Soon after the beginning of spring, the Manchu court completed the first imperial examination after entering the customs, and Fu Yi, a native of Dongchang Mansion in Shandong, was gradually taken as the first subject champion. Immediately afterwards, the Manchu court executed Zhu Changshu, the king of Lu, who had been surrendered to the Qing Dynasty last year, and Zhu Youxiang, the captured Hongguang Emperor, on the charge of "plotting against the Qing Dynasty", and launched a great purge of the Ming Dynasty's clan.

At the same time, after the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, the reorganization of the Green Camp Han Army was basically completed, and in addition to the Manchu, Mongolian and Han Eight Banners, a large number of Ming Dynasty troops were officially incorporated into the regular Manchu army. The second large-scale southern expedition kicked off, and hundreds of thousands of Manchu troops were divided into three routes, moving south from the western, central, and eastern strategic directions.

The Western Route Army set out from Shaanxi and was responsible for pacifying Sichuan, led by Prince Su Haoge, and its main generals included Dorobelenikan, Ao Bai, the commander of the escort army, and others. The opponents will be Zhang Xianzhong's Great Western Army, which controls half of Sichuan, and the Sichuan Ming Army, led by the famous female general Qin Liangyu, who is partially loyal to the Longwu court.

The middle route army set out from Henan, responsible for the direction of Huguang, with Dorobelle Lekedehun as the main general, and the commander Gongshun Wang Kong Youde, Huaishun Wang Geng Zhongming, the commander of the escort army Borhui, and the Zhenguo general Babutai and other Manchu and Han Eight Banners.

Lekedehun's opponents were the remnants of hundreds of thousands of Dashun troops such as Li Guo and Hao Shaoqi left behind after Li Zicheng's death, as well as the Ming army under He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang. At this time, the remnants of the Dashun Army had officially taken refuge in He Tengjiao, which could be regarded as unanimous to the outside world.

The strength of the Huguang Ming army on the surface was far stronger than that of any other place, so the Manchu Middle Route Army mainly played a strategic role in preventing the Hu Guangming army from reinforcing the other two routes.

The Eastern Route Army was the real main force of this southern expedition, responsible for pacifying the regime of King Lu and Emperor Longwu on the southeast coast. Dorobelebolo served as the commander, and the main generals under his command included Gushan Ezhen Tulai, Gushan Ezhen Han Dai, Commander of the Guardian Army Durd, Forward Commander Nushan, Aung Bang Zhangjing Tong Yangjia, and Green Camp Jiangnan Governor Li Chengdong and others.

Li Chengdong was a subordinate of Gao Jie, one of the four towns in the former Southern Ming Dynasty and Jiangbei, and had the strongest troops among the Ming Dynasty troops in the south of the Yangtze River, who was cruel and ruthless, and personally led the three massacres of Jiading. Because of his meritorious service, Li Chengdong was awarded the official position of Governor of Jiangnan by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and commanded most of the green battalion troops in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. This expedition to the south. Li Chengdong's subordinate will serve as the vanguard of the Eastern Route Army.

In the west, center, and east, the advance and retreat of the three-way army were well-founded and relaxed, and the battle line stretched thousands of miles from east to west, and the bloody rain was imminent.

The Manchu court headed by Prince Rui Dolgon was at the peak of the rise of a dynasty at this time, and the entire Qing court was full of confidence from top to bottom, believing that the overall situation of the world had been decided, and even couldn't wait to start a large-scale land enclosure movement in Hebei, forcibly dividing up hundreds of thousands of hectares of land and rewarding them to the nobles of the Manchu Eight Banners.

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May 5, 1646. The Ming Empire was on March 20 of the second year of Longwu, and the beginning of summer.

Guangdong, which had been raining all the time, started to rain on this day. The belated spring rains appeared to be abundant and widespread, delighting drought-worried Cantonese citizens.

However, no one would have predicted that this year's rain would be more than a month, which would cause a rare flood, and no one knew that this flooding and the crisis of the Manchu Qing Dynasty going south would become a major disaster in Guangdong's modern history.

The relatively stable Guangdong continued to attract an influx of refugees from the northern provinces, and even because Zhao Youheng sent troops to quell the war of the "Jingjiang King's rebellion", many of the disaster-stricken refugees from Guangxi also entered the borders of Guangdong.

