This time, there is a benefit of food shortage, which will be of great benefit to Li Jia's move to open up deserted fields in Qiongzhou Prefecture.

Due to lack of food, many desperate porters can only accept Li Jia's employment, break away from the heavy labor, and move towards a prosperous road to increase productivity.

As mentioned earlier, Li Jia bought thousands of acres of wasteland near Baisha Port, plus a small hill. These lands are not for viewing. He is planning to carry out a large-scale productivity labor.

After this lack of food and grass, and all the events that have been derived, he told him that whoever controls the grain will control the entire Hainan, and whoever is the real king of Hainan.

The first thing Li Jia did to this was to screen out the Chameng rice from Fujian and improve the rice seeds in Hainan.

Chameng rice is a famous famous throughout history, and it is not fake. Compared with ordinary rice, the customs are real.

"Rice is longer than China, and its ears are longer and its grains are smaller, and it is born from the ground."

Many people have misunderstood that Chameng rice during the Northern Song Dynasty was imported directly from the Chameng Kingdom, but in fact, these rice had been planted in Fujian for hundreds of years. During the Northern Song Dynasty, they were only promoted in Dali. The rice had adapted to the Chinese climate, and was transformed from dry rice to rice.

Due to its high yield, it is widely accepted by farmers and has become the early rice today, while the rice in China has become late rice.

"The rice in Chameng is ripe twice a year in Fujian, while Hainan is vast and sparsely populated, and fertile land, so it is no problem to ripen three times a year. If it is promoted effectively, Hainan's grain will be enough for a few years!"

Looking at the reclaimed land in front of him, Li Jia was filled with emotion.

People in Hainan only look at the outside world and just want to build more ships and transport more grain back. Li Jia is different. Self-reliance is the king.

The thousands of acres of wasteland in front of him cost him hundreds of kilns. If he could really cook three times a year, the grain he produced would be enough to supply the entire Baisha Port.

"Mr. Lang, according to your instructions, there are already about 100 hired farmers recruited. It is more than enough to reclaim these thousands of acres of land!"

"But they are very suspicious of Chameng rice. After all, it is too scary to ripen three times a year, and I don't believe it!"

Liang Zheng looked at Lang Jun's confident appearance and the doubts in his heart lingered.

"Don't worry, you will understand after a few months!" Li Jia was extremely confident.

"Before, I sent someone to Fujian to buy a batch of grains. The ones I picked were round and fragrant. They planted in winter and harvested in summer. It took less than a few months to Qiongzhou naturally admire me!"

"What happened to the three major chambers of commerce?"

"Since they smashed their grain shop, they have become honest. In my opinion, it is mainly because the grain ships entered the port these two days. They have just had a temporary rest. They are holding up bad water in their stomachs!" Liang Zheng bent over slightly and said with a smile, obviously no longer taking them seriously.

"This time I will spare their lives. When we gain a firm foothold, they will feel better!" Li Jia sneered.

Li Jia adheres to the principle that anyone who punches me will have to bear the consequences of hundreds of punches and thousands of punches. It can be said that it is a revenge or a stingy person.

"Not bad!" Li Jia squatted down and pinched the slippery soil, and a rotten smell appeared on the tip of her nose, which showed that the soil here was very fertile.

Hainan has abundant rainfall. Although it is a wasteland, it is just a few muddy swamps and silt everywhere. It is most suitable for leaving the reclaimed wasteland.

Moreover, in order to save effort, I specially bought a plowing ox, which was extremely fast. Compared with the people who used to carry it on their backs, it was simply from heaven to earth.

"Huh--" Suddenly, Li Jia saw a rare item, which turned out to be a Quyuan Plough. Such an advanced farming work in ancient times made him curious.

"When did we have this thing?" Li Jia was quite touched when he looked at the iron plow in the hands of the farmers.

"A few days ago, news came from Danzhou that a large iron ore was discovered, and you ordered to forge weapons as much as possible.

You asked for a fast reclamation speed, there was no way, the iron ore was rich, I just transported some ore from Danzhou, and then called a few blacksmiths to build a few iron plows, after all, it was much faster than a wooden plow!"

Li Jia showed some joy on her face and said with encouragement: "You did a good job, very good!"

Li Jia naturally knew the iron ore discovered in Danzhou. It was Shilu Iron Mine, the largest open-pit iron ore in Hainan in later generations. It has convenient mining and extremely high iron content. It is known as the richest mine in Asia.

Therefore, Li Jia ordered to give priority to forging weapons. Danzhou naturally obeyed and used all blacksmiths as forging weapons, but the ore was surplus, but he forgot the truth that steel was the primary productive force.

The demand for iron in agriculture is also essential, such as sickles, iron plows and hoes. With them, the output has increased significantly, but Li Jia forgot for a while.

"Spend Mien, fight rice for the rice. Although I allow them to exchange rice for the next few years for oxen, the iron plow cannot be used in vain. If nothing happens, let them dig ditches and build ponds.

Although Hainan is ripe for three years, it still has a lot of rain, so the necessary water conservancy facilities are still needed!”

"It is still necessary to build a few ponds for these thousands of acres of land. You can raise some fish and shrimps and improve your food!"

Li Jia thought, a lot of knowledge about agriculture kept popping up in his mind. He fantasized that he could also be like his own, with paddy fields surrounding the pond, pumping water to irrigate during drought, and too much rain, and draining water to remove water.

Some mulberry trees were planted by the pond and the ridges. Children climbed the trees happily. For their relatives who had been working for a long time, they sat on the ridges, handed over some sweet and sour mulberries, and the buffaloes that had worked hard on the field, took advantage of this skill to sneak into the pond and rest happily.

"What you said is not bad. Qiongzhou is flooded, and ponds must be built!" Liang Zheng's face turned right, and he remembered the extraordinary weather in Hainan.

"In this way, the ditches must be dug deep, otherwise they will be easily blocked!"

"It's also great that you can think of this!" Li Jia nodded and continued to give advice:

"You have also read books for a few years, and your vision should not be limited to the Spring and Autumn Analects of Confucius, etc. Read more "Qimin Yaoshu" and "Agricultural Books", etc., scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, and agriculture are the foundation, and you must observe it!"

"Besides, these farmers come from all over the world and have different methods. If there are good recipes, they will naturally become more popular. When you come here, you will put grain first and do whatever means to increase grain production and income! Take grain as the main point--"

"Next year, the land that will be reclaimed must reach tens of thousands of hectares. Although these lands are not ours, they are not others' owned things. They belong to the owner, first come first served! Our stone tablets on the tree will naturally belong to us!"

After hearing this, Liang Zheng shivered all over, and it turned out that he could do this.
Chapter completed!