Naturally, Guo Bin also thought of other ways to deal with the food crisis, such as using Jiangnan and even the Lingnan region as a base for grain production, or even sending people to Ryukyu, Yizhou, and even the Wa Kingdom to reclaim land. With the current strength of Yeongcheon County, it should be able to obtain a large amount of grain by using the slavery system to reclaim land overseas.

Whether it is Ryukyu or Yizhou, its latitude is low, most of the area belongs to the subtropical region, the annual temperature is high, the precipitation is abundant, and the growth cycle of agricultural products is short. Although it has a temperate continental climate, the oceanic characteristics are very obvious, and the temperature difference in the year is much smaller than that on the mainland, and there is a lot of precipitation, and in later generations, it is also famous for its intensive rice production.

These are islands in the sea that can be used for both agriculture and fishing. Although the people on the island are lazy, as long as they send people to supervise, they will definitely be able to provide a steady supply of rice for the Central Plains on the premise of satisfying their own basic living guarantees. Moreover, these places are far away from the Central Plains, and Guo Bin is the king and hegemon above, and he will not be jealous of the imperial court.

It's just that to achieve this goal, the biggest problem is not a financial problem, nor a military problem, but a problem of traffic and transportation.

You must know that at this time it was the Han Dynasty, and the technology of shipbuilding was not very developed, and it was unimaginable to build a transport ship that could cross the sea. Guo Bin's roots are in Yingchuan, and although there are wharves outside Yangzhai County and Changshe City, most of them are small boats that fish and transport goods in the tributaries of the Huaishui, and the boatmen have no experience in sailing on the sea. These small boats were used to ensure that the freight in the inland rivers was sufficient, but it would be dangerous to transport sugarcane in the coastal waters, let alone cross the oceans to Yishu, Ryukyu, and even the Wa Kingdom.

Moreover, from the mouth of the Huai River to Yingchuan County, it is necessary to cross the entire Xuzhou, Shouchun, and Runan, among which the water bandits and pirates need not to be mentioned, but the government will extract taxes along the way, and they will torture the dead. Moreover, when the world is chaotic in the future, the danger of this road can be imagined.

In addition, even if the human factor is not taken into account, it is a great challenge to simply sail across the sea to reach the Wa Kingdom.

Back then, Xu Fu sought the elixir for Qin Shi Huang, crossed the sea to the east, and also encountered several dangers. It was in the Tang Dynasty that the famous Jianzhen monk crossed to Japan, which lasted 12 years, set off six times, failed five times, sailed three times, and went through several desperate situations. Thirty-six people died in boat accidents and injuries, and more than 200 people withdrew from the ranks of the eastward crossing. It can be seen that it is extremely dangerous to cross the treacherous sea at this time. Even if Japan sent more than a dozen envoys to the Tang Dynasty with the strength of the whole country at that time, it would take several years to prepare for one of them.

Many of the envoys sent to the Tang Dynasty stayed in China for a very long time, and some even served as officials in China and traveled with Chinese scholars. For example, the extremely famous Abe Zhongmalu, who changed his name to Chao Heng after entering the Tang Dynasty, had close contacts with several great Chinese poets. Abe Nakamaro was about to return to Japan from China, but he was caught in a storm near the Ryukyus and lost contact with other ships. At that time, it was misreported that Chao Heng was killed, and Li Bai wrote a poem to mourn him, and the name of the poem was called "Crying Chao Qingheng", and the poem said: "Japan Chao Qing resigned from the imperial capital, and the sail was a pot around the tent." The bright moon does not return to the blue sea, and the white clouds are full of sorrow. ”

In addition, Wang Wei also had a poem to send to Abe Zhongmaro, who returned to China, and the name of the poem was "Sending the Secretary Chao Jian to Japan".

It can be seen that even if an envoy sent to the Tang Dynasty with a deep official background, even in the Tang Dynasty, it was difficult to cross the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea, and it would be tantamount to a fool's dream to realize the large-scale transportation of grain on both sides of the strait with today's technology. The difference between the degree of danger, cost input and rate of return is too great, even if Guo Bin is rich and rivals the country, he can't afford the loss. Therefore, if we want to achieve this goal, we must mobilize the strength of the whole country, and the scientific and technological level and production capacity must develop by leaps and bounds, otherwise it will be an out-and-out joke.

From this point of view, if you want to produce grain with the help of external forces, it is basically impossible to transport grain from overseas to the Central Plains. At least in the absence of a strong military force and a lack of large-scale transportation capacity, it is still not feasible. It is absolutely impossible to succeed in concretely implementing this plan unless it is politically justified, economically and technologically powerful, and militarily has tremendous deterrent power. Therefore, at this time, Guo Bin can only think of a way internally, that is, to increase the area of Tuntian, if you want to increase the area of Tuntian, the most important thing is to improve the level of productivity.

For this reason, Guo Bin racked his brains to find a perfect solution. He not only took out the carts of later generations, but also ordered Zhang Shiping to buy a large number of mules, horses, cattle and sheep outside the Saiwai. In the era when there were no steam engines and internal combustion engines, mules and horses could play an important role in the circulation of materials, and could also be used as a means of riding for cavalry; In the era when there were no large seeders and harvesters, cattle could become the best assistants for people to carry out farming activities, and with ploughing oxen and iron farming tools, the efficiency of cultivating wasteland and cultivation was greatly improved, and it played a very positive role in the work of tuntian.

