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Chapter 62 Lin Feng’s Policy Strategy
  After the county government morning meeting, Lin Feng returned to the county magistrate's office and told Lin Jiakang that there was nothing urgent and that no one should come to disturb him for the time being. He had to think carefully about his future policy strategy.

Fugu now has more than 200,000 acres of arable land, and its population originally numbered around 150,000. However, due to the losses caused by wars in recent years, there are only around 100,000 people left.

If you think about it, there are few people living with thalassemia and many difficulties in development. The key is to solve the problem of people and food shortage.

Chen Xiong has been asked to purchase food. Five or six thousand dan is neither too much nor too little. It can feed five to six thousand people for more than three months.

The population problem is mainly due to the fact that many people have fled due to the war.

To attract the population, one is to ensure the safety of Fugu, which requires building a strong military force. The other is to provide a way to survive, that is, to attract the population so that they can find a way to make a living.

In this regard, Zhenming Group can be allowed to speed up the development of handicraft industry to absorb some of the population's employment, but in ancient times, absorbing the majority of the population still required land.

However, most of the land in Fugu is in the hands of large landlords, and it is similar in other parts of the Ming Dynasty. Land annexation in the late Ming Dynasty has become very serious, which is also an important reason for the demise of the Ming Dynasty.

To release land resources, we must attack large landlords, but we must not attack them openly, otherwise we will inevitably stir up a hornet's nest of the gentry and official group, which is their foundation.

However, we can start by clearing up the backlog of cases, reasonably and legally take down the big criminals, release some of the land, and reclaim some wasteland, which is almost enough for a period of time.

There are currently two very suitable targets. One is the Liu family in Dabao Town, and they have a lot of incriminating evidence. Another one is Guo Xiangdong, the newly emerged boss of the "Yihe Hao". If he dares to take the initiative to provoke, he must be killed.

If we take down these two families, we will probably have tens of thousands of acres of land.

Of course, we can't just crack down on big businesses. Those who are willing to rely on themselves and can operate legally, such as the Nanxiang Li family, must be carefully roped in.

Without the participation of large players in the commercial field and insufficient market entities, the economy will inevitably lack vitality.

Lin Feng thought about it carefully and clarified the key strategies for the next step. In summary, they are to consolidate city defense, avoid the disaster of war, crack down on large households, release land, develop industry, and revitalize the economy.

Among them, consolidating city defense and avoiding the scourge of war are the most important. Without sufficient military support, if it develops, it will be someone else's meal. Moreover, continuous wars will make it difficult to attract the population.

To crack down on large landlords and release land is to crack down on a small number of large landowners who have seriously violated the law by carrying out activities to clean up the backlog, and release the land resources they occupy to resettle the recruited refugees and other people.

To develop industry and revitalize the economy, we must give full play to the advantages of Zhenming Group. Make good use of Fugu's coal mines and other resources to vigorously develop smelting, alkali production, wool spinning and other industries. This will not only allow Zhenming Group to make enough money, but also drive Fugu's economy. development of.

Once you have thought about development strategies, let’s do them one by one.

Lin Feng asked Lin Jiakang to call Su Shunian from the household, Jia Yonggui from the military room, Hu Yanming from the workshop and Sun from the strong squad to prepare for the arrangements to consolidate the city's defense.

Lin Feng first asked about the balance of the county government treasury. If you want to work, you must make sure you have money first.

Su Shunnian flipped through the account book he carried and said: "Your Majesty, the current treasury balance is relatively sufficient. The balance of the last agricultural market renovation was 1000 taels. After searching for Ding Yingqi's family property, there are 3000 taels left after excluding the ones handed over to the prefectural government. You can attack Daliang." Shanyun returned 2000 taels, leaving a total of about 6000 taels, which is the largest balance in the county government treasury in recent years, excluding tax dollars."

"With more than 6000 taels, you can do a lot of things." Lin Feng thought in his heart, and then said to them:

"Nowadays, civil unrest is frequent. Our valley is on the edge of the Great Wall, and Mongolian Tatars often invade the valley to attack grass. Therefore, we must consolidate the city's defenses and cannot rely on the Yulin Guards for everything."

"What the county magistrate said is absolutely true. Our Fugu city wall is seriously damaged and it's time to repair it." As soon as Hu Yanming from the workshop saw an opportunity, he immediately started actively fighting for the project.

Lin Feng glanced at Secretary Hu and said: "The city wall needs to be repaired. At least it needs to make people feel safe after seeing it, so as to attract people to come in. Household housing is allocated 3000 taels, and the work house is responsible for recruiting a thousand migrant workers to repair the city wall. , pay attention to saving money and spend a small amount of money to do big things."

"Please rest assured, Lord County, I will organize it well." Hu Yanming said happily.

"With the city wall, the key is to have someone to guard it. Secretary Jia, your barracks must work with the Zhuang squad to organize the recruitment of the Minzhuang team. First expand the Minzhuang team to 200 people. I will give you 1000 taels of funding. Can you complete it?" " Lin Feng then arranged.

