However, according to the opinion of Wang Sangongzi, an expert of the Heavenly Thieves Institute, this happens to be the right path for economic development. According to his theory, all the red lines of 1.8 billion mu of cultivated land can be thrown away from the East Ocean and the sea, and all the land can be used for construction, industry, and cash crop planting. As long as we have money, are we afraid that we will not be able to buy food in the international market? If there really comes a day when people don't sell us food, then we must have done something bad and made them angry.

However, the method he described, as early as hundreds of years ago, our ancestors had already tested it for us with their lives and blood, and this road cannot be taken!

Since the early Ming Dynasty, people have begun to look for new sources of food, and it is in this historical context that works such as Materia Medica. There are also some people who are studying the so-called "method of avoiding grain" in order to survive for several days in the face of unbearable hunger, but these are not long-term solutions, so after the middle and late Ming Dynasty, food crops such as sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes, which are native to the Americas, were introduced to China. After the introduction of these crops into China, they expanded rapidly and spread throughout the country, becoming an important food for people in many places, especially in mountainous areas. The Chen father and son in Fujian were successfully introduced to Fujian because they stole sweet potatoes from Luzon, which was controlled by the Spaniards, and were worshiped by the people of their hometown. But the introduction of sweet potatoes and corn did not create a virtuous farming system like the turnips and clovers introduced from the West, but only established a temporary balance between food production and the production of clothing raw materials, and this balance was temporary because as the population increased, new imbalances appeared. The introduction of sweet potatoes and corn has not only increased the food supply, but also accelerated the growth of the population.

Archaeologist Xia Nai pointed out: "China's population was close to 60 million in the late Western Han Dynasty,...... At the peak of the Ming Dynasty, there were still only 60 million and zero ,...... At the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, there was a decrease in wars, but by the sixth year of Qianlong (that is, 1741), it reached more than 14,000,000,...... In the fifteenth year of Daoguang, it increased to more than 40,000 ......, and this population surged, although it was related to the expansion of the territory, the development of land, and the change of taxation...... It is related, but it may have more to do with the sweet potato and maize that were imported from the Americas in the late Ming Dynasty. "Therefore, the introduction of sweet potato corn cannot solve the contradiction between the growth of the Chinese population and the food supply, and the problem of food and clothing has not been solved because of their introduction."

Since increasing varieties cannot meet the people's demand for food, is it okay for me to make a fuss about planting technology? As it turned out, it worked. However, it is of little use.

The aforementioned techniques such as intercropping and mulberry fish ponds are considered to be within the scope of multi-cropping. The development of the multi-cropping system and the improvement of land utilization rate have only partially made up for the reduction in grain production caused by the mulberry competition for rice fields and cotton competition for grain fields, and have not eliminated the contradiction between population growth and grain supply, on the contrary, due to the lack of capital and technical input, the development of multi-cropping system will inevitably increase the demand for labor, this is one aspect, on the other hand, the development of multi-cropping system has also affected the development of animal husbandry, and before the implementation of the multi-cropping system in the rice area in the south of the Yangtze River, there was a so-called "cattle throwing" custom, that is, after the rice harvest, Let the cattle graze in the field by themselves, after the Ming and Qing dynasties, due to the implementation of the multi-cropping system, after the early rice harvest, planted with late rice and various crops such as soybean, wheat, hemp, vegetables, grazing has been inconvenient, at the end of the Ming Dynasty Song Yingxing had made such a calculation, "if there are cattle for ten acres, no cattle with hoes and half of the diligent ones, there is no cattle, then after the autumn harvest, there is no trouble in the field to resume grazing." And the varieties of soybean, wheat, hemp, and vegetables can be planted one after another, so as to regain half of the barren acres, which seems to be quite good. In the Qing Dynasty, the custom of "throwing cattle" was simply banned, which was bound to cause a shortage of animal power, thereby increasing the burden of labor. This is one of the reasons for the increase in the rural population. The increase in population has increased the demand for food supply, which requires the search for new food sources, and maize and sweet potatoes have been introduced and promoted in this context.

