Brother Zhu Youxiao

Chapter 481 Set sail
"By the first day of July, the households of Qimin in the three provinces outside the customs were registered, and the cultivated land of the registered households after land measurement is as follows..."

"There are 430 households in Donghai Province, with a population of 24 people and 290 acres of arable land. All the cultivated land has been distributed, and the grain is about [-] shi."

“漠东省17万八千690七户，口71万5000人整，耕地190六万四千三百零九亩，粮食缺口300万石左右。”

“北山省三万一千320七户，口一13万二千790三人，耕地41万六千520七亩，粮食缺口120万石左右。”

"In addition, Liaodong..."

"Including Liaodong, the population of the four northeastern provinces is 880 people, the amount of cultivated land is 320 mu, and the food shortage is about 660 million shi."

In mid-July, when Bi Ziyan, Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, brought the latest data from the four provinces outside the customs to the Changchun Palace and reported to Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youjian had a general understanding of the situation in the Northeast.

"However, the four provinces have more than 600 million mu of grassland, which is enough to graze cattle, sheep and horses by tens of millions. If meat is provided properly, the food shortage may be reduced to [-] million shi."

Bi Ziyan told the situation in the Northeast one by one, and Zhu Youjian leaned back on his chair and replied:
"That is to say, based on the average yield of seven buckets of rice per mu in the four northeastern provinces, Guochao needs to reclaim at least 900 million mu of arable land to meet local needs and make it self-sufficient?"

"Exactly..." Bi Ziyan bowed back, and Zhu Youjian heard that he had settled the account.

If manpower is used, it is not very difficult to reclaim the Northeast Plain. For the nearly 900 million people in the four provinces, 900 million mu of arable land is just one year. It can be directly cultivated in the second year, but the output is basically only five buckets. Follow-up It will rise slowly.

In other words, pure human development requires at least 500 million mu, because the grain yield per mu of newly reclaimed fields is not enough.

However, this is the most ideal situation, because at present, a large number of people in the four northeastern provinces are still concentrated in Liaodong. Therefore, it is necessary to increase the reclamation efforts before the people can go to Liaodong for reclamation.

"Your Highness, do you want to transfer all the tractors to the four northeastern provinces, and move the villages in groups according to what you said?"

Bi Ziyan's sudden opening made Zhu Youjian frown slightly.

Relocation of villages, this is a policy established by Zhu Youjian, that is, to forcibly relocate half of the population of a village, that is, to instantly divide the population of Liaodong Province, which is currently 780 million people, and forcibly relocate 390 million people to the north.

Of course, this kind of forced relocation is not free, but a certain number of tractors will be distributed to the village collective as a unit.

For example, Daming currently has more than 3000 tractors. If a village has 1000 people and each village distributes three tractors, the northeast villages will add 1 villages, but Daming needs at least [-] tractors.

This process is going on slowly, but even with the current 100 tractors, at least [-] villages can be moved northward, which means [-] million people.

However, Bi Ziyan's proposal is tantamount to grabbing jobs from the mouth of Qi State and delaying the development of Qi State.

Zhu Youjian didn't frown because of his own personal reasons. He felt that what Bi Ziyan said was not good, but he felt that Bi Ziyan also proposed this when he knew that Qi State needed tractors and the tractors had been transferred to Qi State. Suggestion, that actually means that you don't want Zhu Youjian to go to Qi State, and want to slow down the construction of Qi State.

Zhu Youjian couldn't bear to be harsh on Bi Ziyan, an old minister who was devoted to Ming Dynasty, so he explained:
"More than 3000 tractors have been transported away, and it is estimated that they have arrived in Yingzhou and are on the way to Qi with Jin Xuan."

"As for the affairs of Qi, you don't have to worry. The construction of Qi will take more than ten years to take shape."

What Zhu Youjian said was very cryptic, that is, he would not leave Daming until Qi State took shape.

When Bi Ziyan heard the words, he didn't say anything, but bowed.

Seeing this, Zhu Youjian also said, "Your words are good, but you have your own considerations."

