When Li Ke gave everyone a detailed analysis of Sun Xiangfu's operation in Jiuyuan County, and then told the eldest grandson Wuji the plan he thought of, a few people suddenly realized, it turned out that there were still such operation methods in the world, no wonder Sun Xiangfu dared to start such a big project with only a few million yuan of money confiscated from several families in Jingxiang! It turned out that from beginning to end, people didn't spend much money at all.

Thinking about the tens of millions of dollars spent by the imperial court in Jingzhou in the past two years, the eldest grandson Wuji was ashamed for a while, and said, "Why didn't Zhengming explain the truth to the old man earlier, in this way, the imperial court will definitely be able to save a lot of money." ”

Sun Xiangfu shook his head with a smile and said, "Why does the imperial court need so much money?" It is the right thing to spend it, speed up the construction in all aspects, and let the people in need earn it, has the eldest grandson forgotten what I said before, the people are rich, and the country will naturally be rich? ”

The eldest grandson Wuji was dumbfounded when he heard this, indeed, the Tang Dynasty began the three-year reform of Zhenguan, and the policy for the people can be said to be getting better and better year by year, however, the tax balance of the imperial court has also been rising since that year, and this year, it has even reached 50 million yuan, nearly 20 times more than the first year of Zhenguan, which can be described by the word 'magical'.

And all the things that the imperial court did in the whole process, in the final analysis, are actually two words, 'enriching the people'.

"It turns out that the imperial court should spend the tax collected and benefit the common people is the truth." The eldest grandson Wuji and Li Ke nodded as if they were being taught.

In this way, the imperial court guided the people to continuously improve the country's infrastructure through such means of constantly collecting taxes and spending money, so that all parts of the country became more comfortable and livable places, which was laying the foundation for the long-term stability of the country.

So! A country, how to spend money, is a very knowledgeable thing, you have to brainstorm to study, similar to the things that can bring benefits to the country's long-term peace and stability, don't be afraid to spend money, sometimes, even loans can be done, as long as there is a complete infrastructure, all the output of labor will become more efficient, and the output is more, how will it not be poor. ”

"Zhengmingguo has the talent to become the teacher of all people, and the old man who said this is also a great benefit." The eldest grandson Wuji once again gave Sun Xiangfu a salute.

Then, he remembered another purpose of his visit, and asked, "Now, there are many people who want to return the fields to the imperial court, but I am afraid that at least two or three hundred million acres of good fields will be vacated in the whole country, so it is a pity to let these fields be empty, Zhengming, can you have good suggestions?" ”

"There is not enough manpower, can't be planted, and there is no way to do it, the reason why the people want to return to the field is naturally because planting these fields can not bring them benefits, but will bring labor burdens, which in addition to the need to introduce more labor to make up, but also to adjust the planting structure."

In ancient times, population, labor, is the source of all wealth, in the era of underdeveloped industrial machinery, no matter what, need manpower to really complete, in order to create results, so, above the court, at present, almost no one opposes the strategy of moving foreign people to the Tang Dynasty to contribute labor, of course, there is another reason for this, the Tang Dynasty, itself with half of the Hu blood, there is no discrimination against foreigners at present.

What really needs to be paid attention to is not to let those foreigners with low ideological consciousness take power, because they do not have a strong sense of belonging to this country, and Han culture has not yet penetrated into their bone marrow.

Since the eldest grandson Wuji opened his mouth to ask, he naturally wanted to ask the whole question clearly, and said again, "This introduction of labor, the old man knows, is nothing more than a large-scale relocation of foreign people to my Datang homeland, but how to adjust the planting structure so that the people are willing to plant more fields?" ”

The eldest grandson Wuji also asked the point, in this era, Datang could not import grain or any other crops from foreign countries, so in the long run, it was still necessary to make the people willing to farm, so he replied, "Of course, it is to make farming easier, so that the people can earn profits." ”

During this period, the people who did not receive much cultural education generally did not have high wisdom, but they were not stupid, and they would also make some comparisons, when they were tired and tired of planting more than 100 acres of land, and no one else could easily do a few hours a day and earn a lot of money, they would also think about change.

You know, farming is to watch the sky to eat, in fact, it also takes a lot of risks, the harvest is not stable, once there is another better way out, they naturally know how to pursue the advantages and avoid the disadvantages, the later generations of the national work tide, this is how appeared.

"Making farming easier? Can you make more money? Eldest Sun Wuji couldn't quite understand Sun Xiangfu's words, and said suspiciously.

"For example, planting rice, in the early stage, you need to plow, harrow, drain, fertilize, soak seeds, raise seedlings, transplant, weed, remove insect pests, control the water level of rice fields, and in the middle stage, you also need to pull flowers, top dressing, and even pesticide and insect control, and there is a lot of work to be done in the later stage of harvesting, threshing, and cantonment. Especially when the planting field area is large, just to clean up the barnyard grass in the field, they need to work in the mud for a few days under the sun, you may not know, easy to accompany the weeds in the rice field, but there are more than a dozen, in addition to one stubble, soon, another stubble grows. Therefore, it is very hard for the people to plant rice fields. ”

Sun Xiangfu said that Li Ke, Li Yuanjing, and Li Yuanchang, who had planted rice in the experimental field for two and a half years and had a total of five crops, felt the same way, and even had palpitations.

