Zhang Han replied: "That's right."

Kong Minxing was a little moved. He knew that today's trip was intentionally arranged by Zhang Han. In order to make himself feel at ease enough, of course, he had to intuitively feel how many acres can be settled and how big the territory it occupied!

Moreover, the territory occupied by He Yusheng is not only east-west, but also north-south. Only Xinghe Fort in the east and Xiaohe Fort in the west are still considered war zones. According to He Yusheng's combat readiness level, it is now a second-level combat readiness. Only when it is reduced to below level 4 can it be classified as a reclamation area. At present, it is still very early.

Even the area is large enough now. Today I drove a horse and drove forty or fifty miles down, all of which were plains, one hundred and fifty miles south and dozens of miles north. In this area alone, there were 100 acres of fertile land.r 【⊙【⊙【⊙,≠.△≠.↑/>

Kong Minxing said again: "The near paddy fields are grain fields, and the rest are cotton fields?"

"That's right." Zhang Han said seriously: "Someone vaguely mentioned to me that hundreds of acres of grain fields should be cultivated on the grassland to be used to give meritorious soldiers, and to make the grassland a "buckle to the south of the Yangtze River". The farming is to be done, but it is not grain fields, but cotton fields are the main ones."

Kong Minxing said in confusion: "Wen Lan, have you always said that food is the top priority?"

"Yes, but cotton is also important." Zhang Han smiled and said, "The dozens of acres of land in Lizhuang are all grain fields. There are at least dozens of acres of paddy fields near water on the grassland as grain fields. In addition, I told the shopkeeper of Lao Zhou and others that the grain will be harvested all year round, and if the warehouse is not enough, then build it again. Isn't this the most important thing about grain?"

"That's true." Kong Minxing nodded slightly when he remembered the situation in Li Zhuang.

The grain trucks in Lizhuang are endless all year round, ranging from Kaifeng and Huaiqing Prefectures to Fugu in the west, and from Zhangjiakou in the east, and from Heyusheng to as much grain as possible.

In the past, Kong Minxing thought that Zhang Han collected this grain to trade with the Beilu and Donglu and earn their money. Trade has shrunk a lot in the past six months, but the amount of grain still collected as much as possible. Small and medium-sized grain traders in various places knew that Lizhuang had continued to collect grain, and the prices were very fair. Therefore, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year, people sent grain. He Yusheng's own mule and horse shop had branches everywhere, and he also collected grain. After a while, a large convoy came back with the full convoy of grain. Lizhuang, Tianchengwei, Xinpingbao, and all three places had large warehouses to store grain. Now, in terms of grain storage, except for Tongzhou, the whole world would probably have to count He Yusheng's most grain storage.

"Wen Lan, you are like a premonition of the future." Kong Minxing said with a deep thought look on his face: "From your current behavior, it is like calculating that the natural disasters over the years will not only not stop, but will also become more and more intense."

Zhang Han said: "Actually, everything is prepared according to the disadvantages, and even if you encounter it, you will not be caught off guard. I heard from Joshua Chan that if everything may develop in the disadvantages or in the good direction, then it will mostly develop in the bad direction. The natural disasters of my Ming Dynasty have lasted for more than ten years. The two years of the Heavenly Revelation are even more powerful than in previous years. In the past few years, some people muttered about the response of heaven and man, and the emperor ignored government affairs, so God caused disasters. What is the mistake of the emperor now? He has not arrived at the age of seventeen. The chief assistant and second assistant are all from the Donglin Party. The so-called court in the court is full of all the dynasties. What is the matter with this natural disaster? According to my thoughts, prepare more and not badly. Maybe in more than ten years of natural disasters will continue."

"Oh, I don't know what's going on." Kong Minxing said with a puzzled look: "It's been nearly twenty years, and natural disasters have been constant, especially in the north. It's cold in winter, heavy snow after snow, drought after spring and summer, and no rain has occurred. There are fewer production or no harvest everywhere. The lives of the people in the north are getting harder and harder every year."

"We have no way to control God. The only thing we can do is to adapt to God as much as possible. Under the conditions given by God, do our part, change the environment we are in, and try to get greater benefits." Zhang Han said in contemplation: "With my current status, what we need to do is to make Heyusheng stronger, have a higher income, and those who follow me can live more comfortably, and will have greater development in the future. A variety of cotton fields are for this purpose. People who do not eat food will starve to death, and people who don't wear clothes will freeze to death. Food and cloth, these two are the most important things, and they are even more important than iron and medicinal materials."

Kong Minxing was moved when he heard this: "Wenlan's heart is really not something I can guess. I thought you were moved because of the big cloth."

