"Suzhou and Hangzhou are ripe, the world is full", literally understood, as long as Suzhou and Hangzhou have a bumper harvest, the world can be rich.

It's an exaggeration, but it's not entirely.

Flipping through the map of the Three Kingdoms, you can find that Suzhou was called Wu County in this era, and Hangzhou was called Qiantang. Coincidentally, in this era, these two places were in Sun Ce's ruling area.

However, this does not mean that the Jiangdong Group is not short of food. Not because the wind is unadjusted and the rain is not smooth for many years, but because the phrase "Suzhou and Hangzhou are ripe, and the world is full" is not applicable in this era.

This sentence first appeared in the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty, and was found in Gao Side's "Shameful Manuscript - Ningguofu Persuasion of Nongwen".

From a modern point of view, many areas south of the Yangtze River in China have fertile land and a large yield per mu, and they can be planted for two to three seasons a year. The famous paddy soil is found in many parts of the south, which is very suitable for growing rice, and the south accounts for most of the country's grain production. However, before the Southern Song Dynasty, this was not the case.

The heavy amount of rain in the south has led to a serious loss of soil fertility, and the little humus that is easy to accumulate in the soil will soon be washed away by the rain. Moreover, among the nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers required by plants, nitrogen fertilizer and potassium fertilizer are very soluble in water, and these two fertilizers in the soil are easily lost. Therefore, after countless years of rain erosion, the soil in the south is dominated by barren red soil. Red soil is weakly acidic and not suitable for crop growth.

Therefore, before the Southern Song Dynasty, the yield per mu of land in the south was lower than that in the north. During that period, China's main grain producing areas were in the Huai River Basin, Sichuan Basin and other regions. At the turn of the Northern and Southern Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty regime was destroyed after the disgrace of Jingkang, and the newly established regime was driven to the south by the Jurchens, and the Southern Song Dynasty regime was established, with its capital in the Suzhou and Hangzhou regions. The Huai River region in the north no longer seemed safe, and as a last resort, the imperial court intensified the development of the southern land, and after hundreds of years of continuous planting and transformation, the barren soil in the south became the fertile paddy soil now.

Therefore, the Jiangdong Group in the Three Kingdoms era is really short of food! When Tian Fan told Sun Quan to exchange tea for twice the grain produced per unit of land, Sun Quan could no longer be calm.

His breathing was noticeably shorter, but he didn't lose his temper.

After a while, he adjusted his mood, waved his hand resolutely, and said in a deep voice: "No, I want five times as much grain, and besides, it's five acres of your Xuzhou!" ”

Tian Fan shook his head without hesitation and said, "Impossible!" Zhongmou, you kid can really ask for a sky-high price, five times? Also Xuzhou's standards? You give it to me? No way, it's absolutely impossible! ”

Sun Quan looked at Tian Fan and said, "Brother Boguang, I want five times, in fact, you still have a lot of money, and you have a lot of money!" If you think about it, now tea has spread in the high-level of Xuzhou, there is a way that 'the top is good, the bottom will be very good', I believe that it will not be long before the value of tea will skyrocket, and even the price is not in the market. At this time, you suddenly throw a large amount of tea, how many times can you earn? So, I have to go fivefold! ”

Tian Fan shook his head, looked at Sun Quan without blinking, and said, "Zhongmou, my brother also has to settle accounts, to tell you the truth, you are right!" ”

Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, and said in surprise: "Then why don't you agree?" ”

Tian Fan smiled and said: "The reason is very simple, in fact, in one sentence, tea is dispensable, but food must be available!" One can skip tea, but not eat! You also know the grain output of my Xuzhou, one mu can be compared to your two acres, or even four acres. I'll take a step, you Jiangdong plant one acre of tea, and I will exchange the grain output of two acres of land in Xuzhou. In other words, if you plant one acre of tea, you can exchange it for four or even eight acres of land in Jiangdong to produce grain, so cheap, are you still not satisfied?

"Besides, if you Jiangdong people taste the sweetness and plant tea on two million acres of land, what will you let me do? Do I change or not? If we change, how much land do we have in Xuzhou? Can we drink that much tea? If we don't change it, won't it hurt our brother's feelings? You tell me? ”

After a slight pause, he continued: "Also, tea is suitable for growing well in your Jiangdong, but I need to provide specific processing technology." You only have raw tea, no processing technology, what can you produce? This technique is not all mine, the general idea is mine, and the specific research is from the clan of the Sichuan people, can I teach you the technique of tea frying without their consent? I can't compensate anyone? I must not earn back from you these compensations? Are you stupid for me? ”

After saying that, he stopped talking. I took a sip of the tea bowl, and then "bah blah" again.

When Sun Quan heard this, his face was gloomy and uncertain, and after thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said categorically: "Four acres, don't do it if you don't do it!" ”

Tian Fan smiled lightly and said, "Zhongmou, stupid, aren't you?" is still the same sentence, only we in Xuzhou need tea in the world, in other words, only my Tian family, only my Tian Fan. Hehe, don't think I'm talking big, don't think that you have tea, Xuzhou has a market, you can sell tea into Xuzhou without me. Do you think that there are families and businessmen waiting to get rich in Xuzhou? Just sell the tea to them, and that's it?