It can be said that in the past two years, they hate these weeds the most, of course, they also hate the people who forced them to go down to the field to clean up the weeds, and now, they have reached the point where they can recognize these weeds at a glance in the dense seedlings, and once they see these weeds in the field, they will involuntarily want to uproot them.

The eldest grandson Wuji, who grew up in the north and has never planted rice, although he has no personal experience, he also knows that it must not be easy, because the people in the field area will basically not stop during the period from spring plowing to autumn harvest.

And even so, each household only planted twenty-five acres, and if they had spare energy, they would definitely want to grow more, after all, these fields have such a high yield.

However, Jiuyuan County is now counting the opinions of the people, and is ready to gradually reduce the rice fields of each household, and next year, it will be reduced to the point where each household only plants 20 acres, and if the people are still too tired, it may be lowered again, according to Sun Xiangfu's suggestion, it is reasonable for a household to plant less than 10 acres.

Sun Xiangfu continued, "And the people in Guanzhong, planting wheat, is relatively much easier, they only need to fertilize the whole field, sow the seeds, and then, just wait for the harvest, when the wind and rain are good, harvest more, drought and flood years, harvest less." In this way, their family was able to reluctantly plant 80 acres of wheat fields.

The characteristics of these two crops are different, the labor required is also different, and there are more worry-free than these crops, and the economic value is not lost to these two crops, such as rape flowers, it is almost one of the easiest field crops to cultivate, only need to sow rapeseed in the fallow rice field, after about forty days, the rice field will be full of rape flowers, and its stability is particularly high, because there is rarely no snow in winter, and there is no rain at all in spring.

If the farmers just plant rape flowers, a family can plant 800 acres, not to mention 800 acres, anyway, it is a family to go into battle, just sprinkle seeds in the field, and when the harvest is a big deal, spend some money to hire a few helpers.

Previously, in order to make it easier for some people who did not have enough labor at home, I suggested that they plant a season of rice and then plant a season of rape. ”

When Sun Xiangfu said this, Eldest Sun Wuji and the others had already shown a clear look, and then said, "You mean, let the people plant more crops that are not labor-intensive and can make money?" However, we can't all grow rape at once! ”

Sun Xiangfu nodded and continued, "Of course not, so we must develop more simple and easy-to-grow and economical crops for the people to plant, such as planting flower fields, planting medicine fields, planting tea trees, planting fruit trees, etc., as well as many emerging crops that may be brought back by overseas exploration fleets in the future, we must promote them to the people, so that they can plant land easily and make money." ”

"Well, the old man now understands what you mean by adjusting the planting structure, so that the people who can grow high-yield rice are responsible for the cultivation of grain, and provide the needs of all the people in terms of staple food, so that those who do not have the conditions to grow high-yield rice like the Yuantian area can plant other crops that are easy to grow to meet everyone's needs in other aspects. Then there will be no situation where the price is high because of one or two special scarcities, and the people cannot afford to enjoy it. By the way, the overseas emerging crops you just mentioned, overseas, are they also different from the existing staple grains of our Datang? ”

Sun Xiangfu nodded, "This is for sure, just in my Central Plains, there are nine kinds of grain crops such as millet, millet, rice, hemp, beans, wheat, etc., and there are not a few grains that are different from my Datang in the huge places overseas?" ”

Hearing Sun Xiangfu say this, the eldest grandson Wuji felt that it was very possible, and said, "It would be great if there were some grains that were easier and more productive than rice and wheat cultivation." ”

Of course, there are, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, the cultivation of such crops is not very difficult, and the yield is also higher than that of rice and wheat, however, just like the nine grains, in the late Han Dynasty, in fact, it was basically simplified into five grains, because there are several of them, it is too unpalatable, and there are fewer people who plant it, so it cannot be called the staple food.

To the Tang Dynasty now, all cereals are defeated by rice and wheat, unless it is a place where the north is really not good at growing wheat and rice, only plant a certain amount of millet, millet, sorghum, oats and the like, after planting, it is usually wine-making and feeding livestock, and it is really used as the staple food for the people to eat, in fact, there are only two kinds of rice and flour left, because the taste of rice and white flour is the best among all kinds of grains, which is why the people of Fanbang in the Western Regions will naturally feel comfortable when they arrive in Datang, just to enjoy eating, which is incomparable in their own country.

However, Sun Xiangfu can't say these things now, he is a native of the Tang Dynasty, if he has not been out of the sea, he knows everything about overseas things, it will be strange, so he said, "If their journey at sea goes well, now, maybe they have found some overseas crops and started to return, my request to them is to try to come back before the start of next year's sports conference." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji sighed, "Zhengming seems to be full of confidence in his overseas trip!" ”

Sun Xiangfu's eyes were very firm, "Overseas places are not a forbidden area for life, in fact, before and after, from studying sea ships, exploring various navigation techniques, to their departure, we have made preparations for six or seven years, almost all aspects have been thought of, and there is no reason to fail." ”