Chapter 149: Building Southern Liaoning (Part I)
Gao was not unaware of the possible formation of an anti-Gao alliance, but he was not very worried about this.
The infiltration of the heart school into the nine sides is too late, far less than the more than ten or twenty years of deep cultivation of the real school, the three towns of Xuan, Da and Shanxi, which were originally the most concentrated troops in the nine sides of the Ming Dynasty, have long been put into the Gao Party (pan) door, and Qi Jiguang of Jizhen is also a hardcore supporter of the Gao Party, only these four towns account for more than half of the strength of the nine sides, not to mention that Shaanxi has been an ally of the Jin Party since the era of Ma Ziqiang, and naturally it is now dominated by the Shixue faction.
To put it simply, the Heart School wants to mix sand in the nine sides, and at present, only Li Chengliang can make up his mind.
But this is of little significance, because Zhu Yijun is still in an ambiguous state of mind about whether to continue to use Li Chengliang, and he is actually waiting for Gao Pragmatic to make a judgment, which is also one of the main reasons why he agrees with Gao Pragmatic to go to Liaodong for foreign affairs.
In this case, Gao Pragmatic naturally does not have to worry about Li Chengliang running to seek the support of the Xinxue faction, because although it is not easy for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to move a civil official, he has to have a chance, but it is very easy to move a general, especially when the military general still has a title on his head - it will be over if he returns to the dynasty as the governor of the five armies.
The status is full for you, and the real power is for you to hand in.
For this kind of treatment, Li Chengliang has no way, unless he rebels, but he said before that it is completely impossible, he does not have that condition.
Therefore, after Gao Shixian took Li Rugui, he directly sent someone to arrange a ship and sent him to Shandong - the patrol of Liaodong is currently the governor of Shandong.
As for himself, he began to promote the long-planned plan of "building southern Liaoning" in his mind.
The "construction of southern Liaoning" plan is a plan that covers a relatively comprehensive area, and there is no shortage of any of the four major items of agriculture, industry, industry, and military affairs.
"Agriculture" is divided into two parts, one is planting and the other is fishing.
A large part of the land of the Liaodong Peninsula is brown soil, which is a kind of soil developed on granite, gneiss, and phyllite, with a sandy texture and loose soil, which is not very suitable for farming. In addition to brown soil, there are coastal saline soils, paddy soils, meadow soils and dark brown soils. Among them, coastal saline soil, as the name suggests, is developed from saline silt.
Generally speaking, the area suitable for rice cultivation is not large, but according to the results of the survey conducted by Gao Shiren, in fact, these soils that are not suitable for rice cultivation are still being planted, but the yield is really not good.
Gao Pragmatic remembered that in the past, the Ministry of Household Affairs had also received many notices from Ma Siqing in Liaodong Yuan, saying that there was a problem with the grain output in southern Liaoning, but now it seems that it is indeed not nonsense, and there are really objective reasons why the unit output of grain here cannot go up.
But Gao Pragmatism still has a way to increase grain production in southern Liaoning - he doesn't have the ability to go to the sky, and he can actually change the nature of the soil, he just has two other trump cards.
That is the sweet potato and corn seeds that Gao Qi seized from the pirate lair in Taiwan after the Battle of Fujian.
Southern Liaoning is mountainous, and the soil on the mountains is not much suitable for agriculture, but this landform is quite similar to many areas of Mexico, since Mexico is a corn kingdom, it is obvious that southern Liaoning can also grow corn in large quantities.
And compared to sweet potatoes, which are more suitable for the south, Gao pragmatic intends to focus on corn in southern Liaoning, or Liaodong, and even the entire northeast region in the future.
Corn was the world's largest single crop (you read that right, corn accounted for 35% of the world's total food production), with a global production of about 1 billion tons, compared to about 260 million tons in China at the time.
This shows that the yield of corn can be very high, but Gao pragmatic intends to focus on the corn industry in the north, and the more important reason is feed.
The characteristic of corn is that it not only has corn kernels for human consumption, but also many parts of its body can be used as high-quality feed, and 60%-70% of China's corn production in later generations are used for feed processing, which can prove that it is excellent in this regard, even excellent.
This is amazing, because this is where the other half of the Ming cavalry hopes - the previous half is Tumut.
As for whether it can still be used in aquaculture in the further future...... This is a matter for the future, and for the time being, Gao Pragmatic doesn't think he can become a big fat man in one bite.
In addition to food, there is another thing that may be rarely paid attention to in agriculture, called silkworms.
Tussah silkworm, also known as mountain silkworm, originated in the central and southern regions of Shandong Province, and its cocoon silk production is second only to that of silkworms. Its cocoon can also be reeled silk, mainly used for weaving silk, and the insect body is not only edible, and even can be used as medicinal materials, but also a very powerful aphrodisiac, Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica" is recorded.
Of course, the purpose of high pragmatism is to use it to reel silk, and strive to bring a new profit point to Liaodong - with the gradual rise of maritime trade, the great development of the Ming silk industry is close at hand, at this time do not hurry up to find a way to increase production capacity, it is purely stupid, because in this era of handicrafts, the market performance of silk is always in short supply, anyway, do not worry about selling.