"How about this..." Zhu Youjian thought for a while, and prepared some policies to attract people from Liaodong Province to go north.

According to the original policy, one tractor for ten people, a village of 1000 people must have at least one hundred tractors, and Daming's tractors this year will definitely be shipped to Qi.

As for next year, the old port may be able to temporarily suspend industrial development. After all, it is too far away. It will take time to transport grain to the north, so we can satisfy the north first.

Therefore, of the [-] tractors next year, in addition to the [-] from Qiguo and Beishan, there are still [-] tractors that can be used by Zhu Youjian, which can satisfy [-] villages.

"From next year, one-third of the tractors will be shipped to Qi, one-third to Beishan, and the remaining one-third will be distributed to the people who have relocated to the three provinces outside the customs."

After Zhu Youjian finished talking about his relocation arrangements, Bi Ziyan quickly asked, "What about the people who were relocated before?"

"For those who have familiar land, don't worry about it for the time being. Let them wait for the land reclamation people to have tractors before sending them to them."

"People who don't have familiar land but are opening up wasteland will be distributed according to one out of ten households."

"This..." Bi Ziyan was stunned when Zhu Youjian said ten households and one household, and immediately bowed: "Is ten households and one household too much?"

"If this standard is followed, the country will relocate at most [-] households every year..."

10 households sounds like a lot, but if you calculate it is at most 300 people, if you relocate [-] people a year, how many years will it take to relocate [-] million people?
Bi Ziyan's worry was nothing to Zhu Youjian, he said with a flick of his sleeve:

"If you don't want to distribute more relocation food, you can only come up with this method."

"Besides, the industrial zone is being built every day. Next year there will only be [-], but the year after that may be [-], and the year after that will be [-]!"

"In addition, there is also a queue for the tractors. The people moving north will move in groups of ten households, and twenty groups will form a village. Tractors will be supplied from north to south."

The more north you go, the more difficult it is to cultivate, and the main supply of tractors is to the people in the north, so that they can be self-sufficient as soon as possible and pay taxes for the court.

"But if this is the case, among the machines that Guochao distributes every year, only those sent to Qi can recover the cost, and for the other two-thirds of the tractors, Guochao can only lose a few hundred thousand taels a year."

Bi Ziyan told Zhu Youjian about this in advance, and continued after speaking:

"This year, the Ministry of Household Affairs has owed more than 1000 million taels to the Finance Department. If the Northeast is relocated, according to the means of distributing food stamps and tractors, the debt this year may reach 600 million taels."

Daming was out of money, and Bi Ziyan was revealing the news, but Zhu Youjian said:

"There is no need to pay back the money owed to the Finance Department, and the household department can manage its own taxes."

Zhu Youjian let the Ministry of Households not have to pay back the money from the Finance Department, which in disguise is equivalent to releasing more than 1000 million taels of silver to the world's finance.

For Daming's GDP, the 1000 million taels, or [-]% of the water release, is not enough to disrupt the market economy. After all, Daming's annual newborns account for [-]%.

"The whereabouts of the tractor will be supervised by the Supervision Department of Jinyiwei."

Zhu Youjian suddenly opened his mouth, and Bi Ziyan bowed immediately when he heard the words.

They are very clear that distributing tractors is indeed giving money to the people, and each person spends several taels, which is equivalent to their wages for several months of daily work.

This kind of thing is smashed to the common people, and it is also smashed to the landlords, but Daming cannot smash it to the landlords.

If it is thrown at the landlord, some tenants will lose their jobs, because a tractor facing the cultivated land can easily plow 100 mu of land in half a month, and if manpower is used, at least [-] to [-] people are needed for the [-] mu of land.

That is, one tractor is enough to make 100 to [-] people unemployed, so Zhu Youjian never thought of using tractors in the next ten years.

Stability is enough inside the customs. Outside the customs, especially the northeast region, the old port region, and the southwest region are the places where the semi-mechanized agriculture of the Ming Dynasty will be implemented.

In other words, the Northeast, Southwest, and Old Port areas are all agricultural areas, and Guannei will be used as a population export area, exporting population to these three places plus the vassal state.

