Save the Bachelor of Heaven

Chapter 4353 4355 [Dilemma]

"Brother's opinion is very good." Xiang Nan nodded, "If we form an alliance with any of them, it will break the current situation of the three powers and promote the outbreak of war.

But our Song clan is not fully prepared now. Those crops have not been promoted on a large scale, and the steel plant has not been completed. Weapons, armor, artillery, and gunpowder have not been equipped on a large scale.

So we need more time. The later the war breaks out, the better it is for us. Therefore, we must not only listen to the eldest brother and not form an alliance with any clan, but also pursue the strategy of "building high walls, storing food, and delaying the emperor". Let them fight each other, and we just develop our own."

"Build high walls, store food, and delay the emperor?! Very good, very well said, let's do it this way." Song Que smiled, "They think they can buy me Song Que by giving me a little bit of profit. They really underestimated me."

In the end, the Song clan declined the alliance request of the three major clans, saying that they had no intention of rebelling and only wanted to live in peace.

The three major clans naturally knew that he was talking nonsense. If they only wanted to live in peace, why would they buy the entire Pegasus Ranch? Are they hoarding so many war horses just for fun?

But even though everyone knew it, they didn't say it out loud. After all, the Song clan was powerful, and none of them could win if they fought against it.

And as long as they fought, the other two would take the opportunity to fight against it. At that time, even if they defeated the Song clan, they would not be able to escape the fate of being annexed.

So they could only give up. Fortunately, the Song clan did not form an alliance with any clan, which was also a good thing.

The wedding banquet lasted for a full eight days, during which the guests left one after another.

Xu Ziling and Shi Feixuan were the last batch to leave. They were ready to retire from the rivers and lakes, wander around the world, and take a good look at the great rivers and streams.

"Zhong Shao, Feixuan and I are leaving." He said to Xiang Nan, "You and Miss Yuzhi take care of yourselves."

"Don't worry." Xiang Nan nodded, "You are welcome to come and visit me anytime. By the way, Guilin's landscape is the best in the world. You can go and have a look."

"Okay." Xu Ziling smiled.

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After a while, the crops planted by Song Que's farmers finally reached the harvest season.

When people picked the sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, peanuts, etc., they were all weighed and found that they were all amazing. The yields of sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn are very high.

The yield of sweet potatoes per mu reached 4,000 jin, and that of potatoes reached 3,500 jin. Even corn had more than 500 jin, which was much higher than the yield of rice.

The key is that sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn are all delicious. Sweet potatoes are sweet and taste better than taro; potatoes are also crispy and soft. After the corn is ground into flour, the porridge and steamed cakes are also very fragrant.

Peanuts are even more delicious when you eat them. They are very fragrant whether you eat them raw or fried. Chili peppers are even more appetizing, and tomatoes are sweet and sour...

Such a yield and such a taste made Song Que very surprised, "Very good, very good, such a yield is much better than rice. If it is promoted, no one in Lingnan will be hungry."

Lingnan has many mountains and hills, and not many plains, so it is not suitable for farming.

Even in modern times, the cultivated land area in Lingnan is only 30 million mu. In comparison, Yanzhao, which has a similar area, has a cultivated land area of ​​90 million mu.

For this reason, food in Lingnan has always been a problem, causing the Song family to be able to live in a corner and unable to conquer the north. But now that there is more than 1,000 kilograms of grain per mu, the problem of insufficient cultivated land has been resolved.

With enough food, we can feed enough people, support enough troops, and have enough food and wages to fight. So these high-yield crops are really God-given.

"Zhong'er, it is our Song family's honor to have you as a son-in-law." Song Que smiled.

"You're welcome, Dad, it's my honor." Xiang Nan waved his hand and smiled.

Afterwards, the soap and glass produced in the Song family workshop began to be put on the market for sale, and the sales volume was naturally very good.

Especially glass products, such as glass mirrors, glass cups, glass pots, glass statues... They were so popular that hundreds or thousands of cans were needed for one piece.

But in fact, its materials are not expensive, just cheap quartz sand and wood ash. Just by processing it, there are tens or hundreds of times of profit.

Song Que was very impressed, this is simply "turning stone into gold", a huge profit.

And as these products are sold all over the world, they also bring a lot of income to the Song family. A large amount of copper coins and silver flowed into Lingnan, greatly increasing the financial reserves of the Song family.

Half a year later, the small blast furnace led by Xiang Nan was officially built. Take iron ore from Jiangmen and Qingyuan, and then use coal mines in Ganzhou and Pingxiang, and add them together to make steel.

At the beginning, two thousand kilograms of steel could be made a day. Later, with the accumulation of experience, it can be stabilized at about four or five thousand kilograms. And what is made is steel, not iron.

Compared with iron, steel is more resilient, elastic and ductile, more durable and more corrosion-resistant. Therefore, weapons made of steel are sharper and more durable, and armor made of steel is also stronger and more durable.

It can be said that weapons made of steel are of better quality than weapons made of iron. It is precisely for this reason that ancient people admired "steel" more. In order to obtain steel, iron had to be repeatedly hammered, so there is a saying that "steel is made by tempering a hundred times".

During the Three Kingdoms period, Cao Cao once asked skilled craftsmen to make five precious swords, with "dragon, tiger, bear, bird, sparrow" as the logo, called "Bai Pi Dao", one of which was awarded to Prince Cao Pi, one to Cao Zhi, one to Cao Lin, and the remaining two for his own use.

The reason why the knife is called "Bai Pi Dao" is because it is made of steel that has been tempered for thousands of times, which is extremely precious. That's why Cao Cao regarded it as a treasure.

It can be seen from this that steel was also extremely rare during the Three Kingdoms period, and its value might be even higher than gold and silver. Therefore, when Song Que saw the steel that was refined, he was very excited.

Even if the output of the small blast furnace is not as high as Xiang Nan said, which can reach tens of millions of catties a year, it is already quite impressive to be able to produce two or three million catties of steel a year.

With the promotion of crops, the forging of steel, and the hot sales of glass and soap, the strength of the Lingnan Song clan is rapidly expanding and is visibly strengthening.

The strengthening of the Song clan also makes the other three clans increasingly fearful. They realize that if the three of them do not decide the outcome and achieve unification as soon as possible, then once the strength of the Song clan expands to a certain extent, Song Que will definitely march north.

At that time, relying on the strength of the Song clan, the three clans will only be defeated by him one by one. Therefore, they must decide the winner and unite to be able to fight against the Song clan.

But this faces another problem, that is, once the three clans start fighting, their strength will be damaged. At that time, the Song clan will take the opportunity to send troops to the north and kill him while he is sick, which will also be troublesome for them.

The three clans are also very anxious and uneasy in the face of this dilemma. Everyone wants to take action, but dares not to do so, and they are in a dilemma for a while.

But at this time, something happened, stirring up the situation in the world.

I wish you all a happy National Day!

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