Chapter 153 Great land reclamation, 20 million acres of arable land!
Chapter 153: Large-scale land reclamation, 20 million acres of cultivated land!
Author: Shengxiao Swordsman
Chapter 153: Large-scale land reclamation, 20 million acres of cultivated land!
Later.
Mr. Wu reported to Tang Jing the results of the first round of contact with elves and dwarves.
"Sir, this is a small gift that the Elf Queen asked me to give you."
With that said, Mr. Wu handed over a talisman and a C-level talent summoning card.
[Reclamation Talisman: You can spend 1 silver coin to reclaim one acre of farmland, with a maximum limit of 20 million acres]
This is really good stuff.
Because the coalition forces besieged Chang'an for nearly a month, both Bay County and Macon County missed farming. With the Land Reclamation Talisman, this process can be quickly made up.
It is more expensive, 20 million acres of cultivated land requires 200,000 gold coins.
Fortunately, Tang Jing is not short of money.
As for C-level summoning cards, Chang'an is looking for people, so the more the better.
These two things should be the trophies of the elves and dwarves when they fought against the demonic tide. They have no practical value to the elves and dwarves.
The Elf Queen was just doing a favor.
"Why, the negotiations with the elves and dwarves are not going well?" Tang Jing took it with a smile.
If you are already giving extra gifts, then there is a high probability that the negotiation is deadlocked.
"Yes." Mr. Wu said regretfully: "For our proposal to bring the entire Beiluo Mountains under the rule of Chang'an, and the elves and dwarves become the subjects of Chang'an, they reacted very fiercely. Say what, elves and dwarves have been here for generations.
Living in the Beiluo Mountains, I have only worshiped the Elf Queen and the Dwarf King as my co-lords throughout my life, and cannot accept rule from outside the territory."
The pride of the two tribes is really deep in the bones. Even now, they are still unwilling to bow to Chang'an.
The meaning of the elves and dwarves is very clear. Although they are asking for help from Chang'an this time, if they have any money or material conditions, Chang'an will ask them to surrender. I'm sorry, but it's hard to obey.
"In the final analysis, our strength is still not strong enough." Tang Jingxiao.
He didn't believe the lies of elves and dwarves.
In the face of absolute strength, how can there be any arrogance or stubbornness in bending down? They are just elves, and the dwarves still think that they still have a lot of money, weapons and equipment in their hands, and have the capital to "hire" Chang'an's army to fight.
.
Let's see how proud they are when all this capital is gone.
"Then, I will continue to contact the elves and dwarves, and my attitude will be tougher?" Mr. Wu asked for instructions.
"Forget it." Tang Jing waved his hand, "Strong melons are not sweet. Elf, since the dwarves regard this cooperation as a transaction, then we will keep things official and negotiate according to the standards of the transaction."
"Mr. Please tell the elves, dwarves -"
"Chang'an has decided to send the Longxiang Legion and the Tiance Legion into the Beiluo Mountains to help them fight against the demonic tide. And before departure, both legions will complete the third-level heavy equipment upgrade."
This not only helps the elves and dwarves, but also reduces the casualties of Chang'an's army in disguise.
The best versus the best!
"With such strong support, the three million gold coins promised by the Elf Queen are not enough. We need to increase the reward by three million gold coins based on the conditions they proposed."
Don't forget.
Previously, Chang'an only sent the Shenwu Brigade to reinforce Chaoxia Mountain and received a reward of 200,000 gold coins.
It's equivalent to saying.
Tang Jing requested that the three million gold coin deposit promised by the Elf Queen be put directly into his personal pocket.
Elves and dwarves don’t they pride themselves on being rich?
That's good, Tang Jing doesn't have to be polite to them anymore and just empty their pockets.
Isn’t it still awkward to look at?!
"In addition, all the loot from this fight against the demonic tide, including but not limited to the dropped crystal cores, treasure boxes, and even the treasures in the demonic tide's lair, will all belong to Chang'an." Tang Jing added rudely.
"clear!"
Mr. Wu also feels that three million gold coins is obviously more affordable than a little reputation.
When Chang'an becomes stronger in the future, strong enough to crush and overlook the elves and dwarves, I'm afraid everything will fall into place.
………
April 12, sunny.
Early in the morning, Tang Jing was busy dealing with the mountain of official letters.
Fortunately, Shangguan Wan'er is capable.
The official letters were organized in an orderly manner and helped Tang Jingquan draw the key points.
first.
With the end of the war, the territorial residents who were temporarily lodged in the territories of Zunlong Kingdom will be brought back in batches.
The first batch, the people of Chang'an County, Denton County, Monroe County, Joaquin County and Macomb County, still returned to their respective places and really started to build their homes.
Fortunately, the effect of the [Global Construction Acceleration Card] is still there. Although it was delayed for more than half a month, under the ten times construction acceleration, the construction of towns and villages can even catch up.
It can be considered a blessing in disguise.
Also brought back were the people of the original Chang'an City.
As the second city wall accelerates to take shape, the construction of Wannian District will really begin. This is when a massive labor force is needed, and there is no need to worry about overcrowding Changzhi District.
