What is the concept of a twenty-fold increase in wheat production?

Farmers have abundant surplus food, which is enough to support the agricultural trade market, and the prosperity of the agricultural trade market can promote the development of industry and commerce.

If we want to take the road of industrialization, industry and commerce are far more important industries than agriculture. The money from agriculture is used to develop industry and commerce, and this is the road taken by socialist New China.

In the 60s of the 18th century, the textile industry in the midst of industry and commerce brought the first industrial revolution to Britain.

Luo Lan knew that the industrial technology of Phuket Island and even the entire Norlan Continent was far from being able to trigger the industrial revolution, let alone the steam engine, and even the big machine textile machine could not be built.

However, as long as Phuket Island is ahead of the times, Luo Lan is enough to become the overlord of the Norlan Continent, and whether it can trigger the industrial revolution is really not certain now.

"Okay, there will be a bonfire to celebrate tonight, all the workers will take a break, eat and drink, and this prince will treat everyone well!"

Luo Lan laughed and said, he had received some grievances in Nanyuan, but it was not worth mentioning compared to the special economic zone.

Immediately, Barrett's Guards stormed the mine and announced that the prince was going to hold a bonfire.

The whole industrial beast boiled, and thousands of workers cheered and came to greet Prince Luo Lan.

Behind Luo Lan, Daisy was once again in a stupor, and it was really hard for her to understand how a lord could make the commoners so beloved.

However, in the hot atmosphere, Daisy gave up thinking, and for the first time, she released her nature and performed her dance and singing voice for everyone, which won the applause of the audience, and attracted many young men to have affection for her.

Laughter and wine spilled all over the floor.

After Luo Lan ate some barbecue, he found Bol.

Bol is a little drunk, he's been busy building roads these days, and tonight is a complete indulgence.

However, when he saw the prince, he immediately sobered up, and did not dare to delay the prince's summons.

Luo Lan patted him on the shoulder and asked with a smile, "How is the road repaired?" ”

"Your Highness, I can guarantee that it will be repaired before the winter comes, but it has rained a few times recently, and the roadbed is loose, which is more troublesome."

Bol was confident and spoke out about the problems he faced.

Luo Lan thought so.

It's raining on the west coast, and the soil is softer. Although the foundation is paved with burnt earth, there is no cement bonding after all, and it must rely on stone rammed earth to maintain stability.

It would be nice if there was cement.

Luo Lan once again fantasized about cement, but unfortunately he had not yet found an alchemist who knew how to make cement.

"It's okay, try to complete the task, don't have too much pressure, lest there be casualties, people are more important than the road."

Luo Lan was kind and kind, Bol didn't expect the prince to say this, people are more important than roads, this is something that no lord can say.

"Yes! Rest assured, Your Highness, there will be no casualties! ”

"Alright, go ahead, call your brother Karl over."

Luo Lan sat on the coal pile and waited for Karl, the general of the special economic zone defense.

After a while, Carl, who was full of oil, rushed in.

Karl was eating and drinking, and when he heard the prince summon him, he came running without wiping his mouth, and he still had the smell of wine, which was the smell of wheat wine.

Luo Lan shrugged his nose, "The winemakers from Phuket City are also coming to the West Coast"?

Carl held back his burp and replied loudly: "Yes, everyone likes to drink, and the winemakers have made money, and they have come to the West Coast to open taverns, but there are no houses yet, they are all open-air taverns." ”

Luo Lan snorted and asked Carl to gather all the winemakers and come to see him immediately.

Carl obeyed the order and ran away.

Luo Lan waited for half an hour, and he saw more than 30 winemakers, which surprised Luo Lan.

He thought there weren't many winemakers in Phuket.

In fact, the poverty of Phuket is the poverty of the peasants, not the poverty of the aristocracy. The aristocracy is not poor, so naturally there is a need for many winemakers, and it can be said that the most developed industry in Phuket is the winemaking industry.

Unfortunately, after the expulsion of the nobles, the winemaking industry came to a halt, and the winemakers were terrified, but fortunately, the prince started the western development strategy in time, allowing the winemakers to find new business opportunities.

At this time, facing Prince Luo Lan, more than 30 winemakers were a little panicked.

Because their liquor business was spontaneous and did not have the prince's approval, the taverns did not pay taxes.

