Prosperous Tang Blood Blade

Chapter 628 Phosphate Fertilizer Triggers the Abolition of the Death Penalty Act (Part [-])
Chapter 41 Phosphate Fertilizer Triggers Abolition Bill

Whether it is chemical fertilizers or phosphate fertilizers, it is actually a hard job.For example, Chen Ying originally offered a wage of [-] Wen a day, but faced with such a bad working environment, especially the sour smell, which is different from the general smell of feces, not only the nose suffers, but also the eyes are irritated. Nitric acid is not as violent as concentrated sulfuric acid, but once it touches the skin, it will burn the skin.

Thirty cents a day's salary is considered a high salary in this era. Of course, Chen Ying is not short of money, so he had to raise the wages of the workers. Until the increase of [-] cents a day, no workers would be willing to do this stinky job.However, in this way, the cost of the corresponding phosphate fertilizer has increased a lot.

Chen Ying made a rough estimate. Applying 150 kilograms of phosphate fertilizer per acre would increase the yield by about three stones.According to the current grain price in Chang'an, an extra [-] renminbi can be charged per mu of land, but the input cost is [-] renminbi.

Of course, because Chang'an does not have abundant phosphate rock, the ore needs to be transported from other places, processed and cost a lot of labor. There is no way to lower the price of phosphate fertilizer.If converted according to the consistent money of the Tang Dynasty, which is equivalent to 250 and 420 yuan in later generations, the phosphate fertilizer weighing one hundred catties would be as high as [-] yuan, which is ridiculously high.

Because of the price, there is no way to promote it on a large scale.

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.

(End of this chapter)