Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Li Yuan watched Chen Ying's phosphate fertilizer workshop patiently, and then learned about the price of the phosphate fertilizer in detail. Under this circumstance, everyone was silent.

After all, the price of phosphate fertilizer for a hundred dollars is too high for the people of Tang Dynasty to bear.What's more, Chen Ying makes phosphate fertilizer locally and uses it himself, without dealers and transportation costs. If such phosphate fertilizer is sold to the common people, it may not be worth 150 yuan.

Then the problem is coming.

Because of the cost, I am afraid that the common people will not be able to use this thing.Even if the increase in grain production is very helpful, if a bag can be reduced to ten yuan or less, then it will no longer be difficult to promote.

Li Yuan sighed and said, "Phosphate fertilizer is a good thing, but it's too expensive, and the income and investment are not worth it."

Li Yuan is a rather euphemistic way of saying it. In fact, it is far from cost-effective, and there is simply no room for maneuvering, because farmers must irrigate, weed, insect, loosen the soil, and fertilize in a timely manner if they want to obtain a good harvest. Offset the economic benefits of increasing production and income, so who is willing to waste time and effort to use this phosphorus fertilizer?

Although Xiao Yu was the seventh son of Xiao Kui, Emperor Liang Ming of the Southern Dynasty, after being a subjugated royal family, Xiao Yu's life in his youth was not rich. Although his family would not starve to death, he knew the sufferings of the people. He doesn't want to be famous in history, he can make the common people have a full bowl of food, and he is satisfied without being scolded a few times as a "dog official".His idol is Li Bing. Li Bing was a great water conservancy in the Warring States period. (today's Shiting River), Mianshui (today's Mianyuan River) and other irrigation and shipping projects, as well as the repair of cable bridges and the opening of salt wells.He also built a five-foot road connecting the Central Plains, the Mingshan District Police Station in Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, and Yunnan Province.The common people remembered his achievements and built temples to commemorate them. Many flood control experiences are still being used hundreds of years later, benefiting future generations.

Even though the common people have long forgotten who was said to be lonely and widowed, they still remember that Li Bing was a great and good official.

As an official, if he can reach Li Bing's level, he will have no regrets.He thought he didn't have Li Bing's powerful water control technology, so he had to work hard on the development of farming --- making the common people full of food and meat is also a great achievement!

However, the ideal is full, but the reality is very skinny.It was only after he put his ideals into practice that he realized how much resistance there was. There was no way to carry out his decrees, and he couldn't even get out of Hechi City.What's more terrible is that he managed to organize the common people to reclaim some wasteland. It didn't take long for the local gentry to go to the yamen with the land deeds to make a fuss. Witnesses can testify that the cleared land is theirs!After repeated blows,

Xiao Yu was a little depressed, now that his official has become the treasurer of the Tang Dynasty, Zuo Min Shangshu and Zhongshu Shizhong, seeing Chen Ying farming so well, his dead heart has come back to life. come over.

A gleam flashed in Xiao Yu's eyes, he looked at Chen Ying and said, "Chen Concubine, can this phosphate fertilizer reduce the cost and promote the world?"

"Difficult... Difficult!" Chen Ying shook his head and said: "You have also seen that I made it myself, used it myself, and the cost price is [-] yuan a bag. If it is used as a commodity and promoted, there will be transportation loss. Since then, the price of phosphate fertilizer is bound to be higher...but..."

Li Yuan was disappointed for a while, but Chen Ying invented a method to increase grain production, but he couldn't use it.It's like a chicken rib, it's tasteless to eat, but it's a pity to throw it away.

But hearing what Chen Ying said, Li Yuan also excitedly said: "But what?"

Chen Yingdao: "Actually, it is not difficult to make this phosphate fertilizer. The difficulty is that the labor cost is too high. You have all seen that when making this phosphate fertilizer, it is really smelly. No one in the people is willing to do this job. For this reason, I have to do it." Don't raise the salary to [-] yuan a day!"

"What one hundred cents a day?"

