Chapter 258 Medicine, Seed
"Brother Aze is back!"
Lin Liangjun rushed into Baihu Mansion. Lin Mojun was about to stand up, but she still sat up straight and said to her brother: "
I'll be back when I'm back." , what are you yelling for!"
At this moment, Su Ze strode into Baihu Mansion, Lin Mojun glared at his stupid brother, and Lin Liangjun ran out smartly.
Lin Mojun looked at the military book in his hand and said coldly: "I didn't expect Mr. Su to come back so soon? Are you going to neglect your lovely wife when you are newly married?"
Su Ze felt a murderous aura for no reason, but he still He smiled and said: "This Changning Guard has lost all the hard work of hundreds of households. Didn't they just come back after receiving your letter?"
Lin Mojun put down the military book in his hand and said:
"It seems that the charm of this bride is not as good as Where is Da Yuan Island?"
Su Ze coughed awkwardly, and then Lin Mojun said:
"I don't know why you are always thinking about Da Yuan Island. There are only a few people on the island now, and I also saw that, The island is full of dense forests, and it is very difficult to develop it.”
In fact, if such a large island is easy to develop, the Ming court would not ignore it. The reason why Dayuan Island has been abandoned since the discovery of the Three Kingdoms is that there are only zero The reason for the sporadic development is that the island is too difficult to develop, or the development cost was too high before the advent of the industrial age.
Nowadays, the entire Taiyuan Island is covered with tropical dense forests, and in the middle of the island are rolling mountains. If you want to cut down these rainforests and transform them into fertile farmland, you not only need a large number of people and tools and equipment, but you also need to face the most terrifying force of nature. enemy.
Just like after the Age of Discovery began, the first areas that the West colonized were the temperate regions of South America and North America, while Africa, which was the first to be discovered but the closest to Europe, only established trading posts?
The reason is certainly not because the white masters are kind-hearted, nor is it because the land in Africa is barren. The main reason is that Africa has a large number of jungles and tropical rainforests, and a large number of infectious diseases such as malaria discouraged European colonists.
After the emergence of quinine, a miracle anti-malarial drug, the West quickly began to carve up Africa.
Su Ze knew this very well. In order to develop Dajuan Island, in addition to a large immigrant population, two other things were indispensable.
One is a large number of tools, such as saws and hoes, which are used to cut down large areas of virgin jungle on Damuan Island to open up land that can be planted.
If we cannot be self-sufficient in food, we will not be able to develop a large amount of land and build a base for later development.
The other is anti-malarial drugs. Quinine is still in South America. Su Ze also asked Father Pierre. Apparently he knew nothing about this drug that could treat malaria.
In the eyes of Westerners today, the only cure for malaria infection is to pray to God.
It is not easy to obtain quinine, but there is still a miracle drug that can be used to treat malaria in China, and that is artemisinin.
Artemisinin is extracted from Artemisia annua, a wild grass widely distributed in China and growing in southeastern China. Su Ze also saw this herb in the mountains of Fujian.
Eunuch Hu's workshop has been able to extract many natural compounds, and Su Ze is going to let him try to extract artemisinin in the laboratory.
However, just extracting artemisinin is not enough, because there must be many substances in Artemisia annua. Su Ze does not know what kind of process can extract artemisinin, so after the extraction is completed, repeated experiments are needed, and even Finally, experiments need to be conducted on patients.
Su Ze thought of Li Shizhen who was far away in Jiangnan, and he should have brought Li Shizhen back at that time.
However, after the new year, Su Ze plans to take a sea ship to Shanghai. If this route is stabilized, it will only take more than ten days to travel from Shanghai to Fujian, and there will be no need to cross mountains and ridges like now.
Seeing that Su Ze was thinking, Lin Mojun did not interrupt him, but quietly flipped through the military manual.
It has become cold in Fujian in November, and Changningwei is at the beach again. The waves are lapping against the cliffs, making waves.
Lin Mojun, who grew up on the beach, quietly listened to the waves, looked at the military book in his hand, and then looked at Su Ze opposite, feeling a sense of peace for no reason.
After Su Ze finished thinking, he said:
"Don't go to Damuan Island until spring starts. Malaria may occur when the mosquitoes wake up."
Lin Mojun's heart warmed, and Su Ze continued:
" The development of Dayuan Island cannot be completed in a day or two."
Lin Mojun nodded. There is really no rush to open up the land. After the rainforest is cut down, the land must be cultivated and flood control water conservancy facilities must be built. It does not take more than a few years. There is no way to do it well with water grinding.
