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Chapter 697 What is the relationship between planting cotton and whether to sell the land (second update)
Chapter 706

"And if you want to bring those Han and Fan people back to their hearts, then you must at least grant them land. Although the Fan and Han people account for less than 1000%, there are more than [-], that is, more than [-] households.

Since everyone needs to be treated equally, each household needs to give 110 mu of land. Then, at least 160 million mu of land needs to be given. Adding the land that belonged to these people before, it has already given out nearly [-] million mu of land. "

"The newly arrived Xiang army and their families will at least add nearly 35 people to the three states, which is [-] households. Calculated on a per household basis of [-] acres, the rest cannot meet even half of the demand. , Mr. Wang, but you still want to sell the land, this..." Gao Qiu really wanted to ask, brother, are you too naive.

But he was really embarrassed to say this. After all, Wang Yang was his great benefactor. It was not good to criticize this guy in front of so many people. Besides, he was very aware of Wang Yang's violent temper. If he got into trouble with this guy, I'm so embarrassed, I definitely can't eat it and carry it around.

Wang Yang rolled his eyes angrily. “Did I say I wanted to sell these fields?”

Is everyone confused?He stared blankly at Wang Yang, who had a pen in his chest, and thought that there must be something wrong with this guy.If you don't sell the fields here, where else can you sell the fields?
"You really are..." Wang Yang looked at these officials with the tone and expression of someone who had come here, shaking his head. "That's right, now our three-state land has a total of less than 400 million acres of farmland. However, that was in the past. The Xixia Kingdom's rule here was too strict, so the original population here dispersed a lot. Naturally, that was , and many fields have been barren."

"I have checked previous historical data and learned that at its peak, Yanzhou had nearly 210 million acres of farmland. This was a Yanzhou with many mountains and little land, and many salt ponds."

"As for Hongzhou, it is as high as 300 million mu, and Youzhou has nearly 180 million mu."

"Master Wang, although what you said is correct, even if these fields are recultivated, the land is less than 700 million mu." At this time, Hu felt could not help but groan in a low voice.

"But don't forget, in these three states, in addition to grasslands and original reclaimed land, there are still large tracts of uncultivated virgin land. Especially in Youzhou, the terrain is flat and the soil is fertile. The land is only 180 million mu.”

"Sir, Youzhou is close to the sand sea, and many places are Gobi. There are few cultivated fields, so it makes sense. After all, growing food, even on dry land, still requires a lot of water." Gao Qiu was thinking about whether he should ask Wang Yang went to the countryside to work as an educated youth for a period of time, which made him understand that peasant uncles not only depend on the sky for food, but also on water.

"However, there are some commercial crops that don't need too much water, and can even have a certain resistance to salt and alkali, which are most suitable for planting in the northwest border." Wang Yang narrowed his eyes, and then said. "For example cotton..."

"Cotton? Is it the kind of cotton whose seeds are difficult to pick and can be used to weave cloth?" Zhe Keshi originally lived in the northwest borderland, so he naturally knew about cotton.

"Zhe knows that this thing is indeed very drought-tolerant and even afraid of waterlogging, and it can generally be planted in lightly saline-alkali areas. But to be honest, this kind of thing is not very practical because it is too It's labor intensive..."

"Although the fabrics woven with it are very durable, the problem is that just picking cotton seeds, one person may not be able to pick out three catties a day. Without picking out cotton seeds, cotton cannot be spun into yarn at all. "

"Unexpectedly, brother Zhe even knows this, so that would be even better, which shows that the land of the three states is very suitable for growing cotton."

"You are right. Growing cotton requires less water and depends on the weather. In these three states, almost all the land near the salt ponds in Yanzhou cannot be planted. In addition, immortality can be achieved almost everywhere.

However, if that thing is not handled properly, it will not be sold for much money at all. Don't forget that if the dependents of the Xiang Army cannot support themselves, things will be serious. "

Wang Yang showed a calm smile. "If Mr. Wang has a way to solve the problem of cotton seed removal, then you think that the value of this kind of fabric, whose output far exceeds that of hemp, is not as good as that of grain?"

"You, could it be that you really invented the Yuanyou Cotton Seed Removal Technique?" Gao Qiu complained with a dazed expression.

Wang Yang's eyes suddenly lit up. "Oh, that's a good name. It's decided. This technique is called Yuanyou Cotton Deseed Technique."

"..." Oh shit, this girl really has a way?At this moment, several people were almost in a mess in the wind, looking straight at Wang Yang, looking like they had no love in their lives.

Sure enough, people are really incomparable. This brain seems to be specially designed for invention and creation.

"However, Mr. Wang, what does it have to do with whether or not you sell the fields if you let those Xiang troops grow cotton?" Hu felt grasped the core of the problem, stroking his goatee.

"That's right, why do you want to sell the land?" Zhe Keshi couldn't help asking.

"If it's okay to remove the cotton seeds, then after the appearance of silk cloth with a large output and low value, don't you think it will be difficult to sell?"

"Since there is no need to worry about sales, it is inevitable that those wealthy businessmen in the Song Dynasty will want to consider whether to buy some of these cotton fields and invite tenants and tenants to plant them. Wouldn't the price of the cotton obtained in that way be even higher? Affordable?"

"In that case, in our land of three states, in addition to the population obtained by the Xiang army filling the land of the three states, a large number of people will concentrate here following the actions of those merchants."

"Yanzhou is originally a distribution center for trade products. Various items from the Western Regions, various furs and dried meats from nomadic people, as well as Yanzhou's own green salt, tea, silk, and cotton cloth from the mainland ..."

"Wang dares to guarantee that as long as there is no war within five years, the tax revenue of the three states will definitely not be inferior to that of the wealthy areas of the Song Dynasty." Wang Yang sniffed and replied with certainty.

"What's more, by that time, the concrete straight road leading to Jingzhao Mansion has already been completed. If you go directly to Jingzhao Mansion via Yanzhou, if you take a carriage, it will no longer take half a month, but only five days. Once it comes, it will attract more merchants to gather here for trade..."

"At that time, I'm afraid people will migrate here if we don't need to do anything else..." Wang Yang continued to describe the bright future confidently.

Following Wang Yang's words, something called hope was already twinkling in the eyes of the officials, like stars.

(End of this chapter)