197 The princess is on top (9)
"Tainu Wang, do you really want to eat it?" Nuanshu claimed to be able to cook, but now he still dared not speak out when he saw the fried locusts on the plate.
Chen Lian calmly picked up the chopsticks and picked up a locust and stuffed it into his mouth: "It tastes pretty good."
The four people dared not eat the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but the Ruoqiang people outside had no choice but to eat it.
When locusts pass through, almost all crops have been eaten this year.
Just when everyone felt that they would go hungry, Wang Tainu asked them to eat the locusts they caught.
Although surprised, the country that values faith has strong execution ability.
After confirming that the locusts can eat, everyone began to catch locusts around.
Even some snakes and other creatures in the desert will inevitably become food on everyone's plate.
Fortunately, there are locusts to eat in their own country, and the rest of the country will be in trouble.
After the first batch of potatoes matured, the entire Ruoqiang's belief in Chen Lian reached a new high.
"The King Taiju is really a Bodhisattva sent by God to save the suffering!"
"That's right, the true Buddha is above!"
"The Princess Wang must have come from heaven, otherwise how could she take out a strange thing like potatoes!"
In this regard, Chen Lian just wanted to say that he did not come from heaven, he just wanted to go to heaven.
Chen Lian could feel the admiration and awe of the Tainu's mansion except for the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting and a wolf cub.
Under Chen Lian's propaganda, people from those countries began to flee, and many people were trying to have a full meal.
Chen Lian took advantage of the situation to carry out publicity, and he would have the opportunity to obtain a Ruoqiang household registration by planting trees and joining the army.
After having potatoes in agriculture, Chen Lian looked at the army.
The fear of hunger caused many severely affected refugees to pour into Ruoqiang.
What Chen Lian was afraid of was that there was no one. As long as there were people, there would always be ways to make them become real Ruoqiang people.
Because the scope of the locust plague was too large, this time, 100,000 people were recruited in the middle age, almost the population of a country.
One hundred thousand people in the middle age, women, girls, children and some middle-aged people, completed the rural household registration of Ruoqiang.
These people will be the main labor force for agricultural development.
Because the mountains and forests blocked the sandstorm, the whole of Ruoqiang now loves to plant trees.
Not only the Zhaozhou Delta, but also the other deserts around the Loulan Oasis have begun to plant trees.
The growth environment of potatoes is not high, and the increase in the population of Ruoqiang has increased, and the people of Ruoqiang have also begun to carry water to irrigate the desert, which is inspiring to turn the desert into arable land.
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Because the journey between countries is very long, even if a country is destroyed, it may take more than a month to know the news.
So when the rest of the countries reacted, Ruoqiang had already lost the desolate scene caused by the locust plague.
After knowing the scene in Ruoqiang, major countries such as Kucha, Loulan, and Yanqi all came to visit and bought them the cultivation methods of potatoes at high prices.
King Ruoqiang laughed at the banquet and said, "You don't know that these things are done by the little girl. Now that Ruoqiang is so prosperous, everything is her contribution. So you have to ask her how to trade potatoes."
Everyone looked at Chen Lian in surprise.
They were amazed that Ruoqiang is so prosperous now, it is Chen Lian's contribution to the rule of Ruoqiang, and they were also surprised that Ruoqiang King delegated power.
Although she has been named the Grand Lady, no king of any country would be so confident and delegated to his children.
However, all of this seems to have become possible in Ruoqiang.
The one who came here this time in Kucha was the prince of Kucha who loved the daughter of Bao'an. His name was Lonna Yagai.
Lonna Yagai said: "Bao'an, this time my father asked me to thank you. In addition, please tell us the method of growing potatoes. No matter how high the reward is, we can pay."
Yanqi's envoy asked curiously: "Prince Lonna Yagai, why do your country thank the princess of Ruoqiang?"
Lonna Yagai did not hide it and said honestly: "Several years ago, the princess Wang said that there might be strong winds and sandstorms that would sweep the desert, and let me go back to various trees. It was also shameful. I did not take what Princess Wang said to heart at that time. Fortunately, my father remembered it in his heart and mobilized many people to plant trees. Otherwise, this time, our Kucha might have been destroyed by the sandstorm."
As soon as these words came, all countries were surprised.
Some countries also resented Chen Lian did not tell them, and said in a sarcastic tone: "Why didn't Your Highness, the Prince of Ruoqiang, tell us about this?"
Before Chen Lian was angry, Lonna Yagai couldn't help but say, "If you tell you, you will believe it? Who doesn't know that you can't cut trees in the desert, but everyone still cut trees! Who doesn't know that it's good to plant trees, and who planted trees again?"
As soon as these words came out, the person who said this first lowered his head in shame.
It’s like everyone knows that going to bed early and getting up early is good for exercise, but staying up late never loses the party.
Chen Lian spoke at this time, "I can tell you how to plant potatoes, but I have a requirement..."
After everyone left satisfied, Ruoqiang King asked in confusion: "The grapes are very good to grow, why do you still want to buy their grapes in Bao'an?"
This grape is not a rare product for Western countries, and almost every household will plant some.
The Central Plains are rare, but the journey from the Western Regions to the Central Plains is long and the grapes are difficult to store, so the caravans will not buy these grapes.
Almost every time the grapes are ripe, every household has not finished their grapes, and they don’t know how many grapes are broken every year.
Ruoqiang King really couldn't think of why Chen Lian would have to provide them with tens of millions of grapes every year within three years - almost 50% of the total grape production of the three major countries and 90% of the total grape production of the small countries.
He even said that he would give the corresponding gold and silver.
For example, in exchange for potato planting methods this time, those people also gave them a lot of gold and silver.
In the face of hunger, gold and silver cannot be wrapped around the belly. For the wealthy Western Regions countries, the method of planting these gold and silver for potatoes is already very cost-effective.
Chen Lian said: "Don't worry, the son minister has his own ideas when doing this."
A few months later, when the potatoes in other countries are ripe, the grapes are also ripe.
At this time, Chen Lian brought the wine to the dinner table of the family banquet.
After everyone drank the wine, they immediately felt that it was a fairy wine!
"Okay, okay!" The drunk King Ruoqiang and Qimu kept admiring. Both of them looked at Chen Lian with their eyes lit up, and finally understood what his previous actions meant.
Soon, Chen Lian recruited many unemployed vagrants from all over the country, and these people started making wine in the factory.
Chen Lian was preparing to take the production of this wine into the hands of the Ruoqiang royal family.
Because of the locust plague, Chen Lian has reduced taxes from all Ruoqiang citizens.
To maintain the operation of the country and ensure the stability of the royal power, the treasury cannot be without money. This wine alone is enough to compare with the current national taxes of only 300,000 people.
Moreover, no tax is required, which is also the key to attracting people from other countries to settle in Ruoqiang.
Chapter completed!