Although the utilization rate of land has also been improved through the introduction of new crops, the improvement of the cropping system, and the development of the multi-cropping system, the labor productivity of agriculture has shown a trend of regression. The main reason for this is the regression of agricultural tools.

As early as the Han Dynasty, there were some advanced agricultural technological inventions in China, such as the method of replacing fields and the cocoon car, which were suitable for the needs of large-scale land production. It is similar in principle to some of the agricultural tools used in modern European agricultural improvements, but these agricultural tools have not worked well in China. The reason for this is that the increase in population caused by the agricultural structure has made there fewer and fewer large landowners, and the possibility and feasibility of adopting advanced technology and equipment have become less and less. Therefore, some advanced technologies and equipment are often not popularized and promoted, such as the Daitian method, the coupling plough and the cocoon car, which have only been tried in the vicinity of the Western Han Dynasty and some remote areas, but have not been popularized and used in a larger range. Not only that, but in some places there is even a phenomenon of technological regression.

The emergence of the Jiangdong plough in the Tang Dynasty and the prevalence of iron in the Ming and Qing dynasties is a typical example, why did the advanced Jiangdong plough be largely replaced by the backward iron plough in the Ming and Qing dynasties? Is it that the Koto plough is not suitable for the natural conditions of Koto? No, because the Koto plough was adapted to the local soil cultivation conditions and first appeared. So, why didn't the Koto plow be used in the place where the Koto plow was invented? The reason for this is the imbalance in population growth and food supply in the Jiangnan region caused by the struggle for rice fields and cotton for grain fields, which caused some areas that could be used for grazing to be reclaimed as farmland, and some farmland that could be used for grazing after harvest was also planted with crops, which led to the shrinkage of livestock and the lack of cattle power. The increase in population made it possible to use iron ties, and the shrinking of animal husbandry made cattle ploughing scarce, so they had to replace oxen power with manpower, and iron pads instead of oxen ploughing. This further increased the demand for labor, according to Song Yingxing's estimate, "if there are cattle for ten acres, there is no ox to hoe and half of the hard-working", which is a relatively conservative estimate. Generally speaking, one ox is worth seven to ten people, so one less ox is correspondingly seven to ten laborers. This is again plunged into a new round of population growth.

In addition to the degradation of agricultural tools and the reduction in the use of animal power, the greater impact is that because the land cannot be managed on a large scale, various water conservancy facilities cannot be built, and irrigation becomes a problem.

What the? Some officials said that these things are too obscure to understand? Then, the unkind author risked being 404 to explain it in a not short period of time, and even many people have experienced it, and it is still boasted by countless literary and artistic works.

A certain Hunan man once said that Zhu Kezhen, which is included in the primary school textbook, said that crop yield depends on various factors such as water, light, fertilizer, seeds, climate, and tools, and the role of human beings is to strive for the best of these factors. In short, as long as you have a little farming experience, you know that farming is also called serving crops. You have to do a good job of the water, fertilizer, seeds, light, tools, etc., that the crops need, and the crops will be kind to you and give you a good harvest. Only those who do not know the hardships of the crops dare to say nonsense that they have enthusiasm and the output has increased several times. Enthusiasm is of course important, but no matter how active you are, you are also a servant who serves the crops, forget this, the crops don't matter if you are Zhang San or Li Si, that loud slap will come.

In 1984, the People's Commune was completely abolished and a plaque was held up at the National Day parade to mark the 35th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, but unfortunately the national grain output fell by 7.44% the following year. You have destroyed the rural grassroots organizations at all levels, distributed all the agricultural machinery and implements in the hands of the collectives, and distributed all the livestock, not to mention whether there were problems such as corruption and loss of assets in the process, and turned collective production back into a small-scale peasant economy, and then called it progress in the name of beauty. But don't think about it, from group operations overnight to individual labor, the huge changes in risk resistance and operating costs will kill you. It seems that we have seen a lot of incidents of grain cheapness and agricultural injuries caused by swarm production. The evolution of the countryside at that stage was once described in great detail in the TV series "Cangsheng" broadcast on CCTV in prime time. However, it is recommended that you take a look at Haoran's original work, and the descriptions in it can cure the head wind. Well, it seems that the village that first engaged in the delivery of goods to households has not been completely lifted out of poverty until now, and is still living on a typical halo.