Jia Yonggui, as the former confidant of County Magistrate Zhang, was worried about how to win Lin Feng's trust. When he heard that he finally had a task for him, he said very excitedly: "No problem, I promise to complete the task."

"In addition, I will give you another thousand taels and order a batch of weapons and armor from the county's Sledgehammer Iron Art to make our people's strength team more presentable." Lin Feng said.

"Thank you, sir!" Sun Jiewu responded.

Lin Feng opened his mouth. There were only 6000 taels left in the county government warehouse out of 1000 taels. Jia Yonggui and others left happily. Only Su Shunnian felt that he was about to collapse. I have seen people spend money quickly, but I have never seen anyone spend money so quickly. It is really difficult to do accounting when you encounter such a leader.

Seeing Su Shunnian's expression of pain, Lin Feng smiled and said to him: "It's just spending some money. Don't worry like this. How can you make money back if you don't spend it?"

Su Shunnian could only say with a sad face: "Your Majesty, you are spending too fast, and the warehouse is going to bottom out again. How can I not worry about it?"

"Don't worry, money mainly depends on open sources, and just saving money will not work. Now that the county's farmers' market and main street have been renovated, it is foreseeable that business will develop vigorously. You must strictly collect commercial taxes. According to Taizu's regulations Ten taxes are one, no one can evade taxes, including the shops under the name of Zhenming Group, all must be taxed strictly." Lin Feng ordered.

"I understand, collection by small merchants should not be a big problem, but some large merchants are not used to paying taxes, so I'm afraid there will be resistance." Su Shunnian said worriedly.

After Lin Feng took a sip of tea, he said calmly: "What are you afraid of if there is resistance? We have a catching team and a strong team, so we are afraid of them being tough.

By the way, Lin Jiakang, hurry up and call Jiang Yin and Fang Xiaoyu from the torture room, and we will study ways to get money. "

When he thought that there was not enough money, County Magistrate Lin Da was ready to sharpen his sword and attack the big family. According to the pre-conceived idea, I planned to attack the two big families, Liu family and Guo family first.

Soon, Jiang Yin and Fang Xiaoyu arrived.

Lin Feng asked a few people to sit down by themselves, and then asked: "Shunnian, yesterday I asked you to collect evidence of the Guo family's crimes. Did you find anything?"

Su Shunnian stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the Guo family mainly hoards and has a bad reputation among the people, but this cannot be considered a crime.

The fact that they bribed the arrest squad to seize Li's Grain and Oil this time is conclusive and can be punished, but it is not a serious crime. "

"So it's not appropriate to conduct a house raid or something like that?" Lin Feng asked.

"The Yihe Hao still has a great influence in the county. I heard that it has something to do with the patrol censor or something. If there is no very conclusive evidence, the clerk suggests that it is not appropriate to seal them up for the time being." Su Shunnian has always been cautious and has not blindly catered to them. Lin Feng.

At this time, Jiang Yin, who was in the execution room, also stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I think the crime committed by the Yihe Hao is indeed not serious and should not be carried out in a big way. It is definitely not possible to confiscate the house. It is better to impose a small fine."

"I listen to the county magistrate. I'll do whatever the magistrate says." Fang Xiaoyu still sided with Lin Feng without any principle.

"Okay, since both of you have this opinion, let's let it go for now and pay a fine." Lin Feng was not a person who insisted on having his own way, and listened to the opinions of the two.

"The county magistrate is wise!" the two of them said, clapped to their horses.

"I am very depressed because of my wisdom. Think about it quickly, which other company is suitable to start with." Lin Feng must be in a bad mood, and the first goal of raising money he set was not achieved.

"If we must attack a big family, I think the Liu family of Dabao Town is the right one. The evidence of their collusion with the bandit Guifeng is very conclusive. This is a serious crime, so there should be no problem.

However, the second master of their family is in Yulinwei, and you, the county magistrate, also know that if the Liu family is completely destroyed, you must be careful of the revenge of Liu Qianhu of their family. "Jiang Yin came out and said at this time.

"The Liu family has attacked us over and over again, and they are so scared. It's just his family. What kind of revenge can we take? How dare this guard officer openly attack the county?" Lin Feng said angrily.

"That's probably something you wouldn't dare to do." Su Shunnian continued.

"That's enough. You go and make preparations first, provide evidence of the crime, and search the Liu family tomorrow. If the secret is leaked, you three are the only ones to ask questions." Lin Feng made up his mind.

"Understood, please rest assured, Lord County!" Several people said in unison.

After several people left, Lin Feng personally wrote a letter of recommendation recommending Su Shunian as a canon historian, and asked the official office to send it to the state government.

The county government has a lot of affairs, and it is too tiring to have an assistant to share the burden. The key is that Lin Feng cannot be tied up by the county government affairs.

　When is the appropriate time to rebel? Please give us your opinions.

　　
  　
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