Prosperous Tang Dynasty

Chapter 191 In full swing ([-])

When Li Fei returned to Liaoyang City, it was already winter, and the first snow fell in Anton, which was a vast expanse of white.

Although it was a cold winter and everything was silent, because Li Fei spent almost all of his belongings in Liaodong, many industries developed on a large scale under his investment and guidance.

It's not just the industry that Li Fei himself invested in. He also encourages stable ordinary people to produce, encourages Anton's businessmen to invest, and so on.

Development is sometimes driven by an atmosphere, where there is an atmosphere, there is vitality.

If it was a stagnant pool like in previous years, it would definitely be difficult for ordinary businessmen to make a decision to invest their belongings, but driven by Li Fei, Anton has shown a kind of vitality in full swing. The merchants who originally did business in Anton Naturally, it was also driven, further stimulating Anton's vitality.

The whole Anton seems to have returned to the age of "youth" all of a sudden. Under this atmosphere, people are unknowingly full of energy.

This is not only the most energetic winter Anton has ever had, but also the first winter Anton does not go hungry.

Because Li Fei's various industries are aimed at mass production, the scale is not small, and naturally many workers are needed. Just for the construction of water conservancy, tens of thousands of people participated.This is different from the unpaid corvee of the imperial court in the past, but they are all paid.

People who were previously poor and had nothing to do became wage workers.

With enough money in hand, and with the continuous shipment of grain from Jiangnan, the price of Anton's grain is lower than in previous years, and it is enough.People who didn't have enough food in previous years have been paid through work and bought enough food in the past few months.

Food is the most important thing for the people, and what ordinary people pursue is to have no worries about food and clothing. A winter without going hungry is enough to keep smiles on their faces.

In addition, taking advantage of this winter, the first batch of wine from Anton Winery will be brewed.

As many as 500 people participated in wine making, and the daily wine production reached more than [-] catties.This is the way Li Fei is going to get the war horse, which also shows Li Fei's ambition.

Li Fei didn't have time to slowly spread the reputation of distilled liquor, so he used the most radical method.

The first [-] catties of wine were transported by him in half-cat jars one after another to the Bohai State in the north, the Shiwei tribes, and the vast grasslands in the west.All of them were 'sprinkled' out in the form of 'giving away'. Even the Khitans were intentionally let by Li Fei to 'rob' them of about three thousand catties of wine.

Because the principle and technology of distilled liquor should be hidden as much as possible, distilled liquor cannot be called distilled liquor directly, so Li Fei named the distilled liquor he produced as 'Anton Shochu'.

In just half a month, the name of Anton Shochu has resounded throughout Khitan, Grassland, Shiwei, Bohai and other places.

In the heavy snow, under the biting cold wind, taking a sip of strong wine, the body heat rises immediately, the cold is dispelled, that taste, that refreshing moment!
Nomads never think about the future, because they don't know whether they have a future at all, so what they think about every year is how to survive the cold winter of 'this year'.Anton shochu can bring them warmth in the cold winter, which makes them like drinking addictive drugs, and they can't do without them anymore.

For some reason, this winter seems to be particularly cold, so that ten out of ten people who drink Anton shochu become addicted to it, and some people even go crazy for it.

The first batch of Anton shochu that was 'sprinkled' was quickly consumed by those who snatched it, and many people frantically asked where they could get it in exchange.

Seeing that the time is ripe, Li Fei finally opened a trading market with Grassland, Bohai Country, and Shiwei. Anton Shaojiu is enough, but he can only exchange it with a good horse, and a good horse can be exchanged for two hundred catties!
Two hundred catties of wine, if only one person drinks it slowly, is enough to drink for more than a year. All you need is a good horse, which is really not expensive.

Before everyone could react, a large number of good horses were brought to Anton's border trade.

Nomads don't need money, they prefer to barter. Even if they use money, they are mostly used to buy with Tang merchants. Within themselves, gold, silver and copper coins are not easy to use at all.

And for a period of time from this day, it is believed that Anton shochu will become one of the "hard currencies" of the nomads.

In the cold winter, the charm of spirits is infinitely magnified, not to mention the "super racecourse" of the grassland, even the Bohai Kingdom, which has few war horses, and the Shiwei tribes, have a large number of good horses flowing into Andong.

Lu Xin reckoned that according to the degree of heat, over [-] good horses would have to flow into Andong in just this winter. Lu Xin couldn't help laughing from ear to ear. I have never seen such a 'grand event', Master Jiedushi really deserves to be a god-man.

With the continuous acquisition of a large number of good horses, the newly recruited soldiers are also continuously trained.

Everything was going on in an orderly manner, and Li Fei finally had half a day off. He didn't have to travel around every day. He stayed at home and sat on the kang with his two beautiful wives in his arms, playing with his three children.

The earth kang was invented by the Goguryeo people. Although Goguryeo perished, the earth kang was passed down. After all, it is an excellent way to keep out the cold in winter, and good things are willing to be passed on.

Just when Li Fei thought he could be cool for half a day, Du Fu had just returned from Xincheng Prefecture in the north of Liaohe River.

At the beginning, Li Fei asked Du Fu to preside over the construction of water conservancy and farmland. Du Fu arranged all the [-] tons of cement produced by the cement plant per day. Tens of thousands of people worked together to build many dams and ditches before the winter snow freezes.

The dam body made of cement gravel, sand mixed and then implanted with iron bars is unprecedentedly strong. Because of the construction of water conservancy, some places that were far away from the water before and not suitable for farming can attract water for farming in the coming year.

"Master Jiedushi, Anton is expected to produce at least [-] hectares of fertile land next year." Du Fu reported with a happy face.

Li Fei nodded and said: "This is only the initial development. Many places are suitable for farming, but they have not been inspected yet. In the coming year, we will continue to inspect suitable places for farming, build more water conservancy, and the number of good fields will continue to increase. , Anton has great potential, and feeding tens of millions of people is not a problem!"

Li Fei didn't speak big words. Anton is much bigger than Liaoning Province in later generations. Now it has a population of less than 200 million. You must know that Liaoning alone will support more than 4000 million people in later generations. If Anton is calculated according to the area of ​​later generations, I am afraid. It can support 7000 million people.

Even if the food production in future generations is higher, Li Fei has said six or seven times less. Anyway, he thinks the problem should not be big.

"What Jiedu Envoy said is true." Du Fu was very excited. Datang only has a population of over 4000 million. If an Anton can support 1000 million people, how many people can the entire Tang Dynasty support?Du Fu seemed to have found the value of his existence all at once.

"However, Mr. Jiedushi, the extra fertile land needs manpower to cultivate. Can you be busy next year?" Before leaving, Du Fu suddenly realized another problem, that is, what to do with the extra 100 hectares of fertile land. [-] million mu. In previous years, the people cultivated their own fields, and the labor force was already almost saturated. Even if the extra good land was given to the people for free, the people may not have the energy to cultivate it. After all, the population is there.

It is said that Anton has the potential to support 1000 million people. In fact, Du Fu knows that even if it is possible, he will not see that day, because even if there are enough fertile fields, population growth will not happen overnight.

"Don't worry about this. The pig iron plow has already been mass-produced in Tieqifang. I also ordered to rush to work day and night. Try to make three households have one pig iron plow before the spring of the next year. With pig iron plows, the farming efficiency of the people can be improved by at least Doubling, not to mention only [-] hectares more, even if there is an extra [-] hectares, the common people can farm it all." Li Fei said with a smile.

"That's very good." Du Fu smiled. In the coming year, he can rest assured to build more water conservancy projects, and not be afraid that the extra fertile land will be left uncultivated.
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(End of this chapter)