Zhao Youheng is now buried almost every day in the sea of books sent by officials from all over Guangdong. The time that was freed up was to organize people to evacuate a large number of displaced people in various places, or to meet with the generals of the New Army and the scattered officials in the north who had fled from Huguang, and to integrate and analyze all internal and external information on the enemy and ourselves. Always be prepared to deal with the upcoming Qing army's southern expedition.

As for the trade cooperation agreement left by the previous visit of Chinese and American diplomats, Zhao Youheng, who had not yet fully digested it, neither agreed nor refused, but directly wrote a simple "to be discussed" reply and put it aside for the time being. At least on the surface. It can be regarded as an attitude of formally accepting diplomatic contacts between the two sides.

Today, Zhao Youheng rarely put aside all official duties and held a banquet in his own house. Because the grandson of the Zhao family is full moon.

Zhao Youheng had a son in his later years, and he successfully got a grandson, the mountains and rivers are not round, but the small family is full, which can be regarded as another comfort for him in a tense moment. In order to embody the optimistic spirit of sharing and having fun, Zhao Youheng also sent a housekeeper to set up a relief station at the city gate to provide gruel for the homeless beggars.

Although the full moon banquet of the grandson of the Zhao family did not send out invitations, it also attracted many Guangzhou officials and squires to congratulate, and even Wang Changyan, who was far away in Qiongzhou, appeared in Guangzhou on time on the day of the banquet.

Zhao Youheng, the governor of Guangdong, is a good official, and the people of Guangzhou know it very well. At a time when the number of displaced people outside the city is surging, the prices in the city are soaring, and the northern soldiers are about to be killed, Zhao Youheng has made every effort to stabilize the situation in Guangdong. In the past year, the Zhao family has sold their wealth many times to take the initiative to help refugees outside Guangzhou, which has also been praised by the people.

Most of the visitors are uninvited without invitations, and Zhao Youheng can only make the etiquette as thoughtful as possible. When this semi-public family banquet was over, Zhao Youheng had time to count the gifts piled up in the front yard one by one, and Zhao Youheng, who thought he was honest, was also happy to nod frequently, but he would also return the salute to all the people who gave gifts and congratulations at the right time.

The Zhao family's grandson is full moon, and most of the guests who really have invitations are relatives, among which his brother-in-law Liu Yaoyu is naturally the first to be the first, and there are also several relatives of the Zhao family who fled south from Shandong last year.

These Zhao clansmen initially stood by and watched the Shandong Liu family's full house raid case, for fear of affecting themselves, and watched Zhao Youheng, the son-in-law of the Liu family, being implicated in Qiongzhou. Now the feng shui is turning, the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, Shandong fell, and the Zhao family also fell into the pit, some of them died, some of them were reluctant to surrender to the family business, and a few hard-boned but timid people could only go south to avoid disaster.

In addition to his own funding, Zhao Youheng also had to use his status and the face of his brother-in-law Liu Yaoyu to greet Qiongzhou or Guangzhou in private with a shy face, so that he could barely settle these Zhao clansmen.

In order to repay the help of the Qiongzhou royal family to the fallen Zhao clan, and to commend the strong support given by the Qiongzhou royal family in the formation of the Guangdong New Army, Zhao Youheng fulfilled his promise and recommended Wang Changyan, the son of the royal family, to serve as the superintendent of the seventh Guangdong Province when he announced that he would be attached to the ****** of the Lu Wangjian State. However, in a few months, he was promoted to Qiongzhou Military Reserve Road, and grasped the real power of Qiongzhou, which can be said to have given the Wang family enough face.

The ancestor of the Wang family in Qiongzhou is a generation of famous ministers Wang Hongzhi, a first-class Guangdong famous family, this Wang Changyan is a descendant of the long house, and has always been a seedling carefully cultivated by the Wang family. However, Wang Changyan does not have much talent, and with the great business of the family, he has also lost his positive motivation, just relying on the merits of his ancestors. Enyin Guozi Prison Supervisor.

The Manchu Qing Dynasty went south, Nanjing fell, and Wang Changyan was lucky enough to escape back to his hometown. The identity of a national eunuch "shadow eunuch" is at best a person-like grade, and the official position of being able to serve as a military reserve in Qiongzhou is completely a hundred feet from the ground, and has become the umbrella of the local officialdom of the Qiongzhou squire.

In the original history, Wang Changyan was an out-and-out traitor. When the Qing soldiers entered Hainan, Wang Changyan surrendered with his family, and participated in the suppression of the anti-Qing uprisings of the people of all ethnic groups in Hainan many times, and finally died at the hands of the rebels, which can be regarded as a ruined reputation. Lost face to his ancestors.

