Chapter five hundred and seventy fourth better, better
Ye An originally planned to stay in Yangcheng County for two months before returning to Tokyo City, but there were a lot of things going on in Yejiazhuang. Li Zunxun had sent people to urge him several times, and each time the letter described something fiercely.
It looked like if Ye An didn't go, Puhui Company would be doomed.
However, such words cannot deceive Ye An. Just kidding, if something big happens to Puhui Company, Li Zunxu will definitely come on horseback as soon as possible...
Ye An is convinced that there will be no problems with the current Puhui Company. Even if it is a "child" that is stumbling at the beginning, constantly testing the market of Song Dynasty, as long as it gets used to the laws of the market, it will be able to survive in the business world of Song Dynasty.
Great strides forward on the road.
Xinlingfang has basically laid a solid foundation in business. Now Ye An is shifting his focus more to agriculture. Without a strong agricultural foundation, business will be like a mirror.
With the introduction of chemical fertilizers, the land in Yejiazhuang has a certain foundation, and increasing the yield of the land is no longer an unattainable task.
Squatting on the ground and looking at the plowed land, Ye An felt confident. Qin Mumu came over wearing a headscarf like a peasant woman. By the way, she grabbed a handful of soil and let it pass through her slender fingers.
Slip in.
"Did you know? Only now do I know how much the ancients valued land. Even if you gave one of the two choices, a large number of farmers still chose the land, and the factory still needs to recruit people!"
Ye An took Qin Mumu's hand and dusted it, and said with a nonchalant smile: "This is normal. No one can choose a factory under the temptation of fertile land. Even if the wages are high enough, it is useless. The land is not good for farmers."
It is said that it is a permanent job, but it is not necessarily a factory. They have not been exposed to it and do not understand how terrifying it will be once a factory under capital control starts to operate. It doesn't matter to take your time..."
Qin Mumu rolled her eyes: "What you said is easy. Now you have to purchase a large amount of land. You have almost sold out all the wasteland in Yangcheng County. You have to recruit more people, and the load of the factory operation has to increase.
, we need to expand, do we need to recruit more people? We can’t turn all the people in Yangcheng County into farmers, can we?!”
Ye An smiled slightly: "Why not?!"
Qin Mumu was slightly stunned. She suddenly felt that Ye An's plan was too risky. Can this model that has never appeared in the Song Dynasty really continue?
"This may intensify the land annexation in the Song Dynasty again..." Qin Mumu said most uneasily. From the beginning, both of them resolutely resisted the land annexation, but in the Song Dynasty, the land annexation was legal, so
Ye An then changed his attitude. Since land annexation is legal, then increase efforts!
"It doesn't matter, I just want to annex the land, raise farmers on the land, and let the court find out the problem by itself. When do you think Liu E will react and suppress the land annexation?"
Ye An's words did not reassure Qin Mumu. On the contrary, they made her even more nervous and said: "I think Liu E may not react until she dies. As long as we pay enough business tax, she will be happy to see the results."
Ye An nodded slightly: "That's true! The scale of Puhui's business will only get bigger and bigger, and the scale of the farm will also get bigger and bigger."
Qin Mumu followed Ye An's example and sat on the field ridge. She turned to look at Ye An and said, "Then what are you going to do? Keep expanding?"
"Of course!" Ye An looked at the large tracts of fertile land that stretched to the horizon and couldn't help but sigh: "Since so many people like land, then I have to make the land less valuable! Relying on the state alone to curb land annexation is not enough.
, the land management of this era is far less powerful and reliable than that of later generations. The only thing that can be done is to stop land from becoming the most profitable thing and let the rich take their way of making money away from the land..."
"Ah! I understand!" Qin Mumu stared at Ye An in surprise and said: "It turns out that the fundamental reason why you plan to develop the factory is to curb land annexation! As long as the factory becomes profitable, everyone will imitate Puhui Company. It will take a long time
Now, the price of land will naturally decrease, and people will have land to live on. Even if it’s not easy, they can still make money in factories, right?”
Ye An smiled slightly: "That's right! That's the truth. People cannot be bound to the land forever. What we have to do is not to suppress land annexation, but to change the economic structure of this era. Maybe this process is long, but the direction
It’s unmistakable.”
"Hmph! That's easy for you to say. If it weren't for the fact that you have potatoes, sweet potatoes, and high-yielding crops like corn, it would be even harder to make the land worthless!"
Qin Mumu refuted Ye An dissatisfiedly, she just couldn't bear to see Ye An's stinky look...
The land in Yejiazhuang has been planted with food, but what is planted is potatoes and sweet potatoes. Autumn potatoes and autumn sweet potatoes are also called late-season crops. This is almost universally known in later generations, but in Yejiazhuang
It seems to the bankers that this is a fantasy.
Whose food can be planted in autumn? Or late autumn?!
They did not know that potatoes and sweet potatoes are cold-resistant and drought-resistant crops, and the winter in Yangcheng County is not as cold as in the north. Because of the blessing of Songshan Mountain, the cold north wind is blocked by Songshan Mountain.
Potatoes and sweet potatoes have been grown in Guan Tian, and there are no other problems except for a slightly lower yield.
Ye Anbian also plans to give it a try in Yejiazhuang. If potatoes and sweet potatoes can also be grown, then three seasons of food can be grown a year, and wheat and rice can be interspersed in the summer.
The potatoes and sweet potatoes in Ye An's hands are not native to America, but have been cultivated countless times by later generations. It can be said that they are very suitable for China's land environment and climate environment.
This is a process of domesticating plants, so from the beginning, the land and sweet potatoes in Ye An's hands were in the highest state, defeating the crops of this era.
"It's a pity that there is no hybrid rice!" Qin Mumu looked at the small buds that occasionally popped up in the ground and gently stroked them, while Ye An rolled his eyes at the side.
"If people are not satisfied, they will swallow the elephant! If there were hybrid rice, wouldn't it be incredible? These potatoes and sweet potatoes are already very good. Wait until next spring and then plant the soybeans. As long as the planting area is large enough, we can
Obtain enough soybeans, and the protein in soy products can not only supplement people, but the okara can be made into okara cakes, which is a must for the breeding industry! There is also corn..."
Qin Mumu looked at Ye An in disbelief: "You want to monopolize the agriculture and animal husbandry of the entire Song Dynasty! Oh my God, if you want to concentrate on raising pigs, cattle and sheep... what will the Song Dynasty look like in the future...
…”
Ye An smiled and shook his head: "I don't know, but I don't think it will be worse than the Song Dynasty in history. Isn't that enough?"
This is true. Qin Mumu leaned gently on Ye An's shoulder and gently stroked the buds that had just sprouted on the ground with one hand. They had no grand aspirations, they just hoped to be better and better.