Borrow the day to change the day

"My lord, besides wheat and cotton, tobacco is the most grown crop in Qin land right now." The man raised his head and looked at Zhong Jinwei and replied.

"What, what did you say, tobacco?" Zhong Jinwei suspected that his ears had misheard when he heard it, and quickly confirmed again.

Tobacco was the most poisonous thing to human beings before opium and other drugs appeared.But although this stuff is harmful to people, there are still a large number of people who smoke it, including many big shots, who also know that this stuff is bad for their health, so they can still smoke it anyway.

Among the people of this era, it is estimated that Zhong Jinwei is the most aware of the magic of tobacco.He didn't expect that there would be tobacco planting in Daming at this time, and he was still using the fertile land where grain was grown to grow tobacco, which really surprised him.

"Yes, my lord, according to your speed, if you go one more day, you may see a tobacco grower. If you go to the Hanzhong area, my lord, there will be all tobacco growers there, and there will be no wheat growers at all. "

The man's answer made Zhong Jinwei speechless. He didn't expect that tobacco planting had already begun on a large scale in Daming.

What Zhong Jinwei didn't know was that tobacco was introduced to Daming from Luzon around the third year of Wanli.The famous missionary Matteo Ricci brought snuff into Daming again, causing the number of smokers to explode.At this time, the Hanzhong Plain was already one of the largest tobacco-producing areas in the Ming Dynasty.

"Is this true?" Zhong Jinwei's question seemed weak, and he knew in his heart that this person would definitely not lie to him.

"Caomin don't dare to deceive adults." The man wanted to kneel down as he said that, thinking that Lord Hou decided that he was the one who lied.

"Forget it, I'm bothering you." After Zhong Jinwei said, he didn't stop, took the reins, and continued on his way.

This person said that there will be tobacco planting ahead, and he will know it by himself.

Seeing that Zhong Jinwei's mood changed a lot before and after the questioning, Ma Xianglin felt very strange. After catching up with Zhong Jinwei, he asked, "Master Hou, what is this tobacco, the general has never heard of it before."

He knew that this tobacco must have caused Hou Zhongxing's emotional changes, so he asked about this tobacco directly.

"Yeah, my subordinates haven't heard of it either. Master Hou, tell us about it?" Seeing that Zhong Jinwei was in a bad mood, Gu Baichuan also came over to make fun of him, hoping to draw out Zhong Jinwei's chatterbox, and let him talk and his mood would improve.

When Zhong Jinwei saw them asking, he said to them: "Tobacco may have some medicinal value, but more of it has a spirit-boosting effect, but it can be addictive, and its toxic side effects are very strong. It's not like tea. , as long as you don’t drink too much, it’s not harmful to the human body, but beneficial.”

Upon hearing this, Gu Baichuan asked again: "Master Hou..."

Zhong Jinwei shook his head at him and said: "Hurry up first, I'm going to check the situation, and I'll talk to you slowly when I turn around."

Now that Zhong Jinwei said so, they couldn't force it, so they had to follow Zhong Jinwei and speed up.

Sure enough, the man did not lie to Zhong Jinwei. After driving for about a day, in the farmlands on both sides of the official road, tobacco growers began to be seen one after another.And the further south you go, the higher the density of tobacco planting.

When Zhong Jinwei turned east according to the predetermined plan and entered Henan through Tongguan, he saw that tobacco occupied about one-third of the farmland area.

Zhong Jinwei thought for a while, and said to Gu Baichuan: "Tobacco planting will seriously affect the government. I don't worry about others. You go to Hanzhong to see the tobacco planting situation there, and then rush back to the capital as soon as possible to report to me. "

Along the way, Gu Baichuan had basically learned about tobacco from Zhong Jinwei. Knowing that what Zhong Jinwei said was reasonable, he did not insist on guarding Zhong Jinwei. Let me tell you what I saw with my own eyes."

