Chapter 235 And this good thing(1/2)
Dolinta and others were worried that Zhao Wei would be destroyed together with Tikal and Chichen Itza.
So does Da Song have this strength?
It’s really hard to say, Duolin Tuo and others know that the Song Dynasty has copper weapons and the will of establishing authority. No one can tell whether it can be done.
Well, as King Ning said, after the Song Dynasty arrived here, it was still gentle, and the surrounding tribes only watched the Song Dynasty have been powerful.
However, how much strength the Song Dynasty has? Not to mention them, I am afraid that even the three Qibuchas that have been incorporated into the Song Dynasty cannot say one or two.
Thinking of this, Duolinta and others were a little looking forward to it.
It would be better for Tikal and Chichen and Yiqin to participate, and then the Song Dynasty could destroy them.
By then, Koba, Tikal and Chichen Itza were gone, and Kirigua would become the largest city-state of the Maya.
Well, Dolin and the others didn't have any kind intentions.
After all, the Mayan civilization is too loose, let alone unity. It is better to destroy it. If you destroy it, I will be the boss.
But, then again, will Tikal and Chichen Itza really help Koba?
Haha, I'm thinking too much.
Dolin Tsar hoped to destroy all three cities, why didn't Tikal and Chichen Itza think so?
What's more, the lunatic has lost control.
Just now, while facing the big song, Duo Na was not polite to Tikal at all. He even made a harsh statement to attack Tikal.
High Priest Tikal didn't say anything on the surface, but he wrote it down in his heart.
Although he went to talk to Duo'er when he was dispersed, he was willing to talk to the Song people.
In fact, that was a lie to deceive Erlangzi. High Priest Tikal had no intention of mediating from it.
Just fight, it’s better to fight! It’s best to have both sides, and you can also try the energy of this mysterious visitor, Da Song.
Tikalba must not really fight.
What they are more concerned about now is how the Song Dynasty reversed the problem of Kirigua being unable to eat enough. After all, this is the biggest crisis Maya faces.
If the Song Dynasty really had the ability to solve this difficulty, Tikal would not mind, like Kirigua, and temporarily bowed to the Song Dynasty.
Yes, Tikal and other Mayan city-states came to Kirigua and were actually ready to cooperate with the Song Dynasty and even bow their heads.
Just as Zhao Wei said at the wedding banquet, letting the people live is the most important thing. What kind of faith and ancestors can only be put aside first.
Moreover, when they came this time, they didn't even want to steal the skills of the Song people.
First of all, there is no tradition, and the Mayans are not good at plagiarism.
Secondly, I probably won't learn it either.
The technology that can deal with this disaster season must be a very difficult core ability. The Song people will not be exposed so easily, nor will they learn it.
So, I didn't think about it at all.
But is it really difficult to deal with?
Actually, it's not difficult at all.
Zhao Wei and his team actually have two tricks:
First, work hard.
Second, replace local corn with potatoes.
It is easy to use to cultivate carefully, and this is the ancestral skill of the Han people.
The advantage is to increase the yield per mu, concentrate the labor force of Kirigua on a small part of the arable land, so that it can also feed 300,000 Kirigua people.
Of course, there is also a disadvantage, which is that you invest more energy.
But this is not a matter. The Mayans were very idle. In the past, they would burn it and wait once, and then sow the seeds and it would be done. The remaining time was left, so they stayed in the temple altar and prayed to God.
But now I can’t even eat, so I’m just saying goodbye to God?
Besides, whoever is the Mayan god will be upset. If you have nothing to do, just listen to your prayers. What is God doing?
Now, I'll go to work for me.
When replacing corn with potatoes, it is not because potatoes produce higher yields than corn, but because potatoes are more drought-resistant than corn.
During the corn seedling stage, drought will inhibit the growth rate of corn and significantly delay the development period. During the jointing period, it will promote early maturity of corn, resulting in a significant shortening of the development period.
To put it bluntly, it was originally when it grew taller but it did not grow up; it was originally when it was fruitful, and the corn cob was precocious.
Anyone with a little experience in the countryside knows that if a crop like corn cannot grow and is ready to bear bars in advance, it can be said that there is no harvest of grains.
After being stripped open, there were only corn cobs and no corn kernels.
Potatoes are different. They are more drought-resistant than corn. Even if they reduce yields due to drought, they are only a little smaller and will not be able to harvest at all.
In fact, for thousands of years, Han farmers would judge the precipitation and climate in the first winter to judge the direction of the second year.
Then change the farming strategy in a timely manner to deal with the impact of drought and flood disasters on the harvest.
