A small soldier of the frontier army in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 825 Great Development

From May to August of the 16th year of Chongzhen, it was the time for the great development of Anbei Duhufu.

The wasteland reclaimed by the army has reached more than 140 million mu, and many water conservancy projects have been built at the same time, especially the farmland ditches that were reclaimed outside the Great Wall.According to this estimate, by the spring and summer of next year, more than 200 million mu of wasteland will be reclaimed and repaired, not counting civilian and commercial villages.

Counting Xuanfu Town, Mantaoer and other places, by next year, the land under Wang Dou's name will reach more than 400 million mu.

More than 50 people have immigrated into Anbei from Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places. These places are already crowded with people and land, and they have been arid in recent years.Perhaps the surface of Monan is much drier than Shanxi and other places, but the groundwater here is rich, and the water can be produced within less than one foot when drilling a well, which is much better than the deep wells in Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places that are tens of feet in motion.

Moreover, Wang Dou's rule was famous for its stability, and many wealthy families were willing to immigrate here. Even wealthy families were willing to send their children to live here.They bought fields and land, established commercial settlements, and brought Wang Dou a large amount of income. No wonder later generations of government were so keen on real estate. It turned out that the income from selling land was quite a lot.

Wang Dou estimated that by next year, the number of immigrants could exceed 100 million.

Anbei Bank also developed rapidly. They collected a lot of hot money and turned the silver winter melons stored by the landlords into the silver dollars of the bank. They also opened a large number of branches in Shanxi, Shaanxi and other places.

Wang Dou's goal is to establish a branch in every big castle in Anbei, and every county in Shanxi and Shaanxi. Banks must be monopolized. Private banks are not allowed to exist in the future, but they can exist in the form of joint stock or branches.

At this time, the bank deposits not only no interest, but also storage fees. Wang Dou plans to introduce an interest system to attract more people to save money.

He is also planning to implement a passbook system for officials and officials, and each person's monthly salary will be directly transferred to his personal account. This way, the disadvantages of deduction can be reduced without going through the upper department, and at the same time, the money on the account can also be used for investment.

From point to point, after officials and officials get used to passbooks, people will also save money and handle passbooks, which greatly reduces the tragic fate of gold, silver, and copper coins being buried underground, and speeds up the circulation of money.

With a large amount of capital, the bank can encourage private investment and make loans at an appropriate amount of interest. At the same time as it prospers industry and commerce, it can also effectively crack down on the bad usury industry in various places and reduce the losses caused by blood-sucking interest loans such as rolling interest. tragedy.

In May, Wang Dou started building three post roads at the same time, one connecting the three towns of Monan, one from Guihua City to Xuanfu Town, and one from Guihua City to Datong Town. With the support of the bank, the road was built and No effort, this is the power of the modern financial industry.

After these three roads are built, the road from Guihua City to Ningwuguan in Shanxi Town and the road to Ningxia Town will also be built.

In June, a normal university was established in Guihua City, with Wang Dou personally serving as the president. At the same time, a medical and health university was established. Wang Dou also served as the president, and Wu Youxing was the vice president. He was in charge of the plague department and was in charge of teaching. Epidemiology, caused a great sensation.

Many horse farms have been set up in Monan Zhongzhen, especially near Guihua City. Under the careful maintenance of Ermubu and others, Wang Dou estimates that by next year Jingbian soldiers will have horses, most of which will be war horses.

Ermubu was very motivated. After he was rescued, he was named King Shunyi of the Ming Dynasty. Wang Dou even gave him [-] people, a batch of property, and no more than [-] guards from among the captives.

However, under the rule of the Jingbian army, if there is a disagreement, not to mention a thousand people, even 5000 people are useless, and this place is too safe and happy, why do we need so many guards?In order to show his loyalty, he only raised a team of 50 guards.

He has become a full-time horse breeder in the Duhu Mansion. In order to gain Wang Dou's respect and appreciation, he has put all his heart and soul into raising horses.

The 5000 people who were given to him were also grateful. According to the regulations of the Protectorate, these prisoners were originally sinners. It is directly a barbarian nationality, existing as a free citizen.

Looking at those members of the original tribe who are still working hard to accumulate meritorious deeds, a sense of superiority arises spontaneously.

Ermubu is also quite economical. While taking good care of the horses, he also saw business opportunities, so he asked Wang Dou to autograph him, got the words "Qingcheng Cheese", and soon opened a cheese factory, and then Open leather factory, felt factory.

Leather cheese and felt products on the prairie are already very popular. Now that the population of Guihua City is increasing, their products are in short supply, and money is pouring in. Now, besides raising horses and making money, Omubu has no other thoughts .

For ordinary captive herdsmen, life in the grassland was not easy, not to mention all kinds of black and white disasters in the grassland, the original tribes were all serfdom, and the heads of the nobles cruelly squeezed and exploited them, and everyone lived in hardship , and only the way of entering the Central Plains to rob can be subsidized.

Now they are arranged to work in various horse farms, livestock farms, and felt blanket factories.

If you have free time, you can also start a sideline business of wool spinning, and sell some money to subsidize your family. If you want to make contributions, you can get barbarian nationality as soon as possible, and you can also join the new attached army. Life is more prosperous than before.

And they also have their own thoughts, that is, at the end of May, Guihua City welcomed the fifth Dalai Lama Ngawang Luosang Gyatso, who was rescued by the Jingbian army. Go to Dazhao Temple to pay homage, the grand occasion is unprecedented.

