Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 698

After these years of communication, as well as some narrations by foreign students from various countries, even if the countries in the Western Regions do not know the whole picture of the Tang Dynasty, they also know a general picture of its territory and administrative system. It is just the land of three states, but Datang now has more than 300 states in total. That is to say, the [-] million stone grains are only the output of less than one percent of Datang's territory.

The more you compare, the more you feel the hurt. Of course, not everyone feels the hurt. Those kingdoms that wholeheartedly want to surrender to the Tang Dynasty are different. Most barbaric civilizations in this period are respected by the strong. The strength Li Chengqian deliberately showed to everyone along the way played a certain role, not only made most of them respect Datang more in their hearts, but subconsciously, they already regarded Datang as the world. They feel that only a powerful empire like the Tang Dynasty is qualified to be the suzerain of all countries.

Then, after they have this subconscious, when their homeland is hit by war, they will definitely choose to surrender to Datang first and ask for asylum.
Take a look at the countries in the Western Regions such as Kang, Shi, and Tocharo who surrendered to the Tang Dynasty earlier. What kind of life is they living now? They have houses and fields at home, and life is boundless.

And after you have a house and a field, you don’t have to pay any taxes. This is a huge temptation. I heard from those overseas students that Datang will realize the national agricultural tax exemption this year, and next year, the animal husbandry tax will also be exempted. Pay taxes, don't worry about war threatening life under the rule of the country, live a carefree life, how happy it is!Even if they were to abandon their thrones and become ordinary nobles, that would be fine!In fact, being a king in a small kingdom is not like being a state governor in the Tang Dynasty.

For them, submitting to whom is not submitting, why should they submit to Byzantium, Dashi, Persia and other empires that exploit themselves!
It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Li Chengqian let them see what is beneficial and what is harmful. Therefore, once a large-scale war breaks out in the Western Regions, then these kingdoms that are powerless to fight for hegemony will seek shelter from the Tang Dynasty. It will almost become an inevitable trend.

"This year's rice is about to enter the harvest period. You can watch it along the road and don't step on it. In addition, I have sent someone to notify the chamber of commerce. I believe they will mobilize their staff soon. Today's lunch, everyone will be here Let's eat in Jinan County!" Li Ke pointed to a straight concrete road leading to the embankment not far away.

It was only then that everyone noticed that this straight concrete road is the road leading to the embankment from the households in the center of the embankment. On the left side, there is a straight river channel with a width of more than ten feet and a lot of water. Near the embankment sluice, there are steps made of cement and a slope channel for vehicles to push. These are the river channels in the embankment. At this time, there are already many ships of different sizes docked here, and more ships are also on the waterway, rowing here quickly.

On the boat, there are mostly two or even three box-shaped wooden carts with Jiuyuan Chamber of Commerce, Jiuyuan Fish Ball Powder, Jiuyuan Duck Neck, etc. After the boat docks, these carts will be used by boatmen in groups of four. Grab the handles at the four corners and lift it down. After reaching the slope on the bank, the boatmen ignored them and were pushed by a woman in a white apron and hat, slowly walking up the embankment.

What's going on, so people didn't understand it for a while. They only knew that there were more and more cars, just like the army that had been agreed to gather here, they were constantly gathering from the concrete road or the waterway wharf facing the embankment. After a while, it reached two or three hundred vehicles, and they continued to come.

When these cars lined up on the embankment were steaming, Li Chengqian realized what Li Ke said just now, "Everyone, let's eat in our Jinan County today!" 'What means.

He wanted to arrange meals for everyone on the spot. You know, there are nearly 20 people in the boat team and the local participating teams who followed along the way. Li Ke wants to arrange meals for so many people on the spot?
However, soon, when Li Chengqian saw from a distance that there were more than ten folding tables and small stools around each dining car, which could be used by at least four people to eat, he felt that this seemed not impossible.

Then, after careful consideration, he realized how difficult it was to do this.

Even though a watchtower was built on the pier and watchmen were arranged, the whole time from discovering their fleet to when they docked at the pier and went ashore for a visit did not exceed half an hour. Li Ke also went ashore when Li Chengqian and the others went ashore. Arrived later, you can see.

In half an hour, gather hundreds of such things that are commonly known as night market stalls in Chang'an, and let them rush to the pier. How terrifying is the organizational efficiency?

Now, even with binoculars, they haven't seen the shadow of Jinan County, that is to say, the distance from Jinan County to the pier is at least ten miles or more. Could it be that Li Ke had prepared for this?
The leaders of the countries in the Western Regions are now focusing on the rice fields and rice ears. They are all thinking about opening up such fields even in their own countries, introducing the rice seeds of the Tang Dynasty, and growing such high-yielding rice fields. of rice.

Li Chengqian didn't talk nonsense with them, and walked aside with Li Ke very affectionately, pointed to the embankment where there are now hundreds of dining cars lined up in a long line of tables and stools and said, "Our fleet , but there are nearly 20 people coming, can you arrange to come here?"

