Next year's potatoes will be enough to grow 6.1 million mu, but the whole Dahan will definitely not find so many people to cultivate so much land, unless Dahan can collect more people.

"What is the approximate population of the countries bordering the Western Regions at the moment?" Huo Gang asked.

"The countries of the Western Regions, that is, Gaochang Country, have the largest population, with a population of about 200,000, if you don't count Gaochang, according to the area divided by the leader, the population of the remaining countries in the Western Regions is only tens of thousands each, and according to your plan, the population within our target range is only about 500,000." Wang Shan said.

Huo Gang had a headache, 500,000 people, that is to say, after occupying Xinjiang in later generations, the total population of the entire Han Dynasty is only 1.5 million people. This population size...... Not to mention that compared with later generations, even compared with the current Datang, it is too far behind, and the population of Datang is estimated to be much larger than this number of people in a continent.

Huo Gang suddenly understood the feelings of those countries living around the Central Plains in this era, they couldn't fight and couldn't fight, there were too many people, and in this era of cold weapons, the population was really a huge chasm.

To be honest, it is very rare for such a pervert to appear in Mongolia in history, and the population is really the biggest hole card in this era. With a large population, you can really do whatever you want, and if there are no natural disasters, a large population is really an advantage.

Just like the Great Song Dynasty, it almost dragged Mongolia to death, and the reason why the Ming Dynasty in later generations will fail later, to be honest, has a lot to do with natural disasters, if the climate of the Ming Dynasty is better, the same as the Great Song Dynasty, it is estimated that the Qing Dynasty may not be able to fight.

A careful study of history will show that because of the large population of the Central Plains, the change of climate has a lot to do with the rise and fall of the Central Plains Dynasty.

And the Han is now in a prosperous period, not to mention anything else, relying on the spirit of the jade gate and the spiritual spring water, the Han can solve the entire grain problem, as long as there is no worry about the grain will lay the foundation for the prosperity of a dynasty.

There is no shortage of food, and the explosion of the population is inevitable, but the explosion of the population takes time, and according to the current foundation of the Han Dynasty, it will take at least 30 years for the population to explode.

Moreover, even if the population increases seven or eight times in 30 years, it will only be more than 10 million people. Of course, the Han will still take more land and population in the future, but the population structure can only be talked about at that time.

"Okay, I'll talk to someone from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to see if I can absorb some people from Datang, and you continue." Huo Gang thought about it and said, at present, the one who can gather wool is the Tang Dynasty, I have to say that in this world, the world's population is about 180 million, of course, it refers to the world's major civilized countries.

The populations of primitive tribes such as those in Africa, Oceania, and North and South America are not large in number, and there are no statistics.

At present, the population of Datang is about 30 million to 40 million.

It is about more than one-fifth of the world's population, so if you really want to gather wool, the population of Datang can still be a lot. And there is also this foundation at present, that is, the relationship between Dahan and Datang, and it will definitely not deteriorate in the future.

The most important thing is that the natural environment of Datang in the next three years is not good, so the pressure on the whole Datang is very great, this time is naturally the best time for the population of Dahan, after the first few years, the situation of Datang will also stabilize quickly, and it will be difficult at that time, and you can only rely on Dahan himself.

"Yes, at present, our potato planting area is about 110,000 mu, and the main grain planting area of wheat is currently estimated at 7 million mu, mainly in the grain-producing areas of the Huoci River-Tarim River basin, where about 400,000 people are growing grain."

"According to the wheat planting area of 7 million mu, our estimated wheat grain output this year is about 5.4 billion catties, and the grain required by our Han population is 730 million catties. Wang Shan's tone was serious.

"Not bad." Huo Gang nodded, this amount of grain made Huo Gang completely relieved, Dahan will definitely not lack food from this year, so much food, which means that Dahan will occupy an absolute position next, and after this year's summer harvest, it is estimated that all the people in Dahan will not only have enough food to eat, but also eat fine grain!

For example, wheat, it is estimated that they eat white flour, bran will be completely turned into the role of pig and poultry, and the rise of these poultry is also because the food is too abundant, the people will go to raise poultry, when they raise poultry, the people can have meat supplements, the people need food every day will begin to decrease.

Just like now, if a normal strong laborer needs about 1 kilogram of food a day, but if there is a supplement of meat and vegetables, a strong laborer may only need half of the food a day to supplement the human body's needs.