Hearing what Su Ze said, Lin Mojun's tense heart relaxed a little. Ever since she received the news of Su Ze's marriage, she had been often busy at sea. Now that she saw Su Ze, her heart finally calmed down. .
"Yu Shibo wrote to me again."
Lin Mojun handed a letter to Su Ze and said,
"This is his summary of the Battle of Zhapu."
Su Ze quickly took the envelope. This was the battle of the first-class general in the world. In summary, this is quite important first-hand war information.
[Read the summary of Yu Dayou's battle results, military experience +50, Lv8, 200/4000]
As expected in the letter, Yu Dayou gave a surprising summary of the Battle of Zhapu. In the letter, Yu Dayou first thanked Lin Mojun for the Mandarin Duck Formation.
As early as Su Ze agreed, Lin Mojun wrote down the formation and training methods of the Yuanyang Formation to Yu Dayou in detail.
In fact, the Yuanyang Formation, a small team combat formation, did not appear out of thin air. The Sancai Formation, which has been inherited from the Song Dynasty, is a team combat formation that combines both offense and defense.
For Yu Dayou, the most important thing in the Yuanyang Formation is the training method.
From Yu Dayou's letter, Su Ze also learned how far the Ming army's military literacy at the grassroots level had reached.
In fact, from the Changning Guard, Su Ze had already felt that the coastal defense was lax, but he did not expect that the basic military literacy of the entire Ming Guard had been reduced to this point.
Many hereditary families have cut off the inheritance of military generals and cannot even do basic training well.
What shocked Yu Dayou the most was that some soldiers in Zhejiang's guard stations couldn't even tell the difference between left and right!
It's hard to tell the difference between left and right, let alone difficult operations such as forming a formation, marching, setting up camp, and fighting.
Yu Dayou had despaired of the quality of the Zhejiang Guard soldiers. He was able to achieve good results in the Battle of Zhapu because of the Zhejiang soldiers recruited from Zhejiang.
After Hu Zongxian came to power, he repatriated the guest soldiers transferred to Zhejiang by his predecessor Zhang Jing, and instead let the generals recruit local soldiers in Zhejiang.
Hu Zongxian listened to the suggestions of Yu Dayou and Qi Jiguang and recruited soldiers from mining bandits and fanatics.
But it was obvious that Yu Dayou was not very satisfied with these newly recruited soldiers. In his letter to Lin Mojun, he complained that the people of Yiwu were greedy for money. As long as the military pay or rewards were slightly insufficient, they would join forces to cause trouble.
However, Qi Jiguang, who fought against the Japanese with Yu Dayou, praised the people of Yiwu for being "especially spirited. After a battle, they can still fight again, but they do not listen to orders and will not care about victory."
Finally, under Hu Zongxian's approval, Qi Jiguang and Yu Dayou each recruited 3,000 "Zhejiang soldiers" in Jinhua and Yiwu. This was also the capital to win the victory at Zhapu.
In Yu Dayou's letter, he was full of confidence in Zhejiang's future anti-Japanese situation. His boss Hu Zongxian obeyed his words. He and the soldiers practiced together through thick and thin, and he had like-minded friends like Qi Jiguang. In his letter, he expressed great ambitions, saying The Japanese rebellion in the southeast can be quelled in three years!
After Su Ze read the letter, a smile appeared on his lips.
Lin Mojun was very familiar with Su Ze's smile. She immediately asked:
"It seems that Mr. Su disagrees with Yu Shibo's prediction?"
Su Ze also didn't expect that Lin Mojun knew him so well. He nodded and said, "Yes. , Commander-in-Chief Yu is too optimistic about the anti-Japanese situation."
Lin Mojun looked attentive.
Su Ze said: "The difficulty of fighting the Japanese has never been the Japanese pirates, but the imperial court." "
What was the identity of Zhu Wan and Zhu Butang back then? He won the emperor's trust and presided over the fight against the Japanese. He also conquered Shuangyu Island, and the Japanese pirates in the southeast were temporarily What is the final result of disappearing?"
"If nothing else, after the death of King Lu, has the Japanese rebellion in Fujian subsided?"
Lin Mojun shook her head. Since she stopped holding the banner of King Lu, the coastal areas of Fujian have fallen into another trap. Arrived in strange turmoil.
There are always Japanese pirates who come from nowhere and appear in war reports from various places. These "Japanese pirates" who appear from nowhere and disappear for no apparent reason engage in smuggling and robbery. Even the merchant ships of the Ryukyu Mission They were almost robbed.
