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Li Yi was very happy, but also very sad.
With such a population, it is best to give him as many people as possible.
Unfortunately, no more.
With the addition of [-] new people, the construction of the new city is much faster again.
Li Yi thought for a while, and upgraded 1 junior characters of various construction professions again.
A sufficient number of junior characters plus a large number of ordinary people can build a city faster.
Otherwise, if the proportion of ordinary people is too large, they will not be able to do some professional work, and there will be no professional people to direct them, and the overall efficiency will decrease.
For a while, Heifengzhai was in full swing.
The official soldiers of Heifengzhai in Baiyue also reached [-].
Most of them are cavalry.
The occupation is not cavalry, and they all have good riding skills, so they can be used as cavalry.
At least they are junior characters.
Three thousand mid-level characters.
Three hundred senior figures.
Thirty top figures.
Except for the old, the weak, women and children, almost all the people of Baiyue are soldiers, and even some women have certain combat capabilities. However, Li Yi is well aware of the importance of elite soldiers, and did not wantonly expand the number of their general soldiers.
Look at the 10,000+ conquering army of Dashang, isn’t it a huge number?
Many people didn't play a role at all, and they were defeated!
It's not as good as when the Great Merchants went west, they only sent [-] Zhenxi troops and [-] god horse battalions, maybe they could exert even greater power!
The others were not idle either.
Other life occupations doing other life occupations.
Such as making armor, blacksmithing, cooking, weaving, making clothes and so on!
For the rest, Li Yi unified them to open up wasteland!
The [-] mu of grain planted in Black Wind Castle has already been harvested!
Although the output is not as good as that of Calabash Valley, it is about [-]%!
This output is already against the sky for this world!
This also proves that it is feasible to grow grain in Baiyue!
There is no shortage of cattle and horses in Baiyue, and Li Yi invented a more efficient plow, which can open up wasteland at an extremely fast speed. With 1 people, [-] mu of land can be opened up in one day.
A total of 2 people reclaimed wasteland, and [-] mu of land can be reclaimed in one day.
Unfortunately, there is not enough food seeds.
Even if all the [-] mu of grain that Li Yi asked people to plant in Heifengbao were used as seeds, they could only grow about [-] mu of land.
For this reason, Li Yi can only let people grow crops that don't consume too many seeds, and at the same time use the power of faith to upgrade some food seeds.
This time, Li Yi not only upgraded a large number of mid-level grain seeds, but also upgraded some high-level seeds, and even a small amount of top-level seeds.
As for good food, Li Yi never worried about being stolen by the enemy.
As long as he develops steadily, this world, not to mention the whole future, will be his, most of it will be his.
Even if it is not stolen by the enemy and popularized privately, it will be popularized throughout the world in the future.
The enemy is ahead of time and takes the initiative to do this kind of thing, why not do it?
Chapter 186 The Food Price Gap
Heifeng Village and Qinglong Village were developing steadily in Baiyue.
In the territory of Dashang, there is restlessness everywhere, the borders of the four directions, and the major forces of various small countries are also ready to move. Some forces actually learned from Qinglongzhai and Heifengzhai and established countries one after another. Some became kings and some became emperors.
The big merchants sent troops everywhere, and it took only three months to stabilize the various places.
Facts have also proved that the national power and military power of Dashang are still in full swing.
During the most classic battle, Dashang sent 500 elite soldiers. It took half a month to reach a small country with a population of [-] million, and it took only three days to destroy the small country that provoked Dashang. Within a short period of time, eighteen cities were destroyed in a row, which caused an uproar among many forces.
The hearts of some forces that were just about to move were also extinguished.
Therefore, many forces paid tribute to the big business one after another, expressing their submission and loyalty.
The Great Shang court did not give up dealing with Heifengzhai and Qinglongzhai.
In private, undercurrents surged.
According to Li Yi's investigation in Dashang's dark hall and Qinglongzhai's investigation in Dashang's intelligence system, it can be concluded that Dashang is preparing to deal with them from three aspects.
One, to buy and directly drive Baiyue's forces, provide various equipment and material temptations, and let Baiyue's forces deal with Heifengzhai and Qinglongzhai.
Second, the big merchants are collecting the horses, and the price has already reached 5000 taels of gold.
Third, a large number of official and private gunpowder masters are being recruited to start researching gunpowder and issue a heavy reward order. Anyone who improves the power of gunpowder will be rewarded with a reward ranging from tens of taels to thousands of taels, and the promotion of an official will range from one level to five .Research on gunpowder weapons, according to the effect, is also a great reward.I heard that great progress has been made in this area.
Li Yi sighed slightly after hearing this.
Sure enough, the appearance of explosives on the battlefield made people in this world begin to notice this development.
He knows very well that once this aspect is dug deep, what a terrifying power will appear.
However, Li Yi was not too nervous.
It’s different in the past.
Now, he already has a large number of subordinates, and he can get a lot of power of faith every day.
Gunpowder wants to be used on a large scale on the battlefield, I don't know how long it has been.
