The laying of rail roads involves changes in land transportation modes, which will inevitably lead to changes in the entire geopolitical situation. This change is obviously beneficial to Jingzhou and the entire Chinese civilization. Therefore, after Lin Chunhong solved the problem of the Ming Bank, he first focused his attention on the front line between Fangcheng and Ye County.

As for the wool textile industry, it involves the security of Chinese civilization, which is conducive to resolving the opposition between nomadic peoples and farming peoples for thousands of years, and has epoch-making strategic significance. It is reasonable for Lin Chunhong to pay attention to the development of the wool textile industry.

However, more than 300,000 strong men were all used to build roads, which aroused Lin Chunhong's vigilance.

On the one hand, although Wang Liangquan planned thousands of miles of rail roads, the road construction will always be completed one day. Where will millions of people be evacuated? On the other hand, although there is a folk proverb called "Huguang is familiar and the world is full", the grain yield in this era is still pitifully low. Does Huguang have the ability to provide food in Jiangnan, Henan and Shaanxi at the same time?

Zhang Daohan's investigation was quickly presented to Lin Chunhong. There were only 9.8 million stones of grain storage in Changping in various places. The Changping warehouse in Nanyang and Ruzhou was empty, and all depended on the transfer of grain from Wuchang through the Han River and Tangbai River.

At its peak, all the grain storages that were often stored were as high as more than 20 million stones, which means that in the past one or two years, the grain has been ineffective!

Nine and eight million stones, which seems to be very large, but in fact it is pitifully small. Now, the population directly under Jingzhou, including Ruzhou, has reached more than 14 million, and Nine and eight million stones, and it has been eaten in half a year.

What's more, four or five million stones have to be transported to Jiangnan every year, and it also needs to help Shaanxi and Henan with nearly millions of people. If Huguang reduces grain production, the entire Huguang and Jiangnan will face the threat of famine, and the consequences will be disastrous.

Just when Lin Chunhong was shocked by food security, his inquiry arrived in Xi'an and was tossed and turned by Xiong Wencan.

Xiong Wencan did not dare to slack off and immediately wrote to the letter to explain the reason: At the beginning, the archers needed a lot of effort to convince the people to move to Henan. Gradually, immigration became a trend and could not be stopped. Shaanxi people even showed signs of spontaneous departure from Tongguan and heading to Henan. Considering that the people were spontaneously migrated and the risks were uncontrollable, Shaanxi had no choice but to organize these people and move to Henan unanimously.

Rather than immigrating, it is better to guide Shaanxi people to escape famine. This trend is becoming more and more intense, so even Shaanxi cannot suppress it.

Finally, Xiong Wencan also issued an early warning: According to this trend, the trend of immigration will sooner or later spread to northern Shaanxi, and the scale of immigration will only become larger and larger!

This is true in Shaanxi, and Henan is not to mention that it is also a tendency to migrate to the Luoyang area. Such a huge immigration has gradually surpassed Jingzhou's ability to withstand it.

After Lin Chunhong received Xiong Wencan's letter, he was puzzled. According to the School of Economics, after Shaanxi moved out of one million people, even if there was a famine, it could feed the remaining population. Why are there more and more immigrants?

Lin Chunhong couldn't figure out the reasons and hurriedly ordered the School of Economics to organize a capable force to investigate in Shaanxi.

After the people from the School of Economics arrived in Shaanxi, they went a little further and keenly noticed the reason. They reported the general situation to Lin Chunhong in advance, and then continued to sample and investigate to provide detailed data for Jingzhou.

The reason made Lin Chunhong a little amused: land encirclement exercise, sheep eat people.

Lin Chunhong originally thought that northern China had vast grasslands that could provide enough wool for the wool textile industry, and would not be similar to the so-called enclosure movement in the UK. Unexpectedly, driven by economic interests, it would not be transferred by anyone's will, just as the people in Jiangnan always had the urge to change rice into mulberry.

Huang Bo made a calculation at the beginning, thinking that raising sheep in barren and arid places in Shanxi is much more cost-effective than farming. Huang Bo can calculate this calculation, and the local landlords can also calculate it, and they have the urge to raise sheep in their hearts.

When the wool textile industry has not yet formed an industry, raising sheep is nothing more than eating meat, and its income is obviously not as good as farming. When wool starts to sell well, it can not only shear wool to make profits, but also slaughter mutton and eat meat, and its income is beyond the reach of farming.

However, the habits developed over the years and the instinctive fear of unknown things made them a little hesitant. After Huang Bo opened up grasslands north of Shuozhou and raised war horses and sheep, the landlord finally made up his mind.

