Zhang Daohan has always been in charge of Changping Warehouse in Jingzhou. Therefore, when it comes to food security, Zhang Daohan naturally has to participate in the whole process.

In addition, Shaanxi's problems also involve population resettlement. Huang Bo and Gu Xiuxing attended the meeting, and Zhang Daohan also thought that Lin Chunhong would resettle the population through the cotton and wool textile industries.

Now, Gu Xiuxing actually proposed a subsidy proposal, which inevitably made Zhang Daohan suspect that Lin Chunhong had already made a decision.

However, it doesn’t matter whether Lin Chunhong has made a decision. What’s important is whether a subsidy policy is really feasible.

Zhang Daohan pointed out that although Jingzhou's financial situation improves, if large-scale subsidies for grain imports are equivalent to transfusions of blood to the entire Ming Dynasty, it is likely to drag itself down.

This question is indeed worth pondering.

The three of them discussed it over and over again, and in the end, Lin Chunhong issued an order to solve the food security issue:

"...Focus on increasing the output of dried fish and increasing the input of animal meat, so that Xue Yiqian organized a fleet to Annan, Chameng and Siam to purchase grain, and supplement the gap in the regular warehouse, so as to solve the urgent problem."

"Let the School of Economics investigate immediately and the amount of subsidies can arouse the enthusiasm of merchants to import grain. Subsidies should be provided for food import..."

"Gradually increase the food price to make up for the subsidy deficit..."

"The establishment of an agricultural technology institute under the Academy of Engineering is to study how to improve crop yield and improve land use efficiency. Whether it is rice or wheat, there is still a lot of room for increasing yield. It is imperative to select seeds and cultivate excellent varieties."

...

Several orders, which not only consider solving the current difficulties, but also focus on the long-term, made long-term plans for the food security of the Ming Dynasty. Zhang Daohan sorted it into a book and prepared to formulate specific plans based on the above-mentioned items, and then took them to the cabinet for discussion and implementation.

The discussion on the food issue has come to an end for the time being, and then there is an extremely difficult population resettlement.

After solving the problem of food supply in a macroscopic manner, population resettlement is transformed into millions of people to find jobs. Building rail subgrades can only be temporary,?

?In fact, Jingzhou has neither financial resources nor the need to maintain high-speed construction of rail roads.

Sure enough, as Zhang Daohan expected, Lin Chunhong placed his hopes on immigration and textile industries.

Lin Chunhong said: "The most perfect solution is of course to transfer all the population to Nanyang. Unfortunately, this process can only be gradually unfolded. My opinion is that the Central Secretary’s Office has established a new Civil Affairs Department, specializing in managing the population and promoting immigration. Immigration is a long-term process, and it is difficult to see significant results without decades of hard work. In the future, immigration destinations will not only include Nanyang, but also Sun Lanzhou."

Nanyang, Sun Lanzhou, Zhang Daohan, Huang Bo and Gu Xiuxing were excited when they thought about it. Once the Han people occupied the dominant position in these two regions, it was tantamount to recreating the two Ming Dynasties. The expansion of Chinese civilization created the fastest era in history.

This is a great era!

This is an era where future generations worship it!

Zhang Daohan responded excitedly, and his voice even trembled.

Lin Chunhong continued: "In the short term, millions of people will still be digested within the Ming Dynasty. In the past few years, you have also seen that the labor that can be placed in workshops and trade is far beyond the reach of agriculture and animal husbandry. Therefore, our energy must be focused on the development of workshops and trade."

Speaking of this, Lin Chunhong turned his attention to Huang Bo and Gu Xiuxing, and said with certainty: "Compared with other industries, wool and cotton spinning can accommodate more labor. You two need to take on the important task of resettling population in the near future. Some time ago, Huang Bo and I discussed matters related to the development of the wool textile industry in Tianjin. If Tianjin can really develop and swallow a million people, it is no problem. In addition, after the rail road is laid to Xi'an, the transportation cost will be greatly reduced. Xi'an is close to the wool production area, and the prospects for developing the wool textile industry are even broader than Tianjin. My vision is that the market of Xi'an's wool textile industry is mainly facing Huguang and inland. As for Tianjin, it is mainly facing Jiangnan, Guangdong and the West, and the Atlantic Ocean."

"As for the cotton textile industry, it is currently mainly concentrated in Jiangnan and Huguang. Due to the limited cotton production, the development speed of cotton textile industry in Jiangnan and Huguang is gradually slowing down. Therefore, the first problem to be solved is the cotton production area. According to the research of the Institute of Engineering, in addition to Huguang and Lianghuai areas, Henan, North Zhili and Shandong are also suitable for cotton planting, which can be rotated with wheat, and has little impact on grain production. Therefore, in the future, farmers in North China and other places should gradually be guided to plant cotton. With the help of cotton planting, the cotton textile industry in Henan, Shandong and North Zhili can also develop."

Lin Chunhong paused, stared at Sun Lanzhou and the Western Regions, and said, "In essence, Sun Lanzhou and the Western Regions are very suitable for cotton planting. Here is a long-term plan."