The gunpowder weapons in the early stage were not as good as bows and arrows and crossbows.
As time passed, the strength of his subordinates was also improving rapidly.
If it doesn't work, he can use the power of faith to upgrade the gunpowder weapon, which will only be stronger than the enemy's.
blink of an eye.
It's the first day of April.
Since Qinglong Kingdom borrowed 6 horses to Dagan Kingdom, Li Yi gained a lot more power of faith every day.
In the past two months, Li Yi once again gained more than 17 powers of faith.
During this period, Li Yi did not expand the population, but continued to stabilize the current population and strength.
With a large population, it is necessary to live well and afford it.
They do not have a large source of income, mainly relying on their laurels.
There are also a lot of expenses for building the city. Although many costs do not require money, there are also many materials that require money.
Even if Li Yi can use the power of faith to exchange for money, he can't stop such a large turnover.
Hearing that the imperial court of the Great Shang had set a price of 5000 taels of gold for a horse, Li Yi wanted to sell a few of his horses.
5000 taels of gold is 10,000+ taels of silver.
If you buy food and supplies, it is also a very large amount.
Speaking of food.
The price of grain in Baiyue is very expensive, about five yuan a catty, almost ten times that in Dashang.
It sounds like an exaggeration.
actually not.
Baiyue rarely produces grain, and the yield per mu of a lot of grain is less than [-]% of that in Dashang.
Subtracting the seeds, manpower, etc., if it is not sold at a higher price, it is simply a loss-making business.
Even so, many Baiyue people don't want to farm. It's so easy to raise cattle, sheep and horses. It's enough to graze every day and take a walk around.
In addition, the environment in Baiyue is not so safe, the land cannot be moved, and the food cannot be matured in a day. The food you planted so hard may not necessarily be you when it is harvested.
Therefore, a lot of grain in Baiyue is purchased from Dashang and other places.
Even if the border tax is high.
The transportation at this time is not the transportation in the previous life. It took two or three days to go from one country to another.
From Dashang to Baiyue, once back and forth, one month is considered fast, and two or three months is not uncommon.
On the road, you need a lot of food consumption.
Not to mention, there are risks.
There is another very important point.
Grain is heavy, takes up a lot of space, and makes less profit year-on-year. Many merchants prefer to carry commodities that are light in weight, small in space, and high in value.
Therefore, on the whole, Baiyue's food price is only ten times that of the big merchants, which is really not much.
In Baiyue, only the nobles can eat food frequently.
Perhaps, there is another reason why the price difference between Baiyue and Dashang grain is so large.
The food of big merchants is planted by the poor and small powers, and consumed by big powers!
The food of Baiyue is planted by big powers, and consumed by small powers and the poor!
Of course, whether it is Dashang or Baiyue, the price of food is not fixed. In short, it is mostly beneficial to the big forces.
Big forces are cheap when they buy, and expensive when they sell, which is generally the case.
During this period of time, there were frequent internal and external wars in Dashang, and the price of food in many places rose. It is said that the price of food in many places has risen to one yuan per catty, or even half a catty.
Baiyue, more meat.
But people cannot always eat meat.
Only meat and food are eaten to be healthy.
Although Qinglongzhai can transport a large amount of grain from Dashang territory, Li Yi can't buy it too cheaply. It is obvious that Qinglongzhai takes advantage of Qinglongzhai. Not bad.
Moreover, in recent months, the population of Qinglongzhai has jumped from more than 2 to more than 12, and the food consumption has also increased several times.
It's really hard to tell too much from Heifengzhai.
Li Yi asked his subordinates to buy a lot of food from other commercial areas in Baiyue.
The biggest problem is not that food is expensive, but that even money cannot buy it.
Even, because of their large purchases, the price of food in the two commercial districts has increased by one yuan, from five yuan per catty to six yuan per catty.
This is also the reason why Li Yi is more obsessed with growing food in Baiyue.
Only by successfully growing food on a large scale in Baiyue can we develop the population.
In the past two months, Li Yi had asked people to open up wasteland around the new city and planted 30 mu of grain. After the harvest was mature, plus meat, it would be no problem to feed 100 million people.
New town.
In two months, two areas have been built, which can accommodate 20 people.
Most of the population of Heifengzhai in Baiyue and the 6 people lent by Qinglongzhai to Heifengzhai lived in Manniu City except for a small number.
Small bridges and flowing water, green and shady leisure areas; rows of commercial buildings with three or four floors, wide and clean roads, look refreshing; residential areas with their own characteristics, and very neat, make many people feel at ease Longing for life.
Many people couldn't believe it when two relatively complete areas were established.
Baiyue, can there be such a picturesque city?
The commercial area is temporarily operated by the government. Under the management of the various managements of Heifengzhai, everyone obeys the order.
When Qin Yang and the senior officials of Qinglongzhai heard about this, they also gasped, feeling a bad feeling in their hearts.
The quality of the city built by Li Yi far exceeded their expectations.
The people they loaned out, who are used to living in such an environment, would they still want to return to Qinglongzhai?