The power of role models is always endless.

Especially in Yanzhou and Yulin, Shaanxi, there were many years of drought, and only in convenient irrigation areas such as river valleys can they collect pitiful food. The landlords and men were already poor and were no longer as poor as tenants, so they were almost fleeing famine. When they learned that Huang Bo had made a lot of money to raise sheep, they resolutely converted all the arable land into pastures and bought a large amount of sheep from Shuozhou.

The labor required in grasslands is less than one-third of the arable land. As a result, countless laborers were added north of Shaanxi. These laborers had nothing to do, and naturally had no food to eat.

If the Tiger Roar Army is not stationed in Shaanxi, the only way out for these people is to follow Li Zicheng and turn the Ming Dynasty upside down. However, now the Dragon Wu Army and the Tiger Roar Army are cracking down on bandits. As long as there are any signs of occupying the mountain and becoming king, they will immediately go to death. Taking the power of the Jingzhou Army, no one dares to rise up.

However, people always have to eat when they are alive. Tenants in Yanzhou and Yulin began to spontaneously flee to the Guanzhong Plain.

The situation in the Guanzhong Plain is not much better than Yanzhou and Yulin, and the tenants still cannot find enough food to fill their stomachs. When they heard the news that the archers recruited laborers to Henan, they naturally used this as a life-saving straw and had to seize it even if they fought to the death.

As a result, the labor group from Shaanxi to Henan grew stronger and stronger, gradually breaking away from Xiong Wencan's control.

As we realize that more and more landlords make money by raising sheep than farming, there will only be more and more tenants who are expelled from Shaanxi.

The Ming version of the land enclosure movement was officially staged. Although sheep did not eat people, they occupied human survival territory. It is not an exaggeration to call sheep eating people.

However, the Ming Dynasty has vast land and vast economic differences, and it is not comparable to the British tiny land, so it is naturally very different from the British version of the enclosure movement. For example, after Lin Chunhong learned of this situation, he immediately called Zhang Daohan, Huang Bo and Gu Xiuxing to discuss solutions.

"Change all Guanzhong into pastures? The sky is vast and the wilderness is vast. Cattle and sheep are seen when the wind blows the grass low?" Whether it is Zhang Daohan, Huang Bo and Gu Xiuxing, after hearing that Lin Chunhong implemented the policy of following its trend and indulging in changing grain into grass, he was very surprised and stupid.

In their perception, Guanzhong has always been one of the core areas of the Han people. It should be a scene where fields and grain crops are everywhere. Now it is going to be all turned into pastures. This is simply terrifying.

You should know that Qin State occupied Guanzhong and swallowed up the six kingdoms; Liu Bang entered Guanzhong and created the foundation of the Han Dynasty; the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Guanzhong was also the center of the country. If Qin Shihuang, Liu Bang and Li Shimin learned that the rich land they relied on for hegemony had actually been transformed into a grassland, would it jump out of the grave?

"Times change, don't always hold the old calendar. After thousands of years of overdraft in Shaanxi, it's time to rest." Lin Chunhong held a plan in his hand and said while flipping. "After the School of Economics sorted out history, he found that the climate in Shaanxi has become drier and drier, and it is no longer as abundant as the rainfall in the Tang Dynasty. The response is in detail. For example, when Emperor Yang of Sui dug the canal, he took a boat to Xi'an through Yangzhou. It can no longer be done now. In the Tang Dynasty, the Yellow River could still be opened to navigation, but it can't be done now. When the climate changed, we have to make corresponding adjustments, otherwise we will be retaliated by God. In the past ten years, Shaanxi has been in chaos, and this is God's revenge on overdevelopment."

This is the truth. The three of them nodded hesitantly and expressed their agreement.

Lin Chunhong continued: "From the perspective of managing the Yellow River, Shaanxi should also plant grass to protect the land, and no longer planted land. On the Loess Plateau, where is the soil connected? Needless to ask, they are all washed into the Yellow River and flowing downstream. The frequent floods of the Yellow River and the high sand content are the direct reason. If all the grass on the Loess Plateau is planted, the sand content of the Yellow River will decrease year by year, reducing flooding. Of course, it will be difficult to see results without a hundred years of hard work. We will be grateful to us now."

Zhang Daohan was silent for a while and hesitated: "The governor is indeed reasonable, but suddenly there are millions of people. Where can we place them? Where can we get food to support them? If we cannot solve these two problems, all efforts will be in vain."

