The end of the Ming Dynasty swept the world

Chapter 401

That night, Pu Zhixuan and Zhang Meng met with Ding Yi one after another, but they didn't know what they talked about. Anyway, when they came out, both of them were smiling and very happy.

The next day, Park Zhixuan announced in his capacity as the magistrate of Dajing County that all the land on the island would be owned by General Ding.

The Han Korean officials who originally owned the fields screamed in alarm, and many Korean and Han people planted their own fields, and they were also furious.

The Mongols also have a lot of fields, but now those who raise horses concentrate on raising horses, and they don’t need to farm to get food. Those who raise cattle and sheep only need to raise good sheep, and they can also sell them to Ding Yi for a lot of money to buy grain.

So the Mongols' fields were confiscated, but there was no response.

Pu Zhixuan also said that General Ding rented it out to everyone. He already has fertile land, and the tax per mu will be [-]% in the future.

Now the Han Chinese and Koreans who came out of their own farming were overjoyed.

Because in the past, although the land belonged to them, they had to pay [-]% of the tax.

Although Ding Yi has collected their fields now, he only collects [-]% of the tax, which is a full [-]% less.

Some big households responded most violently, but the biggest ones, such as Chen Haisheng and Lin Zhixuan, who have more than 1000 mu, all took refuge in Ding Yi and offered it automatically.

It is useless for the remaining small and large households to resist, they can only accept it, and even though they have a lot of land, they still have to pay [-]% of the tax.

Someone asked Pu Zhixuan, how much land can each household rent?

Park Zhixuan said, according to the family's adult labor force (Ding Yi designated as 18-45 years old), each adult labor force is five mu per household.

There are now more than 7 people on the island, and a labor force of about [-]. After removing the Mongols, there are about [-].

In this way, [-] mu will be divided.

There are still more than 5 mu, which will be divided according to the population of each household.

Equivalent to average distribution, basically every household has fields.

Now there are no tenants on the island, and there are no big households, and all are distributed equally.

This kind of equal distribution is definitely not good for later generations, because there are many lazy people and all kinds of people who don’t want to work, and it’s useless if you give them the land.

But in this day and age, most people dream of having a field, dreaming of growing food, and everyone will cherish it after sharing it.

Especially in North Korea, their sense of hierarchy is even more serious than that of the Ming Dynasty.

The country is divided into five classes, the clan, the two classes, the middle class, the common people, and the untouchables.

Most of Jeju Island are civilians and untouchables, and they will cherish it very much if they can get a field.

And Ding Yi's tax is [-]%, which is even lower than that in North Korea.

Pu Zhixuan said again, General Ding encouraged everyone to stock up on more new land.

From now on, each household will store [-] mu more, and the tax will be [-]%.

If you hoard an extra [-] mu, the tax will be [-]%.

If you hoard more than [-] mu and more, the tax will be [-]%.

There are more than 50 fertile fields in Jeju Island, and there are some hills, which can be planted after deep plowing and leveling.

In the past, the population of Jeju Island was limited, as long as there was enough to eat, no one cared about it.

Now Ding Yi encourages new hoarding. If there is a lot of labor in the family, he will definitely go to cultivate new fields.

Someone asked, what should I do if I grow too much grain? Will you help me sell it?
Pu said that General Ding would accept it at eight coins per stone.

This price is not high, but it is not low in North Korea, at least it is higher than the surplus grain they sold before.

Someone asked, can other materials be used instead of taxes?
Because North Korea used to be able to use special products instead.

Of course, Park said.

Fruits and seafood are all available.

The county government will release specific materials and corresponding prices later, which change every year and will be announced in advance.

Everyone thinks it's fair.

Because in the past, the North Korean official said how much was counted.

Of course, Ding Yi still counts as much as he says, but Ding Yi is definitely not as black as North Korean officials.

Ding Yi also encouraged everyone to grow more fruits, raise more seafood, and hunt for furs.

As long as each household reaches a certain amount, the tax can be reduced.

Under Ding Yi's various measures and encouragement, the Koreans in Jeju Island began to be keen on reclaiming new fields, or cultivating more fruits, catching more seafood, and fishing more.

Then Pu Zhixuan said that there are more than 6 North Koreans and Han Chinese, about 3000 households, which is the same as the Mongolians. One person is drawn from every five households, and [-] people are needed.