Today, Wang Changyan was not engaged in official business, but actually swaggered through the streets and alleys, rushing several large truckloads of gifts to congratulate him, and deliberately delayed leaving on the pretext of consulting local official business. On the ability to be a man and an official. Wang Changyan had already arrived home, but it made Zhao Youheng secretly unhappy in his heart.

The guests dispersed, and in the study, Wang Changyan, who was in his thirties, showed his talent. Dressed in an official uniform and hat, Zhao Youheng, who was facing the desk, respectfully bowed as a disciple.

"The teacher is responsible for state affairs, and the people know it. Students are only shallow in their studies, and they can't sleep at night...... Although Guangdong Province is far away from the soldiers, the sage can live in peace and think of danger for a long time. But now that the people are all over the place, the price of food is high, and everything is chaotic, it is really difficult to make a difference with the power of Lingnan Province alone. In this critical situation, those who have no heart are drunk and dream of death, but those who have a heart have no way to repay the results, and the students are very uneasy, and they also ask the teacher for advice. ”

Wang Changyan seems to have been prepared for a long time, first blowing Zhao Youheng into the sky with a sycophant, and then suddenly taking a sharp turn for the worse, pouring bitter water on the current situation in Guangdong.

Quietly looking at this "student" who was holding it in one hand, Zhao Youheng pondered in his heart what the other party had just said, and seemed to hear some meaning.

It was just an official encouragement, commenting on Wang Changyan's achievements in Qiongzhou, and by the way, thanking the Wang family for the gift he sent this time, Zhao Youheng ended the talks on the grounds of official business.

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At night, the candlelight in the Zhao family's study was bright, Zhao Youheng walked around the room in civilian clothes, his steps were messy, and his expression was very gloomy, while his wife and brother Liu Yaoyu, who was sitting on one side, were silent.

"When the old man saw that his Wang family had a heart for the country, he took the lead in donating money and food, and assisted the local government in running the new army. Otherwise, how can he be in a key position in the local area! ”

"In the past, the children of the Qiongzhou squires joined the new army, and later Wang Changyan was recommended as an official. Now he is actually an official of the Huang family and the Zhang family, and when the old man is Yan Song, who sells official beards, is he a member of Yan Song? ! It's ridiculous! ”

Zhao Youheng was tired of walking, stopped, pointed at the silent Liu Yaoyu with his finger, and said in a very stern tone: "What the old man values is the ability of your ninth brother, and the kindness and righteousness of the Nanhai Company in helping the people and prospering the industry over the years, and the court sees it in the eyes!" If you ask for an official by donating money and food, you will fall into the injustice of the old man! ”

"Who doesn't know that the Wang family of Ding'an, the Huang family and the Zhang family of Danzhou have frequently married over the years, and they have become one, and only these three families in Qiongzhou are dominant, and the surrounding mountains are like their own backyards, and the wind of joint stock associations is all over the local squire officials. If you are no longer satisfied, don't blame the old man for turning his face and not recognizing people! ”

After speaking, Zhao Youheng sat back on his seat in a huff, took a big sip of tea, and no longer looked at Liu Yaoyu.

After a stick of incense, Liu Yaoyu sighed, slowly stood up, and bowed his head slightly to Zhao Youheng: "What my brother-in-law said is the demeanor of loyalty. In other words, everyone in Qiongzhou knows that without the help of his brother-in-law and the power of the three families, Qiongzhou Xinye and Nanhai Company would not be where they are today. This is a donation for the country, and it is also for himself to seek a peace ......"

"Who else can touch them at this time? If Qiongzhou and others are really duty, how can they pollute people's ears and eyes. Hmph, what a Wang Changyan, I beat around the bush, I know that the old man doesn't like it in my heart, and I let you be a lobbyist! ”

The teacup in Zhao Youheng's hand fell heavily on the bookcase, making a crisp sound.

"We are the squires and merchants. No matter how much money you spend, you can't just seek wealth and security. If you can't ask for money and security, you can only ask for yourself. Liu Yaoyu was unmoved, and continued to talk slowly, "The world is restless, the country and politics are divided, there is Zheng Zhilong slandering the sea, and then there is Ding Chukui who abuses the businessmen and people, fortunately, I have a brother-in-law in a province, and the people are united." in order to turn the crisis around. Now the new army of the three towns is defending Lingnan, and the brother-in-law is maintaining the overall situation with the strength of one person, and the Wang and the squire of Qiongzhou just want to do their best, if the brother-in-law thinks that someone is harboring evil intentions, he will not say these ......"

