Datang: at the Beginning, Eat Fruit

　　How long would it take to evacuate a mountain, Yu Gong could not give an answer, and even the efforts of several generations might not be successful.

　　Especially in ancient times, there were no convenient tools, no excavators, etc., and only hoes and shovels were used to complete it. It was really difficult to hollow out a stone mountain.

　　The ability of stone and stone fruit can freely control the efficiency of stone mining, which is faster than modern machinery.

　　In just one day, a mountain was actually evacuated, and even a depth of [-] meters was dug down, and all the rock layers were dug out.

　　The waste stone after the jadeite extraction is just used in the section from Chang'an to Hetao.

　　If anyone wants to know how much jadeite ore can be extracted from a mountain, the answer is obviously in front of them.

　　Tens of thousands of jadeites of different colors and shapes could actually be piled up into a hill, and even the few warehouses prepared by Yuyao could not hold that many.

　　Just digging a mountain 25, has already extracted so much jade, it is hard to imagine how much jade can be obtained when the ore veins are dug up.

　　Not to mention that it is used to lay the floor, even if the outer walls are all covered with emeralds, it is enough.

　　Cheng Yaojin and the others are envious, but after coming with Lu Xiu today, each of them has actually gained a lot.

　　Except for Li Er, who was able to pick up millions of catties of raw jadeite ore, everyone else has harvested an average of hundreds of thousands of raw ore materials.

　　They are all looking forward to what kind of jade they can harvest from the raw ore they have selected.

　　Therefore, the unknown and uncertainty of gambling stones will attract the favor of countless people.

　　"Xiahou, come and help me take out the jade inside."

　　Millions of kilograms of rock ores can be extracted without much trouble.

　　However, if it is taken out too quickly, it will greatly reduce Li Er's sense of expectation, and he wants to extract it piece by piece.

　　"Yes, Your Majesty."

　　Xiahou began to dissolve the stone, and the first piece of purple jadeite the size of a fist came out.

　　The stones were slowly solved by Xiahou. Although it was very monotonous, Li Er never tire of it.

　　More than [-] tons of stones are only [-] yuan per ton.So in less than an hour, Li Er's original stones were all untied.

　　According to the color classification, more than [-] catties of green jade were obtained, among which, the best dark green imperial green was more than [-] catties, the red jadeite was [-] catties, and the other inferior ones were more than [-] catties.

　　Although he couldn't compare with Lu Xiu, Li Er was already very satisfied.

　　In addition to the silver he got some time ago, the dozens of ivory he got from Lin Yi, and the hundreds of corals he got from the sea, the variety of rare treasures in his small vault was quite rich.

　　Compared with the empty pockets before, it can be described as a sky and a place.The Daming Palace, which was poor in the past, could not be repaired.

　　Now let him repair the Daming Palace, Li Er is not happy, after saving a little more money, he will expand Chang'an City by [-] miles and build it into a huge city without precedent.

　　As the palace in the imperial city, it will naturally be overturned and rebuilt.

　　It may cost a lot of money, but within a few months he has been able to make more than a few million, almost equivalent to the previous year's tax!

　　Mainly just playing around, not paying much attention to the amount of money that has been made on hand.

　　Finally, it was Cheng Yaojin's turn and everyone was in high spirits, completely ignoring that it was eight or nine o'clock in the evening.

　　Overall, this trip has been fruitful.The officials are not as good as Li Er, but they can also get dozens of catties of jade.

　　The value of a whole piece of jade is immeasurable.Zhangsun Wuji compared the jadeite bracelet and finger that he had carved last time, and compared the jadeite he got now, and found that it was worth a lot.

　　But I also understood that if Lu Xiu released the jadeite from the mine, the weight would be too large. Although the jadeite would not be worthless, the price would drop to a very low point.

　　Fortunately, Lu Xiu didn't care about money at all, so it was almost impossible to sell it for money.

　　"It's really beautiful, it's emerald green, and it's surrounded by silk. Hehe, I'm going to carve three pairs of bracelets and a dozen spanners."

　　Made of jadeite wrench, Cheng Yaojin intends to carry two jadeite wrench in one hand

　　"The blood-red jadeite is not as good as the green one, but I think it would be very good to make a hairpin." The red jadeite, if its fineness is good, is not much worse than the green jadeite.

　　On the contrary, red has a flirty beauty.

　　Everyone considered picking out the best jadeite in their hands and carving them into sets of jewelry for their women to wear.

　　Li Er is no exception. It is true that he has thousands of pounds of jade in his hand, but if there are three thousand beauties in the palace, it is not enough for everyone to share it.

　　Of course, he doesn't care about poor quality jade.If it is a good jade, Li Er only wants to give it to his favorite concubine. .

Chapter 298

　　There are their residences on Mingyu Island. It is already late, and the officials can live directly on the island.

　　"By the way, I almost forgot about business." Li Er planned to take a bath and get a good night's sleep, but when he thought of something, he immediately stopped Lu Xiu, "Son-in-law, I don't know when to go to sea for trade. ."

　　"At the beginning of March, after the spring ploughing is over, we can basically go to sea." Lu Xiu said.

　　"Guoshi, you don't know that this year's spring ploughing is fine, but starting from next year, there may be no tenant farmers to help plant the fields at home." Cheng Yaojin said with a bitter face.

