Yuanqi gives money to the shares for the court to buy land every year? What does this mean? Is it included in the 30% of the shares mentioned before? Or is it given another one? If it is the former, how will the court agree? If it is the latter, how will Yuanqi shareholders agree? This is not a small amount of money, and it requires long-term investment!

This matter is very involved. Even Zhao Liewen, who has always been fond of asking questions, was tactful and did not continue to ask questions. Yi Zhizu was unwilling to continue talking about this topic. After taking a sip of tea, he looked at Sun Changling and said slowly: "The article "Agricultural Revolution" is not a false statement. Since the 1950s, European industrial powers and the United States have begun to use agricultural machinery in large quantities.

Now the first world-wide agricultural crisis has erupted, which will further promote the widespread application of agricultural machinery. It can be foreseeable that the future world agricultural development will inevitably gradually transition from a scattered primitive agricultural farming model to a large-scale intensive large-scale agricultural model.

Large-scale intensive agriculture has four obvious advantages. First, it is conducive to the construction of farmland water conservancy infrastructure. Today's water conservancy construction relies on the state, especially large-scale cross-regional, large-scale and long-term water conservancy infrastructure construction can only be invested, constructed and maintained by the state.

Once large-scale intensive farms are formed, these water conservancy infrastructure construction will be taken over by large farms, which can not only ensure water conservancy infrastructure but also save the country a lot of money."

Speaking of this, he stretched out two fingers, "The second is to save production costs and improve agricultural production efficiency and output. Compared with primitive agriculture that uses animal power, manpower and backward production methods, large-scale intensive agriculture has huge advantages in terms of production costs, production efficiency and output, not only because of the large-scale use of agricultural machinery, but also scientific production and management methods.

Third, enhance the risk resistance of agriculture. The scattered primitive agriculture does not have risk resistance at all. If a slightly larger disaster occurs, a large number of individual agriculture will fall into trouble or even go bankrupt. Large-scale intensive agriculture has low costs, high yields, large profits, and natural risk resistance.

The last and most important point is that large-scale intensive agriculture is enough to ensure my country's food self-sufficiency. With the rapid development of industry and the continuous expansion of urban scale, the population continues to concentrate in cities and the rapid expansion of population, the demand for food will also become larger and larger. The existing scattered primitive agriculture alone cannot meet the increasing demand for food at all. Only large-scale intensive farms can ensure my country's food demand!"

Large-scale use of agricultural machinery can greatly reduce production costs. After all, the production efficiency of machines is far from comparable to manpower. Several people in this area know this, but they are a little skeptical about the significant increase in output. After all, there is an essential difference between agricultural production and industrial production.

Zhao Liewen took the lead in asking: "The big shopkeeper, the annual output of the land is not fixed, but the up and down should not be large. Moreover, it is impossible for large-scale use of agricultural machinery to be higher than the output of manpower and meticulous cultivation?"

Yi Zhizu smiled and said, "Your thinking is still stuck in the primitive agricultural era. With the development of industry and technology, agriculture will inevitably usher in a period of leapfrog development!

The agricultural revolution refers not only to the large-scale application of agricultural machinery, nor to the development model of large-scale intensive farms. What really promotes the leap in agriculture is natural science and the improvement of all crop seeds. The agricultural colleges established by Yuanqi in Northeast China, North China, Jiangnan and Nanyang provinces are not decorations. Their main task is to improve crop varieties!

What is the average yield per mu of rice now? The average yield per mu of the southeastern provinces is only two stones. If I tell you, the average yield per mu of rice can reach eight stones, ten stones or even higher, and the yield per mu of wheat is the same, do you dare to believe it?"

The average yield of rice and wheat per mu reached eight stones and ten stones! Even higher! Is this possible? Don’t say that it is so high, as long as the average yield per mu can be increased by one stone, it is a great event! Not to mention that it is several times more than it will be!

If this was from the mouth of others, the few people would laugh, thinking it was a fool, but this was from the mouth of Yishisu. After looking at each other, Li Hongzhang hesitated and said, "Isn't you joking?"

Yi Zhizu lit a cigarette, and then said leisurely: "Forty years ago, if someone said that he could build a giant ship of steel and run without sails, would you believe it? Forty years ago, someone said that cars could run 100 kilometers per hour, would you think it was a joke? Forty years ago, someone described cable telegraphs and light telephones to you. Would you think it was a fool?"

The few people suddenly stopped saying a word. The changes in the Qing Dynasty over the past 30 years have been earth-shaking. Zhao Liewen and Li Hongzhang have experienced them personally, and they have emerged one after another. The ever-changing new technologies and inventions make people overwhelmed. They have repeatedly made them feel that they cannot keep up with the rhythm of the times. Everything that seemed impossible forty years ago has really happened now. Is it possible that the grain output has several times increased? What's more, this is from the mouth of easy contentment.

