Chapter 333: The Africa Project
The main purpose of the farm system established by Du Le in Yunzhou was to encourage Han citizens (commoners and citizens), whether in the name of individuals, families, or village collectives, to take the initiative to cultivate the wasteland in Yunzhou.
This kind of farm system is an agricultural production model in which the administration copies a certain agricultural area and focuses on production and planting.
The purpose of the establishment of this farm system was to liberate the productivity of the peasant households in Yunzhou and to rapidly develop the agriculture of the Han State, so as to stabilize the rule of the Han State in Yunzhou.
In areas where the productive forces are underdeveloped, controlling agriculture is undoubtedly equivalent to controlling the economic lifeline of a country.
Therefore, the Han State added an additional farm system to the Yunzhou policy. Of course, this system is not only for the Yunzhou area. In other parts of the Han Kingdom, any Han person who is willing to open up wasteland in Yunzhou, as long as he has Han nationality, can register with the government.
If you don't have land, you can get the right to use a piece of land from the Han government for a certain period of time by leasing or buying two different land transactions. (After the war, the Han Kingdom owned large tracts of unowned land.) )
As long as the people establish any kind of agricultural production (planting grain, fruit trees, and breeding) on this land, they will have the opportunity to become the real owners of this land, and they will be promoted to the farmers of Yunzhou in the Han Kingdom.
In the early stage, the Han government will provide some help. After a farmer has set up his own farm, any farmer can borrow money from the government, and the government will provide seeds for production. The agricultural products produced by these lands will be traded according to different land transactions. Follow the management model of unified production and unified sales of one farm, one model.
At the same time, the Han government will establish a state-owned distribution system to store grain, manage agricultural products in a unified manner, and will be responsible for the purchase and distribution of some or all agricultural products.
If some farmers still choose to lease land, the government can buy all their output without paying additional taxes according to the lease agreement; And if the farmer chooses to buy the land. Privatization of land. The government can also purchase some agricultural products at the government's purchase price, but it has to pay a certain tax.
For the sake of the stable rule of Yunzhou, the Han State also introduced some policies to benefit the people. Stipulate the purchase price of the government. will be acquired at a higher price. Guaranteed income for the farmer.
Guan Zheng wants to build Yunzhou into a big farm. It is easy to manage, so on top of the preferential policies, farms and traditional private farmland. There are still some differences. to promote land reform in Yunzhou.
In addition to the tax exemption policy for leased farms, the tax objects set by the administration are different for private farms and traditional farmland. Private farms have lower taxes, and not only that, but they also encourage farmers to enter the farm system. The farm system stipulates that the farmer can use grain as a tax deduction to pay one-tenth of the total grain harvest of the farm in the current year, and if there is a disaster year, the farm tax can be appropriately reduced.
In short, maybe the income earned by the farm is not necessarily high, but it is better to be stable and underwritten by the government. And as long as the land is successfully cleared, the farmer will not worry about the lack of sales for the product. What the farmer needs to invest is the cost of early land reclamation, as well as energy.
In addition, in order to ensure the stability of tax collection in Yunzhou, when the farm system is promoted, the land that was originally privately owned in Yunzhou will also have the opportunity to change its nature and join the farm system. The Han government will give these farmers who own private land a one-year period to convert traditional farms into farms.
In addition, for the purpose of protecting farmers, the Han government also stipulated that the lease price of farm land should not exceed 30% of the farm income per year; At the same time, the Han government also stipulated that the price of land leased by private landlords should not exceed 50 percent of the income of peasant households. This was a policy to ensure that there would be no peasant revolt in Yunzhou.
According to the current situation in Yunzhou in the Han Kingdom, Du Le believes that it is not suitable to construct a social form similar to the modern social system of the earth. Therefore, after many considerations, this farm system was tailored for Yunzhou, which was also more convenient for the Han government to manage Yunzhou.
Du Le is not worried that once this farm system is implemented, it will cause too much food backlog, because Du Le has a way to transport these food products to the earth.
In addition to the establishment of this farm system, in order to allow Yunzhou to integrate into the Han system more quickly, under the instruction of Du Le, Guan Zheng also implemented a series of political reforms in Yunzhou. One of the most important is the introduction of an employment system.
This reform is mainly aimed at the current situation of multi-ethnic groups in Yunzhou, and there is still a relatively common slavery system or slave system in Yunzhou. The employment system stipulates that no one in Yunzhou is allowed to engage in the sale of human beings, and any human sales based on deeds of sale that previously existed in Yunzhou must be abolished within the specified time, and all contracts of sale must be replaced with employment contracts that comply with the laws of the Han Kingdom.
The maximum period of employment shall not exceed 10 years. After 10 years, a new employment contract can be re-signed under legal conditions according to the wishes of both parties. During the term of employment, the employer must pay a certain amount of wages according to the nature of the employee's work, as an employment fee. In addition, under no circumstances shall the employer privately infringe on the life and property safety of the servant, and if there is a crime, the government can immediately intervene and punish the employer in accordance with the laws of the Han Dynasty.
