Chapter 59: The Foundation (II)
The battle of Liaodong that took place in Liaodi last year, and then the subsequent incident of destroying the country and building counties, had a huge impact on the four counties of Liaodi, and all the countries in the Central Plains were shaken.
Not to mention the rich squires in other counties and counties of Yan Kingdom, that is, many rich squires in the Central Plains countries who were in the midst of war, after learning about what happened after the Liaodong War, they also sent people to the Northeast to investigate.
After the arrival of the real news of the four counties of Liaodi, everyone's eyes lit up. Say nothing and let's go! No one wants to stay in a place of war. They began to transfer their families and property to the four counties of Liaodi, especially many wealthy squires in Korea, Ni and Yi.
After knowing the news and understanding the immigration policy of Liaodi, a large number of ordinary people in the war-torn Central Plains countries also rushed to the four counties of Liaodi.
Even if the governments of various countries later found out and obstructed it in every possible way, they still couldn't stop the people from bringing their families and mouths, and with the help of well-intentioned people, they crossed the mountains and mountains to the Liaodi of Yanguo.
This also made the population of the four counties of Liaodi grow faster than Ji Kang imagined. If nothing else, it is no longer an illusion that the total population of the four northeastern counties will exceed 4 million by the end of this year. Of course, the number of acres has also increased.
In the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the weather in Liaodi is getting cooler day by day, but Xiangping City is noisy and prosperous day by day.
Zhu Cong sat in the private room on the second floor of Meixiang Building in Xiangping City, opened the window, and looked at the scene of the merchants on the street full of people coming and going. said to Zhu Zhe, who was sitting opposite him: "Don't be wronged! What a loss! ”
The few dishes ordered on the table seemed very simple in Ji Kang's previous life, but in this era, it is definitely not simple! It can even be described with the word "hearty". On the table, there are two meats, two vegetables and four dishes, braised beef, green vegetable tofu, fried bean sprouts, cold pork ears, plus a roast suckling sheep, and an egg soup.
As the largest restaurant in Xiangping City, Meixianglou can be said to be at the forefront of food and drink. All the delicacies that appear in Xiangping City, this restaurant will immediately grasp and learn as soon as possible, and then launch them.
Zhu Zhe, like Zhu Cong, looked at the street scene outside. After hearing his brother say this, "Yes! After coming to Xiangping City, it was really a sight to see the world. Big brother, not to mention the white porcelain on this table, and the food on the table. Just look at the so-called "cement" paved streets, it's really unprecedented! ”
Then he picked up the wine jug on the table, poured a glass of wine into the white wine cup in front of Zhu Cong, and said, "Big brother, even this wine is unprecedented!" So clear and mellow. ”
"It is said that this wine is made by a newly built government-run distillery outside the city, and it is not traded with the outside world. Only those who belong to the Ministry of Commerce can have a small share of more than ten chamber of commerce shareholders, which can be described as a price comparison of gold! This Meixianglou can be obtained, and the energy is not small! ”
The winery established this year in the industrial zone outside Xiangping City was also established by Ji Kang at the request of Qin Song, the head of the Ministry of Medicine and the Ministry of Commerce, and Su Qing.
Because at Ji Kang's occasional suggestion, it was said that wine, especially high-purity wine, could heal wounds, so he was remembered by Qin Xiang, the old man, and after a small batch of experiments, the high-purity wine created could indeed achieve the healing of wounds of the wounded.
At this time, Qin Cheng was excited, and Su Qing, the person in charge of the Ministry of Commerce, got drunk after drinking a few sips of such wine. After getting up, he ran to the Junhou Mansion and pestered Ji Kang to establish such a distillery and produce it in large quantities. And he swears that the wealth created by this wine can be faster than the money made.
After thinking about it again, Ji Kang thought of curing the disease, and thought of sorghum, the main crop produced in the Northeast, so he agreed to come down and established the first winery in the Xiangpingcheng Industrial Zone.
There are two types of liquor produced by the distillery: high purity and low purity. High-purity liquor is mainly used as a strategic material for the military and medical treatment, and is not traded with foreign countries; The low-purity liquor was handed over to the Chamber of Commerce under Su Qing of the Ministry of Commerce for trade transactions.
As Su Qing expected, since the distillery was put into operation in September, the low-purity liquor produced every day has been queued up by shareholders waiting to come to the door, and even several brawls have occurred over the share of the liquor, which has an extremely "bad" impact.
For this matter, Su Qing was also called to the Junhou Mansion by Ji Kang and reprimanded. However, he also agreed to Su Qing's request, and immediately sent people to establish several more wineries in the four counties of Liaodi, in several areas rich in sorghum.
Zhu Cong took the wine cup and drank it all, and said edifyingly: "Second brother, we were in Goguryeo, no, it was Jilin County, so we didn't have so many practices. Defeat is not wronged, defeat is not wronged! ”
Then, he continued with emotion: "Second brother, I just feel sorry for those soldiers who died in battle, and the 100,000 soldiers who are now being reformed through labor!" ”
As he spoke, tears fell, and he choked up: "It's all because of me!" It's all for my sake! ”
Zhu Zhe was also embarrassed, and drank all the glass of wine in front of him, and said slowly to Zhu Cong: "Big brother, if you want to talk about sins, my sins are greater than yours, I encouraged you to come in the first place!" ”
"But big brother, you don't have to complain about yourself so much, I heard that our 100,000 prisoners of war have all been arranged on the road between Xiuxiangping and Yangle. And the tens of thousands of captives in Donghu have all been arranged to open some mines! You know, mining is a lot more dangerous than building roads. ”
"Now I heard that our 100,000 prisoners of war have been paid for one year because of the labor camp, and according to the laws of the Prince's Mansion, they have all been paid. After two more years of labor reform, you can become a free citizen and go back to reunite with your family. Now they are just like us, they are the people of this land. Big brother, don't blame yourself too much! ”
Since the end of the Liaodong War last year, there have been 1670,000 more prisoners of war in Liaodi. In order to settle and rehabilitate these captives, and also for future strategic considerations, Ji Kang decided to build a cement official road from Xiangping to Yangle, extending all the way to Ling'an in Liaoxi County.
