Zhang Yan, whose original name was Chu Feiyan, was from Changshan, Jizhou. He was also a fellow villager with Zhao Yun.

In the first year of Zhongping (184), the Yellow Turban Uprising broke out. Chu Feiyan gathered a group of young men as robbers and fought among the mountains and rivers. When he returned to Changshan Zhending, his troops had reached more than 10,000.

In the second year of Zhongping (185), Zhang Niujiao, a native of Boling, also gathered a group of people, claiming to be a general, and joining forces with Chu Yan.

Chu Yan recommended Zhang Niujiao as the leader and advanced to attack Yingtao. Zhang Niujiao was shot by a runaway arrow and was seriously injured. Before his death, he ordered his subordinates to respect Chu Yan as the leader.

After Zhang Niujiao died, everyone supported Chu Feiyan as the leader, so Chu Feiyan changed her surname to Zhang and called him Zhang Yan.

Later, Zhang Yan's troops continued to grow and contacted rebels in Changshan, Zhaojun, Zhongshan, Shangdang, Hanoi and other places.

The small leaders of the rebels, Sun Qing, Wang Dang, Li Le, Bo Cai and others, all brought their troops to Zhang Yan's command. Zhang Yan's troops grew to nearly one million people, known as the "Mercy Mountain Army".

Of course, although it is known as one million people, in fact there are only about one hundred thousand people, and most of them are the elderly, weak, sick and disabled. There are only a few who can fight less than 20,000.

In addition, he was seeking survival in the cracks in the edges of the three states of Bingji You, and the conditions were very harsh. The tribes often starved to death because they had no food.

Among his tribes, as before, the incident of cannibalism happening from time to time, and in this world, it is no longer a shameful thing.

Now suddenly someone came over and told him that he could solve the problem of food and grass for him, which was like giving carbon from the snow.

If the problem of food and grass is really solved, Zhang Yan will be able to stand up straight and compete with these real princes.

.........

On the way back to Zhaojiazhuang with Yang Xin and Zhao Yun, Yang Xin thought for a while and said, "Senior brother, I think we should divide the potatoes at home and give them to everyone in Zhaojiazhuang, so that everyone can grow them together, so that they can expand as quickly as possible. What do you think?"

After hearing this, Zhao Yun asked in disbelief: "You really plan to share the potatoes with everyone, have you thought about it?"

"Yes, I've thought about it. Instead of planting it here slowly, it's better for everyone to plant it, so it's good for everyone."

After hearing this, Zhao Yun added a little more admiration for Yang Xin.

When the two returned to Zhaojiazhuang, they invited the patriarch to come.

The head of Zhaojiazhuang is an old man in his seventies, which is really a long life for this era.

In ancient times, very few people could live to this age.

"Class leader, there is some new food here. I want the whole village to plant it. I wonder what the patriarch thinks?"

After hearing this, the patriarch was a little surprised and disbelief: "Where is the new grain? Take it to see with me."

After hearing this, Zhao Yu next to him quickly took a few potatoes and handed them to the patriarch.

The old patriarch looked left and right, and he had never seen this thing before. He asked in confusion: "Can this thing really eat?"

Zhao Yun nodded with certainty and said, "This thing is not only delicious, but also extremely delicious."

Speaking of this, he took the old patriarch to the middle room where the potatoes were placed and pointed at the potatoes that pushed all over the floor and said, "Class Master, please see, this is just a small piece of land in my triangle. This piece of land is less than one acre, and there are at least two thousand kilograms here."

After hearing this, the old patriarch squatted down slowly and stroked the hand covered with old man spots with some trembling touch.

"Okay, OK, God is so good that we will never have to go hungry again."

Seeing that the old patriarch was a little excited, Yang Xin hurried forward to support him and said, "Old patriarch, this thing was obtained by the boy from the extreme west. Now, only our Zhaojiazhuang in the Han Dynasty has this thing. I want to promote this thing first in Zhaojiazhuang. When the time is ripe, we will promote it all over the world."

The old patriarch looked up at the stranger in front of him who had heard of but had never seen before, and said gratefully: "I am really relieved that you have such a broad mind."

Think about it, people of this era hide whatever good things they have, for fear that others will find out. But this potato can make countless big deals that can live with people. They just shared them with everyone in one fell swoop, which shows that this kid is in the heart of the world.

The old patriarch looked at Yang Xin and couldn't help but feel a little impressed.

After seeing off the old patriarch, Yang Xin took Zhao Yun and his brothers and sisters to start sorting out how many families there were in the village.

This must be calculated clearly. Don’t let the things be given out and offend people. After all, they are all fellow villagers of Zhao Yun and his sister.

So how to divide it has become a very important thing.

Finally, it was counted that there were 274 households and 1,768 people in Zhaojiazhuang.

At the same time, it is distributed according to one pound per person, so that there are more people, and there are naturally fewer people.

The next day, at the call of the old patriarch, the potatoes were divided, but the villagers who got them seemed not very clear about the benefits of the potatoes.

In desperation, Yang Xin and the Zhao brothers and sisters acted separately, telling them in detail about the benefits of the potatoes, how to plant them, etc., and gave a demonstration.

With such meticulous teaching, it is easy for people who have grown food for these generations to understand.

And the season at this time is obviously not the time to plant potatoes.

After splitting the potatoes, Yang Xin felt that his people seemed to be much lighter, so although he had not gone to his master to practice martial arts these days, he and Zhao Yun competed in the yard of their homes every day.

Over the past few days, Yang Xin's martial arts has also improved a lot. At the beginning, he was defeated by Zhao Yun in one move and can now deal with hundreds of tricks in Zhao Yun's hands.

Of course, this is more of a result of Zhao Yun not doing his best.

However, for Yang Xin, he is much different from what he has just come here, and he is thinking more and more like an ancient man.
Chapter completed!