Xinshun 1730

Chapter 910 Nanyang Development ([-])
"Conditions and so on, that's easy to talk about. At least one, working in Nanyang can make you full, isn't that enough?"

The retired military officer who came to accept people gave a condition that the victims could not refuse.

The world at this time is extremely magical in the eyes of future generations.

On the other side of the world, indentured slaves in Massachusetts are rioting to protest that they can only eat lobster every day.

So much so that the colonial government had to issue a policy that farmers were not allowed to eat lobster for slaves more than three times a week.

Northern lobster, South watermelon.

On the other side of the ocean, good people like Dashun who are not slaves or indentured slaves are eagerly looking forward to a bowl of relief porridge. Everyone's bowl does not need to be washed, and it can be licked clean by just licking.

Liu Yu had already told those businessmen that there was no need to consider the so-called "year of disaster" when recruiting people from Dashun to Nanyang, especially the Huanghuai area.

Because since the Yellow River went south, northern Jiangsu and southern Jiangsu have been disaster years almost every year.People don't refer to the sun also rising as a "gifted opportunity", just as an inevitable backdrop.

The embarrassment here is that it is impossible to go to Nanyang spontaneously, and Kenmeng is too far to go to the east of the Guandong. The embarrassing location makes the "excess" population here only a large number of deaths.

The rotten scars here have never been resolved from the Song Dynasty to the present.Now Dashun finally started to solve this problem, and he used what seemed to be a rather ruthless method.But the reality is like this, the life of a Huanghuai commoner in Dashun is really not as valuable as a leg of a black slave with an average price of 150 taels.

However, this is the case, once a person is full, he still needs some dreams.

Dashun can learn from the experience of Virginia Company.When eating corn pumpkins together, they are all satisfied; once there are enough corn pumpkins, the company can only divide the land and engage in leasing and rent collection to ensure the company's profits.

In the end, some land must be allocated as "hope".

The human trafficker who came to collect people talked about some treatment after eating a full meal.

There is no salary for the first three years, and the salary for the first three years will be used as the boat ticket and the food expenses for the three years.

After three years, wages begin.

However, food expenses will still be deducted.

Or, you can choose not to deduct the food expenses, but share a small piece of land, take care of your own food, and go to work every day to earn wages.

The former is considered a labor system.

The latter is actually a variant of serfdom.

Because the small piece of land allocated can only guarantee basic survival.

Plant some pumpkins, sweet potatoes, cassava, etc., to ensure that you don't starve to death.Then go to work on the plantation every day to make money.

It has to be said that people who work in the same line have similar thoughts.The system that caused millions of Irish deaths from potatoes was not learned, but taught.

This is also the result of the game between those who decided to go to Nanyang and Liu Yu. They think that in a pure wage system, the minimum wage must ensure that people will not starve to death, and even the rest of their family will not starve to death, which will cost more.

However, if a small piece of land is allocated and they are allowed to provide for their own food, but it is impossible to rely on farming to complete the accumulation of the transition to self-cultivating farmers, then all plantations are even exempted from food expenses.

These people can also accept lower wages, reducing costs.

With so many plantations, there must be a unified regulatory law.

Under the game between the two sides, Liu Yu didn't care. The fate of these people was in their own hands. If they were transported there first, they would naturally find ways to fight for their own interests in the future.

It should be said that the life of these plantations is better than the sugar cane plantations in Batavia.

After all, there was no residence permit at that time, and the boss would report to the Dutch to do hard labor to scare those people into accepting the minimum wage.Dashun occupied Nanyang and encouraged emigration, at least this was not feasible.

Moreover, the plantation model solves the problem of "small farmers are scattered potatoes". Hundreds of thousands of people gather together to work together, and it is easy to do something and spread some ideas.

Since he has the idea that his destiny must be fought by himself, Liu Yu has not implemented some charity or gift-style welfare system.

The final conditions are quite favorable to these investors.

Include the annual death rate, just make sure it's not too far-fetched.

After talking about these conditions with the county magistrate of Funing, he took out the draft regulations, in black and white.

The county magistrate of Funing read these regulations page by page, nodded and said: "It can be regarded as a labor relief, which is also a good thing. Since the Song Dynasty, here has been poor every year, and there are troubles every year. If you can go to Nanyang and survive , it was a good deed.”

"Then how many people are you going to want?"

The trafficker said: "I'll take 1500 first. There can't be too many people at a time, and food must be prepared along the way, otherwise it will be a problem to reach the port. Except here, Jiangsu is suffering everywhere, and people from other places also need to go in batches. Gather one place , and then go to sea."

"If we can't go today, people will come to collect people in a few days. Judging by the situation, it is estimated that we will have to go to the water next spring to go down. The wind is good all winter, and it is a good time to go to Nanyang. There is no rush. .”

"Didn't the imperial court allocate a batch of food relief? It will be enough until April and May next year."

"However, when I came, I was instructed to count the heads, and you can't report false numbers."

