The prince is five and a half years old, and he is reclaiming land and becoming a group favorite.

Chapter 14 Heading to Xinliang
Early the next morning, after having breakfast, Gu Yuzhi got on the carriage to Xinliang.

The official road leads all the way to Rong County, and then they have to enter Xinliang via a small road. Magistrate Qi told Gu Yuzhi in advance that even if they speed up, it will take at least three days for them to get to Xinliang.

Only then did Gu Yuzhi realize what Magistrate Qi meant when he said that Mobei was vast and sparsely populated.

This trip to and from Xinliang took almost seven days, which was almost in time for the four hundred-mile expedited trip from Changzhou to the capital.

After leaving Changzhou and driving for almost an hour, there was almost no human habitation on both sides of the official road. Everywhere you looked was wasteland. In autumn, the weeds were withered and yellow. Just looking at it gave you a feeling of desolation. .

Gu Yuzhi whispered: "Prefect Qi, there are so many wastelands around the official road, why don't you recruit people to reclaim them?"

Last year, when there was a flood in the south of the Yangtze River, my father fell ill because of the shortage of granaries in various places. It was his brother who was the prince at the time who found a way to get the wealthy businessmen to donate food and money to tide over the crisis safely.

If food could be grown in places like Mobei, I don't know how much food could be harvested. If a natural disaster occurred again, there would be no shortage of granaries in various places.

"When I first came to Mobei, I recruited people to reclaim wasteland here. Unfortunately, the nature of this land is somewhat special. Many crops cannot survive. Even if they can survive, the yield is extremely low. Throughout the year, the people may not even pay taxes. It’s not enough to pay, so over time, this land becomes barren.”

Shu Xiaohan also nodded: "What the Qi Prefect said is true. According to our country's previous documents, Mobei has strong winds and sand, and the soil is desert-like. The soil is loose and highly permeable. Coupled with the lack of rainfall, the crops The survival rate is naturally low.”

Gu Yuzhi was confused. He probably understood what the lack of rainfall meant. As for the loose soil and strong water permeability, he had never heard of it, but this did not affect his understanding of the seriousness of the matter. .

Shopkeeper Wen put away the folding fan and said sarcastically: "Teacher Shu, you talked so eloquently yesterday that there were many wastelands in Xinliang and asked His Highness to choose Xinliang first. Could it be that you were thinking of quantity?"

Shu Xiaohan unceremoniously gave Shopkeeper Wen a big eye roll: "Are you too short-sighted?" She snorted softly and raised her chin: "In future generations, we will be able to plant trees in the desert, but it will be more desert-like. Land is not a big problem.”

Planting trees in the desert?

This is something Gu Yu has never heard of.

His jaw almost dropped in shock. It was hard to imagine what kind of world Teacher Shu came from.

Seeing Gu Yuzhi's eyes widening, Shu Xiaohan didn't know what was going on, but she felt a sense of pride in her heart. She cleared her throat and told Gu Yuzhi about science: "It's impossible for all the cold land to be poor land that cannot be planted. There are always some." Some good land suitable for planting can be classified as first-level land. We can grow food on first-level land. The next level can be divided into second-level and third-level land. Second-level land may need to grow special crops, and third-level land may need to grow special crops. Planting cannot be carried out immediately, it needs to be maintained for several years and the properties of the land should be improved before planting.”

When Shu Xiaohan talked about her major, she exuded confidence. She seemed to have returned to the time when she was teaching students at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences.

In fact, the division of land in the 21st century was more detailed. She was afraid that Gu Yuzhi wouldn't understand, so she simplified it.

But when he was about to continue speaking, he saw Gu Yuzhi looking at him with a blank expression, while Wen Xiuzhu laughed loudly: "Teacher Shu, listen, listen, are you speaking in human language? "

Shu Xiaohan...

She felt like she was being scolded, and she had proof.

After a moment of silence, she rolled her eyes and apologized in a nonchalant manner: "Your Highness, I'm sorry, the students I used to teach had the lowest academic qualifications, and I didn't have much contact with you, who is only five years old. "When Shu Xiaohan was still alive, she basically spent every day at the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, working with crops all day long, trying to reduce pest damage and increase yields. She even had very few opportunities to get along with her two children.

If this were not the case, she would not have selected Gu Yuzhi from the series of host information provided by the system.

Shu Xiaohan let out a long sigh of relief, but she was a little anxious.

"Your Highness, don't worry too much. When I get to Xinliang, I will carefully identify it. If there is not much difference with the Xinliang I know, Xinliang will definitely be your Highness's first choice for the fiefdom."

The Dasang Dynasty was not any dynasty in the history she had studied. It just looked similar to the cities of later generations, so she had to go to the scene to confirm it.

The long journey was actually a bit boring, so we hurried and took our time. The group took a break at a tea stall on the roadside at noon. Xie Changshi took out the rice cakes prepared by Grandma Xu and handed them over.

The entourage squatted or stood beside the tea stall, served crude tea with rice cakes, and had lunch like this.

Gu Yuzhi's meal was prepared by Aunt Xu alone, which was slightly more exquisite than that of the entourage.

When he looked up after finishing his meal, he saw a group of people sitting under the shade of a tree not far away, and he could vaguely see that several of them were dressed as officials.

Gu Yuzhi asked in a low voice: "Xie Changshi, who are those people?"

Xie Changshi looked over and whispered: "It's an exiled prisoner."

No one in the group expected to encounter an exiled prisoner here. Qi Chenglang, the captain of the guard, put his hand on the handle of the knife unconsciously, and his muscles were tense, in a state of high alert.

Wen Xiuzhu shook his folding fan and clicked his tongue: "It will take us three days to get to Xinliang by carriage, and it will take at least ten days for these exiled prisoners to walk. If His Highness really builds a mansion in Xinliang in the future, it will take us three days to get there." There are many businessmen, and these wastelands are all business opportunities.”

As the saying goes, the vast world has a lot to offer.

Gu Yuzhi tilted his head and thought for a while, but still couldn't figure out where the business opportunity Wen Xiuzhu was talking about. He said silently: "Shopkeeper Wen, shopkeeper Wen, please be more detailed."

Wen Xiuzhu smiled, his eyes narrowed to a slit, and the twinkling light in his eyes could be vaguely seen: "Businessmen coming and going, carrying money or goods, can't sleep in the wilderness at night, right? We can count the distance established Are you afraid that no one will come to stay at the inn? Although Quanzhou is adjacent to Beidi in the north, if the mutual trade is opened, it will definitely attract a large number of businessmen. "

He is a businessman, so he naturally understands how much profit trading with Beidi can bring.

Gu Yuzhi pouted and snorted softly: "I don't have money right now. I can't even open a restaurant, let alone an inn."

Gu Yuzhi felt heartbroken when he thought about this.
His money was gone, and so was his business.

Brother Emperor, it's been more than ten days, you should have received my letter home, right?You shouldn't have the heart to let your younger brother become the most miserable prince in history, right?

(End of this chapter)