Wang Pu thought for a moment, nodded stunned, and said, "Not a lot." ”

"That's it!" Li Mu leaned closer and whispered: "And I want to tell you one more thing, the Ministry of Industry wants to set up a department specializing in production, called 'factory'. Now it has started trial work under the leadership of Lang Zhongyu Wengui of the Ministry of Industry, specializing in the manufacture of Zhenguan plows. You have also seen the Zhenguan plow, which can be pulled by manpower without livestock. With this sharp weapon, do you think how much arable land will have to be reclaimed next spring? ”

"How much more grain will come out next fall?"

Li Mu didn't mention it, Wang Pu didn't expect this stubble, and when he said this, Wang Pu was a little frightened!

In fact, since the Qin and Han dynasties to the Tang Dynasty, there has been no shortage of land in Kyushu at all, because there are not many people!

Later historians have specially counted that when Qin Shi Huang unified the six countries, the registered population of the country was about 30 million. The outbreak of the Peasant War at the end of the Qin Dynasty caused a large number of deaths, and the population was reduced to 4 million at once. Immediately after the establishment of the Western Han Dynasty, after the recuperation of the rule of Wenjing, by the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the population of the country surged to 60 million. However, with Wang Mang's reform, the world was in turmoil, until the unification of the Eastern Han Dynasty Emperor Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, the population remained at 35 million, and it was not until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty that the population returned to the level of 60 million.

At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the population of the Three Kingdoms fell to 23 million, and then after the Eastern and Western Jin Dynasty and the Northern and Southern Dynasties, the population fell sharply. After that, the population has also maintained such a trend, the population increased in peacetime, decreased in wartime, and the population recovered to about 60 million when Emperor Yang of Sui ascended the throne, and then the great chaos at the end of the Sui Dynasty, the heroes fought wars, and when Li Yuan established the country, only about 20 million remained.

Now that Li Shimin has ascended the throne as emperor, the population is only 23 million.

Such a population is left in the future, that is, the population of a municipality directly under the central government. Compared with the vast land, even if the land that could not be cultivated due to the conditions of the Tang Dynasty was divided, it was divided equally by hundreds of times that of later generations.

Some people will wonder why people starved to death even in prosperous times when there was no shortage of land in ancient times.

In fact, you might as well think about this question from another angle.

In 2018 A.D., when Li Mu traveled, in this world, are there no people who starve to death? It's a lot less, but there's it, right?

It can be seen from this that starving people to death is not a problem of land. It's a question of who owns the land, take today's Datang as an example, if all the grain in the granary is opened up and shared, 23 million people, no one will starve to death. But would the gate valve family be willing to do this? Even in the year of famine, what they received was what they thought they could use. The old, weak, sick and disabled among the displaced people, they are reluctant to give up the bowl of gruel.

Back to the land.

Land is called 'field' when it is reclaimed. How to reclaim it? This involves animal power and manpower. Before the advent of the Zhenguan plow, the contrast between manpower and animal power was too different. The appearance of the Zhenguan plough has greatly shortened the distance. With Zhenguan ploughing, it is conceivable how much new land will be reclaimed next year. Even if the output of Xintian is slightly lower, there must be production!

Since Li Shimin ascended the throne, all policies related to people's livelihood have been carried out around the four words of 'rest and recuperation'. Instead of suppressing the matter of land reclamation, the imperial court encouraged it, as long as it paid taxes.

Although the people are not like the scholars, they have read books and can learn. But the people are not stupid, and they only need to pay the taxes of the court for the land they have cultivated. If the Zhenguan plough is implemented, most of the people who can pull the ploughshare will reclaim the land by themselves, and there will be fewer and fewer tenants!

Even if it is, it will not affect the cultivation of the fields in the hands of the gate valve family. However, on the premise that the total amount of land increases, the grain will inevitably increase. When food increases, food prices fall!

What should I do with the food in the grain hoard?!

Li Muyin smiled compassionately: "Brother Wang, think about it, a year later, the grain will be full of pits and valleys, and the people will be rich in the four seas...... Do you Taiyuan Wang's hoarding of grain, huh? I thought of a good way to raise chickens, sheep or cows. When the time comes, I will order 300 heads first, kill one a day, and I don't have to bother to find a cow with a broken leg! ”

After Li Mu's guidance, Wang Pu felt that he had penetrated, and the points he didn't understand were also connected. The food hoarded by the gate valve family is sold, sold and cannot be sold, sold cheaply, and is worthless. Tun, will rot. And a year later, because of the relationship between Zhenguan and the plow, the price of grain will fall, and with new grain, who will buy old grain? When the time comes, you can only feed the chickens!

