Zhang Xuezhou and Xu Yuan chatted very lively.

Zhang Xuezhou was naturally glad that Xu Yuan had a strong ability to survive, and he deserved to have come from Ba County, thousands of miles away, and there was no accident until now.

Xu Yuan sighed with emotion and finally saw Zhang Xuezhou again.

If he could, he hoped that Zhang Xuezhou would have a more fixed place to live as soon as possible, and then he could help refine some Peiyuan Dan.

The two have their own needs, and it's no surprise that they are in harmony with each other.

When someone interjected and came in, Zhang Xuezhou waved his hand disapprerovingly.

"It's not something I can tell if I'm full or not," Zhang Xuezhou said.

"yes, that's what I said!"

Zhang Xuezhou's reply is almost no different from Li Guang's, which is also speaking in the spirit of seeking truth from facts.

If you don't want to be foolish, this is the correct answer.

"Huh......"

"If His Majesty asks today, how do you think this kind of question should be answered?"

waited until Li Guang complained, Zhang Xuezhou came back to his senses and looked at Li Guang in a cloak and hat.

He only heard Li Guang come over and ask in a low voice.

"It seems that your response has made Your Majesty dissatisfied" Zhang Xuezhou said in a low voice: "Has Your Majesty also come?" ”

"Don't bother with this kind of ...... Yes, he's here and he's seen the harvest here! ”

Li Guanggang wanted Zhang Xuezhou to ask less about things, after all, this kind of thing involves secrets, and knowing it is not only useless to Zhang Xuezhou, but also easy to bring harm.

But when Zhang Xuezhou pointed to the millet field, he quickly responded again.

"If Your Majesty asks, how will you answer?" Li Guang asked.

"If you want to see if people outside the city are full, come and see the real situation after four months" Zhang Xuezhou said: "If there is no new grave in the mountains outside the city, it means that everyone has eaten enough for the winter, if you can't stop crying all the way, and you are so hungry that you can only lie on the bed and gasp quietly, then you are not full!" ”

No one can accurately say what will happen in the future, and Zhang Xuezhou will not play clever tricks in this kind of thing.

Some things can be joked about, and some things can't be joked about.

Even in reality, this is an extremely serious question.

Before the outbreak of genetic crops, it was also a world where it was difficult to meet food and clothing, although Zhang Xuezhou lacked empathy experience, but there is no shortage of records in history books about starvation caused by famine.

The worst famines have killed tens of millions of people.

This is a scenario that many people can hardly imagine, and it is difficult to accumulate such a huge amount of data even if the corpses of a major war are scattered all over the field.

But they can see children with only skin and bones left in historical photos, young adults who were hanged for eating children, and people of all ages who hold bowls and eat grass roots and yellow clay.

Famine can only be caused by a flood, a pest plague, or a drought that lasts for months.

These natural disasters cannot be prevented, but man-made disasters can be prevented, and as a ruler of a dynasty, this is something that needs to be dealt with head-on.

In years with more grain, more grain is collected and stored, and in years with less grain, less or no taxes are collected, and it is necessary to take grain from the grain depot to replenish the people.

This is the only way to get through the different years from year to year.

"You're going to make a big sense!"

Zhang Xuezhou responded and explained, which surprised Li Guangqi.

He nodded, then thanked him before striding away.

"This year's harvest is okay," Xu Yuan said in a low voice: "It's a little difficult for these people outside the city to be full every day, but they should not starve to death!" ”

"What's the main problem?" Zhang Xuezhou doubted: "Is it because the government collects too much tax, or is it that those gangs are too ruthless!" ”

"It's because the crops we grow are too single" Xu Yuan shook his head and said: "Everyone only has these things to eat, and they can only stare at the staple food to eat, especially in the lack of arable things in winter, this is to watch the autumn harvest and survive the winter." ”

"You are good at cultivation in this area, do you have any ways to find a solution?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"You...... You should know that even the down-and-out monks rarely lack food and drink, and if they survive, there won't be too many people to solve such complicated and unprofitable things! ”

"It's a pity!"

"If the court can get a heavy reward, how can there be a problem in the world that can't be solved, if the court doesn't lead, how can the people below do it!"

