Chapter 512 Exchange Baby
"Okay, let's go down, build a good relationship with the officials, and pave the way for the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce." Liu Bian waved his hand to let Mi Zhu leave.

"Farewell to the grassroots!" Mi Zhu bowed his hands and retreated.Now that Liu Bianna and Mi Zhen entered the palace, Mi Zhu is a relative of the emperor. With Mi Zhu's communication skills and status, it is very easy to build a good relationship with the officials.

After Mi Zhu withdrew, Liu Bian began to ponder.Now that Yuan Shu has been destroyed, the princes from all walks of life have to devote themselves to development in a short period of time after this battle, and they are unable to start a war.

Liu Bian's forces, in order to compete for Nanyang, fought for more than a year. It took more than a year from attacking Nanyang in early March of the first year of Jian'an to withdrawing from Runan in June of the second year of Jian'an.

The consumption of an army of about [-] for more than a year fully made Liu Bian exhaust the accumulation of several granaries in Yongzhou and Luoyang.

In addition to the compensation for the fallen soldiers, Nanyang attracted 20 people from Runan to resettle [-] people, Nanyang expanded [-] soldiers and horses, and the reconstruction of Fancheng after it was destroyed.This item requires a huge cost.

Liu Bian knows that in a short period of time, at least three years, it is impossible to launch a big war. A big war is a war to destroy the country, just like the war to destroy Yuan Shu, which lasted for more than a year. The accumulated food and grass are exhausted.Within three years, Liu Bian did not have the strength to launch such a huge war of annihilating the country.

Although Yuan Shao is in danger now, it is not as simple as destroying Yuan Shu if he wants to destroy Yuan Shao, and many princes such as Zhao Kuangyin will definitely not sit idly by to destroy Yuan Shao.Therefore, Liu Bian must be more cautious when he destroys Yuan Shao. This battle is too important to him, and there must be no mistakes, otherwise Liu Bian's great situation may be ruined if he is not careful.

Rest and recuperate, accumulate strength, and wipe out Yuan Shao with a thunderous strike is the keynote that Liu Bian has set in the past few years.Of course, the war of destroying the country cannot be launched easily, but small fights, intrigues and schemes continue to weaken Yuan Shao's strength, once this opportunity is given, Liu Bian will not let it go.

Since the main theme of the past few years has been recuperation, Liu Bian naturally has to formulate a specific strategy instead of accumulating national power by doing nothing.What Liu Bian needs is to formulate specific goals and carry out the strategy of strengthening the country according to the goals.

The establishment of the Ministry of Commerce, Liu Bian can be said to have been premeditated for a long time, but also improvised.

The first is the national system. Liu Bian has long wanted to change the Sangong Jiuqing into the Three Provinces and Six Ministries. A few years ago, Liu Bian founded the Ministry of Medicine, and now the Ministry of Commerce is in preparation for the Three Provinces and Six Ministries.But this policy has to wait for San Gong to step down, and this has to be done slowly.However, this does not hinder the establishment of the Ministry of Commerce.

It just so happened that Mi Zhu came to vote, and Mi Zhu was the only one who could join. Siwei was 59 in force, 63 in command, 87 in intelligence, and 89 in politics.This four-dimensional is well-behaved, not weak, but not strong, but Mi Zhu wins in loyalty. Although he is a businessman, he is a celebrity in the big man.With Mi Zhu's ability and qualifications, it is completely sufficient to be the Minister of the Ministry of Commerce.

Because of Mi Zhu's arrival, Liu Bian decided to set up a business department on the spur of the moment, but in fact, it is not the best time to develop business.After all, Dahan is a country based on agriculture. Although the development of commerce can promote prosperity, the effect is just that. It cannot develop Dahan into the prosperity of Dasong in a short period of time.

"It's really impatient to develop business at the moment. Commercial development is bound to have an impact on agriculture, but I have to find a way to make up for this gap!" Liu Bian mused.

The situation in which business develops is that everyone is chasing profit, the farmland is abandoned, and people have to eat, right?If no one farms, is there anything to eat?The development of commerce will have an impact on agriculture, which is the biggest drawback of commerce development.

It can also be said to be the disadvantage of this era. There are so many people who go out to work and do business in the future generations. There are few farmers in the countryside, but they can feed 13 billion people with very little land!In addition to the introduction of food from foreign countries, the development of productive forces is the fundamental reason.

For example, one mu of Dahan's land can produce two hundred catties of grain a year, and can sow seeds once a year.In later generations, one mu of land is 2400 catties, and it can be sown three times a year. That is to say, the same land can harvest [-] catties a year in Dahan, while in later generations, it can harvest [-] catties.

The harvest of one mu of land can support one person in the great man, and it can support twelve people in later generations.

It's a world of difference!

The development of commerce will cause people to give up farming and mulberry, but if productivity can be improved, it can make up for the gap that people give up farming in business.

With the various technologies in Liu Bian's system, it is easy to develop productivity and increase food production.Liu Bian said that the production of high-quality seeds and fertilizers for later generations is too simple.If the grain output can be increased by one-fifth, there will be more than 1000 million people under Liu Bian's rule, and an increase of one-fifth will be able to feed an additional 200 million people.