There was an uproar among the crowd.The Kaiyuan Tongbao of the Tang Dynasty was really too high in value equivalent, as high as a ninth-rank official, and a year's salary, when converted, was only a little more than 32 guan.In other words, on average, it is worth a hundred coins a day.A stock-level cadre now is almost a ninth-rank official in the Tang Dynasty, so the question is, how much can a stock-level cadre earn in a day?Do migrant workers who move bricks earn more than share-level cadres?The answer is yes.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were not only ninth-rank officials, but also many low-ranking officials, such as the third class and the six housekeepers. Up to one hundred Wen a day, the nine-tier treatment.

When Xiao Yu heard this, he understood clearly, and he tried to ask: "If there is no expenditure of [-] Wen a day, can the phosphate fertilizer be reduced?"

"It can definitely be lowered!" Chen Yingdao: "There were originally 160 craftsmen here, and they took 880 yuan in wages. If their wages are not counted, the price of phosphate fertilizer can be reduced to [-] to [-] yuan per bag. look!"

Xiao Yu silently calculated an account in his mind. If the investment per mu is 150 or [-] renminbi, the production will be increased by [-] renminbi. In this way, a farmer can increase his income by at least [-] guan a year. It is estimated that farmers will be crazy about it.

Thinking of this, Xiao Yu asked again: "Chen Concubine, is it difficult to make this phosphate fertilizer? Is it possible for any kind of person to do it?"

Chen Ying nodded and said: "It's definitely not difficult, just pour the nitric acid into the water tank, then pour the phosphate rock powder into the nitric acid, then stir, and let it dry."

Xiao Yu nodded, and murmured: "160 people can increase the production of 600 mu of land by more than 18 stones in half a year. If it is a year, they can surely produce enough phosphate fertilizer for 6000 mu of fertile land. With 180 mu of fertile land, the production can be increased by [-] shi, and if there are [-] people, the production can be increased by [-] million shi, Chen Consort, is the old minister right?"

Chen Ying curled her lips, this kind of arithmetic is only for primary school students in later generations, and it is not difficult at all. However, considering the low popularity rate of arithmetic in this era, it is very rare for Xiao Yu to be able to do mental arithmetic to this extent.Chen Ying praised: "Xiao Xiangguo's calculation is correct, but there are still some deviations, roughly the same."

Xiao Yu turned to Li Yuan and bowed: "Your Majesty, the old minister asks for an order to make a living for the people of the world. Please issue an order. In all states and counties, except for the most heinous crimes, the rest of the death row prisoners can be exonerated and punished with hard labor. For Chen Consort to make phosphate fertilizer, which will benefit the people and benefit the common people."

Use death row prisoners to avoid death and punish them with hard labor.It is used to produce phosphate fertilizer, this is the method that Xiao Shiwen came up with in a very short time.

Li Jiancheng thought for a while and said, "Father, my sons and ministers seconded the proposal!"

Pei Ji looked at Li Yuan, only to see that Li Yuan's brows were shining brightly, obviously his heart was moved.He bowed and said: "The old minister seconded the proposal."

"My minister agrees!"

"Seconded"

... All the ministers present echoed their voices.

Chen Ying was dumbfounded. He never thought that Datang would propose the abolition of the death penalty at this time.However, Chen Ying is in favor of this. Historically, because of the Dou Jiande and Liu Heita rebellion, tens of thousands of young and strong died in Hebei alone. Some of these hundreds of thousands died on the battlefield. Some were slaughtered by rebellious soldiers, and some were beheaded because of settlement after Qiuhou.

If this is the case, the population of Datang will definitely increase a lot. After all, human heads are not leeks, and if they are cut off, they will not grow back.As long as these criminals are in Chen Ying's hands, although they lose their freedom, they can live on.

Chapter 42 The turning point of history ([-] more)

Chapter 42 The turning point of history ([-] more)

A butterfly in the tropical rainforest of the Amazon River Basin in South America occasionally flaps its wings a few times, causing changes in the air system around it and generating weak airflows, which in turn cause corresponding changes in the surrounding air or other systems changes, which set off a chain reaction that eventually led to dramatic weather changes elsewhere.Call it the "butterfly effect".

