Chapter 232 There is a reason to starve to death(1/2)
Lu Xiufu never dreamed that Ma Erye would send a fake cauldron to the Maya.
As a gentleman, there are still limitations. This kind of despicable trick is not used or thought about by Mr. Lu.
However, Zhao Wei had no burden at all.
In short, even if I let go of this matter, I won’t mention it for now, because it’s not yet time yet.
Zhao Wei only needs to plant a seed in the hearts of the Mayans, a seed that will include surrender to the Song Dynasty as a backup option.
For other things, let’s talk about Copan’s bronze tripod is dug out.
Of course, that's been a while later.
Because, according to the original plan, the Song Dynasty would not go to the abandoned Kopan City first, but went directly to Kirigua. After solving the problems of Kirigua's agriculture and other problems, then go to Kopan.
As for the time being tight, why not go to Kopan to dig out the cauldron?
Haha, of course there is a reason. Because, the city of Kirigua is very lively now.
Five days later, everyone walked north along the path opened in the jungle, and suddenly saw several towering stone buildings hidden in the jungle.
And as everyone penetrated, a magnificent city was also revealed to everyone.
However, it is obviously abandoned for a long time, with flat stone slab avenues overgrown with weeds, tall pyramids and monuments wrapped in thick moss.
Asan was feeling a little sad and introduced to Zhao Wei: "This is our former city-state, Kopan."
This is the first time that Zhao Wei has penetrated into the Mayan city-state. Although Kopan City has been abandoned, the shock in his heart arises naturally.
Looking around, there are dozens and hundreds of magnificent stone halls distributed on both sides of the wide avenue. Anyone who sees them will praise the great achievements of the Mayans, and they can't help but feel sorry for this student who is too "subject to subjects".
Zhao Wei looked at it casually, feeling full of emotion, but his face was silent, and he also wanted to mock the previous sentence from time to time, "Average, it's still a little worse than my Song Dynasty city."
OK, it's completely different.
The cities of the Song Dynasty were indeed not bad, but the cities made up of so many huge stone buildings still did not have one in the Song Dynasty.
Asan naturally saw Zhao Wei's disdain and had no refutation.
In architecture, the Song people and the Mayans have their own advantages, and Asan has to admit that the Song people are indeed not bad.
What she is most concerned about is the reconstruction of Copan City.
"Your Highness, are you really willing to rebuild Kopan City for us? Can you really do it?"
Zhao Wei smiled, "Of course I can do it."
“When will it start?”
Zhao Wei laughed again: "Don't worry! Copan's reconstruction is a big project after all. I have to solve the small problem of Kirigua first so that I can take action to concentrate on helping Copan, right?"
Asan's heart sank. Do you have to solve Kirigua first? Then when will it be Kopan's turn?
After all, their Lanqin Kingdom came out of Copan, and even lived in Kirigua very well. However, there is a little bit that the Mayans are the same as the Song people, which is that no matter how good the outside is, they are not as good as the home.
Every Lanchen wants to return to Copan from the bottom of his heart.
"Your Highness, can you tell me how long it will take to solve the problem of Kirigua?"
Zhao Wei pondered for a moment, as if he was calculating seriously.
"It will take at least one month, right?"
Asan: ""
Asan didn't want to chat with Zhao Wei anymore because she felt that King Ning started bragging again.
You will solve the major issues of life and death in our three kingdoms in one month?
OK, of course the faster the better.
However, it was too fast, so fast that Asan felt that they were trash.
What is the big issue of life and death that will be solved in the month of the Song people?
If this is true, it is really just like Zhao Wei said, and the small problem is not worth mentioning.
Too hurts self-esteem!
I couldn't help but say something more, "From Your Highness, how long will it take to solve the problem in Kopan City?"
"Oh!" Zhao Wei raised his eyebrows, "This is a problem. Repairing water conservancy is a major project. Even in our Song Dynasty, it is an extremely difficult thing. I'll do it!"
After fiddling with my fingers for a long time, I finally said:
"It will take two months, no more time!"