But if you follow the 'clear road' pointed out by Li Mu, it will be different. Take out the grain that can only be kept for feeding the chickens after a year, recruit displaced people who can work, and build roads without giving money, and set up cards to collect tolls, which can be collected for more than five years. In the past five years, everyone has to pay for the carriage and horses, and the water has flowed for a long time. This is equivalent to replacing the grain fed to the chickens after a year with a steady stream of income over the course of five years...... Such a genius idea can only be imagined by the head of Zhuluhou!

Wang Pu was excited, slapped the table suddenly, startled Li Mu, and secretly said in his heart, could it be that he saw through my trick and was angry and wanted to do something with me?

Just when Li Mu was hesitating to call someone, Wang Pu suddenly knelt in front of Li Mu, grabbed his 'mink'er' sleeve tightly and didn't let go, and said loudly: "Thank you Hou Ye for your guidance, I have benefited a lot, please accept Wang Pu's worship——"

"Oops, what is this!"

Li Mu didn't let Wang Pu bow down, and dragged him up. He is also a person with a conscience, he fooled others, and received great gifts from others, and he really didn't want to go.

Li Mu helped the excited Wang Pu to sit down, sighed, and said, "I haven't told anyone about this matter. Do you know why? ”

Wang Pu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Presumably the Hou Ye has a good relationship with me——? ”

"There is a relationship in this regard, but the most important reason is not this." Li Mu sighed again and said, "The reason why I didn't make a big deal about it is because of Your Majesty. ”

Hearing that it was about Li Shimin, Wang Pu couldn't help but cheer up his spirit and said, "What does Master Hou mean?" ”

"You think, it's a bad road, it's not a day or two. In the former Sui period, the road conditions were like this, were you in a hurry when you saw Emperor Yang of the former Sui Dynasty? There's no hurry, right? Are you in a hurry to see the emperor? There's no hurry, right? Because of what? Because the world is theirs, what kind of road can they take, and how many trips can they take? If you build roads, the world is the same, and if you don't build roads, the world is not the same? It costs money to build roads, and there are many complaints about the levy and conscription, so why bother with that? ”

Wang Pu nodded, and what Li Mu said was the truth.

"To put it bluntly, the emperor is not willing to do unprofitable things." After a pause, Li Mu said again: "But after I have this idea, things will be different." Who would have thought of the way to use grain to build roads and then set up cards to collect money? ”

Wang Pu shook his head, at least he hadn't heard of it.

"It's my original, Brother Wang." Li Mu said bitterly, with a look of regret: "I really regret saying it to Your Majesty, if I don't say it to Your Majesty." Just like this company, I will take the lead, and we will do this as soon as we get together the money and food. The people who set up cards to collect money are us. But after I told His Majesty, His Majesty was moved! His Majesty knows very well that after a year, the court will have surplus grain, and the court will be able to do this. So he told me not to reveal the rumors, wait for a year, and after a year, the Ministry of Industry will take the lead, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs will cooperate, and the levy and conscription will be combined with the recruitment of displaced people, and the matter will be done at one time. When the time comes, the imperial court will set up cards to collect money, and a steady stream of them will go into the treasury! ”

Wang Pu panicked and said, "This ...... How good is that! Master Hou, not to mention who earns this money...... Let's just say that our coal and stone business can't wait for a year! ”

Li Mu spread his hands and said: "You also know that it is our coal and stone business, and you don't give Your Majesty a profit if you make money, Your Majesty can wait or not?" ”

"What should I do?" Wang Pu ran out of ideas, grabbed Li Mu's arm tightly, and said, "Master Hou, think of a way!" ”

Li Mu looked like an old god: "If I can't help it, I won't tell you." ”

"Master Hou, talk quickly!"

"You ...... like this" Li Mugang was about to say, when he saw Wei Yingluo still standing next to him, he glanced at her and waved his hand. Wei Yingluo saluted and obediently retreated to the corner.

Li Mu whispered a few words to Wang Pu at this time, Wang Pu nodded while listening, his eyes became brighter and brighter, and when Li Mu finished speaking, he praised repeatedly: "Master Hou's clever plan!" In this way, even if His Majesty is reluctant, he has to agree! ”

"Huh! Brother Wang. Li Mu looked unhappy and said, "When you talk like this, aren't you saying that I am calculating Your Majesty?" If you speak like that, I'll have to ask you to leave my mansion. I, Li Mu, am loyal to Your Majesty, and heaven and earth can learn from it! ”

Wang Pu hurriedly smiled: "Hou Ye is right, but he misunderstood." Everyone does things for His Majesty's society. ”

"Incomplete, and the well-being of the people."