The cultivation of corn is easier to do, because the southern Liaoning region is a military region, and Gao Pragmatic is equivalent to the Emperor of the Soil at a certain level, after getting Li Rugui, the remaining three Wei commanders did not dare to be naughty in front of Gao Pragmatic after eating the bear's heart and leopard gall, let alone let them plant corn, even if they were allowed to rub the mud and play, they would not refuse.
The commander of the guard post is also similar to the magistrate in southern Liaoning, or has a lot of administrative power, and can be forced to promote these things in the local area, without having to persuade and educate - the guards below are all serfs, and they don't plant whatever the owner says?
Of course, Gao Pragmatism is not blindly brutal, he still has a reward and punishment mechanism, this mechanism is more complicated, due to space, I will not elaborate. In general, even if you plant well, you will be rewarded according to your ranking, and those who plant poorly will also be punished according to your ranking.
In addition, for the group of people with the highest "unit per mu yield", Gao Pragmatic not only gives awards, but also invites them to impart experience, and even plays a package ticket, this group of people can send their children to Beijing to study in the Jinghua Craftsman School with high pragmatism.
The children who are selected to study are not only free of charge for room and board, binding, etc., but as long as they are not punished in the school, they will also have a reward of two taels of silver every month.
Two taels of silver is not a small amount, and it is equivalent to the monthly income of an ordinary migrant worker with no special skills in Beijing, and it is even equivalent to the standard of an adult long-term worker in Liaodong.
Therefore, for the problem of corn planting and promotion, Gao Pragmatic feels that it is easier to do.
But for the silkworm, the trouble is a little bigger, first of all, the problem of this technical person is not very easy to handle, first you have to send someone to Shandong to find someone to teach technology - fortunately, the administrative system of the Ming Dynasty is very special, Gao pragmatic also hung a Shandong according to the title of inspector, and he also has "acquaintances" in Shandong as an official.
Gao pragmatic's acquaintance in Shandong, in fact, has never even seen face-to-face, but is his eldest brother Wang Tingshi written by Wang Ting in the same year, this person was the deputy envoy of Shandong according to the inspection in the eighth year of Wanli in Gao pragmatic, and now because of the relationship between his younger brother, he is considered to have hugged the golden thigh of the Gao Party, and has been promoted to the right political envoy of Shandong, and now he is in charge of the "internal affairs" part, and it should be reliable to ask him for help.
As for the fishery, this article does not need to be too detailed, Liaoning Province is a large fishery province in later generations, and the Liaonan Peninsula is the top priority, whether it is fresh water or seafood resources, it can be regarded as extremely rich, and the high pragmatism only needs to increase the investment in ships, and even the fishermen can be cultivated by leaps and bounds - with the old with the new.
The two major shipyards in Jinghua, the south in Guangxi, the north in Shandong, and due to the influence of the sea trade trend, the two major shipyards have been desperately expanding production, and now it is nothing more than to continue to increase the expansion of shipyards in Shandong.
Moreover, this fishing boat is not as small as a warship, not only the hull is much smaller, the armament requirements are even lower than the requirements, the corresponding hull strength requirements are much lower, and the manufacturing speed is much higher than that of warships and armed transport ships.
Of course, it is easy to build a ship, but it is difficult to get fishermen to buy boats, because these Liaodong fishermen have no money at all.
Fortunately, Gao Shishi had already convened the masters of the ship department to discuss when he was in Beijing before, and he didn't build a small fishing boat that could sail with three or five people, but in fact, he could only cast nets near the coast, and he could directly build a medium-sized fishing boat that required thirty or forty people to go to sea, or even a large fishing boat that needed fifty or sixty people to operate.
First, go to sea farther and salvage more, and second, this data is basically controlled according to the grassroots system in southern Liaoning.
For example, a small naturally formed village is suitable for a medium-sized fishing boat, while a larger village or town can be suitable for a large fishing boat.
As for how to buy a boat? It's simple, with a down payment of 30%, and the remaining installments of 10 years, and even the catch is accepted.
What, can't give a down payment of 30%? It doesn't matter, I also provide a variety of flexible buying and selling methods such as a down payment of 20% and a down payment of 10%, and even zero down payment is not impossible, but it is ...... Ahem, of course, the interest on this repayment will definitely be a little higher.
The only thing Gao Bingxian is kinder than some later generations is that he does not ask for collateral.
Of course, this is also the reason why he doesn't need collateral, because he is the emperor of Liaonan, and whoever owes him debts in Liaonan is not afraid of others defaulting on his debts.
The intimate Gao Bingxian even has a more complete protection plan: you can buy insurance when you go to sea to fish, and Gao Bingxian is responsible for the damage to the ship caused by force majeure factors such as piracy and wind and waves. Pirates loot and damage, and repair or buy a new ship for free!
Because the problem of wind and waves is high and pragmatic and cannot be solved, they can only rely on their driving skills and the sturdiness of the hull to resist it, and the pirates ...... Hum!
First, it is not that there are no sailors in southern Liaoning; Second, Jinghua's Beiyang Fleet is not even used for dry food!
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