The economy of the Han Dynasty developed rapidly, at least for ordinary people, it was indeed quite rapid.

But for Wang Buxu, this speed is not the fastest.

Although he is very satisfied now.

But as steam engines are put into the market, this speed will be even more surprising.

Although Zhang Cang currently views Dahan's economic development as one step a year, Wang Buxu definitely told Zhang Cang that when the steam engine technology matures and is put into the market, Dahan's development will one step at a time.

Quietly, Dahan's operating model is also quietly changing.

A country based on agriculture can ensure that agricultural income increases year by year while increasing the development of industry and commerce year by year while reducing investment in agricultural population.

If this was done three to five years ago, no one would believe it.

When Wang Buxu decided to develop industry and commerce at the beginning, this was the reason why the officials blocked it.

But now everyone has to admit that Wang Buxu did the right thing.

Although there is a certain amount of gambling involved, the results are good.

At least it can be proven that Wang Buxian did not act randomly.

While reducing agricultural population input, we also want to ensure or even increase output.

Then the only way is to increase the yield per acre. In the past, it took fifteen people to cultivate 100 acres of land, and the output was 200 shi per year.

So now through the reform of agricultural tools, the adjustment of land fertility, and the improvement of irrigation facilities, it is still fifteen people to cultivate one hundred acres of land, but the output has reached three hundred shi.

Comparing the same data, it is equivalent to saving seven and a half people.

Because one hundred stones corresponds to fifty acres, which corresponds to seven and a half people.

According to the original requirement, twenty-two and a half people could do it, but now fifteen people can do it.

It is precisely because of this all-round guarantee that the Han Dynasty can have enough idle labor to invest elsewhere and support the construction of a professional army.

The Chinese nation is one of the most industrious nations in the world.

Similarly, in order to worry about the situation getting out of control, the imperial court has been paying close attention to the development of industry and commerce in various places.

Even if one or two thousand idle people in society are allowed to have nothing to do, even if they are allowed to farm, they will never be easily approved to increase the number of people invested in industry and commerce.

There is a strict bottom line here in the imperial court.

Although this bottom line is somewhat unacceptable, for the sake of safety, everyone is now implementing this set of rules.

For example, the population of more than 2.7 million in Yingchuan County is based on the food consumption of two and a half dan per person per month, which is a basic amount of 30 dan per year.

Then the local grain production this year needs to reach 81 million dan to meet the county's food needs this year.

The current yield per mu of land is three stones, which requires 27 million acres of land to be cultivated to meet this condition.

Each person's energy can only manage twenty acres of land at most. This can only be achieved after various conditions have been improved, and it was even less in the past.

Even so, it is necessary to ensure that 1.35 million people are invested in agricultural production to ensure that the food produced by the county this year is enough to feed itself.

And this refers to men in the age group of seventeen to sixty.

Of course, this is just theoretical data and is different in practice.

After all, women and children can’t just sit at home and rest every day, right?

Even if a woman plus two children can almost resist a man, right?

Moreover, the real difference between men and women lies in the heavy physical work of plowing and harvesting. In terms of daily management, women are sufficient.

But even so, the imperial court strictly controlled the industrial and commercial population of Yingchuan County within 100,000 people.

This also led to Yingchuan County excluding the 100,000 industrial and commercial population, military personnel, and other people not suitable for farming.

There are approximately two million people engaged in agricultural production.

There are a full 650,000 people more than the minimum. Similarly, this also leads to another phenomenon.

There is so much food to eat every year.

The imperial court set a minimum limit in terms of population, but a maximum limit in terms of consumption.

Two and a half dan per person per month may not seem like much, but there are a large number of old people and children, and they cannot consume so much food in a month.

The imperial court calculated based on this amount, and in reality, there would be a surplus.

Of course, this is just a basic policy of the imperial court to ensure that the people will not go hungry and that industry and commerce will not excessively infringe on agricultural output at the current stage.

As a reformer, this plan is very conservative.

But this is the situation now. Although Wang Buxian has the ability to change, he doesn't want to change.

First, rashly breaking this balance may bring some unpredictable consequences.

This is something Wang Buxian doesn't want to face.

Instead of thinking about walking fast in big steps, it is better to take small steps slowly, one step at a time, and move forward down-to-earth.

When the technology arrives, everything will fall into place.

Luoyang, inside the imperial palace.

Chen Tieshan stood in front of Wang Buxu. This time he came to say goodbye.

Chen Tieshan will lead more than 1,600 officials and follow the Class A and Class B corps prepared by the Fifth Army to set off for the Western Regions.

Chen Tieshan is the new economic envoy to the Western Regions, and after he takes office to replace Zhao Tuo, Zhao Tuo will temporarily stay in the Western Regions.

Waiting for the Fifth Army, together with the troops who have temporarily stayed in the Western Region and have not yet returned to camp to reorganize, help Zhao Tuo win a new land, which will be Zhao Tuo's feudal country.

As for the common people, the court could not transport them over such a long distance, so the choices given to Zhao Tuo were people from the Western Regions and local indigenous people.

Similarly, the Fifth Army will also dispatch an army to be stationed in Zhao Tuo's fiefdom. One will be responsible for security guarding, and the other will be for surveillance.

"Your Majesty, I take my leave..." Chen Tieshan looked at Wang Buhung with a heavy expression.

Although the two have been together since the beginning, they actually spend very little time together.

The total time spent meeting each other will not exceed half a year at all costs.

The two have known each other for more than ten years.

But even so, it still cannot affect the mutual trust between the two.

Wang Buxu's mood was also a little heavy.

Looking at Chen Tieshan, he finally said: "The mountains are high and the road is long, and the communication is not smooth. You need to make many decisions on your own. It is difficult for the court to give you advice at the first time. I will give you a sword of Shangfang. At the critical moment

, you can kill the corrupt officials and thugs in the Western Region. In addition, I will give you another token. If necessary, I can mobilize 10,000 garrison troops to obey your orders!"

Giving Chen Tieshan Shangfang's sword and troop deployment token was the result of Wang Buxu's careful consideration.

After all, the distance is too far. A communication trip can take up to half a year at the earliest. Such a long distance may not be taken care of in many cases.
Chapter completed!