　　As a meritorious deed of the elders of the Tang Dynasty, they don't have thousands of acres of farmland in their hands.

　　There are hundreds of tenant farmers alone.

　　"Yeah. Since His Majesty opened the gate from Chang'an to Lingnan, many people went to Lingnan to reclaim wasteland, and many of them were not planted." Zhangsun Wuji said.

　　Without the help of the tenant farmers, they would have to pay more than ten times the price to hire some coolies to plant them. Based on a dozen dollars a day, it may cost dozens of tons to plant thousands of acres of farmland.

　　Then, for the harvest in autumn, you have to invite people, and you have to spend at least [-] yuan each time.

　　The key is to grow food, not just sow and harvest.If there is no one to take care of it, the fields are not allowed to be lush with weeds.

　　To grow crops, to hoe regularly, and to fertilize them, in order to harvest.

　　"Your Majesty, we in Datang have a population of just over [-] households. The minister also thought that the Lingnan area should not be opened up so quickly. The people are too eager to have their own land." Fang Xuanling also said.

　　"Really, I'm going to open up Linyi next. Linyi has the same terrain as Lingnan, but if the people can open up wasteland, it will become a granary."

　　In Linyi, there is rice that ripens three times a year, and one year of planting is worth three years for others.

　　"As for the problem of insufficient manpower, I came to find my son-in-law today because I want to solve it. When the day comes to trade overseas, I want to buy a batch of slaves from Japan, Silla, Baekje, etc. and come back."

　　And this autumn, after the grain is harvested, Li Er planned to conquer the Western Turks in the west, and perhaps a large number of slaves could be captured and returned.

　　"Buying slaves is indeed a solution to the manpower gap. Of course, the best solution is not actually slaves."

　　Lu Xiu raised both hands in favor of buying and selling slaves.Anyway, the people who were buying and selling were people from other countries, so Lu Xiu had no burden in his heart.

　　"Well, the national teacher is right, it is mainly to encourage fertility. I think about lowering the agricultural tax next year. After the people can eat enough, they will consider having more children." Li Er nodded.

　　"More fertility is a good method, but it is estimated that it will take more than ten years to see results."

　　Datang now has a population of several million households, and it will take more than ten years to develop, and the number is estimated to be doubled.

　　Datang's huge territorial resources, let alone [-] million households, can support even the modern population of [-] billion.

　　"Hehe, it just so happens that I have an ability in my hand that can be used to cultivate the land."

　　Thinking of the fruit he just got, Lu Xiu laughed.

　　Mole fruit, first-class burrowing ability.

　　If it is used to plough and turn the soil, it is estimated that one acre of land can be ploughed in less than ten minutes.

　　The most laborious thing in farming is the land. So far, there are no curved ploughs or sufficient cattle. Most people use hoes and shovels to cultivate the land.

　　Generally, a person can cultivate one mu of land a day, which is very good.

　　Farming is too laborious without tools.

　　The mole fruit is different, the fruit can give people the natural ability to dig holes in the soil.

　　They plough the land and run the cheetah fruit, in fact, there is no difference.

　　One person can even cultivate several hundred acres a day, which can greatly improve efficiency.

　　If there are thousands of mole fruit capable people, it is easy to cultivate millions of acres of fertile land.

　　With mole fruit, farming is an easy solution.

　　He can copy five or six mole fruits a day, and when the copying is easy in the future, he can take it out to ordinary people and experience its abilities.

　　As for the harvest, you can only find another way.Mole fruit can only be cultivated, and other processes of cultivation require a large number of hands to complete.

　　"¨〃What ability does my son-in-law have for farming?" (Zhao Li Zhao) Li Er asked curiously.

　　"Don't worry, wait until tomorrow." Lu Xiu said.

　　Mole fruit is just a solution to farming. Apart from it, Lu Xiu actually has several solutions.

　　Unfortunately, there is no corresponding fruit ability.

　　For example, harvesting, dark fruit is definitely a very convenient one.

　　Covering the crops with dark tides, and then using the ability to absorb them into the dark space, can instantly collect several acres of crops into a ball.

　　Therefore, when the crops are harvested in August and September, maybe they have the corresponding ability.

　　The system produces one Devil Fruit a month, and there are still several chances.which is.

Chapter 299

　　The next day, after Lu Xiu and the others had breakfast, they came to Myanmar from Mingyu Island early.

　　In order not to delay mining, Lu Xiu specially arranged for a stone fruit expert to help extract the emerald ore on the ore vein.

　　After all, Xiahou and Li De's expedition team needed to start again to explore all the jadeite mines within a range of several hundred kilometers around Myanmar.

　　Although there is indeed a rich jadeite mine in front of me, but who knows if a mine source that is more fertile than the mine in front of me can be found later.

　　And after exploring Myanmar, if the American continent or the South American continent is discovered next, they will be sent to them again.

　　As for the silver mines in the Japanese country, Lu Xiu didn't plan to let them explore.

　　Compared with gold mines and emerald mines, silver mines are not valuable.

　　And the Japanese help in mining and refining, which can also save a lot of effort.

　　Using the huge trade surplus to erode the national strength of the Japanese is the best way to deal with them at present.