Chapter 270 Grain Layout

After reading here, Li Xiang came to another grain-producing area. Wheat was grown there just now, and high-yielding potatoes are grown here.

In the 21st century, the average potato yield can reach 5,000 jins per mu. If managed well, 8,000 to 10,000 jins is also possible. The seeds exchanged in the system are the best, and it says that the yield is also 8,000 jins. When it reaches 10,000 kilograms, Li Xiang doesn't know how much can be produced here.

This place was dug out in advance, so except for our own people, everyone else has left, so you don’t have to be so careful about what you say. In fact, there is no need to send people to watch at all. After the farmers dug this thing out, it was basically I don’t think this is food, but I think His Highness is wasting the land.

The yield per mu is nine thousand catties, which is considered qualified.

Then Li Xiang went to check out the sweet potatoes without stopping. As long as they were redeemed from the system, Li Xiang planted them in the test field. At present, the seeds in the system are all fine. In order to carefully test Li Xiang I also tried it and found that it can indeed be cultivated on a large scale.

At present, Li Xiang has purchased nearly six million acres of land across the country, and has almost become the largest landowner in the country. Of course, these lands are not concentrated in Li Xiang's hands. They are all redeemed from the system. , after creating a false identity for them, they turned into small landowners of various sizes, so that they could get away with it. Firstly, they deceived Qiwang of the Five Surnames, and secondly, they deceived Li Shimin.

If all wheat is planted, based on the output of two thousand kilograms per mu, it should be able to support nearly 30 million people. But according to what Li Xiang knows now, there are only 20 million people in the country at most. Once there are five surnames If the amount of Qi Wang is a threat, Li Xiang can send them out in an instant after half a year, not to mention there are a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes.

After figuring this out in his mind, Li Xiang breathed a sigh of relief. Since his rebirth, what Li Xiang fears most is not the countries around him, but the Five Surnames and Seven Hopes.

In the 21st century, Li Xiang knew the fact that the Tang Dynasty was so powerful, who defeated him? After reading the entire history of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xiang realized that the Tang Dynasty was defeated by him.

The outside world does not have the ability to threaten us, but the Anshi Rebellion caused the entire Tang Dynasty to begin to decline. The elite Chang'an Forbidden Army is the strongest army in the country, and the Hedong Frontier Army in the hands of An Lushan is also one of the strongest armies in the Tang Dynasty. The two armies collided and destroyed the comprehensive national power of the Tang Dynasty.

Although the Five Surnames and Qiwang currently do not have an army in their hands, they have arranged a lot of people in the court and the army. If we try to fight them hard, it will not be good for the current Tang Dynasty. They must be slowly cut off. Meat is good, but there have been many conflicts in recent years. Li Xiang and Li Shimin are worried about the same thing, and that is food.

Food is the most important thing for the people. These big families control a large amount of grain transactions across the country. If they use this as a weapon, Li Shimin may not be able to take advantage of them, especially when a foreign war breaks out. They have to rely on them to sell grain. Send it up. If these people are unwilling, the supply of military rations may be cut off at any time.

Now Li Xiang can finally breathe a sigh of relief. Although he only controls a very small part of the country's arable land, he can already feed the people of the country. When the grain harvest is harvested in a few months, Li Xiang can establish his own grain sales network across the country. Slowly devour the foundation of the five surnames and seven hopes.

"How are the sales of Shiohiki?"

Li Xiang suddenly thought of another thing. If he had not gone to Tyuhun to get this agreement, maybe he would have participated in the auction of Yanyin.

"The major families are rushing to buy like crazy. The original pattern has been broken. Now the emperor is very satisfied. He is just waiting for us to put the best salt on the shelves across the country. By then, the major families will not be able to sell it more expensively than us. , they will suffer a loss."

Qian Ping has been collecting information in this regard. Regarding the Yanyin auction, it can be said that Li Xiang and Li Shimin both made enough money. When the major families pooled money before, they put a large amount of collateral in Li Xiang's hands. , that was when Li Xiang cut their leeks for the first time.

During the auction of Yan Yin, they auctioned the Yan Yin in their hands at a price that was more than twice the actual price. This was equivalent to being cut off by Li Shimin again.

During these two times of becoming leeks, their entire family's property dropped by at least 20%. Don't underestimate this 20%. For a huge family, even 1% of it is A huge amount of property, for example, Li Xiang earned nearly 8 million yuan from the sale of salt.

Due to the lack of commercial operations and the lack of a capable person to control Li Shimin, Li Shimin made slightly less money, but he still earned nearly three million yuan, which is already equivalent to a quarter of the annual tax revenue. Once it was over, it also improved the financial situation of the Tang Dynasty in disguise.

"The biggest loss should be the Wang family in Taiyuan, right?"

Li Xiang thought of the family that informed Tuyuhun that they used to be the largest salt merchants.

"Your Highness was wrong. In this auction, the Li family in Longxi suffered the greatest loss."

When he heard this, Li Xiang turned around in surprise. Li Shimin claimed to be the Li family of Longxi. Why didn't he deal with the Wang family in Taiyuan? Did he actually trap his own family?

"I don't blame anyone for this. If I do, I can only blame the people of the Li family in Longxi for being too greedy. They want to win one-third of the world's salt merchants through auctions. They are probably celebrating now and are only waiting for our salt. If it goes public, then they should cry.”

Qian Ping's description was very apt. According to the price at the auction, each kilogram of salt must be sold for fifty yuan, so that it can be worthy of his own auction price, and this is the lowest salt.

But Li Xiang priced the whitest salt at 500 cents per catty, and there were several grades below. I'm afraid the salt merchants wouldn't be able to set the lowest price at 50 cents, and the prices of the various grades in between would be reduced. , according to their pricing strategy, the highest-end one should be around five dollars. Li Xiang lowered the price tenfold for them in one fell swoop. Once Zhi Daobao's salt comes on the market, they will wait to sell their pants.

"No matter who they are, they are a stumbling block in the development of Datang. They can be kicked out at any time."

Whether it is the Wang family in Taiyuan or the Li family in Longxi, as long as one family can survive this shock, then the long-term arrangement will be in vain.