At the same time, the traditional two capitals and thirteen provinces in the pass will continue to increase factories, so that when the population in the pass decreases to a certain level, the population industrialization of the two capitals and thirteen provinces will be completely completed.

The industrialization of Daming came slowly, and the mechanized agriculturalization also had to choose the right place.

If the place is chosen incorrectly, it will be a disaster for the people.

Zhu Youjian can guarantee that if he sells tractors internally today, even if a tractor sells for 1000 taels, orders will continue to pour in.

It's very simple. Three people plus a tractor and a few taels of coal a year can cultivate 40 mu of arable land. At most, they need to hire people when harvesting. In this way, the landlord can save at least [-] taels of silver.

The tractors are produced in Huangdian, and this one includes maintenance. Therefore, for the landlord, the 1000 taels of tractors can be earned back in 25 years.

What's more, except when the tractor needs to plow the land during the busy farming season, it can be used to open up wasteland at other times. Twenty-five years is enough to reclaim at least 25 mu of cultivated land, and the value of the 3000 mu of cultivated land is [-] taels of silver.

Therefore, if tractors are sold in the customs, as many tractors are produced, [-] times or [-] times as many people will be eliminated.

Because of this, Zhu Youjian wanted to nationalize tractors and collectivize and organize the villages.

Only when the tractor has been used outside the customs can it bring positive benefits to Daming, otherwise it will be negative benefits.

"Let's step back." Zhu Youjian leaned forward, ready to pick up the ink brush and continue processing the memorial.

Seeing this, Bi Ziyan bowed in return and left Changchun Palace.

However, when he was leaving the Changchun Palace, the more than 600 tractors in the conversation between the two of them did successfully arrive at the port of Yingzhou under the escort of naval ships.

"These are tractors, right?"

In a ship, when light appeared in the dark space, Jin Xuan holding a lantern came to the warehouse of the Jiuqian Ship in Yingzhou Port.

Here, machines wrapped in oilcloth appeared in front of him. Jin Xuan let people untie one and looked at it, nodded from time to time, and turned to ask the two generals behind him:
"Did the craftsman bring it?"

"With a thousand craftsmen, they will teach the laborers how to build city houses and docks, and how to operate tractors to open up wasteland."

A general bowed to answer, and Jin Xuan nodded in satisfaction.

He walked back and forth in the cargo warehouse with two generals, and after viewing all the more than 600 tractors in the cargo warehouse of the ship, they returned to the deck with satisfaction.

At this moment, Yingzhou Port is very lively. Two battalions of more than 6000 soldiers and horses gathered from the guard battalions in Shangzhi are constantly carrying supplies on board, the most important of which are grain, coal and fresh water.

In the spacious Yingzhou Port, a second-class fleet and fifty cargo ships ranging from [-] to [-] are docked at the moment.

The fleet has 1 people, and will receive [-] reformed-through-labor workers at Dongji Port in the capital of Beizhou in the future.

They will go to Qi State under the leadership of Yang Bingwen, but the arrival time will be later than previously expected. It is estimated that they will arrive at Jinmen Port in Jingzhao Prefecture in mid-October.

It is said to be a mansion and a port, but in fact there are only simple camps and docks built by 2000 people.

The real construction can only start after Jin Xuan leads people there.

Jin Xuan knew that the burden on his shoulders was heavy, so after the simple supplies were over, he ordered his men to set sail, and headed for Dongji Port in the north with a huge fleet composed of hundreds of ships.

There were no twists and turns along the way. When they arrived at Dongji Port, it was July [-]th, and Yang Wenyue was already waiting quietly at the pier with his [-] soldiers and [-] reformed-through-labor workers.

Yang Bingwen was promoted to be the chief soldier of Qi State Jingzhao, so before Huanglong went to Qi State, he was the No.1 military general of Qi State.

However, considering his ability, if he really had other intentions, he might be defeated by Kim Hyun on the battlefield.

