Xia He declined Xu Xiang's invitation to visit the new farm in Sinong Temple outside the city, citing that she still had two classes to attend in the afternoon at the School of Finance and Economics.

For others, the boring numbers, in Xia He's eyes, are like beating elves, which can fiddle with countless flowers.

Over the years, the accounting personnel trained by her hands can be said to be all over the world, but for the entire Datang, such professionals are still too few. Most of these specially trained talents are only distributed at the state capital level, and there are not enough people below.

It is for this reason that the School of Finance and Economics, which moved from Wuyi to Chang'an, has almost doubled in size. And Xia He is the highest level teacher in the School of Finance and Economics. This highest level, of course, does not refer to her status, but because of the course she is responsible for.

After separating from Xia He, Xu Xiang left his public hall and went straight to the new farm outside the city with several servants.

Agriculture remained the foundation of this empire.

Feeding everyone is still Xu Xiang's first priority.

Food, never afraid of more.

If there is really a lot of food, it can be used to produce many other things, such as winemaking.

Although Datang's food policy has been liberalized, the brewing industry is still a controlled industry. Only workshops that have obtained a license issued by the government can make wine. One of the most important reasons is to protect food.

The profit of wine is much higher than that of selling grain.

In fact, any of the most rudimentary raw materials, with a certain degree of processing, can be more profitable.

Xu Xiang wanted to make more money, but when it came to food, he didn't dare to do it.

Food is a matter of stability.

Don't look at the north, it seems that there is no shortage of food, but this is only concentrated in some areas, and in many places, it is still a great problem to be full. Once a large amount of grain is put into the secondary processing industry, there is no doubt that the price of grain will inevitably rise, which will make it worse for many people who do not have enough to eat.

The country's grain reserves must be guaranteed to be full, and once there is a famine, the imperial court must be able to immediately come up with grain to solve the problem. When there is no land, let those who have no food have a place to borrow.

However, Xu Xiang also knows that control alone cannot solve the problem, and control is only delaying the time for the outbreak of contradictions. Just like the fiscal policy of opening up sources and reducing expenditures, open source is always the top priority. Only by expanding the channels through which the water comes from will the water become bigger and bigger. Saving does not make people really rich.

And the Department of Agriculture is a department that Xu Xiang attaches great importance to. Among this department, the most important thing for Xu Xiang is the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

In the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, there are the best farmers in Datang, or rather, these people can no longer be regarded as farmers. Those in the first generation were indeed real farmers, but now, the people in the second generation can write and calculate, learn how to count, how to analyze, how to record, and how to find out what they need from the piles of experimental records.

Here, there are specialized in breeding, there are specialized in fertilizer, there is specialized in how to kill insects, in short, there are many disciplines, divided into categories, thanks to the foundation laid by His Majesty the Emperor back then, the current Academy of Agricultural Sciences, has entered a virtuous circle. Every time a new problem is discovered, a new discipline is often automatically derived here, and there is a dedicated person in charge.

In the past few years, Sinong Temple has also been fruitful, and many good varieties have been researched, which have made great contributions to improving the agricultural output of Datang.

And this is also the reason why Liu Xin, the secretary of Sinong Temple, has the confidence to reach out to Xu Xiang to ask for money.

Research, of course, is one of the most expensive places.

But research is also a business that throws money into the water.

A lot of money was poured into it, and sometimes not even a single one could be heard.

Xu Xiang couldn't give Liu Xin more money than the budget at the beginning of the year. But he allowed Liu Xin to find his own way to generate income.

As a result, there was such a new farm.

The reason why he is a new farm, in Li Ze's view, Liu Xin's method can be regarded as creating a new industry, that is, enclosing land, building scenic spots, and then collecting money to sell tickets.

Now the Tang Dynasty, countless good rivers and mountains, is at the mercy of the king, let people play, no one to seal these picturesque rivers and mountains, build a gate and then sell tickets to be the king of the mountain. You can play as long as you want, and of course, the stakes are quite high. In addition to natural reasons, there are countless beasts that want to feast.

Xu Xiang didn't expect to meet Emperor Li Ze here.

The so-called new farms are actually glass greenhouses. However, the current glazed greenhouse is higher grade than that in Wuyi, each of which is a tall greenhouse, each covering an area of one or two acres of land, and all of them are planted with out-of-season vegetables.

What's more, many of them are new crops that are still being cultivated by Sinong Temple, and they are not sold on the market.

