Chapter 1157 200 Million Mu of Arable Land

The Spring Festival is approaching, and there are great changes in the wilderness, and the world's attention is attracted by the beast tide. After the silver hand and the azure badge were exposed one after another, the follow-up influence is also slowly fermenting.

Throughout the wilderness, dark tides surged.

It was against this background that the Great Xia Dynasty secretly launched a large-scale grain purchase.

Massive amounts of funds were quietly passed on to hundreds of chambers of commerce through the Commerce Department, and then through the chambers of commerce, they went to Johor, Java, Pyu, and even the Maurya Dynasty and the Persian Empire to purchase food in large quantities.

Some chambers of commerce come forward directly, while others go through intermediaries.

Because the purchase price given by the Daxia merchants was slightly higher than the market price, merchants from various countries acted upon hearing the news, and sold a large amount of hoarded grains without considering the domestic grain storage situation at all.

Even the Great Zhou Dynasty in Huaxia District had businessmen joining in the feast.

Regardless of the fact that 20 million gold coins is a lot, it is not a big deal for the ocean-going trade that flows millions of gold coins every day.

Therefore, Daxia's big purchase of grain did not arouse the vigilance of the entire market except for causing a small shock among the grain merchants.

During the whole process, the Great Xia court was hidden behind the scenes.

At the same time, the Agriculture Department has formulated a farmland reclamation plan, preparing to reclaim another 200 million mu of cultivated land on the basis of the existing cultivated land to meet the growing demand for food.

What is the concept of 200 million mu?

During the Han and Tang Dynasties, the total area of ​​cultivated land in the country was between 500 million mu and 600 million mu; in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the area of ​​cultivated land increased to around 700 million mu.

After industrialization, the area of ​​arable land reached 1.8 billion mu, basically reaching a peak.

Therefore, given the conditions of the wilderness, it would be no problem for Daxia to reclaim another 200 million mu of cultivated land. The real problem is who will cultivate the cultivated land after it has been reclaimed.

In ancient times, the area of ​​cultivated land was often linked to the population.

A farmer can take care of ten acres of arable land on average. Even with the support of the farm family, Daxia's farming level is world-leading, and with the convenience of industrialization, it will only be fifteen or six acres at most.

200 million mu of arable land requires at least 12 million farmers to cultivate.

The new population in Daxia this round is mainly players. Although casual players and professional players account for the majority of them, few are willing to farm.

For this reason, the imperial court specially launched the farm model.

The local government will provide certain financial subsidies and technical support, encourage players to build farms on newly reclaimed land, and give preferential treatment in taxation.

Specifically, the agricultural tax is exempted in the first year, and the agricultural tax is halved in the second year.

Four Seas Bank is also willing to open agricultural loan services for players and support players in running farms.

After a whole set of combination policies, it is still very attractive to players, especially for casual players.

The constant update of the achievement value has the biggest impact on this group.

If they continue to travel around the game world and keep doing their jobs like this, they may not even be eligible to receive basic relief subsidies when they arrive at Planet Hope.

But if they want to switch to life professions, start from scratch, and can't keep up with the progress of life profession players, the living space has long been squeezed out.

In this case, running a farm has become a good choice.

Farms are not just simple farming. Corn, soybeans, cotton, potatoes, sugar cane, and mulberry trees can all be planted. They can also raise chickens, ducks, and even pigs and sheep.

Even vegetables are in great demand in the market. Taking Shanhai City as an example, the daily consumption of vegetables is astonishing, and the surrounding villages simply cannot supply them, and more than half of them are transported to Shanhai City by sea.

If the farm is managed well, it can even achieve corner overtaking.

Therefore, as soon as the imperial court's "Proposal on Promoting the Farming Model at the County and County Levels" came out, it aroused heated discussions, and there was an endless stream of applicants.

The sooner the player registers with the county government office, the better the location can be selected, the lease and loan procedures can be completed in advance, and vocational training can be received.

It is even said that the farm can be planned in advance and the house can be built in advance.

This winter is bound to be hot.

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January 20, Summer Palace.

In the Wuji Hall, Ouyang Shuo was chatting with Lin Jing.

With the [Shangxue Rose Mercenary Corps] moving its headquarters to Shanhai City, the family moved around very frequently. When Lin Jing was free, he would "drop in" to the Promise Hall to see Yuer and Luoer.

Ouyang Shuo was naturally happy to see the result.

Lin Jing settled in Shanhai City, Ouyang Shuo naturally received him grandly, and directly presented a duke's mansion for her and Xie Siyun to live in, making Lin Jing a heavyweight among the royal relatives.

This kind of treatment made even an upright man like Bloody Romance envious, half jokingly, half seriously said: "That's it, the [Blood Fiend Mercenary Group]'s championship position is no longer guaranteed."

Indeed, with Lin Jing's status, [Shangxue Meigui]'s future development in Daxia will definitely be better than that of [Blood Fiend Mercenary Corps].