Li Ke smiled and said, "Brother, don't worry, let alone 20 people. Some time ago, more than 50 workers from Tammo Road came here, and the chamber of commerce can arrange them. You may not know that just by the side of our pier The dozens of catering stores in the city have to entertain tens of thousands of passing guests for dinner every day, and there are more than 1000 mobile food truck stalls prepared by these chambers of commerce in the surrounding area of ​​Jinan County alone. During the period, it is necessary for the millions of spectators in Jiangling City to eat and drink."

The two were chatting in private, and Li Ke didn't need to follow the rules and play the same role as a monarch and minister with Li Chengqian. This big brother made Li Chengqian feel more comfortable. Jinan County has a larger territory and population than Jiuyuan County. There are many, and it is the Yingzhou government again. From the very beginning, Li Ke has introduced the Jiuyuan Chamber of Commerce to cooperate in the development of industries.

Based on the calculation of more than 4 households in Jinan County, more than 1000 food truck stalls are not too many, because on average, only one of the more than 40 households is engaged in this industry, that is to say, a household of two to three hundred In a big village, there are only a few households who do this, and the proportion is much lower than that of the counties under Jingzhou's rule. However, Li Chengqian still feels very scary when he hears this statistic.

This is also the reason why he has never been to Shannan Road. In winter, these food truck stalls not only cater to the more than 100 million construction workers in the city, but also cater to the more than 200 million migrant workers from the north who come to build embankments in winter. The 20 people are just a fraction of what they usually entertain, and there is no need to dispatch everyone. The county town and a few market towns near the wharf are enough.Because the migrant workers in the north have returned to the north long ago, most of these dining cars are idle and on standby, and as the sports meeting is about to be held, they have already prepared all aspects and can be dispatched at any time, just waiting for the sports meeting. Make a fortune!

In a short while, the stalls on the embankment have been several miles long, and the tables and stools have surrounded the entire pier tightly. The number of dining cars is not [-], but [-]. Those women are killing fish. Fish, pork bone soup, pork bone soup, and a lot of stew pots directly, quantitative seasoning packets, killed chickens and ducks, chopped bean skin and kelp and other ingredients, put them on the charcoal stove As soon as it was put in the cauldron, the fragrance was cooked in a short while.

In the past few years of operation, they have already figured out a whole set of simple and quick operation methods. In about half an hour, they basically cooked the ingredients and they were ready. The representatives of the countries in the Western Regions were still unsatisfied in the rice fields. Take a look at the irrigation ditches in this paddy field, the water in and out design and other things too!

Nearly half an hour later, all the dining cars were ready, and the manager of the chamber of commerce called all the people on the boat to come down to eat, and notified those who were still discussing by the rice field to go to eat.

During this hour, Li Ke talked a lot. First, he told Li Chengqian about the situation in Yingzhou, and then he talked about rice with the representatives of the Western Regions.

"Everyone, don't think that if you buy the rice from these fields from us, you can grow the same high-yielding rice. These rice, directly made into rice seeds, may not be very high-yielding, and need to be specifically cultivated and selected for high-yielding rice. , to grow such high-yielding rice.

Moreover, even this king has studied here for four full years before he understands how to grow it. If you want to grow rice in your own country with such high yield as the one grown here, you need to buy special rice In addition to species, it also involves many factors such as climatic conditions, ground environment, planting techniques, etc., which are very complicated.

Of course, if you can find a place in your country that is completely suitable for growing this kind of rice, we don’t mind selling you this high-yielding rice seed, but these rice seeds are very precious even in my Tang Dynasty, so , the price will be high. "

All right!Li Ke directly described the rice seeds that Sun Xiangfu gave to the people of Datang for free before as precious things that exist in the sky but not in the earth. It can be seen that after learning Sun Xiangfu's set of business ideas, he has turned bad.

But the leaders of these countries in the Western Regions believed his words without hesitation. In their opinion, if there were really many seeds, why didn't the Tang Dynasty grow more seeds!Their lack of agricultural knowledge and their values ​​of these high-yielding crops determine their thinking mode, so they think that the seeds of such high-yielding rice are more expensive, as it should be.

"No matter what, we still have to buy some and go back and try planting it." After Heraclius spoke first, representatives from other countries also spoke out one after another. , Moreover, the price Li Ke said was not as unacceptable as they imagined!Ten guanqian is one stone, and more than ten mu can be planted with one stone, and the average seed price per mu is less than ten guanqian.

If they can produce ten shi of grain like Datang's rice fields, then they will make a lot of money. You know, the price they purchase from Datang's grain is at least two to three hundred pennies per shi, and they have to pay a high price. The cost of transportation loss, the value of ten shi of grain in their own country is more than four guan, so calculated, buying seeds to grow by themselves is much more cost-effective than buying grain directly from Datang.

Li Chengqian could only hold back a smile the whole time, watching Li Ke cheating people, those people actually agreed to the price of ten guanq, and, in order to buy more for themselves, they began to curry favor with Li Ke, but they didn't know about those new crops. If the seeds are sold to the outside world, what kind of competition will they cause.

(End of this chapter)