Fu Xiaoguan threw two major things in front of Ning Yuchun, which of course refreshed Ning Yuchun's cognition.
Whether it is building the road or the canal, the purpose is to solve the logistics problem of Wofeng Road - the word logistics was created by Fu Xiaoguan, and Ning Yuchun thinks it is very vivid.
The Wofeng Road is being built. Once the road network is successfully constructed, all 220 counties in the Wofeng Road will be connected by cement roads.
This is certainly a good thing.
The purpose of building the canal is to export goods more quickly and conveniently, which is also a good thing.
But if this road can be built, then can a canal really be built?
Ning Yuchun found it hard to believe. After all, to transform a small river into a navigable river was a project that had never been done in any country in thousands of years of history.
But Fu Xiaoguan swore that Yan Xibai had actually invited craftsmen from the Ministry of Works and had already begun surveying, but where would that huge amount of silver come from?
"You're such a stubborn person. Yan Xibai has established a shipping company in Qingzhou, called Qingzhou Shipping. It's already listed at the Sitong Bank in Wofeng City. The first batch of shares issued is 20 million. Of course, it's been five days since the issuance, and only 3 million shares have been sold..."
"I asked him to go back to Jinling and issue 40 million shares there. Sigh... I have to go to Wofeng City to support him on this matter."
At this moment, Yun Xiyan ran in happily, holding an official document in his hand. He presented it to Fu Xiaoguan with a happy face, "Ding'an Earl, the autumn harvest in Xiushui County was completed three days ago. This is a report sent by Ding Xuan, the Xiushui County Magistrate."
Fu Xiaoguan took it and took a look. Xiushui County had a total of 20,000 mu of rice seeds planted with Fu Sandai's rice seeds. The highest yield per mu was 820 kilograms, the lowest was 720 kilograms, and the average yield per mu was 770 kilograms!
He was immediately overjoyed, slapping the document with his hands and saying to Ning Yuchun, "Look, look! If the irrigation problem is solved, and the entire Wozhou is planted with Fu Sandai's rice seeds, how much rice can Wozhou produce?!"
"Yun Xiyan, make a good news report about Xiushui County's grain production and send it to all the counties and prefectures, so that all the people in Wofeng Road will know about it!"
"Okay!"
Yun Xiyan happily ran out, but Ning Yuchun stared at the document in a daze.
There are 36 million acres of fertile land in Wozhou!
If all these fertile fields could be cultivated normally and planted with Fu Sandai's rice seeds, with an average yield of 770 kilograms per mu, how much high-quality rice would Wozhou produce?
That’s more than 27 billion jin!
Even if this rice is only sold for twelve coins per pound... the total amount is more than three hundred million silver coins!
Well, if we leave one third of the food rations for the people, that’s still 200 million!
The government taxes in Wofeng Road account for 20%, a total of 40 million taels of tax revenue...and this is just the fields, there is also land!
The annual tax revenue of the entire Yu Dynasty was only 20 million taels, while the grain tax revenue of Wozhou alone was more than twice the tax revenue of the thirteen prefectures!
After doing the math, Ning Yuchun was even more shocked. No, the entire farmland in Wozhou had to be revitalized. The reservoir had to be built, and the irrigation and drainage canals had to be built!
I'm also going to set up a company using the name of Vaud!
What should I call it?
Didn’t Fu Xiaoguan call his Xishan business Xishan Group?
That’s called Woliang Group!
What a great name!
It’s much more famous than Yan Xibai’s Qingzhou Shipping Company!
Ning Yuchun could no longer sit still after thinking about this. He shouted, "Someone come...!"
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Wofeng City.
The government posted many good news in Wofeng City.
The people of Wofeng City naturally also like the hustle and bustle. They think that the new governor has been in Wofeng for three months, and he probably wants to announce some of his political achievements to the people.
But when many people gathered around to take a look at the good news, their eyes suddenly widened.
It turned out to be the grain output of Xiushui County.
What?
The highest grain yield per mu in Xiushui County is 820?
The lowest is seven hundred and twenty?
This Daotai gentleman is probably stupid, right?
The average yield per mu is 770...
"Hahaha, this is really exaggerated!"
"My ancestors were all farmers. If the yield per mu could reach 280 kilograms, I'd be really lucky. Even 820 kilograms... well, let alone 820 kilograms per mu, I'd be willing to tend to those fields even if I could only reach 400 kilograms."
"He's just a teenager after all, and he wanted to flatter himself, but he chose this to promote it. Who the hell doesn't know that the yield per mu of Wofengyuan is only about 300 kilograms? He's praising me so much that even I feel embarrassed!"
Many people shook their heads and sighed, thinking that this young Taotai was really unreliable.
Come to think of it, the eighteen-year-old Ding'an Earl was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and lived a life of luxury. How could he understand those trivial things in the fields?
But just as many people were discussing this, another voice emerged from the crowd:
"I told you guys you're all frogs in a well, and I'm afraid I even insulted the frog. I just came back from Xiushui City yesterday. You can't even imagine the clamor of drums and gongs in Xiushui City!"
"What do you mean, brother?"
"Xiushui County Magistrate Ding gathered many people from Xiushui City in the square of the county government office to witness this miracle..."
The man paused, and a large group of people gathered around him.
"You should know about the two major grain merchants in Wofeng City, Chenji and Linji, right? You're still here mocking Earl Ding'an, but the owners of these two major grain merchants are already in Xiushui City!"
"That County Magistrate Ding personally weighed the grain in front of everyone. How could the number be fake?
Even if the numbers are fake, how could the joy on the farmers' faces be fake?
Even if those farmers also cheated, the two owners of Chenji and Linji have been in the grain business for a lifetime, so would their eyes go blind? "
"I'm telling you, the two heads of Chenji and Linji bought all the grain on the spot, and they even wanted to sign a contract with County Magistrate Ding for the next three years!"
"Do you understand what I mean? So this person, while you're still here making cold remarks, has already taken the lead, so he should get rich, and you..."
This man glanced at everyone with disdain, turned around and walked away, leaving behind a sentence: "You guys, can only eat shit!"
Leaving behind a group of people looking at each other in bewilderment... "Could this be true?"
"I'm afraid it's true. My relative came back from Xiushui County yesterday, and he also said that the grain production in Xiushui County has skyrocketed. But I didn't believe it at the time."
"So, have Chenji and Linji signed a three-year contract with Xiushui County?"
"Regardless of whether it's signed or not, this production volume is absolutely correct!"
In an instant, the entire Wofeng City's comments on this good news underwent a shocking reversal.
Ding'an Bo is not exaggerating at all!
The rice seeds of Fu Sandai really have that yield!
Everyone in Wofeng City was shocked. This Earl Ding'an was the first person to change the farming industry for thousands of years!
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