Then he turned to Wang Peng and said, "I'm leaving, you must protect Lord Hou and make no mistakes."

"Don't worry, everything is up to me." Wang Peng patted his chest and assured.

In fact, Gu Baichuan was not very relieved of Wang Peng, because he was not very refined.But considering that Ma Xianglin's three hundred white-rod cavalry were accompanying him, he was relieved.

So, he bid farewell to Zhong Jinwei, and then parted ways with Zhong Jinwei with a Dongchang fan servant, and went west to Hanzhong.

Zhong Jinwei and others naturally went to Henan according to the original plan to check the agricultural situation there.

Unlike Zhong Jinwei, who hurried on purpose like Zhong Jinwei, after Daishan led the army into Mongolia, he sent out scouts to search for traces of the Ming army, but he couldn't get accurate information for a long time.

There is everything on the prairie. Today someone explained that the army appeared there and killed so many tribes. Tomorrow someone explained that the army actually massacred several tribes in another place. Speak clearly.

In addition, no one has an accurate estimate of the number of Ming troops who went out of the fortress, except Fan Wencheng.That is to say, on the current grassland, except for Dai Shan who knows about how many troops the Ming army has, everyone else is just guessing.

As Huang Taiji said, those small tribes could not bear the danger of extermination in the end. After Daishan sent people to lobby, they joined Jianlu and moved their clan into the northeast Jianlu's sphere of influence.

As for those middle-level tribes, under the intensified offensive of rumors, after several disputes, most of them finally surrendered to Jianlu.

These circumstances put Daishan in a very good mood for the past few days. He has made statistics, and the combined number of these small and medium-sized tribes should be able to weave several flags.In other words, Daishan's own Zhenghuang Banner will definitely be able to produce one more combat power.

He is the leader of Jianlu, and he surrendered to Huang Taiji again.Therefore, he saw that there were many Mongolians who surrendered, and he was happy to return, and he was still working hard.

Right now, almost all the big tribes are left on the grassland, such as the Horqin tribe.Daishan is coveting their population, but there is nothing he can do now, he didn't even send a lobbyist.Because they signed an alliance with Dajin at the beginning and wanted to be the boss, how could they be forced to surrender to Dajin immediately by the Ming army of about [-].

Dai Shan stared at the power distribution map of the Mongolian steppe in a daze in his big tent.

Where did the Ming army go?If only they knew where they were and drove them to Horqin, it would be better if Horqin was hit hard.

Dai Shan lay on the map, calculated over and over again based on the traces confirmed by the Ming army before, but he felt that there were horse detection reports in areas where he might be, and the Ming army was not found.

After thinking for a long time, he still had no idea. The more he thought about it, the more frustrated he became, so he got out of the big tent to get some air.

If these large tribes can be annexed, then based on this population statistics, it should be almost possible to build a Mongolian Eight Banners.

Before leaving, Huang Taiji mentioned this idea to him. If there are enough people, they will imitate the Eight Banners of Jurchen and establish the Eight Banners of Mongolia.

Daishan admired Huang Taiji's analysis of the problem in the last meeting, and agreed with his countermeasures.Because of this, he felt that the responsibility on his shoulders was extremely heavy.

While he was patrolling the battalion, he was still thinking about it, and unknowingly came to the Huotou army.

The miserable cry of a flock of sheep brought Daishan back from his contemplation. He followed the sound and found that it was the Huotou army who were catching sheep and slaughtering them.

I saw a fire-headed soldier catching a lamb in the sheepfold, and the ewe was tied to the fence. The lamb ran away after being startled by the fire-headed soldier. After a while, the lambs went back to the ewes by themselves, and the fire-headed army grabbed the lambs easily.

Seeing this situation, Daishan suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and there was a way.

Although I don't know where the Ming army is, I can still make you Horqin surrender to Daikin, Dai Shan thought to himself.Then he immediately turned back to give orders.