Chapter 224

"Hehe, noble families will eventually decline, and some noble families in Xuzhou City will probably fall into decline!"

Offering fertile land had benefits, so for other noble families, it must be a disadvantage!

Plus offending Lin Yang!

The outcome didn't need much thought!

"Yuanlong, the future of the Chen family is in your hands!"

Looking at Chen Deng, who had already realized, Chen Gui nodded with satisfaction!

It seemed that sending Chen Deng to Guangling Commandery early had an effect!

Handing the Chen family to the other party, he could rest easy!

Second year of Chuping, mid-July, Xuzhou

"Why did my lord ask us to come?"

"Don't know, maybe it's about the land?"

"No way, isn't the land matter already settled?"

"Shh, keep it down, my lord is inside!"

"..."

At this moment, in the side hall of the Governor's Mansion, representatives of the major noble families arrived as scheduled!

For Lin Yang inviting them over, the noble families were all confused!

They were all noble families who had offered part of their land!

Lin Yang let them come but didn't let those who didn't offer land come!

This made them a bit confused!

If he wanted to talk, shouldn't he find those noble families who didn't offer land!

"Haha, you all came, busy with affairs, a bit late!"

Just as everyone was discussing, at the entrance, Lin Yang walked in with a smile!

"Greetings, my lord!"

Everyone looked at Lin Yang's arrival and bowed respectfully!

Many of them held official positions under Lin Yang!

That was why their families were willing to take out part of their land to register!

"No need for such courtesy, since everyone is here, let's go!"

Without too much politeness, Lin Yang said a few words and then walked toward the Governor's Mansion!

Looking at the carriages prepared outside the Governor's Mansion, everyone also got into the carriages!

Then the carriages sped away, heading outside Xuzhou City!

In Lin Yang's carriage

"My lord, Zhongde, what on earth are you selling?"

Seeing that the carriages were already out of the city, Guo Jia became more and more curious!

What kind of trump card!

Made Lin Yang and Cheng Yu so confident!

"Fengxiao, don't be impatient, we'll be there soon!"

Looking at the fields outside, Lin Yang said with a light smile!

He dared to let Xuzhou noble families be tax-exempt because he had his own trump card!

After a long while, the carriages stopped in front of a vast farmland!

In the farmland here, soldiers and people were constantly busy!

Guo Jia, who got off the carriage, looked at the crops on both sides of the field, and his expression changed instantly!

On one side was rice, the ears of grain were full, and in one acre of farmland, it was a vast expanse!

And in the field on the other side, there were crops like stalks, with corn cobs hanging on them!

Just by taking a look, Guo Jia seemed to understand instantly!

"Zhongde, what is the yield per acre of this rice, and what is this crop?"

Pointing to the rice and the corn cobs on the other side, Guo Jia hurriedly asked!

He had already guessed a possibility!

"Don't be impatient, you'll know in a moment!"

Pointing to not far away, where someone had already started counting, Cheng Yu said unhurriedly!

The noble families who followed, except for Chen Deng who had seen the rice harvest in Guangling Commandery, were all confused!

"Report, my lord, this year's rice yield is 1,300 catties per acre, and the corn yield is 1,100 catties per acre!"

Not long after, the counting soldiers hurried over, reporting to Lin Yang and others with happy faces!

"What? A yield of over a thousand catties per acre?!"

In an instant, as the yield per acre appeared, the noble families like Mi Zhu who followed were all stunned!

One acre of land in the Han Dynasty only yielded two hundred catties!

The fertile land under their command yielded a bit more, but only three hundred catties!

In these fields, the rice yield actually reached over 1,300 catties?

What kind of concept was this!

The yield of this one acre of land was what their four acres of fertile land could produce!

And that corn crop they hadn't heard of!

Actually had a yield of 1,100 catties!

This was not scientific!

"No wonder, no wonder my lord is not short of grain, no wonder my lord wants to do this!"

In an instant, Guo Jia's eyes flashed, and everything was thought through!

Why Lin Yang's army was never short of grain!

And even dared to exempt the noble families from taxes!

It turned out there were such amazing rice seeds!

In an instant, looking at the large fields of rice and corn, Guo Jia's heart was terrified!

The yield of one acre of land was six times that of ordinary farmland!

What kind of concept was this!

Doesn't this mean!

Just one province of Xuzhou!

Could support the people of six provinces of the Han!

Thirteen provinces of the Han!

Doesn't this mean that with just two provinces, one could support the people of the entire Han!

"Gulp!"

Thinking of this, Guo Jia's gaze couldn't help but look at Cheng Yu beside him!

Cheng Zhongde, Cheng Zhongde!

My lord has such terrifying grain, and you didn't tell me at all!

At this moment, Guo Jia also understood!

Why Cheng Yu agreed to Lin Yang going south to Yangzhou!

According to normal development, the two provinces of Xuzhou and Yangzhou could never beat the four provinces of Youzhou, Qingzhou, Jizhou, and Bingzhou!

But if there was such grain, everything would be different!

Yangzhou was fertile and far from the center of war!

As long as Lin Yang had Yangzhou, he could send people to reclaim wasteland!

And plant these crops on a large scale!

Then Lin Yang could rely on Yangzhou to support the many soldiers under his command!

Then use Xuzhou to send troops and vie for the world!

Two provinces could beat Yuan Shao's four provinces!

"My lord, what kind of grain is this? It actually has such a yield?"