Sheng Ze paused, "Can these seeds be planted at any time?" ”

"That's definitely not it, what you saw just now are primordial seeds, I still have to transform them before I can use them, and some seeds are very provocative and outdated." Shen Qingqian sighed.

On the surface, it seems that she now has 200 bags of accelerated fertilizer, but in fact, all this accelerated fertilizer has been used up, and the food hoarded is not enough for half a year's military rations for the Northern Hubei Army.

Therefore, it is necessary to mobilize the strength of the masses, and after she has made high-yield seeds and seedlings, she will plant and promote them in northern Hubei in batches and types.

Nowadays, the irrigation water in most areas of northern Hubei is the divine spring water coming down from Chengjin Mountain, and the benefits to crops are real, and Shen Qingqian is not worried about the survival of seeds or seedlings at all.

What she is most worried about now is that there are seeds, and there is also divine spring water to ensure the growth of crops, but no one has planted them.

Northern Hubei has a permanent population of 300,000, and in addition to the urban population of 50,000 or 60,000, there are 250,000 people who need to farm for a living.

However, among the 250,000 people, excluding the elderly and children, and those who cannot farm, only a few hundred thousand remain.

Some of these more than 100,000 people have been conscripted into forced labor, and only a few tens of thousands of people are still at home and can farm.

In order to expand the planting area of such a large northern Hubei province, on the basis of ensuring the planting rate of the original land, it is necessary to open up more wasteland, and to open up the wasteland, it is necessary to build more canals to facilitate irrigation, and to repair the canals, it is necessary to have manpower......

Shen Qingqian was just thinking about this cycle in his heart, and his temples were jumping suddenly.

"Not only are we short of money, but we are also short of people!" She didn't pay attention and said what was in her heart.

Sheng Ze was silent, how could he not know that there was a shortage of people in northern Hubei?

However, the north side of northern Hubei is outside the Guan, and the south side is blocked by the Lanjiang River, even if you want the people of the six northwestern states to move over, there is no way.

To the east is a majestic mountain, the top of which no one has ever seen, surrounded by clouds and mist all year round, and is known as the Mountain of Death; The Jiji Mountain in the west is the territory of the Jun tribe.

In this way, there is basically no solution to the shortage of people in northern Hubei.

"Unless Chenzhou is taken, the shortage of people in northern Hubei cannot be solved in the short term." Sheng Ze said in a deep voice.

If there is no shortage of food and clothing in northern Hubei now, it will take at least 15 years for the population to be full.

When Shen Qingqian heard this, his eyes rolled, "That's not necessarily, we are short of people because there are many things that must be done manually, but what if we vigorously develop basic industries?" Replace manpower with machinery and free your hands, won't there be redundant labor? ”

As soon as these words came out, Sheng Ze had a feeling of empowerment.

Yes, there are few people to find ways to improve the efficiency of machines, such as weaving, as far as he knows, Shen Qingqian's world's first industrial revolution seems to have started with the improvement of looms, right?

Thinking of this, Sheng Ze suddenly became excited, he held Shen Qingqian's hand tightened slightly, and looked at her with a burning gaze, "Qianqian, please help me!" ”

"Uh......" Shen Qingqian was a little inexplicable, "What can I help you?" Isn't there Qin Lao and Su Lao in the mechanical matter? ”

Sheng Ze shook his head, "No, I know you must have a way, you ......" he paused, "You are the granddaughter of Taifu, your vision and knowledge are not comparable to others, if you can help with all your might, Northern Hubei will definitely be able to solve the problem of fewer people!" ”

"You just believe me?" Shen Qingqian was suddenly a little curious, where did Sheng Ze's confidence in her come from?