"Isn't the grain stored now enough? It's already very much. The grain tax collected in previous years was only this much. Do we still need to store more?

"Your machine is indeed a masterpiece of craftsmanship. As long as the water and insect repellent charms are stored properly in an official or similar warehouse, they can be preserved for years without worrying about damage. But isn't it a bit excessive to store so many of them?

"Even if a large-scale flood strikes again, this amount of food will be enough for disaster relief and post-disaster reconstruction."

Ruihai came here with this consideration in mind.

Now Zhang Mingtu has stored so much grain, it's exaggerated.

With the full force of the Yimu magic circle, food is produced in an endless supply.

However, the amount of Yi Mu essence consumed was also very large. If Zhang Mingtu had not needed to conduct research before and Jiujiang County Agricultural College had not stored a considerable amount of Yi Mu essence, they would not be able to support it now.

"I think there might be a war later."

Zhang Mingtu spoke very briefly. Ruihai was silent for a moment, then fell into deep thought.

"War? Why? Now is clearly the best time. If we just wait for a while for improved varieties to be promoted, we can truly realize the ideal country we want to achieve..."

Ruihai couldn't continue his speech and turned it into a heavy sigh.

As the prefect of Jiujiang County, he certainly has a certain understanding of the fact that so much information has been circulating recently. By combining various information and summarizing the situations, he can know the changes that will happen next.

He really doesn't want war to happen, but given the current situation, war is probably inevitable.

Under normal war conditions, the Jiangnan region was rich and had good crops, so people would not be in danger of starving to death. However, Rui Hai was too familiar with his officials and the conditions in various places.

"Why must we do this? Just for the sake of a vague and illusory so-called Dragon and Snake Nine Transformations? If one truly wanted to become the Supreme Being, why would one need this so-called secret manual? Working diligently to govern the country and ruling the world would be enough to reassure the people."

Having said that, Ruihai remained silent.

"I will have the nearest official fields planted on a large scale, and have the people from the Agricultural College help promote the Yi Wood Essence and the Four Seasons Formation. Instead of allowing the seeds to mature in a short period of time, it will take a longer period of time to mature, which can save a large portion of the Yi Wood Essence.

"The machines you build can also continue to operate, allowing the fine varieties to be better preserved."

Zhang Mingtu nodded. He had a plan in this regard, but it would be very troublesome if he relied on himself to fight alone. It would be much better with Ruihai's help.

After all, if Zhang Mingtu was the only one manipulating the Yi wood essence and ripening the Liang seeds, even if he was very capable, he could only complete part of it, and the rest would still be very troublesome.

With the help of Ruihai and Jiujiang County Agricultural College, this problem can be easily handled.

"Let me get some people from the Red Flower Society that I founded a while ago to take action together. They are more experienced in fighting."

What’s more important is that they are all people who have stood the test of time, and they will spread this information casually, so that the grain will be truly placed in Jiujiang County instead of being submitted to the higher authorities.

Zhang Mingtu recited the second half of the sentence silently in his mind without saying it out loud. Ruihai nodded after careful consideration.

"There's no big problem with planting in official fields, and a lot of warehouses can be allocated. Recently, a group of people were investigated and found to have many hidden warehouses under their names, which are not included in the official statistics.

"As for mobilizing Yimu's essence, that's more troublesome."

Ruihai felt a little annoyed, but Zhang Mingtu just waved his hand.

"It's okay, this is a trivial matter. After the patent law is passed, I will get a 10% commission on the Yimu essence and subsequent magic arrays, as well as improved varieties and the like. They can be directly allocated from my name."

Dealing with Zhang Mingtu was easy and hassle-free. He is now one of the richest men in the world, and can even be considered a local tycoon.

In terms of fame and wealth alone, Zhang Mingtu is the most famous person in Jiujiang County, but no one dares to touch him.

After all, his reputation is so good that others dare not take action.

"Subsequent grain collection will definitely cause major problems. The local wealthy families will definitely oppose you."

Once the war breaks out, the demand for food and fodder in various places will definitely increase, but not much food and fodder can be collected from ordinary people.

More taxes had to be collected from the local wealthy families, but due to Ruihai's actions in recent times, the small and medium-sized wealthy families were very convinced of Ruihai and were willing to contribute money and effort.

But the richer ones are not so willing, and there may be some problems in this regard.

Some things will always be better if you prepare them first.

"As for the harvesting of food and grass, in order to prevent too many people from knowing about it, I have some blueprints here. Since Kyoto supports the patent, let's start large-scale production!"

Zhang Mingtu quickly drew the blueprint with his hands. Although he didn't have a ruler, the blueprint he drew was standard and precise, with each size button appearing on the paper one by one.

"This is?"

Ruihai was very surprised. He never knew that Zhang Mingtu had this ability.

Zhang Mingtu had seen another machine, the one used to crush and dry starch into flour, and was also shocked by its efficiency and movement.

What would take dozens, hundreds or even thousands of people a whole day to accomplish can be completed by a machine in just a few hours, and it is fast, accurate and clean overall.

The overall standardized process is better than ordinary people manufacturing it.

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