Zhu Biao thought silently for a while with his hands behind his back, and asked Mao Xiang to check if that person had left any manuscripts.

Zhu Biao turned around and returned to the Wenhua Palace, the matter of the imperial examination could not be rushed, so Zhu Biao simply focused his efforts on the matter of relocating people, and it was impossible for the relocation of people from village to village, otherwise wouldn't it be better to tear down the east wall and make up the west wall.

In fact, in addition to the fact that it is difficult to leave the homeland, those who are poor in the local area are not good, and the relocation of the people is actually good, and the subsidies and policies of the imperial court are also very good.

Zhu Biao laid out a map, this time the migration is to move to Fengyang, Anhui, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, about to move more than 200,000 people, of course, this is only the first batch, and millions of people are expected to be relocated in the future.

Since the flooding of the Yellow River at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it has not been opened for 20 consecutive years, and the Yuan court has not taken care of it under the internal and external troubles, resulting in a large area of land in the middle and lower reaches of the Yellow River becoming swamps, and finally the population is extinct, and the villages are reduced to ruins.

The current population of Shanxi is about 20 million people, and the rest of the Ming Dynasty probably does not add up to 10 million.

Therefore, it is very important to do a good job in this first relocation of people, so that it can also set an example for the subsequent relocation work.

The migration to Fengyang is also to replenish the population nearby, after all, Fengyang is very close to Nanjing, and it is the emperor's hometown, so it is naturally necessary to give priority to replenishing.

Zhu Biao flipped through the records of the migration of the people in the previous dynasties, but unfortunately most of them were only small-scale migrations, thousands of soldiers drove the people away like driving sheep, and the backward ones went up to give a few whips.

Most of the rest were natural disasters, and even if there was no imperial court organization, the people could only be forced to relocate, just like the people from all over the Central Plains took the initiative to run to Shanxi because of the famine and war.

First of all, we have to tell them the benefits, and most of the people who fled to Shanxi are not doing well, and Shanxi is not their hometown, so they are relatively easy to migrate.

Tell them that all the rations along the way are provided by the imperial court, and when they arrive at the local area, a man will divide ten acres of land, and if he is willing to open up ten acres, he will be allowed to keep eight acres for himself.

When it comes to the local area, fertility is encouraged, and as long as there are more children, both male and female, the imperial court will have rewards.

Zhu Biao brought 50,000 cattle and sheep from the grassland to Fengyang, and the imperial court is also using tea and salt to trade with the Mongolian tribes, cattle, sheep and horses are all good things.

Of course, in fact, in the end, it is inevitable to forcibly relocate, but it can't be like driving sheep, in the current years, everyone is extremely precious, Zhu Biao plans to move the young and strong first, let them go fast after they are full, and follow the army to build houses in the local area, burn carbon in Tuntian, and do a good job in infrastructure construction.

The old and young in the back can be slower, anyway, they don't have much effect when they get there, if they rush to Fengyang, they will lie down, and they have to arrange manpower to take care of them, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Zhu Biao also plans to collect orphans, although the people of Shanxi are living well, but compared with the war-torn places, there are many local orphans, and they survived by eating hundreds of meals.

Compared with adults, these orphans are undoubtedly more liked by Zhu Biao, they only need to give food, and then cultivate them well, no matter what they do, it is good.

And not only Zhu Biao needs, Zhu Yuanzhang's pro-army Governor's Mansion also needs, when it is reorganized into Jinyiwei in the future, a large number of people will be needed, and it is a little inappropriate to be transferred from the army alone, at least the middle and high-level should be cultivated by themselves.

At that time, Zhu Biao will be cultivated in a unified manner after being collected and distributed according to talent, compared with the expansion of spies, Zhu Biao now hopes to cultivate a group of talents who are talented in science and engineering and talents who build ships.

Thinking of this, Zhu Biao had a toothache for a while, if only that guy hadn't died, even if he knew something basic to teach students.

According to the current estimate, when the people migrated to Fengyang, that is, autumn, the next biggest problem is that winter is coming, only through this first cold winter, the migrated people can really settle down, and start spring ploughing, summer cultivation, autumn harvest and winter hiding.

In this way, after two or three years of the imperial court's tax exemption policy, the people of Fengyang began to cultivate and raise with peace of mind.

But although Fengyang is said to be the south, the winter is still very cold, and the winter at this time is much colder than in later generations. Although the cold in the south is far less than in the north, if there is not enough heating for people, people will freeze to death at night.

No matter where the family is in the future, even if the family is poor, the minimum cotton jacket and thick quilt are available. But now it's hard to get that, like cotton, which is of origin in India and Arabia.

Before cotton was introduced to China, there was only kapok for pillows, and there was no cotton for weaving. Before the Song Dynasty, China only had the word "cotton" next to the silk, and there was no word "cotton" next to the wood.

Zhu Biao still remembers that when he went to Fengyang to worship his ancestors, he saw their quilts, most of which were filled with catkins and other materials, this warm effect can be imagined, but there is no way, only a few more layers, of course, I can't afford to buy so much fabric, I can only cover linen.

The people squeezed a few people for a night, the conditions are a little better can be made of chicken feathers, goose feathers, duck feathers and other animal hair quilts, clothes to keep warm, these things are very prickly, and there is a smell, it is not comfortable to sleep, but there is no way.

The rich family can also build a mattress made of what kind of skin, such as dog skin or something, and the hunters in the mountains generally use the fur of those wild animals, if it is a peaceful season, the people can exchange the grain with the hunters for fur.

Now although cotton has been spread, but where do the people dare to plant cotton, a cash crop, because of the famine and war for many years, they can survive with a grain of grain, who will waste land to grow cotton, and where can they sell cotton if they can't eat rice?

Two years ago, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered the cultivated land near Nanjing City to plant some cotton, maybe Lao Zhu also suffered in winter, and now the household department has arranged for people to start making quilts, and then it will be shipped directly to Fengyang.

With the house quilt, there is only a heating facility, and the fire kang has long appeared in the north, but the south generally does not need this, mainly because of the lack of fuel, and the wood is not allowed to burn, so carbon must be used.

In fact, coal is available now, and in Shanxi, Zhu Biao has read Li Daoyuan's "Notes on the Book of Water", which records the spontaneous combustion of coal seams and the development and utilization of coal in Datong, Shanxi.

Coal has been widely burned in the Datong area of the Song Dynasty. During the Liao, Jin and Yuan dynasties, the coal mining industry in Datong was already very developed, and the iron smelting industry was also enduring for a long time.

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