Yan State, a port on the seaside somewhere.
Just after the construction of this port was completed, a fleet came here.
This fleet was originally going to transport goods to the State of Lu, but changed its route halfway and arrived at the State of Yan.
"Dayan has a vast terrain, rich resources, and countless natural resources and treasures. Unfortunately, Dayan has a sparse population and insufficient strength, so it has always been difficult to fully develop it."
How big is the territory of Yan State?
The area on the map is quite large. Theoretically speaking, if the Yan princes in the past dynasties were inspired enough and could continue to expand northward, then the Yan country would definitely be the first-class powerful country in the world.
But it is a pity that there are many nomads on the grasslands. As for the black land in the Northeast, it has not been developed yet. That great plain is now the hometown of monsters and monsters. Most of the white mountains and black waters are now the territory of demons.
Yan State's strength is limited and it has not developed to this extent at all.
This is also one of the reasons why Sun En chose the Yan Kingdom: judging from the map alone, the future prospects of the Yan Kingdom are still very huge.
Although the Yan State is not doing well at the moment, it is similar to second-rate countries such as Lu and Song, and it is not even the strongest among the second-rate countries. However, the Yan State has a bright future, especially the black soil plain in the distance. It is truly a God-given land, but Yan State lacks strength and population.
But for Sun En, this is not a problem.
What Yancheng lacks most is technology!
The most indispensable thing in Yancheng is production and living instruments!
With these magic weapons, one alchemist can work as efficiently as a thousand slaves.
It only takes 10,000 alchemists to control various magic weapons, which can equal the 10 million slaves who opened up the wasteland.
Is ten thousand alchemists a lot?
This time, Sun En brought over two million followers and people, including two hundred thousand alchemists.
If these 200,000 alchemists all controlled the magic weapons to cultivate the land and produce, then they would be equivalent to 200 million slaves, working hard and without complaint to farm the land for Prince Yan. One billion acres of land must not be cultivated this year?
These are just the alchemists. If we add the warlocks and the professional farming team hired from Yancheng, by the end of the first year, we will be able to cultivate two billion acres of land!
Thinking of this, Sun En pointed to the black soil plain and said: "I am also aware of the current situation in the Yan Kingdom."
"The power of the traditional nobles is too great. Although many nobles want to reform and understand the necessity of reform, they are unwilling to reform themselves and cut off their flesh as soon as they come up. This is actually human nature."
"So, let's not go to Yan State at all, and just open up the black soil plains. Although some places will be particularly cold, we can solve this problem using Taoism. Those few places that are particularly cold, just pack them up and rent them out. For those Taoist priests and Taoist priests with water attributes, this is a treasure land."
"For places that are not so cold, we will just follow the Yancheng method and start reclaiming the land and slaying demons."
"Today, there are 200,000 Yellow Turban warriors and 20,000 Yellow Angel warriors in Taiping Road. It is easy to open up a county or several counties."
"This is the first year, so we should be on the safe side and test the waters by reclaiming 500 million acres of land first."
"It's already summer now. By the time the warlocks and Taoist priests arrive, it will be almost autumn."
Ordinary people ride on ordinary sea ships at average speeds. That's because a whole sea ship can transport two to three hundred people or more, but there is only one water magician. Of course, this speed cannot be fast. Moreover, this water warlock is not made of iron. It is not as durable as a machine. It can continue to work as long as it drinks oil.
Water magicians also need to rest, eat spiritual rice, drink spiritual springs, and sometimes drink a small jar of Yancheng monkey wine and eat a few Yancheng cabbage. Even so, the water magician must take a good rest every time he works continuously for a period of time.
But the ship where the warlocks, Taoist priests and their families are on is different. With so many warlocks and Taoist priests, the most important thing they lack is mana. The most important thing they don’t lack is masters who have understood the true meaning of the water element. Each of them has sufficient mana, and they can do it. Use your strength to create miracles and make your speed soar to the sky.
For an ordinary sea-going ship, a thousand miles in one day and night is the limit. But these powerful and miraculous sea-going ships can easily travel thousands of miles in a day and night if they are willing. Ten thousand miles is not a problem. But if the speed is so fast, the ship itself will soon fall apart.
But even so, three months is enough for the warlocks and Taoist priests to rush over and start working!
"This black soil plain is really too big. If it is completely developed, hundreds of counties can easily be developed. If it is divided according to the counties of the Central Plains, a thousand counties can also have a lot of potential."
"In the first year of this year, we will cultivate 500 million acres of land. Considering Yancheng's improved seeds and world-leading agricultural technology, as well as the richness of the black soil, it is easy to produce an output of 30 dan per mu."