At that time, some people boasted of their enthusiasm, but at the same time stopped investing in water conservancy, and even dismantled the organizations that developed water conservancy on their own. As a result, no matter how loud you blow, you can't change the fact that the embankment built by the person who was evaluated as Sanqikai was on the front line of the Jingjiang River during his lifetime, and the most funny thing is that even the last hole card of the Jingjiang flood distribution was built by the founding leader, and what those people did was to occupy and embezzle the floodway, so that the embankment held a loudspeaker to boost everyone's morale, and sang that unity is the strength of the supreme leader in a cold sweat. In desperation, the army left by the founding leader stepped forward, and even played the slogan that this is Shangganling.

Fortunately, the way of heaven is good, China has a reason to extend, and the battle of Jingjiang was won in the end, just like Shangganling, which is like a mountain of corpses. But is the Supreme Leader really afraid, doing this, I'm afraid that he is going to change the neighbor to the north? You know, Mao Xiong is our good teacher, and he even tells us how to die and what will happen after death. What to do? Blow next? In the end, the Supreme Leader and his successor decided to surrender to the President, and you are right. Eventually, in the new century, the state not only exempted the imperial grain from the state tax, but also began to invest heavily in revitalizing water conservancy, not only rebuilding reservoirs and canals, but also establishing monitoring stations.

Especially in recent years, the new countryside, family farms, large-scale promotion of agricultural machinery, intensive land management, the supreme leader has proposed that China's bowl must contain China's grain, and at the same time, it has made unprecedented efforts to grasp rural work and restore rural grassroots organizations, which has gradually made up for the gap of the year, so that we will not be asked by the bald eagle by the neck if we want to eat.

Oh, it seems to be a long way off again. Let's turn our attention back to this plane!

In the original history, because the development of the multi-cropping system and the introduction of sweet potato, corn and other food crops did promote the development of agriculture, so that agriculture in the Ming and Qing dynasties reached an unprecedented level in terms of total output, yield, and the total number of people fed. In terms of yield, in the 17th century, China's rice yield per hectare of arable land reached 2.3 metric tons, the highest yield in pre-modern agricultural technology. However, with the development of urbanization in the south of the Yangtze River and the emergence of a large number of handicraft workshops, the per capita area of rice fields is still shrinking. According to historical records, from the late Ming Dynasty to the 20 years of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, the area of paddy fields in Hangzhou decreased by 30 hectares, Huzhou decreased by 79 hectares, Jiaxing decreased by 1,354 hectares, of which Shimen County fields decreased by 1,451 hectares. At the same time, the population continued to increase, and as a result, the amount of arable land occupied by people declined, from more than three acres of rice fields per capita during the Hongwu period to less than two acres. This is a reduction of almost a third.

In particular, since Li Shouhan began to intentionally and even maliciously sell large quantities of grain and other agricultural products to Jiangnan, the area of grain crops planted in Jiangnan has decreased sharply every year at a rate visible to the naked eye. Instead, there are large mulberry forests and machine mills. Every day, the daily consumption of grain, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and other materials needed in various prefectures, counties, cities and towns in the south of the Yangtze River is carried by large and small ships shuttling back and forth in the river, and the grain and rice bales and vegetable oil jars in the cabin are full and the waterline is almost to the side of the ship, so that the coolies on the wharf shout the number and carry them to the warehouse, and then sell them to those who need them through one trading shop after another.