"The old man knows that they secretly collaborated with the Oriental Union Group to drive out Ding Chukui, and I have allowed Huamei maritime merchants to enter the mainland from Qionghai and Danzhou to do business, which is to facilitate the new business of the Nanhai Company and the Qiongzhou gentry. The ancients said: Do something, don't do something. The general trend is overwhelming. The old man lacks skills, and all things in Qiongzhou also need the ninth brother to think more and think more. Don't let more heresies happen! Now the old man is alone in Guangdong, and it is already difficult to support a lonely tree, and if there is a slight difference, it will leave a reputation for generations. ”

Seeing that his wife and brother were talking about the fact that the squire of Qiongzhou fully supported him to seize power and build a new army. Zhao Youheng's attitude softened a lot. After all, just half a month ago, the Nanhai Company raised some money for itself and provided a batch of low-cost relief grain and grass.

"My brother-in-law is very good. But ......" Liu Yaoyu's eyes flashed with a glimmer of light, and then he slowly raised his head and stared at Zhao Youheng's eyes, "If my brother-in-law is really inadequate, once the soldiers are in the realm, or after Antai, there will be more Ding Chukui and Li Chukui in Guangdong, who will clean it up?" ”

"Brother-in-law, Sage Yun: There is a difference between intimacy and intimacy. Not to mention anything else, our Qiongzhou family is worried about it right now...... If you don't spend a lot of money to buy bones at this time, how many squires are willing to advance and retreat with your brother-in-law? ”

Liu Yaoyu continued to strike while the iron was hot.

Zhao Youheng was stunned for a moment, and his face gradually became solemn.

Strictly speaking, Ding Chukui was forced away by the current situation, not how capable he was. More than ten years ago, even a gold-medal feudal official like Xiong Wencan would be helpless to do something about the local government. But in the same way, if someone is really ruthless, the new Qiongzhou New Deal, which has developed well in recent years, will also be burned in the collision and come to naught.

Now he is in charge of the military and political affairs of a province, except for nominally being attached to the court of the king of eastern Zhejiang, he is actually already a separatist party, and there is no essential difference between He Tengjiao, the governor of Huguang, Wan Yuanji, the governor of Jiangxi, and Zhai Shiyun, the governor of Guangxi. But without the support of the local government, especially the support of the Qiongzhou squires who think they are their own family background, they can be said to be unable to move an inch.

There are many prestigious old officials and Confucians in Guangdong, and the big families in Qiongzhou are even more ready to move, Ding Chukui can be ruthless to Qiongzhou, and some people behind him have not been less, which is also the reason why the new policy in Qiongzhou has been difficult to promote outside Qiongzhou. Strictly speaking, the Zhao family is still from other provinces, and their foundation in Guangdong is not solid, if they offend the only Qiongzhou squire who supports them 100%, the consequences are unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Zhao Youheng chuckled in his heart. This is a kind of inner struggle, vacillating pain, he can't watch his half-life work to support the cause of the Ming Dynasty collapse in such a situation, even if many mistakes are not his own.

"During the Jingtai period of the National Dynasty, in order to help the border army, the imperial court had the matter of the 'routine supervision' of the national sub-supervisor. Compared with the stingy squires of Guangzhou, Chaozhou, Huizhou and other places, my vast and sparsely populated Qiongzhou Mansion has done its best for the big tomorrow. No matter how poor the squire of Qiongzhou is, he is also a scholarly family who is good at civil affairs and understands the general situation, and has also produced two famous Confucian examples, Hai Rui and Wang Hongxue. ”

"Brother-in-law naturally doesn't have to do the matter of selling his official beard. However, the squire of Qiongzhou donated money and grain to the imperial court and was awarded the title of an example of a supervisor, which is also reasonable for this national situation. Since then, my brother-in-law has also explained, and it will not chill the heart of the Qiongzhou scholar. ”

After Liu Yaoyu finished speaking, he bowed deeply.

The regular eunuch, also known as the "donation prison" or "Junxiu", has a nice name, but simply put, it is a kind of student recruited by the Ming Dynasty Guozijian by collecting money. After the expiration of the regular supervision period, the local official position can be selected through the examination and evaluation, which belongs to one of the personnel promotion systems recognized by the imperial court. Not to mention anything else, Zheng Chenggong started his political career in Nanjing Guozijian.

