Becoming stronger from cutting Hu and Cao Cao

Chapter 122

Li Chen glanced at the four of them with piercing eyes and a serious tone: "Every word I say next is related to the future of the people in Xuzhou, and even the future of the entire Han. Everyone, everything that follows must not be revealed Say a word."

"The potatoes and sweet potatoes can be planted twice a year, and the output of each season is more than [-] catties. Now, I have [-] catties of grain seeds each in my hand."

"I intend to distribute the grain seeds, but I am afraid."

For the four of them, Li Chen expressed his worries.By distributing the grain seeds, Xuzhou's grain production will naturally increase significantly.In a short time, the people of Xuzhou will not worry about food.

However, if the grain seeds are distributed to the people for planting.Then there is no doubt that this matter must not be kept secret.Maybe after this season, potatoes and sweet potatoes will be scattered throughout Dahan.

You know, now Li Chen is only in Xuzhou.Whether it is Cao Cao or Yuan Shao's territory is much larger than him.Once potatoes and sweet potatoes became popular, they became the most beneficial to the two.

Whoever solves the food problem will definitely take the lead in the future struggle for world hegemony.If you want to compete for world hegemony, among the two most important factors, one is food and the other is the source of soldiers.

The issue of the source of soldiers, in the final analysis, also lies in food.There are no entertainment activities in this era. Once people have enough to eat, that event becomes the only entertainment activity.In this way, as the population increases, the source of soldiers will naturally also increase.

Therefore, to say a thousand words and ten thousand, food is very important.As long as Li Chen still has the intention of fighting for world hegemony, he must hold the sweet potatoes and potatoes tightly in his hands.

It took a long time after Li Chen finished speaking, the four of them were in shock.

The yield per mu is three thousand catties, which is simply a fantasy for the four of them.At this moment, the four felt that their IQs had been severely crushed.

If it wasn't for Li Chen being their lord, they would definitely think that Li Chen was playing tricks on them.

"Everyone, let's make up an idea, should we grow this new type of grain or not?" Seeing that the four of them were silent, Li Chen hurriedly asked again.

"Sow, of course you have to plant."

"My lord got such a divine thing, if I don't grow it, it will be a retribution." Chen Deng came back to his senses and said hastily.

Chen Deng is the chief steward of Xuzhou, and Chen Deng has always been in charge of food and grass.If potatoes and sweet potatoes are planted in Xuzhou for one or two seasons, what kind of food will Xuzhou worry about in the future.

"My lord, don't worry."

"Let's discuss countermeasures first." Liu Bowen also said.

As soon as Liu Bowen finished speaking, he saw the four of them whispering to each other.As the saying goes, the three cobblers are better than Zhuge Liang.Not to mention that the four people who are doing it are all monsters of different eras, and each of them has an IQ that is off the charts.

The four of them were discussing in whispers, and the topics around them were basically how to keep the secrecy while popularizing new types of grain in large quantities.The main point of the four people's discussion is exactly how to do this confidentiality work.

As the saying goes, there is no impenetrable wall in the world, and to grow potatoes in large quantities, sweet potatoes must require a large number of people, and how to keep them secret is even more difficult.

This was not a simple matter. The four of them each expressed their views, and one after another the proposals were put forward and then rejected.The four of them discussed from noon until the evening, and finally came up with a fairly complete plan.

Looking at the plan put forward by the four people in his hands, Li Chen couldn't help but feel a little familiar.That's right, this plan is actually a bit similar to the rural work point system in that special era in the previous life.

The farming system in the Eastern Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period was basically divided into two types, one was military settlements and the other was civilian settlements.The Mintun is naturally the common people farming, and the military village is for the soldiers to farm when there is no war.

The military station system was not implemented in Xuzhou, and Li Chen followed the elite soldier system.That is to say, soldiers have to train every day even when there is no war. Naturally, they don't have the time and energy to participate in such things as farming.

If you don't follow the military route, then you can only let the common people grow potatoes and sweet potatoes.But the loyalty of the people is a big problem, and it is difficult not to leak the secrets.

It was also under this system that the four of Liu Bowen brainstormed and came up with a Zhuangtian system.What is the Zhuangtian system is to group all the fields of the entire village together.Then sweet potatoes and potatoes are planted uniformly. Not to mention that all fields planted with sweet potatoes and potatoes are exempted from taxes, and the government guarantees three hundred catties of grain per mu of good land.Even in a disaster year, if the output is less than [-] catties, the government will make up for it.

In this way, not only is the tax exempted, but the people can guarantee three hundred catties of grain per mu of land.We must know that the yield of the best fields in this era is less than [-] catties per mu.

In order to ensure that sweet potatoes and potatoes are not leaked out, each village that grows potatoes and sweet potatoes will be divided into planting areas and residential areas.The growing areas are enclosed and guarded by soldiers at all times.All people are searched every day when entering and leaving the planting area to ensure that no grain is taken out of the planting area.

The four of them thought very well, even how to distribute the food to the people when it was ripe.After the potatoes and sweet potatoes are ripe, they can be made into potato flour and sweet potato flour and distributed to the common people, so that they will not be afraid of them selling potatoes and sweet potatoes as grain seeds.

Li Chen carefully looked at the entire Zhuangtian system plan. Although the whole plan is not perfect, its general context is already clear, and it is indeed a good plan.If it is implemented according to this, not to mention foolproof, it is also sure.

"That's right, it's indeed a good idea." Li Chen nodded, and Liu Bowen and the others said.

Seeing that Li Chen agreed, Liu Bowen said: "Since the commander-in-chief agrees, the four of us are discussing the details. This matter is of great importance, and it must be done properly."

After pondering for a moment, Li Chen said: "The output of potatoes and sweet potatoes is more than [-] catties. Even if they are dried to make potato flour and sweet potato powder, the yield of [-] catties is more than enough. One mu of land only gives three hundred catties to the common people, right?" Some of them are less, so I think it’s better to give five hundred catties per mu to the people who participate in farming.”

Unexpectedly, as soon as Li Chen finished speaking, Chen Deng hurriedly stood up and said: "My lord, absolutely not. If the rice is favored and the rice is hated, the people will give more than their mu's yield. The people will be grateful to the lord, and Will work very hard.”

"However, if you give too much, I'm afraid these people will have a bad idea."

After Chen Deng finished speaking, Liu Bowen and the other three also nodded in agreement frequently.

Hearing people's persuasion, having enough food, and seeing that several confidantes objected to giving more, Li Chen dismissed the idea.I even wondered if the three hundred catties was a bit too much.

(End of this chapter)