"Leather boots. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ”

Niu Ben and other generals suddenly came to their senses.

Lu Fei then asked, "Your Highness, what are leather boots?" ”

Now the Qingzhou Army wears cloth shoes, which always make Xiao Ming a little awkward with the dark green military uniform of the Qingzhou Army, so he is ready to develop the leather shoe industry in Qingzhou.

After all, leather boots are more durable than cloth shoes, and adding a layer of velvet can also keep them warm, so that the soldiers are not afraid of the cold.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step, and the development of the shoemaking industry can also provide a large number of jobs for Qingzhou, so as to further digest the displaced people, not to mention that he also has a complete set of production technology from cowhide to leather shoes.

"It's not clear now, but when the boots come out, you'll be clear." Xiao Ming snorted.

When the generals heard this, they suddenly sighed lowly.

In addition to the problem of food, Pang Yukun also talked about the current resettlement of the victims of the fiefdom, the development of various prefectures and counties, and the income and expenditure of the fiefdom this year.

Generally speaking, because the Northern Expedition was financed by a large number of merchants, Qingzhou's finances were surplus this year, and the surplus silver was invested in infrastructure construction and the establishment of public offices.

For Xiao Ming, his strength is to disseminate knowledge, so this universal education is particularly important, the more talents, the more they can be allocated to all walks of life to promote the development of the industry.

Then Xiao Wenxuan reported on the situation of the government itself.

After Xiao Ming proposed that the officials perform their own duties, and gave Pang Yukun a textbook on the setting of the government institutions, he can refine the functions of the government office.

According to Xiao Ming's idea, the state government is now equivalent to a municipal government, and the municipal government will set up departments in charge of construction, agriculture, and commerce to refine the management of the fiefdom, so as to not only reduce the monopoly of power by some officials, but also reduce unprofessional interference.

"Well, in general, all the affairs of the fiefdom are improving, not bad." Xiao Ming looked excited, he looked at Li Kaiyuan again at this time and said: "Kaiyuan, this time the king signed a business agreement in Chang'an, from now on the royal land, King Wei and King Yong will not collect taxes on the Chamber of Commerce, now the Chamber of Commerce can be said to have no burden of heavy taxes, you have to fight for breath, and continue to expand the profits of the Chamber of Commerce." ”

"The agreement is signed!" Li Kaiyuan almost jumped up from his chair, and he said excitedly: "Your Highness, is this true?" ”

"Of course it's true." Xiao Ming tapped the table with his fingers, "This king is now doing his best to open the way for your chamber of commerce, if you can't bring enough profits to this king, be careful that this king will punish you." ”

Li Kaiyuan smiled and said: "Your Highness, if this agreement is signed, the profits of our Chamber of Commerce can definitely be tripled, Your Highness can rest assured, if you can't bring three times the profits of the past to Your Highness, Your Highness will come to see you." ”

Xiao Ming nodded when he heard this, "Well, it's good that you know it in your heart." ”

Li Kaiyuan laughed happily, this commercial agreement is not only tax exemption, at the same time, the merchants of the Qingzhou Chamber of Commerce also have extraterritorial jurisdiction in the place where the agreement is signed, that is, the merchants of Qingzhou are not restricted by the local law, so as to avoid being arrested by the local government for various unwarranted reasons.

Compared with tax exemption, Li Kaiyuan attaches more importance to this, because the Chamber of Commerce has had several incidents of businessmen being arrested and extorted by the local government, and because of this, Xiao Ming added extraterritoriality to the agreement.

After understanding the basic situation of the fiefdom, Xiao Ming announced the dismissal of the meeting, leaving only Li Kaiyuan and Pang Yukun to stay.

"Your Highness, is it for the sake of potatoes that the two of us were left behind?" Pang Yukun asked.

Xiao Ming nodded, "That's right, now that the potatoes are down, the next thing is to promote the potatoes, your government is responsible for taking the potatoes down to the fiefdom to popularize potatoes, and this king and Li Kaiyuan are trying to sell some of the potatoes." ”

"Sell! Your Highness, even if 3,000 acres of land is 32 stones per acre, it is only 96,000 stone potatoes, these potato fiefdoms are not enough, why sell them. Pang Yukun said urgently.

He now treats potatoes as treasures, and whoever touches them is in a hurry.

Xiao Ming naturally has his own reasons, a potato is not easy to preserve, under normal circumstances, it is good that potatoes can be stored for several months without germinating, and as soon as potatoes sprout and turn green, potatoes are equivalent to being poisonous and inedible.

At the same time, according to Xiao Ming's understanding, potatoes belonged to high-end food when they first appeared, and they were eaten among the nobles, which means that the price is not cheap.

After telling Pang Yukun his reasons, Pang Yukun suddenly realized.

"Ninety-six thousand stone is sold for 16,000 stone, and part of the remaining potatoes are selected for high-quality seeds to be raised, and the rest is used as dishes for the army and academies, how about it?" Xiao Ming said.

Pang Yukun nodded at this time, "It's okay, the reputation of this potato spreads, and a large number of merchants will come to buy the potato harvest next year." ”

Li Kaiyuan was counting how many stones the potatoes sold for, and he said: "Your Highness, these potatoes are so delicious, it is better to sell them for thirty taels of silver and one stone." ”

"This price is dozens of times more expensive than rice, and these businessmen may not buy it, so let's do it, the Chamber of Commerce will hang out the potato news, and at the same time, Benwang will let the newspaper focus on reporting potatoes, and the hot air balloon will also be advertised." Xiao Ming said.

The three of them agreed to go back and prepare.

Xiao Ming returned to the palace and wrote a manuscript, which was naturally an introduction to potatoes, and at the same time he also introduced some characteristics of potatoes, such as green sprouted potatoes cannot be eaten, how to preserve potatoes and other common sense.

The reason for doing this is the same as the precautions for the use of briquette stoves that he asked the newspaper a few days ago to avoid fatal accidents caused by incorrect use.

When the manuscript was finished, he sent it to the newspaper office, and the newspaper published it overnight.

At the same time, Pang Yukun went to the slave plantation, and Kui Wu had been harvesting potatoes that day, and when he arrived at the plantation, he asked about the harvest of potatoes.

This time the potato Kuiwu is selected to plant high-quality potato seedlings, but because of the uneven fertilizer, the harvest is still high and low, the low is 20 stones, and the high is more than 30 stones, which is generally good.

A total of about 90,000 stone was harvested from 3,000 acres of land.

When Li Kaiyuan returned to the Chamber of Commerce, he immediately spread the matter of potatoes to the merchants of the Chamber of Commerce, and at the same time posted a notice at the door of the Chamber of Commerce, officially launching potatoes, a new Qingzhou commodity.

The next day, as soon as the newspaper came out, the word potato immediately became a hot term in Qingzhou City, and the hot air balloon hanging a huge potato advertising slogan from Qingzhou swaggered by, which made the astute businessmen immediately smell the business opportunity and hurriedly ran to the Chamber of Commerce.

(To be continued.) )