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Chapter 72 The Field of Hope

September of the 17th year of Chongzhen.

Ningyuan South City.

"This is what it looks like!"

Looking at the farmers who were picking corn in the farmland beside the road, Yang Feng said with emotion on the back of the big dark horse.

In just less than half a year, the land had completely recovered its vitality. Countless villages were established and countless farmlands were cultivated. In the autumn corn fields, roads were crisscrossed. Villages made of earth walls and thatched huts were everywhere. The corn and peppers on the wall formed excellent decorations. Even various livestock such as pigs and sheep were often passed by the official road. Not far away, there was a yellow dog barking at him.

This is a season of harvest.

Whether it is his potatoes, corn or high-yield soybeans, they fully demonstrate their power.

Half a month ago, the Ministry of Revenue even sent a potato that was almost as big as a brain and to the Guangning front line as auspiciousness. Then His Majesty the Emperor invited the generals to stewed beef with potatoes. The people in the Ningyu area were shocked by the terrifying yield of this thing. Unlike the lands in later generations that lacked fertility due to years of cultivation, the land in the Ningyu area was extremely fertile at this time. It is estimated that the modern fertile piled up cannot catch up. In addition, the climate is suitable, this thing can be said to have wild growth. The highest record is that one plant has produced ten kilograms. It is said that when the old farmer was exposed, he knelt down and cried.

And now it's corn's turn.

The power of hybrid high-yield corn is also fully released on this black soil.

"Please see, Father!"

Zheng Chenggong ran excitedly with a corn cob and handed it to him.

The corn kernels on the twenty-centimeter-long rod are lined from beginning to end, which is very shiny in the sun. If it is all like this, it is estimated that the yield per mu is like playing, or even more than 1,500 kilograms. Compared with the current rice of hundreds of kilograms, the yield of this thing is like a miracle.

"Is this what you planted?"

Yang Feng asked the old farmer who was following him.

The old farmer lay on the ground with a panic on his face and stammered, but Yang Feng didn't understand a word. He looked at Zheng Chenggong with inquiring eyes.

"The father forgives the crime, and the sons are incompetent. These people can only understand the official language now, but there is still a large part of them who can't speak. He was a gang member who came from Jiangxi and spoke some Fuzhou dialect with a Fujian accent. It is probably the refugees who passed by Fujian back then. He said he thanked the emperor for his grace, granting them immortal seeds, granting them civility, and land. They remembered the emperor's grace from generation to generation. One of his sons served in the new army. He told his son that if he dared to escape on the battlefield, he would beat him to death with his own hands."

Zheng Chenggong said.

"Ha, ha, he is a loyal and righteous person, reward!"

Yang Feng said.

Liang Cheng, who was behind him, immediately took a purse, and Yang Feng took it and threw it directly to the old farmer. The latter was so excited that he lay on the ground and kowtowed constantly.

"Walk!"

Yang Feng urged the horse and said.

At this time, more and more farmers on both sides knew about the arrival of the emperor, and rushed out of the farmland, kneeling on both sides with excitement from the heart, expressing their loyalty to their Emperor.

These people are Yang Feng's most loyal people, although he still cannot understand these people's words until now.

These are all hangren from Jiangxi, liao people from Guangdong, gang people from Fujian, and tragic people from eastern Zhejiang. They are all the lowest untouchables in society. They are either not allowed to live ashore, or they are not allowed to live on the plains, or they are not allowed to own land and can only do low-cost service. They cannot study, act as officials, or intermarry with good people. They do not even count the grass mustard at the bottom of this huge empire, but at most they are mud under the grass mustard.

And now, they are not.

Their descendants can study and become officials, they can own their own land, and they can live in the sun with dignity.

And all this was given to him.

"This is the people!"

Yang Feng got off the horse and walked in the crowd of kneeling and bowing.

This is his basic foundation. There are no gentry here, no Confucian scholars here, no old bureaucrats here, only the simplest people here, who are loyal to him. As long as his orders are issued, bullets can be shot at any people he designated.

This is his backing.

His backing started from Ningyuan and went south to Shanhaiguan. Basically, the boundary was divided by Zhonghousu, which was Suizhong County. To the north were the untouchables and to the south were the Liao people, forming two relatively established communities. After all, they did not speak with each other. However, the Liao people did not discriminate against the untouchables. These untouchables were southerners, and they were almost two worlds. What was the untouchables in the south? These Liao people could be said to have no idea about what the untouchables were in the south. What's more, now everyone is a righteous man named by the emperor. Of course, it would take a long time to let them merge. This is not what Yang Feng was worried about.

The migration of untouchables will continue in the future. Anyway, there is land in the northeast that can accommodate them. It is estimated that it will be fine to support millions of people west of the Guangliao River.