The consumption of food will naturally come down, and the consumption of food will fall, and the people will have more surplus grain to raise poultry, which is a virtuous circle for the whole country, and there is only one basis for all this, that is, spiritual spring water!

Sure enough, his original opinion was right, in the spirit of the Jade Gate, it was not those soldiers who were really strong, but the spiritual spring water was the strongest place.

"In addition, the area of grassland that we can maintain at present can reach about 30 million mu, mainly concentrated in the grassland around the Huoci River-Tarim River, Huocihai and the West Sea."

"According to the current growth of alfalfa grass in these pastures, our flock is estimated to quadruple this year, close to four million sheep, and this number is estimated to start to be consumed this autumn, and after winter, all the people this year should start to be able to slaughter mutton, or buy mutton."

"In addition, as for horses, we are currently putting aside all the war horses in service, and the Ministry of Agriculture has decided to establish four large military horse farms near Huo Cihai, Huo Ci Lake, and Xihai to maintain about 150,000 excellent military horses, and all other horses can be mainly exported, or used by the herdsmen themselves, but the herdsmen themselves may not be able to use so much." Wang Shan said seriously.

"As for cattle herding, in addition to providing some dairy products, our cattle herd is enough for all the people to cultivate, in fact, most of the people now like to use horses to plough the land, because the speed of horses ploughing the land is faster, and now our curved plough is very advanced, and the ploughshares are all made of iron, so a single horse can pull the field."

"At present, there are not many cattle used."

"The number of uses is not much, but for the time being, the mouth for slaughtering cattle is not opened, and when we are completely free of tools to cultivate the land, if the herdsmen have the idea of selling cattle, they can be directly purchased by the Han Grain Commercial Bank and put into the military horse farm for temporary breeding." Huo Gang thought for a while and said.

"Yes."

"How's the cotton over there?"

"The total registered population of Changlezhou is 330,000, and the total number of our migratory population this time is about 80,000, and the remaining population of Changlezhou is 250,000.

"Some of the locations that are not suitable for growing grain will be abandoned for the time being, and if there is a reclamation plan in the future, we will reclaim it again. At present, we have promoted about 100,000 acres of cotton, and all our cotton seeds have been planted. ”

"Well, how's the planning of the special breeding area?" Huo Gang asked again.

The promotion of cotton is a very important thing, but the location covered by Lingquan water is mainly for growing grain, and it is impossible to use it to grow cotton, so Huo Gang adopted a new plan. Lingquan water has the effect of improving crops, so Huo Gang decided that cotton cannot be planted on a large scale in the Lingquan water area, but there is no problem at all in the special breeding area of the Lingquan Water Regional Planning Office for cotton breeding.

"We are considering a separate area of Lingquan water between Yumen Pass and Yangguan, where 1.2 million acres of land can be covered by Lingquan water, and we want to designate all the arable land in this area as a seed planting area." Wang Tian said.

"I have no opinion on this, these are your own affairs of the Ministry of Agriculture, but there is one thing, the interests of the people must be guaranteed."

"Yes, the idea of our Ministry of Agriculture is that it is like planting grain normally, but all the seeds are used as growing grain, and the people will plant and cultivate the food we need according to the national plan, and after the seeds are planted, we will buy them back at a price higher than the market price, or directly exchange them for relevant grains." Wang Shan said.

"Yes, but set aside a certain area of self-cultivation for the people, so that they can grow some of the vegetables they need, spices, and so on." Huo Gang said.

"Yes."

"How's the fish catching and shipping mission going?" Huo Gang asked again, mainly about the release of fish in the Huo Ci River Basin.

There are already many microorganisms and mosquitoes in the Huo Ci River, and there are already a large number of reeds in the Huo Ci Lake, which have room for fish to live, so this year Huo Gang is going to put carp, grass carp, crucian carp and other fish in it, if these fish multiply in large quantities, they can also provide the people with a certain amount of meat supplement.

"We have caught a large number of various fish from Longle Water and transported them to Huoshi Lake for stocking. At present, about thousands of fish have been stocked, including the current between Yumen Pass and Yangguan, and we are also preparing to release some fish. ”

"Yes, there is no harm in having more fish." Huo Gang nodded, this is not a big deal.