In addition, whether it is mules, horses, cattle and sheep, they are the best food source to improve people's food structure when food is scarce, and transporting these livestock to the front line is undoubtedly much cheaper than transporting corn, cheese and other grains on their shoulders.

Because Guo Bin's series of measures are extremely expensive, plus he has to work hard to prepare militarily for the upcoming troubled times. Therefore, even if Guo Bin's family is big today, the gap in his funds is getting bigger and bigger, and it is conceivable that when the Eastern Han Dynasty loses its deer and the world really enters the great chaos, business behavior will become more and more difficult. In order to accumulate more strength in the future, he must now work hard to make money, and it is for this reason that he has formed a good alliance with all parties and strengthened cooperation with the powerful in various places, and now he has reached a consensus on the issue of sugarcane and cotton seeds on the occasion of his trip to Jiaozhou.

In Jiaozhou, no one values sugarcane (in order not to have a deviation in understanding, the rod is all written sugarcane, after all, its reading is the same), and now it can find Guo Bin such a "wronged head", whether it is as the history of Jiaozhou, Zhu Fu, who represents the official power of Jiaozhou, or as the most powerful local wealthy family in Jiaozhou, and the scholar who represents the civil power in Jiaozhou, is obviously happy to see it.

Whether Guo Bin purchased a large amount of sugarcane in Jiaozhou in the early stage, or organized a large number of people to plant it in the future, the cooperation and support of the official and non-governmental organizations in Jiaozhou are indispensable. And Guo Bin is also very knowledgeable, although he wants to send people to buy land and build sugarcane plantations on a large scale, but after all, he has two people, and he has to ask for the help of the locals.

Moreover, the Shi family has been operating in Jiaozhou for many years, and the family has a big business, and now since it was the first to get the news of Guo Bin's purchase of sugarcane, it is natural for them to enter the industry first and then obtain the highest returns. This is a mutually beneficial cooperation between the two sides, and it is also a big face that Guo Bin sold to the Shi family. Since Guo Bin has given great benefits to the Shi family in the face of Lin Yiguo and sugarcane, then the Shi family has the responsibility to ensure the smooth progress of Guo Bin's purchase of sugarcane in Lingnan.

In addition, with Guo Bin's purchase of a large number of sugarcane, this crop, which was originally uncared for, instantly became a cash crop of great economic interest. This is undoubtedly a new way for the people of Jiaozhou to make money, and a new economic growth point for the entire Jiaozhou. Of course, Zhu Fu didn't know about these new terms, but with the addition of an industry, the people would have income, the society would be more stable, and the tax revenue of Jiaozhou would undoubtedly be greatly improved. The increase in the state's tax revenue will inevitably give him a shot in the arm for recruiting subordinates.

Whether it is the people living and working in peace and contentment, or the increase in the tax revenue of the state, it will undoubtedly become an extremely dazzling political achievement in his tenure. Appeasement of the localities, stable rule, coupled with the payment of a large amount of taxes, will pave the way for their official careers. This is not at all dependent on the relationship between his father Zhu Jun, but the new path that Zhu Fu has walked out by himself, the great achievements he has made in governing the local area by relying on his own ability, and his own career. Once he has this political achievement, no one dares to say that he is a fortunate disciple who came up with the shadow of his father's generation, and his position in the Shi family is bound to become more and more stable.

It's just that although Guo Bin's rise depends on industry and commerce, he also has a transportation force that cannot be ignored in his hands, and the operation of the three cities outside the Saiwai for more than a year has made Yingchuan have a large number of mule and horse transport teams. However, this transportation can only be used on land, and it is an out-and-out joke to use them in the transportation route with Jiaozhou, both in terms of transportation speed and transportation capacity.

Whether the logistics industry is developed or not is an important indicator of industrial and commercial development. In later generations, the so-called "if you want to get rich, build roads first", in the final analysis, is just to improve the speed of logistics. However, the current situation of China's southern ships and northern horses determines that under the current level of science and technology, the carriers of material circulation between the south and the north are not interconnected. When Guo Bin and his entourage went south, they were frequently blocked by rivers on the road, which also proves this.

Therefore, it is extremely difficult for Yingchuan County to apply the huge logistical advantages achieved by Yingchuan County in the north to the south, and naturally it cannot be applied to the transportation of sugarcane from Jiaozhou to Yingchuan. Guo Bin's men had neither ships capable of transporting goods offshore, nor crews familiar with sea navigation. It is not difficult to purchase sugarcane, and it is also supported by manpower, material resources, and even technical forces for its deep processing in Yingchuan, but the transportation problem has become the biggest difficulty.

Therefore, after thinking about it, Guo Bin decided to buy a boat that could go to sea from Jiaozhou and set up the shelf first. And then combined with the actual situation encountered in daily operation, it is constantly revised and improved. According to his plan, he first bought a large piece of land near Panyu City to build a wharf and build a manor. Then, it was necessary to hire local workers to build ships, and gradually expand the transportation capacity of the Yingchuan interest group in the sea and inland waterways, and eventually form a strong logistics and transportation force throughout the north and south.

The powerful power brought by this kind of logistics and transportation will give wings to the development of commerce in peacetime, and is the propeller of commercial development; In times of war, it will bring great convenience to one's own logistics and transportation, and lay a solid material foundation for the victory of the war.

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