"Do you know the difference between Xia Kingdom and Ming Dynasty?"
"The Ming Dynasty was conservative, while the Xia Kingdom was open."
"The Ming Dynasty is no different from those previous dynasties. The feudal system bound people to the land."
"The emperor, officials, gentry and other landowners relied on controlling the land to brutally exploit the people. In normal times, the people could barely survive. Once natural or man-made disasters occurred, the people who could not survive had no choice but to rise up. "
"The Ming Dynasty is only so big, and there is only so much land. However, the number of people is constantly increasing, and the Ming Dynasty does not allow people to move. If things go on like this, the number of people that the land can support will inevitably exceed the limit."
"This is the source of Ming's current predicament."
"Our Xia country is different."
"The people of Xia Kingdom are free and can go anywhere. Moreover, our Xia Kingdom government will also find new land for the people to settle the excessive population."
"The crisis that could bring down the Ming Dynasty is nothing in our Xia Kingdom."
"The piece of land you see can accommodate tens of millions of people."
"Take Shijia Village as an example. Originally there were more than a thousand people, but the land was only about 150 acres. No matter how you plant it, you will definitely not be able to feed it. But now Shijia Village has relocated half of its population. The same land only needs to bear the consumption of more than 500 people, so the pressure is reduced a lot?"
"I believe that some people will go to other places to make a living in the future, which will further reduce the carrying capacity of the land."
"Shi Zhongcheng, do you understand? The Ming Dynasty must fall, and the Xia Kingdom must rise."
Fu Yijian's long speech gave Shi Kefa an unparalleled impact.
Especially combined with the map on the wall, his worldview was greatly shaken.
Before leaving for Fengyang to take up his post, he had already learned about the situation there.
Talk about Fengyang, talk about Fengyang
Fengyang is a good place
Since the emergence of Emperor Zhu
There are nine years of drought out of ten years
Still under the rule of the Zhu family dynasty, such folk songs circulated in the Longxing land of Emperor Zhu family, which is enough to explain everything.
Shi Kefa has always been thinking about how to improve local people's livelihood.
Let’s not talk about his abilities for now, but he is definitely an upright and good official.
However, under the Ming Dynasty, there were problems everywhere, and he could not think of a solution.
I didn't expect that I would see a different way of handling things here in Xia Kingdom today.
But as a traditional scholar-official, he was asked to think about solutions without leaving the land. No doubt, it's not that easy.
Shi Kefa is no novice either.
He knew even more clearly that if he dared to do this in Ming Dynasty, his end would be very miserable.
Those deep-rooted country gentry and landlords will definitely try their best to drive him into the abyss.
Is Daming really hopeless?
Seeing that Fu Yijian had taken care of Shi Kefa, Wang Wuqi had been impatient for a long time.
"Mayor Fu, let me ask. Now the country is vigorously moving immigrants to Jilin Province, but the land there cannot be divided no matter how much it is divided. In this case, can you give some to our unified company?"
Fu Yijian was a little surprised.
"What do you mean by this?"
Wang Wuqi was gearing up and getting ready for a big fight.
"Nowadays, food production is limited, food prices are rising, and even if you have money, you can't buy flour. But our company's production cannot stop. I just thought, since there are countless people in Jilin Province, Can some of the land be allocated to our unified company? We can build our own farms, grow our own wheat, produce our own flour, and then supply it to the factory. In this way, we don’t have to compete with the state and society for food, we can still make money, and we can reduce costs. The cost, wouldn’t it be worth killing two birds with one stone?”
Fu Yijian listened blankly, his eyes full of excitement.
"Okay, Lao Wang, your vision is really amazing. I'm thinking about this method. Just wait, I will report to the central committee immediately."
Isn't this what Wang Wuqi was waiting for?
"Oh, my Lord Mayor, that's up to you. You have a good talk with the central government. If they agree, our company will recruit its own people without the country stepping in or spending money. All we need is to allocate land to us. , we guarantee to pay the tax in full.”
Fu Yijian's report was sent to the cabinet and quickly aroused extensive discussion.
Nowadays, immigrating to Jilin Province is still a national strategy and the country is making unified planning. Officials were temporarily undecided on whether there would be advantages or disadvantages to the participation of private companies.
Seeing that there were many people who agreed and opposed it, Hou Xun thought about it and simply went to Zuo Mengeng with the report.
And here at Zuo Mengeng, someone was blowing the wind.
"Brother-in-law, now everyone can go to Jilin Province, can our Artisan company also go?"
Xu Ruoxin was eating melon seeds and supporting Zuo Xuanyan with her feet, without delaying her business.
"It's there to accommodate the redundant population. What does your company want to do there?"
Xu Ruoxin didn't hide it.
"We have to pay for the furs shipped from Jilin Province. The cost alone is high. We originally wanted to promote fur products to the public, but the results are great. Now there are only a small number of people. Only then can we afford it. If our company, Artistry, can control the source of raw materials, we can make a lot more money."
Zuo Mengeng understood.
Yazhi Company specializes in leather products, and Xia Guo's furs mainly come from Jilin Province, where they are obtained from animals hunted by the regiments heading north and local indigenous people.
The cost of transporting these furs to Shandong by sea has increased a lot, which has indirectly led to high prices for leather products.
Nowadays, in Xia Kingdom, basically only the rich can afford leather shoes, furs, bags, belts and other leather products.
It’s not that ordinary people don’t like it, but they are reluctant to pay for it.
But how many rich people are there?
Consumption is extremely limited.
There are already many backlogs of products produced by Artistry Company in the warehouse.
If the cost of leather products can be reduced and made more affordable, a larger market will certainly be opened up.
Zuo Menggeng has been vigorously promoting commercial trade and cultivating the merchant class in Xia Kingdom. Now, the results are finally starting to show.
The growing bourgeoisie finally revealed their aggressive side.
Regarding this phenomenon, Zuo Mengeng is certainly happy to see it happen.
In this era of disorderly expansion, if Xia State wants to seize the most abundant benefits, it is obviously not enough to rely on the power of the state alone.
"The Romance of Fairy Wood"
There are too many things that the country needs to consider, and every time it opens up a place, it needs to establish a complete administrative system.
This will inevitably greatly slow down the pace of development.
On the contrary, civil society forces do not have these concerns.
As long as you pass by, you can be labeled as the Xia Kingdom, and the cost of development is also very low.
Now that private capital is taking the initiative to join in, it's not too late for Zuo Menggeng to be happy.
"The Far North is very difficult and dangerous, especially among the barren mountains. People without strong will cannot survive. If your Yazhi company wants to form an adventure team, I suggest you find those who are in the world."
