As the Spring Festival approaches, and the wilderness is changing, the world's attention is attracted by the tide of beasts. After the Silver Hand and the Blue Badge were exposed one after another, the follow-up effects are slowly fermenting.

The whole wilderness, the dark tide surges.

It was in this context that the Great Xia Dynasty secretly launched a large-scale grain procurement.

A large amount of funds were quietly transferred to hundreds of chambers of commerce through the Commerce Bureau, and then through the chambers of commerce, they went to Johor, Java, Pi, and even the Mauryan Dynasty and the Persian Empire to purchase a large amount of food.

Some are directly intervened by chambers of commerce, while others are through intermediaries.

Because the purchase price given by the merchants of Daxia was slightly higher than the market price, the merchants of various countries moved when they heard the news, and did not consider the domestic grain storage situation at all, and sold a large amount of hoarded grain.

Even the Great Zhou Dynasty in Huaxia District had merchants join in this feast.

Don't look at 20 million gold coins, it is a lot of money, and it is distributed to hundreds of chambers of commerce, five or six countries, which is not a big deal for the ocean trade with millions of gold coins flowing every day.

Therefore, in addition to causing a small shock among grain merchants, this large-scale grain purchase in Daxia did not arouse the vigilance of the entire market.

Throughout the process, the Great Xia court was hidden behind the scenes.

At the same time, the Department of Agriculture has formulated a plan for farmland reclamation, which plans to reclaim another 200 million mu of cultivated land on the basis of existing cultivated land to meet the growing demand for food.

What is the concept of 200 million mu?

During the Han and Tang dynasties, the total area of cultivated land in the country was between 500 million and 600 million mu; In the Ming and Qing dynasties, the cultivated land area increased to about 700 million mu.

After industrialization, the area of cultivated land reached 1.8 billion mu, basically reaching a peak.

Therefore, with the conditions of the wilderness, it is not a problem at all for Daxia to reclaim another 200 million mu of cultivated land. The real problem is who will work the land after it has been reclaimed.

In ancient times, the area of arable land was often linked to population.

A farmer can take care of an average of 10 acres of cultivated land, even if Daxia has a world-leading farming standard with the blessing of farmers, and with the convenience of industrialization, it is only 15 or 6 acres at most.

The 200 million mu of cultivated land needs at least 12 million farmers to cultivate it.

The new population in this round of Daxia is dominated by players, although casual players and life professional players account for the majority of them, but few are willing to farm.

For this reason, the imperial court deliberately introduced the farm model.

The local yamen will provide certain financial subsidies and technical support to encourage players to build farms on newly cultivated land, and give preferential tax treatment.

Specifically, the agricultural tax will be exempted in the first year and halved in the second year.

Sihai Money is also willing to open agricultural loan services for players to support players to operate farms.

After a set of combination policies, the attraction to players is still very huge, especially for casual players.

The constant updating of achievement points has had the greatest impact on this group.

If they continue to travel in the game world and continue to do this without doing their jobs, they may not even be eligible to receive basic relief subsidies when they arrive at Planet Hope.

But if they want to switch to life professions and start from scratch, they can't catch up with the progress of life professional players at all, and the living space has long been squeezed out.

In this case, running a farm becomes a good option.

Corn, soybeans, cotton, potatoes, sugar cane and mulberry trees can be planted, as well as chickens, ducks, pigs and sheep.

Even vegetables are in great demand in the market. Taking Shanhai City as an example, the daily consumption of vegetables is staggering, and the surrounding villages simply cannot supply them, and more than half of them are transported to Shanhai City by sea.

The farm is well run, and even overtaking in corners.

Therefore, as soon as the imperial court's "Plan for the Implementation of the Farm Farming Model at the County and County Level" was released, it caused heated discussions and an endless stream of applicants.

The sooner the player signs up for the county yamen, the better the location will be able to pick up, and the more the lease and loan procedures can be completed in advance, and vocational training will be received.

It is even possible to plan the farm in advance and build the house in advance.

This winter is destined to be hot.

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January 20, Summer Palace.

In the Wuji Palace, Ouyang Shuo was chatting with Lin Jing.

With the [Dead Snow Rose Mercenary Group] moving its headquarters to Shanhai City, the family moved around very frequently, and when Lin Jing was fine, he went to the Wuji Hall to "visit the door" to see Yu'er and Luo'er.

Ouyang Shuo was naturally happy to see it happen.

Lin Jing settled in Shanhai City, and Ouyang Shuo naturally received him ceremoniously, and directly presented a duke's mansion for her and Xie Siyun to live in, making Lin Jing a heavyweight among the imperial relatives.

Such treatment made the upright man like the bloody romance envious, and said half-jokingly, half-seriously: "It's okay now, the champion of the [Bloody Mercenary Group] is no longer guaranteed." ”

Indeed, with Lin Jing's identity, the future development of [Dead Snow Rose] in Great Xia will definitely be better than that of the [Blood Demon Mercenary Group].

