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2,000 hectares of land covers 20 square kilometers. If compared with the earth in the 21st century, it is equivalent to the area of ​​Nauru (21 square kilometers), the third smallest country in the world. However, among the world's continents, 2,000 hectares of mountain forest, that is, a helicopter Just a glance from a thousand meters above the ground.

The summer resort built by the Liu family lives up to its name. The sailing dock is extremely luxurious. Teak floors, which are usually reluctant to be used on the decks of cargo ships, are laid all the way from the water's edge to the dam. The strips of bluestone have a smooth surface and are built with rice mortar to look like a city parapet. The stone-paved cargo lane can accommodate four two-wheeled carriages running in parallel, which is more luxurious than the public roads built in Shaonan City.

The so-called 41 rooms are large enough for a camel family vacation. There are also three rows of small townhouses hidden on the other side of the bamboo forest, all of which are prepared for the accompanying servants - these houses are not even included in the real estate. inside.

Among the seven river boats docked at the pier, six are single-masted and sail-rigged boats that can carry about twenty people. They are ordinary in appearance. The Xie Dinh that was specially introduced is a big one with two masts. Three floors may not sound like much, but it is actually a hundred meters long. Regardless of the structure, it can travel in the offshore without any 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, also named Liu, accompanied Cheng Jinzhou with great care to introduce things in the villa. According to the tradition of the Great Xia Dynasty, each major clan likes to use people from their own clan. It does not matter if they are less capable, but loyalty is the first priority.

This is a society that is struggling without family, and it is much harder to abandon relatives than to abandon appreciation.

What worries Liu Zhuo the most is that the new owner will evict him without saying a word. Even now, he is cautious for fear of something going wrong.

There are only a few farmers, and we occasionally meet them on the road. When everyone sees someone wearing silk and satin, they all kneel down and salute.

The land and woods in Zhuangzi were astonishingly large. Not long after walking, Cheng Jinzhou became impatient. He stood on his horse and looked far away, then asked, "Go and have a look at the barn."

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 was small, there were only 200 acres, and it was said that he could produce several hundred dan of grain. All he wanted to do was get some extra money to go back.

"The rules in the villa are that new grains must be delivered to each house for a taste and good luck." Butler Liu spoke more carefully.

Cheng Jinzhou said rather annoyed: "Is there still such a rule?"

"Yes." Liu Guanjia, who had bent into a shrimp, said: "Every year, new rice comes and is delivered to each government, ranging from one or two stones to ten stones. You may have eaten Xiaoxiang grown in Xidian before. rice."

"Is this the end of the delivery?" Cheng Jinzhou asked unwillingly.

"Yes. Xiding's fragrant rice is somewhat famous. Many people in Shaonan like it very much, and sometimes people will come to ask for it." Butler Liu said with pride.

In the summer resort of aristocratic families, things are not grown for money at all, but for the purpose of producing unique things, either as gifts or to show off, which is naturally different from what Cheng Jinzhou imagined.

A few dozen dan of grain was enough for Zhuang Zili to use himself. Cheng Jinzhou gave up the idea of ​​getting some grain and left, patted his forehead and said, "Let's go and have a look in the fields."

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 walking in farmland.

In fact, Cheng Jinzhou had no intention of going to the farmland.

He just compared the structure of the farm and confirmed it one by one with the content in "On Agriculture".

The farm described by Varro is a Greek farm with a Mediterranean climate, and the cultivation is mainly cash crops - similar to the nobles of the Bactrian Dynasty, the Greek nobles would rather grow grapes to make wine and olive trees to press oil. , and don’t want to grow food.

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

The Great Xia Dynasty was still in a production environment of homesteaders and tenants. The nobles owned manors, used tenants, and received most of the output. This was originally a better production method than farm slavery. However, there is no experience in cooperative production, especially in unified planning, in the Shaonan area where there are many river networks.

Compared with the manors of tens of thousands of hectares of land in the Greek and Roman times, the nobles in Shaonan were small and ordinary. The most important thing was that the nobles with knowledge never participated in organized production. Going back to history, they actively Nearly a hundred years have passed since the era of reclaiming wasteland to increase output.

After a few minutes of horse racing on a country road, you can see continuous farmland, backed by mountain ridges, going down gentle slopes to river valleys, and extending up and down.

The 200 acres of green land can actually shock people.

Cheng Jinzhou bent down and looked at the wheat on the edge of the field, and asked: "This valley looks like it can still be cultivated, and the same goes for the other side of the mountain. Why is it empty?"

"The river valley occupies too much water, and the sloping land on the mountain produces little, and there is no manpower to open it." Butler Liu replied, somewhat disapproving in his heart. This is a summer resort, not a farm that produces grain. There are too many farmers to make it difficult. Control and lose the value of summer vacation.

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

Cheng Jinzhou suddenly felt a little disappointed. After thinking for a while, he pointed to the nearby mountain col and said, "We should build a livestock shed here. Cattle, chickens and ducks should be raised together."

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

"The farm should be divided into 4 parts..."

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

"The strong labor force 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 relied purely on imagination and wanted to make drastic reforms with his bare hands.

Butler Liu could only think that the child of a noble family was too curious, so he agreed one by one at first.

When Cheng Jinzhou talked about rising, he fantasized about it first. Grain is a hard currency. If you have money, you can only buy grain 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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