Including the 500 people drawn by the Mongolians, a total of 500 people were drawn. The families of those who were drawn were exempted from tax for three years, and the draw was repeated after three years.

The people were in an uproar, and everyone was eager to win the lottery.

1000 of them and the Mongols were to be trained as soldiers.

The other 2000 people are the construction army, responsible for all kinds of new buildings on the island, including the expanded port and additional shipyards that Ding Yi needs.

Because the tax has been exempted after being drawn, Ding Yi does not pay a salary, but only provides three meals.

In this way, everyone hoped to be drawn.

In early May, Ding Yi was preparing to return home.

Before returning to China, Wei Jiye, Xiang Huailai, Pu Zhixuan, Zhang Meng, Chen Haisheng, and Zhong Zhennu from Lushun, Fang Yingxiang, Luo Caiyou and others were called together to discuss matters.

Zhong Zhennu has been in charge of infrastructure construction in Lushun from the beginning to the present. He will be specially transferred to build Jeju Island and is very experienced.

Seven or eight people, including Fang Yingxiang and Luo Caiju, are all young talents trained by Lushun's own school in the past few years. Fang Yingxiang and others are shipwrights, and Luo Caiyou and others are teachers.

Ding Yi looked at everyone and said in a deep voice, "Establish Jeju Prefecture."

"Zhong Zhennu is the magistrate, responsible for all government affairs, civil affairs, financial and trade matters of Jeju Prefecture."

"Jeju Prefecture consists of civil affairs department (stocking fields, planting fruits, fishing, etc.), education department (cultivating craftsmen, teachers and students), craftsmanship department (maintenance of guns and guns, not built here but repairs) construction department (various infrastructure, including Warehouse construction) Trade department (shops, bathrooms, theaters, etc., various money-making matters) Animal husbandry department (raising horses and cattle and sheep.)”

Most of the heads of various departments are newcomers from Lushun. Among them, Wei Jiye from the trade department is part-time, Chen Haisheng is the deputy, and Zhong Zhennu is part-time in the construction department.

Zhang Meng from the civil affairs department is the deputy, and Tu Zheer from the animal husbandry department is the deputy.

Everyone was appointed an official, and several people were very excited.

Although this official seems to have a wrong name, no one finds it strange, and everyone is very happy.

Dajing County was changed to Tengyun County, which is the main area for raising horses. Pu Zhixuan continued to be the county magistrate, but most of the officials below were replaced by people from Lushun.

Jingyi County was changed to Yitian County, with Wei Jiyi as the county magistrate, where farming was mainly done.

Zhong Zhennu has extensive infrastructure and logistics experience in Lushun and Phi Island, and Wei Jiyi also cooperated well with Dengzhou and Du Ruhai in the early stage.

Ding Yi called the two of them to come here, and asked them to focus on building Jeju Island, and to build Jeju Island into Ding Yi's rear, a new base.

Ding Yi finally said: "The land here is fertile and rich in specialties. You must work hard for me to farm, raise cattle and sheep, grow fruits, raise horses, and continuously create value for me."

"In the future, I will continue to improve manpower and material support here."

Ding Yi said that he will immigrate from Dengzhou in the future, and move some of the refugees and disaster victims here, trying to make the most Han people.

The succeeding Han people were first divided into one part for farming, another part for fruit growing, another part for fishing, and another part for cooking salt and so on.

The salt field does not need to be large, and it is guaranteed to be self-sufficient, because it does not need to be sold, so that there is no need to transport salt outside in the future.

Whether it is other fruits or aquatic products, they must be expanded.

Ding Yi treats every occupation on the island as a factory, and they all do one thing professionally.

In this way, it will be equivalent to an industrial zone, with various factories and various supplies for him.

Ding Yi said to Zhong Zhen again that he would draw out [-] construction troops to build houses first to resettle immigrants in the future, and then expand the wharf and port.

Then build shipyards, craftsmen and other places.

Later, people will be drawn from the refugees, and the number will be kept at least [-].

Zhong Zhennu wrote down one by one.

In the end, Ding Yi left Xiang Huailai with [-] soldiers and horses to garrison, and at the same time trained [-] newly recruited soldiers and horses.

In early May, return to Phi Island.

(End of this chapter)