The implication is that Zhao Youheng does not need to directly and nakedly use his official position to repay the donations of the squires in Qiongzhou, but only needs to use the name of "donating to the national prison" on the surface and directly push the responsibility to King Lu.

Now King Lu ****** set up a platform in eastern Zhejiang, and there are countless officials who rely on donating money and grain.

What's more, in the history of the Ming Dynasty, there were people who guarded the old age in the Guozi Prison and did not come out. It's also a lot. More often than not, the squire of Qiongzhou still needs an identity and a confidence, and if it is really a straw bag, it is estimated that it will not be included in the reporting list. If you can really dig out a few talents similar to Chen Shangchuan from these routine prisons, it is equivalent to truly cultivating your own lineage.

It's an eventful time now, and it's important to cherish feathers as a feudal official who has read poetry and books, but once it comes to life and death, it's not a matter of face.

The most important thing is that as long as the regular supervision is opened, I believe that in addition to the Qiongzhou gentry, there will be a large number of small and medium-sized landlords or businessmen in various parts of Guangdong who are willing to seize this opportunity. The shortage of money and food will be greatly alleviated.

In particular, there is now a Guangfu Company in Guangdong that is obviously supported by the Huamei Oriental Union Group and has been fighting openly and secretly with the Qiongzhou Nanhai Company, if it can really take advantage of this opportunity to win over Rod and others, it will have a new maneuverable space for Zhao Youheng, who has been subject to the Qiongzhou squire for a long time.

Thinking of this, Zhao Youheng did not have an emotional outburst this time, but got up and walked slowly, and when he walked in front of Liu Yaoyu, he stopped and smiled: "You, you, you can also say flowers when you bargain." That's fine. The old man turned around and wrote letters to Lord Xiao and Lord Chen, in order to help the country's merits, and to raise a number of scholars in Guangdong Province. However, King Lu is far away in eastern Zhejiang, and the sea route is uneven at present. It is inconvenient to go, and as soon as the prisoner is indicated, he will temporarily stay in Guangdong to study. ”

Liu Yaoyu saw that Zhao Youheng had finally compromised, and he was relieved, and hurriedly took out a letter from his arms. solemnly handed it to Zhao Youheng: "Brother-in-law, this is the request of Nanhai Company to purchase 'Yitun' in Danzhou, and wants to buy 600,000 acres of wasteland. To be an example of new agricultural industry, cultivating rice and South Sea crops. If this can be done, it can settle many displaced people in Guangzhou, and even lose millions of rice stones a year! ”

Encircle 600,000 acres of farmland at one time?! Your sister's tun is clearly buying and selling! Zhao Youheng's hand shook and he almost didn't hold it.

In the past, when the Nanhai Company called for wind and rain in Qiongzhou, it was only a piecemeal purchase of tens of thousands of acres and tens of thousands of acres, and more often the Nanhai Company took the lead in mobilizing landlords from all over the country to lease the land to the Nanhai Company on the condition of shares.

Qiongzhou is notoriously vast and sparsely populated, coupled with many Shengli rebellions and scattered populations in history, the number of acres in many old land books has long been untrue. Even in Ding'an County and Lingao County, which are now prosperous, there are still a lot of fragmented fields that are still in abandonment. Let's not talk about whether these 600,000 mu of land is really wasteland, the scale of this enclosure alone is almost three or four hundred thousand taels of silver.

"Well, yes, it's worth praising for the country. However, this should be handled by the Danzhou magistrate, ask me what to do? Zhao Youheng remained silent, flipped it slightly, and put it back on the desk.

"Brother-in-law, in order not to hurt the local farmers in Danzhou, the labor of Danzhou Yitun of the Nanhai Company must also be taken from the displaced people in Guangdong, which is not the authority of Lord Fang of Danzhou Zhizhou......" Liu Yaoyu smiled slightly, his eyes flashed with pride, "Therefore, Lord Fang thinks that the resettlement of displaced people in Yitun in this place must also be approved by the governor of Guangdong." ”

"In your opinion, part of the purchase of land and silver can be entered into the governor's yamen...... Hehe, this is the idea that Fang Zhizhou waited for you? Can he get this mouthful of meat out? ”

Zhao Youheng immediately guessed that the 600,000 mu of land occupied by the Nanhai Company was not simple, and it was definitely necessary to use some tough means to eliminate trouble, and according to the previous style of the Nanhai Company, it was ironclad that many Qiongzhou officials were tired of it. That Fang Zhizhou naturally didn't dare to go too far, so he obediently sent part of the benefits to Zhao Youheng, and on the surface, he disposed of it in the name of the cost of the relocation of the displaced people in the Yamen, the governor of Guangdong.

