"Milord, Milord, the statistics are out!”
After three whole days of hard work from morning till night, Yulang County had mobilized almost a hundred thousand people to harvest the grain. Finally, they had finished harvesting the grain.
The reason why it was so busy was that the commoners were completely unprepared. They did not expect that the harvest this time would be so terrifying.
"Oh, how much is the harvest this time?"
Li Zhi asked with a smile. He had a rough estimate of the number.
"Milord, I can't believe it. I really can't believe it. This time's harvest is actually one million dan!”
"This is not the most accurate number, because there are still some individual investors outside Yulang City that have not been counted. It is estimated that it will at least exceed 1.1 million dan!”
This official said. He was an official in Yulang County who specialized in calculating grain harvests and taxes. As the county magistrate, he naturally did not need to personally ask about these trivial matters.
Li Zhi nodded. If that was the case, the grain harvest of Yulang County for this season had actually reached a terrifying 110 million catties!
This was simply terrifying!
In ancient times, even if they were full, a commoner could only eat one jin of grain a day. This was a rather luxurious life.
There were nearly 250,000 people in Yulang County.
It would require 250,000 catties of grain a day, and 90 million catties of grain a year! This was what Li Zhi had calculated based on the life that the commoners yearned for.
In truth, in the Great Tang, the average person would only be half full. In other words, with all kinds of wild vegetables and so on, at most half of the food would be consumed.
This time, Yulang County did not sow all the super rice. After all, Li Zhi's request was urgent, and everyone was not prepared. Only a portion of the super rice was sown for two days.
Now, the commoners were filled with regret. If they had known that the super rice was so powerful, they would have cultivated the fields even if they didn't sleep at night. If that was the case, how much food would they have?
Once it matured, it would be 100 million catties. Three times a year, it would be 300 million catties! Of course, it couldn't be counted that way. This was because not all of Yulang County had been sown during the first sowing. Some fertile fields were still empty.
This was simply terrifying!
"Gather all the village officials. I have something to announce.”
Li Zhi said to the official.
"Yes, my lord!"
The current Li Zhi could be said to be like the sun at noon in Yulang County! The commoners supported him because they all knew that Li Zhi was the one who brought them such a magical seed.
There were even some commoners who had already set up a memorial tablet for Li Zhi at home.
"This commoner greets Sir."
Not long after, the village officials from the various villages arrived at the government office. Each of them was drenched in sweat, and there was still mud on their pants. Clearly, they had just come out of the fields.
After the harvest, they naturally had to reclaim the land again. They had already begun to prepare for sowing in a month.
"Yes, please take a seat."
Li Zhi waved his hand and then sat down in the high hall.
Li Zhi asked after everyone sat down.
"Have you finished harvesting the food in each village? Have you counted the numbers? I won't allow you to fill your own pockets."
Li Zhi said.
"No, no, sir. With so much food, even after paying taxes, it's enough for us to have enough food and clothing for a year. Not to mention, it was three times a year!”
Everyone said this, their eyes filled with admiration.
Li Zhi nodded.
"Oh right, I called you here this time for something else. You probably know the amount of food. With so much grain, other than the 100,000 dan tax for the imperial court, there was still about a million dan left.
With so much food, Yulang County alone would not be able to finish it because they could harvest it once every four months.
Everyone nodded. This was the trouble of happiness! In the past, he would always think of ways to pay less food. Otherwise, he would have to starve.
But this year, they were actually starting to worry about what to do if they couldn't finish their food.
"Therefore, I've decided to organize the Yulang County Chamber of Commerce. We can leave enough food for the people to eat and wear, and the rest of the food will be sold in the Central Plains through the Chamber of Commerce.”
"You can exchange it for food and all kinds of resources. For example, the introduction of advanced and brand-new farming tools and various livestock.”
Li Zhi said. The Central Plains was a vast land. Although the super rice was powerful, there were some places that were not suitable for growing food.
Therefore, even if there was super rice, it might not have a good output value in those places.
And these places usually had other industries.
As for food, they were all purchased from other places.
Li Zhi's idea was to transport the surplus grain to the interior of the Great Tang, to places that were not good at farming. They were used to exchange for other resources and silver.
"Yes, sir, this idea is good! In this way, waste could be avoided and the lives of the people could be improved.”
If it was in the capital, he would definitely be scolded by some censors. After all, the status of scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants was low. As the Crown Prince, Li Zhi actually wanted to do business. Naturally, he would be scolded by the censor.
However, it was different here. The simple Miao family only knew that Li Zhi was doing this for their own good. As for what scholars, farmers, merchants, and businessmen were, they didn't even know.
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