The few people who saw him didn't say anything, Yi Zhizu said slowly: "Whether it is agricultural production or industrial production, there is one thing in common, that is, the pursuit of profit is endless! The continuous development of natural science and technology also provides conditions for this unremitting pursuit. This is a bad era and an era full of infinite possibilities and opportunities. As long as you dare to imagine, everything is possible! Maybe one day we can really fly to the moon to see if there is Guanghan Palace and whether there is Chang'e."

No one dared to believe the truth about flying to the moon, but the grain output has doubled several times, which makes several people a little skeptical. After all, the quality of the seeds is enough to affect the yield. This is a common sense question. If the seeds can be improved, it may be possible.

Among these people, Zhao Liewen knew Yi Zhizu the most. He tentatively said: "Yuan Qi has made some progress in improving rice seeds and wheat seeds?"

"Some progress has indeed been made, but it is still far from what I said, but at least it means that the direction of the research is correct." Yi Zhizu said slowly: "This research cannot be achieved overnight. It requires long-term and unremitting research. It requires a lot of time and a lot of manpower and material resources. The most important thing is to consume huge research funds.

It is impossible and impossible to conduct agricultural improvement research on dispersed and sporadic primitive agriculture. Only large-scale intensive agriculture will spend huge amounts of money to conduct related research driven by profits, and is more willing to try and promote new technologies and new seeds.

For example, wheat seeds can only increase by 10% or 20% because seeds need to be purchased. For farmers with only a few acres of land, they are afraid that they will not have the interest in trying because the increase is not obvious. However, for intensive farms that often cost 100,000 mu, hundreds of thousands or even millions of mu, the effect of increasing by 100% is very obvious."

Speaking of this, he looked at Sun Changling and said slowly: "The benefits of large-scale intensive agriculture are obvious. Large-scale use of agricultural machinery is a necessary condition for forming large-scale intensive agriculture. This severe drought in several northern provinces is a good opportunity to promote and popularize agricultural machinery. The production scale must be expanded as soon as possible to ensure market demand."

Sun Changling was in his early forties and wore a pair of black wide-brimmed glasses. He was from Hunan, born in Yuanqiyi School, graduated from the University of Göttingen, Deutschland. He has been the director of the agricultural machinery factory since he was responsible for the establishment of the Shanghai Agricultural Machinery Factory in 1862. He said with some embarrassment: "There are many agricultural machinery factories these days, but they have learned a lot about agricultural machinery, but they buy very few."

Yi Zhizu said: "What's the reason?"

"From students' summary, there are only a few reasons." Sun Changling said carefully: "One is that the performance of the agricultural machinery is not satisfactory. Although the internal combustion engine is good, it is prone to failure and maintenance troubles. It requires professional drivers and maintenance personnel, and gasoline is not easy to buy and store.

Furthermore, agricultural machinery cannot take care of all the links from plowing and ploughing to harvesting, such as irrigation, weeding, fertilization, insect extermination, etc. The agricultural machinery is not competent and still requires a large number of manpower. In addition, the fields and fields in the northern provinces are not suitable for agricultural machinery operations..... The current situation is actually better and less popular."

After hearing this, Yi Jingzuo didn't say anything. Agricultural machinery usually uses oil production machines. Like tractors, they are almost all diesel engines. Compared with gasoline engines, diesel engines are more solid and durable, and the mechanism is simpler and easier to maintain. Diesel is safer and easier to store than gasoline. The problem is that diesel engines have not yet been released. Yuanqi's improvement direction for internal combustion engines has always been based on automobile applications. It seems that he can also come out to give it a try.

After a long time, he said, "The industry is specialized in, and improving the performance of internal combustion engines is the business of the Internal Combustion Engine Research Institute. You write a report on the requirements of agricultural machinery for internal combustion engines. I asked them to tailor-made internal combustion engines for agricultural machinery.

As for not taking care of all the links, this is not a difficult task. Irrigation can be imitated by water plants, and fertilization can be used to use Nanyang bird droppings, weeding and insect extermination.

In addition, if you choose a suitable place and a more open-minded and brave gentry, we will build a large-scale intensive farm demonstration zone. If it really works well, we will not be afraid that no one will imitate it."

Although these words were downplayed, they spared no effort to support agricultural machinery at all costs and promote large-scale intensive agriculture. Sun Changling was naturally very excited. With the attitude of being content with this, agricultural machinery will inevitably develop rapidly. He hurriedly said: "The students will submit the relevant reports tomorrow. Students will immediately start to inspect and arrange the demonstration area."

Yi Zhizu nodded slightly and said, "The country is based on people and food is the most important thing. Our country is a major agricultural country and a country with a large population. We must pay attention to the development of agriculture at all times, and we must ensure that food can be self-sufficient. The transition from scattered primitive agriculture to large-scale intensive large-scale agriculture is the direction of my country's agricultural development.

