My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 401 The Herdsmen
Yang Shiqi was walking in the field, observing the growth of the seedlings in the field while walking.

"Yang Changshi, few of these prisoners know how to farm, and the natives here are the same. Look at the seedlings growing in a mess. The grass in the field is taller than the seedlings."

Zhang Zhong who was walking beside looked at the seedlings in the field, but shook his head while walking.

Zhang Zhong couldn't bear to stare at the rice fields that were so intensively cultivated in Daming, and then look at the messy rice fields in Tianzhu.

"In fact, it's not bad. After all, each person is allocated [-] acres of land. Although natives can be hired, it's really not easy for one person to cultivate so many fields. Just plant it."

Yang Shiqi laughed and said that he didn't mind the poor cultivation of these fields at all.

"It's still Yang Changshi who has the measure!"

Zhang Zhong couldn't help admiring when he heard the words.

After he came to Delhi, he explained to Yang Shiqi about the fleet, and it happened that Yang Shiqi was going out of the city to inspect, so he came together.

"My lord, you are welcome. Those prisoners are newcomers and unfamiliar with the land. It is not easy to settle down to farming. If it is not that everyone has limited fields to cultivate, I really want to allocate more fields to them."

Yang Shiqi smiled again.

"Yang Changshi, you are really generous. There are so many fertile fields and shops, and you can give them as you please. If it were me, I would definitely be reluctant."

Zhang Zhong said again that he really admired Yang Shiqi more and more, and of course he admired Zhu Zhanhe's vision even more. At the beginning, he had taken a fancy to Yang Shiqi at a glance, and abruptly snatched the Han Palace from the prince.

"Actually, there is nothing to be reluctant about. We seized most of these fields from Hazel Khan. If we don't cultivate them, we can only let them go to waste, so it is better to distribute them so that these fields can produce food earlier."

Yang Shiqi said with some emotion at this moment.

After exterminating Hazel Khan, Yang Shiqi was surprised to find that [-]% of the wealth in the entire Delhi Sultanate was in the hands of Hazel Khan and his nobles. The local natives had almost no property. Able to make a living as servants or sharecroppers.

Even some native Indians couldn't find a job to make ends meet, so they could only wander around, living worse than beggars.

And after the death of Hazel Khan, all the wealth he and his subordinates possessed belonged to Zhu Gaoxu, part of which was used by him to reward meritorious soldiers, and there was more left, most of which was the land .

There are too many of these lands, even if they are leased to the natives of Tianzhu for farming, Zhu Gaoxu can't find enough people to manage them, so he simply distributes them to the immigrants, so that these lands can produce food as soon as possible, and at the same time, they can buy people's hearts and make the immigrants more happy. Settle down quickly.

"That's true. When I was inspecting the city just now, I saw that the allocated shops were almost all empty. These immigrants didn't even think about doing business when they wanted to come."

Zhang Zhong also nodded in agreement at this time.

In the eyes of the ruler, although fields and shops are also wealth, if no one manages them, there will be no output, which is equivalent to waste, so it is better to let immigrants manage them.

In ancient times, the state managed the people as herdsmen, and there was even an official position called shepherd. In fact, the people were herded as cattle and sheep. If you want the cattle and sheep to grow up, of course you have to feed the cattle and sheep.

This is what Zhu Gaoxu is doing now, allocating land, shops, and even lending them furniture, seeds, and even money to the immigrants. In fact, he is giving grass to the cattle and sheep so that they can grow up quickly, so as to repay the herders.

"Yeah, the fields are easy to manage, as long as the seeds are sown, they can grow food, but it is not an easy task to restore business."

When Yang Shiqi said this, he also showed a headache expression.

Although Delhi did not experience war and was sacrificed to the city, after the incident, they cleared out a large number of Hazel Khan's subordinates, causing the city's economy to be hit hard, and more than half of the shops in the city were empty. Yang Shiqi is having a headache about resuming business.

"Actually, this matter is not difficult. All the nobles who accompanied me to the West this time also sent stewards and brought a lot of goods. Many of them wanted to buy some special products from Tianzhu, and some even came to After entering Delhi, it is estimated that it will not take long before the business in Delhi will prosper.”

Zhang Zhong said again.

"It's not enough to rely on those nobles alone. I'm afraid that if they dominate a certain industry and monopolize a certain industry, it's not a good thing for business, so it's better to introduce some ordinary businessmen."

Yang Shiqi has a long-term vision and is unwilling to let the nobles control Tianzhu's economy.

"This time, some bold businessmen came with us, but the number is not large. The main reason is that they have just opened the sea. The businessmen of Ming Dynasty are generally in the offshore, and most of them go to Nanyang. If people spread the word, it should be able to bring more businessmen over.”

Zhang Zhong thought for a while before saying.

When Zhang Zhong left Tianjin, he had not opened the sea yet, but when he arrived in Suzhou, Zhu Zhanhe had already presided over the sea opening in Tianjin. At that time, many merchants were active everywhere. There are also relatively few, and the bold ones ran to Nanyang, and later followed Zhang Zhong to Tianzhu.

"This is the best way. Only by getting more businessmen involved can the economy in Tianzhu improve. Of course, there is no need to rush this matter. After all, the most important thing now is to plant the land well. After all, the land is everything. fundamental."

Yang Shiqi laughed at the end. He is a typical scholar-bureaucrat in the Central Plains. Although he values ​​business, he still thinks that land, or food, is the foundation of everything.

"By the way, after the court opened the sea, what was the reaction of all parties? Has anyone caused trouble?"

Yang Shiqi is very interested in the matter of Kaihai, after all, this matter is related to their future relationship with Daming.

"I didn't know about the opening of the sea until I arrived in Suzhou. Later, when I left Guangzhou, I heard that Suzhou was also going to open the sea. At that time, the major ports were very eager to open the sea first. There were many quarrels because of this. The merchants are also very active, but I haven’t heard of troubles.”

Zhang Zhong thought for a while before replying,

He didn't know that shortly after they left, someone pretended to be a Japanese pirate and robbed the people in order to hinder Kaihai.

"It's fine, I hope everything goes well in Kaihai!"

Yang Shiqi said so, but he was still a little worried. After all, he knew very well that although the sea ban brought huge losses to Daming, it also brought some profits, and opening the sea would definitely harm the interests of these people.

While Yang Shiqi was walking and chatting with Zhang Zhong, he suddenly heard the faint sound of blowing, blowing and beating coming from the front, as if someone was having a wedding?

(End of this chapter)