The First Family of Tang Dynasty

Deng Zhizhou stayed for a while and looked at the rough old man in front of him who had taken the initiative to raise the question in his mind.

In my impression, the General Governor Gu did everything except recklessness, just because of this.

Deng Zhizhou, who oversees local agricultural affairs in the Aizhou area, has heard of a large number of forces from the Central Plains.

Gathered in Jiaozhou Dudu Mansion, intending to come to purchase wasteland for cultivation.

After handing over the affairs to the accompanying officials, he hurried to Jiaozhou, unexpectedly Gu Da would say such words.

In any case, Deng Zhizhou certainly would not expose his doubts, but instead nodded to Gu Da.

"Exactly, the next official thought that Jiaozhou Metropolitan Government is now vigorously promoting three-season rice planting, and the price of food in Jiaozhou has already begun to fall.

If we continue to open up the fields vigorously and plant three crops of rice, the three crops of rice cannot be transported out in time.

I'm afraid that the low price of the grain hurt the farmer, and it's just around the corner. "

"Well, Deng Zhizhou, let's sit down for a while..." Gu Da glanced at Cheng An and the others who were sitting silently, and couldn't help sinking into thought.

"Deng Zhizhou, in fact, just now, the governor of the capital is discussing with the people of the Han and Tang Commercial Banks."

"Han and Tang Commercial Banks are preparing to plant sugarcane as much as possible of the land reclaimed for sugar production."

Deng Zhizhou couldn't help but smile upon hearing this, and nodded towards Cheng An, Li Dabao, Li Guang and others.

At this time, Li Dabao gave Cheng An a wink, and Cheng An, who knew every minute of it, said with a smile to Deng Zhizhou.

"I also think that Jiaozhou is now valued by His Majesty, and it is a good thing to vigorously develop Jiaozhou Dudu Mansion."

"However, Jiaozhou is located in a corner and is inconvenient by land. Even if the grain is abundant, it is difficult to transport it to other places."

"If this continues, if the price of food falls sharply, the people in Jiaozhou will mourn."

"Therefore, my Hantang Commercial Bank is willing to stand up and would like to invite the Metropolitan Government to come forward to promote sugarcane planting in Jiaozhou."

"Hantang Commercial Bank will make every effort to purchase sugar cane at the current price."

"In the first place, not only can the people benefit, these two people can also make the Jiaozhou Dudu's grain overwhelming, damaging the people's heart to work hard."

With these beautiful words, Gu Da and Deng Zhizhou frequently nodded their heads.

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After Cheng An's words were over, and Li Dabao and Li An had retired first, Gu Da let out a long sigh of foul breath.

"The Governor really didn't expect that in the past, when the Jiaozhou Governor's Mansion could not develop, Gu was very worried."

"Now that His Majesty has entrusted him with an important task, there are many big businessmen gathered here, recruiting people, and Daxing Jiaozhou."

"But I didn't expect that such worries would appear again..."

Hearing this, Deng Zhizhou nodded with deep conviction. "The chief governor, this is something that can't be helped."

"Fortunately, Han and Tang Commercial Banks can have this heart, and they are willing to help me to hand over the prefectural governor's mansion, so that it can be stable to the people of the prefecture."

"But only by planting sugarcane and harvesting two acres of land can you earn one acre of grain income."

"The official is worried that the people are unwilling to grow sugarcane, but only grow food..."

Gu Da couldn't help nodding his head with a headache, stretched out his fingers and scratched his head.

"This is a big problem. If the people don't want it, how can I wait? I can't force the people to grow sugarcane instead of food?"

Deng Zhizhou stroked his long beard, and after turning his eyes for a long time, a flash of inspiration suddenly flashed.

"The general governor, there are two strategies for sub-government, which may solve the problem of my Jiaozhou governor's fugu hurting the peasants."

Gu Da looked at Deng Zhizhou and waited for him to speak.

"General Governor, the newly reclaimed fields in Jiaozhou, but many of them are military garrisons. If the fields are garrisoned, only part of the ration fields will be reserved, and the rest will be used to grow sugarcane.

Gu Da's eyes lit up suddenly. This is really true. Today, the land reclaimed by the military garrison accounts for almost half of the land in Jiaozhou Dudu's Mansion.

If only a small amount of land is left to grow three-season rice, it will be enough for thousands of elite people in Jiaozhou Dudufu to eat horses and chew.

The remaining fields, planting sugarcane, although seemingly not profitable, will play a great role in stabilizing food prices in Jiaozhou Dudufu.

"This is one of the strategies, is there another strategy?" Gu Da asked with excitement.

"Another strategy... is to ask the general governor to play the emperor, who will purchase wasteland in Jiaozhou governor's mansion.

In newly reclaimed fields, only sugarcane can be grown within two years, or three to five years. "

Seeing Gu Da's face changed slightly, Deng Zhizhou continued to be confident.

"Do you think the general governor, among the shareholders of the Hantang Commercial Bank, they are all the top nobles in the Tang Dynasty, even the prince, and the princess."

"With their jewels in front, they are willing to share the worries for the court and Jiaozhou Dudu..."

Gu Da suddenly realized, pointing to Deng Zhizhou and laughing out loud.

"Well, you Deng Mingyuan, your mind is as good as the Governor thought, hahaha..."

Deng Zhizhou's face went dark. The gods really are as good as you think. As expected, these vulgar fighters are so brazen.

However, whoever makes him the master of Jiaozhou Dudu Mansion, don't worry about it with these guys.

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Soon, those people who had reached an agreement with the government and were in the process of purchasing wasteland were outside the Metropolitan Government and saw the latest notice posted.

The notice was very clear and clearly stated that the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion was to prevent the overcrowding of Jiaozhou's fields, which caused the low grain to hurt the farmers.

Therefore, the army of the Metropolitan Government will open up fields, and apart from leaving a certain amount of ration fields, the rest will be planted with sugar cane.

And, all people who have purchased wasteland or are buying wasteland.

From now on, only 10% of them are allowed to grow food, and the rest can only be used to grow sugar cane.

The Dudufu has reached an agreement with the Shangjiaozhou Branch of the Hantang Commercial Bank to pay for sugarcane produced in the Dudufu area.

The Jiaozhou branch of Hantang Commercial Bank will purchase sugarcane at the market price in Guangzhou.

On the day the announcement was posted, the shareholder representatives of the Hantang Commercial Bank responded in succession.

The fields under the names of His Royal Highness Princess Jinyang, His Royal Highness Wu Wang and others began to grow sugar cane.

All the fields under the noble name of Tang Wuxun have also shown that they abide by the regulations of the Metropolitan Government to grow sugarcane.

In the face of the sudden blow, the representatives of the family who came together and prepared to watch and help each other in the land of Jiaozhou couldn't help being a little dazed.

Soon, they all gathered in a house in Jiaozhou City.

Although they are either just a steward or just a sideline sent by the family, they represent behind them.

It is also a very terrifying force: the aristocratic family that dominates the discourse power of the Tang scholar class.