Liu Xing told the farming strategy and inventory in his heart, but Yue Fei and Wu Jue's expressions were completely different after listening to it. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

What is Yue Fei's expression? His expression was one of surprise and surprise. What is Wu Jue's expression? His expression was a wicked smile and an indifferent look.

"I know, if you think of a new strategy, first of all, it will be a strategy that will increase the income of the imperial court."

With a wicked smile, Wu Jue stared at Liu Xingdao: "Three tens of billions of catties of grain a year, those soldiers of the Agricultural Reclamation Corps and their families will eat one-third at most." Half of the remaining 20 billion catties is enough to support other expenses of the soldiers' families, hehehe, after this year, the imperial court can receive at least 10 billion catties of grain from agricultural reclamation every year, which is really a good strategy! ”

"Tens of billions of catties of grain a year, that's enough to feed how many people! My God, Taifu, you are too shrewd in your calculations. Not only can the millions of troops return to the field without regrets, but also allow me to increase the income of tens of billions of grains from now on, which is too cost-effective and a wonderful strategy! Yue Fei also looked at Liu Xing and said with admiration on his face when Wu Jue's voice fell.

"No, the land of the Western Regions is different from the Sanjiang Wasteland, where the barren land and the climate with little water are not suitable for growing food." Hearing the words of appreciation from the two, Liu Xing frowned and said: "The cotton produced in Shaanxi, Fujian and Guangzhou is the crop that I want to plant after I want the Western Regions to focus on clearing the wasteland. ”

The words stopped slightly, and when he said this, Liu Xing looked at the two of them sideways, and then said: "The Western Regions trade route extends in all directions, reaching many countries far away. The land there is either desertified or extremely barren, and the kind of cotton that has entered the port from Quanzhou and has now been successfully introduced and planted by many provinces can quickly form a new industry through the Silk Road SF Yangfan. ”

"Cotton? It is said that it is not strong after being spun into thread, but it is really warm when it is made into clothes. If you let all the soldiers of the 500,000 Western Regions Agricultural Reclamation Corps plant those, where will the food problems of the 500,000 people and the security needs you give come from? Hearing Liu Xing's words, Wu Jue couldn't help but ask his questions again.

If he has questions, it means that he is really using his brain, and he is considering the problem from all sides. For Wu Jue to be able to think like this, Liu Xing is actually very happy and gratified.

Happy in his heart, Liu Xing naturally didn't want to have reservations about him, and said directly: "The cotton thread is not strong, that's because the current cotton spinning methods are not smart enough." I'm a firm believer that if you give me some time, give some time to the skilled craftsmen in the Hunter Valley. In a few months, we will be able to participate in the development of more sophisticated cotton spinning methods and equipment. ”

After a slight pause in his words, Liu Xing's face was full of firmness and said: "At that time, all the cotton clothes in winter will be replaced with cotton cloth, and the clothes close to the body will no longer be silk and silk." The most important thing is that if the cost of cotton spinning is clever, its cost will be far lower than that of silk, which can be called the mainstream material clothing widely worn by the people of the Great Song Dynasty. ”

"If we improve the cotton seeds that come in from overseas in the future, we can increase their production. In a few years, the cotton silk and cotton clothes of my Great Song Dynasty will be called a new and far-reaching trade after silk and porcelain. The benefits it will bring to my Great Song Dynasty will only be stronger than silk, not weaker than silk. Stopping again, Liu Xing seemed to have said something concluding.

After hearing this, Wu Jue's frowning brows relaxed, and after showing a smile, he said: "If it is really as you expected, I am afraid that this matter is not something that the royal army and our military department can handle." If you want to make cotton a new rich country treasure, and let the Western Regions become a sea of cotton. Hehe, I'm afraid this will have to be done with the cooperation of many departments in the cabinet. ”

The development of new economic growth points is indeed not something that the royal army and the military department can accomplish independently.

To support cotton planting, we must first have the financial and financial support of the branch, and to develop the cotton textile industry, we need the Ministry of Trade and other relevant ministries, departments and agencies to reach out.

The big strategy was thought out by Liu Xing, and when getting along with the overall big strategy, Liu Xing naturally thought of these follow-up problems.

Knowing that the problem would inevitably arise, Liu Xing naturally had a certain number in his heart.

After Wu Jue said the problem, Liu Xing smiled indifferently: "Of course, the cotton spinning trade needs the cooperation of other departments in the cabinet, but in terms of cotton production and the establishment and development of the cotton spinning industry, hehe, I really don't want the agricultural reclamation corps in the Western Regions to be too subject to the cabinet." ”

"Oh, then what are you going to do so that the other departments in the cabinet will not be able to balance and restrain the Western Regions Reclamation Corps in this matter?" Seeing Liu Xing's indifferent look, Wu Jue knew that Liu Xing must have a fixed number in his heart, but he still asked.

Hearing his question, Liu Xing still smiled indifferently and said: "The Western Regions is not my native Song Dynasty, except for Ma Kuo's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, I will clearly not interfere with other divisions." The new fields that were opened are very useful, even if he Zhao Ding, I will use a series of clear rules to tell him, do not interfere. ”

After a short pause, Liu Xing continued after a little thought: "After the cotton becomes a cotton textile, except for the Ministry of International Trade, I still don't allow other companies to intervene in it. As for the initial investment, I am not going to use the branch funds to support, I only need to ask Zhao Ding to give me a series of laws and regulations, clearly determining that any commercial activities engaged in by the agricultural reclamation will never pay taxes, and the profits will only be handed over to a certain amount, and the money, grain and other things handed over will only be transferred to the royal army and not to the national treasury. ”

"Are you going to use cotton and cotton spinning as a means for my Great Song Dynasty royal army to develop on its own in the future without dragging down the court and the people?"

Hearing Liu Xing's words, Wu Jue suddenly looked at Liu Xing with a smile again: "If this can really be done, haha, then even if you see tens of millions of soldiers and horses again, as long as the cotton spinning shop is done, there is no need to do layoffs to prepare!" ”

"Yes and no. It is necessary to take the cotton spinning industry as the foundation of strengthening the army in the future, but it is not necessary to send tens of millions of soldiers and horses in the future to increase the burden on the court and the people. There are too many tens of millions of soldiers and horses, and what I need in the future is to strengthen the government with elite soldiers, rather than overly miscellaneous troops. ”

As soon as Wu Jue finished speaking, Liu Xing shook his head: "100,000 miscellaneous troops can't stand up to my 3,000 elite divisions." In the future, even if the cotton spinning industry really supports the self-sufficiency of most of our military expenditures in the Great Song Dynasty, we can no longer blindly expand our military strength, but must arrange and dispatch various departments in a planned and orderly manner. (To be continued.) )