Xia He flipped through the pamphlet in front of him, glanced at it, raised his head, and said: "Zuojin Wuwei has a total of 35,000 regular soldiers, with an average annual salary of 100 silver dollars, and 15,000 auxiliary soldiers, logistics baggage, engineering, etc., with an average annual salary of 60 silver dollars. In terms of salary expenses alone, Zuo Jin Wuwei is 4.5 million silver dollars a year. The annual expenditure on food, weapons, armor, clothing, etc., is about two million silver dollars. Not counting the rewards after the war, adding in the other miscellaneous expenses, Zuo Jin Wuwei's annual consumption is about eight million silver dollars. ”

"If the entire Zuojin Wuwei is converted into the Production and Construction Corps, according to Li Xiang's meaning, they will still be regarded as a military establishment, and their salaries will not change, but they will save about one million silver dollars a year on top of weapons, armor, and clothing."

"Of course, this is just an account on the surface. In fact, if it is rebuilt, the burden on the imperial court will be greatly reduced. As we all know, the army is a pure big consumer, and when they are converted into the construction corps, they will be able to create wealth independently. The household department made a large estimate, of the 50,000 people in Zuojin Wuwei, 40,000 were put into the tuntian, and if the tools and livestock were ready, plus collective farming, each person could take care of an average of 50 acres of land. This is two million acres of soil, with the average yield of wheat per mu of 300 catties, a year is 600 million catties of output, even if it is calculated according to the grain price of Wuyi, the retail price of a catty of wheat is ten cents, then they produce a year, it is also 50 million silver dollars. It's ten times their salary. ”

It's not that I don't know, this calculation, everyone in the house immediately cheered up.

Xia He glanced at everyone, and said with a smile: "Everyone, don't get excited, this is just a Mao estimate, everything is from the best side, in fact, it is not so optimistic." ”

"Even if it's a discount, it's a big deal." Zhang glanced back at Xue Chong and said with a smile: "If the Production and Construction Corps can effectively plan, the planting area can actually be expanded." I remember when I was in Yizhou, with the help of the cooperative group established by the Yixing Society, ordinary people were able to plant dozens of acres of crops, and now they are tens of thousands of young and strong young men! ”

Everyone nodded their heads.

"Xia He, you go on." Li Ze smiled and waved his hand, motioning for Xia He to continue.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is the most talented person in the army. In addition to farming, most of the engineers and logistics baggage soldiers among them have a skill, for example, the engineering troops, the best thing is to build bridges and build roads, and these people have a great role in road engineering and water conservancy construction in eastern Liaodong. Therefore, our advice to the production corps is to organize these personnel separately, and not to get them to farm. Xia He said.

Glancing at the three governors of Liaodong present, Xia He said: "These professionals can set up a production and construction team to vigorously build roads, water conservancy, bridges, and houses that are urgently needed in Liaodong, and of course, the local government also has to pay." The National Production and Construction Corps is an independent existence, and they also have performance appraisals. ”

"Of course you have to collect money!" Xue Chong waved his fist: "But you can consider discounting!" ”

Everyone in the room laughed, and although the matter was not finalized yet, it seemed that everyone had already entered the role.

"There are more than 2,000 people such as medical officers in Zuojin Wuwei, these people used to only serve the army, so after arriving at the place, they can not only serve the production and construction corps, but also serve the people of Liaodong, I think, this is probably what the three governors urgently need, right?"

"Not bad." Bao Hui, the governor of Jilin, nodded again and again, he has served in Liaodong for many years, and the medical level there is simply a heaven and an underground compared to the north. It is a real mode of carrying minor illnesses and waiting for death for major illnesses. More than 2,000 medical officers serve in the local area, which is a great good governance. Although these doctors are best at trauma, the general headache and brain fever are not a problem.

"The opening of a large number of medical centers can also make money, and they can also drive the development of the medicinal materials industry in Liaodong, as far as I know, there are many good medicinal materials in Liaodong." Xia Ho Road.

The three governors nodded excitedly at this time. Although the Production and Construction Corps is independent of the localities, they live in the eastern part of Liaodong after all, and their production and development can naturally lead to the development of the local economy.

"In short, in the eyes of the household department, this is a major event for the benefit of the country and the people. First, it has reduced the burden on the central government's finances, and second, they can create a large amount of wealth. When the time comes, you can not only feed yourself, drive the locality, but even feed back to the center. Therefore, the household department is supportive. Now, although we are financially constrained, we can still find a way to squeeze out a sum of money to start this matter. ”

"Where's Zhang Gong?" Li Ze looked at the chapter again.

