"How many mu of official farmland are there altogether within the four provinces of Ring, Kang, Peace, and Military?"
"The four provinces of Ring, Kang, Peace, and Military have a total of 13.8 billion mu of official farmland!"
"Since the second half of last year, many commoners have withdrawn from the four provinces, and quite a few powerful clans and wealthy households have left as well. Has this affected the cultivation of official farmland?"
"Since the Devil Race invasion, some commoners have withdrawn from the four provinces. In the second half of last year, some fields were indeed left fallow in certain places, and land prices everywhere plummeted. However, the official farmland in every province and county is all cultivated by frontier settlers who entered Great Xia. Frontier settlers do not have the right to leave or relocate at will, so the cultivation of official farmland has not been affected!" Seated below him, Lu Yanyu answered Zhang Tie's questions with complete fluency.
The welcome banquet held for Zhang Tie by the Agricultural Affairs Hall was already more than halfway through. Glowstone lamps had been lit one after another throughout the hall. During the meal, Zhang Tie had put on no airs, drinking and exchanging toasts with everyone. Starting with the chief officials of the Agricultural Affairs Hall, the supply commissioners from every province and county came forward in turns to toast him. Zhang Tie refused no one, his capacity for drink as vast as the sea. He merely had each toast-maker announce his name and official position before drinking with them. In that short time, though the cups were small, he had likely downed several jin of wine. Seeing that their chief had such a formidable capacity for alcohol, the atmosphere in the dining hall grew lively, and the supply