Chapter 415

The sound of metal tinkling filled the military workshop.

Knowing about the production of artillery and muskets, Xiao Ming tells song Changping and Chen Qi about the production task.

The production capacity of the military workshop has tripled, but it is far from enough for Xiao Ming. The reason is very simple. There is a big gap between his current capacity and that of the Western powers.

In modern times, there are hundreds of Dutch warships with a land area of only 40000 square kilometers. In the British ho war, one side could put in 8000 guns at one time, which was just before the 17th century.

Now it's the 18th century, and these imperial navies can only be stronger.

Compared with this terrible figure, Xiao Ming's current power gap is very big, so now he is ready to vigorously develop trade and continue to expand the number of shipyards, otherwise he will fight for the colony with these old empires in his lifetime.

Therefore, after experiencing the dark politics in Chang'an this time, he didn't want to waste his energy on court intrigue. Internal friction would only distract him and drag down the industrial and commercial development of Qingzhou.

Moreover, he now holds two pieces of land, Youzhou and Qingzhou, and the land area is no less than that of the island of Great Britain at that time.

After all, at that time, the island of Great Britain was only 240000 square kilometers. It was just a little worse. There were 156000 square kilometers.

With such a land area, he has no demand for land for the time being. The only problem left is to industrialize the land and make the people on the land rich.

Thinking about it, Xiao Ming went to the chamber of Commerce.

Today, Pang Yukun is responsible for distributing potatoes, and let the counties and states be responsible for the publicity of potatoes in the villages. He needs the help of the chamber of Commerce to cooperate with this kind of publicity.

The common people are not stupid. If they take something they have never seen before, they will not plant it unless they find that it can sell for money.

In fact, for Xiao Ming, it doesn't matter how many potatoes he sells or how much he sells. The important thing is that he should let the local people know that planting potatoes can make money.

Entering the chamber of Commerce, a smell of potatoes came to my face. In the chamber of Commerce, there were about ten coal briquette stoves with iron pots, and potatoes were boiling in water.

Businessmen are eating boiled potatoes in front of the iron pot, which is also the most basic way to eat potatoes.

In the chamber of Commerce, a cook is frying shredded potatoes and a cook is frying French fries. After eating boiled potatoes, the businessman runs here to wait.

When Xiao Ming entered the chamber of Commerce, Li Kaiyuan immediately stepped forward, and the businessmen immediately gathered around him, with a trace of expectation in his eyes.

"Your Highness, many businessmen have proposed to buy potatoes. They think the price is too expensive. Just now, the lower official discussed with them. They think that it is reasonable to buy potatoes with five taels of silver and one stone." Li Kaiyuan said.

"Five Liang silver?" Xiao Ming frowned, which was much lower than their expected price.

Today, the price of a stone of rice is only fifty Wen, which is ten times the price of rice. It can be said that the price is very high.

After a moment's hesitation, Xiao Ming said, "five Liang is five Liang. Now the main thing is to sell potatoes. One stone is five Liang, and one mu of land is more than 100 liang of silver. If so, the people will get rich."

"Yes, I want to go home and plant potatoes." Li Kaiyuan said happily.

Shaking his head, Xiao Ming said, "don't be complacent too early. When the yield of potatoes comes up, the price of the potatoes will only continue to fall. It will be nice to be a little more expensive than the price of rice."

Li Kaiyuan thinks so.

With Xiao Ming's approval, Li Kaiyuan said to a group of merchants: "Your Highness has agreed to buy five two one stone, and you can order what you want now."

As soon as the words came out, the merchants immediately surrounded Li Kaiyuan and called out one after another.

"I'll take twenty stones."

"Give me a hundred stones."

"Two thousand stones, I want to sell them to Chang'an."

“……”

Xiao Ming was satisfied with the enthusiasm of businessmen.

The potatoes will gradually spread all over Dayu. As a matter of fact, as he predicted, the chamber of commerce is ready to turn these potatoes into real profits after purchasing them.

As a result, there were merchants selling potatoes to other places on the wharf. The East and West markets in Qingzhou responded most quickly, and potatoes soon appeared on the market.

The next day, the people in the city were surprised when they saw the potatoes on the stall.

Yesterday, the government sent people to the countryside to publicize potato planting. Many people dare not plant this strange thing.

Land is the lifeblood of the common people, a season of food mistakes is enough to kill, but when they asked about the price of potatoes, the people's look changed.

"Five two one stone." A common people exclaimed.

The vendor nodded and tried his best to sell, "there won't be any fake. I just bought it from the chamber of Commerce. I have to earn some money by selling it. It tastes good. You can try it in this pot."

People's eyes turned. In the past two years, his family's grain has been sold to the Yamen. They can earn about fifteen or six silver a year.Compared with the past, his family is much richer, and the five Wen items are not expensive, so he said: "give me two Jin, take it back to my family to have a taste. I don't think we should plant an acre of potatoes next year."

The vendor immediately laughed. The business of the potatoes was good. From this morning till now, he has sold three stone potatoes. From this point of view, it is not a problem to sell the potatoes. Thinking of this, he thought about going to the chamber of Commerce to buy some more. This time, the potatoes provided by Qingzhou chamber of commerce are limited. If they can't be bought in time, they will be gone.

As the vendors think, with the potatoes sold out, more and more businessmen come to buy, and even many people come to buy potatoes and sell them in the village.

At ordinary times, the merchants in the streets block the chamber of Commerce.

These people are not big vendors, they are all peddlers. They buy one stone or two every time. However, under the sign of Xiao Ming, the chamber of commerce is very happy to sell potatoes to these small businessmen.

There is no other reason, because these tourists and the people are local people. Now Xiao Ming is supporting local businesses, focusing on supporting the people.

Moreover, these merchants and common people came from the grassroots people. They carried goods around the fiefdom and were able to bring the most direct information to Baixin people.

Some big businesses do not want to go to the place, these merchants will also set foot in, so that the potato news can really cover every corner of the fiefdom.

Later, Li Kaiyuan gave Xiao Ming a day's potato sales. Generally speaking, on the first day, the potatoes sold 2000 stone, which is a very good number.

In the next few days, it is estimated that the sales task of ten thousand stones will be completed soon, and fifty thousand taels of silver will be easily obtained.

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