"Yes, yes, yes......" Wang Pu echoed repeatedly, looking like he had more dog legs. Although Wei Yingluo couldn't hear what the two said, when she saw the faces of these two people, she felt that it would not be a good thing, and she must be calculating someone again. She is Wei Zheng's daughter, and her personality is a little hereditary, and she can't see flies and dogs, so she can't get used to it, and more importantly, she is worried that the person who calculates these two people will be her father.

Thinking that her father was fined for half a year, Wei Yingluo's heart was very sour. She couldn't know what was going on at home. If you are fined for one month, save money, and it is estimated that you can still persevere, and if you are fined for three months, your mother and grandmother will weave more cloth, and you may be able to maintain it. But if you are fined for half a year, you must not be able to survive, but what can I do?

Suddenly, Wei Yingluo suddenly remembered. Yesterday, I chatted with the maid Xiaozhu, and it is said that the people in the house are all moon-paid. I don't know when this month will be paid and how much money it has? Now in this house, there is no need to worry about food and clothing, and there is no place to spend anything. If you have a monthly salary, you can just use it to subsidize your mother's family......

"What do you want?"

"Yikes!"

Wei Yingluo was startled and clutched her chest tightly. After looking closely, he found that it was Li Mu who moved his wheelchair to the front of him at some point, and Wang Pu was nowhere to be found.

Li Mu was sitting in a wheelchair, the height of his face was just a little below Wei Yingluo's chest, and when Wei Yingluo was in a daze just now, he had already observed it carefully. Miss Wei Yingluo's cup can be regarded as an A+ at most, but she can't even reach B, which is really a mess.

There was really nothing to see, so he woke Wei Yingluo up. Unexpectedly, this girl's first reaction was to cover her chest? Please, just your chest, it's like putting two Wangzi small steamed buns on the table, is there still a need to cover it?

Li Muxing retracted his gaze and said, "Don't be in a daze, push me back to the back house." Mrs. and Zhien both went to Jingdongji, and it just so happened that I was free at this time, and I trained you. ”

When Wei Yingluo heard the word 'training', she immediately stiffened.

These two words are really reminiscent.

Wei Yingluo is a woman who has read books, and she is a woman who has read a lot of books, whether it is a sage book or an idle book and wild history, as long as there is something to read, she will read it. Although most of the books are dignified books, there are also one or two of them, involving some spring secrets, sons, maids, and so on.

She clearly remembered that there was a small story recorded in an anonymous miscellaneous record during the Wei and Jin dynasties. Wei and Jin celebrities were romantic, and often gave concubines to each other. Legend has it that there was a man who was very fond of this way, and every time he found a beautiful concubine, he felt so comfortable that he wanted to share it with his friends. And some concubines who made him feel uncomfortable, he would 'train' them and share them with his friends.

Wei Yingluo thought it was ridiculous when she first saw it. But because of this incident, she remembered the word 'femdom'. Now Li Mu is a ridiculous person in her eyes, he said training again, and specially pointed out that his wife was not at home - the intention was about to come out!

What to do?

Wei Yingluo, are you going to lose yourself with him today, and then be given away by him?

Thinking of this, Wei Yingluo couldn't help but shed tears and sobbed, crying so sadly.

Li Mu waited for a long time, but he didn't wait for Wei Yingluo to push the wheelchair, he was feeling strange, and suddenly heard the cry, and couldn't help but look back, only to see Wei Yingluo somehow crying into a tearful person, and suddenly a little confused. Why is this girl crying if she has nothing to do? I didn't say anything, could it be that I was homesick?

"Hey, what are you crying about? You don't need to be so sad to push me to the back house, right? ”

When Wei Yingluo heard Li Mu's voice, she pounced, knelt in front of Li Mu, and hugged his leg tightly.

This kneeling made Li Mu panic: "What are you doing, if you don't push, you won't push, what are you crying about?" ”

"Master Hou, I, I'll give you training, can you not give me away......"

"Huh?" Before Li Mu could answer, Pearl heard the cry and searched for it, she came in through the side door, because of the angle, she saw her own young lady buried her head between the legs of the Hou Ye......

Pearl almost screamed and quickly covered her mouth!