Asan: ""
Asan really ignored Zhao Wei this time.
Two months? It will take three years for the Mayans to grow a crop. You will build a large project in two months?
Just curse someone?
Everyone did not stop in Copan City.
Because Copan is very close to Kirigua, only a hundred miles away. Even if you travel through the deep forest, it only took two days.
Two days later, the brigade crossed a ridge and saw a city-state slightly smaller than Kopan City standing in the plain at one side of the mountain.
Zhao Wei and Lu Xiufu, including the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty who came with him, were the first time they came to Jirigua and couldn't help but look at them from a high place.
However, after looking at it for a while, Zhao Wei, Lu Xiufu, and a group of craftsmen almost spoke in unison: "This is really a waste! Can this place be drought?"
The three kings, the priests and others turned red, and they almost fought with the Song people with a knife.
Who are you insulting?
Well, it’s not that Zhao Wei and the others are insulting people, they are explaining a fact.
Not to mention anything else, if a group of Song people lived here, they would be able to survive. Even if a city was disabled, they would not be hungry.
Looking around, there is a river valley plain that can be seen at a glance. It is not an exaggeration to say that one million acres of arable land can be opened.
On the side of the mountain, there is a big lake next to the Weishan Mountain, overlooking the plain. At the farthest point of the plain, there is a big river coming around the mountain and running across the entire plain area.
And the city of Kirigua is located between the Great Lakes and the Long River. Just this, did you tell me about water shortage or drought?
What a fuss?
The three kings are also embarrassing, this is a fact.
But, they have no choice!
He followed the Song people and smiled awkwardly, "Your Highness laughed. There is indeed no shortage of water in the city of Kirigua. However, it is too difficult to transport these lakes and rivers into the farmland. There are only more than 300,000 people in Kirigua, and they cannot transport them."
Zhao Wei was speechless, was it difficult?
"How are you lucky?"
Lanqin said: "Of course we mobilized people from all over the city to fetch water and irrigate the land. However, even if we spend all our time on fetching water, we can only water a small piece of land, which is not enough to supply food for the whole city."
To be honest, the Mayans are not stupid, they also know that drought requires watering the crops.
However, they cannot build canals and can not dig water to irrigate, so they can only transport the water to the fields in the most primitive way by manpower.
Mr. Lu frowned, saying, "Isn't it supposed?"
What Lu Junshi said is "not supposed to be" because it is not that the Mayans should not be able to build water conservancy projects.
He has seen this strange nation, and he is really speechless. He is really not good at anything except astronomy and mathematics.
This also has something to do with their living environment. Fusang is so good that you can't starve to death by just doing it.
If the Central Plains had such a rich variety of products, the Han people might have to put their minds on the issue of not living.
What Mr. Lu said is that even if the people of Kirigua do not understand water conservancy and rely solely on irrigation carried by their hands and shoulders, they will not be hungry, right?
Three hundred thousand people! Even if one person only carries one acre of land, it is still 300,000 acres, and it still can't support the people in a city?
This question is not required to be answered by the Mayans, so Zhao Wei answered it for them.
"Don't use our Song people's standards to measure the Mayans."
Lu Xiufu frowned, "What does it mean?"
Zhao Wei smiled curiously, "Their yield per mu is very small."
Lu Xiufu was even more puzzled, "Don't they grow corn? How little is the per mu yield?"
Zhao Wei: "It's so rare that you can't imagine. A mu of land is only about ten kilograms, and a few dozen kilograms will be considered a bumper harvest."
Lu Xiufu: "" That's going to starve to death, that's right.
How to say it? Mayan farming and Han farming are two different concepts.
As mentioned before, the Mayan crops are as short as three years, and the most are as long as six years.
Burn the wasteland, wait for it to rain, wait for the plants and trees to sprout and then burn the wasteland, wait for it to rain, and then sow the seeds.
Moreover, this sowing is different from the sowing of the Han people. They sow the seeds into the ground and they don’t care.
As for whether the food or weeds grow, it has nothing to do with me. It depends on God how much food can be produced.
To be continued...