Valley Emperor

In the autumn of the 40th year of Xuanping, in the imperial capital, the Son of Heaven held a meeting that had a great impact on future generations, especially for the many overseas territories of the Tang Empire.

At this imperial meeting, not only cabinet members, but also military generals participated in the meeting. In addition to both civil and military officials, there was one that was also composed of civil and military officials, but it had always operated independently, and also served as a Many imperial enterprises are familiar with and have many complaints about the officials of the Import and Export Committee.

Even the Inspectorate sent people to participate, and the supervisors of the major overseas territories of the Tang Empire also came back from overseas to attend the meeting.

In the whole world, countless people are paying attention to this conference, and even the Tang Dynasty Daily has issued a special issue for several consecutive days to report on this event that is destined to affect the global situation for decades or even hundreds of years in the future. s meeting.

The first day of the meeting had just ended, and the Datang Chaobao organized reports that night, and transmitted relevant information to others through the Datang Empire's cable telegraph system.

In the special issue of the Tang Dynasty News, which was finished that night, the focus was on the major officials who participated in the meeting, and at the same time, it conveyed the theme of this meeting to the whole world: Li Xuan, the son of the emperor, specially held this meeting with all the people in the world. , to discuss how to better improve the living standards of the people all over the world, so that everyone can eat enough, wear warm clothes, and live in a house.

The Son of Heaven stated at the imperial meeting that the empire has been established for more than 40 years. Through the development of agriculture, industry and commerce, it has been achieved that most people can have enough to eat, but the people in many places still have difficulty in eating and dressing. , the problem of housing difficulties, the main energy of the subsequent empire will be on solving the interests of the people, and will be on solving the basic needs of the people.

And citing the food index proposed by the Department of Economics of the Royal Institute of Technology, we strive to reduce the food index from the current 58% to 50% within five years, and enter the stage of food and clothing for the whole people, and reduce the food index to 50% within 15 years. Forty percent, entering the stage of national prosperity.

On the first day, Datang Chaobao popularized a new concept to the whole world, that is, the food index.

This index means the proportion of food consumption required for subsistence in the total consumption of an individual.

People take food as their heaven, and food is the basis for maintaining human survival. Therefore, when talking about the living standard of people in a place, it is only necessary that their consumption of food accounts for the proportion of consumption.

To put it simply, if a person consumes 100 Tang Yuan in one year, but spends 50 Tang Yuan on food, then the food index is 50%.

The higher the income, the higher the available expenditure, and the lower the food price, the less money you spend on food, and the more you spend on other fields, such as housing, clothes, education, travel, etc. .

Of course, this coefficient also has flaws. For example, in Songjiang Prefecture, many middle-income groups have high incomes and local food is not expensive, so their food index is very low, but their housing is extremely expensive. Single-family apartments in the suburbs are not cheap, plus the cost of commuting to and from the urban area, so many middle-income class lives are not as chic as they imagined.

This is mainly because these people don’t need to learn from the rich and live in the suburbs. They also set up private carriages, hire a servant, and take their family to restaurants every few days to travel. Come and complain that the single-family small western-style building in this suburb costs several thousand Tang Yuan...

But, who asked you to buy such an expensive house? The houses in the urban area are much cheaper, and it is convenient to go to work. Why do you have to learn from the rich and live in the suburbs...

You said that the urban area is heavily smoky and the air in the suburbs is good, so you cannot live in the urban area, but you must live in the suburbs for your health.

This is hypocritical, isn't it? Haven't you seen that people in many parts of the empire still can't eat? Why don't you take a breath of smog? Many people want to live in a big city and take a breath of smog, but they can't breathe!

The real poor will not complain that a small foreign building on the outskirts of Songjiang City costs thousands or even tens of thousands of Tang Yuan. What they complain about is that the family's food expenditure this month has increased by one Tang Yuan or two Tang Yuan!

Therefore, in most cases in the current Datang Dynasty, it is relatively accurate to use the food index to judge the local living standard.

On the second day of the conference, Professor Feng Yong from the Department of Economics of the Royal Institute of Technology made a report on the imperial food products, food sources, prices, etc. at the imperial conference. The important minister said in a heavy tone: "Judging from the arable land area of ​​the empire and the current cultivation technology, it is difficult for the food production of the empire to meet the huge needs of the empire's hundreds of millions of people!"

"If we want hundreds of millions of people in the empire to truly live a well-fed life and reduce the food index to 50% or even 40%, we must take a longer view~www.wuxiaspot.com ~ Farther away!"

"The arable land of the empire is on a global scale, only occupying less than 20% of the land, which also means that there are still more than 80% of the arable land in the world. The problem of insufficient food in the Empire!"

"Taking North America as an example, just under our empire's rule in North America, the preliminary estimate of the arable land area has reached nearly 3 million square kilometers!"

"And throughout North and South America, the arable land area is estimated to be at least 5 million square kilometers!"

"Once it is successfully developed, it means that there will be dozens of Jiangnan Roads in the empire!"

"In addition, in Europe, including Eastern Europe, Central and Western Europe, there is also huge arable land dominated by plains, and the potential for agricultural development is huge!"

"The Indian peninsula, Africa and other regions are natural granaries that have not yet been developed. Among them, the Gehe Plain and the South African Plain, which we have initially developed, are small in area, but they are very surrounding, and the grain output is huge."

After finishing a series of words, Professor Feng Yong announced the end of the report.

In fact, a lot of what he said was known to the public and not secret, but he said it in such a major meeting, especially when a vote of important officials heard that there are at least five million square kilometers of arable land in the Americas After the area, everyone is calculating, how much food can be grown in such a large area.

How many people can this food feed?

Relying on these grains, the food index can be pulled down to a level below 40% or even lower in minutes.

After Prof. Feng Yong's report, the Geology Department under the Ministry of Industry made a report on the distribution and exploitation of resources in local and overseas areas.

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