There is no doubt that the needs of farmers can be continuously met for a long period of time.
Because after the Yellow River is diverted, a large number of water conservancy projects, road projects, and urban housing construction projects in the Yellow River flood area still need to be carried out. The revitalization plan of the Huaihe and Huaihe areas also requires the help of a large number of migrant workers.
Everything in the entire Yellow River Flood Area that has been damaged by the Yellow River's continual raging for three hundred years needs to be repaired and reconstructed in order to activate the agricultural productivity of the Yellow River Flood Area and make this area prosperous.
This is a huge project and a very important link in the national strategy of the entire Ming Dynasty.
According to the investment plan set by the Ministry of Finance, in the next twenty years, this area will carry out considerable infrastructure construction operations, which will require huge manpower and material resources.
The Zhongdu court would use the copper coins collected from powerful landlords as construction capital to stimulate the construction of infrastructure projects and increase additional income for farmers.
Therefore, in the foreseeable future, within twenty years, the advantages of collective farms will be fully reflected.
But what about twenty years later?
Infrastructure construction will always come to an end. After the project that uses state investment to boost employment and people's income ends, or after the scale decreases, there will always be farmers who have no work to do, and their income will be reduced by then. Compared with before, it will definitely be difficult to accept. In my heart There will be resentment.
As a state leader, this kind of thing cannot be ignored.
Su Yonglin had thought of this all morning.
Infrastructure construction cannot last forever, and development is the only solution. Taking advantage of this precious window period, we must make every effort to develop industry and commerce, increase the increase in social output value, make the cake bigger, and distribute it to the majority of farmers.
At the same time, the development of industrial technology is a top priority.
Steam engines, steel, trains, cement, military industry, ships, chemicals, mining, pharmaceuticals, etc., etc., etc., these are the major sources of job creation. If these industries can be gradually launched in the Ming Dynasty, we can benefit from the infrastructure construction dividend period. Before ending, connect.
In this way, it will not only increase the income of peasant families, but also free excess rural labor from agricultural production, expand the number of workers, and consolidate the achievements of the revolution.
Therefore, while governing the country, we must spend a lot of money on the Ministry of Industry.
When leading a team to inspect Kaifeng City, Su Yonglin thought deeply about this issue and the future industrial layout.
The development of science and technology cannot be foreseen at present. It can be foreseen that only relatively early industrial technologies such as coking, steelmaking and firearms manufacturing are currently available.
Of course, these early industrial developments can also bring considerable job demand, and the layout of the imperial court is now beginning to unfold.
The Ministry of Industry is currently setting up coking plants in many coal mining areas to refine coke, and then transports the coke to iron smelting plants in many iron mining areas across the country to innovate iron-making technology and produce high-quality steel.
Part of this high-quality steel was used in the manufacture of firearms and transported to firearms factories mainly located around Zhongdu to make firearms.
Part of it was sent to the ordnance manufacturing factories also located around Zhongdu to produce high-quality steel knives, spears, armor, arrow clusters and other traditional weapons.
Because of the particularity of military production, the layout of the military industry is mainly near Zhongdu, making it easier for the central court to control it nearby.
As time goes by, the Ming Dynasty is planning to build relevant military industry chains in various centrally-administered areas to increase military output, stimulate local employment, increase local income, and also reduce transportation costs.
In the foreseeable twenty years in the future, the Ming Dynasty will not stop its military advancement, so the war will continue. As of now, the gap in military manufacturing is still quite large.
For the Ming Dynasty, this was part of the dividends of the times.
The demand from the military is enough to create the employment of a large number of professional industrial workers. These various state-owned factories and handicraft workshops across the country can absorb a considerable amount of local surplus agricultural labor and transform them into professional industrial workers.
Across the entire Ming Dynasty, the number of workers employed in various state-owned factories has exceeded 1.5 million and is developing towards 2 million.
Coking factories, firearms manufacturing factories, textile factories, porcelain factories and other light and heavy industrial factories are blooming and developing vigorously across the country.
This situation will continue as agricultural production recovers.
The birth and development of the working class were of great significance to the revolution of the Ming Dynasty. The education and organization of workers were simpler than that of farmers.
However, apart from the traditional light industry, Ming Dynasty's heavy industry technology was still in its infancy, and the number of jobs that could be created in this state was still limited.
Before breakthroughs are made in science and technology in this area, the commercial side can also create huge job demands.
For example, after the Ming Dynasty destroyed Jiangnan Kingdom and replaced it with global maritime trade, these maritime trades will drive the demand for a series of jobs, from raw material production to finished product production to transportation and logistics to shipbuilding and navigation, all of which will require a large number of specialized practitioners.
Su Yonglin also planned to carry out further direct trade, sending the Ming navy to occupy some supply and living points throughout the commercial waterway area to protect the safety of the waterway, and then open up safe waterways directly controlled by the Ming Dynasty to conduct bilateral direct trade and crack down on some intermediaries. business.
So much money has been made by your middlemen, but the upper reaches of the industry cannot make this money. I am really unwilling to do so.
This money must be earned, it must be earned.
In this way, some demand can be created and some jobs can be provided.
As the business scale expands, the demand for this part and the upstream and downstream needs will also increase, and more jobs will be provided.
In this way, the economic environment in the Ming Dynasty will be greatly improved and the prosperity will be great. The so-called "prosperity" of the past dynasties may be just around the corner.
But the "prosperous age" that Su Yonglin pursues is obviously not limited to the prosperous age of eating glutinous vegetables to fill the stomach.
To achieve this goal, multiple guarantees are needed.
If the commercial scale is large enough, then general regional military conflicts will not be able to have a big enough impact on the commercial trade of the Ming Dynasty. This is a guarantee.
On the other hand, increasing the population, enlarging the basic market, and improving internal circulation are also important prerequisites for hedging external risks. Only by doing a good job in internal circulation, or even forming a basic market, can we have enough confidence to develop external demand.
If all demand was placed externally and focused mainly on the external market, then a mutiny or a natural disaster could hit Ming industry hard and cause it to shrink.
These days, no country in the world can guarantee long-term stability. As far as Su Yonglin knows, most major countries in the world are in a state of relative chaos and disorder.
Therefore, wanting to do business peacefully and make money while lying down is basically a luxury, and it mainly depends on yourself.
It is necessary to engage in agriculture, industry, and service industries, and do a good job in the three internal industries. Once the basics are solid, external circulation will be regarded as the icing on the cake.
Revolution is one aspect, which is important, but having a full stomach and living a good life is also important.
There are still many things that need to be planned by the Ming Dynasty court in the future. In addition to military liberation, more and more investment is needed.
While thinking and walking, Su Yonglin began to walk towards the downtown area.
At this moment, the carnival crowd last night is gradually waking up and starting their daily activities. Even if half a day is lost, the day will go by. The small traders hurriedly set out their stalls, and the hungry people also came to the commercial street. Find something to eat and then get ready to do some work.
Su Yonglin was wearing regular clothes and walking on the street as usual. He quickly attracted the attention of many people. Everyone cheered Su Yonglin by shouting "The official is here", "Long live the official", "The official is wise" and so on.
Su Yonglin didn't like the title of official, and preferred everyone to call him chairman, so he told the people of Kaifeng City many times about this matter.
But obviously not many people followed the instructions, and everyone was still more accustomed to calling him Guanjia.
I don’t expect everyone to completely change their tune in a day or two.
