Iron Dynasty Novel Chapter 411 Promoting Potatoes

[Chapter 411 Promoting Potatoes]

“Leather boots.”

Niu Ben and other generals suddenly beca energetic.

Lu Fei then asked: “Your Highness, what are leather boots?”

Nowadays, the Qingzhou Army wears cloth shoes. This kind of shoes paired with the dark green military uniform of the Qingzhou Army always makes Xiao Ming a little awkward, so he plans to turn the leather shoe industry into Developed in Qingzhou.

After all, leather boots are more durable than cloth shoes, and adding a layer of velvet can also keep them warm. This will ensure that soldiers are not afraid of the cold.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. The developnt of the shoemaking industry can also provide a large number of jobs for Qingzhou, thereby further absorbing the refugees. What’s more, it also has a complete production process from cowhide to leather shoes.

“I can’t explain it right now. You will understand it when the leather boots co out.” Xiao Ming laughed.

All the generals sighed softly after hearing this.

In addition to food issues, Pang Yukun also talked about the current resettlent situation of the victims of the fiefdom, the developnt of various states and counties, and the inco and expenditure of the fiefdom this year.

Generally speaking, because the Northern Expedition was funded by a large number of businessn, Qingzhou’s finances were in surplus this year, and the excess money was invested in infrastructure construction and the establishnt of public institutions.

For Xiao Ming, his advantage is to spread knowledge, so popularizing education is particularly important. The more talents there are, the more they can be distributed to various industries to promote the developnt of the industry.

Then Xiao Wenxuan reported on the governnt’s own situation.

After Xiao Ming proposed that officials should perform their own duties and gave Pang Yukun a textbook on the establishnt of governnt agencies, he refined the functions of the governnt agencies.

According to Xiao Ming’s idea, each state governnt office is now equivalent to a municipal governnt. The municipal governnt will set up departnts in charge of construction, agriculture, comrce, etc. to refine the managent of fiefdoms. This will not only reduce the monopolization of power by so officials, but also reduce unprofessionalism. random interference.

“Well, generally speaking, all matters in the fief are making progress, which is good.” Xiao Ming looked excited. He then looked at Li Kaiyuan and said: “Kaiyuan, this ti I signed a business agreent in Chang’an. From then on, From now on, King Wei and King Yong will not tax the Chamber of Comrce on the royal land. Now the Chamber of Comrce can be said to be free of the burden of heavy taxes. You have to argue and continue to expand the profits of the Chamber of Comrce.”

“Sign the agreent. Yes!” Li Kaiyuan almost jumped up from his chair, and said excitedly: “Your Highness, is this true?”

“Of course it is true,” Xiao Ming tapped the table with his finger, “I will do my best now. Your Chamber of Comrce will open the way. If you cannot bring enough profits to , I will punish you.”

Li Kaiyuan said with a smile: “Your Highness, if this agreent is signed, the profits of our Chamber of Comrce will definitely be tripled. Your Highness, don’t worry .

, If it cannot bring three tis the profit to His Highness, I will co to see you.”

Xiao Ming nodded when he heard this, “Well, you just have an idea.”

Li Kaiyuan laughed happily, this business agreent is not only. It is as simple as tax exemption. At the sa ti, the rchants of the Qingzhou Chamber of Comrce also have extraterritorial rights in the place where the agreent is signed. In other words, the Qingzhou rchants are not restricted by local laws and avoid being arrested by the local governnt for various unprovoked reasons.

Li Kaiyuan valued this more than tax exemption, because there had been several incidents in the Chamber of Comrce in which businessn were arrested and extorted by the local governnt. Because of this, Xiao Ming added extraterritoriality to the agreent.

After understanding the basic situation of the fiefdom, Xiao Ming announced the adjournnt of the eting, leaving only Li Kaiyuan and Pang Yukun to stay.

“Your Highness, are you keeping us two here just because of Tudou?” Pang Yukun asked.

Xiao Ming nodded, “Yes, now that the potatoes have arrived, we will start promoting potatoes. Your governnt office is responsible for taking the potatoes to various parts of the fiefdom to popularize potatoes. I and Li Kaiyuan are trying to sell the potatoes. Take so of it.”

“Sell it! Your Highness, even if there are 32 shi per acre, it’s only 96,000 shi of potatoes. These potato fiefs are not enough, so why sell it?” Pang Yukun said anxiously.

He now regards potatoes as a treasure, and whoever touches them will be anxious.

Xiao Ming naturally had his own reasons. A potato is not easy to preserve. Under normal circumstances, a potato can be stored for several months without sprouting. However, once a potato sprouts and turns green, it ans it is poisonous and cannot be eaten.

At the sa ti, according to Xiao Ming’s understanding, potatoes were a high-end food when they first appeared, and they were eaten among the nobles. This ant that the price was not cheap, and taking advantage of the freshness of potatoes was not a waste of money.

After telling Pang Yukun his reasons, Pang Yukun suddenly realized.

“Selling 16,000 dan from 96,000 dan, so of the remaining potatoes will be selected from high-quality seeds to raise seedlings, and the rest will be used as dishes to supply the army and academies. How about that?” Xiao Ming said.

Pang Yukun nodded at this ti, “That’s good. If the reputation of these potatoes spreads, a large number of businessn will co to buy the potatoes next year.”

Li Kaiyuan was calculating how much the potatoes would sell for, and he said: “Your Highness “These potatoes are so delicious, why not sell them for thirty taels of silver and one stone?”

“The price is dozens of tis more expensive than rice. These rchants may not buy it. So, let the chamber of comrce publicize the news about the potatoes, and at the sa ti, I will let you know.” Newspapers focused on potatoes, and hot air balloons also advertised them,” Xiao Ming said.

The three of them agreed to go back and make preparations.

Xiao Ming returned to the palace and wrote a manuscript. This manuscript was naturally an introduction to potatoes. At the sa ti, he also introduced so characteristics of potatoes, such as green sprouted potatoes that cannot be eaten, how to preserve potatoes, and other common sense.

The reason for doing this is the sa as when he asked the newspaper to issue precautions for the use of briquette stoves a few days ago, both to avoid fatal accidents caused by incorrect use.

After finishing the manuscript, he asked his servant to send it to the newspaper office, and asked the newspaper office to print it overnight.

At the sa ti, Pang Yukun went to the slave plantation. Kui Wu had been harvesting potatoes that day. When he arrived at the plantation, he asked about the potato harvest.

This ti, Kuiwu selected high-quality potato seedlings for planting. However, due to uneven fertilizers, the yields were still high and low. The low ones were twenty stones, and the high ones were more than thirty stones. Overall, they were good.

A total of about 90,000 shi was harvested from three thousand acres of land.

When Li Kaiyuan returned to the Chamber of Comrce, he imdiately spread the news about potatoes to the rchants of the Chamber of Comrce. At the sa ti, he posted a notice at the door of the Chamber of Comrce to officially launch potatoes, a brand-new Qingzhou product.

The next day, as soon as the newspaper ca out, the word potato imdiately beca a hot term in Qingzhou City, and the hot air balloon swaggering over Qingzhou with a huge advertisent for potatoes made the astute businessn imdiately sll the business opportunities and hurriedly reported to the Chamber of Comrce. Run.

(End of chapter)