Xu Yuan muttered indignantly.

It is not cost-effective to study crops than to study medicinal herbs, and if there is a corresponding output from cultivated medicinal herbs, it will not bring benefits to increasing crop yields or cultivating cold-tolerant and drought-tolerant crops.

For the monks of the Agricultural Sect, it is better to work hard to increase the yield per mu than to cultivate one more acre of land, and cultivating new crops is far worse than spending money to kill two pigs as winter vegetables.

These cultivation and cultivation require year after year of selection, and the continuous selection of excellent varieties to breed takes a lot of time.

Even if the people of the Nongzong are deeply tied to agriculture, no one likes to do this kind of thing.

However, if you want to achieve food and clothing or even eat well, you can't do without a variety of crops, and even fruits and other supplements.

"It's one of the most lucrative industries in reality!"

Listening to Xu Yuan's continuous complaints, Zhang Xuezhou couldn't help but think of various seed companies in reality.

The profits from cultivating crops are meager, and the profits from agricultural processing are also very small, but the profits from genetic breeding are surprisingly high.

Normally, grain is bought by the pound, a bag of rice is 10 catties, 20 catties, 50 catties, but seeds are sold by the grain, a small bag of thousands of seeds is the price of hundreds of catties of grain, or even hundreds of catties of grain.

He persuaded Xu Yuan in a low voice.

If no one is working in this kind of industry, it means that there is a period of industry clearance.

As long as the cultivation demonstration site is famous, Zhang Xuezhou feels that many people will come to buy the corresponding seeds.

It is difficult to make money in Chang'an City, and there are even more levels of barriers if you want to run a pharmacy to sell pills, but it is easier to say that selling seeds is such a thing.

"Is this really going to work?" Xu Yuan said suspiciously.

"I think it's okay" Zhang Xuezhou pointed to the millet and said: "But as long as you carefully select the millet in this land and can keep it safely, it shouldn't be a problem to sell the seeds when it starts spring next year, at least the people who have seen your fields outside Chang'an City should believe in these seeds!" ”

"Can this price really go up?"

"Twenty percent should be fine!"

Zhang Xuezhou is not good at business, but he has the reality of reference comparison.

"But the money I earn is limited by these few stones of grain, right?" Xu Yuan said suspiciously.

"You can buy food and then sift through it!"

"I can't afford it, and besides, the government also prohibits the hoarding of grain after private purchases, and it is easy to be verified to do this kind of thing!"

"We can collect and sell at the same time, or even help people run errands to buy food, those suitable for making seeds will stay, and those that are not suitable will be sold as rations" Zhang Xuezhou said: "Even if this one in and one out is not profitable, but as long as the seeds can be sold in the next year, it is also a cost-effective thing!" ”

There are undoubtedly a lot of frames in the imperial court, especially those involving grain merchants and other industries are basically monopolized.

Even if Xu Yuan wanted to collect a large amount of grain to make seeds, he could only go to the grain merchant to buy it, and when the price of the purchased grain was high, no one would buy it, and if it was sold low, it would lead to a loss of money, and it was difficult to buy more because of the sales limit.

He discussed with Zhang Xuezhou for a while, and also talked about his worries.

waited until Zhang Xuezhou explained them one by one, which made Xu Yuan finally decide to sell a batch of seeds to try.

Everyone can't afford a pharmacy at the moment, but it's really not a problem to pull up a seed store, even if it can't make a lot of money, but as long as it can make a normal living, it means that it has a heel in Chang'an City, and it can even run for a long time.

And this is a matter for the benefit of the people, do things to make yourself comfortable.

Zhang Xuezhou invested, Xu Yuan contributed technology and was responsible for building a cellar suitable for storing seeds, and Rong Tianding was responsible for running errands to collect and sell grain.

Things are simple to discuss, and there is also a division of labor and cooperation.

Life and practice are not in conflict, and there is even the impetus to sharpen knives and chop wood.

Just like Zhang Xuezhou suddenly used taming alien beasts to increase his income, there is no immutable way to make a living in this world.

As long as they can see a certain prospect, they will insert it accurately.

(End of chapter)