Fang Xiaoyu was taken aback when he heard this: "No, I'm so famous now?" Why don't I know the way? This is the nickname that someone gave me, and it is also 'Imperial Fortified City', so ugly. Xia Yuyan said: "You have only been concerned about developing the territory for almost a year, you must have stayed at home, and you don't know much about the outside news." I've heard that it only took you a year to wipe out all the bandits in Tongshan County, which is really amazing. ”

Fang Xiaoyu smiled weirdly, stretched out his hand and pulled out the Lanting Type 1 lever-type rifle in the right holster and said: "I told all the troops to reequip them with this rifle, but the production is insufficient, so they can only be replaced slowly. ”

Xia Yuyan took the rifle in surprise and tried it: "This gun is so good, what is the range, how is the power?" Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "This gun is not outstanding in terms of range and power, the most outstanding thing is his rate of fire." Fang Xiaoyu took the gun as he spoke, and quickly shot out all the thirteen bullets into the sky, and Xia Yu was dumbfounded. Then, under Xia Yuyan's gaze, Fang Xiaoyu pressed the bullets from the loading port into the tubular magazine one by one, and the thirteen bullets were pressed in only half a minute. ”

Xia Yuyan took the gun again and exclaimed as if rubbing: "Good guy, it's really a good gun, with such a gun, one person can use it for one shift." ”

Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Almost, according to the most skilled gunner, the rate of fire of a rear-loading gun is only twelve rounds a minute, and the best gunner of my gun can fire more than forty rounds a minute." ”

Xia Yuyan shook his head with a wry smile and said, "It would be nice if my troops had this kind of gun, but it's a pity that I still use a front-loading gun there." Fang Xiaoyu was surprised: "How is it possible?" The regular army has all been redressed, why are you so slow? ”

Xia Yuyan said: "What is the change of clothes slow, I don't have the money to change clothes at all, I seem to have a lot of land there, but the population is not much, and the desertification is getting more and more serious, a lot of arable land has been abandoned, and now it has been robbed of a lot of taxes by shipping, my annual surplus is getting less and less, and there are so many places to use money, I am so poor that I am so poor that it is a problem to eat, where is the money to change clothes?" ”

Fang Xiaoyu said strangely: "Marshal Xia's weapon workshop is so profitable, why don't you fund some?" Xia Yuyan said: "My father always wants me to be self-reliant, and the family is not allowed to give me money." In fact, with such a large territory, even if the family is willing to post money, they can't afford it, so I can only figure it out by myself. ”

Fang Xiaoyu pondered for a moment and said: "I have a new type of poplar tree there, which has a very good effect on the desert, if I give you some poplar saplings, I believe that you will be able to control the desertification there within a few years." ”

"Is there such an amazing thing?" Xia Yuyan was surprised: "That's really good, if the environment there can be improved, I can open up more farms, grow more food, and I will have money." Fang Xiaoyu said: "If the third uncle can trust me, don't grow food." ”

"Don't grow food?" Xia Yuyan was a little strange, more than seventy percent of the cultivated land in the Lanfang Empire was grown with grain, because due to the seed problem in this world, the yield of grain per mu was low. Food is always a scarce item, and a rich man like Fang Xiaoyu is not obvious, and the people at the bottom are very short of food, and slaves only have one meal a day. The reason why there are still remnants of slavery in the Lanfang Empire and the inability to increase grain production is also very related, that is, the so-called subordination of production relations to the productive forces.

Xia Yuyan asked, "If I don't grow food, what will I plant?" Fang Xiaoyu said: "Plant cotton." "Fang Xiaoyu knows that Loulan County has long sunshine hours, high temperatures, and relatively arid conditions, which is an excellent area for growing cotton, especially the best long-staple cotton can only be grown in such places.

Of course, the low yield of long-staple cotton is only suitable for textile high-grade clothing, but Fang Xiaoyu still has Xirong cotton plants cultivated by Xiaofeng with strong adaptability, high yield, and quality only slightly worse than long-staple cotton, but he has not found a suitable place to plant. Cotton cultivation has always been controlled by the Cheng family, or needs to be imported, so even the Fang family's cotton textile workshops are not many. Now it's different, as long as it is planted in a large area in Loulan County and there are enough raw materials, Fang Xiaoyu can start to build a large number of textile factories.

The cotton spinning industry will be a very profitable industry for a long time, after all, it is an individual who has to wear clothes, the first industrial revolution in Britain began with the cotton textile industry, and Japan after the Meiji Restoration also relied on the profits of the textile industry for a long time to support the construction of the country and the army.