"This is 15 billion shi of grain. This is the north. The food here has never been rich. The price of grain in Yancheng is one penny per catty, but here, it can be sold for five cents. Even three cents per pound. Jin, one stone of grain is worth 300 qian, and 15 billion shi of grain is worth 4.5 trillion qian."
"Even if many costs are removed, the investment can be fully recovered in the first year. Starting from the second year, these 500 million acres of land can produce at least 4 trillion yuan in net profit."
Hearing this, Prince Dan's eyes suddenly shone. In the past, the Yan Kingdom had a chaotic domestic politics, many nobles, and there were not many places under the direct jurisdiction of the monarch. Although the Yan Kingdom was large, the monarch's annual income was only two trillion. Up and down, pitiful. Most of the wealth went into the pockets of the nobles.
Now the revenue of 4 trillion yuan will be achieved in the second year. Thinking about this scene for a moment, Prince Dan feels so excited that he can't help himself.
Seeing this, Sun En continued to draw the pie: "Master, if you want to reform, your starting point must be very good. There is no shortage of people with lofty ideals in the Yan State. There is no need to say more about the fact that the Yan State must reform. Most nobles agree with this."
"It's just that once your reforms, my lord, involve the fundamental interests of the nobles, then the reform will not be implemented at all, and it will also make you offend these nobles. In this way, it is hard to say whether my lord, you, can successfully succeed to the throne in the future."
"In order to avoid this, my lord, you must understand these nobles. It is not that they hate the Yan Kingdom or the reform. My lord, your relationship with them does not need to be so rigid."
"Let's start over here and create a new rule."
"This rule is the doctrine and canon of Taiping Dao. Next, I will reform the canon of Taiping Dao to make it more in line with the current situation of Yan State. And the Lord, you must also do a good job of communicating with the nobles and make it clear to them , we are willing to share the benefits with them. At worst, the Yan Kingdom in the future will adopt two systems. The territories of the nobles will remain as usual, and the places directly under the monarch's jurisdiction will follow new rules."
"Reduce the resistance of the nobles to the reform as much as possible. Only in this way can the nobles be willing to sell the common people and savages in the territory."
"For those who are willing to cooperate, we will use money to buy the savages and common people in their territories. This is actually the best protection for the common people and savages, because they are more valuable and have value, then the nobles will not They will kill them wantonly. They will not starve them to death or torture them to death."
"We can use 10,000 yuan or tens of thousands of yuan each to purchase large-scale savages and common people in their territories from nobles who are willing to cooperate in the long term."
"With the common people, we have a complete foundation."
"This time, a total of two million believers came here. Based on two million people, it is easy to absorb and accommodate 20 million common people and savages. With 22 million people, it is enough to build a Twenty counties.”
"These twenty counties are enough for us to develop for ten or twenty years."
"Twenty years later, these first batch of common people and savages will officially become the foundation of your lord. At that time, it will be easy to absorb 200 million common people and savages based on them."
"In this way, after two rounds of reforms, at least four hundred counties can be developed on the black soil plain. With such a foundation and strength, who else can be the Marquis of Yan besides the Lord?"
"So, what the Lord has to do at this moment is to show his sincerity to the nobles, his willingness to cooperate, and his willingness to share the interests of the Black Earth Plain with the nobles. The concubines of the nobles must be valued. The people of the Dayan nation must also be valued. . As long as they are willing to cooperate, they will all be put to good use. Those who are capable will be appointed as county magistrates and prefects, and those who are not capable will be given a sinecure that is easy and profitable. "
"As long as you survive the first twenty years, the Yan Kingdom will be yours in the future."
Having said this, Sun En squatted on the ground and pinched a handful of black soil on the ground: "This black soil can be used to grow spiritual rice. Many of them can be planted with spiritual rice with slight modifications."
"In the first year, we will put together a plan. In the second year, we can take these black land and go to the Yancheng Bond Exchange to issue bonds, issuing 10 trillion yuan in one go!"
"When the time comes, use these 10 trillion dollars to hire a team from Yancheng, hire agricultural staff from the Shennong Temple, and hire Qigong practitioners from Yancheng to kill demons and reclaim the land for us."
"In this way, Yancheng will be tied together by us."
“Moreover, with Yancheng’s money and technology, this black soil plain can be fully developed.”
"However, this spiritual rice cannot be planted easily. Otherwise, once the news spreads, this treasure land, not to mention you, the Lord, even the entire Yan Kingdom will not be able to maintain such wealth!"
Once the whole world knows that spiritual rice can be grown directly on this black soil plain, Qi and Jin might attack Yan first without even saying anything. This is very likely to happen.
With such a huge benefit, maybe the civil unrest in Jin will be automatically suspended!
(End of chapter)
