Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 351 The World Trend of Accelerated Development
Although several months have passed since Dong Cheng's assassination of the emperor and the prime minister, the public opinion under Cao Cao's rule is still quite enthusiastic.

Although most people follow the mainstream, they are not condemning Yuan Shao and Dong Cheng.

But there are always some people who like to stand out and question that this may be a game secretly set up by Cao Cao and even the emperor.

But now, Cao Cao suddenly announced that Hussar General Lu Yan had discovered and planted an unprecedented new type of grain.

It is not only rich in nutrition, but also has excellent taste in many ways. It is the staple food, vegetable, and can also be used for wine making.

Its name is potato.

The most important thing is that potatoes are very easy to feed and the yield is extremely high. Fertile fields can yield [-] shi per mu, and even barren mountainous land can produce several shi to tens of shi per mu!

As soon as the news of Tudou came out, there was an uproar again in the world of Dahan!Even more ferocious than the assassination of Liu Xie and Cao Cao.

After all, people depend on food, and potatoes are related to the livelihood of countless people, so it is a normal phenomenon that they will receive unparalleled attention.

The general supervisor (workshop) of Chenliu County has always produced new things, whether it is people's livelihood or military equipment, there are countless.

There have been many unheard of spices before, and now a high-yield staple food has been directly released, and the reputation can be called an instant explosion.

The reputation of Cao Cao and Lu Yan reached a new height with the advent of potatoes.

Even the Son of Heaven, after hearing the news about Tudou, gave up his final resistance and accepted the concubine Cao Cao gave him, that is, Cao Cao's own daughter, Cao Jie.

Liu Xie's last power has been uprooted by Cao Cao, coupled with the huge prestige that Tudou turned out to bring to Cao Cao, Liu Xie can be said to have completely laid down now.

After lying down, Liu Xie began to enjoy life seriously,
He even went to watch the potatoes in person with Empress Fu and Concubine Cao, and tasted the whole potato feast made by the supervisor.

Perhaps Dong Cheng is dead and the emperor is lying down. Cao Cao's restraint on the three brothers Liu Bei is not as strict as before.

The three of Liu Bei were even able to leave Xuchang and go to Chenliu County alone.But it was limited to going to Chenliu.

The prosperity of Chenliu County is even better than that of Yingchuan County.

After seeing the smiles on the faces of the people all the time, the three brothers Liu Bei couldn't calm down for a long time.

In front of you is Chen Liucheng.

Looking at the convoy waiting in line to enter the city from a distance, Zhang Fei said with emotion to Liu Bei: "Brother, Lu Yan is really good at managing the place!"

Liu Bei glanced at Zhang Fei with dissatisfaction, and said, "As soon as the potatoes come out, there will be countless people alive. Lu Hussar is destined to go down in history. Third brother, you must not be rude."

"Yes. My old Zhang will pay attention to it in the future." Zhang Fei didn't raise his argument this time. After all, Liu Bei's words were very reasonable.

Guan Yu remained silent all the way, as if he was thinking about some difficult problem in his heart.

The three of them led the horse and walked into Chen Liucheng.

After entering Chenliucheng, the three Liu Bei brothers felt as if they had come to a whole new world.

Alongside the main road, which is more than ten feet wide and paved with bluestone slabs, there are many buildings with four or five floors.

There is a constant flow of people and traffic on the street.

The surrounding shops are full of goods, but what is even more valuable is that many bookstores are overcrowded, that is, people are choosing books for themselves or for their descendants.

Guan Yu, who hadn't spoken for a long time, finally said, "This is what a peaceful and prosperous world should look like!"

Zhang Fei nodded and sighed: "The prosperity in our hearts has already been realized by Lu Huanqi."

Yes, isn't this the world they are after?

So, is it still necessary to break this ideal peace and prosperity?

Liu Bei was keenly aware of the psychological changes of the two brothers, but he did not take any action.

At this moment, in Liu Bei's mind, the map of the world that has almost been deeply imprinted in his mind can't help appearing,

He muttered to himself: "I am a prosperous man, and I should spread it all over the world."

According to statistics, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, there were 1000 million households and a population of more than 600 million.

Then consider the large number of disciples, clans, guests, tribes, servants, etc. who are occupied or sheltered by powerful landlords,

Coupled with the fact that most of the Xiongnu, Qiang, Di and Baiyue who moved to the Han area were not included in the household registration statistics, it is believed that the peak population of the Eastern Han Dynasty should have reached 6500 million.

However, after the outbreak of the Yellow Turban, frequent wars broke out in Guanzhong and Kanto, and the population dropped sharply.

On the contrary, the population of the southern states has increased to varying degrees.

For example, the population of Yangzhou has increased by nearly 20, the population of Jingzhou has increased from less than one million households to more than one million, and the population of Yizhou has soared from one million to 100 million.

After the Li Jue and Guo Si Rebellion, and the Southern Huns ravaging Guanzhong, the population of Guanzhong was even less than 50, that is, less than [-] households!

Similarly, Yanzhou, which is located in the Central Plains, has also dropped from a million households to 60 households.

When Boss Cao first took over Yanzhou, he still benefited from the surrender of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban, so the population was a little more substantial.

And Xuzhou has a small population, only about 40 households.

When Cao Cao annexed Xuzhou, there were only less than 20 households left.
Lu Yan vigorously rectified the tyrants, opened farms to attract refugees, and developed people's livelihood.

Yanzhou and Xuzhou imitated the successful case of Chenliu County one after another, so the population of Yanzhou and Xuzhou was able to recover slowly.

However, even so, the population of Yanxu and Xuzhou, plus half of Yuzhou, under Cao Cao's rule is only comparable to that of Yuan Shao.

However, under Yuan Shao's rule, there were many noble families and noble gentry, and they themselves had a lot of capital; while under Cao Cao's rule, ordinary people accounted for the vast majority, almost all of them were naked.
Therefore, in terms of quality, under Yuan Shao's rule, it is undoubtedly much better than Cao Cao, so from the perspective of overall strength, Cao Cao is still far behind Yuan Shao.

Improving the people's livelihood and economy is to make the people rich. Only when the overall wealth increases, the strength of the Cao family will be enhanced.

While developing commerce and agriculture, increasing the population is also the fastest way to develop.

The first factor restricting the development of population is food.

Now that Lu Yan has produced potatoes with an yield of 400 shi per mu, that is, more than [-] catties of grain, it is foreseeable that under Cao Cao's rule, there will be another wave of explosive population growth!
Not only will the number of newborns increase sharply, but people and refugees in other places will also regard Cao Cao's rule as one of the first places to migrate.

If Cao Cao is really given more time to develop quietly, then in the future, Cao Cao will probably be invincible in the whole big man in the future.

Therefore, the news of the magical food potatoes under Cao Cao's rule made Sun Ce in the southeast and Yuan Shao in the north a little bit impatient.

The mobilization of soldiers and horses in Yuan Shao's various places became more and more frequent.The Yingwei Bingziying, which is in charge of monitoring Hebei, sent back frequent warning messages.Due to the frequent sending of messages, a lot of eyeliners and shadow guards were lost.

Sun Ce, on the other hand, began to assemble an army, preparing to take Lujiang, the hub of the west and north, and his ambition to spy on Jingzhou and the Central Plains was fully revealed!
(End of this chapter)