Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 481

If Li Shimin can successfully take down Goguryeo, then the territory of the Tang Dynasty is already very close to the heyday of the Tang Dynasty. If all the population of the vassal state can be successfully included, then the total population of the Tang Dynasty will will more than double.

The total population of the various tribes in Yunnan alone is more than 200 million, and if you add Linyi Kingdom, it will reach 300 million.

In Tuyuhun, the total population of the various ministries of the party, including the Tubo captives, is over one million.

Goguryeo, Silla, Baekje, and the three countries have a population of more than 400 million. The Wa country is currently far away overseas relying on its homeland, and its attitude is still unclear, so it is not counted for the time being.

The Western Turks, and the dozen or so countries that surrendered to them following the demise of the Western Turks, each country has a population ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands, adding up to several million. Tens of millions of new population is appropriate.

Of course, it may take many years to truly eat and digest all these surrendered countries, which requires a large round of political escalation.

Now the war in the Northeast is not over yet, even if Sun Xiangfu has some ideas of his own, he can't tell Li Shimin, what he can talk about is just some things at hand, that is, the Wang family decided to spend money to eliminate the disaster.

First of all, they donated 300 million mu of land in Bingzhou to resettle the newly descended Goguryeo people to the court. Bingzhou Taiyuan is the foundation of their Wang family. After donating these fields cultivated by them for generations to the court, their Taiyuan Wang family , it may be renamed in the future, and it may be more appropriate to call it Dingxiang Wang.

Then, they plan to invest in the construction of a cement road from Guanzhong to Mayi for the imperial court, because the road section between Mayi and Shanyang has been completed, and the road section between Shanyang and Dingxiang will be completed soon. They only need to repair the road section from Tongtongzhong to Mayi. Then, the entire 2000-mile journey from Chang'an to Dingxiang will be covered by concrete roads.

Of course, this cement road is not the highway of later generations. There will be things like viaducts. It is just the official road paved with mud and gravel, which is slightly straightened, widened, paved, and poured with fine stones and cement. It's solid, at best, it's similar to the country roads of later generations.

The entire road section that the Wang family wants to build is about 5 miles long, and it is estimated that 1 people will be employed. It will take two years to complete the repair. This is because Guanzhong already has very mature experience in repairing cement roads, and the materials are ready. Under the circumstances, 5 people can repair almost one mile a day, and [-] people can repair five miles a day. Excluding the bathing day, if the materials are ready, the repair can actually be completed in one year. The reason why it takes two years , of course because it takes a certain amount of time to prepare and transport materials.

And from the number of workers, it can be seen that the cost of this road is very high. Even if it is only built to be similar to the rural roads of later generations, the Wang family will spend more than 500 million yuan, because at the current wages, the Wang family spends a month The cost of 200 hired workers is more than 200 guan, and in two years, it is more than [-] million guan. Including the cost of materials, it is at least [-] million guan, and many people in charge of the organization have to be hired.

The reason why the Wang family was willing to give so much money to build roads for the court was not entirely to dispel Li Shimin's anger, it was because Sun Xiangfu analyzed the future of the Wang family to Wang Rui.

The Wang family, which owns tens of millions of acres of high-yielding fields in the Northland, will produce so many crops in the future that they cannot be consumed anywhere else. In Datang, only Guanzhong, which is more and more densely populated, can consume them. The agricultural products in hand, because Guanzhong is gradually turning to industrialization, the number of workers in the future will increase, and the output of the fields will decrease.

After the Wang family builds such a cement road, their own output can be transported to Chang'an quickly, saving the loss caused by transportation. It seems that they have paid a lot of money, but in fact, the money will be slowly saved by the Wang family.

The last one is about private business. Wang Xu once promised Sun Xiangfu that he would give him a big thank you for completing the land exchange with the five families in Shangqi City. This big thank you is the entire medicinal material industry of the Wang family.

It is not a small amount to be described by Wang Xu as "thank you very much". Sun Xiangfu counted the real estate title deeds in his hand. There are more than 30, and there are some medicinal material shops in Hongzhou, Suzhou and other middle and upper states, which add up to nearly a hundred. The value of these shops and the value of the existing medicinal materials in the shops are definitely more than one million guan.

If you want to ask why Wang Xu is so generous to Sun Xiangfu, it is because he has already seen the future of this business.

Since the establishment of Shanyang Medical College, the pharmacies of the Wang family have been providing medicinal materials at a low price to the medical school. The amount of medicinal materials required by the medical school is very large. This line of business does not make much profit at all.

Then, Shanyang Medical College will develop several kinds of Chinese patent medicines every year. This kind of simple new medicine that only needs to be swallowed can cure the disease, which has greatly impacted the traditional medicine market, such as Wuji Baifeng Pills, Calculus Bezoar Jiedu pills, Xiaochaihu granules, Banlangen granules, Xiasangju granules, etc., some minor ailments such as headaches, colds, and irregular menstruation can be cured after taking it. It is easier than buying decoctions before and drinking for several days. It is much more convenient. These medicines were almost looted by Hu merchants in the Western Regions this year.

Therefore, Wang Xu has already seen that the medicinal material industry is in his own hands, not in the hands of Sun Xiangfu, so he can make money, so he can just be a favor.