"I'll just say a little!" Zhang Hui smiled: "In my opinion, this is a good thing. The production and construction corps is still a military establishment, which is equivalent to peasants, construction workers, and doctors who receive military salaries, everyone knows that under the rule of our Tang Dynasty, soldiers are a good profession, and they take root in the local area, and they will also attract more people to settle down, I am talking about women, these tens of thousands of people but where to live for a long time, always have to marry a wife and have children, in the long run, for the population growth of Liaodong, it is a great benefit. The biggest problem with where we are now is that there is too much land and too few people. ”

Li Ze looked around at the people in the room, clapped his hands and said: "Very good, it seems that everyone has reached a unanimous opinion, Zuo Jin Wuwei has been transferred to the Liaodong Production and Construction Corps, and now I will talk about his management system." ”

"It's a new thing, it's unprecedented, so we can only do it and watch and adjust it. But the general plan is to be settled. The Production and Construction Corps is a unit independent of the locality, they are still a military establishment, so the jurisdiction is still in the military department! Li Ze looked at Li Anmin.

"Understood." Li Anmin nodded.

However, the personnel distribution of the production and construction corps is spread all over the three provinces of eastern Liaoning. Therefore, the connection and cooperation with the local government is a university question, and I hope that Xue Chong and the three local Chang'ans can cooperate with each other, and Mo Sheng is dirty. ”

Han Qi said with a smile: "The Production and Construction Corps is there to help us develop locally, and it's too late for us to welcome it, where will it be dirty?" ”

"Not necessarily!" Li Ze said with a smile: "When they arrive at the place, they want to take root, where there are people, there will be conflicts of interest, these things, everyone is not a hot-blooded young man, and I hope to focus on the overall situation." ”

Hearing Li Ze say this, Xue Chong, Han Qi, Bao Hui, and Wang Wenshu all said yes awe-inspiringly.

"Although Zuo Jin Wuwei has been transferred to the construction corps, don't forget, you are still soldiers, so in the Liaodong Prefectures, I have only one request, where is the most difficult, where do you go, where are the poorest, where do you go!" Li Ze looked at Xue Chong and raised his voice: "You still have to maintain the style of a soldier, and you must always remember that in the past, you charged on the battlefield to open peace for all people, and now you are turning to the local area to farm land and build roads, which is also to open peace for all people." ”

Xue Chong Huo Ran stood up and said loudly: "Zuo Jin Wuwei will never forget the honor and mission of being a soldier!" ”

"Very good, General Xue, I can trust you!" Li Ze nodded and motioned for Xue Chong to sit down.

"The Liaodong Construction Corps is a pioneering move and a demonstration, if it is effective in Liaodong, in the future, in the Western Regions, there will be the Western Regions Construction Corps, and in Tubo, there will be the Tubo Construction Corps. Of course, only if you do a good job, there will be these followers, and if you don't do it well, this matter will naturally end here. ”

"Li Xiang, don't worry, we will definitely be able to make this a model for the world!" Han Qi took the lead and said.

"Okay, now that the general plan has been decided, the next specific plan will be formulated by the household department, the military department and the governors of Zuojin Wuwei and the governors of the three provinces of Liaodong, I hope that at the end of the Yixing Society Conference and when you return to the station, the specific plan has been taken out and can be put into practice, is there a problem?"

"No problem!" Everyone swears by it.

For Han Qi and the other three local governors, Li Ze has already set the tone, where the production and construction corps is poor, where the difficulties are, this is tantamount to solving the biggest problem for them. In the remaining details, in the negotiations between the two sides, the local authorities may wish to make some concessions.

And for Xue Chong, this is also an indifferent thing, left and right is to farm, no matter how hard it is, is it harder than fighting? If he can make better results in those most difficult places, the weight in Li Xiang's eyes will become more and more important. Didn't you just say that there will be the Western Regions Construction Corps and the Tubo Construction Corps in the future? I have succeeded in Liaodong, and my right to speak on this in the future will be much heavier.

Everyone left one after another, this meeting just set the tone, and what they had to do next was a thousand things, thinking that they had to stay up late for a long time, and they didn't know how much hair they had to scratch off.

When I do things, I have always had a mouth at the top and a broken leg at the bottom.

Gongsun Changming packed up some minutes in front of him, saw that there was no one in the room, and then looked at Li Ze and asked: "Li Xiang, Zuo Jin Wuwei has been transferred to the Construction Corps, will this kind of paramilitary organization continue to exist?" ”

"At least for the time being, it will always exist, and the army will still be the most efficient in developing those remote places." Li Ze paused, "Of course, in the longer term, one day, they will slowly be assigned to the locality." However, this is many years later, and I don't need to think about it for now. ”

"That's what I thought too." Gongsun Changming said with a smile.