Agricultural mechanization is the guarantee of my country's agricultural development. It is currently in its infancy. A large number of machinery is needed in the fields of agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, fishery production, transportation, processing, etc. It is necessary to allow scientific researchers to go deep into the grassroots level, conduct in-depth and detailed investigations and understanding, and develop various practical agricultural machinery, and rural subsidies, invention patents and reward measures must be implemented."

Agricultural mechanization! And it is not limited to agriculture, but includes animal husbandry, forestry, and fishery! Sun Changling felt both excited and responsible, and hurriedly bowed: "Don't worry, the principal, the students will definitely live up to the principal's high expectations."

Shandong, Tai'an Prefecture, Feicheng.

On the 22nd day of the 12th lunar month, a long queue was lined up outside the gate of Yuanqi Bank in the county town, and without exception they came to withdraw money. Migrant workers who could not go home for the New Year or workers from factories and mining enterprises who could not go home for the New Year, even if they were short of money, they would take out most of their wages and send them home before the 23rd day of the 12th lunar month.

On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, the Little New Year, Shandong custom, every household must worship the Kitchen God during the Little New Year, and steam the Muscle Cake and eat Muscle Cake, which means sticking to the mouth of the Kitchen God, so that the God can speak good things, not bad things in the world. Muscle Cake uses yellow rice, red dates, etc. as raw materials, which are sweet and strong, soft in the mouth, and are auspicious to be "high every year".

No matter how difficult it is, as long as you have a few extra money in your hand, every household will worship the Kitchen God and steam the cake in order to pray for auspicious year. This is also due to Yuanqi's large-scale recruitment of workers and labor-for-relief. Otherwise, most people will even have problems filling their stomachs, let alone steam the cake in the Little New Year.

In the county town, in addition to the long queues at the bank entrance, some county gentry set up free yellow rice and red date relief sheds, and those who came to collect were all old, weak, sick and disabled, or those who did not have strong labor at home to work.

As a large family in Feicheng, the scale of yellow rice and red dates released by the Song family is the largest. As the speaker of the county consulting bureau, Song Henian personally went to the relief shed to provide relief. This is not only to do good deeds and accumulate virtue, but also to gain good reputation and accumulate reputation. Naturally, he has to do it himself.

Looking at the two orderly queues, Mr. Wang, who accompanied the relief service, said with emotion: "It's a big loss for Yuanqi to recruit workers, otherwise most people would not be able to celebrate the New Year this year."

Song Henian handed a wrapped yellow rice and red dates to a boy about ten years old. After comforting him, he said warmly, then he stepped down and said, "It's good to have the New Year? It's good to have porridge."

Butler Wang picked up the hot pot and poured him a cup of hot tea attentively, and said, "A few days ago, the northern provinces accused and criticized Yuan Qi, which was really a big deal. Fortunately, the court finally supported Yuan Qi..."

"If you blame the mantis in a car, you will overestimate yourself." Song Henian said disdainfully: "If you accuse and criticize in the newspaper, you can defeat Yuan Qi. Then Yuan Qi would have closed down long ago. They are all short-sighted people who dare to open dyeing workshops if you give them a little bit of color."

While saying that, he gently plucked it with a tea bowl cover, "What is Yuanqi? Yuanqi is the heaven of our Qing Dynasty! The court dared not not support Yuanqi!"

Butler Wang was shocked by this. If this was said before, it would be a disaster. He quickly changed his mind, "The rain and snow did not end well for the whole winter, and the drought in the spring of the year will probably be extremely serious..."

After taking a sip of tea, Song Henian said: "It's so abnormal, I'm afraid it's not just a spring drought..."

Before he finished speaking, a servant trotted to the front, handed over a telegram, and said, "Young Master——, a telegram from Shanghai."

After receiving the telegram, Song Henian immediately ordered: "Go back to home!"

Back at the mansion, Song Henian rushed straight to the main house and met the old man Song Youkun. After he saluted, he handed over a message: "Father, the Shanghai Agricultural Machinery Factory wants to build a demonstration zone in the north to promote agricultural machinery, and pointed out that it would be a rare opportunity."

After reading the telegram, Song Youkun said slowly: "Who is Zijun who sent the telegram?"

"I am a classmate and friend of my son Jinan University. Now I am in charge of copywriting at the Shanghai Agricultural Machinery Factory." Song Henian said: "Among the students, there were four of them who had the Qianqing sign. We must reply as soon as possible. Once this news spreads, I am afraid that the fight will be bleed..."

After pondering for a moment, Song Youkun thought about it: "Once our Song family becomes such a demonstration area, it will probably be branded with Yuan Qi."

Song Henian smiled and said, "Now, many wealthy families and prominent families want to climb Yuanqi are suffering from not finding opportunities..."

