At the end of March of the ninth year of the Apocalypse, the people of Xia Kingdom did not feel much about the spring in the south.

According to the latest research by Chen Qing, agronomist at the institute, in order to ensure the fertility of the land, Xia Kingdom implemented rotation.

Due to the abundant sunshine and abundant water power, the land south of Tianqianguan harvests two seasons of rice in a year, namely May and October.

The Linhai Basin north of Tianqianguan has a mild climate and rotates all seasons. One season of rice can be harvested a year, and the harvest time is mid-June.

This is an adjustment for sustainable development, and it is also because the Xia Kingdom is no longer short of food, and other crops can be planted in the rest of the seasons.

Logically speaking, with the tropical monsoon climate south of Tianqianguan, regardless of ground abilities, one season of rice can be harvested in March and three times a year, but in this way, the consumption of land fertility is very large.

Even if there is fertilizer and long-term uncontrollable consumption of ground power will slowly consolidate the land, so that it will never grow crops.

After receiving Chen Qing's report, Yang Song discussed with Xun Yu and others and formulated such a rotation system.

Taking advantage of adjusting the production of industrial raw materials such as cotton and linen, Xia Guoyi solved the problem of land rotation, and farmers' income has greatly increased.

Although the output of staple food has decreased, there are other species to replace it, which makes the people's dining table more exciting!

This is the benefit of unified planning. If it is developed entirely by the people themselves, it is estimated that they will still be on the spot in another hundred years.

If it is driven entirely by the market economy, then capital and human nature will only displace the people and be poor.

Yang Song would not let such a thing happen, but he knew the power of capital, especially the capital that had the right to speak.

The so-called capital is a kind of short-sighted interest, only caring about the individual and immediate interests, regardless of the interests of the group and others. If Yang Song doesn't care about it, he will know the consequences!

Especially in the Xia Kingdom, which entered the steam era, the future development is moving forward rapidly with a speed visible to the naked eye. The government established by Yang Song will play the role of a regulating valve and guiding the way.

What Yang Song wants is state capital, overall capital, not the capital of a certain person or a small group. Only by treating the country as a whole can the whole make progress!

"Your Majesty! The price of cloth in the domestic market has dropped by more than half, and the clothes of the people have become colorful." Xun Yu smiled at the court meeting at the end of the month. You can tell how happy he is when he smiles from ear to ear.

Yang Song also smiled and nodded with satisfaction: "The decline in the prices of daily necessities shows that the domestic productivity is already very strong. The next step is to continue to develop productivity, develop the economy, and increase the income of the people."

Xun Yu received Yang Song's instructions and smiled and took the order seriously: "Yes, the emperor, the minister must devote himself to his work."

"Well, okay." Yang Song saw that Xun Yu had reported the situation, and turned to Li Jing: "The country already has a population of more than 2.5 million, but the army is less than 20,000. It is time to start expanding the army. You can discuss with the military advisor and formulate a charter."

The ratio of military-civilians in Xia State is more than ten times smaller than that of the forces outside the pass, which is nearly one-tenth of the military-civilians.

Although this has a good effect on the country's economic development, the war that started 100,000 at every turn outside the pass put a lot of pressure on the Xia State, which had less than 20,000 soldiers.

Although the Xia Kingdom is mainly developing at this stage, Yang Song will not ignore the indigenous wars outside the pass.

"Yes, I will accept the order." Li Jing and Liu Ji both accepted the order in unison.

"Your Majesty! Haijun Town has produced a steam-powered ship. The people in the shipyard hope that you will participate in its launch ceremony." Yang Zhongpin reported.

"Oh? I can already produce a steamship? How big is this ship? What is the design speed?" Yang Song asked happily when he heard that the steam powered ship had already been produced.

Yang Zhong replied respectfully: "This ship is transformed from a shipping sea ship, because the steam power system and coal cabin occupy a lot of places, and the carrying capacity is reduced and can only be used for inland transportation. The design speed is fifteen knots."

After hearing Yang Zhong's capable answer, you will know that he had put in a lot of effort before that and remembered all the questions that Yang Song was interested in.

"How could Gu be absent at such an important and memorable moment?" Yang Song agreed to his request to visit the Navy Town.

Although this is just a wooden steamer, it is also a very conspicuous progress for Xia Guo. Yang Song went to attend the launch ceremony and wanted to witness this moment.

The Apocalypse River where the Apocalypse City is located is also a small river. It should be considered a relatively narrow river surface, and it is more than 500 meters wide.

The location of Navy Town and Apocalypse City is very cost-effective in the inland transportation. It takes less than an hour to go downstream from the distance of more than ten kilometers.

In addition, Lincai Town, Industrial Town, Wood, Steel, Coal, etc., in the upper reaches of the Apocalypse City, many supplies are transported on the river, and the water surface of the Apocalypse River is very busy.

So this time, with faster steam-powered ships, the rapid circulation of materials along the river is very beneficial to the development of Xia Kingdom.

Moreover, not only the Apocalypse River can use such ships, but several rivers in the Linhai Basin are also useful, but there are still big problems with transporting ships from Navy Town to Linhai Town.

"Yang Zhong, let the Industrial Bureau build a shipyard in Linhai Town, and the personnel will be transferred from the shipyard in Haijun Town. There must be a shipyard in the Linhai Basin." Yang Song pondered for a long time and ordered Xun Yu.

"Yes, the emperor, the ministers and others obey the order." Yang Zhong and Zhang Yu from the Works Bureau heard Yang Song's order and bowed to accept the order.

You can't put eggs in one basket. In addition to increasing the productivity of ships, Yang Song's actions also allow the two shipyards to compete. After all, there is only competition with competition.

From the beginning to now, for nine years, the shipbuilding industry in Navy Town has developed a shipping ship based on naval frigates, and this steam-powered ship is just the second product of the shipyard.

Although it is related to Xia's overall productivity and Yang Song's macro-control, there have been only these two achievements over the years, which is a bit unreasonable.

Then other ministers then reported on some stage results and announced that they would go to court.

The next day, Yang Song boarded a passenger ship to Navy Town at the pier outside the North City to watch the launching ceremony of the steamship.

In fact, the ship could be launched a few days ago, but because Yang Song had to wait for the Grand Duke meeting to have time, so when Yang Song, the monarch, came to participate, the people from the shipyard have been waiting until now.

It took less than an hour to wait until Yang Song followed the Tianqi River to the Navy Town at the mouth of the sea.

Looking at the wooden boat in the shipyard that was still on the platform, there was only a tall chimney, no sails, and no masts. It looked like the style, it should be a freight ship.

"Let's start." When Yang Song heard Yang Zhong report everything to him, he ordered the launch ceremony to begin.

"Your Majesty has an order, and the launch ceremony will begin." Yang Zhong loudly announced the beginning of the launch ceremony.

Accompanied by fireworks and music, the water inlet of the dock was opened, and the water level of the dry dock rose rapidly, overflowing the hull, slowly lifting the steamboat.

Seeing that everything went well, Yang Songtruh smiled from the bottom of her heart and took the lead in puffing up her applause.
Chapter completed!