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Chapter 719 Wu is like Han Xin, strategy is like Zhang Liang, politics is like Xiao He (second update)

Chapter 728

At that time, what Xixia considered was not just how to harass and provoke the northwestern border of the Great Song Dynasty, but had to accumulate more heavy troops in its royal capital, Xingqing Mansion, to guard against possible threats from the Great Song Dynasty at any time.

In this way, the initiative between Song and Xia could be said to have completely changed hands. At that time, the Song Dynasty could fight if it wanted to fight and defend if it wanted to. With the strength of the fortress built with Yuanyou cement, the entire Xixia army would invade. It will only end in a heavy loss.

Even the Song Dynasty could use the new Yanzhou City as a lure to induce Xixia to attack, and other armies could copy its retreat...

Following Zhao Xu's explanation, although Gao Taotao is good at politics and weaker than military strategy, but also from the map and what Zhao Xu said, he realized that the benefits here are definitely too rich for people to refuse.

Gao Taotao finally had a headache. "Although what the kid said is reasonable, building a city is not an easy task. Just to build a new city, I don't know how much money it will cost..."

"Emperor Grandmother, don't worry, Wang Wushan has said something first, as long as I allow him, he will raise the cost of building the city by himself." Zhao Xu said with a smile.

"He raised the cost of building the city himself?" Gao Taotao turned his head in astonishment.

"Grandmother, you may not be aware that Wang Wushan estimates that the wasteland in Yanzhou alone can sell more than six million guns..." Following Zhao Xu's words, Gao Taotao was really shocked by these words.

"More than six million guns, it's still a wasteland! Are you sure?"

"Grandmother, have you forgotten the Yuanyou flower gin presented by Wang Wushan a month ago?" Zhao Xu said with a cheerful smile.

"The Ai family is also aware of that machine, but with just such a machine, the common people are willing to spend so much money to buy wasteland..."

"Emperor Grandmother, in fact, it is mainly the profit-seeking nature of those businessmen, and they are far more sensitive than others in terms of gains and losses.

The news that the eleventh younger brother will be the Yuanyou cotton gin and the news that the Song Dynasty only allows cotton to be planted in the three states was published in the newspaper the next day. Visited the operation of Na Yuanyou cotton gin..."

Those wealthy businessmen are not fools, so seeing is believing. In order to seduce these wealthy businessmen, Wang Yang, an old driver, not only transported two Yuanyou cotton gins, but also specially transported thousands of kilograms of seeded cotton. .

Just to allow those people to see the efficiency of this kind of machinery with their own eyes, and really observed the production efficiency of this kind of machinery, many merchants in Bianliang, Tokyo, who are mainly engaged in silk cloth, sent their representatives immediately , hurried towards the northwest frontier.

For no other reason than to buy land, grow cotton, and then weave and cut clothes to sell.

And the fact that the wasteland in just one state was able to sell more than 600 million guns also shocked Zhao Xu a lot. He couldn't believe it. He was afraid that the news was fake. For this reason, he didn't tell anyone, but With his confidant guards, he quietly rushed to Yanzhou for inspection.

After receiving the reply, Zhao Xu was really relieved.At the same time, I admire Wang Yang more and more in my heart, the pillar of the country who can create something out of nothing.

That's right, it's just something out of nothing, and those wastelands are almost useless to Song Dynasty.Even if cotton can be grown, but cotton has almost no other function except for filling and heating.

Even if it is made of cotton cloth, it is because the process of removing seeds is extremely time-consuming and laborious, so the cost of cotton cloth is extremely high, and its material cannot be compared with silk. It hurts, it's just used by independent people to pretend to be coercive.

Therefore, because cotton cloth is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and expensive, its market is extremely small. However, Wang Yang just made such a Yuanyou... Well... Well, with the year name of Yuanyou, I'm afraid I want to buy it. It cannot be changed.

In short, the emergence of the Yuanyou cotton gin instantly reduced the complexity of the cotton process to that of picking hemp. You must know that using hemp for clothing requires cutting, peeling, soaking, twisting, sizing, and reeding. Finally it can be woven into linen.

Although the process is cumbersome, it is still relatively easy, unlike picking cotton seeds, where one person may harvest less than a catty of lint for a day, and the production of hemp does not require such refined operations.

However, with the emergence of the Yuanyou Cotton Gin, only two people are required to operate it, and it can process nearly [-] catties of seeded cotton in an hour. After a day, it is definitely not a dream to produce [-] catties of lint.

This output is equivalent to the output that can only be obtained by at least [-] seed-removing women in the past.After such a calculation, all businessmen are keenly aware that cotton cloth is likely to replace linen cloth in a very short period of time. There will be earth-shaking changes.

Naturally, to seize the opportunity, this is what must be done.

Zhao Xu admired Wang Yang's approach very much. Wang Yang didn't ask for all the money, but directly converted a considerable part of the money into food, living materials, and working tools.

In this way, with sufficient supplies, those people who migrated to the three states will not need to suffer from cold and starvation. When they arrive at the place, they will have enough agricultural production tools and living supplies, so that they can move as quickly as possible. Settling down at a fast speed, it is not easy to cause civil uprisings.In addition, even if those common people missed the busy farming season, they could still use work as relief.

"As expected of Wang Wushan, he has really considered everything. In this case, let him handle the matter. But as an official, you have to remind him that our Song Dynasty has 23 roads, 240 three states, and Last year's tax revenue totaled 260 million yuan. When divided evenly, the average tax revenue for one state is about 54 yuan."

"And this amount is also the annual tax revenue of Zhongzhou in the Song Dynasty, and the Shaanxi Road states in the northwestern region of the Song Dynasty have an average annual tax of about 28 yuan per state. For example, Huanzhou last year The income is only more than 24 guan, as for the three states of Yan, You, and Hong, how about the future tax revenue..."

Listening to Gao Taotao's calm words, Zhao Xu seemed a little confused and didn't quite understand what the Empress Dowager was talking about.

You know, the land of the three states is the land newly occupied by my Great Song Dynasty, and it is the time when everything is waiting to be rejuvenated. If the emperor's grandmother said so, is there any problem?
"It seems that you really don't understand, but it doesn't matter, just say that the Ai family specially asked you to ask on my behalf..." Seeing his grandson's confused look, Gao Taotao felt that he should continue to remain mysterious. It will make me feel better, and I can also teach this good and growing grandson a lesson.

In fact, the more important thing is that Gao Taotao wants to see how much potential Wang Yang and Wang Wushan still have to tap.

Is it really like what the folks are saying now, that the military strategy is like Han Xin, the cunning is like Zhang Liang, and the government is like Xiao He.There is another item, that is, literary talent such as Dongpo.

(End of this chapter)