"Spent a lot of money, didn't you?" Looking at this large-scale new farm, Li Ze turned his head and asked Liu Xin.

"Almost 100,000 silver coins!" Liu Xin said honestly.

Hearing this number, Xu Xiang couldn't wait to slap Liu Xin's old face fiercely. Looking at the few tourists in the new farm, it must be a loss-making deal.

"You used the money for this?" He glared angrily. "If it is a rich place like Wuyi, maybe many people will go to such a place to play, now Chang'an is near, how many people have spare money? And it's still a seasonal thing, when it comes to spring, what's the use? ”

Liu Xintan spread his hands: "Chairman Xu, don't be bored, I got this thing, it's just for people to visit, to earn a little money to subsidize the firewood money, I don't expect him to make money." ”

"And what do you want to do?"

"I'm trying to seduce rich people to invest in this business!" Liu Xin pointed to those out-of-season vegetables. "Does Chairman Xu know the price of these out-of-season vegetables above the market? It's more expensive than mutton! ”

Xu Xiang was stunned.

"But it's a pity that this idea we have here can only be supplied to the families of officials above the third grade, not to mention ordinary people, and low-level officials can buy it if they have the money." Liu Xindao. "I'd love to scale up so that everyone can eat fresh food during the season, but I don't have the money."

"So you want to get the rich businessmen into the business?" Li Ze asked with a smile.

Liu Xin nodded and said, "Yes, the current businessmen, no one notices that there is still this money-making thing!" So I opened up a new source of income for them. They have money, I have technology, the two are in a joint venture, businessmen can make money, what about me, I can share the red and invest in research, and the common people can eat fresh vegetables in such a season, killing three birds with one stone, why not? ”

Xu Xin finally reacted, and calculated an account in his heart, but it is true, and if this thing is spread across the country, it is indeed a new industry, and it can also promote the development of the glass industry again.

"It's just such a small matter, do you still need to invite Your Majesty to come over, let me come? You can do it yourself! Xu Xin was a little puzzled.

"O land!" Liu Xin spread his hands and said: "Your Majesty, Chairman Xu, if you want to make a scale and really make money, you need to have a lot of land, but where is our land policy, you are not allowed to buy *** Fang said that near Chang'an, the average land owned by each person does not exceed two acres, how can this make money?" ”

"You can rent it!" Li Ze said suddenly: "Of course, the state's land policy must not change, but special applications can be made for special purposes. And the people who rented out the land, in addition to receiving the money for renting the land, had to become the tenant's workers. Xu Xiang, if this thing is rolled out across the country, then you need to formulate a detailed implementation rules, and you can't take advantage of loopholes for people with ulterior motives. The country's land policy was reduced to a decoration, forming a new round of annexation. ”

"These things originally belonged to the category of Sinong Temple, Liu Xin, you first come out with a pattern, and then we will discuss it, this matter, it's not in a hurry, anyway, it can't be done this year, right?"

"How can you not be in a hurry?" Liu Xin smiled and took out a fold from his arms and handed it over: "The policy is introduced, the investment is started, the land is obtained, and the construction begins, this series of things are done, I am afraid that a year will pass, and at this time next year, the people in the city can eat fresh vegetables in this season, which is considered to be efficient." ”

"Are you sure there are businessmen who will come and invest?"

"I just let out the wind, and a lot of people came to watch!" Liu Xin pointed to the farm, those who knew how much money they had in their pockets as soon as they looked at their clothes: "There is no threshold in this industry now, there are no monopolists, there are no big bosses, as long as you have money and dare to do it, you can come in." And we Datang have never lacked adventurers. What's more, this matter, with our Sinong Temple behind the back, don't have too many competitors, okay? ”

"I hope so!" Xu Xiang nodded and said, "I will take care of this matter." ”

"That's why I invited Your Majesty and you, Chairman Xu, to come." Liu Xin smiled so much that the folds on his face bloomed. "There is another advantage to this matter, I can promote a lot of new technologies in the research institute for the first time, and now every time a new variety is cultivated, including the local government and the common people, they dare not take risks, with these Zhuangzi, it is a ready-made experimental field, as long as a season is successful, the next promotion will be much easier." For example, a fertilizer that we just researched this year has been cared for, including those officials, who are all sneering, thinking that fertilizer still needs to be bought with money? Hmph, when these Zhuangzi get a bumper harvest with these fertilizers next year, I want to see the faces of these people. ”