Fang Xiaoyu said: "Third uncle, as long as you grow cotton, I will buy it all at a high price, and how about providing you with enough food at a low price?" ”

"This?" Xia Yuyan was very moved when he heard this, but pinching the grain in the hands of others is equivalent to giving people a handle, and it will not be easy to do it if Fang Xiaoyu is not good for him in the future. But after thinking about it, Fang Xiaoyu is going to become his niece and son-in-law, that is a family, not to mention that Fang Xiaoyu buys cotton at a high price, and he has money in his hands, as long as he has money, he can't buy food anywhere.

After considering all kinds of pros and cons, Xia Yuyan still gritted his teeth and nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you, as long as you buy it, I will plant all cotton, and we will be allies in the future, and the third uncle can rely on you." ”

Fang Xiaoyu smiled: "That's certain, I can also support the third uncle with some rear-loading guns." Xia Yuyan's eyes lit up and said, "How much support?" Fang Xiaoyu said with a smile: "Of course I can't give away the third uncle for nothing, the emperor is most afraid of collusion with foreign vassals, we can't give people a handle, I can sell it to you at a low price." ”

Xia Yuyan nodded: "Then what price are you going to sell?" Fang Xiaoyu said: "One hundred yuan." Xia Yuyan was surprised: "This is still called a low price?" Fang Xiaoyu said: "This is the price for outsiders, one hundred yuan is true, but I sell one and get forty-nine free." ”

"Huh? Is that okay too? Xia Yuyan immediately understood what Fang Xiaoyu meant to avoid suspicion, and he immediately smiled: "You kid is really cunning enough, I like you more and more." Fang Xiaoyu smiled: "Accept, accept." I don't know how to calculate the third uncle, we are our own people. The two of them looked at each other on their horses and laughed.

The two chatted about the development plan of the territory on the road, and Fang Xiaoyu selectively revealed some to Xia Yuyan to enhance his confidence in cooperating with him. Fang Xiaoyu's development plan is quite huge, and even if only part of it is revealed, Xia Yu was dumbfounded. The two talked about the experience of developing the territorial economy, and Xia Yuyan also praised Fang Xiaoyu's method, and became a confidant for a while.

After more than ten days, they finally came to the capital. has reached the destination, Fang Xiaoyu and Xia Yuyan said goodbye to each other, Xia Yuyan returned to Xia's house, and Fang Xiaoyu went to Lanting Villa first.

Now Lanting Villa has been vacant a lot, only one former deputy of Sun Huaizong, Guo Cheng, is in charge, and many workers have moved to Tongjiang Mansion, and the number is less than half of the heyday. Seeing Fang Xiaoyu coming back, everyone hurried out to greet them, and Fang Xiaoyu naturally encouraged him. After temporarily settling Einstein here, Fang Xiaoyu first went to the Fang family's old house in the capital. Fang Xiaoyu, who returned home, was naturally warmly welcomed by the three grandfathers, Fang Xiaoyu took out a lot of special products for his grandfather to distribute to his family, and even the subordinates in the family got a gift of their own.

didn't stay in the front yard for long, Fang Xiaoyu, who missed his mother, soon came to his mother's courtyard. "Mom, I'm back." Fang Xiaoyu screamed and walked into the house, Xiao Yunting, who was drinking tea in the house, raised her head, looked at Fang Xiaoyu in surprise and opened her hand and said, "Xiaoyu, you are back, come over and let my mother take a good look." ”

Fang Xiaoyu stepped forward quickly, threw himself into his mother's arms and said, "Mom, I miss you in the territory, but I can't leave without summoning me, so I have to endure until now to see you." "Fifteen years of upbringing, Fang Xiaoyu's feelings for Xiao Yunting are very deep, although Fang Xiaoyu has the memory of his previous life, but I have to say that Fang Xiaoyu has regarded his mother in this life as important as his mother in his previous life.

Thinking that she lived in the study and studied back then, her mother moved next door to the study in order to take care of herself nearby. Serve tea and water to yourself every day, boil soup for yourself at night to nourish, catch mosquitoes for yourself in summer, and hand you a stove in winter. Originally, the mother did everything that the next person could do, and took care of herself in every detail.

Over the years, my father has been leading troops abroad, and he didn't return to the capital to serve until last year, but he went to other places to be a lord, and his mother always worried about their father and son, which made Fang Xiaoyu feel very sorry for his mother.