Chapter 251 [The Granary of the World] The Third Update
"Bai Zuogen, why is Zuo Chang wrong again?"
Not only Yingquliang has this question, but even Lao Ganlong and others are a little incomprehensible; Since the discussion of the new law, although Wei Ying has been a little rude, he is still quite upright, and after improving the method of joint sitting and canceling the new law strategy of 'emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business', the contradiction with most of the courtiers has been eliminated, and everyone feels much more pleasing to the eye.
Moreover, Wei Ying's proposal is not unreasonable, even if the public plough will be spread to the world sooner or later, the longer the secrecy time, the better, the longer the time, the greater the advantage of Lao Qin, in the future, the soldiers will be sufficient, and it may not be a dream to recover the whole land of Hexi in ten years.
The only dissatisfaction is that the public loser has been cleared, the public loser has been suppressed by the Mo family for so long, and now it is easy to have the opportunity to overpower the Mo family, but now he is blocked by Wei Ying, I am afraid that he will have to wait a few years before he can raise his eyebrows; Gong Yi Qing looked at Bai Dong, only hoping that he could tell a reason, so that Gong Yi plough could spread to the world in the shortest possible time. This is the selfishness of the public loser, but also the public heart of the craftsmen of the world, the craftsmen of any era hope to help the people of the world through the tools made by themselves, but there are not many countries.
"I heard Du Sikong calculate an account, with Lao Qin's current grain production, it is just enough for his own use, even if he tries to save hard, he can't store much. Therefore, although Lao Qin was able to use 150,000 troops, he only dared to use 30,000 troops in the last war against Yiqu, what is the reason? Because the army moved, the consumption of money and food was huge, and Lao Qin couldn't afford it! I also heard that although the first emperor Shimen defeated the Wei army in the first battle, he ran out of grain because of it, and later in order to recover Hexi, he even had to borrow grain from those old aristocratic families! Now Lao Qin has a public plow. It can save a lot of manpower and animal power. Increase the number of grains produced. But even if the grain production doubled, with Lao Qin's current capacity, how long would it take to store enough grain to support a state-level war? Ten years or twenty years? ”
"This kid is not wrong, even if he has the public plough and his means of using fertilizer, Lao Qin may not be able to store enough food for a war in ten years."
Yingquliang frowned slightly, if he wanted to recover the entire territory of Hexi, he was afraid that the war would drag on for several years, and the consumption of money and food would be a terrifying number. Even with the public plough, Lao Qin could not quickly become the country with the most grain in the world, after all, the number of fields is limited; It is said that the old Qin land is sparsely populated and it is a good way to open up Xintian, but the Qin people are all nostalgic for the old land, who is willing to abandon the tombs of their ancestors, and then leave their hometown to open up Xintian? This is not a problem of a small number of people, but a lack of popular support, and it takes a long period of guidance, encouragement, and even a large number of people to move the people, so that the effect can be seen. It will take decades or even hundreds of years.
"Even in a powerful country like Wei, there is a limit to the amount of food that can be produced. Lao Qin, like Wei, has a new plough, manpower and animal power can be saved, but the potential developed is also limited, in terms of annual output doubling to calculate, ten years later, the elite soldiers are cultivated, with the power of a war with Wei, can the grain reserves be used? ”
"Ten years, I'm afraid it's not enough."
Yingqu Liang nodded secretly, Bai Dong saw it right, recovering Hexi has always been a thorn in his heart, before Wei Ying was appointed as the Minister of Law Change, the training of recruits has been put on his agenda, and now the Lantian New Army is secretly increasing, and the Longdong Iron Cavalry is also in the training of the young officer of Gongzi, but training soldiers is even more expensive than using soldiers! Now the old Qin grain depot is about to bottom out. In the future, as Lao Qin's grain production increases, his mind will be greater, can 50,000 new troops become 100,000? Can the 150,000 Qin army break through to 200,000? When the water rises, the ship will also get higher, and it seems that there is still not much food to store?
Even the implementation of Wei Ying's 'heavy agriculture and suppression of business' will not solve this problem. With Bai Dong's 'cross-regional fertilizer' and public ploughs, the current limit on grain output is only the number of fields; if this restriction cannot be broken, fifty percent of the Qin people will be the same as farmers, and ten percent of the Qin people will be the same as farmers.
"Bai Zuogen, you don't have to go around in circles, the widow wants to listen to your method." I know my fourth brother too well, and when I saw his smiling appearance, I knew that I should have a draft.
