After being divorced, I took care of my two children and reached the peak of my life

Chapter 219 Kill

When King Nanjing heard the spy's words, his eyes were full of brilliance and he couldn't help but ask.

"Then have you figured out how to grow this sweet potato?"

Seeing the two of them shaking their heads, King Nanjing frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, after our investigation, we found that the land of their entire village is planted with sweet potatoes, and the yield of these sweet potatoes is so high. It seems that the people of Beichen are not short of food. However, the people of Dongli told us that not only is the treasury of Beichen empty, but they even have no food in their stomachs and can only rely on wild vegetables to fill their stomachs. I wonder what their intentions are."

"Hmph! Those people in Dongli who have ulterior motives must have suffered a great loss at the hands of Nangong Yuan in Beichen, so they want me, Nanjing, to follow in their footsteps..."

"Your Majesty, the envoy from Dongli has come again and wants to see your Majesty..."

Before King Nanjing could finish his words, he heard that the people from Dongli had come again. A hint of coldness flashed in his eyes. He waved his hand and sent two spies down, and then summoned the envoy from Dongli.

"I am here to see King Nanjing. I wonder what you think about the proposal made by our king before, that the two countries should jointly send troops to Beichen..."

"Come here, drag him out and chop him up, then send the body back to our king in Dongli..."

The envoy from Dongli came with full confidence, because in his opinion, both Nanjing and Beichao had the ambition to take Beichen into their pockets, and naturally would not miss such a good opportunity. However, before he could finish his words, he heard the King of Nanjing say that he wanted to drag him out and chop him into pieces, and he was immediately shocked.

"Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"What do you mean? You Dongli people have always been cunning. Now you are plotting against our king. You want my entire Nanjing to follow in your footsteps and suffer defeat. You deserve to die..." As he said that, he waved his hand and had someone drag him away.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the treasury of Beichen is empty and it has suffered from a flood. The whole country has no food. Now if our two countries join forces, even if Nangong Yuan is very brave, he can't be the opponent of our two countries' combined forces without food. Don't you think so? By then, Beichen will definitely be in the hands of Dongli and Nanjing."

King Nanjing ignored the envoy's shouting and instead fixed his gaze on the sack of sweet potatoes beside him, wondering what he was thinking.

When the envoy saw that King Nanjing really wanted to kill him, he couldn't help but shout again.

"When two countries are at war, envoys should not be killed. King Nanjing, you are not following the rules. You want to attack us eastward..." But at this time, no one cared about what he was shouting.

After the people were dragged away, King Nanjing took his eyes off the sweet potatoes after a while. He then ordered someone to grind ink and wrote a letter to be sent to the Beichen Palace.

On the other side, Nangong Yuan arrived at the border and ordered people to investigate Dongli's movements. He saw that there were indeed historians setting out from Dongli and heading to Nanjing and Beichao respectively.

Because Nangong Yuan also wanted to see how the two countries would react, he did not kill the people directly, but instead sent people to guard the roads on both sides on their way back.

When he learned that the people of Nanjing not only killed the envoy, but also openly sent him back to Dongli, although he was puzzled as to why the king of Nanjing did so, he was slightly relieved. This at least showed that in the short term, Nanjing would not form an alliance with Dongli.

On the other hand, when he saw that the envoy who went to the Northern Dynasty returned from the Northern Dynasty safely and with a smile on his face, Nangong Yuan frowned fiercely and quickly ordered the person to be arrested.

Sure enough, a handwritten letter was found on him. After seeing the contents of the letter, Nangong Yuan's eyes were full of coldness, and he ordered people to drag the envoy out and kill him.

Dongli has been trying to get back at Beichen since its last crushing defeat, but after being severely damaged by Nangong Yuan, it dared not send troops to Beichen easily on its own, so it thought of joining forces with the other two countries.

However, his reputation as the King of Dongli was not good, and the kings of the two countries would certainly not easily believe what he said, so they both sent spies to Beichen to investigate.

However, the results of the investigation were completely different. With the blessing of sweet potatoes, the King of Nanjing naturally believed that Dongli had ulterior motives and wanted Nanjing to follow in Dongli's footsteps, so he would naturally not go along with him. But it was different for the Northern Dynasty.

Their spies had discovered that after the Beichen flood, the whole country was suffering from a serious food shortage. Therefore, the letter brought back by the envoy stated that the Northern Dynasty agreed to form an alliance with the Dongli Dynasty and send troops to Beichen together. After taking Beichen, the two countries would divide Beichen equally.

The letter only expressed their agreement. As for how to form an alliance and when to send troops, these naturally needed to be further determined by the two countries.

However, now that this letter has fallen into Nangong Yuan's hands, it seems that there is no possibility of an alliance between the two countries.

Another half a month passed, and it was almost the end of October. Everyone was worried that the sweet potatoes would be frozen if they were not dug, so they dared not wait any longer. In order to confirm the yield per mu, the village chief took the scale directly to the edge of the field and weighed as he dug.

Before, Han Yi's family not only did not take good care of or fertilize their sweet potatoes, but they also dug them about half a month in advance. Although the yield was already amazing, it was still different from the number measured by the village chief today.

Looking at the calculated number, the village chief opened his mouth so wide that an egg could almost be stuffed in it. It was a full nine thousand kilograms. Even if some families had less, there were still eight thousand kilograms.

Looking at the piles of sweet potatoes in front of them, everyone couldn't help but kowtow to the "gods" in the sky.

As they watched the sweet potatoes being put into the cellar one by one, everyone's eyes were filled with happiness and satisfaction.

The nearby villages that had previously grown sweet potatoes along with Zhushan Village, upon learning that the sweet potatoes were ready to be harvested, began to dig them out as well, and were naturally shocked again.

Such a high-yield and delicious thing naturally spread quickly in Ping'an Town, and naturally also reached the residence of the town governor.

I heard from the servants that a kind of food had appeared in Ping'an Town. It was not only sweet and delicious, but also extremely high-yielding, with an astonishing yield of eight or nine thousand kilograms per mu.

Hearing this, the town supervisor couldn't help but give the servant a cold look.

"You believe such rumors. I have lived for decades, and I have never seen a yield of 8,000 or 9,000 kilograms per mu, let alone 800 or 900 kilograms per mu. Don't believe those rumors..."

"Master, someone from outside sent a lot of things over, saying they were sweet potatoes."

After hearing the announcement, the town supervisor hadn't spoken yet, but the servant became excited and started talking.

"Master, I heard that the thing that is both productive and delicious is called sweet potato!"