Just as they thought, the land that Tang Ping promised to rent to each family really had something to do with the grain they donated.

This plain is not small, and almost every family has been given a thousand hectares of land.

But the sum of more than a dozen families only accounts for more than 20,000 hectares.

It is important to know that there are more than 3 million hectares of arable land in Egypt, and two-thirds of it is about 2 million hectares in the Nile Plain.

More than 20,000 hectares is only one percent.

But even so, these families are satisfied.

For the time being, they can only develop so much, and they can't take care of any more.

Then Tang Ping took them to the grasslands of North Africa, the grasslands at this time were really primitive, and they could see many fierce beasts along the way.

It's just that Tang Ping was followed by thousands of cavalry, and even the largest wolf pack on the grassland only dared to hide from afar.

Although there are many fierce beasts here, as long as the land is fenced off and guards with weapons, it is not difficult to graze.

In this place, Tang Ping does not limit the various families, how much land they can encircle is their own business, anyway, when the time comes, they will just collect 20% of the transaction and give it to the Tang Dynasty.

I also told the various families in advance that the Datang Secret Spy Division may visit secretly at any time, and if any family conceals the harvest, then not only will they have to pay a high fine, but they will also be disqualified from leasing.

Even various families can report to each other, and once the report is verified, the disqualified land can be leased to the reporting family first.

In this way, it is possible to control the situation of underreporting and concealment of major families to the greatest extent.

It can be said that the Datang Juhuahua expedition was quite successful, and the results of the investigation were quite satisfactory to all families.

Then Tang Ping introduced the architectural plan here, so that these families were also gearing up, and they were ready to submit their own plans when they went back.

If you can win the construction order here, you can make a lot of money.

At this time, the elder of the Wang family looked at the map that Tang Ping sent to everyone in his hand, and said with a sigh: "Let's come to that sea area called the Red Sea, right?" If only the Red Sea and the Mediterranean Sea were connected! ”

"Yes, a Grand Canal could be dug here!"

One of the reasons for the demise of the former Sui was the construction of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, which was too eager for quick success and quick profit, resulting in the loss of labor and money.

These patriarchs and elders have all lived in the Sui Dynasty from the past to the present, so when they saw this location, they naturally thought of opening a canal here.

Tang Ping snickered in his heart, and then said with a bitter face: "Who said it wasn't? But if we can open a canal here, our ships carrying grain and grass this time will be able to drive directly outside Damascus. You must know that Damascus is only 80 kilometers from the Mediterranean Sea. ”

"It's a pity that Datang has invested too much manpower and material resources just to build the Ozhou Road, and then it is about to prepare to develop the Arabian oil fields, so there is really no spare energy to dig a canal here."

Sighing, he continued: "If a canal is opened here, it can connect to the Mediterranean, and when the time comes, you will not have to bypass the entire African continent from Southeast Asia to Europe. ”

They are all business people, whether they go around the African continent, or pay the toll here and go directly to Europe, everyone who understands knows how to choose.

"Ping Guogong, the Tang Dynasty Mansion doesn't have the energy to get it, you can hand it over to us!" The old man of the Wang family said with a twinkle in his eyes: "As long as the government is willing to collect this toll with us, we can unite and dig this canal." ”

These families are at least a few hundred years old, and their hidden wealth can be described as unfathomable.

If they had joined forces to dig a canal, it would have been possible.

Tang Ping snickered in his heart, but he hesitated and said, "This ...... It doesn't seem impossible, but everyone collects tolls together, how to divide it? ”

The elder of the Wang family and the other family members looked at each other and stepped aside to sum up.

After a while, he came back with someone and said, "Fifty-fifty!" We are responsible for digging the canal, and then we will split the toll with the government fifty-fifty in the future? ”

Tang Ping shook his head and said, "Fifty percent is too high, at most thirty percent!" After you dug the canal, isn't the maintenance and security work after that done by the Tang Dynasty government? On both sides of the canal, there are garrisons alone. ”

"Fifty percent of the income collected by Datang will have to invest a lot in this, and you will sit on the ground to collect money in the future, fifty percent is too high!"

"Thirty percent is not good, thirty percent is too little!" Tang Ping's cousin, the patriarch of the Li family, said: "We have invested a lot for the first time, and everyone almost has to hollow out their families, how much it will cost to look at the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal dug by the former Sui back then." ”

"It's really only thirty percent, if I promise more than thirty percent, cousin you know, the second uncle will have to pull out my skin when he goes back!" Tang Ping said pitiful.

"No, thirty percent is too little, if it's thirty percent, we don't know that it will take hundreds of years to recover the cost, so it's better not to do it." The relationship between the elder of the Wang family and Tang Ping is usually called an intimate one, but when it comes to the interests of his family, he will not give an inch.

No matter how Tang Ping pretended to be pitiful or painted a big pie for them to calculate income, they were unwilling to make a concession.

Make it clear that they also have at least 40% of their income.

Just when the negotiations reached an impasse, Tang Ping opened his mouth and said: "Steam engine technology, if you only need thirty percent, I will share steam engine technology with you within five years." ”

He is about to develop Arab oil, and in the future, gasoline engines will be the mainstream, and this steam engine technology will be less important.

Therefore, Tang Ping discussed with Li Shimin early in the morning, and after the gasoline engine technology began to be put into operation, the steam engine technology would be slowly opened.

But this is just not so important for Tang Ping and the Tang Dynasty, and it is different for these families.

They can also buy a limited number of steam locomotives, so they naturally know the advantages over horse-drawn carriages.

Not to mention the warship they were on this time, the steam-powered warship was more than a little bit stronger than their sailboat.

And that's not even counting the application of the steam engine in other industries such as farming and mining.

If Tang Ping is willing to share the steam engine technology, the strength of each family will inevitably be greatly improved.

Hearing Tang Ping's words, the patriarchs of several families were short of breath, although a few patriarchs did not ask the patriarch, but they also knew that such an opportunity was rare, everyone looked at each other and nodded firmly and said to Tang Ping: "Yes, deal!" ”