Destiny Only Han

Chapter 728 Liu Ying: Capital Never Sleeps
Liu Bang stood aside and looked left and right, only regretting that the corn is not yet ripe, otherwise he would have to do it himself, just like he once sneaked to the Baqiao construction site and drove a steam excavator for a long time lock up……

Liu Fei leaned over and asked, "Didn't you mean the whole set from sowing to threshing? Where are the rest?"

"Over there." Liu Ying stretched out her finger: "There are four booths from east to west, namely plows, seeders, harvesters, and hand threshers."

"The plow has not changed much, and it is still the same as before, such as the common plow suitable for the great plains, the Liu's plow for small plots, and the harrow responsible for breaking up the turned-up soil, as well as those used in paddy fields. Agricultural tools such as shackles and bars... are nothing more than the improvement of metallurgical technology, which makes the agricultural tools more durable, and the shape does not change much."

Liu Ying led Liu Bang and the others past the place where various plows were displayed, and seven or eight visiting customers gathered around them unknowingly.

Without him, Liu Ying was sold...

"As for the seeding machine, the changes have been great. The old columbine cart has been eliminated..."

"There is no other reason, but because the columbine is outdated, it is not suitable for large-scale planting."

"Well, when the columbine is sowing, the seeds fall down through the metal tube or the hollow coulter under the container, and it just lands on the furrow made by the coulter, and then the rake behind the columbine pulls the soil back to cover the seeds."

"Compared with the previous manual sowing, I don't know how many times faster, but there is a fatal shortcoming, that is, the columbine can't effectively control the speed at which the seeds fall from the container into the soil, resulting in sparse planting in some places and sparse planting in others. The local planting is dense, after all, the speed of the columbine cart is not uniform... Therefore, after the crops germinate, artificial thinning and transplanting are required..."

"So what the agricultural machinery trading company does is not a one-off sale. After selling the agricultural machinery, the trading company will not become a stranger to the customer, but will continue to provide follow-up services and technical support!"

Liu Ying walked up to the planter, which was similar to a columbine cart, and asked someone to turn it over:
"Thanks to the improvement of metallurgical technology, small springs can be mass-produced. Therefore, under this new planter, there is an additional copper cover and adjustable springs to control the speed at which the seeds fall, so as to achieve uniform sowing. , while saving seeds, it is also convenient for mechanized harvesting!"

"However, considering that the new technology is not stable, and the assembly workers are not very skilled, all agricultural machinery can enjoy three years of free maintenance. On the premise that there are no wearing parts and no man-made damage, labor costs and material costs can be waived. replace!"

"Is this crazy?"

"I'll order a hundred sets... Where can I get the gift?"

Of course, he had heard about the agricultural machinery exhibition in Liyang County, but most of the land he occupied was not used for farming, but was waiting for demolition, so he didn't rush to buy agricultural machinery.

"The main function of the agricultural machinery trading company is not to sell agricultural machinery, but to serve the empire's agriculture and serve the thousands of common people who make their living from agriculture."

It’s just that you don’t know if you don’t look at it, and you are shocked when you see it!
The applications piled up now are fundamentally different from those in the previous few months. The most notable feature is that the number of mid-level title holders who are one level higher than doctors has shown a cliff-like decline.

Well, Doctor Bi refers to the fifth-level "Doctor" Jue to the eighth-level "Public Cheng" Jue. These people are all middle-class people.

However, this is just a thought.

Chang'an City, Neishi Mansion.

After all, most middle-class people own fields and houses near Chang'an City. Compared with the remoteness of the four northern counties, the prosperity of Chang'an City is naturally more desirable.

Just take Zuo Shuchang, the lowest level of 'Qing', as an example.

With his leadership, the visitors around who had also listened for a long time also asked about the payment of the deposit.

This is really treating me as a salesman... Liu Ying was dumbfounded.

"Everyone has seen the harvester, and the thresher is nothing to look at. Although the style is a bit old, it is easy to assemble and easy to maintain. It is a good thing that has passed the test of time!"

Therefore, the land occupied by Lu Shizhi was mainly for the purpose of building shops in the future, and then either operating them himself or subletting them out.

Therefore, looking at at least a thousand applications, Lu Shizhi just wanted to retire and return to his hometown, ignoring the rights and wrongs of this world...

Chang'an City expands outward every year like a big pie, and the price of land will naturally rise. Especially with the increase in the number of residents, the market will also increase accordingly.

As soon as Liu Ying finished speaking, before Liu Bang could say anything, a dark-faced man who stood beside them and listened for a long time said first, "So, where should I pay the deposit?"

Lu Shizhi unconsciously said a word in his hometown dialect, his eyes widened like copper bells.

