"Leather boots."

Niu Ben and other generals suddenly felt energetic.

Lu Fei then asked, "Your Highness, what are leather boots?"

Now the Qingzhou army wears cloth shoes. This kind of shoes are always awkward to the Qingzhou army's dark green uniform, so he is preparing to develop the leather shoes industry in Qingzhou.

After all, leather boots are more wear-resistant than cloth shoes, and adding a layer of velvet can keep warm, which can ensure that soldiers are not afraid of the cold.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Developing the shoemaking industry can also provide Qingzhou with a large number of jobs, thereby further digesting refugees. Moreover, he also has a complete production process from cowhide to leather shoes.

"I can't explain it clearly now. You will naturally know when the leather boots come out." Xiao Ming laughed.

When the generals heard this, they sighed softly.

In addition to the food issue, Pang Yukun also talked about the current resettlement of victims in the fiefdom, the development of various prefectures and counties, as well as the income and expenditure of the fiefdom this year.

Generally speaking, because the Northern Expedition received a large amount of funding from merchants, Qingzhou's finances were surplus this year, and these excess money were invested in infrastructure and the establishment of public security.

For Xiao Ming, his advantage is to spread knowledge, so popularizing education is particularly important. The more talents there are, the more they can be distributed to all walks of life and promote the development of the industry.

Then Xiao Wenxuan reported on the government office's own situation.

After Xiao Ming proposed that officials perform their duties and gave Pang Yukun a textbook on the establishment of government agencies, he refined the functions of government agencies.

According to Xiao Ming's idea, the government offices of each state are now equivalent to a municipal government. The municipal government has established construction, agriculture, commerce and other departments to refine the management of fiefdoms. This will not only reduce the monopoly of some officials, but also reduce unprofessional random interference.

"Well, overall, all matters in the fiefdom are improving, good." Xiao Ming looked excited. He looked at Li Kaiyuan again and said, "Kaiyuan, this time I signed a commercial agreement in Chang'an. From now on, the royal land, King Wei and King Yong will not collect taxes on the Chamber of Commerce. Now the Chamber of Commerce has no burden of heavy taxes. You have to make a sigh and continue to expand the profits of the Chamber of Commerce."

"The agreement is signed!" Li Kaiyuan almost jumped up from the chair, and he said excitedly: "Your Highness, is this true?"

"Of course it's true." Xiao Ming knocked the table with his finger, "I will do my best to open the way for your chamber of commerce. If you can't bring enough profits to me, please be careful of me punishing you."

Li Kaiyuan laughed and said, "Your Highness, if this agreement is signed, the profits of our chamber of commerce will definitely triple. Your Highness is relieved. If you cannot bring your highness three times the profit in the past, please come and see you."

Xiao Ming nodded after hearing this, "Well, just be sure you know it."

Li Kaiyuan laughed happily. This business agreement is not only as simple as tax exemption. At the same time, the merchants of the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce have extraterritorial legal rights in the place where the agreement is signed. In other words, the Qingzhou merchants are not restricted by local laws and avoid being arrested by the local government office for all kinds of unreasonable reasons.

Compared with tax exemption, Li Kaiyuan valued this more, because the Chamber of Commerce had several incidents of merchants being arrested and extorted by local government offices. Because of this, Xiao Ming added extraterritorial legal power to the agreement.

After understanding the basic situation of the fiefdom, Xiao Ming announced the resignation of the meeting, leaving only Li Kaiyuan and Pang Yukun to stay.

"Your Highness, is it for the sake of potatoes that we are left?" Pang Yukun asked.

Xiao Ming nodded, "Yes, now the potatoes are coming down, and the potatoes are going to be promoted below. Your government office is responsible for bringing potatoes down to the fiefdom and popularizing potatoes. I and Li Kaiyuan try to sell some of the potatoes."

"Sell! Your Highness, even if the 3,000 acres of land is only 96,000 s of potatoes per acre. These potato fiefs are not enough, so why should we sell them?" Pang Yukun said anxiously.

He now treats potatoes as treasures, and whoever touches them is anxious.

Xiao Ming naturally has his own reasons. A potato is not easy to preserve. Under normal circumstances, it is good if potatoes can be stored for several months without sprouting. Once potatoes sprout and turn green, potatoes are equivalent to being poisonous and inedible.

At the same time, according to Xiao Ming's understanding, potatoes were high-end foods when they first appeared and were eaten among nobles. This means that the price is not cheap, so it is useless to make money without making money while the freshness of potatoes is not profitable.

After telling Pang Yukun his reasons, Pang Yukun suddenly realized.

"Ninety-six thousand stones sold for 16,000 stones. Select some of the remaining potatoes to cultivate seedlings, and the rest are supplied to the army and academy as dishes. How about it?" Xiao Ming said.

Pang Yukun nodded at this time, "Okay, the reputation of this potato is spread, and a large number of merchants will come to buy the potato harvest next year."

Li Kaiyuan was considering how much potatoes cost. He said, "Your Highness, these potatoes are so delicious, it's better to sell them for thirty taels of silver per stone."

"This price is dozens of times more expensive than rice, and these merchants may not necessarily buy it. Let's do this. The Chamber of Commerce posts the news about potatoes. At the same time, I asked the newspaper to report on potatoes in a concentrated manner, and there were advertisements on the hot air balloons." Xiao Ming said.

The three agreed to go back to prepare.

Xiao Ming returned to the palace and wrote a manuscript. This manuscript is naturally about the introduction of potatoes. At the same time, he also introduced some characteristics of potatoes, such as the common sense of how to preserve potatoes, such as common sense.

The reason why he did this is the same as asking the newspaper to issue precautions for the use of coal briquette furnaces a few days ago, it is to avoid the incorrect use of the disease that leads to death.

After writing the manuscript, he asked the servants to send it to the newspaper and asked the newspaper to publish it overnight.

At the same time, Pang Yukun went to the slave plantation. On that day, Kui Wu was harvesting potatoes. When he arrived at the plantation, he asked about the potato harvest again.

This time, I chose high-quality potato seedlings to plant. However, due to the uneven fertilizer harvest, there are still high and low, the low ones are twenty stones and the high ones are more than thirty stones, which is generally good.

The 3,000 acres of land have harvested a total of about 90,000 stones.

When Li Kaiyuan returned to the Chamber of Commerce, he immediately spread the matter of potatoes among the merchants of the Chamber of Commerce. At the same time, he posted a notice at the door of the Chamber of Commerce to officially launch a brand new Qingzhou product, Potato.

The next day, as soon as the newspaper came out, the word potato immediately became a hot noun in Qingzhou City, and the hot air balloon hanging with huge potato advertising slogans passed by Qingzhou, which made the agile businessman immediately smell the business opportunity and hurried to the chamber of commerce.
Chapter completed!