"He paid a heavy price..."

"So the goal you want to achieve must be huge..."

"But why should we make population development a requirement? He is just a relative of the state, and this matter should be what the court should do. However, now, he has made this request on behalf of the court."

"Isn't it overstepping your authority?"

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The atmosphere in the entire inn compound suddenly became a little strange.

The reason is very simple. The request made by Gu Tianya is really confusing. It has been said since ancient times that if a person does not work for himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth. Although the original intention of this saying is not selfishness, but it means that if people do not cultivate themselves, it is easy for them to do so.

Heaven and earth cannot tolerate it, but with the misinterpretation of the people, this statement has been linked to self-interest.

In the world's perception, if I give something, I will receive something in return. This is only natural and human nature.

However, Gu Tianya's current approach is completely opposite.

He took out the sweet potato. Everyone knew the importance of this thing. They had already made enough preparations and thought that it would cost a lot to harvest this thing. However, no one knew that there was no need to pay for it.

Is it enough to just develop the population?

After a long time, someone finally couldn't help but ask, hesitantly, "What's the profound meaning of Mr. Gu's move?"

It’s okay not to ask, it’s really outrageous. You sell things, but in the end, you don’t want everyone to pay, but you want to develop the population. This is obviously what the court should do. You are just a relative, wouldn’t doing this mean

Have you done what the royal family should do?

You must know that the foreign relatives are not the royal family after all, and doing this is purely stupid and stupid at the expense of oneself and others.

Gu Tianya glanced at the person who asked the question, but he had no intention of explaining. He just held up the sweet potato again and said with a faint smile: "If you bid on this thing, I only need a promise. The low price is to increase by two in three years."

With a population of ten thousand, anyone who dares to make this promise can obtain this thing..."

He paused for a moment, and then continued: "But I want to explain in advance that I don't have many sweet potato seeds in my hands at the moment. There has been a saying since ancient times: If your parents starve to death, if you don't eat the seeds, the seeds will be scarce.

There is definitely no time to satisfy everyone, so whoever gets this thing first will get the advantage. However, the opportunity for farming is calculated in years. If you can't get grain seeds this year, you have to wait for the next year.

, although this is only a one-year difference, it may be able to increase the harvest of tens of thousands of acres in one year. We are all smart people here. I guess I don’t need to elaborate on this gap.”

There is really no need to elaborate, everyone knows how big the gap is.

Especially for a new food crop, it cannot be planted on a large scale in the first year. It must be bred first and then promoted.

Someone slowly stood up and asked tentatively: "But I don't know how many grains Mr. Gu owns now?"

Gu Tianya glanced at him and said without hesitation: "The current grain seeds can only guarantee one thousand acres. I plan to divide these grain seeds into 50 parts for sale. In other words, each part can only plant 20 acres."

"So few?"

Everyone blurted out subconsciously.

Gu Tianya slowly exhaled and said: "It's quite a lot. After all, this thing is very high-yielding. It only needs to be bred well in the first year, and the growth will be explosive in the second year..."

He paused for a moment, looked at Li Shimin sitting next to him, and said with a smile: "Let me give an analogy. For example, Shimin's second brother bought a portion of seeds. He took the seeds home this year and stored them next summer.

It can be taken out and planted. The edible part of sweet potatoes is the tuber, but when planting, seedlings are used. The seeds I sell now are about 30 kilograms each. These 30 kilograms of sweet potatoes must first be planted in the ground to grow into long leaves.

By pinching off the seedlings, you can get out about ten thousand seedlings, and these ten thousand seedlings are the seeds for fifty acres of land."

He was no longer introducing seeds, but explaining the entire planting process in detail.

Everyone present was trying hard to remember, for fear of missing any details. Some even took out pens and paper and started writing furiously.

Gu Tianya laughed and said: "Don't remember it, it's too troublesome. I have already prepared fifty brochures in advance, which describe the process of growing sweet potatoes in detail. As long as everyone can get a copy of sweet potato seeds, then this brochure will

A copy will be given as a gift along with the seeds. I call this follow-up service, and in the future, my Gu family will receive follow-up services when selling anything."

"Could it be the secret recipe for planting?" Someone's eyes lit up.

Gu Tianya was startled for a moment, and then he laughed and said, "That's right."

As he spoke, he looked at Li Shimin and said again: "I haven't finished the analogy just now. Please allow me to continue telling you. For example, my second brother bought a seed. This seed can plant fifty acres of land, but

The yield of sweet potatoes is extremely high, with a harvest of at least fifteen shi from one acre of land. How much is 50 acres? It is at least 700 shi away, and 1 shi is 100 jins. 700 shi is 70,000 jins. Wait until next year.

All these 70,000 kilograms can be turned into seeds...Do you know how many acres of land it can be planted on? At least 2,000 acres can be planted!"

hiss!

Everyone gasped.

In the first year, 30 kilograms of seeds can only be planted on 50 acres of land.

