Chapter 706

"And if you want to bring those Han people and the Fan people to their hearts, then at least they must be allowed to have land, although the Fan people and Han people account for less than 40 percent, but there are more than 55,000, that is, more than 11,000 households.

Since it is necessary to treat everyone equally, then a household needs to give 100 mu of land, so at least 1.1 million mu needs to be taken out, plus the land that previously belonged to these people, then nearly 1.6 million mu or so has been taken out. ”

"And the newly arrived Xiang Army, together with their families, will at least add nearly 350,000 people to the land of Sanzhou, that is, 70,000 households, and calculate according to each household of 100 acres, and the rest can't even meet half of the needs, Lord Wang, but you still want to sell the land, this ......" Gao Yu really wanted to say Big brother, are you too naïve.

But he was really embarrassed to say this, after all, Wang Yang was his great benefactor, and it was really bad to scold this guy in front of so many people, not to mention Wang Yang's violent temper He knew very well, if he stabbed this guy, he would definitely not be able to eat and walk around.

Wang Yang rolled his eyes angrily. "Did I say I was going to sell the fields?"

A vote of people and others are all confused? looked at Wang Yang, who was confident, and said that there would be nothing wrong with this product. If you don't sell the fields here, where else can you sell the fields?

"You guys are really ......" Wang Yang shook his head and looked at these officials with a tone and expression from a person who had come over. That's right, now there are only less than four million acres of land in our three states, but that was in the past, and the rule of the Western Xia Kingdom was too strict here, so the original population here was scattered a lot, and naturally, there were many fields that were barren. ”

"This official checked the previous historical materials and learned that Yanzhou, at its peak, had nearly 2.1 million acres of land, which is still Yanzhou with many mountains and few land and many salt ponds."

"As for Hongzhou, it is as high as 3 million mu, and Youzhou also has nearly 1.8 million mu."

"Lord Wang, although what you said is correct, even if these fields are reclaimed, it will only be less than seven million acres of land." At this time, Hu Yu couldn't help but spit out in a whisper.

"But don't forget that in addition to the grasslands and the original reclaimed land, there are still large tracts of virgin land that have not been cultivated. In particular, Youzhou, the terrain is gentle, the soil is fertile, and the land of a state is only 1.8 million acres. ”

"My lord, Youzhou is close to the sea of sand, many places are Gobi, and there are few fields reclaimed, so it is natural to say, after all, growing food, even if it is dry land, still needs a lot of water." Gao Yu was thinking about whether he should invite Wang Yang to the countryside to be an educated youth for a period of time, so that he could understand that the peasant uncle not only had to rely on the sky for food, but also on water.

"But there are some cash crops that don't require too much water, and can even have a certain resistance to salinity, which is most suitable for planting in the northwest borderland." Wang Yang narrowed his eyes, and then said. "e.g. cotton ......"

"Cotton? Is it the kind of cotton that is difficult to pick seeds and can be used to weave cloth? "Zhe Keshi originally lived in the northwest borderland, so he naturally knew about cotton.

"This thing is very drought-tolerant, and even afraid of waterlogging, and it can be planted in places with mild salineage, but this kind of thing, to be honest, is not too practical, because it is too labor-intensive......"

"Although the fabric woven with it is very durable, the problem is that just picking cotton seeds, a person may not be able to pick three catties a day. Without picking out the cotton seeds, there is no way to spin cotton into threads. ”

"I can't imagine that Brother Zhe even knows this, so it's even better, which shows that these three states are very suitable for growing cotton."

"You're right, growing cotton requires less water, and it's no problem to rely on the sky for food, in these three states, almost everywhere can live forever except for the land near the dozen or so salt ponds in Yanzhou.

However, if that thing is not handled well, it will not be sold for a few bucks at all, and you must not forget, if those military dependents can't support themselves, the matter will be big. ”

Wang Yang showed a calm smile. "If Wang has a way to solve the problem of cotton deseeding, then you say, this kind of fabric whose output far exceeds that of hemp, is its value not comparable to grain?"

"You, maybe you really invented the Yuanyu cotton deseeding technique, right?" Gao Yu complained with a confused expression.

Wang Yang's eyes lit up suddenly. "Oh, this name is good, it's decided, this technique is called Yuanyou cotton deseeding technique."

"...... "Oh fuck, this girl really has a way?" At this moment, several people were almost messy in the wind, and they looked at Wang Yang directly, looking like they were loveless.

Sure enough, people really can't compare with others, and this brain seems to be specially born for invention and creation.

"But Lord Wang, what does it have to do with whether you let those soldiers plant cotton or not sell the fields?" Hu felt with a goatee finally grasped the core of a problem.

"yes, why do you have to sell land?" Zhi Keshi couldn't help asking.

"If cotton deseeding is no problem, then after the appearance of silk cloth with large yield and low value, do you think this thing will be sold?"

"Since we don't have to worry about sales, then inevitably, those rich businessmen and tycoons in our Great Song Dynasty will want to consider, whether to buy some such cotton fields and ask tenants to plant them themselves, wouldn't the price of the cotton obtained in that way be more affordable?"

"In that case, in addition to the population obtained by the Xiang army in the land of the three states, there will also be a large number of people concentrated here with the actions of those merchants."

"Yanzhou was originally a distribution center for commercial and trade products, all kinds of goods from the Western Regions, all kinds of furs and dried meat of the nomads, as well as Yanzhou's own green salt, as well as tea, silk, and cotton cloth ...... from the mainland."

"Wang dares to guarantee that as long as there is no war within five years, the taxes of the land of the three states will definitely not be inferior to the rich land of the Great Song Dynasty." Wang Yang sniffed and replied with great certainty.

"What's more, by that time, the cement straight road to Jingzhao Mansion has already been built, and it will go straight to Jingzhao Mansion through Yanzhou......

"At that time, I'm afraid that if we don't have to do anything more, there will be people migrating to this side......" Wang Yang confidently continued to paint a bright future.

With Wang Yang's words, there was already something called hope in the eyes of a cadre of officials, flickering non-stop, like stars.