Lin Chunhong always said that the textile industry swallowed up one million people and expanded cotton planting to North China, and even planted cotton in the extremely remote Sun Lanzhou, the Western Regions. This is crazy!

How much clothing will this produce? How can I find the market?

Gu Xiuxing asked: "Governor, will it cause unsalable textiles?"

Lin Chunhong shook his head with great certainty and said, "No! Textiles are far from enough!"

"this……"

Lin Chunhong's words exceeded the cognitive range of the three of them and were stunned.

Let me hear Lin Chunhong say: "The beauty of China and the beauty of clothing and seals is called Hua, and the etiquette is so called Xia. The people of China must wear the most gorgeous clothes. The people of the people must wear new clothes during the New Year. There should be two sets of new clothes for the year, right? Including quilts, bed sheets, towels, etc., and other uses, such as ropes, sails, etc., at least wool spinning is needed every year. How many cotton textiles should be there?"

Zhang Daohan, Huang Bo, and Gu Xiuxing obviously had no idea and couldn't speak.

Lin Chunhong said: "The School of Economics once conducted an interesting survey. More than a thousand households were sampled in Jingzhou. It was found that one person consumed ten kilograms of textiles every year. If everyone in the Ming Dynasty reached the level of Jingzhou, it would take 2 billion kilograms. If the workshop consumption was included, more than 3 billion kilograms would be more than 3 billion kilograms. How many cotton and wool spinning workshops can be opened? According to the current annual output of a workshop, thousands and tens of thousands of them will be added! This does not include overseas trade."

What is happening, once it is on the table, it is both intuitive and convincing. At least, Zhang Daohan and the other three have to admit that the development of Jingzhou's textile industry is extremely broad.

Especially Huang Bo and Gu Xiuxing, the shock in their hearts cannot be described in words.

Zhang Daohan sorted out his ideas and said: "The textile industry absorbs not only textile workers, but also relevant supporting service personnel. Moreover, vigorously developing the textile industry has a very obvious promoting effect on the steel, wood and transportation industries. However, in the Ming Dynasty, women mostly engaged in local textiles and workshops, which actually took away women's work, which needs to be calculated."

Lin Chunhong nodded and said, "That's true. Huang Bo, Gu Xiuxing, you two have spent a lot of time to make long-term plans for the development of the textile industry. Among them, there must be detailed plans for the population absorbed and the sales of products."

...

Issues such as grain, immigration resettlement were sorted out by Zhang Daohan and the proposal was officially approved after being submitted to the Gemu District, becoming the recent and medium- and long-term administrative plan in Jingzhou.

After all this, Lin Chunhong was able to refocus his attention on Huzhou.

The core of the archers entering the villages of Huzhou is to compete for interests, which is completely different from the hungry people in Shaanxi and Henan. The hungry people are completely burdensome and are the hot potatoes in the eyes of local officials. I wish they all disappeared without seeing them.

Only Lin Chunhong saw the value of hungry people and was able to exert the value of hungry people. Therefore, when Lin Chunhong kept tossing hungry people in Shaanxi and Henan, most of the local officials and even the court watched coldly, ignored them, and even some of them would take the initiative to cooperate.

In Huzhou, it is a fantasy to expect the local gentry and the local officials to watch coldly.

Even the local villagers wanted to accept archers from their hearts in a short period of time, which was a luxury. Considering the actual situation, the captain of the archers in Huzhou returned to his hometown in an extremely low-key manner, together with the deputy recruited from Huguang.

The captain of the archers began to travel around the house and used various means to recruit people to join the archers. The captain of the archers grew up in his hometown and had a list of who is suitable for being a archers, so he didn't need to carefully identify them at all.

Moreover, the archers captains also offered generous conditions: training during the slack farming and working during the busy farming farming, with a monthly subsidy of one yuan, and they had the opportunity to enter the Jingzhou Army and become soldiers of the Jingzhou Army.

Those who are attracted are usually the childhood friends or relatives of the captain of the archer, so they naturally cannot ignore the mercy. In addition, the subsidy of one-yuan is not a small amount, accounting for almost half of their monthly income.

Therefore, the archers and captains formed a team of dozens of people without much effort.

Until now, the actions of the archers have not attracted the attention of the people. There are even kind-hearted people who persuade the archers to find a businessman and not to mess around every day.

However, when the archers started training with swords and guns, they finally aroused the interest of the people, especially the children, who lingered in the training ground every day and watched the archers train.

After the archers mastered the basic fighting skills and initially formed the habit of cooperation, the archers captain carefully selected the gangsters who were disliked by everyone in the village, carefully collected their evidence of their crimes, and prepared to attack them.

The archers were very patient and waited until the circuit court organized by the Jingzhou Supervision Administration arrived in Huzhou. At a lightning speed, they took down the gangsters, announced their crimes, and sent them to the circuit court for trial.

Without exception, these gangsters were sentenced to severe sentences, some were beheaded, and some were thrown into the mine to serve their sentences.

These gangsters bully men and women in the village and do everything they want to do. They have long been hated by the people. The actions of the archers made the people applaud. Slowly, their eyes looked at the archers a little different.

Now, no matter how slow the gentry in the village is, he realizes that the archers are snatching their power!
Chapter completed!