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Especially, when we get to this step, we will completely leave the barbarians behind. "

Lu Chensheng nodded very positively, saying that this thing is extremely unusual, and it can definitely bring rapid development to the Xinghan Empire.

Seeing her husband so happy and with such a sure expression, Qiong Yue immediately smiled.

"If this is the case, that would be great. When my husband is in power, the Xinghan Empire can reach its peak, and my husband's wish can also be fulfilled."

Lu Chensheng nodded with a smile.

After spending so much money to go to sea, and now finally got some rewards, Lu Chensheng is naturally very happy.

Thinking of this, Lu Chensheng hugged the child beside him, and kissed the child's face.

The kid who provoked kept blocking his face with his hand, probably because the saliva was a little too much.

Lu Chensheng laughed loudly, this child is his flesh and blood, so Lu Chensheng naturally wouldn't care.

The weather is gradually entering the hot summer, and the weather is getting hotter and hotter.

Cicadas screamed especially loudly, and there were some trees planted along the way in the city, and there were a lot of cicadas.

The common people didn't pay much attention to it, it was just the cicada's cry, it was nothing.

It is this sweltering weather that makes people sick. Fortunately, there are iced things in teahouses and taverns, which can relieve the heat and relieve the heat.

"Hey, have you heard that next year, the imperial court will distribute the seeds of the gods, and this kind of seeds can produce hundreds of catties of grain!"

In the restaurant, a man in a long gown spoke.

Taking a closer look at his palms, it is not difficult to guess that he is a rough worker. His palms are dark and cracked, and they are covered with thick calluses.

"I've heard of it, but how did you know it? Could it be that you heard about it?"

Someone on the side heard the words and immediately responded with a strange tone in his tone.

This matter has been spread before, but there is still no evidence, and no one said that they have seen it with their own eyes.

However, the price of food in the city has quietly started to drop, and I don't know if it is because of this incident.

"Of course it's true. I took an errand a few days ago to work for the imperial court. Before I went there, the experimental field harvested grain, which was the grain of the newest fetish!"

Having said that, he paused slightly, seeing that everyone on the side was attracted by him, he was immediately satisfied.

After taking a sip of the wine, he continued to speak, "Good guy, guess what I saw?"

"You said it!"

Seeing that the other party was still playing tricks, the big guy was a little anxious, and hurriedly urged.

Seeing that everyone looked anxious, this person was immediately satisfied, he smiled, and took a sip of wine in a leisurely manner before continuing to speak.

"That one mu of land is full of grain! I'm afraid there are seven or eight hundred catties in one mu of land!"

Chapter 785 Reserved Grain

Seven or eight hundred catties?

Hearing this data, everyone's eyes widened, and they didn't care about drinking anymore, they all rushed forward.

"Impossible! How could there be so much seven hundred catties?"

"That's right, this is the food in the sky, so it can't be as much as seven or eight hundred catties?"

"Isn't it? If there is so much food in one mu of land, how can people starve to death in the future! Just planting a few acres of land is enough for a family to eat!"

"That's right, with an output of seven or eight hundred catties, you can live without worrying about food and drink this year, so the common people can live a prosperous life?"

Today's common people are all extremely diligent.

By myself, I went to work in the fields from morning to night, from morning to night, without any sign of slacking off.

If there is such an output, the common people will definitely become rich gradually!

But, is there really such a high-yield grain?Why do they sound improbable?

The crowd naturally felt a little disbelieving, so they looked at the person in front of them with strong doubts in their eyes.

Can you lie about this matter, once it is true, this matter is too important for their Xinghan Empire.

"Of course it's true. I harvested the grain myself. Good guy, every acre of land harvested is that golden grain, and it's extremely delicious. The people in the court were kind enough to give us some!"

Speaking of this, he closed his eyes with a feeling of enjoying memories, "You don't know, that food is so delicious, I have never eaten it before."

Corn is still delicious, especially for someone like him who has never eaten it, it is even more delicious.

When the people on the side heard this, they immediately became commotion.

Looking at the other party's appearance, it doesn't look like a lie in these words!

If it is true, it would be amazing!

Thinking of this, everyone looked at each other.

The scholar on the side flushed with excitement.

"God bless my Xinghan. The founding monarch is a Mingjun. He treats the people very well. He has exempted so many taxes. Now that he has this food, this is really protecting my Xinghan! It is definitely blessing my Xinghan's eternal prosperity! "

"Yes, if this food is real, then our Xinghan Empire will only become stronger and stronger in the future, and we will definitely be able to make the world surrender for us!"

At this time, even the scholars know that what the current Holy Majesty likes most is to engage in such things of expanding the territory.

Under the propaganda of countless people, everyone felt that the expansion of territory was something that should be done, and no one thought it should not be.

Therefore, the Confucian scholars now have a trace of belligerence.

"I also heard that next year, the imperial court will distribute these grain seeds so that the people can cultivate them. The price of grain is extremely cheap, much cheaper than rice."