The implementation of the employment system in Yunzhou was mainly aimed at the abolition of slavery and the prevention of peasants from becoming serfs, which also assisted the development of the farm system to a certain extent.
Of course, the establishment of the farm system and the employment system was not something that Du Le could have imagined alone, but the administration was formulated after repeated study based on a set of social management systems and the actual situation of Yunzhou.
These two systems will not remain the same, and Du Le naturally understands the truth of seeking truth from facts. Therefore, any clause of these two systems, if there is anything that does not conform to the feelings of the people of Yunzhou in the process of implementation, can be improved.
At a time when the Han State was victorious and the soldiers were strong, the implementation of these two systems was the fundamental legal basis for the Han government to have the ability to manage the powerful landlords and scattered ethnic minorities who were constantly active in Yunzhou.
However, the implementation of any new system will inevitably be met with resistance from different diehards. Therefore, Du Le emphasized that anyone who viciously opposes these two systems will be punished according to the severity of their violation, such as fines, hard labor, home raids, or labor reforms.
And these follow-up follow-ups, Du Le is naturally handed over to the government, and he still needs to continue to be busy with things on earth.
Another month passed, and the island government finally came with the news. On the African continent, the government of the island country has found the most suitable sovereign state, the Republic of Uda. And after various discussions, the island country has established friendly international relations with the Republic of Uda.
Right now. The Government of the Republic of Uda already has a policy in place. Personnel from island countries are allowed to invest in the construction of various industrial and mining enterprises in their countries.
After further investigation, Du Le learned that the Republic of Uda is almost the poorest country on the African continent. Because of its landlocked location, the country's development has been extremely slow. In the overall view. The Republic of Uda is equivalent to a federation of several tribes.
The government of this country. It was formed by the tribes of the largest of them. And several other tribes are subordinate tribes of this tribe. The population of the entire Uda Republic is not large, even less than that of the island nation, with a total of just over 100,000 people.
This is because the territory of the Republic of Uda is mountainous in the landlock. Therefore, most of the people of the Republic of Uda still retain the habit of hunting. Only a small percentage of government forces possess firearms.
Because it is located in a mountainous area and densely packed with primeval jungles, not many people are willing to risk their lives to learn more about this strange country or to occupy this wild area. In addition, although the Republic of Uda is also part of the African territory, there have been foreigners who have carried out exploration activities in the Republic of Uda, but they have not found that the Republic of Uda also has precious metals such as gold ore or other abundant and easily exploitable resources like other African countries.
Therefore, no one would want to set foot in this place where birds do not lay eggs, and because of this, the tribal alliance of Uda has been fortunate to exist, and ten years ago, it established an independent state, and was recognized by the surrounding African countries. After all, most countries in Africa are very poor, and they naturally have different degrees of alliance with each other.
The government of the island country also searched for a long time before finding such an inconspicuous country on the map.
At that time, when the Republic of Uda was found, Sharif sent staff to the area to investigate. According to the conclusions reached by the inspectors, it also reflects that the Republic of Uda is very backward and closed.
But despite this, in order to find an area that meets Dule's requirements as soon as possible, Sharif did not care much about the economic development of Uda, and still sent inspectors to conduct in-depth research on the Republic of Uda several times.
Fortunately, through the reports obtained by these investigators, it can be preliminarily determined that the Republic of Uda meets the requirements of the government of the island country. As a result, Charif submitted the relevant report to Du Le for review as soon as possible.
After receiving Dule's approval, Sharif immediately sent diplomatic officials to make official contact with the officials of the Republic of Uda. Naturally, after learning about the intentions of the officials of the island countries, the government of the Republic of Uda received them very warmly, and the two sides negotiated harmoniously.
Soon, the government of the island country established an embassy in Uda, the only city in the Republic of Uda, and stationed long-term ambassadors and related staff.
After several more exchanges, the Government of the Republic of Uda agreed to allow businessmen from the island countries to invest in their countries. As long as the commercial activities carried out by the businessmen of the island country in the Uda country comply with the laws of the Uda country and do not harm the interests of the Uda country, the Uda country guarantees that it will protect all the legitimate rights and interests of the businessmen of the island country in the Uda country accordingly.
Naturally, the government of Uda is very welcoming to businessmen from island countries to invest in Uda, which will greatly promote the economic development of Uda, and in the past ten years, in the entire African continent, because Uda has almost stagnated, it has gradually become the most backward country. Every time the officials of the Uda government go to any neighboring country, they are envious that the neighboring country is developing faster than the Uda country. Therefore, for any economic behavior that can promote the Uda country, the Uda country will naturally cooperate with the extreme.
With the permission of the government of Uda, Du Le immediately prepared and went to Uda.
A few days later, Du Le took Duoduo and a group of more than 30 people from the working group of the island government, first took a plane to Australia, then transferred from Australia to South Africa, and then took a car for a total of three days before finally arriving in Wuda City, the Republic of Wuda.
