The country is getting bigger and bigger, and the aspects involved are getting wider and wider, it is bound to become more and more difficult to govern, and these internal political problems can be slowed down, and the overall fundamentals of Datang are very good, especially after the smelter in Weinan began to ship, Li Shimin now has the confidence to fight with any country.

Of course, the people have always been food for the day, last year's spring ploughing, Sun Xiangfu was only half of the organization, and it was handed over to the children of the farmers to receive, this year, the children of the farmers went to Shanyang, but Sun Xiangfu stayed in Chang'an to deal with it alone, not only changed the position, but also changed the main crops.

"Your Majesty, the Tang Dynasty has to deal with the war with Goguryeo this year, and also has to guard against Tuyuhun, the party departments, and Tubo, the government soldiers have been in full service all year round, and there are nearly 300,000 young and strong men, and the local grain production may be greatly reduced, and the grain tax revenue that can be brought up by the imperial court will also be reduced accordingly.

In addition, there are nearly 200,000 newly relocated people in Guanzhong, and a large number of foreign populations have also gathered in Weinan New Town, so that this year's farming in Guanzhong should be mainly grain, and the food rations for nearly 5 million people will be guaranteed. ”

In the past, the population of the entire Guanzhong land was between three million and four million people at most, and Chang'an alone accounted for one-third, and this year, although due to land exchange, many people with five surnames and seven families moved to Guanwai, but at the same time, a lot of people moved in, Goguryeo, and the population of various ethnic minorities within the Tang Dynasty was more than 200,000 households, men, women, old and children, adding up to almost 700,000 people, at least 200,000 more than those who moved out.

In addition, the consumption of nearly 100,000 soldiers has also increased, and it is uncertain how many migrant workers will be added, after all, Weinan New City will start a round of large-scale recruitment for the whole country, and by the second half of the year, the overall population will exceed 5 million, which is very possible.

And because the grain in the south needs to be supplied to the northeast battlefield this year, it basically cannot be imported to Guanzhong, so this year, the land in Guanzhong can only rely on the grain grown by itself to feed itself.

"Food rations for five million people? Wouldn't that cost more than 30 million stones? Is the field in Guanzhong supplied? ”

Everyone consumes half a stone of grain every month, in fact, it is the previous algorithm, with the abundance of food now, a person can not eat two catties of grain a day, of course, the budget is set at 30 million stone is not wrong, the market, there must be so much grain input, in order to ensure the stability of prices, the stability of the people's hearts.

"Your Majesty, the minister is sure that the average yield of wheat per mu in Guanzhong this year will be more than four stones, so that as long as eight million acres of fields are planted, the output should be enough."

Since last year, the counties and cities of the work has been carried out, now, the reserve of organic fertilizer, almost enough to apply a round of base fertilizer to most of the field, and then Shuozhou and Luoyang there are selected to cultivate three rounds of wheat seeds, Sun Xiangfu said that the yield per mu is four stones, in fact, it is relatively conservative, all use intensive cultivation planting methods, the yield per mu is 500 to 600 catties, there is no problem at all.

Li Shimin was very confident in Sun Xiangfu at this convenience, nodded and asked, "Eight million acres of fields suitable for growing wheat, is there any in Guan?" ”

During this period, the degree of development in Guanzhong is not like that of later generations, a county has a million mu of cultivated land, most of the counties in this period, the overall area is only about 1 million mu, of which the developed mature fields, more than 300,000 are not much, although there are now more than 30 counties in Guanzhong, but the overall cultivated land area is only more than 10 million mu, but all of them are on the field, because of the middle and lower fields, last year all the farmland was returned to farmland.

After the overall reform, with the addition of the newly relocated peasant households, there are almost 1 million households in total, and each household is about 80 mu of land, and with the private land of some large households, it is not a little more than 10 million mu.

"Yes, there is, but if about eighty percent of the fields are planted with wheat, then the number of other cash crops will be greatly reduced, and the income of the people will be reduced accordingly.

Hearing this, Li Shimin thought for a while before he said, "I mean, this year, we will reduce taxes and taxes for the people in Guanzhong, and in addition, the government soldiers who participated in the training in Guanzhong will help with farming, and the seeds of those cash crops reserved by your Happy Village last year will all be transferred to Shanyang for planting, what do you think?" ”

Due to the large temperature difference between day and night, the melons and fruits grown in Shanyang are sweeter than those in Guanzhong, and there are more cotton peaches in cotton knots than in Guanzhong, which is the advantage of fertile land and sufficient sunshine.

However, there is also a disadvantage over there, that is, the ordinary people are not as good at farming as the people in Guanzhong, last year's cotton melons and fruits, in fact, most of them were planted by the Han people under the guidance of Sun Xiangfu, this year, to a larger range of cash crops that require a certain technical content, it is necessary to let many herdsmen who have just come into contact with agriculture participate, and in terms of technical support, the pressure will be many times greater.

"Try your best to be productive!"

