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Chapter 31
2000 hectares of land is 20 square kilometers. If compared with the earth in the 21st century, it is equivalent to the area of ​​Nauru, the third smallest country in the world (21 square kilometers). It's just a glance at a thousand meters above the sky.

The summer resort built by the Liu family lives up to its name. The sailing dock is extremely luxurious, and the teak floor, which is usually reluctant to be used on the deck of a cargo ship, is laid all the way from the water's edge to the dam.The strips of bluestone smoothed the surface, and it was built with rice slurry like a parapet of a city.The cargo road paved with block stones can accommodate 4 two-wheeled carriages in parallel, which is even more luxurious than the public roads built in Shaonan City.

The so-called 41 rooms are big enough for the camel family to vacation, and there are as many as three rows of small row houses hidden on the other side of the bamboo forest, all of which are prepared for the accompanying servants - these houses are not even counted as real estate inside.

Of the 7 Hanoi boats docked between the docks, 6 of them are single-mast galley boats, which can take up to 20 people. The layer sounds like nothing, but it is actually [-] meters long, regardless of the structure, it can pass through the sea without hindrance.

Cheng Jinzhou didn't know the price of boats in the Great Xia Dynasty, but looking at the handmade wooden boats that were bigger than a house, he knew with his knees that they were definitely more expensive than a house.

Coupled with the large trees growing freely in the mountains and forests, Liu Bin's generous gift was not shabby even if it was considered as a dowry. Cheng Jinzhou was completely confused.

Yang Ming's body was not as fragile as it looked. After briefly introducing Cheng Jinzhou, he happily sat on the pier and caught fish. This kind of thing only happens on private resort piers. If it were placed elsewhere, the crowds and boats coming and going would have driven the fish a few kilometers away.

The housekeeper of the villa is also surnamed Liu, accompanied by 12 points of carefulness to introduce the things in the villa to Cheng Jinzhou.According to the tradition of the Great Xia Dynasty, all clans like to use people from their own clans. It doesn’t matter if they are less capable. Loyalty comes first.

This is a society where it is difficult to live without a family, and it is much more difficult to betray a relative than to betray appreciation.

What Liu Zhuo is most worried about is that the new master will drive him away without saying a word. Even now, he is still cautious, for fear that something will go wrong.

There are very few farmers, and they occasionally meet on the road. When they see people wearing silk and satin, they all kneel down and salute.

The land and woodland in Zhuangzi are amazing. After walking for a long time, Cheng Jinzhou became impatient. He stood on his horse and took a look at it. He asked, "Go to the barn to have a look."

A layer of dense beads of sweat formed on the back of Butler Liu's neck, and he said in a humming voice: "The barn in the village only has a few dozen stones of grain."

"So little?" Cheng Jinzhou paused. Although the land is small, it has 200 mu, and it is said that it can harvest hundreds of stones of grain.All he wanted to do was get some extra money to go back.

"It's a rule in the villa that the new grain must be sent to each mansion, so that you can taste it and make it auspicious." Butler Liu paid more attention to his words.

Cheng Jinzhou said in annoyance: "Is there still such a rule?"

"Yes." Steward Liu has already bent into a shrimp, and said: "Every year when the new rice comes out, all the prefectures have to send it, ranging from one or two shi to as many as ten shi. You may have eaten the small incense from Xiding before. rice."

"Is it just finished?" Cheng Jinzhou asked unwillingly.

"Yes. The little fragrant rice in Xiding is quite famous. Many people in Shaonan like it very much, and sometimes they even get people to ask for it." Liu Butler's words were full of pride.

The summer resort of the aristocratic family does not grow things for money at all, they all want to produce unique things, either as gifts or to show off, which is naturally different from Cheng Jinzhou's fantasy.

A few tens of shi of grain is enough for Zhuangzi's own use. Cheng Jinzhou gave up the idea of ​​getting some grain and leaving, patted his forehead and said, "Let's go to the field and have a look."

Butler Liu breathed a sigh of relief and took the lead without saying a word. However, the two helpers around him looked at "Zhu Feng" behind Cheng Jinzhou with strange expressions. "Tall horses" taller than people are actually rare, let alone Talk about a shiny maroon horse with its whole body brushed with oil.

Such a purebred horse is not suitable for going to the farmland.

In fact, Cheng Jinzhou has no idea of ​​going to the farmland.

He just compared the structure of the farm and confirmed it with the contents of "On Agriculture".

The farm described by Varo is a Greek farm with a Mediterranean climate, and the planting is also dominated by cash crops—similar to the nobles of the Great Xia Dynasty, the great Greek nobles would rather grow grapes for wine and plant olive trees to extract oil , and do not want to grow food.

However, the most useful aspect of "On Agriculture" to Cheng Jinzhou lies in how to build a large plantation-style private farm.

The Great Xia Dynasty was still in the production environment of owner farmers and tenants. The nobles owned manors, used tenants, and shared most of the production from them. This was originally a better mode of production than farm slavery.However, in terms of cooperative production, especially unified planning, it is located in the southern area of ​​Shaonan with many river networks, so it has no experience.

Compared with the manors of tens of thousands of hectares in the Greco-Roman era, the nobles in Shaonan are small and ordinary. The most important thing is that the nobles with knowledge have never participated in the organization of production. Nearly a hundred years have passed since the era of land reclamation to increase output.

After a few minutes of horse racing on the country road, you can see the continuous farmland, backed by the ridge, down the gentle slope to the valley, and extend up and down.

The 200 mu of green land can surprise people.

Cheng Jinzhou bent down to look at the wheat on the edge of the field, and asked, "This valley looks like it can be cultivated, and the other side of the mountain is also there. Why is it empty?"

"The river valley occupies too much water, and the slopes on the mountain have little production. There has been no manpower to open it." Liu Butler replied, somewhat disapproving in his heart. This is a summer resort, not a grain-producing village. There are too many farmers. Control, also lost the value of summer fun.

The Liu family was far away in Hexi, so they would naturally not be interested in Zhuangzi like this.

Cheng Jinzhou suddenly felt hopeful. After thinking for a while, he pointed to the nearby mountain col and said, "A barn should be built here. Cows, chickens and ducks are mixed."

"Yes." Butler Liu didn't know why, but he could only agree.

"The farm should be divided into four parts..."

"Tall trees should be planted on both sides to provide shade and prevent rocks from slipping..."

"Strong labor should be unified..."

Cheng Jinzhou was gesturing there, and the housekeeper was breaking out in a cold sweat while agreeing.

The Summer Resort was originally a place for Liu Bin to relax and unwind, and the land included it was naturally used for this purpose.Liu Bin didn't let Cheng Jinzhou sell it because he was worried that he would spend the money. But in fact, from the moment it was given away, he could no longer interfere with anything.

Even if Cheng Jinzhou is purely relying on imagination, he wants to make drastic reforms with his bare hands.

Butler Liu was so curious that he could only be regarded as a child of a noble family, so he agreed one by one.

When Cheng Jinzhou talked about rising, he fantasized about it first.Grain is a hard currency. If you have money, you can buy grain only in small batches. Once it involves thousands of tons, you have to do it yourself. This world is the first experimental field.

The food king of the Great Xia Dynasty.Cheng Jinzhou immediately began to praise himself.

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(End of this chapter)