"Dear soldiers!

I am the great general Ma Qiang. On behalf of the Han court, I welcome you to return from the ocean!

This time, you defeated the storm, poisonous insects and beasts, and foreign enemies with ill-hearted hearts. You have successfully brought back various excellent crops recorded by your ancestors in the classics to the Han Dynasty!

The people of the Han Dynasty will always remember your contributions, and the people of the Han Dynasty will always thank you!

Now, I announce it!

The Ocean Fleet won the first-class collective merit!

All members of the Ocean Fleet have been awarded the Ocean Dongshengzhou Medal of Honor!”

As he said that, a group of sergeants carrying shining medals walked to the sergeants of the Ocean Fleet.

These medals are made of pure gold, each with more than 20 grams, with a round shape and pattern inside, with a pattern on the lower pattern of the main gunship of the Ocean Fleet, with a map on the upper part, with a map on the left, with a contour of the East Coast of the Great Han Dynasty on the right, with a long Thousand-Challen Islands in the middle, with five big characters and numbers on the back of the Ocean Dongshengzhou, and the overall picture is extremely exquisite.

Medals are still new in this era. Although most people have not yet understood the meaning of the medal, the texture and exquisite shape of this pure gold can tell that this medal is of great value.

Of course, no one of these warriors who returned from the ocean would really spend their medals as gold.

As the military music sounded, a group of senior Han officials led by Ma Qiang began to award rows of ocean warriors.

Standing behind and watching this scene, Sun Ce could feel that these soldiers who returned from the ocean had significantly strengthened their spirits after receiving the medal, and their eyes were full of gratitude and loyalty.

"A gentleman dies for his confidant..."

Sun Ce nodded when he heard Zhou Yu's murmur last year.

Yes, if a soldier dies for his confidant, and these soldiers risk their lives to the ocean, aren’t what they want from official recognition and actual rewards?

Ma Qiang took out what these soldiers wanted most as soon as they returned. How could these soldiers not be willing to die for them?

However, the focus of the rare rice was not on this award ceremony, but on the row of so-called envoys of the King of Yi standing next to him.

He really wanted to know how much strength the so-called Dongshengzhou countries had and what model they were going to get along with the Han Dynasty.

It is also interesting to say that because Ma Qiang's Yanhuang theory is a family, the Xiongnu, Wuhuan, Qiang people and even the Three Han people have changed from subordinates to direct Han government.

As for the Xianbei, which had not been annexed by the Han Dynasty, Goguryeo was hostile to the Han Dynasty.

Now, there is only one country that can be said to be a vassal state of the Han Dynasty.

In fact, the countries in the Western Regions were also considered vassal states of the Great Han Dynasty, but the Western Regions have now been controlled by Yu Fuluo, who moved westward.

This makes it difficult to reignite with some requests from the Han Dynasty.

Dongshengzhou is located in a remote area, and I think the Han Dynasty cannot control them. If we can form an alliance with them, can Japan have some room for bargaining when facing the Han Dynasty's demands?

Just when Nan Shengmi was still dreaming, Gan Shi asked Haiwa to lead the "Every King Envoy" to ask Ma Qiang to entrust him.

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The rare rice almost spurted out blood.

You people are traveling across the ocean to embrace the great man?

Do the Yi Kings in Dongshengzhou feel so lacking in security?

"You are here from afar and ask for your support. Your loyalty to our great man is commendable. If you reject it, you will definitely make you resentful.

Well, this general agreed to your request on behalf of the Han Dynasty, but Dongshengzhou and the Han Dynasty were too far away after all. Before our Han Dynasty set up counties and counties in the local area, all countries could temporarily establish Xuanwei Departments to govern the local area according to the laws of the Han Dynasty. The specific matters can be discussed in detail in the future."

Except for a few people who have learned Chinese well, these so-called messengers did not understand what Ma Qiang was saying at all, but just thanked him according to the previous instructions.

Except for Ma Qiang, almost no one here knew what these messengers' gratitude meant.

In later history books of the Great Han Dynasty, this time Dongyi submission was characterized as the legal basis for the Great Han Dynasty to obtain the rule of Dongshengzhou, and provided a topic of debate for countless forums to be later.

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After the ceremony, Linzhi and others were busy preparing to issue a press release. Ma Qiang led Duan Ying and others to carefully check the various crops that Gan Shi brought from Dongshengzhou.

"Sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, these three crops are the most important. Yang Chi, your Agricultural Research Institute will have a heavy work in the past few years, so you must be mentally prepared!"

Yang Chi, who was called by Ma Qiang, looked at these seeds that he had never seen before, and his mouth was almost cracked to his ears.

He had heard Ma Qiang say that as long as these crops in Dongshengzhou are well cultivated, the yield per mu of a thousand pounds will be called a lack of harvest!

"Don't worry, General, more than a thousand people from our Agricultural Research Institute have been waiting for these Dongshengzhou fine seeds for a year!"

Ma Qiang looked at the potatoes and sweet potatoes that were significantly smaller than later generations, and his face was full of worries.

The potatoes and sweet potatoes that Ma Qiang ate in later generations were all the results of a series of scientific breeding improvements. The more primitive potatoes and sweet potatoes in front of them must be low in yield and small in the results.

Maybe there will be some other diseases.

Thinking of this, Ma Qiang suddenly remembered that Dongshengzhou also produces various ferocious creatures, such as fire ants, etc.

"Also, you need to check whether these things carry insect eggs or something on them.

The environment in Dongshengzhou is different from that of our great Han. Some insects have natural enemies in Dongshengzhou, but it is not necessarily true in our great Han. We must be careful!"

Yang Chi had already understood what an invasive species was, and immediately nodded and said yes.

"In addition, we are not clear about the habits of these crops. We should try planting them in various environments to see if these crops like humidity or drought.

In addition, we also need to consider how to store and utilize it. I remember that in addition to eating these sweet potatoes, we can also be used to make wine and make vermicelli. Anyway, we need to think of more ways to make use of these crops to the greatest extent.

By the way, we also need to do disease tests to see what insects and bacteria these crops are afraid of, and try to avoid problems when promoting planting on a large scale."

"Chi understand!"

Ma Qiang kept nagging like an old lady. It was not that he liked to nag, but that Ma Qiang knew that the promotion of potatoes, sweet potatoes and even corn in history was not smooth.

For example, potatoes were successfully promoted in history at the beginning, but in the mid-19th century, large-scale lesions suddenly appeared, which eventually caused potato famine. Large-scale famine occurred in Ireland, Germany and other regions where potatoes were grown in large quantities.

Take Ireland as an example. At that time, Ireland still belonged to the United Kingdom. Most of the landlords lived in England. Therefore, these landlords only wanted to export food to make money. The British government was even more unwilling to the Irish life and death. In the end, nearly two million people fled Ireland and nearly one million people starved to death. When Ma Qiang left, the entire Ireland population had not reached five million.
Chapter completed!