Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 506 Prospectus
There were no chemical methods in ancient times. Sun Xiangfu was engaged in agricultural research in later generations. Naturally, he often dealt with various chemical fertilizers. He was also familiar with the ingredients of modern fertilizers and generally knew the methods of making them, but he did not intend to study them. Come out, once the chemical industry starts to develop, the situation of environmental protection will become more severe. Therefore, he feels that it is safer to use the methods that can be thought of during this period.

In the early Tang Dynasty, due to the small population, the land development efforts in the whole country were actually very small. Even in Guanzhong, which has a high degree of development, there were only 500 million mu of cultivated land after the return of Zhongtian and Xiatian. , That is to say, most of the country is now actually a mountainous area with lush vegetation. In these mountainous areas, there is a thicker humus layer, which can be regarded as a natural fertilizer with a large amount and strong fertility.

Now, most of the households in Guanzhong have their own carts and livestock. Let them go to the mountains by themselves during the slack season, pull some humus soil, and apply it in their own fields, which can also increase the fertility of the fields. .

In the past, the common people didn't understand these things. They only knew that the yield would be much higher in the field after the flash flood. Now, with Sun Xiangfu's explanation in the newspaper and the propaganda by officials from the Ministry of Agriculture in the field, they know that the rotten The black mud formed by the green plants and leaves is also a good fertilizer for fertile fields. Therefore, every family has the willingness to respond to the call and go to the mountains to pull mulch to make fertilizer.

After two days of harvesting in the experimental field, everyone felt the effect of the experience, so there is no need to waste money here. Things that can be done with a lawn mower in a day or two, let so many of you suffer here, wasting and Not to mention the labor force, it is also prone to heat stroke and other safety accidents, so on the third day, Li Tai, who was obviously darker, followed Sun Xiangfu to the Wangjiang Tower's IPO meeting.

This is not the first time that Wangjiang Tower has held commercial activities. Today, banquets and meals are actually secondary. Everyone comes to buy stocks with the bank's cash deposit certificate and household registration booklet.

Of course, except for Li Tai, his eyes were on the two sides of the hall, the two long rows of food tables for the buffet, and he was thinking in his heart, when will he get rid of the servants sent by Sun Xiangfu and Empress Changsun to watch him, and go eat some food. He hadn't tasted meat for a few days, and the food at Wangjianglou was so delicious that the veil he was wiping his saliva on was soaked just by the aroma.

From the dawn of the day, many people flooded into the Wangjiang Tower, all of whom were wealthy people such as courtiers and dignitaries from aristocratic families. They had brought some of the copper coins they had hoarded to the bank a day or two earlier. , but it increased the bank's cash reserves by millions.

Now, after eating the free buffet breakfast in the Wangjiang Tower, they began to gather in front of the stage. Of course, the front row seats belonged to high-ranking court officials. Almost none of the officials in Beijing were qualified to go to court. all in.

Seeing that everyone was almost there, Sun Xiangfu, who was wearing a vest shirt, trousers and leather shoes, and a blue tie, walked onto the stage gracefully holding a long pointer. The rough world map was also put down from the background wall, clearly visible by the various spotlights on the stage ceiling. Of course, in this world, except for Sun Xiangfu and Li Chunfeng, no one has seen Sun Xiangfu. , a roughly drawn map of the continents of the world, so they don't understand the graffiti on it at all.

Right in front of the stage, there was a large banner with yellow characters on a red background, on which was written the words 'Datang Overseas Exploration Investment Co., Ltd. Prospectus Conference'.

"I believe that everyone present knows the purpose of our IPO meeting. So, before the official issuance of shares, I will give you a detailed report on the business projects and development prospects of our Datang Overseas Exploration Investment Co., Ltd." After you have a real understanding of the situation, you can choose the number of stocks you want to buy according to your own economic situation."

As soon as the opening remark was finished, the whole hall suddenly fell silent. Before that, they only knew that this was an investment industry initiated by the Xingfu Village Group headed by Sun Xiangfu, but they didn't know what specific projects it would do. how much money

"Everyone, please take a look, this is my map of Datang Coast."

Sun Xiangfu used his baton to draw a line on the coastline of a plot marked in red in the middle of the background wall, and then said, "The world we live in is actually a big water polo, because no matter which direction you go, , Our land is surrounded by the ocean. How vast the ocean is is not yet known, but in the far sea, there are other continents, which have already been established. Now, those marked in red are my Tang Dynasty. Due to the limited size of the map, I can mark the state roads at most. However, we don’t need to look at the inland areas now. We can look at the overseas ones first, because overseas is where our industry is about to develop business. .”

After Sun Xiangfu finished speaking, the pointer began to point on the huge map again and said, "This is the Liuqiu Islands named by Emperor Sui Yang in the former Sui Dynasty.

This is Hainan Island, on which there are Yazhou, Danzhou, and Zhenzhou in my Tang Dynasty.

This is Yizhou Island, and there are dozens of tribes ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of people living on it.

This is Luzon Island. Its territory is as big as my land in the Tang Dynasty. The island is rich in fruits. It is also ruled by many tribes. Its population is probably no less than 30... ·”

With Sun Xiangfu's introduction, everyone has an understanding of some islands off the coast of Datang and the general situation on the islands, and, through the size drawn on the map, they also have a better understanding of the size of these islands. A general understanding, before that, unless you are a person living in the southern coast, you will not know this knowledge.