"What do you know?" Song Youkun said in a deep voice: "Slave is bullying the master, and disaster will never come."

"It is now a constitutional era, and there is no master or slave." Song Henian sneered: "Besides, how many years has Yuan Qi been since its founding? Yuan Qi had no need to wait until now. It is impossible for the court to destroy Yuan Qi."

After a pause, he slowed down and said, "The world has changed a lot now. The emperor is already a Xujun. He controls the court. On the surface, he is a cabinet and a representative of the parliamentary members elected by various provinces, but in fact he is Yuan Qi..."

Song Youkun waved his hand, "No need to say more, for the sake of the elders, I can't see through this world more and more. You'll be the one who decides this."

Song Henian knew that this incident had many people disturbed him. He had to seek full support from the old man. After pondering for a moment, he said: "This is a demonstration zone built to promote agricultural machinery. It not only can we take this opportunity to closely relate to Yuanqi, but also has huge benefits that we can't imagine. Not to mention the others, even if we can drill more than a dozen deep wells, we will make a lot of profits. The climate this year is so abnormal, and it may continue to drought for a whole year next year..."

Song Youkun is also very worried about the climate next year. For the Song family, which is full of thousands of signs, the losses of the previous year of the drought are not a decimal point. He sighed lightly and said, "Don't worry, I will do my best to support you for my father."

Shanghai, railway station.

Compared with last year, there are significantly fewer people stranded at the train station this year. The reason is very simple, because we have to transport immigrants to the south and transfer grain to the north. However, all trains heading north are basically stopped, and trains from other directions have also been reduced a lot. Even if many people want to go home for the New Year, they cannot buy tickets.

Three cars slowly drove out of the station. Yi, who was sitting in the car, looked through the window at the sparse crowds in the station square, and said with emotion: "The impact of drought in various northern provinces is really significant..."

Sitting in the front row, Yan Shikuan, who came to greet him, said softly: "A single hair will move your whole body, let alone a severe drought in several northern provinces, and the entire Qing Dynasty was affected."

Yi? smiled and said, "You can't go home for the New Year, the workers stranded in Baoshan, Shanghai will not complain?"

"No." Yan Shikuan said: "Many factories only have five days off this year. Besides, the workers can understand the transportation of grain to the north for relief." After a pause, he added: "The organization and discipline of workers are still very strong, and many factories have literacy classes."

Yi? nodded slightly and stopped saying a word. The workers' strong organization and discipline are not a good thing for the court, especially when the workers' scale is rapidly expanding, which is actually a huge hidden danger.

After pondering for a moment, he changed the subject, "I heard that the maximum speed of this car reached one hundred yards?"

"The news from Master Six is ​​really well-informed." Yan Shikuan said with a smile: "This year, the internal combustion engine has been improved, and the efficiency has been improved, with a maximum speed of 120 yards per hour. However, there are some shortcomings in other aspects and cannot drive at this speed for a long time. Our shopkeeper said that at this stage, it is enough to ensure an average speed of 60 yards. Now our speed is only 40 yards."

One hundred and twenty yards? Yi? I can’t imagine how fast it is. Even a galloping horse is only sixty yards. If a car can guarantee an average speed of sixty yards, it will be much stronger than a horse. Although a horse can run sixty yards, it cannot last long after all, and the car can run without sleep. No wonder Yizhizu actively builds a road network.

Three cars slowly slid into Zhennan Prince's Mansion and stopped outside the yard of Changle Bookstore. Yi, Sushun, Wu Changqing and the other two got out of the car and walked quickly to Yi Zhizu who was standing at the door to greet him.

Yi Zhizuxu greeted him a few steps and said with a smile: "The three giants in the cabinet are coming together, and this situation is too big."

Yi? bowed and smiled, "We can't get as much as the noise that Brother Guocheng has made."

"Fortunately, the noise will be very important, otherwise the relief will be more difficult next year." Yi Zhizu smiled while returning the gift: "The climate in the north this winter is abnormal, and the drought in the beginning of the year will inevitably be extremely serious."

Sushun continued: "The scope of drought has expanded. Can we continue to expand the scale of recruitment?"

"Why did Yuanqi have so much money to continue to expand the scale of recruitment?" Yi Zhizu said while extending his hand and giving in: "There are only so many factories planned to be built in each province. If there are more, we should consider the economic crisis in a few years."

After entering the courtyard gate, Wu Changqing said: "Machine drilling should be able to alleviate the drought in some prefectures and counties?"

"Machine drilling is like a drop in the bucket." Yi Zhizu said: "Just judging from the abnormal situation in winter, the scope of disaster will expand rapidly as soon as spring comes, and you can only provide relief first and immigrate first!"

Although they had expected it, the few people were still in a heavy heart. Yi asked with concern: "There is no problem with the food?"
Chapter completed!