Who says a general must charge into battle?
I, Li Muye, a modern agriculture expert dressed as the deputy general of the Anxi Army of the Tang Dynasty. When I opened my eyes, I didn't see the oil star for three days. The whole army relied on eating wild vegetables in the sand to survive!
If the cavalry can't make a living, then I'll use a hoe to grow a Western Empire!
I started with a rotten iron pot, and the system rewarded potato seeds. I announced: Whoever helps me cultivate the land will have meat to eat!
The aroma of beef stew with potatoes spread ten miles away. The Turkic cavalry smelled the smell and surrendered. The Uighur leader cried while eating: "I have enough to eat for the first time in my life!"
From then on, I relied on farming to recruit tribes, used sweet potatoes to conquer people's hearts, and used yogurt as a laxative to defeat the enemy - this is called "soft power strategy"!
After returning to Chang'an to receive the reward, Xuanzong asked me: "How can Aiqing stabilize the Western Regions?"
I replied: "Your Majesty, the human heart is easily disturbed, and the stomach is even more easily disturbed."
Yang Guozhong angrily shouted: "Absurd! How can we replace military merit with farming?"
I handed over a spoonful of mashed potatoes with my backhand: "Sir, would you like to try this 'absurdity' first?"
Princess Li Zhaohua asked with a smile: "Is it really the land you are planting?"
I said, "No, I plant peace."
She blinked: "Then can I buy a share? Give me half an acre of sweet potato field, plus a pot of beef stew?"
While others are still fighting swords, I have used windmills to carry water, greenhouses to grow vegetables, and Thousand Pot Squares to stew every day, building the "City that Never Sleeps in the Tang Dynasty"!
He Lianba led his troops to invade, so I just set up a pot at the head of the city: "Today's special offer, limited to 100 servings, first come first, first come first!"
As a result, the enemy commander surrendered on the spot after eating too much: "General, the place where the food is taken care of is the home."
The unfinished business of the cavalry was finished by me in one pot.
In this world, whoever controls the food will control the hearts of the people——
After all, who can resist a hot bowl of beef stew with potatoes?