Zhao Long's fleet has already made more than one or two trips to these offshore islands, and Feng An's fleet has traveled more. The population of Lingnan and many of its products were transported by the tribes on these islands. Of course, from In the hands of these tribes, Feng An also got a lot of things he wanted.

After introducing the general situation, Sun Xiangfu started to talk about business. He pointed his baton directly at a super big island road after a section of sea area down from Luzon, "I will call this place the Australian mainland. Believe me, From the map, everyone knows that its size is almost equivalent to our entire Tang Dynasty, and we have now determined that there are no more than 10,000+ indigenous people living on such a large continent. I don't have my own writing, I don't have political power, and I live a slash-and-burn life that is even more backward than the barbarian tribes around my Tang Dynasty.

For me, Datang, this is basically a huge unclaimed land. "

"A land of no man as big as my Great Tang?"

As soon as Sun Xiangfu said this, not only those who did not know a little about the sea, but even the courtiers stood up from their seats in shock.

"Everyone, please be calm and calm, let me speak slowly."

After Sun Xiangfu motioned for everyone to be quiet, he said loudly again, "Don't think that it seems to be not far from our Datang on the map, but in fact, even if you start from the nearest Guangzhou Port, it takes about Walk more than 1 miles."

In later generations, it is almost 1 kilometers from Guangzhou to Darwin by plane. If you take the sea route, it must be more than this distance, because the route from the Asian continent to the Australian mainland is not far from the mainland frame. It takes a lot of detours to pass through the Indonesian archipelago. In fact, it may take [-] to [-] miles to reach the Australian mainland.

However, with the current navigation conditions of Datang, there is almost no risk in going to Australia along the continental framework, because there are no large islands to supply fresh water along the way, and there is no vacuum area more than [-] kilometers away.

For the initial exploration of the Australian mainland, Lingnan's fleet has been completed, and the next step is to find out the most reasonable, stable and shortcut route.

I heard that many courtiers finally calmed down because they were thousands of miles away. It would be a pity not to take such a large piece of unclaimed land, but it would be very difficult to take advantage of the fact that it is thousands of miles away. It's a bit tasteless.

Then, Sun Xiangfu started to explain again, saying, "Most parts of the land of Australia are grasslands. The wild rabbits, cattle and sheep are thousands of times more than the population. It is not an exaggeration to describe it as billions of trillions." , there is a tendency to become a catastrophe, then our Overseas Exploration Investment Co., Ltd. has something to do.

After the shortest route and the supply stations along the way have been laid, with the advantage of the new water steamer, the voyage of more than 1 miles can actually be reached in about a month. Even if it is loaded, it will take more than two months. It can go back and forth once, that is to say, once our supplies and fixed routes are set up, we in Datang will have endless hares, beef and mutton. "

"Sigh~"

All the people in the hall began to gasp between their teeth. Is there such a place in the world?

However, since Sun Xiangfu dared to say it openly, it is almost certain that it is true.

"This is the first business type of our Overseas Exploration Investment Co., Ltd.

First of all, wherever our fleet goes, as long as there is no political power, we will erect the boundary markers of our Tang Dynasty on it, declaring territorial sovereignty, including Liuqiu, Luzon, and the entire mainland leading to Australia The hundreds or thousands of islands in the sea have actually been erected by the Lingnan fleet to declare their sovereignty.

And after the optimized route is formed, ports and wharfs will be set up on the islands along the way, and the output of these islands, as well as the Australian mainland, will be transported back to the mainland of Datang by sea boats for sale, and a relatively high amount will be obtained. profit.

For example, we will send hundreds of people to build a large meat workshop in mainland Australia, recruit local aboriginals as laborers, and catch and slaughter the local cattle, sheep, and rabbits that are too large to be a disaster, and process them into dried meat, canned food, and make them into meat products. Fur goods are transported back to Datang by sea to be sold. This is almost a profitable business, because those things cost almost zero in the Australian mainland, as long as a fishing team is sent to catch them.

Of course, what we have to invest in the early stage is the labor cost of manufacturing seagoing ships and supporting boatmen and seamen. "

After Sun Xiangfu finished speaking, everyone basically had an idea of ​​this Datang Overseas Exploration Investment Co., Ltd. This kind of almost free money is simply too easy to earn.

But who knows, Sun Xiangfu didn't say anything, and he said, "If you think that our overseas exploration and investment joint-stock company is only a small business, you are very wrong.

You should know that five years ago, I introduced Champa rice that can be planted three seasons a year in the southern region in Champa, a region under the jurisdiction of Linyi Kingdom.

Afterwards, through Hu merchants in the Western Regions, they introduced crops such as cauliflower, blueberries, big cherries, sisal hemp and other crops native to the Western Regions. There may be many similar crops in this sea area and on these islands. They are like weeds The same, where it grows, wait for us to discover, introduce, and then plant. Then, our exploration and investment company that discovers these crops will have the right to plant and promote these crops.In other words, we can directly open up a large number of good fields on the land suitable for growing these crops, plant them, and then pull them back to sell them on the market. We can also cultivate them and bring them back to Datang for sale. Plant it for everyone. "

"Sigh~"

This time, the sound of gasping became louder, and everyone's eyes glowed with golden light, golden and shining.

(End of this chapter)