Wang Dou treated Ngawang Luosang Gyatso very courteously. In order to show his respect, after receiving Ngawang Luosang Gyatso solemnly, he specially stipulated that in the future, except for the Han nationality, no matter which ethnic group he would rule, be it Mongolia or Hui, Whether it is Weiwei or Tibet, every household must have one member of the family who becomes a monk.

Such kindness made Ngawang Luosang Gyatso very grateful. He was persecuted by various factions in Tibet and hid everywhere. Most of the guards Wangdou had saved his life, but he was treated so courteously. How can this kindness be ignored? report?
Under the persuasion of his own letters, many tribes in Hetao Mongolia, Qinghai Mongolia, Ningxia Mongolia, and even Turpan expressed their willingness to surrender, or sent envoys to pay tribute.

Also because of this relationship, the various ministries in Mobei have a closer relationship with Guihua City.

After the war last year, the various tribes of Khalkha in Mobei had no intention of becoming enemies with Wang Dou. After paying the ransom, the leaders of the various tribes that were captured before returned to the tribe and urged to make friends with the Duhufu, especially the Tuxietu tribe. The assistant Taiji's attitude was more determined.

The tragic war had already frightened the khan kings of the various tribes of Khalkha. He also heard that Yongninghou of the Ming Dynasty was willing to let the past go and do business with the various ministries. Everyone was overjoyed after the shock. Bilateral trade, what is this mere tribute and tribute? ?
Unanimously, the Tuxietu, Chechen, and Zhasaktu tribes all sent envoys to Guihua City, expressing their willingness to abandon the dark and turn to the Ming, to abandon the Qing Dynasty, and to be loyal to the Ming Dynasty, and hoped that the two sides could do business as soon as possible.

As they wished, Wang Dou conferred the official positions of the three Khan kings, and at the same time rewarded the official uniforms and ceremonial guards, and ordered the officials of the Naturalization Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to follow them back to the pasture land, deal with the issue of tickets, clothes, and other things, all in full style. The braided clothes must be changed back to the original Mongolian dress, right lapel gown.

At the same time, Wang Dou also opened a number of border trade fairs in the three towns of Monan, which are different from the reward-shaped border markets of the old days, but free goods trade, with all kinds of goods, even the forbidden iron pots and iron utensils in the old days. There was a sale, which surprised all the ministries in Mobei.

Wang Dou didn't mind that some ironware flowed into the grassland. For him, his rule had entered the modern industrial age, so why would he be afraid that the barbarians would have a few more mere swords and arrows?
Opening a few more border trade fairs and forming a fixed trade relationship can also attract various tribes to settle down, and the settled nomads will no longer have any threats, and an additional source of raw material supply can be added.

In this way, the two sides became close contacts, and various trades continued to deepen. After Taiji, the former Tuxietu Department's assistant, visited Guihua City many times as an envoy, he quickly became familiar with Ombu. He watched Ombu open a cheese factory, opened a The leather factory opened a felt and carpet factory again, and the pockets were bulging, so I couldn't help being very envious.

Ermubu also intends to open up a commercial route for the supply of goods in Mobei, so he hit it off with Tai Ji, the former assistant of the Tuxietu Department, and asked him to become a shareholder of one of his felt carpet factories. The two worked together, and the factory quickly flourished.

Seeing such good things, the leaders and dignitaries of the several tribes in Mobei couldn't sit still, and they came to Guihua City to look for opportunities. For a while, the Mongols in Monan and Mobei were shrouded in an atmosphere of doing business.

Originally, the Khan kings of the various tribes in Mobei were still wary, worrying whether the guardian of the Ming Kingdom would annex them after the annexation.

However, a long time has passed, but Wang Dou has never paid any attention to them. If it weren't for the guard of honor in the official uniforms of the guards and the officials of the Naturalization Department who handled the tickets in the station, he would have thought that he had never Contacted with the Protectorate.

They couldn't help laughing at themselves, they took themselves too seriously.That's right, the Han family has never been interested in Mobei. What use are they going to come to this barren land?Even the occupation of Monan is more due to military considerations.

Under such a state of mind, and because of Ngawang Luosang Gyatso's incident, many pious and Buddhist leaders came to Guihua City many times, and they were unwilling to return to their residences. They finally bought houses and land in Guihua City and lived there for a long time.

Even the kings of the three tribes of Khan are like this, especially Tuxietu Khan King Gonpo is coming more and more often, and he may live in Guihua City for more than half of the year. This kind of prosperous place can be called a paradise. The more you live, the less you want to go back to that rough and simple place.

The reputation of Guihua City is becoming more and more famous, not only in the south and north of the desert, but also in Ningxia, Qinghai, the Western Regions and other places. Every day, people of all ethnic groups come to do business, visit, Lifo, and the city is bustling with all kinds of accents. The name of Tiancheng has spread far and wide.

The various caravans of the Duhu Mansion also went deep into the various ministries of Mobei. They are often mixed with some doctors, so they are very popular. In particular, Lai Mancheng's caravan joined forces with the Buryats on the shore of Lake Baikal under the cover of the Escort Bureau. .

The ironware sold by their caravan has been extremely popular, and the profits are astonishing. A rusty iron nail can be exchanged for a high-quality fur, and the fur for a catty of iron is calculated on a pile basis. , the caravan has made a lot of money from top to bottom, and Lai Mancheng is even more surprised to come here this time.

(End of this chapter)