Zeng Qisheng is a historian of household houses, so he naturally knows how expensive it is to build a road, so most of the post roads in this era are relatively narrow, and it is good to be able to let two carriages run side by side.

Although Zeng Qisheng also admitted that such a spacious and flat gallop is indeed very comfortable to run, and the carriage runs on it without bumps, and the speed is also very fast, but when he is the history of the house, he has to be careful everywhere, and he feels that it is too extravagant to build such a wide gallop road, even if it is the most populous capital, it is impossible to build such a wide gallop road, how much silver does it cost, even if Guo Zhiyuan can really immigrate 300,000 from the inland to Dongfan, Guo Zhiyuan wants to build three giant cities in Dongfan, and there will be more than 100,000 people in one city. Is it necessary to build such a wide gallop road? Wouldn't that be too wasteful?

Zeng Qisheng didn't like to hide it, so he questioned directly: "My lord, I'm afraid that such a spacious gallop will only cost a lot, right?" I have also been to the capital, and the millions of people in the capital do not have such a wide gallop road, maybe the adults are far-sighted, but the Dongfan Mansion is grass-created, and the money and food required are very huge, is it too expensive to build such a wide gallop road? ……”

Guo Zhiyuan knew that it was difficult for people of this era to accept their advanced urban construction concepts, and made an analogy: "Mr. Zeng, if you imagine a city as a person, this gallop is like the meridians and blood vessels in the human body, if the meridians and blood vessels are not smooth, people will be sluggish and prone to diseases, in the same way, a city must develop rapidly, this gallop must be spacious enough, so that it will be mistaken because of congestion, sharpen the knife and not cut wood, even if it is worth spending more money and food......

Zeng Qisheng listened to Guo Zhiyuan's novel and vivid metaphor and nodded thoughtfully, he also noticed at this time that the four-wheeled carriages loaded with various materials on the gallop road were coming and going, and the speed was not slow, but there was no congestion, in addition to the reason that the gallop road was spacious enough, but also because the gallop was marked with white paint, separating the carriage and pedestrians, and those in the same direction could only drive in the same direction, if there were pedestrians or carriages going against the road, there would immediately be soldiers in leather armor to stop them, Interestingly, these soldiers are riding a strange car with only two wheels, which will not fall, and the speed is still very fast, almost every few kilometers, there is a soldier riding a two-wheeled strange car to patrol along the road, and it is precisely because of them that the order of the entire city construction site will be so orderly.

The more Zeng Qisheng observed, the more surprised he became, and at the same time realized the wonderfulness of it, Guo Zhiyuan repaired such a wide gallop and sent so many soldiers to maintain order, which seemed to be a waste of money and food, but it made the entire city construction site in order, and the efficiency of city construction was greatly improved, such as the block next to the resettlement area, which was still an empty lot yesterday, and at this time a one-person high brick wall had been built, and I didn't know what building was being built.

Guo Zhiyuan looked at Zeng Qisheng's surprised and thoughtful appearance and nodded secretly, he was afraid that the kind of sour Confucianism who would not eat the old and reject all new ideas, even if he was famous, he would not use it, only people who knew how to think and could accept new ideas and new things were what he needed, so he smiled slightly and said: "Mr. Zeng doesn't need to be too surprised, as long as you stay here for a few more days, you will find that this city construction site is changing day by day, maybe in less than a year, a huge city will be erected here!" ……”

Zeng Qisheng has not completely woken up from the shock, everything here is subverting his past cognition, only feeling that it is different everywhere, but he can feel the vitality of this land that is still in ruins, thinking that he will soon integrate into it, he is more and more expectant, and respectfully bowed to Guo Zhiyuan and said: "I am not taught!" ”

Out of the construction site is a large area of tuntian, the same ditch is in order, the rice in the paddy field has grown to the height of Qi people's calves, a large area of green, it looks magnificent, countless farmers are working in the field, with a satisfied smile on their faces, they are immigrants who moved from the coast of Fujian in advance, including the people of the original Gutian County, many of them know Guo Zhiyuan, and they are not as restrained as the new immigrants, and they take the initiative to straighten up and say hello to Guo Zhiyuan when they see their carriage coming.

Guo Zhiyuan waved to the people, while pointing to the boundless tuntian in front of him and introduced to Zeng Qisheng: "This is the first batch of reclamation tuntian, a total of 30,000 acres, this basin has fertile soil, sufficient water sources, the county government is also specially equipped with agricultural officials and water conservancy officials, to guide the people to cultivate, it is expected that the yield per mu can reach five stones, if it is good, it can reach six stones, I plan to reclaim 100,000 acres of tuntian one after another, the climate in Dongfan is warm, rice can be three crops a year, we have also reclaimed a large number of dry land to plant sweet potatoes, corn, sorghum, Potatoes and other crops that can be used as supplementary food should be self-sufficient by this time next year, and I have asked Mr. Xu to hoard one million stone of grain in the early stage, which should be enough to ensure that the soldiers and civilians of Dongfan do not go hungry, Mr. Zeng does not have to worry......"

Zeng Qisheng was so surprised that he couldn't close his mouth, the productivity of the Ming Dynasty was low, the yield per mu was about 200 kilograms, this has to be a ripe field with sufficient fertility, one stone in the Ming Dynasty is about equal to the current 57 kilograms, that is, more than three stones, less than four stones, Guo Zhiyuan actually said so confidently that the raw land just reclaimed by Dongfan can reach six stones per mu, which is also incredible!

What surprised him even more was that Guo Zhiyuan, the prefect, actually talked about farming, which was very lowly in the eyes of most Ming Dynasty officials, and he had only heard of sweet potatoes and corn mentioned by Guo Zhiyuan, and he had never even seen them, but they had been promoted and planted on a large scale in Dongfan, which really made him wonder if his vision was too narrow. At the same time, Guo Zhiyuan's remarks also prove that Guo Zhiyuan not only attaches great importance to the food problem in Dongfan, but also has made sufficient preparations and countermeasures, and his previous worries are indeed too much.

Guo Zhiyuan looked at Zeng Qisheng in surprise and secretly laughed, if Zeng Qisheng knew that Yuan Longping's super hybrid rice yield per mu could reach 1,000 kilograms, Zeng Qisheng would not be so surprised that his eyes fell out. Guo Zhiyuan was born in the countryside before crossing, although he had not planted the field, but he also went to the field to help his parents when he was busy with farming, and he still knew the basic knowledge of modern farming, and he later became the mayor's secretary, and the city organized rural farming experts to promote farming experience, and the report materials were summarized and written by him, so he still knows some professional knowledge of how to improve the yield per mu of paddy fields. In addition, Xu Guangqi is also a famous minister who attaches importance to agriculture in history, and his "Complete Book of Agricultural Administration" has played a great role in promoting the development of agriculture in later generations, so Guo Zhiyuan has the confidence to say that the yield per mu of Dongfan can reach six stones.