The county magistrate understood that this was because the imperial court was afraid that the two sides would report false numbers, and that the relief food vacated by the false numbers would be shared by partnerships.Sui said: "You and I don't know each other well. You follow your rules, and I follow mine. Let's be honest, count the number of people, and after we have done the delivery, sign and make a deposit so that we won't be confused in the future. "

The human trafficker also nodded in agreement, and said, "I'm going to bother my lord. There are some things here, and I still need my lord to help. I just don't know if it can be done within three days?"

When the County Magistrate of Funing heard this, he couldn't help but shook his head with a smile and said, "You have been in the army for a long time, how do you know how different things are in the army and local affairs? Three days? I think, thirty days If it can be done, it will be regarded as a high incense."

"There is a saying that a broken house is worth tens of thousands. Although this place is saline and alkaline, there are many floods and droughts, but some people still have two or three acres of land in their homes. Once people leave, how will the land be counted?"

"Also, whoever is willing to leave, who doesn't owe debts? In this place, those who can live without debts will not leave; those who are willing to leave must owe debts. The gentry have their own places to hide from the flood, but the family members But it’s not so easy to leave if you owe a debt. How do you pay the debt?”

"Things in a county are trivial, and they are not comparable to orders and prohibitions in the military."

The trafficker hurriedly said: "Didn't you also think about this matter? The Duke said that the land should be divided by the skin and the bone. Those who leave will take the bone deed... Even if it is sold now, no one will buy it. Donate the field skin to others to plant first, and talk about the future in the future. If it is done well there, who is willing to come back and ask for an acre or two of land? It’s not enough for a boat ticket.”

"If people just die there and have no descendants, that's it. It's easy."

"As for the debts owed... Isn't there a law in the court? The highest usury is doubled, and the county government will match it up, write the IOU, and let the person go. I will pay it back in the future... In fact, the adults also know that staying here is fine. If it’s not enough, it’s going to be a lot of money in the future.”

The county magistrate of Funing said in his heart, the higher-ups came up with an idea, but the lower-level ones broke their legs.A small field of three mu or two mu is the most troublesome and mixed.

Move your lips up and down, we are going to be busy doing things.

As for the debt thing, hey, what's that called?The county government came to guarantee?The county government came to guarantee, how to guarantee?
It doesn't matter to us, anyway, the head tax is spread, one less person, one more person, it will have no effect on the county.

But the creditors didn't let people go, and came to talk about it again. Isn't this trouble all on our shoulders.

Even the imperial court only said that there was a famine and relief.But I didn't dare to say that when the disaster year comes, the debt will be canceled directly.

The court doesn't say this, but we do things that offend people?

The county magistrate stroked his beard and said: "The duke's contacts are all big businessmen. It is said that the wrong has its head and the debt has its owner. In my opinion, since you are not willing to pay the debt in advance, is it possible to pay the debt?" The debt is transferred to you, and you help deduct it from the wages?"

"I also know that you are afraid of trouble. But this is the case. Those who are not in debt can live on. Who will leave? But of those who are willing to leave, seven out of ten owe money Woolen cloth."

"There are big businessmen over there, so put the money on top first, and deduct it from the wages in the future."

The trafficker shook his head and said, "It's definitely not okay. If you pay the debt here, you'll die if you leave?"

The county magistrate sighed and said: "If this is the case, it is really difficult for me to let people go. It is only natural to pay back the debt. Even if there is a profit exceeding Da Shun's law, it is enough to deduct the super interest, but It can’t be said that it’s completely exempted. I really don’t care here. The poll tax is gone. What’s the use of keeping people? But the creditors here..."

After a pause, the county magistrate had no choice but to say: "Although Funing is a small county, it is poor and has many disasters. But not all of them are coastal places with saline alkali. There are also a few cases in the western city..."

"Guogong is not an ordinary person, so Guogong thinks this is easy. But us people, it is difficult. How about... I can talk to them again? According to what you said, ask them if they are willing. Even if they are willing , how many years to pay back the money? This has to be explained clearly, don’t you think so?”

"If you really want to pay it back, who will be the guarantee? You can't go to Nanyang to ask for debts for the few cents, right?"

The trafficker couldn't help scolding: "Haven't you all learned the books of sages and sages, and talked about benevolence and righteousness?"

The county magistrate said helplessly: "Building bridges and repairing roads is a charitable deed, and donating money for disaster relief in disaster years is also a charitable deed. But if you should collect rent, you still have to collect rent, and if you should lend money, you still have to lend. These are two different things."

"You were paid by the army before, so it's not easy to say that you don't need military pay if you are loyal to the emperor and patriotic, isn't it? Isn't this a reason?"

"Collecting the rent and waiting for the disaster year to provide some relief is a kind and benevolent act. If you don't collect the rent directly, how can the scholars in the world live?"

"It's the most radical Yan Xizhai's idea of ​​Juntian Jingtian. He also said that those who pass the imperial examination can still keep the land and collect rent. Only the land that can't pass the imperial examination."

"Collecting rent and lending money is a matter of course. This is the rule of the world. Even Emperor Taizong didn't say it was changed."

"How can this be confused with benevolence and righteousness?"

(End of this chapter)