May I ask Liu Bian's development of commerce, can 200 million people give up farming and mulberry to do business?In this era of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, with Liu Bian preparing to establish a commercial law to control it.At most, tens of thousands of people are willing to risk business.For example, there are not many people who are merchants.

Liu Bian developed commerce and encouraged people to do business, but at the same time developed productivity and increased food production to fill the vacancy.After careful comparison, you will find the horror of the gap.And this vacancy can not only be filled, but also infinitely strengthened, forming a towering tree!
Of course, it depends on how much grain production Liu Bian can increase with the technology in the system.

If the number is increased by 200%, millions of people will be able to live, and if the number is increased by two, it will be [-] million. If this number can be multiplied, the food for Liu Bian's men will increase infinitely, and there will be more than they can eat.These things are foundations and can be used to start wars.

The main grains in this era were grains, rice, millet, wheat, millet, and bean. There is also a saying that hemp replaced rice.The early Yellow River Basin was the center of China, and the north was not suitable for growing rice, so early rice was not included in the five grains.

To increase production, Liu Bian must first start with the five grains.

Liu Bian, who came from a later generation, is not very familiar with the five grains. Rice and wheat are what Liu Bian is most familiar with. The rest, hemp, bean, and millet, Liu Bian has never eaten.In this era, five grains are the staple food, but Liu Bian has eaten a lot.But Liu Bian knew that the output was frighteningly low.

Liu Bian was a northerner in his previous life, and he also planted land in his early years. It was only one mu, but it was enough to feed his family.But in this day and age, it is impossible to support one person with one acre of land, and people will laugh at you if you say it.

The reason is that the yield of five grains is too low. Liu Bian is not familiar with five grains, but he knows sorghum. He has also eaten it. The taste is not good, and the yield is very low.Sorghum is also a very important staple food in the northern part of the Han Dynasty. It is hard to imagine that the Han Dynasty mainly ate these things.

If you want to increase food production, you need to replace five grains with new crops!
Among the five grains, wheat and rice will not be replaced, and later generations will be wheat in the north and rice in the south.These two crops, wheat and rice, have gradually come to the fore after thousands of years of development.Instead of other grains, what Liu Bian has to do is to focus on wheat and rice in advance. Liu Bian decided to replace the other types, not to mention the low yield. After thousands of years of development, the yield is not high, and it is not delicious. .

Of course, these kinds of grains are native products of China, and Liu Bian will not let them be completely replaced, after all, they contain the painstaking efforts of countless generations of ancestors.If these kinds of crops disappeared in China because of Liu Bian, Liu Bian would feel uncomfortable.Liu Bian was still afraid that after many years, other dynasties would say that it was their local crop.

After all, some people are famous for being shameless!

After focusing on wheat, Liu Bian can take out the high-quality wheat seeds in the system and plant them. In this way, it is easy to increase the grain production.

Of course, it is not enough to just grow wheat. Liu Bian also decided to exchange several high-quality grains from the system.

In the early years, Liu Bian exchanged sweet potatoes, and now sweet potatoes have been widely planted in Yongliang. Many people have been saved by relying on sweet potatoes, and the various ways to eat sweet potatoes have also been researched by the people.Everyone knows about cooking and roasting, but the smart people found that sweet potatoes are not good for storage, so they made sweet potato flour. Using sweet potato flour, they can make glutinous rice balls. This is a surprise.

This time, Liu Bian set his sights on corn and potatoes!

These two crops were introduced to China during the Ming Dynasty, and their yields are far higher than those of hemp, bean, and millet among the five grains.

Needless to say, corn, two to three corn cobs can grow on one corn stalk, and one corn can make a person have a full meal.Corn can be boiled and eaten, and it can also be ground into flour to make cakes.With the technology of the Han Dynasty, the way of eating corn is completely acceptable.

Moreover, corn stalks are even more treasures. They have a short growth cycle and can be used to make fertilizer or fed to livestock.Liu Bian won Hetao and was going to build a horse farm to raise horses. He could use corn stalks as livestock rations.

Potatoes, like sweet potatoes, have a high yield, and can be eaten as a dish, boiled or steamed.And the vines of potatoes can also be eaten by livestock. Although there is no such thing as cooking in this era, it does not hinder the cultivation of potatoes.

Liu Bian thought about it and decided to exchange it for soybeans. Soybeans are soybeans. In fact, soybeans are also available in this era.It is the bean, but the soybean grains of this era are small and the yield is not high, which is different from the soybeans of later generations.

Using wheat as the staple food, supplemented by sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, and soybeans, this is Liu Bian's determination to change the way of planting grains to increase crop yields.

It doesn't even need other planting techniques or cultivation techniques. As long as Liu Bian uses these kinds of crops instead of five grains, the grain output of Liu Bian's men can be increased a lot.

But Liu Bian was not satisfied. He could manage the country wholeheartedly in the past few years. Since he focused on developing productivity in the past few years, he naturally wanted to do everything possible to increase productivity.

Liu Bian continued to inspect the technology in the system mall, trying to find ways to use it in agriculture.At the same time, in my mind, I was thinking about a useful method.

 Is there any way to increase food production can talk about.

  Replacing five grains with new crops is the most important thing, and then write from the aspects of planting, land use, agricultural talents, water conservancy, and fertilizers.

  If you have any good suggestions, you can talk about them, and you can talk about strategies that can strengthen the country. If you think it is good, I will adopt it.

  
 
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