The people of Guanzhong will need several years of hard work to adapt to intensive farming, not to mention those herdsmen who have not been in contact with farming before, so even Sun Xiangfu does not dare to say too much, he knows what Li Shimin is adjusting so much, the tax holiday in the land of Shanyang, but this year, these cash crops will be transferred to the north with more cultivated land, and Datang's future tax revenue will probably increase again.

"Your Majesty, now that the first month is about to end, the minister plans to immediately organize the people to start the cultivation of the field, in addition, the Ministry of Agriculture has reserved 300,000 acres of experimental fields, and His Majesty needs to send someone to help the minister to sort it out."

"I've seen about the test field before, but I haven't fully understood its role yet, can you tell me about it?"

"In fact, according to the local climate and soil conditions in Guanzhong, try to plant some crops, and optimize the seeds of crops according to the actual situation to make them yield higher.

For example, wheat, seeds that have undergone vernalization, and seeds that have not been vernalized, are planted in different regions and have different yields. There is also the problem of cold storage, different cold storage capacity can also change some of the attributes of the seed······"

All right! Li Shimin determined that these things were not talked about at all in "Qi Min's Technique", he basically didn't understand, so he was not interested in listening to it anymore, as an emperor, he only needed to know how to use people, and when Sun Xiangfu paused, he said, "That, cauliflower, some will be planted in Guanzhong this year!" ”

"Will plant, this kind of vegetable, can help people defend against disease to a great extent, it is good for the queen's body, after the minister will pass on the planting technology, this year will be separated, planting two to three stubble, there should be no problem."

"Well, such a wonderful thing, I can't enjoy it exclusively, I have to get more of it, and at that time, I will use it to reward the ministers, and Keming Mansion will give more of it."

Li Shimin is going to buy people's hearts again, of course Sun Xiangfu can't object, this move also has the advantage, that is, let the top courtiers of the Tang Dynasty pay enough attention to the new crops, so that it is good for the development of farming.

"Your Majesty, the matter of Jingxiang has been discussed, and the matter of farming has also been discussed, it is time to talk about the matter of several commercial plazas in Chang'an."

The eldest grandson Wuji reminded him, Li Shimin suddenly nodded, and signaled, the eldest grandson Wuji can ask.

"Zhengming, the foundation of the commercial plaza has been laid, after the spring ploughing, a large number of workers will be recruited to start work, however, just a few construction sites in Chang'an, will reach millions of runs, want to implement it in the country, I am afraid that the difficulty will be greater, if you have to wait until eight years and ten years later, just afraid that it is not beautiful, Zhengming can have any good way, can speed up the pace of construction of commercial plazas around the country?"

Speaking of the way of hair growth, who else can Datang ask besides Sun Xiangfu, the eldest grandson Wuji feels that this matter, as long as he asks Sun Xiangfu, it will definitely be solved.

Really, without much thought, Sun Xiangfu replied, "In addition to borrowing, the introduction of local capital cooperation is one thing, and like the Yangtze River water transport business, you can't expect one company to finish all the business, and it is also important to get the support of the locals."

In addition, in each square, there will be a lot of shops, some merchants, in fact, can become the standard configuration of the square, that is to say, in each commercial square, there must be their opening of the same brand of shops, for such cooperative businesses, you can ask him to contribute in advance, or sell or rent, if the corresponding give some preferential treatment for rent and sale, I believe they will be happy to pay in advance. ”

In later generations, a large commercial square, or even a lot of ordinary real estate, is generally to lay a foundation, began to sell the house for rent, and when the building is halfway built, the investment required later, almost can be out of the sale money, as a later generation, Sun Xiangfu has naturally seen a lot of such examples.

After he said this, the eldest grandson Wuji has suddenly become enlightened, with the background of his eldest grandson's family, when he goes to the place, maybe he can raise funds with just one mouth, and he can build the square without how much money they actually pay, and in terms of shares, he can still take the lion's share.

"I'll just say it! In terms of business, nothing can be difficult to live in, and after you go back, you can implement the auxiliary machine according to what he said. ”

Li Shimin said to the eldest grandson Wuji with a smile, and then turned to Sun Xiangfu and said, "I will transfer the sixteen guards sergeant at the end of the winter training tomorrow to help you organize the spring ploughing, before the end of the spring ploughing, I will grant you permission not to go to the early court, in addition, I will also personally go to the field to encourage the people to farm, and you can arrange it at that time." ”

"Obey."

As for the matter of the waterway transfer company and the commercial plaza, he also had to discuss it with Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji respectively, not to avoid Sun Xiangfu, but he didn't want to squeeze him too much, after all, the most important thing at the moment is spring ploughing, and other things, let other ministers worry about it more.

Out of the imperial study, Sun Xiangfu's mood is much better, not on the days of the early dynasty, he can have a lot of sweet dreams in the bed, work to do well, a happy life must also have, however, spring ploughing is imminent, even if you don't have to get up early, Sun Xiangfu also has a lot of things to be busy, fortunately, now he has the entire Ministry of Agriculture to call, so, while the hour is still early, he turned his head to the Yamen of the Ministry of Agriculture.