Even if you cannot ensure profits from drought and flood, you can minimize losses. This is the experience summarized by thousands of years of agricultural civilization.
Of course, the Mayans do not have such superb farming ability. However, they still want to get the simple truth of exchanging corn for potatoes?
Then why didn’t we change it, but we had to wait until the Song people came to teach them?
Haha, the reason is also very simple, because they can't grow potatoes.
In the 13th century, although the agricultural products in Central America were corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc., there were quite a few varieties.
However, it is very regional.
For example, where Maya is located, she can only grow corn but not potatoes.
As mentioned before, potatoes only have some temperature requirements during the germination period. If the temperature is too high, they will enter dormant, and they will not grow long in burying them in the ground, and they will eventually rot.
Therefore, potatoes in Central America grow in high-altitude areas near the mountainous areas of South America, namely the territory of Cusco and Chibucha.
The Central American land bridge where the Maya is located is low at altitude and covered with rainforests. The temperature in summer is as high as 30 to 40 degrees, which is not suitable for the sprouting of potatoes.
This is also a major reason why several other civilizations survived well in the face of Central America’s drought, but the Mayan civilization could not survive and was declining.
They could only grow corn, and there were alternative crops in the north of Aztec, the south of Chibucha and Cusco.
Then the question arises again. Since the Maya geographical location is not suitable for growing potatoes, how can it be grown in the Song Dynasty?
The reason is very simple, because there is Mr. Wang Zhen in the Song Dynasty!
The old man made the set in Diaoyu City, which is first cut into pieces and cultivated, and artificial germination can perfectly avoid the dormant period of potatoes.
First cultivate and germinate in a cool room, and then plant it in the ground. This is the key.
So, what is the most important thing in the 13th century? Talent! Talent is the primary productive force.
If Kublai Khan had not had Alao Wading and Yisimayin, there would have been no Huihuan. Without Huihuan, he might not be able to defeat Xiangyang and Fancheng until he died. Then the fate of the Song Dynasty was really hard to say.
If the Maya had a person like Wang Zhen, there would be no need to be too many. Only one was needed to emerge from its decline. There would not be so many scholars and archaeologists in the future sigh at the ruins of the Mayan civilization.
Now, Wang Zhen is in Zhao Wei's hands, so Wang Zhen only needs to be able to pinch Maya's neck.
It is just a small breeding technique, just like the two ends of yin and yang, on one side is an abyss that will never be restored, and on the other side is a completely different historical destiny.
Whether it was Dolins, Lanqin, including the High Priest Tikal and the city-state kings who came here, they would never have thought that it was not King Ning who controlled their fate, but an old Han man who was scattered among the Song people.
As for the capture of Coba City, he could not have imagined that the few people who decided the fate of Coba City were on the distant Xinya Mountain, and he didn't even know the name.
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Eight days later.
Xinyashan, Xifu, Privy Council.
The Privy Council is a unique institution among the various dynasties in China, and is also the greatest manifestation of the division of power in the Song Dynasty.
On the surface, the functions of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War overlap, but in fact, it is not.
The two yamen each have their own departments. The Ministry of War is in charge of military power and military logistics, while the Privy Council is in charge of general power and strategic planning.
The Song Dynasty was sneered by later generations that "the soldiers do not know the generals, and the generals do not know the soldiers." The source is the parallelism between the Ministry of War and the Privy Council.
Of course, this problem was the most popular in the Northern Song Dynasty.
After Jingkang, the Song court did not fail to reflect. He raised millions of imperial guards, but had no soldiers to fight.
Learning from the pain, since the Emperor Gaozong Dynasty, the imperial guard system has been weakened and instead attaches importance to local troops, the division between the Privy Council and the Ministry of War has also weakened a lot.
After Yashan, the new Song Li was serious about governing the country. Now the Privy Council no longer focuses on the responsibility of controlling power, but shifts its focus to the direction of strategy formulation.
This result did not weaken the status of the Privy Council. The Western Prefecture could still be with the Eastern Prefecture.
Moreover, the joining of a group of literati and husbands also had a grand strategy of preparing for war, which made the strategy carried out by the Privy Council more important.
At this time, Zhang Shijie, Jiang Jin, Su Liuyi, Zhang Jianzhi and other relatives gathered together and almost started a fight.
"Sui Xiang's plan needs to be considered again. Although Cusco is not afraid of it, he also needs to consider our army's military's damage. How can we act recklessly?"
Zhang Shijie waved his hand and pushed Su Liuyi back.
To be continued...