No method of preserving seeds is better to plant directly, because this is a living transplant, and the plant itself is a kind of seed. The Maritime Department transports the items on the ship, but the only one does not move these plants because they grow very well on the ship.

Zhao Zhen boarded the ship. The moment he boarded the ship, he was shocked by the scene in front of him. There was nothing on the deck on the ship, only soil and wooden boards that stopped soil erosion. Among these soils, various plants were arranged neatly according to the Chinese planting habits, one by one, one by one, and one by one, neatly arranged.

"Official family, this is the credit of Liu Gao, the young minister of our Sinong Temple. The plants he serves are all the best."

Zhao Zhen nodded: "Yes, it is really hard to serve the agricultural affairs of these Gentile lands. I will naturally reward him. The young master of the Sinong Temple is here for the sixth rank. I want to promote him to the fourth rank of Sinong Temple!"

Everyone present was silent, and everyone looked at the emperor silently. This scene made Zhao Zhen and Sancai who were beside him feel strange. Sancai shouted: "Liu Gao, the young minister of Sinong Temple? Where is Liu Gao? Why don't you get the order to thank you!"

Mu Xiu and others knelt down slowly. Mu Xiu took out a memorial from his arms, handed it to Zhao Zhen with his hands solemnly and said, "The official, Liu Gao, the young minister of the Siong Temple, has sacrificed his life for the country. In order to take care of these agricultural affairs, he took care of him day and night, and did not dare to slack off. In addition, he had been wandering on the sea for a long time and had not enough fresh water, so he poured his fresh water into the soil for these farmers, and finally... he was thirsty to death..."

After hearing Mu Xiu's words, Zhao Zhen was a little nervous. What kind of minister is this! He actually irrigated the water source of his life for these plants. These plants have grown up, but a fresh life has disappeared.

But what happened next made Zhao Zhen even more angry and moved. Only 300 people in the entire fleet survived, and the rest died. The reason was exactly the same as Liu Gao, all of which were to protect the plants they wore. Liu Gao explained to everyone the importance of these plants and what future they could bring to the Song Dynasty. So these loyal soldiers contributed the most precious freshwater on the sea.

Zhao Zhen was angry and cursed: "Silly! Why do we lose our loyalty and courage because of these plants? If we really can't do it, just keep one plant every time, why plant so many? Is life not as valuable as these things? If we don't do it once, we will do it again, why...... Why do we have to do it like this?!"

Zhao Zhen choked up as he cursed. This was a place where he was rarely moved by the ancients' persistence and faith. Liu Gao and the more than a thousand lost lives moved him and made him cry, because no words could express the emotions in his heart. Zhao Zhen was really shocked by this scene in front of him.

The remaining people choked up and sent away every deceased person along the way, Mu Xiu burst into tears. The feelings squeezed in his heart were finally released: "The official family, Liu Gao was worried that these precious farmlands would not be easy to feed, leaving only a little, if there was anything wrong, he would be ashamed of the Song Dynasty. In order to ensure the safety of the whole country, he would plant such a large area! The official family... we will die and serve the king's order!"

This is to use life to maintain one's promise. When they left, they said such words to themselves. Zhao Zhen felt extremely sad. Every sacrifice of such a minister is a loss of the Song Dynasty, and no such soldier is a loss of the country.

He squatted down gently, and Zhao Zhen carefully held up a handful of soil on the boat with both hands: "Sancai put it in a glass bottle and put it in my imperial study. I want to watch it every day. These are all exchanged for my loyal and brave ministers of the Song Dynasty with their lives, and the kings of future generations must not forget them."

Sancai carefully held a brocade box and put the soil in it. After returning to the palace, he put the soil into a glass bottle. This seemingly ordinary handful of soil is more precious than any gold, silver and treasure in the eyes of the official family.

Looking at the endless sea in the distance, the scene of water and sky in the same color made Zhao Zhen feel relieved and said again: "I will send skilled craftsmen to build a lighthouse on the port. I will erect monuments for these dead and alive warriors!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Mu Xiu took the remaining people to the inn to rest. After so many years of hard work, they should also enjoy the happiness of the world. For them, eating a full meal is happiness, drinking water is happiness, and a safe and stable sleep on the water is happiness...

The people from Sinong Temple quickly appeared at the port. This was summoned by Zhao Zhen. After learning that Liu Gao died of thirst at the sea because of these farmers, they treated them as Liu Gao's children.

All the farms were relocated as a whole, and even the decks were sawed down and transported to the imperial village in Peking Prefecture with a special carriage. They could only plant these plants there and guarded them day and night by the imperial guards. They were guarding like a military camp. The only place in the Song Dynasty and the firearms camp had this level of alert.

Zhao Zhen originally wanted to return to the palace with a few potatoes, onions, tomatoes, etc., but when he saw the pitiful eyes of the officials of the Sinong Temple, his heart softened, and he shook his hand and left. Anyway, he saw what he wanted to see, it doesn't matter if he eats it later.

Potatoes, corn, sweet potatoes, onions, tomatoes, which one is not the one that Zhao Zhen is most familiar with, but these are not in the Song Dynasty. Now they appear, they can’t help but cannot control their taste buds. Of course, not only these things, but also American ginseng, chili peppers, peanuts and sunflowers. Thanks to the help of the Native Americans, the soldiers of the Song Dynasty helped them while also helping them.

Food determines the population of a country. The population in ancient China was much smaller than that in later generations. Even the prosperous Song Dynasty had only about 100 million people. This number was affected by natural disasters and man-made disasters. Once a war broke out, the population in some areas would drop sharply.

But in the eyes of the world, the population of the Song Dynasty is much larger than that of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty, which flourished in the 14th year of Tianbao, only had a population of more than 80 million. The current Song Dynasty has experienced a series of policies for recuperation and recuperation since Zhao Zhen ascended the throne, as well as the development of medical care, commerce, and agriculture, and the population has grown explosively.

The population base of Song Dynasty was already large, which was a terrible compound interest factor, just like a snowball rolling. The bigger the snowball rolled, the more snow the bigger the snowball sticked to. From then on, the population is everything in a country in this era.

Some officials of the Song Dynasty had seen the dividends brought by the population, and even Zhao Zhen was extremely surprised. The ancients did not know anything about the economy. The dividends brought by the population were beneficial to the economic development of the Song Dynasty and to the development of the country. The most important point is that more people mean that a country has a strong national strength and many soldiers can fight.

In the eyes of many court officials, as long as the Song Dynasty develops on this scale and reaches a certain level of population, the Western Xia and the Liao Dynasty will be vulnerable. The Song Dynasty can completely overwhelm these countries with population...
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