The Southern Gentlemen also supported this work.

These untouchables are hidden bombs in the south, and conflicts between local tourists have always been the most feared by the gentry. Before, the rebellion of the gang people alone was continued. During the Wanli period, Li Daluan and his sister rebelled half of Jiangxi and involved war. In fact, in the prosperous times of Kangmazi, the rebellion of the gang people never stopped. It was even during the Yongzheng period, and it was not until Yongzheng listed them as good-natured. This is also one of the important reasons for the surge in population during the Yongzheng period. A large part of the soaring population did not grow naturally, but to count all the population that was not included in the nationality. Yang Feng has brought them all to the northeast in this way, which can be regarded as clearing hidden dangers for the gentry. Otherwise, how could such immigrants who span thousands of miles proceed so smoothly?

There were only those southern gentry who were fully supporting him.

Of course, they didn't know that they would regret it in the end.

Not only these people, including those who fled to Shandong during the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty, refugees who fled to Shandong were also returning. In the Dengzhou area controlled by Huang Fei, ships continued to carry people across the sea to Ningyuan and settle down in the Jinzhou area to the north. Those who fled to the mountains before also began to settle out of the mountains. According to the current speed, by this time next year, the population in the western Liaoning area will basically be close to one million. This once prosperous fertile soil will soon be restored to life. The trauma caused by the destruction of the two generations of wild boar skin father and son will be cured as quickly as possible.

And Yang Feng will also gain a solid rear.

It’s not easy for the emperor to rebel!

Even if he has a plug-in without a strong foundation, he can't do it. The last time the four human bombs had already awakened him, and the overlord resurrected in front of the bombs would also become a slack. Fortunately, the discovery was timely. In addition, the Tartars probably had insufficient ability to resist bombs. If they got four human bombs worth dozens or hundreds of pounds, the people of the Ming Dynasty could probably remember their flash-breaking emperor.

This is also the reason why Yang Feng has been calm recently.

He also needs to be careful.

"Father, the bandit camp has arrived!"

Zheng Chenggong said next to him.

"Is this my new army?"

Yang Fengrao looked at a huge army in an array waiting in front of him with interest.

The 5,000 Untouchables were wearing a uniform red right-sided top with black pants with leggings underneath. Leggings were popularized in the Ming army. Yang Feng had taught soldiers since the Battle of Ningyuan. In fact, mountain people were very common at this time, but they were rare in the army. Many people in the Untouchables were hangmen in the mountains of Jiangsu and Zhejiang. They also had the habit of leggings, so Yang Feng just standardized them.

In addition to the thick cloth shoes with a thousand-layer sole, and a Fan Yang hat on each person's toe, this is Yang Feng's new military appearance.

The equipment is a bit shabby.

Each of these new soldiers carried a bird gun and were covered with small bamboo tubes. Because the old bird gun did not have a special bayonet, they had to use an additional goose feather knife, and the armor was gone.

In fact, this new army looked very inconspicuous. At best, they were just a traditional gun soldiers, and they were not even as good as those in the Ming army. The latter had at least standard armor, including the generals within the Ming army, and they did not take them seriously. In their opinion, this was just to satisfy the emperor's pleasure. As for the combat effectiveness of these untouchables, daily training was nothing more than bird gun shooting, wooden guns practicing assassination, and even walking around in line every day. They were all pulled out and ran for more than ten miles in one go, sweating and panting like a cow.

Their evaluation is correct.

Even for Yang Feng, this new army still has few highlights.

But they have one special thing that is enough. This special thing is very simple, that is, they...

"obey!"

Yang Feng shouted: "You have only one responsibility, that is, to obey my orders. Now I order you to stand there. No one is allowed to move without my orders. Whoever dares to move will be picked out directly. Then, even your family will send you back to the place where you came. If you hear it clearly, no one is allowed to move without my orders. Now tell me, have you heard it clearly?"

"I heard it clearly!"

The five thousand new troops lined up answered in unison with their original accents.

Then everyone changed their faces at once.

Because at the same time, Liang Cheng, the commander of the Jinyiwei Guard next to His Majesty, suddenly pointed forward. Five hundred Jinyiwei Iron Cavalry following the Holy Chariot, lined up into a wall a mile away from them, and then began to accelerate at them, and soon turned into a charge. Amid the thunderous sound of horse hooves falling densely, five hundred war horses leaning close together, with armor as if they were monsters, with heavy armor on their backs, and even cavalry with iron faces covered with iron faces on one hand, holding a spear with a triangular flag in the other hand, constantly approaching the horse's gallop.

All the soldiers in the bandit camp were trembling.
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