C1172 Nanyang Reclamation (1/2)

The two brothers came out together with the Patriarch and old shopkeeper, they were extremely familiar with the food business.

After thousands of years of agricultural development, the potential of land in the Central Plains had long been exhausted. The desertification in the Guanzhong Plain had become more and more serious, and the drought in Shanxi had become more and more severe.

The country of Tiangfu in Sichuan was blessed by the ancestral water conservancy system. The people's lives were not bad, but it was difficult for the grain of Sichuan Plain to be integrated into the grain trading system of the Central Plains due to the difficulty of Sichuan Dao.

Right now, the Great Qing's food veins were in the two lakes area and the Jiangnan area. Only these two areas could have some food production surplus.

Manchu would not give it to the Han Chinese. Through the canals and water system, a large amount of food was transported to the outskirts of the capital. The large flag men group were like parasites that relied on these food and local taxes to survive.

The Four Seas Trading Company and the Mi family grain store, these two great grain trusts had long obeyed Xiao Letian's orders and did a thorough investigation of the grain industry. The result was shocking.

If there were natural disasters or wars in China, they would certainly cause a very serious famine, and once it happened, it would engulf the entire country.

In front of the Great Famine, the State of Heavenly Province of Sichuan would quickly close down and lock the food in the basin. It did not matter if it was not locked, as the transportation system of the Great Qing at that time did not allow for the delivery of the food.

Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei, Jiangsu and Zhejiang are relatively safe areas in the disaster area. As for the rest, they relied on shipping and river transportation to cover some of the narrower areas. They could also rely on imports to eat some of the expensive food.

This was the only safe place in the entire Qing Dynasty. The remaining provinces would all have super famines. The number of people who starved to death would definitely be in the billions.

The results of the investigation made everyone panic. When Xiao Letian closed the documents, he walked in front of the researchers and bowed deeply towards the humble merchants.

”Thank you for your hard work. Thank you for uncovering the cruel truth …” Right now, the problem of rations for the Chinese is not something that the Great Qing Empire can solve, nor is it something that the corrupt officials and merchants from Qing Dynasty can save! ”

”Besides you, hundreds of millions of Chinese people will have no hope! ”Only you, only you newly established Chinese merchants, and only you Chinese Shang who still have justice and morals in your hearts can save them …”

”I'll replace the hundreds of millions of citizens. I'll have to entrust all of you with developing Nan Yang's life saving rations. If that day really comes …” I just hope that there won't be a tragedy in which he changes his son! Even if all of you are doing this for your children, all of you must work hard! ”

The Confucian Merchant, Chinese Shang? These two names were so heavy that they pressured the executives of the two grain trading trusts to kneel down. They had originally been working hard to develop the markets of Nan Yang, and now that they had the orders from the Prime Minister, how could they dare not work hard?

When they thought back to the situation back then, Tian Lin and Niu Jincai's eyes reddened. They took out their handkerchiefs and wiped their tears, then looked back at the farmlands in front of them.

Black smoke was rising from the horizon. It was because the pioneering team was burning the land and the Chinese had an unusual love for modifying the land. They had collected a lot of Fierce Flame Oil from the Brunei, which was the oil that the westerner was familiar with.

In the original rainforest, this fiery oil, which could not be extinguished by the heavy rain, became a powerful tool to open up human territory.