Chapter 184

When Zhang Yu returned to Jiangdong, he went out for only two months.

In two months, Zhang Yu gained more than 300000 points.

Zhang Yu dares to build roads, which is also an important reason.

Points can be directly converted into food, so Zhang Yu has the confidence.

"Lord, why are these people still opening up wasteland on a large scale? We need to know that the farming time has passed, and what is the significance of opening up wasteland at this time." Guo Jia asked.

When I first entered Kuaiji County, it was more than five months ago, and the general farming time had passed.

The rice has been sown. At this time, there is no time to plant it.

"Lord, it's not easy to draw water from the hillside. How can someone open up wasteland?"

Guo Jia has more and more questions. Along the way, Zhang Yu likes to investigate everywhere, and Guo Jia follows.

Zhang Yu went to some places and began to reclaim a lot of land after seeing spring sowing.

Of course, Zhang Yu also has a plan, because the seeds are limited, mainly because Zhang Yu is not willing to spend too many points, because there are still many things to be exchanged.

"Part of the land is for sweet potatoes and potatoes, and part for tea." Zhang Yu said.

"Sweet potato, potato?" Guo Jia asked.

"Yes, these are two edible plants, which can be used as staple food. The most important thing is that the yield can be increased by 20 to 30 times." Zhang Yu said.

Guo Jiadun was stunned.

What is the concept of increasing the output by dozens of times? That is, the same piece of land can support dozens of times more people.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the population soared, and in the Qing Dynasty, it increased by more than 100 million. One of the important reasons is the promotion of sweet potato.

"Lord, can we really increase grain production dozens of times?" Guo Jia asked in surprise.

Zhang Yu nodded, this sweet potato is not only yield increasing, but also good management. It can be planted in many places, not as high as rice.

Guo Jia's heart surged. What is this concept.

Kuaiji county can support a lot of people, even without worrying about food in the future.

Kuaiji county will no longer be a remote place, but will prosper soon.

Knowing Zhang Yu's strategy, Guo Jia continued to recruit refugees from all over the country. With enough food, his strength soon became strong.

Suddenly, Guo Jia felt that it was a very good choice to come to Kuaiji county.

Zhang Yu and Guo Jia, as well as some bodyguards, continue to walk in the field, which will go up a small hill.

On the top of the mountain, there are lots of tea gardens. One of these tea gardens has been planted with tea trees and has grown high.

"We can catch up with autumn tea this year." Zhang Yu looked at the mountain and said.

Guo Jia followed Zhang Yu around and found many new things.

The Quyuan plow in the field and the water wheel all surprised Guo Jia. These are great inventions, which can make the existence of grain several times.

The reason is very simple. For example, a person could have more than five mu of Quyuan plow, but with Quyuan plow, he could have dozens of mu, which increased the planting area and yield.

After wandering around outside, Zhang Yu finally returned to the prefecture.

"Fengxiao, you've come at last. I've been glad to hear from my Lord for several days." As soon as I entered the prefect's residence, I was very happy to meet him.

"Zhicai didn't deceive me. Kuaiji county is really different from other places." Guo Jia said.

"Ha ha, OK, let's go in and talk and call them all over." Zhang Yu said.

Xizhicai said to Zhangyu: "Lord, as soon as you have come back, Zibu and they have come."

In fact, Zhang Zhao and some of them usually work in the prefect's mansion, but they manage too many things. They often go to the scene in person, so they are often not in the prefect's mansion.

A few people go in. Zhang Zhao and Xiang Heng are already waiting, but they are still busy. They don't stop their work until Zhang Yu comes in.

After Zhang Yu introduced them to each other, he got to the point.

"Zibu, please tell fengxiao about the situation of Kuaiji county." Zhang Yu said.

Zhang Zhao began to introduce that the population of Kuaiji county has not increased much, just tens of thousands.

But according to statistics, there are a lot of cultivated land.

According to Zhang Zhao's statistics, Kuaiji county can support at least several times the population.

"Lord, look what this is." After the introduction, Zhang Zhao took out the paper on the table and said.

Zhang Yu actually saw the paper, but he was not surprised.

"Lord, the paper is really made and can write normally. In the future, we don't need bamboo slips any more." Zhang Zhao said excitedly.

Zhang Yu calmed down a lot, but Guo Jia did not.

He has heard of paper. Cai Lun was born in the Eastern Han Dynasty. He invented paper, but it can't be used at all.

But Xi Zhicai took out the paper, on which the words were clearly written.

Guo Jia stood up, rushed over and took the paper.

"It's paper. It's really paper. The texture is so good." Guo Jia took the paper and stroked it. His face was excited.

Guo Jia was very excited. Although paper had been invented for a long time, it could not be used for writing. Now he saw paper that could write normally.

"Zhicai, what's the value of this paper? How soon can it be made After the excitement, Guo Jia calmed down and asked.

"Ha ha, fengxiao, don't be excited. If the paper is made on a large scale, it will be cheaper. At present, it is a little more expensive because there is less production, but no matter how expensive it is, it is much cheaper than bamboo slips." Said Xi Zhicai.

When Guo Jia heard this, he had a bottom in his heart. This is definitely a great invention.

After Guo Jia was excited, Zhang Yu arranged to expand the paper mill to supply the whole Dahan market in the future.

Zhang Zhao then reported: "Lord, our salt drying method has also achieved great results, but at present, Zhang Yu has not been able to sell salt on a large scale, which is bound to be attacked by salt merchants from all over the world. Zhang Yu is still developing his strength. When his strength is strong, he is not afraid of others. He can do anything at the time.