The prosperous Tang Dynasty is like a poem and a painting. Although Chen Ying has been a man for two generations, he seems to see farther than the ancients, but in fact, Chen Ying's way of thinking is not necessarily smarter than the ancients.

As for the many trends of thought in the previous life, not to mention that Chen Ying probably only had a half-knowledge, but even if he was really proficient, and the theory was too advanced, it might bring greater harm to the society.

How did Wang Mang's new system come to an end? This is a lesson learned from the past.It's not like Chen Ying didn't know that, theoretically speaking, the content of Wang Mang's new system was advanced in the Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, even if reforms were to be made, Chen Ying never thought of influencing the Tang court and promoting it to the whole world.However, what Chen Ying did not expect was that he was influencing Datang's development direction bit by bit.

Originally, Chen Ying didn't think about building a track system of the Tang Dynasty. He just imitated the rail system of mines and mines in later generations to save labor and time to transport the excavated river mud. But after seeing this scene, Li Jiancheng decided to To repair the road system of the Tang Dynasty, the first road from Luoyang to Tongguan, which is nearly [-] miles away, is about to be completed. It is expected that the whole line will be open to traffic in the spring of the fourth year of Wude.

This is just a change in Datang.However, Chen Ying never imagined that he just produced some primitive phosphate fertilizers by wet method, which would influence Datang to abolish the death penalty.

Although it is only partially abolished, it is obvious that once this policy is introduced, the population of Datang will undergo great changes.At least, the population base will be much larger. As long as it is labor reform, there will be a day when they can be released after serving their sentences. Then the children and grandchildren of these people will breed countless people in Datang.

Li Yuan agreed with Xiao Yu's opinion almost without consideration, after all Li Yuan is a person who cherishes feathers.

Once this policy is implemented, it will not have a particularly large negative impact on Datang. On the contrary, it will enable Datang to obtain countless phosphate fertilizers, increase food production, and the benefited people will be more grateful to him as the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty.Moreover, he is not bloodthirsty and easy to kill. A benevolent emperor has a better reputation than a tyrant.

At this moment, Chen Ying noticed that Li Xiuning's face was a little pale, and gradually a rosy color appeared on Li Xiuning's face. Suddenly, Li Xiuning covered her mouth and ran into the distance. She couldn't run more than ten steps away, and she was supported by a small tree. Before, wow, vomit.

Chen Ying also didn't care about Li Yuan discussing important court affairs with the ministers, so he hurried over.

The world is big and the wife is the biggest.

In Chen Ying's eyes, even the heavenly king Lao Tzu is not as old as his wife.

Out of the corner of Li Yuan's eyes, seeing Chen Ying being so nervous and Li Xiuning showing warmth on his face.

Chen Ying waved for Guo Luo to bring over the water bottle, and at the same time patted Li Xiuning on the back: "Sanniang, how are you doing, is it better?"

Li Xiuning rinsed her mouth with water, before she could speak, she vomited again.

Chen Ying was extremely nervous, and shouted: "Guo Luo, quickly find Chen Huairen..."

However, Li Yuan still loves his daughter dearly.Seeing Chen Ying being so loud, he thought something had happened.

He hurriedly asked the imperial physician to come forward to diagnose and treat Li Xiuning.

Li Yuan went out of the palace, even if he only traveled sixty miles to the city, he still followed the imperial physician in the Imperial Medical Office.After a while, an old doctor with gray hair and beard put his hand on Li Xiuning's wrist.

After a while, a smile appeared on the imperial physician's face, he let go of Li Xiuning's wrist, bowed towards Li Yuan and Chen Ying, and said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty, congratulations to Consort Chen, and your Royal Highness Princess Pingyang is happy!"

"What? You're happy?" Chen Ying was ecstatic, and Li Yuan laughed out loud.