Liu Yaoyu hurriedly surrendered his hand: "Circle purchase 200,000 taels of wasteland, and send out 200,000 taels of 'settled silver' for the displaced people to help the government attract the people!" In order to know the meaning of the state, this settlement silver should not enter Danzhou. ”

The settlement of the silver is the strange tax that Ding Chukui specially set for Qiongzhou in the name of investigating the private drainage of foreign households in Qiongzhou: refugees from other places who are hired by the squires of Qiongzhou have to pay three coins of silver every year for three consecutive years.

Now Nanhai Company is willing to take the initiative to pay this Ding Chukui corruption decree that has been abolished by Zhao Youheng, and it is a one-time payment of 200,000 taels of silver.

Even according to Ding Chukui's calculation method, if he introduces 100,000 displaced people to Qiongzhou in one go, he can collect up to 100,000 taels of silver. How was the 200,000 taels calculated? Could this be the return that Nanhai Company has prepared for itself?

With 200,000 taels of silver, more than half of the annual silver salary expenses of the New Army in the Three Towns can be solved, and it is clear that a group of people in Qiongzhou are sending money! Zhao Youheng was completely stunned at this time.

"Of course, it can also be regarded as 500,000 taels of silver to buy 600,000 wasteland, of which 200,000 taels were handed over to the yamen of the governor of Guangdong for relief." Liu Yaoyu continued to strike while the iron was hot.

"Fang Zhizhou is really loyal to the country! Okay, Ben Fu will send someone to Danzhou with you tomorrow to handle this matter and collect the silver! However, if Danzhou hurts the people because of the land enclosure, Benfu will definitely be severely punished afterwards! ”

After half a pillar of incense, Zhao Youheng gritted his teeth and slammed the table.

And Liu Yaoyu nodded solemnly, saying that he would never cause trouble to Zhao Youheng.

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The gentry shareholders of the Nanhai Company have done a good job of enclosing land over the years, and most of the tenant farmers in Qiongzhou have given up working for the local old landlords. Either enter the workshops set up by the gentry in various hometowns, or become employees of the Nanhai Company.

Unable to compete with emerging agricultural capital such as the Nanhai Company, many yeoman farmers in Qiongzhou had to sell their fields and become farm workers in the Nanhai Company, and now the land price in Qiongzhou has fallen to the point where it is only one or two silver per mu of high-quality cooked land.

Danzhou is one of the most powerful Qiongzhou boundaries of the Nanhai Company, and in the process of sweeping Qiongzhou by a group of new landlords, it is now difficult for the local conservative landlords and old fortunes to stop the outflow of tenants, and a large empty field is worrying. Counting all kinds of dots and coercion and temptation, plus the real wasteland, Nanhai Company actually paid less than 200,000 taels of silver, and the average price of buying land was cheaper than Zhao Youheng imagined.

In order to stabilize this mouthful of meat, under the operation of the Qiongzhou royal family, from the prefect of Qiongzhou to the military preparation road of Qiongzhou and then to the governor of Danzhou, almost everyone who is above the ninth grade has hard work, and there is a small number of dry stocks above the seventh grade.

Through the hints of the Oriental Union Union, the Nanhai Company had already foreseen that the price of grain in Guangdong was unlikely to fall below three taels of silver per stone in the next few years, and was ready to spend a huge amount of money to introduce advanced steam tractors and agricultural machinery from the Huamei Oriental Union Group to plant two or even three crops of rice on a large scale.

With the beautiful and sophisticated agricultural tools, this 600,000-acre super farm can be operated with only one-thirtieth of the previous agricultural power. Even if it is planted extensively, with the addition of Huamei agricultural fertilizer technology, the annual output of rice is at least 2 million stones. Roughly calculated, the planting cost of rice per stone will be less than eighty percent of that of ordinary Ming self-cultivated farmers, and they can return to their original costs in one year, and they will begin to make a lot of money in the second year.

If the price of grain falls, then immediately switch to other more valuable crops, have land in hand, and have an OUCC group that can buy everything, no matter how you think about it, you will not lose money. (To be continued.) )