Zhang Han laughed and said, "It's true that the cloth is big. Our smuggling business is mainly for the Donglu. The Donglu has some silver on hand and the ones that are short of cotton cloth. The Songjiang cloth with a capital of five cents is now sold at least four taels in Liaodong, and one taels of one taels of five cents are sold at least eight taels, and ten taels are sold. It may be even higher. If this money is not profitable, can it be made for others? There must be seven or eight thousand people in the north, and they use all Dongchang cloth and Jiangnan cloth. Of course, more people buy cotton and spin and wear it by themselves, but the cotton is also from Jiangnan and Dongchang. The places where cotton can be grown by themselves are gone. If such a large market is not taken, wouldn't it be a waste!"

At this time, Li Shenming, Sun Jingting and others surrounded him. After hearing Zhang Han's words, everyone nodded.

Clothes are not as good as iron tools, and iron tools are used for several years. A shovel can be used for several years, and iron plows, iron pots and other items can also be used for many years. In particular, the quality of Heyusheng's iron tools is much better than before, which increases the use time.

Zhang Han knew that from the growth to the decline in ironware sales, it would eventually stabilize at a level close to the elimination rate of ironware use. Unless new markets are opened up, such as the southern and southwest markets, the decline in ironware profits would be inevitable.

The clothes and cloth are different. No matter how frugal you wear, you can wear a summer cloth clothes for at most one or two seasons, and then wear and destroy them. People who are poor will choose to make new clothes. The poor will sew and repair them. However, they have to make one or two new clothes every year for the New Year. The annual sales volume of cloth and cotton is very stable. In addition, Donglu, a new market with silver but no clothes, the future profit points will be very considerable.

"The only problem now seems to be on me?" Everyone looked at Kong Minxing with bright eyes, and Kong Minxing spread his hands and said calmly: "Is this just dependent on me?"

"Who are you looking for?" Li Shenming smiled grimly and said, "Who told you to get on the pirate ship?"

Sun Jingting also smiled and said, "We want to do this. After all, it is very important to the future development of Yusheng and me. In addition to the northern market, cloth can also go overseas to trade in large quantities according to the level, and the sales volume is also very large. However, we are far from being as good as brother in this matter. You can only be troubled by the big brother."

Kong Minxing was not humble either. He had a premonition from the rush of Lizhuang that Zhang Han would never have just investigated the military farm. Now it really caused him a huge problem.

Kong Minxing thought about it over and over again and finally said, "No one has ever thought about this. There are also trial cotton planting in other parts of the north, but the scale is still not large, because it is cold in the north. It is just when cotton was picked in October in the south of the Yangtze River, and it has fallen snow in the north, and the cotton has frozen to death. Just now, everyone said that cotton is only planted in Dongchang Prefecture and Jiangnan. In fact, it is not right. From Dongchang Prefecture to the south, there are also many people in the Huai River area, and there are also planted in Jiangxi, Hubei and other places. There are indeed few in the north, because the weather is cold, it is not suitable to plant it."

Sun Jingting said with some concern: "The grasslands were originally in the Tartar area, and they were not suitable for planting them, so they would grazing. It's okay for us to farm. At most, harvest once a year, and then plant some vegetables and beans. The harvest will not be bad when it is close to the water. I have only heard that this thing does not like too much rain and drought. I have never thought it would snow early here."

Zhang Han smiled and said, "With a talent like Brother Zhi, these are nothing."

Kong Minxing laughed and scolded: "You treat me as a dance god..."

Everyone laughed when they heard this, but looking at Kong Minxing's eyes, they were still full of expectations.

Nowadays, there is no one in the world who is suitable to host the cotton field plan.

Kong Minxing was not humble, and said directly: "No matter what, since it is imperative, we must first reclaim some experimental acres, and allow me to send people to Shandong or even to the two lakes to select more cotton varieties, and then try planting and selecting mixed seeds to find the most suitable seeds."

Li Shenming said: "What is the most suitable?"

Zhang Han and Kong Minxing looked at each other and said together: "Early planting early maturity, this is the most suitable!"

"I see!"

Li Shenming suddenly realized and said, "Since the snow falls early, let's choose the premature variety."

"You think it's that simple?" Kong Minxing rolled his eyes and said, "It's better to pick it in one go. The growth cycle should be at least half a month shorter than ordinary cotton seeds. Once frost or snow is over, it will be over. If I give me ten or eight years to come slowly, it will be a big problem, but do you have this patience?"

Li Shenming smiled and said, "I wish you would succeed in the trial next year."

"Next year will definitely not work. Besides, the new fields that have been reclaimed will need to be interplanted for at least two years to be used to weed the fields."

Everyone felt a little disappointed. It seems that it takes at least three years or even longer to grow seeds with suitable seeds on a large scale. If you can't find a suitable one, you may be very successful in the trial planting. After all, before this, let alone on the grassland, there are very few areas with cotton seeds in the entire northern region.

"You don't have to be disappointed," Kong Minxing smiled and said, "I'll give you some anger. I know there is a benefit to planting cotton on the grassland."
Chapter completed!