, he would take the initiative to fight and kill endlessly. As the saying goes, "A general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of people." If you want to be an emperor, you don't know how many people will die.

Besides, it is easy to conquer the world, but it is difficult to rule the world. Once the management is poor, the administration is chaotic, and corruption is rampant, it will be bad luck for the people. Even if the management is good, the people may not benefit.

So I don't want to be an emperor. I want to retire to the rivers and lakes and be a happy passerby. It is also a good thing to be unrestrained, free, happy and know one's fate."

"A general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of people?! Good poem." Song Que was stunned and nodded, "Forget it, since you don't want to fight, I won't force you.

But I want you to promise me that if someone wants to take over Lingnan, you need to come out to assist my Song family and keep my territory."

As the saying goes, poetry expresses ambitions and songs express feelings. From a person's poems, you can see a person's courage. The person who can write such a famous sentence as "One general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of people" is definitely not a mediocre and ordinary person.

So he knew that he underestimated Xiang Nan.

People like Xiang Nan seem to have no ambition, but in fact they have the world in their hearts. Therefore, he does not need to coerce or bribe him, and he will naturally stand out when the time comes.

"Okay." Xiang Nan nodded.

Although he does not want to dominate the world and find so many things to do for himself, he still does not mind protecting the peace of one side. After all, the stability of Lingnan is also a good thing for him.

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Song Que then began to prepare for the marriage of Xiang Nan and Song Yuzhi.

He only has such a precious daughter, so naturally he has to prepare the wedding well.

He built a villa for the couple next to Yanhu Lake at the foot of Baiyun Mountain.

Not only is it surrounded by mountains and rivers, the scenery is beautiful, but it is only 20 miles away from the Zhennan Palace. It takes less than an incense stick of time to ride a horse, and you can go back to your mother's house for dinner every day.

He is a well-known figure in the martial arts world and the government. Now that he wants to marry his daughter, he must do it in a grand and lively manner. Therefore, he has spread invitations to heroes and announced it to the world.

For a time, the name "Kou Zhong" was once again resounding in the martial arts world.

"This Kou Zhong is really lucky. Not only did he learn the magical skill of "The Secret of Immortality", he also married the daughter of Song Que, the Heavenly Sword."

"Song Que, the King of Zhennan, has only such a precious daughter, but he married her to a martial artist. What does it mean?"

"This is good. I was originally worried that the Song family would marry the Li family, and then the north and the south would join forces. Now that Song Que's daughter is married to a martial artist, there is no need to worry about the Song family and the Li family forming an alliance in the future."

"It is rumored that people who have learned the "Secret of Immortality" have the ability to lead the martial arts world and subvert the world. I wonder if Song Que recruited him as a son-in-law because he can't stand loneliness and is ready to come out again."

All the forces that received the news talked about it, and they also began to prepare gifts for the wedding in half a year.

On the one hand, Song Que is a big shot, so his daughter's wedding gift cannot be sloppy; on the other hand, they are getting married in Lingnan, which is thousands of miles away from the heartland of the Central Plains. It will take at least a month to get to Lingnan, so they must prepare in advance.

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During this period, Xiang Nan was not idle. In addition to traveling with Song Yuzhi and talking about love, he also prepared some inventions and gifts for Song Que.

"Uncle, this is a curved plow, which can save animal power, and it is flexible to operate, easy to turn around and turn; this is a telescope, which can clearly see things in the distance;

This is glass, which can be used to make glass cups, glass pots, glass mirrors, and glass windows; this is woodblock printing, which will make it more convenient to print books in the future; this is soap, which is used for washing and can remove dirt..." Xiang Nan put the inventions one by one in front of Song Que.

"This is sweet potato, which can produce 5,000 to 8,000 kilograms per mu, and the roots, stems and leaves can be eaten and are non-toxic; this is potato, which can also produce 4,000 to 5,000 kilograms per mu, and the highest can reach 12,000 kilograms; this is corn, which is drought-resistant and has a yield of about 800 kilograms per mu;

This is peanut, which can be eaten raw or cooked, and can also be used to extract oil; this is pepper, which is spicy and very appetizing; this is tomato, which can be used as fruit or vegetable.

This is coffee, which tastes bitter but can refresh you; this is cocoa, which is very mellow..." Xiang Nan took out a series of fruits and seeds, and Song Que was stunned.

The curved plow, telescope, glass cup, glass mirror, woodblock printing... These are all very practical inventions, which are very beneficial to people's livelihood.

Especially the sweet potatoes and potatoes that produce thousands of kilograms per mu, which shocked him. You know, the climate in Lingnan is warm, and it can be harvested twice a year, and one mu of land can only produce about 300 kilograms.

And Xiang Nan's sweet potatoes and potatoes can actually produce 5,000 to 6,000 kilograms, which is 20 times more. If it is really so high-yielding, the people in Lingnan will not have to go hungry in the future.

"Can it really produce so much?" Song Que asked doubtfully, "Isn't it a lie?"

"This is the key point of planting. Uncle can find someone familiar with farming to try planting it and you will know whether it is true or not. "Xiang Nan said.

"Well, even if we can produce more than 1,000 kilograms per mu, it will be a great achievement." Seeing how confident he was, Song Que couldn't help but say excitedly.

If we can produce 1,000 kilograms per mu, it will be three times the yield of rice, and can feed more than three times the population.

In ancient times, population was wealth. The prosperity of dynasties depended on the size of the population. The Tang Dynasty had a population of 80 million, which was already considered a prosperous era.