But the growth exploded in the second year, and the 70,000 kilograms of sweet potatoes harvested could be planted on 2,000 acres.

What about the third year?

Gu Tianya's words were seductive, and he said quietly: "In the third year, 2,000 acres of land can harvest at least 30,000 shi of sweet potatoes. Haha, 30,000 shi doesn't sound like a lot, but if you convert it into pounds, it's scary.

, how much is it? It’s 3 million catties..."

hiss!

There was another gasping sound.

3 million catties of grain?

Only 2,000 acres of land are needed to harvest.

What if it’s five thousand acres?

What if it’s 10,000 acres?

All the officials present were from the Tang Dynasty, and most of them were from the Tiance Mansion. In the recent incident at the Xuanwu Gate, every family received huge rewards and gains. Even the weakest family had tens of thousands of acres of land.

Reward. If all these are planted with sweet potatoes, how rich we will be in three years...

You must know that in ancient times, food represented the greatest wealth.

However, Gu Tianya seemed to feel that it was not shocking enough, and added with deep meaning: "Although sweet potatoes have a large yield, their growth process is not long. They are planted in May every year and can be harvested in September. You know what this means

What? This means that the planting of sweet potatoes does not delay the planting of wheat at all."

"Oh my god..." A lady subconsciously said, "Isn't this two things in one place?"

Gu Tianya nodded slowly and said with a smile: "Yes, it's just two things in one place!"

This benefit is greater than the sky!

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Li Shimin stood up slowly and said solemnly: "Although I don't need to farm to make a fortune, my children need to eat and drink, so I have to get some of this sweet potato seed for my children."

He paused for a moment, looked at Gu Tianya, and said in a deep voice: "You want to make a promise, right? Gu can give you a promise."

Gu Tianya also looked at Li Shimin and said with a smile: "The starting price for a grain seed is 20,000 people."

After speaking, he glanced at Li Shimin and said: "But the second brother remembers that the population will be increased by 20,000 people in three years. It is not that people are recruited from other places to make up the number, but that the population will actually increase by 20,000 people."

Li Shimin slowly raised his right hand, popped out five fingers and said: "I will bid for 5 copies for the children, and help them promise to increase the population by 100,000. In three years, I promise to do it."

Gu Tianya smiled bitterly and said: "You are cheating, the whole court belongs to you."

Li Shimin's face became more solemn and he said in a deep voice: "You can rest assured about this, second brother, I promise not to use the power of the court. Since it is food that is bought for the children, it is natural for them to pay for it.

In three years, with a population of 100,000, I will distribute this promise to five children, which can be regarded as the first test of their lives."

The meaning of this statement is too profound.

Everyone present could not help but feel shocked.

Li Shimin will soon be the emperor, and one of his children will definitely become the next generation heir. Listening to his words just now, it seems that this farming will be a test.

However, everyone knows that Princess Changsun has only given birth to two male children, the eldest son Li Chengqian, who is only eight years old this year, and the second son Li Tai, who is only seven years old this year. Obviously she only has two legitimate sons, why did Li Shimin buy 5 copies.

Could it be that the children of several other princesses also have the possibility of becoming heirs?

Gu Tianya was obviously a little confused, as if he couldn't understand Li Shimin's intention for a moment, but he still nodded and said with a smile: "Okay, accept the bid!"

Although he said he accepted, he did not make a decision. Instead, he turned to look at the crowd and said with a smile: "Since it is an auction, it cannot be a one-time deal. If someone bids, someone must be allowed to increase the price. Now the Prince of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin,

We have made a bid and promised to increase the population by 100,000 in three years. I wonder if any of you here want to increase the price? Each increase must not be less than 1,000 people..."

The whole place was silent.

Are you not fools? Who is willing to raise the price to compete with Li Shimin?

Gu Tianya sighed helplessly, then looked at Li Shimin and complained, "Second brother, you are a bit ungrateful."

Li Shimin chuckled and said slowly: "You have fifty portions of grain, I only want 5 portions. And it's not in vain, I made a promise according to the rules."

Gu Tianya rolled his eyes, reached out and picked up five pamphlets from the table, then threw them heavily at Li Shimin, pretending to be angry and said: "Here you go, just give it to you. Remember, only this is allowed."

Once. No matter what you sell next, you can't rely on your power to do anything anymore, otherwise, we two brothers will break up."

Li Shimin smiled leisurely and said nonchalantly: "When it comes to business, it doesn't matter what you say." Although he was joking like this, his face turned serious and he said: "Don't worry, I won't break your rules."

Only then did Gu Tianya feel satisfied.

He turned to look at everyone present and said slowly: "Now, there are only 45 portions of grain."

After finishing speaking, he looked deeply and said with encouragement: "But, there are 127 companies participating in the auction today."

More monks and less porridge!

Not every family can obtain grain seeds.

In other words, there is a need to fight for it.

The atmosphere in the venue suddenly became weird...

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Chapter completed!