It is true that Jin Xuan is a direct minister and a civil servant, but his military department is also the best of their batch, and it is not something that a novice like Yang Bingwen who has only commanded a battalion of soldiers and horses as an expedition team can resist.

Therefore, when Jin Xuan brought the boat to the shore, Yang Wenyue, who greeted Jin Xuan with Yang Bingwen, stroked his beard and said:
"Jin Xuan is a man of knowledge, if there is anything you don't understand, you can ask him."

"Yes..." Yang Bingwen also knew that Jin Xuan was not easy to mess with. After all, in front of the emperor, Jin Xuan was the first person in the Tianqi Dynasty who survived spraying the emperor with blood.

"Den-"

The ship docked, and the ship ladder was placed on the dock of Dongji Port. Jin Xuan wore a round collar robe instead of an official robe, because he felt it was unnecessary.

Under the watchful eyes of Yang Wenyue and Yang Bingwen, Jin Xuan walked down the boat ladder and bowed in front of them:

"Qi Guochang Shi Jinxuan, please refer to the chief envoy, Yang Zongbing..."

"Jin Changshi..." The two bowed in return, and Jin Xuan didn't say any polite words, but looked at the soldiers and horses and labor reformers on the pier, and then asked:

"May I ask if Mr. Yang is ready?"

"It's ready and ready to board at any time."

"If that's the case, let's board the ship." Jin Xuan didn't care about Yang Wenyue's face and ordered Yang Bingwen, but Yang Wenyue didn't feel embarrassed, but understood why Zhu Youjian asked Jin Xuan to build Qi.

To put it bluntly, Qi State needs this kind of vigorous and resolute people. The so-called effective from top to bottom, if the person who builds Qi State is a person who first talks about favors when meeting people, and always talks about favors in everything, then the atmosphere of Qi State is probably the same.

Conversely, if the people in Qi State are managed by someone like Jin Xuan, then Jin Xuan's subordinates will also move closer to him unconsciously, because they all know what kind of subordinates Jin Xuan likes, so they will go in that direction move closer.

In this way, the construction of Qi State will eliminate a lot of interpersonal communication and become a place where affairs are strictly handled.

Yang Bingwen's character is somewhat indecisive, so Yang Wenyue feels that under Jin Xuan's command, Yang Bingwen may be able to get rid of his shortcomings in character.

"Minister Yang Bu, may I ask what is the current situation of the cultivated land in Beizhou?"

Yang Wenyue was still admiring Jin Xuan, but Jin Xuan bowed to him and asked him.

"About 670 million mu, which can be cultivated at present, and after the autumn harvest, there will be more than 120 million mu, and it is estimated that it can produce more than [-] shimi."

"You don't have to worry about the food. Your Highness has already written to me the food in Qi State." Yang Wenyue explained:
"Every month from now on, the Beizhou government will send [-] shi rice, [-] tons of iron and [-] catties of gunpowder to Qi until the standard is raised or discontinued by His Royal Highness."

With that said, Yang Wenyue looked at Qi Guo's fleet and the reformed laborers boarding the ship not far away, and then said:
"Building the Qi State may require a lot of cement and pig iron, and Jin Changshi may be tired for a while."

"It's okay, for His Highness and Daming, it's okay to be tired." Jin Xuan didn't feel any headache.

Of course, the reason why he is so confident is also because Zhu Youjian has standardized for him the minerals that should be on the north-south map of Qi.

With these things and the dozens of industrial steam engines on the ship, Jin Xuan can completely build cement, iron smelting, and metallurgical factories in Qi State in the shortest time.

To put it bluntly, the [-] reformed-through-labour workers are only responsible for mining raw materials. For things like farming, it is estimated that the three battalions of Qi State will be needed in the early stage.

As long as the Qi State is a little more stable, the relocation of the reformed-through-labor workers will be on the agenda.

Thinking of this, Jin Xuan also set his sights on the reform-through-labor workers and Yang Bingwen and others who were boarding the ship.