"This is life, don't be envious!"

Bloody Romance can only accept this cruel fact.

In fact, when the various guilds withdrew from the royal city, the detached status they had always maintained no longer existed, and the relationship with the lord was no longer equal.

In this regard, Bloody Romance presumably has a clear understanding.

"Your recent plan on farm construction has caused a sensation!" The two chatted, and they came to the nearest farm, and Lin Jing said with a smile: "It makes me want to be a farmer. "

For urbanites, being a farmer is actually the deepest desire of many people.

Just like this, as soon as the plan was introduced, it set off a wave of upsurge among the player group. Not only casual players, but even life professional players are eyeing this field.

Especially life professional players related to agriculture, their enthusiasm is the highest.

Up to now, even the guild is ready to be mobilized. Although they don't expect to rely on the farm to make a profit, it is not bad to build a super farm as the guild's logistics base.

It can also provide guild members with a place for leisure and vacation, which can be described as the best of both worlds.

In just three days, the number of players who signed up to build a farm exceeded 3 million, and the number was still increasing at an astonishing rate, which even surprised Ouyang Shuo.

Such a grand event reminded Ouyang Shuo of the ancient times, when dignitaries and dignitaries scrambled to buy Zhuangzi. How similar are the two? !

"Could it be that Great Xia is going to cultivate a new generation of landlords?" Ouyang Shuo laughed at himself.

This is of course a joke, there is an essential difference between the two.

In the prosperous Great Xia Dynasty, agriculture was only a basic industry, and it was impossible to become a pillar or even the only industry like in ancient times.

Coupled with the increasingly mature industry, the landlord class is naturally out of the question.

Hearing Lin Jing said that he wanted to be a farmer, Ouyang Shuo said with a smile: "Auntie, why bother to look far away, there is a royal farm in the western suburbs of Shanhai City, called Xilin Farm, which has everything you need. Whenever you want to experience farm life, you can go there anytime. of."

"Is there such a good place?" Lin Jing's eyes lit up.

Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo briefly introduced Xilin Farm.

Speaking of which, the origins here are too deep, and it has to be traced back to the township period of the territory. It was the first farm in the territory. In addition to growing vegetables, it was mainly used to raise wild goats and green clam horses.

When the territory developed, the farm naturally became a royal farm.

Because Bing'er likes it, Ouyang Shuo spends a lot of time in Xilin Farm. In addition to the regular goats, bison and green clam horses, the farm also has tigers, leopards, rhinos and other ferocious animals.

In addition to growing vegetables, there are various facilities such as fish ponds and flower gardens.

Basically, Xilin Farm can be regarded as a royal courtyard, whether it is leisure, hunting, or spring outing, you can get the greatest satisfaction here.

After hearing this, Lin Jing was immediately attracted, and had no intention of starting a new farm.

Seeing this, Ouyang Shuo casually changed the topic to other places.

As a matter of fact, solving the problem of arable land and food is only one of the purposes of the imperial court's farm plan. Few people may understand the real intention behind Ouyang Shuo.

Say one thousand, say ten thousand, no matter what Ouyang Shuo does, his ultimate intention is actually to be linked with the Hope Planet. The real purpose of attracting players to join the farm construction this time is to enhance the players' sense of identity with Daxia.

Don't look at the players settling in the Great Xia, their thoughts have not turned around, and they have never regarded themselves as part of the Great Xia. They come to the Great Xia to settle down, but it is just a way of survival.

Between the two, it is more like a cooperative or parasitic relationship.

Even little aunt Lin Jing, when chatting with Ouyang Shuo just now, didn't she say "you, you"? !

It is impossible for a player deeply influenced by modern ideas of democracy and freedom to feel a sense of belonging to a quasi-feudal dynasty like Daxia.

Maybe, some people are still very disgusted in their hearts.

That's why, when Ouyang Shuo defined the Great Xia Dynasty, he didn't want to define it as a feudal dynasty. There is absolutely no market for this on Planet Hope, and it is impossible to win the recognition of players.

The more so, the more Ouyang Shuo has to win the support of the players.

Not to mention allegiance and the like, at least let them agree with Daxia's ideas and recognize that they are a part of Daxia. Only in this way can this force be twisted into a single rope.

Building a farm was an attempt by Ouyang Shuo.

In order to enhance the player's sense of identity with Daxia, Ouyang Shuo still has many other plans in his mind, but the player has just settled down, so don't rush it, it needs to be done step by step.

The farm is undoubtedly an excellent breakthrough, aiming at the casual player group that is most susceptible to infection. Using this as radiation, using the social network between players, it can gradually penetrate into the entire player group.

In the future, Ouyang Shuo still has a whole set of plans for the most difficult and core group of combat players. Only through chatting with Lin Jing, Ouyang Shuo realized that the time is far from ripe.

"take it easy!"

Ouyang Shuo smiled inwardly.