"To tell you the truth, you may not know how much energy I Tian Fan has, but I dare to say that as long as I don't want something to enter Xuzhou, this kind of thing will never enter Xuzhou! Merchants are profit-seeking, okay, anyway, tea is a rarity, whoever sells it, I will arrest whom, and if I catch it, I will destroy his three clans, I think who would dare? Boy, I'm a general, and if I don't have a little blood on my hands, is that still a general? ”

After taking a sip of tea, and then "baba One acre of land in exchange for four acres or more of the grain produced by the land, such a big benefit, can you give it up casually? Don't talk nonsense! Can you give it up, your brother, can your brother Gongjin give it up? I'm not afraid to tell you, they will definitely agree to this matter, if you don't agree, I will write a letter to Jiangdong, and Brother Bofu will beat you without hesitation! If you don't do it, he will carry an ancient ingot knife in his hand, step on Hot Wheels, and rush to Xuzhou to beat you! ”

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong listened, and couldn't help but sigh for a while, and hurriedly lowered their heads and drank tea to cover up.

Sun Quan's face was blue and white for a while, and after a while, he said hatefully: "Brother Boguang, count you ruthless!" But you can't just say as much as you want, right? Anyway, you've got to let me do a little bit, right? Even if it means something, it's always okay, right? ”

Tian Fan smiled and said, "Wouldn't it be okay to say that earlier?" Well...... Okay, I'll give you one more step! Two and a half acres, that is, you plant one acre of tea on the land, process it and give it to me, and I will give you fifteen stone of grain, how about it? ”

Sun Quan thought about it, let out a long breath, and said, "Okay, deal!" ”

Tian Fan nodded and said, "Don't be busy making a deal, I'm conditional!" ”

Sun Quan was stunned for a moment, and said a little nervously: "What are the conditions?" ”

Tian Fan smiled slightly and said, "Two conditions, first, the covenant between Xuzhou and Jiangdong must be reached. Second, I only need the output of 300,000 acres of land, and I don't want more. Also, you can't say that the amount of tea produced is as much as it is, I have to send someone to supervise it. If you plant 100,000 mu and say 300,000 mu, then I won't lose a lot? Don't be unhappy, it's still the same sentence, brothers should also settle accounts! ”

Sun Quan nodded and asked, "Is the tea processing technology complicated?" Is it costly? If the cost is too high, it's really not worth it! ”

Tian Fan smiled and said, "It's not too high!" Well, let's put it this way, it's about two to three times the cost of growing food, and two or three times the number of people, because tea picking is a time-consuming and laborious job. Also, there are a few things that need to be purchased to process tea...... However, these things can be used for many years at a time, so the average cost is not too high! ”

Sun Quan bowed slightly, and silently calculated in his heart, 300,000 mu, one mu of fifteen stone grain, calculated to be 4.5 million stone grain, and then deducted the output of the land needed to grow tea, as well as the cost of transportation and processing, the net profit was more than 3 million stone. This grain is enough for 300,000 people, and this deal is worth it! As for the issue of the covenant, Jiang Dong was planning to find trouble with Liu Biao during the covenant, how could he not agree?

He nodded hurriedly, raised his right hand, and said, "A gentleman's word!" ”

Tian Fan raised his right hand, shook his head with a smile, and said, "Do this with me?" Can't trust me? ”

Sun Quan smiled and said, "First the villain, then the gentleman!" ”

The two struck each other three times, and the deal was done.

The tea business is done, and for the Tian family, it is true that it can make a lot of money, but Tian Fan's main purpose is not to make money. When Yuan Shu was conquered last year, because it was August before entering Huainan, it was not the hottest time at that time, and the food and sanitary conditions of the Xuzhou army were better than those of the rest of the princes, so there were not too many soldiers who fell ill because of the water and soil, at least it did not affect the overall combat effectiveness of the army. However, there were also thousands of people in the entire army who lost their combat strength because of the lack of adaptation to the water and soil.

Tian Fan remembered that he had read some information in his previous life, saying that tea could treat diseases caused by water and soil adaptation. It is said that during the period of discovery, the reason why the Europeans were able to occupy many colonies around the world was related to their habit of drinking afternoon tea.

Adaptation is a very evil thing, and it does not have to go to the south to appear, to be exact, as long as you enter an area where you have not lived since childhood, it can happen. It is said that the mud in the pot stove in his hometown that has been burned countless times can cure this disease, but Tian Fan is not sure and does not want to experiment.

Tian Fan believes that judging from the current situation of the Xuzhou Group, the Xuzhou army will fight in various places in the future, and he is afraid that the entire Han Dynasty will give them a visit. At that time, there may be a lot of soldiers who are not accustomed to the soil, and the cumulative number will be quite staggering, and it will even affect the combat effectiveness of the entire army. Spend some money, buy some tea, and soak some in a cauldron for the soldiers to drink some every day, this price is not too big, but it can greatly enhance the combat effectiveness and morale of the army, this deal is a good deal! Moreover, the money lost in the soldiers of the army can be recovered from the tea sold to the rich, and they are not short of money anyway!

In this transaction, Jiangdong made food, Xuzhou made money, and also earned the combat power of the army.

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