Seeing the cartloads of grain delivered to the ship, Jin Xuan also remembered the fuel problem of the steam engine, and then bowed:

"If I don't find the coal in time, I'm afraid I have to buy a lot of coal from Yingzhou, so I want Yang Buzheng to keep some of the coal. Of course, the coal will be paid with gold and silver, and there will be no deficit in the account. of."

"That's too serious..." Yang Wenyue looked at Jin Xuan who was neither humble nor overbearing, somehow, he always felt a trace of Sun Chuanting's temperament in him.

Sun Chuanting is also a person who knows the rules but violates the rules, and knows that he can't do it. He and Jin Xuan are quite similar in certain situations.

When Yang Wenyue thought of Sun Chuanting, he couldn't help being a little dazed for a while, and he didn't come back to his senses until all the reformed-through laborers boarded the boat and Yang Bingwen walked back in front of the two of them.

"Father, that kid will leave for now..."

Yang Bingwen bowed to Yang Wenyue and bowed deeply. Yang Wenyue smiled and nodded when he saw this. Although he felt a little bit reluctant, he still motioned him to get on the boat quickly.

Seeing this, Yang Bingwen could only bow and step back a few steps, then turned and left.

In the afterglow of the setting sun, accompanied by the continuous ringing of the port wind chime, the huge fleet gradually left the dock and headed for the known channel under the watchful eyes of Yang Wenyue and others.

Watching the fleet leave, Yang Wenyue stroked his beard and didn't say much, but waited for the fleet to disappear completely before he boarded the carriage back home.

When he returned home, Cao Dingjiao had already been waiting for him for a long time.

"How?" Yang Wenyue walked into the study, and raised his hand to Cao Dingjiao who was about to stand up and salute, indicating that there is no need to salute.

Cao Dingjiao did not go to meet Jin Xuan because he was arranged by Yang Wenyue for other matters, and this matter was to suppress the rebellion of labor camp workers.

"It has been calmed down, but many people died."

Cao Dingjiao sat down and responded, and said: "The imperial court wants us to support Qi and Liaodong. With the strength of Yingzhou, it is somewhat ineffective."

"If things go on like this, even if the reform-through-labor workers will stop after the autumn harvest, the food in Yingzhou will at most satisfy them until next May, and there may still be quite a few rebellions."

"No problem..." Hearing Cao Dingjiao's words, Yang Wenyue didn't care at all. He thought about the number of labor camps, then thought about Qi Guo, and then said:

"Jin Xuan and the others set off today, and they will arrive in Qi State at most in mid-October."

"They have 6000 reformed-through-labor workers and three battalions of soldiers. Even if the battalion of soldiers and horses that served as the advance team were withdrawn, they still had more than [-] people."

"With the number of them controlling tractors, it is estimated that more than 1 mu of arable land can be reclaimed before spring plowing."

"It is rumored that the land intensively cultivated by tractors can be cultivated after it is reclaimed. If it is true, then with the support of Yingzhou, the more than 6000 of them will be able to develop it soon."

"In addition, there will be two fleets going to Qi State in the twelfth lunar month and next May. According to my estimation, I am afraid that Qi State's demand for Yingzhou reform-through-labour workers will gradually increase."

"If they want to go to labor camps here, then our pressure will be greatly reduced."

"I heard that there are tens of millions of bison in the country of Qi. With this kind of meat, Jin Xuan probably knows how to manage the labor camps."

"Tens of millions of bison?" Cao Dingjiao couldn't help but gasped when he heard that the Qi State had such abundant resources: "Then why do we need tractors? Why not just domesticate them?"

In Cao Dingjiao's view, domesticating bison is not difficult, but Yang Wenyue couldn't answer his question:
"I don't know the specifics, but judging from the fact that His Highness did not give Jin Xuan an order to tame the bison, either the cost of domestication is too high, or the tractor is more practical. I prefer the latter."

After all, Yang Wenyue brought the topic back:
"In any case, there is a high probability that the labor camp workers in Yingzhou will continue to migrate out within three years, and what we have to do is to develop Beizhou Capital before they move out."

"As for how many people will die in this process? This is not something you and I should consider..."

(End of this chapter)