"Don't hide it from the king, your subordinates ask the public loser to name this plow, that is, to use the influence of the public loser to promote this plough in the shortest possible time, and it is best that all countries in Shandong and Qi Chu can use it" The influence of 'Baizi' is also very large, but more in terms of literature, although there is also the feat of inventing the strong face method, but to say that in terms of manufacturing tools, it is still far from being comparable to the public loser and the Mo family.
"What, such a peasant artifact, you want to let all countries in the world use it?"
Ying Qu Liang glared at Bai Dong, if it weren't for the fact that this kid was his fourth brother and the great benefactor of the Ying family, he really had to suspect that this was the enemy's domestic response. Lao Qin has come out with good things, not to mention hiding and tucking them, but to promote the world? In order to be able to implement it quickly, it is necessary to be named a public loser, what is this not a secret enemy country?
Wei Ying didn't open his mouth this time, just waiting for Bai Dong to say the reason. He is now as depressed as Du Zhi, feeling that in front of this white man, his IQ is not enough; In the future, you must stay away from this white man, and after being in contact with him for a long time, it will definitely hit your confidence
"Once the public plough is implemented in the world, the grain production of Lao Qin will not decrease, but the grain production of various countries will increase as a result. Your Majesty, the pearls of the East China Sea are precious because the number is extremely scarce, and pearl divers may not be able to find a few in their lifetime; The price of agarwood in the South China Sea is higher than that of gold, because it can only grow in a very small number of areas, and the growth is very slow. But if there are more fish in the East China Sea than in the Yellow River, and there are more agarwood in the South China Sea than the reeds by the river, will it be precious? Among the countries in Shandong, Wei was the first to open the 'Teach of Exhausting Strength', and Han Zhao followed. Qi and Chu are blessed, Qi and Chu have two crops of rice in the east and south, plus the war of no fallen countries for decades, the granaries of these countries are almost full, if they get the public plough again, the annual grain output doubles, so what? ”
"The grain production of all countries in the world is increasing, and they are not short of grain compared to Lao Qin, so the price of grain in the world will be reduced to an unprecedented low price!" Du Zhi reacted the fastest.
What Du Sikong said is extremely true. There is suddenly several times more grain in the world, and it is no wonder that food prices do not fall! The number of fields in Lao Qin is limited, so he has to use the fields of Wei and Chu? Their countrymen will help Lao Qin grow grain, and then we only need to use a little means, which will make the price of grain fall sharply again, and then there will be a buyer in the whole world in Qin, I am afraid that all the grain merchants in the world will cry and beg to sell us grain, and Lao Qin is still afraid that there will not be enough grain to store? Ten years later, the government should be able to guide the people to develop new fields, and Lao Qin will no longer have to worry about food shortages. Your Majesty, when the time comes, the grain of all countries in the world will enter Lao Qin, and Lao Qin will be the granary of the world, wouldn't it be good? ”
Production and consumption are twin pairs that need to be balanced, and weightlessness on either side will bring economic accidents.
In fact, the productivity of this era was far inferior to that of later generations, and even if there were a reasonable ratio of Bai Dong's new plough and fertilizer, there would definitely not be a matter of pouring milk into the Atlantic Ocean in later generations; It's just that before the consumption psychology of the people in the world has been changed, the productivity has suddenly increased by two or three times or even more, and those farmers will not eat an extra bowl of rice because of this, and then become the children of the spoiled grain, they will only look at the full warehouse of grain and be overjoyed, and then continue to live the days when they eat bran and eat and eat frugally.
In the first few years when the world's people's 'consumption concept' could not keep up with the development of productive forces, when the monarchs of various countries found that their granaries had been piled up, and the grain was about to become moldy and rotten, and when those farmers found that the grain stored at home had attracted countless 'big rats', but they were still reluctant to eat more, big grain merchants like Xu Gong would be 'surprised' to find that the price of grain had fallen!
At this time, Bai Dong would not mind using a little trick to make the price of grain fall more violently, and then Lao Qin only needed to secretly buy enough quantity; If the means are used properly, you may be able to make a little money after 'buying' the food
In the case of advanced science and technology, a secrecy monopoly naturally has the benefits of a secrecy monopoly, but if it can be used well and stir up a storm, I am afraid that the benefits will be even greater. When Bai Dong takes advantage of the cheap, the world will wake up like a dream, and the consumption psychology will gradually mature, which is actually what he likes to see; Sometimes to change this era, it is not necessary to rely on fists, but also on the economy and all kinds of lofty theories built on the basis of the economy.
Since coming to this era, Bai Dong has been playing a game of chess, a big game of chess, intentionally or unintentionally.
All the countries in the world, the kings and princes will one day become his pawns
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