The vast majority of these grains, rice, oil, salt and other materials come from Wusongkou and Hangzhou Bay. Jiangnan has been consciously operated by Li Shouhan to become a region that depends on imports for seventy or eighty percent of its grain. Well, this ratio is basically the same as the current South Stick Country. Not to mention that the thousands of artillery pieces north of the 38th parallel turned Seoul into a sea of fire, just the appearance of small submarines near the port channel, and how many of those freighters transporting grain and meat dared to risk their lives to enter the port to unload? They were not the Soviet Red Navy, capable of risking their lives and braving artillery fire to storm the port of Stalingrad. Therefore, if there is another artillery fire on the 38th parallel, the group of plastic surgery goods in Nanbangzi are the most afraid. But it doesn't matter, people pay attention to their own soil, and even if they starve to death, they will not eat non-local agricultural products.

"Anyway, if you work casually for a day, you can earn two or three days of food silver, three meals a day, and there is wine, meat and meat, so why should we go back to the countryside and suffer the sin of facing the loess and turning our backs to the sky?" Even the porters on the dock think so, which shows that the grain in Jiangnan is so cheap.

It is not that no one has questioned why the grain from the south is so cheap. However, the sailors from Nanzhong will not know the doorway in the procurement and transportation of these grains, they only know that the grain is extremely cheap in Nanzhong, and it is the lord's own business, and of course there will be no such thing as drifting away, rats and birds consuming. What's more, these grains are used as ballast when the ship goes north, and the natural freight is extremely low.

As for the use of industrial vouchers in the procurement process to harvest the expired aged rice in public welfare warehouses such as Yicang and Siwucang in various villages and towns, it is not the inside story that those sailors can know. Iron and steel produced by the coal-iron complex, agricultural tools, ironware, household utensils made in various manufacturing workshops, fine fine cloth and silk produced in various machine rooms can be purchased at a discount with industrial coupons! A large amount of old rice that had been piled up in Siwucang Chang Liquidation was purchased at a very low price that seemed to outsiders. But they don't know that the smallholder economy has become vulnerable to the amortization of costs through pre-industrial co-production.

After such a series of operations, there will be no more Jisu homes in Jiangnan. Everyone put their money and energy into doing business, starting a factory, and building a machine shop. If it is not good, it is also necessary to engage in a few inns, restaurants, restaurants, stacks, warehouses and other transactions. It's all faster than farming!

"Turk, don't worry." Bolo smiled happily, the smile on his face like that of a black bear that had just woken up in the spring sun after hibernation and found a huge beehive. He patted his deputy on the shoulder, "Let's just give orders, in this land south of the Yangtze River, there are people who are more familiar with the situation here than us." We can't find food, but someone can. ”

Turg listened to Bolo's words, and the frown on his face stretched a little, "Master, what are you talking about?" He gestured downstairs. A group of people downstairs shaved their hair, exposing their iron-blue scalps, letting the autumn breeze blow on the lake, leaving a chill on the freshly shaved scalps. With a money rat tail on his head, a round-necked robe on his body, and a group of Qing soldiers with hideous faces and sharp knives in their hands, they smiled happily, no matter how anyone looked at it, they felt extremely weird.

"Yes, these are the people!" Bolo is very relaxed and relaxed, "They have submitted to my Qing Dynasty, and they have contributed to the city, needless to say." However, since I have shaved my hair and changed my clothes, as an official and ordinary person of my Qing Dynasty, I have to do things for my good life in the Qing Dynasty. Otherwise, what will I do with them?! ”

Rao is Turg is also a murderous demon who doesn't blink, and he can't help but shudder when he hears Bolo's words. This is clearly ready to kill the lackeys and stew them at any time! However, the premise is that the lackey is weak, and he can't pick up prey for him, and he can't pounce on the target for the master.

"Go! Call the slave surnamed Liu up, and say that the master has sent an envoy to him to do it! ”

After a while, there was the sound of footsteps on the stairs, and a person walked up.

"Slave Liu Jiji, I've seen two masters!"

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