Chapter 238: Leasing Land
Thinking of the queen's words, Duran looked strange, coughed lightly, covered it up, and asked seriously, "I don't know what you suggest?"
"Actually, there is no magic way to do this, and if you lose your textile job, you need to provide them with a new job. Zhang Xun said slowly.
His face was calm, but his heart was a little excited, coincidentally, before coming this time, he was still thinking about finding a way to find more land after having fertilizer, and at that time, he had hit the land in the east with the snow.
Of course, it doesn't mean through marriage and merger, it's a long-term project, and it can't be won in the short term, but according to the information I learned before, the people in the east love to do business, and after the textile industry and other industries prospered, many of the original agricultural population went to do textiles, so there is a large area of land to spare, even in the past, the area of land suitable for cultivation in the east is also very considerable.
However, the question of which means to get the eastern land is a problem, and Duran's visit gave Zhang Xun some ideas.
"A new job, where is it so easy?" said Duran with a wry smile.
It is not easy to solve the employment problem of so many people out of thin air.
Zhang Xun also clearly understands this, even if he can't deeply understand it, but even if he is exposed to it, the employment pressure of the Republic, and the transformation of state-owned enterprises into private enterprises are all reminding him.
If you want to provide jobs, the easiest thing for Zhang Xun is to establish state-owned enterprises and expand national projects.
Just like his current establishment of the Jenny Machine Manufacturing Plant, as well as the upcoming fertilizer manufacturing plant, they are all state-owned enterprises, for the necessity of state-owned enterprises Zhang Xun once chatted with Gao Shen and others, the problem is very complicated, state-owned enterprises involve the planned economy, and if you go up, you should directly discuss the socialist model.
For example, why there are so many state-owned enterprises in the republic, so that later there were problems, Zhang Xun looked through the relevant papers, and realized that the nature of the planned economy and society is closely linked, and the free market economy obviously needs the decentralization of the political center, while the planned economy state-owned enterprises are the embodiment of government power.
Although Zhang Xun's thinking is not high enough to think about the question of what line Ying Yang should take, but at least he knows that his absolute royal power must not be lost, so it is obviously not a good idea to encourage the free market, Dongjing is a living example, trade is so free, resulting in the royal power being suppressed by big businessmen, Zhang Xun must not repeat the mistakes of the past, so he decided to take the route of state-owned enterprises after discussing and thinking with others, as for what to do in the future, it can only be seen step by step.
However, the method of providing jobs by the state is not applicable to the eastern realm, and the life of the eastern royal family is not easy, and it is very hard to be squeezed out by the big noble merchants, otherwise they would not have risked and paid for the Jenny machine.
"Of course, the easiest employment is farming, self-sufficiency and earning, although it may not be as much as before, but at least it is a steady way out. Zhang Xun suggested lightly, looking serious.
Duran shook his head and said, "You should know that in recent years, many of the civilians who were originally engaged in agriculture in our eastern border have gone to take trade routes, or do textile and other work, and the land has been abandoned a lot, and the farm work is even more rusty. ”
"No," Zhang Xun shook his head indifferently and said, "Those who are engaged in business continue to engage in business, and most of the civilians who do textile production have only been doing it for a few years. ”
What he said was well-founded, otherwise he wouldn't have mentioned this, for example, the unemployment in Europe in the history of the Blue Star was mainly in the late stage of the Industrial Revolution, people did not farm for a long time, or because of the war caused them to become soldiers, and even the new generation of young people did not engage in it at all, they could only go to the factory, if that situation is really bad, the eastern border does not have such a heavy historical burden, and it is not crushed.
Duran shook his head and said: "What you said is also reasonable, but the people are probably reluctant to go back to farming, after all, farming is easy for them to feel insecure, and it is difficult for people who are accustomed to short-term salaries to endure the annual profit of arable land that is likely to be controlled by natural disasters." ”
Zhang Xun pretended to be distressed and said a few more words, but Du Lan was unwilling to accept them for various reasons.
In this regard, Zhang Xun expressed his understanding, referring to the current situation of the republic, there are also vast lands abandoned among the people, and people are concentrated in the cities, and they would rather endure the risk of unemployment than go back.
Seeing that it was almost brewing, Zhang Xun finally said tentatively: "In this case, I do have an idea here." ”
Duran's eyes lit up and said, "You say." ”
"You also know that Yingyang has not had much food in the country, and it was not easy to build a bridgehead before, but in addition to self-digestion of grain production, the rest is really a drop in the bucket for the entire Yingyang, so I have been worried about this, I thought, since the people in the east are worried about the risk of farming, and Yingyang is extremely short of land, can we combine.
The royal family of Yingyang will rent a part of the land in the east, and then send people to assist the local people in farming, and the grain produced on the rented land can be paid to a part of the east according to the proportion agreed in advance, and the rest will go to Yingyang, and the people of the east who cultivate will be paid by us and pay them according to the natural month, so that the land is rented by Yingyang to hire people from the east to work, so as to temporarily alleviate the unemployed, how about it?"
Zhang Xun smiled and showed his tail.
Viscount Duran was stunned when he heard this, his face changed, and he said solemnly and vigilantly: "The land of the eastern border cannot be lost!"
Zhang Xun saw him nervously and hurriedly explained: "Of course, I strongly agree with this, I just mean renting land for farming." ”
Duran closed his lips and pondered for a while, then suddenly asked, "What is the extent of the leased land?" is it limited to farming, or is it the local management ......?"
Zhang Xun knew that he was worried, and immediately guaranteed: "We only care about farming, and we will never affect the local management, but one thing must be guaranteed, whether the rented land is the territory of the eastern royal family or the fief of a certain nobleman, we must cooperate with all matters related to land cultivation!"
"The proportion of food distribution ......"
"Well, because of the potential distress Jenny may cause to the East, as an ally, Eagle Yang can promise to provide for the average amount of grain produced in previous years. ”
The meaning of this sentence is that in previous years, the grain produced in the eastern territories also needed to be paid to the local lord or royal family a certain share, and the fiefs were slightly different, but the basic difference was not particularly large, Zhang Xun's guarantee could almost dispel the biggest worries of the local lords and the royal family, and there was another huge benefit.
Duran glared and then asked, "What if the land rented by Eagle Yang is not enough in a year?"
"It is still paid according to the agreed amount, and if it is not enough, the royal family of Yingyang will make up according to the price of grain! But it is still the same requirement, at least there must be no form of obstruction to the cultivation, and if there is more grain, the local people cannot take more, and everything will be distributed according to the agreement!" Zhang Xun bit extremely strict on this requirement, which was also his biggest request.
Duran fell silent suddenly, in his opinion, this is indeed an interesting plan, especially farming, it has always been difficult to say, catching up with the flood and drought, it will reduce the yield, and it will also greatly affect the tax revenue, and if it is according to Zhang Xun, this tax will be stable, and will not be affected by other factors, which has an indescribable attraction for the local lords.
However, another doubt has come up, that is, such an agreement, no matter how you look at it, it seems that Yingyang needs to take greater risks, unless it is said that under the operation of Yingyang people, the land grain can continue to be stable and high-yielding, otherwise, this business, Yingyang is more at a loss.
It's just that...... Does this Eagle King look like a lord who is willing to suffer?
Duran was suspicious.