"If there is such cheap food and such an output, the common people will plant it if they think about it."

All the people were talking one by one.

Already looking forward to the future.

In the climate of such a small glacier, they felt for the first time that this small glacier was not so scary.

I even feel that this little glacier is nothing more than that.

It didn't take long for the news of the high grain yield to spread immediately.

After some merchants heard the news, their hearts were moved.

If this thing is true, the price of food in the future may not be able to climb up.

In this way, it should be appropriate to sell some of the grain in your own grain storehouse.

They don't know that at this time, countless seeds have begun to be transferred to various places.

At this time, they have already started to deal with next year's spring plowing, which is the top priority for the imperial court.

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"How about it, has the news spread out?"

Sitting in the imperial study, Lu Chensheng asked the minister beside him.

"Returning to the emperor, the news has already spread. Presumably with this news, if the imperial court issues an imperial decree at that time, the people will easily accept the new grain planting and will cultivate it."

The spread of folk news was deliberately spread by the imperial court, with the purpose of allowing the common people to accept it in advance.

In this way, if the imperial court issues instructions at that time, the common people will accept them much faster.

"Well, that's good. The grain seeds are all distributed, and it must be completed before the autumn harvest. At that time, it's good to order the people to go to the yamen to buy the seeds."

Lu Chensheng looked down at Zuo Shu, talking one by one.

The ministers naturally responded repeatedly.

"The Ministry of Households has become much richer this year, and there are still many cities that are extremely poor. Let's allocate more money to support the construction."

Lu Chensheng rubbed his forehead when he said this. Speaking of which, there are only a few wealthy places in the entire Xinghan Empire.

Most of the remaining places are extremely poor, and the people live in extreme poverty.

Even if it does not require too much taxation, this kind of poverty cannot be improved all at once.

Naturally, the imperial court will do their best to help.

Naturally, Li Daifu had no reason not to agree, and he replied, "Your Majesty, you have already allocated a lot of money, but I still hope that your Majesty can send silent guards to supervise one or two. To what effect."

The money is not just for those officials to do face-saving projects.

For example, it is only used to repair houses and make the whole city look better. More, it still needs to be used for practical purposes.

"Not to mention that the guards will supervise."

Lu Chensheng replied, this is what Bu Yanwei should do, so naturally there is nothing to worry about.

Li Daifu stopped talking, and after mentioning one sentence, he stopped talking.

"In addition, since the household department has become much richer this year, it allocated 300 million taels of silver to purchase grain and store it in the granary. In the next few days, the household department will find a way to make the granary have tens of billions of tons of grain Just do it."

A few years ago, because the national treasury was empty, there was really no money to buy grain and store it.

Lu Chensheng also put this matter aside, but this year is not enough, the treasury has been enriched a lot.

Lu Chensheng needs to store grain in the granary. According to the current population of hundreds of millions in the Xinghan Empire, it is not too much to store tens of billions of tons of grain.

Moreover, according to the survey by the Ministry of Household Affairs, the birth rate of the Xinghan Empire began to skyrocket this year.

Just from this year to now, the number of newborn babies has already reached 1000 million!

I think next year, there will be more.

It is a good thing that the people can have more children, otherwise it will be embarrassing if there are no people to send when the territory expands in the future.

Chapter 786 Research and Development Achievements

"My lord, the people from the research institute are asking to see you."

In the study, Lu Chensheng was still discussing the next thing with the ministers.

And at this moment, a person hurried in, then knelt down on one knee, and said to Lu Chensheng.

Lu Chensheng raised his head upon hearing the words, "Xuan."

After a while, students from the institute hurried in.

"Your Majesty, the steam engine has been researched, and I am here to ask Your Majesty to take a look."

Lu Chensheng suddenly raised his head when he heard the words, it is already autumn.

It seems that it has only been a few months since Lu Chensheng sent the rubber to the other party. Has this thing been developed?

"So fast?"

Lu Chensheng said in disbelief.

"Your Majesty, we have been researching these things in the research institute, but it's just that we don't have some materials. Now that we have this rubber, we can naturally develop it. In fact, the progress is already a bit slow."

The students below responded immediately.

Lu Chensheng recalled it for a while, but he remembered.

Before, he did tell the students to study this thing, and originally wanted the students to develop something that could replace rubber.

In this way, steam engines can be made without rubber, but there has been no progress.

Because of this, Lu Chensheng almost forgot.

Now that the other party mentioned it, Lu Chensheng remembered it.

"There is indeed such a thing. Now that the thing has been developed, let me take a look." Having said this, Lu Chensheng turned his head and looked at the minister beside him.

"Everyone, let's go and have a look together, this is an artifact of our Xinghan Empire, you have to see it!"

When the ministers heard this, they were immediately moved.

They can already predict that this thing is definitely classified as confidential.

Seeing such praise from the Holy One, one can already tell a thing or two.

In the past, the Holy Majesty had never praised anything like this.

For example, the screw pump in the river, because of this thing, can easily bring water to a high place, which is more useful than a waterwheel.