Chapter 4671 4674 [Lianshan Returns to Tibet]

During the period of papermaking, mining, and the promotion of new crops, Xiang Nan also secretly went to the Central Plains.

The Central Plains was in the Shang Dynasty at that time, and the king of Shang was Wu Ding.

Wu Ding was a very talented king who led the army to attack the various states, greatly increasing the territory of the kingdom.

The border of the Shang Dynasty was much larger than that of the previous dynasty. It extended to the Bashang grassland in the north, the Han River in the south, the Bohai Sea in the east, and Longyou in the west. It was all the territory of the Shang State, which was quite remarkable.

The reason why Xiang Nan came to the Central Plains was to learn divination and the five elements of Taoism.

The Shang Dynasty was keen on divination, and divination was required for major and minor events. At that time, there were special divination officials, called "Taibu", who mastered three divination techniques, one for "Lianshan", one for "Guizang", and one for "Yijing".

Through the three divination techniques, it is possible to distinguish the weather, the rotation of the four seasons, military and national affairs, weddings and funerals, good and bad fortune, etc.

Xiang Nan was very interested in divination, so he immediately asked the Shang Dynasty's Taibu for advice, and soon learned the "Three Changes".

"Three Changes" was originally a state secret of the Shang Dynasty, and only a very few people could master it. But the reason why Taibu taught Xiang Nan was mainly because he used mind control.

No matter how skilled Taibu was in divination, he could do nothing to Xiang Nan, a casual immortal, and could only tell him everything. And with Xiang Nan's qualifications, he quickly learned it in less than half a year.

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The Five Elements Taoism is divided into gold, wood, water, fire, and earth. After learning it, you can master the power of the five elements.

It originated in the ancient Three Emperors period, and it was quite strong when it was passed down to the Shang Dynasty.

Xiang Nan originally knew the Five Elements Taoism. After coming to the Middle Earth, he found the hermits and easily learned their unique skills.

To be honest, the Five Elements Taoism at this time was much stronger than that of later generations.

On the one hand, the inheritance of Taoism is at risk of being lost, especially natural disasters, wars and famines, which often lead to the interruption of inheritance;

On the other hand, no matter in ancient and modern times, at home and abroad, there is a lesson of "teaching the apprentice and starving the master to death". Therefore, everyone likes to keep two unique skills when teaching apprentices.

So the inheritance of Taoism is stronger with age, and weaker in later generations.

Xiang Nan learned a lot of five-element Taoism in the Central Plains, such as the "Xuanjin Sword Qi" of the gold system, the "Xu Tu Sheng Gang" of the earth system, the "Nine Fire Dragons" of the fire system, the "Yi Mu Zhen Jue" of the wood system, and the "Hundred Rivers Convergence" of the water system, etc., which are all very powerful Taoism.

For example, after the Xuanjin Sword Qi is practiced, it can not only hurt people with invisible sword Qi, but also fly without a flying sword, and the speed is even faster than the flying sword;

Xu Tu Sheng Gang can absorb the power of mountains and rivers to temper itself, so that it has infinite power like the earth and mountains, and the body is also as strong as mountains and rivers.

Nine Fire Dragons, after being trained, can summon nine fire dragons, with amazing power. Wherever it goes, everything can be turned into ashes, which is extremely terrifying.

Yimu Zhen Jue, can control the rooting, sprouting, flowering and fruiting of plants, and can also control flowers, plants and trees to attack enemies, and absorb the power of plants and trees to feed itself.

Baichuan Confluence, can control the flow of water veins, whether it is rain clouds in the sky, rivers on the ground, or water veins underground, all can be controlled by him.

Therefore, Xiang Nan's strength has been further improved.

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After learning the Five Elements Taoism, Xiang Nan can also use it for people's livelihood after returning to Egypt.

For example, he used Yimu Zhen Jue to greatly speed up the growth of crops.

Like sweet potatoes, potatoes, peanuts, corn, soybeans, etc., they can only be harvested four or five months after sowing. But under the urging of Xiang Nan's magic, these crops can be eaten in a week.

After they matured, Xiang Nan specially held a banquet in the palace, and the materials used were these crops.

For example, candied sweet potato, tomato beef brisket, salt-baked peanuts, roasted potatoes with pork, stir-fried pork with peppers, spicy tofu, brown sugar steamed cakes, etc.

The guests had never eaten these foods before, and they felt that they were really delicious, much more delicious than any barbecue or wraps, so they couldn't stop eating them.

"How about it, are these dishes delicious?" Xiang Nan asked with a smile.

"Dear Pharaoh, this is simply the supreme delicacy. Is it the food you brought down from heaven?"

"Only God can eat such delicious food. We are so happy to be able to eat it today!"

"This food is sweet and delicious. It's just too good. Only God deserves to enjoy such food~"

The guests said with gratitude.

These foods are not only novel in ingredients, but also unique in cooking methods. They are not roasted, fried, or boiled, so the taste is particularly magical.

They have never heard of it, never seen it, and the taste is so wonderful that they almost swallowed their tongues.

"These new dishes are made with new crops." Xiang Nan clapped his hands and servants brought the crops, including sweet potatoes, potatoes, corn, peppers, soybeans, peanuts, sugar cane, etc.

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"I am going to give you these crops." He added, "As you said, these crops are indeed brought back from heaven. Not only are they delicious, but they are also high-yielding. However, God's gift will not fall for nothing, you need to contribute gold to exchange for it."

Although Xiang Nan wanted to promote these high-yield crops, he did not want to give them away for free. Because as the saying goes, "If you get something easily, you must take it for granted."

Even if the Buddha clearly wanted to preach in the Tang Dynasty, he had to let Tang Monk and his disciples travel thousands of miles and go through 81 difficulties before he was willing to give them.

Sure enough, seeing that these crops were so expensive, all the princes and ministers were interested, so they bought them at high prices and happily took them back to plant.

In order to guide them in planting, Xiang Nan specially gave them a roll of paper. The paper wrote the planting methods and key points, including how often to water, fertilize, and weed.

And when people saw this soft paper, they were shocked again.

These papers are much softer than papyrus, and the words written on them are also very clear, which makes them admire them again.

"This is called 'paper', which is also brought down from the sky. It is very convenient for writing." Xiang Nan said, "If you are interested, you can also buy it with money."

People were not very interested in this.

After all, the literacy rate in Egypt was not high at that time, and even the nobles were illiterate. For them, it is better to keep the money than to buy paper.

Xiang Nan didn't mind this. Even if they didn't want these papers, they would have their own uses.

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Afterwards, with Xiang Nan's promotion, high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, as well as oil crops such as peanuts and soybeans, and condiments such as sugarcane and peppers, were quickly promoted in Egypt.

At first, only a small number of nobles were planting them. Later, when the advantages of high yield and deliciousness of these crops were recognized, more and more people planted them, and more and more people benefited.

For example, sweet potatoes can produce up to 6,000 kilograms per mu of land, while the wheat yield per mu of land in ancient Egypt was at most 100 to 200 kilograms, a difference of dozens of times.

Therefore, sweet potatoes can feed at least a dozen times the population, which also caused the population to slowly increase.