During the major counterattack, the Chang'an army captured more than 200,000 military tents.
It is just used to temporarily resettle the refugees.
The second batch, the citizens exchanged for level 3 crystal cores in the Zunlong Country market, will also be taken back one after another and resettled in batches to the six northern counties of Bay County, Sola County, Choctaw County, and Macon.
county.
After the war ended yesterday.
Tang Jing immediately sent an order for Yue Yun to lead the Fourth Division to garrison in the northern part of Bay County, and Baichuan to lead the Guards Corps to garrison Macon County to consolidate the occupied land.
At the same time, it also monitored every move of the defeated coalition forces.
The defense will not be changed until the Fengxiang Legion, Flying Bear Legion and City Guard Legion are reorganized.
Whether it is northern Bay County or Macon County, although the framework of villages and towns is still there, the Union lords left nothing to Chang'an, which can be said to be destitute.
Everything has to start over again.
The only consolation may be that the former Union commander Grant promoted the construction of infrastructure such as city walls, bridges and official roads in northern Bay County and Macon County because of his selfish motives.
It laid a solid foundation for the development of the two counties.
In addition, due to the hasty retreat of the coalition forces, both Bay County and Macon County had a large amount of grain and grass supplies in their internal granaries, which all benefited Chang'an.
At least the early rations are available.
………
So far, Tang Jing has received a total of more than 150,000 orders in Zunlong Kingdom, which means that he has obtained a total of more than 4.5 million citizens who need to be properly settled.
The six northern counties of Bay County, Choctaw County, Sola County and Macon County, totaling 17 counties.
It is estimated that more than 5.2 million residents can be resettled.
It seems to be enough.
Don't forget that Tang Jing has simultaneously started the "Level 3 Crystal Core Exchange for People" transaction in the Nanyang Alliance, Tomb Moon Country, Swaggering Country, Mote Federation, Lieyang Country and Sith Country.
As the order was completed, a steady stream of citizens were also sent.
Conservative estimate.
This wave of global population harvest will gain a total of more than 15 million citizens.
Is it possible not to continue to expand territory?
In order to resettle these refugees, Tang Jing spent an additional 50,000 level 3 crystal cores and planned to acquire hundreds of various architectural drawings from the global market.
In addition, there are various materials such as grain, wood, stone, pig iron, farm tools, and cattle.
Start the global buying and selling mode.
In terms of grain alone, in order to fill the bellies of the territorial residents until the first season of rice matures, at least 40 to 5 billion kilograms of grain need to be purchased.
It is impossible to say that such a quantity of food depends entirely on feeding from the Dragon Kingdom.
It's not necessary either.
At this stage, purchasing food globally is relatively smooth.
Because before being promoted to a county town, every time the territory is upgraded, the system will give away a large amount of food, which gives the global lords an illusion——
It is believed that before food grows in the ground, the territory should not be short of food.
I would be happy to sell some food.
As everyone knows, this treatment will be canceled after the territory is promoted to a county town, and Tang Jing is the only one in the world who knows about this setting.
Tang Jing was so happy to make a fortune in silence that he took the opportunity to start a large-scale food purchase.
Of course, from another perspective, it seems to be very difficult for mainstream lords to promote their territory to a county within the next three months.
There is no need to worry about this or that.
Win-win!!!
In addition to buying, buying, buying, of course Tang Jing did not forget to spend 200,000 gold coins to use the land talisman, which was almost enough to cover Bay County and Macon County.
It is enough to fully develop the wilderness of the two counties.
To know.
Even in modern society, a major grain-producing province may only have 40 to 50 million acres of cultivated land.
Twenty million acres is definitely a lot.
The lack of food in ancient times was not because there was no land, but because most of it was wasteland and there was not enough land reclamation. The cultivated land was basically concentrated in a certain area or a few areas.
The two major regional granaries, the South and the Northeast, have not been fully developed for a long time.
Both Bay County and Macon County are located in alluvial plains, with fertile land and abundant water resources, making them the most suitable areas for vigorous development of agriculture.
Once the 20 million acres of cultivated land is formed, it will become a super large granary.
After full reclamation, the average number of people that can be resettled in each county of Bay County and Macon County is expected to increase from the current 300,000 to 400,000 or even 500,000.
It is not impossible for some wealthy and large counties to gradually increase their population to one million.
This is definitely a great blessing!
This means that even if Chang'an does not expand to the outside world in the future, Bay County and Macon County alone are expected to support at least 15 million people.
Don't forget.
The combined area of the two counties exceeds 30,000 square kilometers.
They are all worth the land of the three counties of Zunlong Kingdom.
For Chang'an, using the least land to feed the largest population is of course the best policy.
This is not to say that Chang'an is unable to expand externally, but that it is located in an enemy country with enemies everywhere. Every time its territory expands outward, it will face unprecedented pressure.
It will also increase the burden on homeland defense.
In view of this, if the rear area that Changan has worked so hard to build has a profound foundation, of course the richer it is, the better, and the more fully developed it is, the better.