After arriving in the city of Uda. Du Le stood in this place that was considered a city, but his feelings were extremely complicated. According to information from the government of the island nation, this is a city. But as far as Du Le could see, this place was not even as good as a slightly better village in Huaguo.
The city of Uda, with a population of perhaps tens of thousands, is already considered to be the most densely populated place in Uda. However, on both sides of the street, there is hardly a decent building to be seen, and most of the houses are thatched. The two-story wooden house is probably the best house in Wuda City. And on the streets. The means of transport seen. Not cars, but horses.
In addition to this, there is no power station in the city of Uda, there is no electricity. There is no electrical equipment that can be used. There is not even a trace of electrical equipment in sight.
Over here. There is almost no trace of modern society. The only thing that counts may just be the weapons in the hands of the soldiers of the Uda country. And despite this, most of the soldiers. All that was used was rifles, and they were very old.
What made Du Le even more disturbing was that some of the black women of Uda even calmly hung two leaves on their chests
This was more than Du Le could bear. Although Du Le knew that the economy of Wuda was backward, he did not know that it was so far away from the island country, let alone other big countries.
The country of Uda is too poor!
More than 30 of them, riding in five jeeps, stopped in front of the embassy of the island country.
For the sake of driving safety, Du Le also specially prepared more than a dozen barrels of oil in the space, as well as several cars and some car parts, ready to be replaced at any time. Fortunately, when I was in Africa, the road was safe, and there were no car problems.
The embassy of the island country in Uda is also a two-story wooden house with a wide area. In front of the embassy is the flag of the island nation. Dule they found it easily.
Sharif arranged for the staff in the embassy of the island country in Uda, a total of 12 people. Three of them were diplomats, and the remaining nine were military attachés. At this time, the ambassador of the island country was already standing at the door of the embassy and personally greeted them.
Because the island nation has its own satellite, the embassy of the island nation is fortunate to be equipped with a satellite phone. After the staff of the island country arrived in Wudaguo, they immediately configured a solar charger to ensure the smooth development of the work. Therefore, the staff of the embassy of the island country can contact the main island of the island country at any time. And before they came, they naturally notified the embassy in advance to do a good job of receiving them.
The more than 30 people brought by Du Le, except for two government workers, were all soldiers, and they were responsible for protecting the safety of Du Le and his party.
Du Le was not stingy, and as soon as he entered the Republic of Uda, he gave the accompanying soldiers fully armed. Therefore, when Du Le and his party arrived in the Republic of Uda, they were very eye-catching. However, the people of the Republic of Uda, who were not uncommon to see people walking with guns, only showed a little curiosity, and did not pay too much attention to Du Le and them.
After they arrived at the embassy, they immediately asked the staff of the embassy of the island country to find some local guides to enter the mountains together. Du Le was very anxious and didn't want to waste too much time in the Republic of Uda.
The Uda guides hired by the staff were actually government officials of the Republic of Uda, so when they went into the mountains, they would tell Du Le and his party which places were dangerous and which were tribal property
After everyone reached the mountainside, Du Le asked the team to stop the action for a while, and then secretly took out the prospecting robot to explore the mountain under their feet.
The prospecting robot immediately and quickly detected various metal ores around the mountainous area.
Undoubtedly, these deposits are scattered in a haphazard manner, but this is not a problem for Düller. The mining vehicles owned by Düle and the high-tech production methods are very complete in the smelting of metal ores, so they can cope with even the most chaotic places. Therefore, the most important thing at the moment is to establish a base in Africa first. As long as the foundation is firmly established first, the rest of the matter will be much easier. Next, Tule can be centered on the Republic of Uda and extended to the surrounding areas and countries.
"We're going to build a mine here." Du Le pointed to a relatively empty place and said.
Wuda's guide was very surprised when he heard this, and asked, "It's far away from the gathering area, I'm afraid it's very inconvenient." ”
"You are the guide, you just need to tell me if our island nation can obtain the right to exploit this mountainous area, and if so, we will invest here." "As for the problems of life, we will solve them ourselves, we will build roads here, we will build power plants, etc., if you want to, of course." ”
"No problem." Uda's guide laughed. There are foreigners who are willing to invest in this inhospitable place, and they are certainly welcome. There is no one who does not want his country to develop quickly and the people to live a prosperous life.
Du Le nodded, seeing that it was a little late, and returned to Wuda City with Uda's guide first.
By the time I got back to Uda, it was already dark. Therefore, Du Le was not in a hurry to find the government officials in Uda to continue to talk about the investment, but temporarily returned to the embassy of the island country.
There is no electricity, no electric lights, and naturally there is no rich nightlife, at best, there is only a bonfire.
But after a long day's journey, Du Le was already extremely tired, so Du Le was also not interested in the bonfire party, and just wanted to stay in the embassy to rest, and then prepare for the next day's negotiations with the Uda government. (To be continued......)