Since America is not easy to deal with, it seems that we can only look at Rome first and then wait to see what happens in America.
According to Li Sheng's point of view, whether things in America are good or not, it is obviously a matter of "slowly planning". The emperor's personal expedition will have little effect.
In this case, it seems that we have to conquer Rome first. But just as Wei Zheng was about to reflexively say thank you, Master, he saw Li Sheng continue to add, "In terms of output, it is not special at all, but this
In addition to high yields, corn can also be used to make wine and sugar."
"The yield of corn sugar is much higher than that of ordinary sucrose!"
Li Sheng is not talking nonsense, this is indeed the case!
Sugar made from corn was actually relatively rare in Li Sheng's time. There is no other reason. The sweetness of the sugar extracted from corn is still not as good as that of sucrose, and the quality is not as high. There is no doubt about this. For this reason, Li Sheng originally also
I didn’t know about this, but I found out later when I read the news.
Although I have never purchased corn-made white sugar rock sugar directly on the market, corn-made sugar is not made into a solid form. Instead, it is generally processed into corn syrup, which is then processed into other foods and used as additives.
This volume is huge!
Like the situation in North America, where people eat bread, fried chicken and vegetable salad every day, all in this form, so where has the large area of corn gone? In fact, it is made into syrup. Of course, in American supermarkets
It is true that you can buy corn syrup directly.
The yield of this corn syrup is really much higher than that of sucrose!
Originally, it was only said that there was new grain, and Li Er and others were still interested, but since the output was not particularly outstanding, the monarchs and ministers lost interest, and they all had the idea of Rome in their minds, but now Li Sheng was no longer interested.
One word.
Li Er and the others were stunned again, their minds suddenly agitated.
Yes, it is indeed feasible for the imperial court to spend money to build new textile machines to increase profits, and use this as subsidies to attract businessmen to move over and occupy the land. However, this is a "circumstance" after all. Although the profits are good-looking, they come
Not direct enough - the profit is not direct enough, which means there are too many links, and the risks will naturally be higher, and the attractiveness will naturally decrease.
Objectively speaking, although the machine is good, but you are not familiar with the place so far away, what should you do if it breaks? How to repair it? For minor problems, it is easy to say, but for big problems, you will have to find new steel factories to customize new parts.
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But this is obviously not an easy thing, and the cost will increase invisibly. Besides, apart from the difficulty of maintenance, what is the marketability of things like silk cloth itself?
This is still a huge profit in the current Datang Dynasty, but when everyone transfers their industries to America, it is hard to say whether such good conditions will still exist.
This is the key to the problem. Whether the emperor personally conquered the Americas or not is not the key to the Americas. The key to the Americas issue is that the emperor must stay in the Americas for a while, so that the merchants will be convinced that the Americas can develop and be willing to take some risks.
but.
Corn and silk cloth are different!
If this thing is made into sugar, the profits will come much more directly. Without the intermediate link of "machine", the production capacity can be directly increased, and huge profits can be made directly.
And if there are direct large profits, then it’s hard to tell what the merchants will choose!
What the emperor needs to do is very simple, as long as he personally picks a wave of corn, people all over the world will naturally believe that this magical crop is real, and then they will rush to the Americas to open up new territories!
At this time, Li Er, Wei Zheng, and others suddenly realized something in their minds.
Damn it, things in America are easier to solve than in Rome.
You have to use a strategy to defeat Rome - this means that there is always a possibility that the opponent will not be fooled, and even if the opponent is fooled, it will still have to be a sword fight. No one can say whether there will be any surprises.
Not sure.
But America is different. If the emperor goes to pick a wave of corn with his own hands and then announces it to the world, what is the risk? There is a ghost risk. At most, there are poisonous insects, beasts and the like - horse-riding beasts. What kind of onions are beasts?
, could it be that so many powerful generals in the Tang Dynasty were vegetarians?
The key is that without this corn, if the Tang Dynasty wanted to break the situation in America, the emperor would have to stay in America for a long time - this time may even take more than a year, and the emperor would stay away from the country for several years.
Damn it, even the Jian'an literati from the Wei and Jin Dynasties wouldn't dare to make up such a thing!
In addition, America is indeed a completely unfamiliar new world, and it is really difficult to predict what will happen. It is okay to say that it will take one day, two days, one month, or two months, as long as you are well prepared, but no one can guarantee that the emperor will be there as time goes by.
Will there be any problems in the water and soil of America?
But with corn, things are simple. The emperor can go back to the palace after a visit.
The whole process is similar to today's drink. Isn't this difficulty easier than solving the problem in Rome?
The key is that once the matter in America is resolved, the national treasury will not have to continue spending money on this matter, but will have to save money frugally, and money and food will be greatly abundant.
By then, even if Li Jing had turned into a pig and led tens of thousands of pigs, he would be able to defeat the Romans at will!
It was so exciting, so exciting, and so comfortable. Li Er was almost overjoyed, and several ministers were even more so.
He couldn't even care about being overjoyed, and a swarm of bees gathered around Li Sheng. You and I poured wine for Li Sheng one glass at a time, and they were full of flattery, which made Li Sheng confused.
What's going on with these old guys today, why are they so excited all of a sudden?
Could it be that he is interested in the business in America? But since he is already optimistic about the business in America, why wait for the news of whether the emperor will personally conquer the country or not? Why not just rush to quietly develop the land and then be done with it?
Wait, these old guys who are riding horses don't want to go to America to speculate in land. This must have decisive good news. Realizing this, Li Sheng was full of contempt for these four old guys.
This is called urine.
No wonder that just when he was talking about allocating the land on Qiongzhou Island to them, these old guys suddenly started to pay attention to national affairs, and their emotional appetite was not small. However, Li Sheng couldn't help but be tempted.
Los Angeles.
The real estate prices in these places are still at bargain prices right now, right? Go buy the land directly by yourself, and it will be like that in a matter of minutes.
In the audience, Li Er was relatively normal. He was excited for a few seconds after the big plan was decided. He poured Li Sheng a glass of wine and sat there smiling, all excited.
So cool, so cool!
Comfortable.
This wave of mine is going to be like an emperor for eternity!