Li Quan took a sip of the tea handed over by Xiao Yan, changed his previous joking appearance, and said seriously:

"I won't talk to you, let's talk about it, what is going on with me, how is the situation at the seedling base, I haven't paid attention to that side for a while. ”

When Zhang Bao heard this, he also became serious, and reported truthfully: "Your Majesty, the minister came to report this matter to you this time, after a period of training in the seedling base, all the employees have adapted to it, and the work efficiency is also steadily high, and the masters you found are really amazing." ”

"Also, the seedling raising of the batch of medicinal herbs that you asked me to pay attention to last time, now that batch of seedlings have been cultivated and can be planted, but the amount is too large, so come and ask Your Majesty, what should the ministers do?"

Li Quan didn't answer when he heard this, but said to Xiao Yan next to him: "Xiao Yan, tell the guards outside to come to Zhou Yu, the secretary of the Xuanhu Department." ”

"Yes, slave and maid will go. ”

Because there are no eunuchs in the New Tang Palace, Xiao Yan is now not only his personal maid but also the young eunuch of Ouchi, and she is a female official second only to the director of Ouchi, a position unique to Xintang.

If it weren't for the fact that Xiao Yan was too young and incapable of managing the entire harem maid, Li Quan would also want to substitute her as the director of the Ouchi, but it would definitely be impossible in the future, because she was already Li Quan's concubine.

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Half an hour later, Zhou Yu, the head of the household department, had already arrived, because their cabinet was now also working in the outer court of the Daming Palace, which was not very far from him.

"Minister Zhou Yu see Your Majesty. Zhou Yu bent down and said, this is a new etiquette, and the kneeling system has been abolished.

"Bestow a seat. Li Quan commanded left and right.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Zhou Yu thanked him.

"I came to you to ask about the progress of your household department, whether all the people's places of origin have been re-registered, and how the acres of land of each household have been re-measured?" Li Quan said with concern.

There are three kinds of honorary, civil and untouchable status.

Regardless of the concubine, regardless of the male or female, regardless of the wife and concubine, as long as the head of the family is the noble, the whole family is the honor, and their status in the New Tang Dynasty is relatively high.

Nationality is very simple, it is the household registration of ordinary people.

The lowly status has also been retained, and those who have committed crimes, because there are relatively few death sentences in the New Tang Dynasty, and there is no exile or anything in the small place, so most of these people and their families who have been affected by Zhulian will be beaten into lowly status, these people are engaged in slaves, official prostitutes, Yexianglang and other things that are the most bitter, the most tiring, the most undignified, and the most undesirable to do.

It can be said that many people will go directly from heaven to hell if they commit a crime, but the lowly people also have a chance to turn over, giving them an upgrade channel, so most of these people are more honest and dare not commit any more crimes.

At present, there are 3,566 people with New Tang Dynasty status, 520852 people, 20,812 people, 85,522 people over 50 years old, 345464 people over 16 years old, 92,014 minors, 12,230 people born this year, and 545,230 people in the country. ”

"Due to the New Tang Dynasty's policy of recuperation and recuperation, the population has grown rapidly in recent years. ”

Li Quan interrupted: "Not enough, far from enough, the future development of New Tang is inseparable from the population, in addition to introducing talents from outside, our own population growth is also very important, you must formulate a set of effective plans as soon as possible to promote the population growth of New Tang Dynasty, don't be afraid of spending money, not enough, just out of my internal funds." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty, the minister and his colleagues will definitely make a corresponding plan as soon as possible. Zhou Yu commanded.

Go on. Li Quan is also more concerned about the affairs of the field, which is also the main reason for coming to him this time.

"Back to Your Majesty, at present, the three counties of Chang'an Island are cultivating a total of about 485,200 acres of fields, of which about 300,000 acres of fertile land, and the others are second-class fields, but due to the geographical location of Xintang, the fields are relatively good, and three seasons of grain can be planted every year, and the people are rich in food and clothing.

Chang'an Island has a forest area of about 400,000 acres, a large pasture with an area of about 100,000 acres, and a mountainous area of about 200,000 acres.

As for Honglu County, as a foreign economic center in the future, the grain planting area will be gradually reduced in the future until it reaches zero, Moon Island is His Majesty's private property, not calculated, and several other small islands are planted with some tropical cash crops, which is better than nothing. ”

As for Zhenguan Island, the whole country has basically ignored its existence, except on the map, everyone has forgotten that there is such an island in Xintang.

"How much grain reserves do you have in the country now?" asked Li Quan.

"Back to Your Majesty, in recent years, the new Tang Dynasty has been peaceful and peaceful, the wind and rain have been smooth, and the grain has been harvested every year, and the current domestic grain reserves are enough for the people of the whole country to eat for three years, and there is still a lot of surplus grain that has been exported to the United Kingdom over the years. Although Zhou Yu didn't understand what Li Quan wanted to do, he still reported it truthfully.

Li Quan nodded, relieved a lot, at least when he carried out the next moves, the pressure would be much less.

More than 500,000 people are enough to eat for three years, and that one million people are enough to eat for a year and a half, and their upgrade goal is 10 million, which is only enough for less than two months.

It is foreseeable in the coming year that once the port and airport are built, Nuvoton's development will start to accelerate mode, and it is expected that the population will increase to one million, which means that there is no worry in the next year, and then it has a way.

"Zhou Shangshu, I decided to keep 30,000 acres of fertile land to continue growing grain, and the remaining 450,000 acres of land were all used to grow medicinal materials. ”

"Your Majesty..."Zhou Yu was anxious when he heard this.

You must know that with the current grain output of 30,000 mu in the New Tang Dynasty, it can feed up to 300,000 people a year, and even the rations of the current population of the New Tang Dynasty are not enough, let alone the more and more people in the future, he feels that he finally knows why His Majesty asked him about the grain reserves of the whole country just now.

He was just about to speak when he was interrupted by Li Quan, who said:

"Zhou Shangshu, you listen to me first, I have found a super high-yield grain crop from ancient books, the name is crescent rice, the yield of this crescent rice can reach 2,500 kilograms per mu, and it can produce four seasons a year, do you know what this concept is?"

As soon as Zhou Yu heard that he was taking it, could it be that His Majesty had a problem with his brain, or did he have a problem with his own ears, with a yield of 2,500 kilograms per mu, and all year round, it was simply a fantasy.

"Your Majesty, this is impossible, although the minister has not left the New Tang Dynasty, but the minister has been learning the knowledge of the outside world recently, there is no such food crop in the world, you must not be deceived by traitors, this is a disaster for the country and the people, Your Majesty." Zhou Yu said and glanced at Zhang Bao, the meaning couldn't be more obvious.