"This is fate, I can't envy it!"

The bloody romance can only accept this cruel fact.

In fact, when the guilds withdrew from the royal city, the transcendent status they had maintained no longer existed, and their relationship with the lord was no longer equal.

In this regard, the blood romance has a clear understanding.

"Your recent plan for the construction of the farm has caused a sensation!" The two chatted and chatted, and then they talked about the nearest farm, and Lin Jing said with a smile: "It makes me want to be a farmer." ”

For city dwellers, being a farmer is actually a deep-seated desire of many people.

It is precisely because of this that as soon as the plan was introduced, it set off a wave of enthusiasm among the player community, not only casual gamers, but also lifestyle professional gamers are eyeing this field.

In particular, life professional players related to agriculture are the most motivated.

By now, even the guilds have been reorganized, and although they don't expect to rely on the farm to make a profit, it's not bad to build a super farm as a guild logistics base.

It also provides a place for guild members to relax and vacation, which is the best of both worlds.

In just three days, more than three million players signed up to build the farm, and it was increasing at an alarming rate, which made Ouyang Shuo a little unexpected.

This kind of grand occasion reminds Ouyang Shuo of the ancient times, when dignitaries and nobles competed to buy Zhuangzi, how similar is the two?!

"Could it be that Great Xia still needs to cultivate a new generation of landlords?" Ouyang Shuo said self-deprecatingly.

This is, of course, a joke, and there is an essential difference between the two.

In the Great Xia Dynasty, where commerce was prosperous, agriculture would only be a basic industry, and it was impossible to become a pillar or even the only industry as it was in ancient times.

Coupled with the maturing industry, the landlord class naturally had no way to talk about it.

Hearing Lin Jing say that he wanted to be a farmer, Ouyang Shuo said with a smile: "Why should my aunt be willing to go far, there is a royal farm in the western suburbs of Shanhai City, called Xilin Farm, which has everything. If you want to experience farm life, you can go at any time. ”

"And a good place like this?" Lin Jing's eyes lit up.

Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo introduced Xilin Farm slightly.

Speaking of which, the origin is too deep, and it has to be traced back to the period of the territory township, which was the first farm in the territory, in addition to growing vegetables, it was mainly used to raise wild goats and frog horses in captivity.

When the territory developed, the farm became a royal farm.

Because Bing'er likes it, Ouyang Shuo has spent a lot of time on Xilin Farm, in addition to regular goats, bison and frog horses, even tigers, leopards, rhinoceros and other fierce beasts are all available on the farm.

In addition to growing vegetables, there are various facilities such as fish ponds and flower beds.

Basically, Xilin Farm can be regarded as a royal courtyard, whether it is leisure, hunting, or spring outing, you can get the greatest satisfaction here.

When Lin Jing heard this, he was immediately fascinated, and he had no intention of opening up a new farm.

Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo lightly shifted the topic to other places.

In fact, the imperial court launched the farm plan this time, and solving the problem of arable land and food is only one of the purposes, and the real intention behind Ouyang Shuo is afraid that few people can understand.

Say a thousand, say ten thousand, no matter what Ouyang Shuo does, the ultimate intention is actually linked to the Hope Planet. The real purpose of attracting players to join the farm construction this time is to enhance the player's sense of identity with Daxia.

Don't look at the players settling in Great Xia, their minds have not turned, they have never regarded themselves as a part of Great Xia, they came to settle in Great Xia, it is just a way to survive.

Between the two, it is more like a cooperation, or a parasitic relationship.

Even my aunt Lin Jing, when she chatted with Ouyang Shuo just now, didn't she also say "you, you"?!

Players who are deeply influenced by the ideas of modern democracy and freedom cannot have a sense of belonging to a feudal dynasty like Great Xia at once.

Perhaps, some people are still very disgusted in their hearts.

It is precisely because of this that when Ouyang Shuo defined the Great Xia Dynasty at the beginning, he did not want to define it as a feudal dynasty, which is absolutely no market for the Hope Planet, and it is impossible to gain the recognition of players.

The more this is the case, the more Ouyang Shuo has to win the support of players.

Not to mention allegiance and the like, at least let them agree with the concept of Great Xia and recognize them as a part of Great Xia, only then can this power be twisted into a rope.

The construction of the farm is an attempt by Ouyang Shuo.

In order to enhance the player's sense of identity with Great Xia, Ouyang Shuo has many other plans in his mind, but the player has just settled down, so he can't be in a hurry, he needs to take it step by step.

Farms are undoubtedly a great way to break through, targeting the most vulnerable group of casual players, and using this as a radiation, using the social networks between players can gradually penetrate the entire player base.

In the future, Ouyang Shuo will also have a complete set of plans for the most difficult and core group of combat players. It was only through chatting with Lin Jing that Ouyang Shuo realized that the time was far from ripe.

"Take your time!"

Ouyang Shuo smiled in his heart.