"For example, when the parts of a certain harvester are not damaged artificially, he can apply to the agricultural machinery trading company to intervene and send specialized technicians to carry out after-sales maintenance, that is, remove the damaged parts and send them to the county-level site for repair. ... During this period, the after-sales personnel will provide a replacement part for the farmer to use temporarily until his own part is repaired and shipped!"

After all, internal history holds unknown information.

"In addition, all customers who place an order within this year can extend the warranty period for two years! And customers who place an order and sign for receipt within this month will also receive exquisite gifts..."

So Liu Bang ordered that not only the Internal History Office conduct a self-examination, but also that all matters related to the reclamation order must be handled by Lu Shizhi, the internal historian, before it can take effect.

Well, the key point is to conduct on-the-spot inspections to confirm the location, pros and cons of the fields.

Therefore, Lu Shizhi understood that the stacks of applications in response to the reclamation order seemed to be helping the country to solve problems, but in fact, behind it was another feast of embezzlement of state-owned assets by the powerful class!

But whether it is Liu Ying or Liu Bang, they don't care about it. It is illegal and criminal to use internal information for profit in later generations, but in today's Han Dynasty, in this feudal dynasty, it is a legal and compliant thing.

It's not just him operating in this way, even Xiao He is doing the same. Under the banner of 'self-pollution', the old man frantically bought land around Chang'an City. Everyone can see it.

On the other side, Liu Bang and others were overjoyed, especially Liu Fei, who squeezed out from the crowd and patted Liu Ying on the shoulder, full of wealth and wealth:

"Of course, it's not free."

The so-called "to buy land and houses must live in a poor place" is nothing more than buying low and selling high, so that rare goods can be lived in. That's all.

"You can't say that. This is not coercion, but a one-stop service. The model of the planter is adapted to the harvester, in order to better serve the production needs of farmers."

The land he legally occupies is 74 hectares, one hectare is one hundred mu, which is [-] mu.

Lu Shizhi was lying on the desk, with a pen dangling in his mouth, looking hopeless.

Although the position of internal history is often a doormat, it is in charge of the capital. Although it is not in the sequence of the Sangong and Jiuqing, it is second only to the Sangong in terms of real power. Yinyin and Jiuqing compete with each other!
The reason why those brothels in Xinfeng City are flattering is that many ordinary customers only know their names but never see them. Because of his internal history status!
Therefore, even for the happiness of the lower body, Lu Shizhi has to rely on the position of the internal history!

Therefore, what surprised Lu Shizhi was that, in response to the reclamation order, on the list of applicants to go to the four northern counties, there were a lot of high-ranking nobles with the rank of Qing, and the number was almost the same as that of ordinary people who only had private nobles!

These are all reported by the county newspapers under the jurisdiction of the internal history in recent days. The relevant scholars responded to the reclamation order and returned the application for granting land in exchange for farms and pastures in the four northern counties.

Among other things, medical care and education are the two resources that are bound to farms and houses. Let alone the middle class, even those high-ranking officials pay special attention to it!
If they can find a job with a decent income near Chang'an City, the middle class will definitely not respond to the reclamation order.

..............................

Lu Shizhi was somewhat prepared for this.

He was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized.

After all, Chang'an City has just relocated a large number of low-end factories, and then built a new high-value-added processing factory in the old industrial park. workers!
Among these people, those middle-class people who own a big duke account for the largest proportion.

Considering all the farces that have been made before, especially the illegal activities of petty officials colluding with wealthy and powerful households, noble courtiers and courtiers, replacing high-grade fields with low-grade fields.

Of course, this is called bundling sales... Liu Ying scratched her head and replied:

So, he cheered up and began to conduct a preliminary review of the application.

The important thing is that the agricultural tax in the Han Dynasty is very low, one tax per fifteen, which means that the more farmland it occupies, the more profits it will make!

"Then, a new type of planter was born!"

Beside him, there are paperwork piled up like a hill.

With the complete set of agricultural machinery from sowing to threshing made by Liu Ying, the cost of large farm production is minimized. In the past, a large farm that required thousands of people to operate can now be operated by only a hundred people!

Liu Bang was stunned for a moment, looked at Liu Ying and asked, "Wait...how does Mr. Nai feel that if you want to use your planter, you must use your harvester? Why do I feel a sense of being coerced?"

Under the reclamation order, ten times the returned land grants were used to replace the wasteland in the four northern counties, which translates to [-] mu!

Even under semi-mechanization, the income per mu will be much lower than that of intensive farming, but each mu of land can get at least two grains of grain per year. Calculated at 7000 yuan per grain, the annual income is more than [-] million yuan!

You know, the current annual tax revenue of the Han Kingdom is only more than 150 billion yuan!

Therefore, when Lu Shizhi closed the document, the surprise on his face turned into a wild laugh.

Fish, hooked!
(End of this chapter)