Su Ze added:
"Besides, Hu Zongxian is now in charge of the anti-Japanese war. Hu Zongxian is a disciple of Mr. Yan Ge. The other faction in the court will definitely not sit back and watch as Mr. Yan Ge achieves the great feat of pacifying the Japanese. They will talk about recruiting Wang Zhi and wait. There will still be trouble in the court."
Su Ze said: "Military affairs have always been a continuation of politics. A general like Yu Shibo always thinks that he can solve all problems with military talent, so he is too optimistic. Some."
"In ancient times, Wu had Sun Wu and Qi had Sun Bin. Did they help Wu and Qi unify the world? No, the Qin State that finally swept the world relied on the reform of Shang Jun." Lin Mojun also fell silent, she thought of
it My father, who fought bravely against the Japanese, died tragically outside Fuzhou City, but the defenders inside Fuzhou City were unwilling to rescue him.
Indeed, as Su Ze said, after several battles with Japanese pirates, Lin Mojun was no longer afraid of Japanese pirates.
Whether they are real Japanese or fake Japanese, they are all ordinary people. They will die if they eat bullets from the blunderbuss, and their warships will sink if they are bombarded by cannons. They are not invincible monsters.
But even if Lin Mojun killed so many Japanese pirates in Fujian, there are still more and more "Japanese pirates" everywhere.
Lin Mojun looked at Su Ze and said, "So, you want to change the law?"
Seeing that Su Ze did not comment, Lin Mojun was a little confused.
Could it be that if the law is not changed, Su Ze is going to rebel?
You're kidding, let alone this dynasty, even if you go to the Song Dynasty, not a single province of Xie Yuan Gong will rebel, right?
Lin Mojun suppressed the doubts in his heart, it must be the reform, that's why Su Ze is so busy, right?
Lin Mojun said: "Last time, Yu Shibo's letter said that he would write a military book with General Qi, and asked me if the Yuanyang Formation could also be written in the military book to promote the fight against Japanese aggression in Zhejiang." Su Ze said indifferently: "Yes
. Make some contribution to the anti-Japanese war. If they want to write a military book, just write it. In fact, it is not a secret that is not passed on."
In fact, military theory has never been a secret.
Take the "New Book of Ji Xiao" written by Qi Jiguang in the future as an example. Later, Li's North Korea also used this book to train troops, and the soldiers they finally trained were also extremely effective in combat.
If anyone could become a peerless general just by having military skills, then there would not be so few famous generals in history.
Su Ze said to Lin Mojun: "Yu Shibo and General Qi are both temporary talents. Even without us, they can sum up the method of fighting against the Japanese. I hope it can save Zhejiang's bloodshed." Lin
Mojun He also nodded.
Then Lin Mojun said: "By the way, I have found the plant seeds you mentioned in your last letter at Ryukyu's commercial port."
Lin Mojun took out a box from the room, opened it and said:
" These are the seeds of chili peppers. They were found on Chinese merchant ships from Manila. It is said that these seeds are tingling when eaten like pepper. The natives on the other side of the ocean like to eat them." "This is the seeds of tomatoes. It is said that these seeds are tingling when eaten
. This kind of fruit tastes sour, but the local natives like to eat it." "
Corn seeds are now planted in Fujian. It is said that the yield is good, but it is not resistant to hunger." "
Also, many people in Nanyang have planted this seed . It is also sold in Macau. The locals call it pumpkin. It is said that it tastes good when steamed."
Lin Mojun took out another potato and sweet potato and said:
"This is also from the Manila Merchant Ship, and tastes the same as what we grow in Changningwei. It's almost the same, but the yield is much lower than what you promoted."
Su Ze picked up the potatoes and saw that the original potatoes, which had not undergone selective breeding, were very small, far less big than the potatoes Su Ze brought.
However, the seeds of this original variety are also very valuable, but it is a pity that Su Ze's farming skill is only Level 5, and there is no way to conduct breeding research.
Lin Mojun said with some regret: "But the tobacco and the rubber you mentioned are still not found. I heard from the Chinese ship traders in Manila that some Westerners sell tobacco leaves in Manila, but I haven't seen any selling seeds."
Su Ze felt a little regretful when he found no tobacco leaves or rubber.
It was quite difficult for Lin Mojun to collect so many seeds of South American crops.
On the one hand, Su Ze plans to promote the planting of these new crops in the mountains near Changningwei, and on the other hand, he also plans to promote them during the pioneering period.
Lin Mojun stood up and stood in Baihusuo looking through the window at the waves rushing towards the shore. Suddenly he turned to Su Ze and said, "Do
you want to go to sea with me?"
Su Ze said with a slight smile. : "Okay."
(End of chapter)