People from all counties along the route also participated, but were paid. At first, Jun Xiangju Xin was a little hesitant, but now he is very happy. Because Juxin found that all the counties and townships where roads were built had developed very well, even better than before.
It took Ji Kang a long time to explain before everyone including Ju Xin, Zou Yan, Lu Zhonglian and others understood. The realization of this method in Liaodi is not the labor practiced by the Central Plains countries now, but the labor that allows the common people to work in vain, which can only cost the people and money, and the gains outweigh the losses.
The current method of Liaodi is work and an important part of economic development. In addition to the fact that these hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war were not paid in the first year, and the participation of the people was to be paid, and the more they earned and the more they spent, the better the economy would be, and it was a virtuous circle, as long as we paid attention to the issue of "degree".
In this way, the cement produced by the cement factories in the industrial zones can be marketed as a strategic material even if it is not allowed to be bought and sold. and resettled and reformed the captives, and revitalized the economy.
In addition, it also prospered the trade routes of the four counties of Liaodi, attracting more personnel, funds, and materials to come to Liaodi.
Of course, more importantly, once Yan has something to do in the future. This cement road, which looks bad in Ji Kang's eyes despite its standards, can play an extremely important role.
Because this road has made Jun Xiangju Xin taste the sweetness, it is planned to come down after this official road is repaired. It is ready to use these hundreds of thousands of prisoners, and in the remaining two years, it is ready to pave the two official roads of the county government from Xiangping to Jilin City and Shuangliao City with cement. Ji Kang thought about it, and finally agreed.
After hearing this, Zhu Cong nodded, then sat down and said, "Second brother, you came to me today to tell me that you are going to Xiangping Academy for further study next month, right?" ”
Zhu Zhe picked up the wine jug, poured the wine cup in front of Zhu Cong again, and then poured the wine cup in front of him as well. nodded, and said to Zhu Cong: "Big brother, I am going to tell you about this." The Prince's Mansion sent someone to ask for my opinion in advance. Ask me if I'd like to come out and do things? I agreed. Big brother, I originally thought that it would be good for people like me to die at home peacefully.
I didn't expect this prince of ours to be so broad-minded! I also don't want to just eat and die at home, and I want to come out and do something. Besides, I also want to see how Liaodi has been able to develop so rapidly in just a few years! ”
Zhu Cong nodded and said to Zhu Zhe: "Second brother, go!" We don't have anything else to think about now! It was right to integrate into this Liao land as soon as possible. After the training, no matter what you are arranged? You just do it. ”
Zhu Zhe's eyes turned red, he raised the wine cup, and said to Zhu Cong: "Big brother, thank you for your understanding." Come, I'll give my eldest brother a drink. ”
Zhu Cong smiled and picked up the wine cup. Touch with Zhu Zhe and drink it all.
In the evening, in the inner courtyard of the Junhou Mansion, in Ji Kang's study. The old manager Ji Mao reported to Ji Kang that the two Zhu Cong brothers were talking in Meixiang Building today.
After hearing this, Ji Kang stood up with a smile and said, "That's good!" It seems that Zhu Zhe has no complaints, but Zhu Cong is still a little, isn't this also within our expectations! Ji Bo, in the past year, has there been a former Goguryeo gate lord Guixun who has visited Zhu Cong? ”
Ji Mao nodded and said to Ji Kang: "Childe, it's not much, but there are still it." ”
Ji Kang's eyes flashed with coldness, and he said to Ji Mao: "Uncle Ji, register all these people and monitor them strictly. ”
Ji Mao hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, Childe, we have already done this again." ”
Ji Kang nodded, and then said to Ji Mao: "Uncle Ji, in the future, we will strictly inspect, assess, and differentiate the officials from Donghu and Goguryeo. For those who are willing to abide by the rules of our Liaodi and take the initiative to move closer to us. We can train them one after another. ”
"Let them know our laws, our statutes, and our decrees. It is all the more necessary to boldly appoint officials who are honest and capable of performing official duties. But you must not hold a position in the same place, you can send a foreign land as an official, this is a use case! ”
The old manager Ji Mao nodded and said, "Childe's words are extremely true! ”
Shi Kang said on the side: "Childe, you are good enough to them now!" If they are not satisfied, they will not be able to say more. ”
Ji Kang shook his head and said: "The sea is inclusive, so it can become big!" We're not doing enough! ”
Seeing that Ji Kang was like this again, the old manager and Shi Kang looked at each other and laughed. Then, Ji Kang also laughed. It's hypocritical, it's too hypocritical!
Wangcai ran in from outside the house and looked at the three of them. rubbed Ji Kang, took a turn in the house, and ran out again.
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