His giving away in this way reminded Sun Xiangfu that the pharmaceutical industry is a big business.

In the study room, Sun Simiao also began to look through the origin and growth environment of many medicinal materials that Sun Simiao had sent before. He needed to make a planting plan in advance, and to study the cultivation and planting methods before many medicinal materials became extinct. Avoid destroying the natural breeding of many medicinal materials due to the large number of wild Chinese herbal medicines collected by humans, making them more and more scarce.

"Brother, it's time to eat."

"It's not a slice of bread today!"

Seeing that Sun Xiangfu hated the slices of bread, Sun Xiaomei was very depressed. What's wrong with the slices of bread? Brushed with jam, it's sweet and sour, soft and easy to digest. Why don't the eldest brother and the second brother like to eat it!

"Everyone went ice fishing today, and the harvest is not small! I made your favorite fish head hot pot."

Hearing this, Sun Xiangfu was delighted and said, "Really, then I should eat more."

In winter, Shanyang is covered with thick snow. Apart from drama theaters and teahouses, people’s favorite activity is to go ice fishing on the Sanggan River. There are also many artificial lakes in the city. , when everyone's life is rich, they will be happy to find these joys of life.

Sun Xiangfu thought it was Xiaozao today, but unexpectedly, the living room at home was full of children. In addition to the more than 50 official disciples of Shanyang and Nongmen he brought this year, there are a total of [-] or so in total. Personally, next summer, he plans to recruit the first batch of students, and teach them scientific planting knowledge in the agricultural college where some school buildings have been completed.

"Shanyang is colder than Guanzhong, are you used to it?"

After Sun Xiangfu entered the hall, he said to a group of drooling little guys staring at the churning food in the hot pot.

"Habit······"

The uneven answering voice made him want to laugh. Even if there is no shortage of food now, the children's resistance to food is very small. When many children opened their mouths, their saliva sprayed out.

"Eat it when you're hungry! Be careful not to burn your mouth. People who eat more fish are smart."

Children are the future of this country. As Sun Xiangfu's position gets higher, his vision of seeing things becomes more and more long-term. If it wasn't for a guy covered in frost, who suddenly ran in and took his place Take a seat, he will definitely have a good chat with the future of these countries through this meal.

"You, starving ghost reincarnated!"

After Cheng Chumo came in, without saying a word, he scooped a large spoonful of fish soup from the hot pot into the bowl in front of him, and drank it in one gulp. Sun Xiangfu remembered that the fish soup seemed to be boiling all the time, and what was even more bizarre was that he drank it After finishing a large spoonful of boiling fish soup, he actually said the word 'cool'.

"I've come to your house, so you don't need to show me the official score! Today we only talk about private matters, only private matters, um, how is Miss Ruyan doing in Chang'an?" Picking up the chopsticks in front of her, After stamping on the table, Cheng Chumo said while picking up the fish fillets in the pot.

"Chang'an City has not been breached, so naturally, she will not die."

Hearing Sun Xiangfu's words, the fish that Cheng Chumo picked up on the chopsticks immediately fell into the pot again, and the soup splashed onto his hands. He didn't seem to feel it at all, and said in a anxious tone, "Unable to die is a very miserable person. What did you do to my girl Ruyan?"

"Uh, I still want to eat this pot of fish, please take your hands away quickly, and don't let the soup on your hands drip into the pot again..."

When Sun Xiangfu said this, Cheng Chumo realized how itchy the back of his hand was, and withdrew his hand, just wiped it on his clothes, and the soup mixed with many ice scum on his body fell to the ground. I know why he drank a bowl of boiled fish soup and didn't feel hot. It turned out that his whole body was almost frozen.

"Tell me, what did you do to my Ruyan girl?"

"Why do you think I'll do anything to her?"

"Because, if you don't want to do anything to him, no one else will do anything to him."

"What and how, it seems that I have the final say on Chang'an. She is Zhang Cheng's younger sister. Zhang Cheng is involved in such a big treason case. The secret guards will naturally take her away for investigation."

"The secret guard took her away?" Hearing what Sun Xiangfu said, Cheng Chumo's soul seemed to have been sucked out, and he suddenly felt that the food in the room was not so delicious.

"When I returned to Shanyang, it was released again. This matter has nothing to do with her. Moreover, she found the letter in time and reported it. It is a small credit. However, people like Wang Hao and Zhang Cheng did not Before execution, residential surveillance is a must."

"Residential surveillance? Hmph, this task should be carried out by me."

Hearing that it was all right, Cheng Chumo sat down, stomped his chopsticks, and prepared to eat again.

"Speaking of performing missions, Your Majesty sent you back to Shanyang, isn't it to carry out missions?"

"That's right! The army was blocked in the new city, and Yuan Gai Suwen, the dog day, huddled in the city, unable to defend himself. The weather over there was as cold as Shanyang, and the soldiers couldn't wear their iron armor. His Majesty would like to temporarily Retiring from the army to recuperate, let me come back and escort some more cold-resistant spirits and medicines to treat typhoid fever.”

Sun Xiangfu nodded and said, "It's quite cold in the northeast, but isn't this kind of cold weather just right for attacking the city?"

Cheng Chumo heard the words, and asked with a surprised face, "It's cold, how do you attack the city?"

(End of this chapter)