Li Mengxi is not unfamiliar with the collectivized agricultural production model. Collective production has advantages that individual labor does not have. Compared with ordinary labor models, the collective system is undoubtedly more organized and can better mobilize manpower.

Based on the current situation in Julu, in order to help eliminate resistance to the land equalization policy as much as possible, all clan orders in the countryside have been torn apart. Because the people are too scattered, it is not conducive to farming.

When things came to a close, the collective system could just change the shortcomings of Julu's production model.

There is no doubt that the collective system has its advantages. The high degree of organization of the collective system is very conducive to carrying out some large-scale production and construction activities, such as digging rivers and building canals.

In later generations, after a certain special period, although the collective system became rigid in the later period and had to be changed, eventually this system disappeared in the long river. But it must be mentioned that decades after the end of collectivization, the people left behind

Many water conservancy projects and construction facilities still play an important role decades later.

For example, Li Mengxi's hometown is a small village with a big weir in the west, a water tower in the village, and several large lakes in the village. These were all built by our ancestors during the collectivization era, carrying hoe after hoe on their shoulders.

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When I was a child, every summer when heavy rains came and the water rose, the river would overflow the dam, and many fish would wash into the small ditch below the dam.

When I was a kid, I just felt happy picking up fish, but now I think about it. I don’t know how much water can be stored in that huge pit. The water in the pit is not only convenient for the village, but also for raising fish. During heavy rains, the pit can also store water. Every day

Every village has such a large weir and pit, and the weirs and pits in every village are connected. The sum of many weirs and pits can greatly control the water regime.

The weir plays the same role as a reservoir. It can store a large amount of water during floods. During droughts, the cement slabs are moved away from the sluice and the water is released, so that there is no need to worry about hunger all year round.

Think about it, whether it is your own village or a neighboring village, every village in the countryside has such a huge water conservancy facility, which is amazing.

The huge project volume and long construction period of water conservancy construction would be completely impossible to complete without a high degree of organization.

You have to ask, is it necessary for Julu to carry out large-scale construction projects? Of course it is necessary.

As the saying goes, the sharpening of the knife will make the woodchopping work easier. In the era of relying on the sky for food, the harvest of land with good water conservancy and the land without good water conservancy will be the same in the sky and the earth.

If we want to develop water conservancy on a large scale, we must have a high degree of organization. Without a highly organized structure, like in ancient times, people were forced to dig ditches and clear out silt during their spare time. Although this method can also build water conservancy, it is too inefficient.

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Collectivization has many great advantages, but there are many disadvantages. For example, in later generations, collectivization was okay in the early stage, but later when it gradually became rigid, it interfered with the development of productivity.

Li Mengxi thought about it for a long time, and he felt that collectivization could be implemented in a harmless way.

The key to harmless collectivization is that, as we all know, collectivization will collapse in the later stage, and the key lies in this [late stage].

In other words, there will be no big problems in the early stage of collectivization.

There is a story. It is said that when the ballpoint pen was invented, there was a technical problem that could not be solved. At that time, due to limitations in technology, the steel ball in the ballpoint pen refill was easily damaged after sliding 100,000 times. Scientists have been trying to improve the use of the steel ball.

Life span, but it has been difficult to achieve a breakthrough.

At this time, a businessman solved the problem. Since the pen refill will break down after writing 100,000 times, why not simply reduce the amount of ink and let the refill run out of ink before reaching 100,000 times.

Li Mengxi found a solution to the collapse of the collective system in the later stages of the ballpoint pen refill manufacturing process.

The method is to stop it immediately before it becomes rigid. Anyway, in the first three or two years of collectivization, the positive effects of collectivization outweighed the negative effects.

Li Mengxi planned to waste three to five years of organization and productivity. Three to five years would be enough to build a large number of water conservancy projects.

After a wave of whoring for water conservancy projects, they immediately returned to the ordinary model before the collectivization model caused big problems.

The collective system of later generations moved forward through groping. In the process of groping, it was inevitable that some mistakes would be made, such as large-scale steel smelting and false reporting of output.

But as a latecomer, Li Mengxi could avoid the wrong path taken by his predecessors and the situation would be much better.

Furthermore, the reasons for the collapse of the collectivization system in later generations are very complicated. It is not entirely the problem of the system itself, but also complex external reasons. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Li Mengxi only needs to feed the people, and there is no need to develop industry.

, there is no need to overtake the Soviet Union under external pressure to survive, and there are no complex political factors to interfere. It can be said that if collectivization is implemented at the end of the Han Dynasty, it is likely to last not only three to five years, but more likely to last ten years.

There won't be any major problems in twenty years.

It’s scary to think about how many large-scale projects can be built with ten or twenty years of highly organized manpower.

If you think about it seriously, the collectivization system may not be perfect and may have flaws, but no matter how flawed it is, it far exceeds the production model of the feudal era.

During World War II, the former Soviet Union and Germany were at war, and a large number of men went to the battlefield to fight. The remaining women, who were weak in physical strength, had to shoulder heavy production activities. It was in this environment that the earliest collective system came into being.

After the implementation of the collective system, production efficiency was indeed greatly improved, and the Soviet Union's grain output was indeed greatly increased.

Now at the end of the Han Dynasty, the world is unstable. If you ask if it is war time, of course it is war time. It is not war time now, and it will become war time soon.

When war breaks out, a large number of men will go out to fight, and the labor force will naturally drop sharply, and productivity will naturally be greatly affected. At this time, using collective work to make up for the lack of productivity will greatly offset the impact of insufficient labor.

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This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! In addition to improving productivity, helping large projects, and helping labor, the collective system has another great value. Compared with the ordinary small farmers and small household production methods,

Under the collective system, people are highly organized.

Just like in the Ming Dynasty, General Qi Jiguang passed by Zhejiang and was shocked when he saw thousands of miners fighting in Wuyangyang.

Compared with agriculture, the mining industry is an industry that requires collaboration. Therefore, miners are accustomed to cooperating with each other during daily work. This makes miners who are accustomed to collaboration more organized and easier to adapt to military training than farmers.

Furthermore, the Jurchens who make a living by hunting fish in the White Mountains and Blackwater often carry out dozens and hundreds of hunting operations. During collective hunting activities, discipline, organization, and military qualities are all honed. This results in

The Jurchen warriors are fierce and good at fighting.

The high degree of organization advantages brought about by collectivization can make the people of Julu become united and good at fighting, and can transform the people of Julu from farmers into truly paramilitary personnel.

Several hundred people have production teams, production groups, and detailed establishments. They can also obey orders and carry out production tasks. They are also used to gathering together every day and starting work every day. All of these are similar to the structure of an army.

In the production model of small farmers and small households, when you call a hundred people from the village, the people have to hesitate for a long time and don't know what to do. However, in the collectivization system, when the foreman calls out, people who are accustomed to gathering to work pick up their hoes and come. This is the difference.

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In an ordinary village, a hundred people can successfully gather together, but these one hundred people have no organizational structure, a hundred people, and are in a mess. On the collectivized farm, each group and each team is clearly divided on a daily basis.

, the personnel of each team have become accustomed to working together during daily production.

Therefore, when two villages fight, a hundred people from an ordinary village cannot defeat a hundred people from a collective farm.

From the speed of mobilization, the ability to unite, and the ability to organize, ordinary farmers can never defeat the people under the collective system.

With the advent of collectivization, all manpower within the territory can be instantly transformed into a paramilitary force. If coupled with a certain amount of professional military training, the entire territory can be mobilized in an instant.

After planning, Li Mengxi decided to choose a day to see how to implement the collective labor system.
Chapter completed!