Of course, they didn't do it on purpose, but because there were too few officials in Phuket City to manage it, and Rick agreed to open a tavern, so they had the courage to do it.

At this time, the prince summoned them, and they naturally thought that the prince was dissatisfied with their actions.

An old winemaker was the first to speak: "Your Royal Highness, we will pay taxes, and we will never evade taxes!" ”

"Yes!"

Everyone expressed their hearts one after another, Luo Lan was stunned, and then laughed dumbly.

"It's okay, it's okay, the Special Economic Zone has just developed, everyone depends on their ability to eat, just register in the future, I have a particularly important matter looking for you."

Luo Lan's tone became serious, and the winemakers looked at Luo Lan one after another, waiting for him to speak.

Luo Lan muttered, "Have you ever considered making wine with sweet stalk juice?" ”

"Huh?"

The winemakers looked at each other and shook their heads, and many of them had strange expressions, apparently thinking that sugarcane winemaking was unreliable.

The old brewer recalled: "The sweet stalk juice tastes sweet, and some people used it to make wine in the past, and the taste was still good, but after a few barrels, it couldn't be made." Because juicing sweet stems is too troublesome, it is far less simple than grapes. Everyone is also accustomed to drinking wheat wine and wine, and there will be no market for sweet stem wine. ”

It turns out that someone tried, but unfortunately failed.

The biggest reason for the failure is not that it is difficult to juice sweet stems, but that there is no market.

Luo Lan understood after thinking about it, this is the principle of capital profit-seeking. If there is a market for rum, no matter how difficult it is, someone will make it, and then there will naturally be a better juice tool.

"How much is a kilogram of your wheat wine?"

Luo Lan asked, and the winemakers said: "Most of the wheat wine is sold to civilians, and one kilogram is less than one silver coin, excluding the cost of raw materials and brewing costs, one kilogram can earn 4 copper coins." ”

4 copper coins? That's too little, right? One gold coin is 100 copper coins.

Wheat wine is available all over the world, and the production is too large, so it seems that it is not profitable, and wine should be much more expensive, but it is certainly not as good as rum.

Luo Lan smiled mysteriously: "If a kilogram of sweet terrier wine can be sold for a gold coin, are you willing to study brewing?" ”

"What?"

More than thirty winemakers exclaimed at the same time, and the old winemaker trembled: "Your Highness, what did you say? ”

"I said that a kilogram of sweet terrier wine can be sold for one gold coin. If you make it, I named it rum, and it was sold to the Northern Fleet, and the business has been negotiated, and you have three months to do it, can you take it? ”

There was a dead silence, a kilogram of gold coins, this is a great deal.

"Pick it up!"

"Pick it up!"

The winemakers are all "rioting", they trust Luo Lan very much, and in the face of huge profits, what is the difficulty of juicing?

Seeing that everyone was excited, Luo Lan pressed his hand: "By the way, you can't fight alone, you must concentrate on production and establish a joint cooperative workshop, this workshop is state-owned, I will contribute 51 percent, and the remaining 49 percent will be made up by you, and if you make money, you will share dividends according to the proportion of investment." ”

Luo Lan began to engage in the state-owned economy, rum is a confidential thing, it is too risky to let capital toss, and it must be in the hands of the state.

Everyone listened with a confused look and didn't understand at all.

Luo Lan explained for a long time, and finally someone understood.

"We set up a big workshop, everyone contributes according to the proportion, the prince contributes the most, and the prince also wants to be a businessman!"

This understanding is actually possible.

The early capital companies were state shares, the prototype of which can be traced back to the Age of Discovery, such as Elizabeth I of England.

Of course, Luo Lan's state-owned economy is still socialist, and it is impossible for him to lose the rum industry.

In short, driven by his prestige and huge profits, the first "state-owned enterprise" in the Norlan Continent opened, and in the days since, all the winemakers have been crazy to research and brew rum.

And Luo Lan also relaxed, he stepped into the dark to find Daisy, but Daisy was so drunk that she rolled around holding a stone that she didn't know where to find it.

"I'm fried, I'm fried, boom! Blow up the badass quack! ”

The surrounding drinking crowd looked at this drunken little Lori in a daze.

Luo Lan couldn't help but laugh, this is the nature of Daisy, he already has a hunch that this bomb maniac is going to change the world.