Lin Chunhong nodded and said, "Yes, Zhang Fuling is right. We will solve these two problems today."

"First of all, the grain storage that is often closed has reached a very dangerous situation. What is more worthy of being vigilant is that food income is not enough. If the food source cannot be expanded, food security will be in no way possible. Think about it, is there any good way?"

The three of them have been following Lin Chunhong for a long time and know that Lin Chunhong is accustomed to brainstorming. Therefore, after Lin Chunhong asked a question, the three of them thought hard.

After thinking for a while, Huang Bo said: "There are a lot of animal meat flowing into Shuozhou on the grassland. If Shaanxi really turns into cattle and sheep everywhere, it can also provide a lot of meat. After being marinated, it will be enough to store for a long time. Is this a way?"

Zhang Daohan refuted: "The drop in the bucket is not enough to solve the fundamental problem. The desert is so vast that the population of nomadic people has never exceeded four million, and the grassland can support is extremely limited."

Lin Chunhong nodded and said, "Indeed, we can't rely on the grassland to support how many people."

Huang Bo also said: "At present, nearly 1.5 million people gather around Luoyang. If 20% of the population can be persuaded to go to Guangdong, it will be 300,000. The labor force for making dried fish will inevitably increase, and the supply of dried fish will increase, which will also solve some of the food problems."

Zhang Daohan said: "This is a solution. But feeding the population depends on food. Dried fish and animal meat can only be used as a supplement."

Zhang Daohan mentioned that grain is the foundation, which made Lin Chunhong sigh. It is also a last resort for Chinese people to use cereals as their staple food. Compared with energy conversion, eating cereals directly is obviously more efficient than eating animal meat after being transformed by animals.

Although the Ming Dynasty was vast and wealthy, it was not vast after bearing a huge population.

It is imperative to expand the living space. Nanyang is a good place. The yield of rice cultivation is much higher than that of Huguang.

Thinking of expanding the living space, Lin Chunhong's ideas gradually broadened and he gradually made a decision.

Lin Chunhong said: "To increase grain production, there are fertile land and idle labor. The current problem is how to combine land with labor."

As soon as Lin Chunhong finished speaking, Zhang Daohan and the other two immediately woke up and asked, "Are they talking about Luzon and Java?"

"That's right." Lin Chunhong asked someone to put on the map of Nanyang and continued: "It's not just Luzon, Java, Borneo, Mindanao, and Sumatra, all are good places! The rice planted there can be three ripe a year, and the yield is beyond the reach of Huguang."

Thinking of the superior conditions of Luzon and other islands, and thinking that these islands are basically under the control of the Jingzhou Army, including Zhang Daohan, are excited.

Zhang Daohan said: "If the population can be moved to Nanyang, solving the food problem is only one aspect, and on the other hand, it will greatly expand the coverage of Chinese civilization and turn the entire Nanyang into an inherent place of Chinese civilization. However, it is not easy to convince hungry people to come to Nanyang before they go to Nanyang? Unless coercive measures are taken!"

Lin Chunhong shook his head and said, "The means of coercion are not enough. Millions of people are migrating. If coercion means are to be adopted, how many troops are needed to participate? How much money is needed? This is obviously not cost-effective. Moreover, if immigrants resent Jingzhou because of coercion, it will be even more cost-effective."

"this……"

"I'm thinking about increasing the grain prices in Huguang and Jiangnan and other places, so that merchants can transport grain from Nanyang to Jiangnan, and Huguang will become profitable." Lin Chunhong pondered.

Zhang Daohan was shocked and strongly opposed: "Governor, never! The rise and fall of grain prices involve a wide range of issues. What chain changes will be caused? The risks are uncontrollable. Moreover, according to the Governor's usual statement, if the price can be handed over to the market, it will be handed over to the market. Most human intervention will cause catastrophic consequences. Why does the Governor need to intervene manually when it comes to the most fundamental substances such as food?"

"this……"

Lin Chunhong was speechless by Zhang Daohan, and the conference hall fell into silence for a moment.

Gu Xiuxing has been working in the Textile Department of the Industry and Commerce Department. He has presided over the counterattack of the cotton textile industry against Jiangnan, making great contributions to the growth of Jingzhou's cotton textile industry. He is very familiar with things like the market.

Seeing that the scene was cold for a moment, Gu Xiuxing said: "My subordinates think it is better to directly issue subsidies to those who transport grain. When competing with Jiangnan cotton merchants, this method was used to encourage Jingzhou merchants to transport cotton to Jiangnan, which had a better effect."

"subsidy?"
Chapter completed!