"Master Dong, according to your instructions, I bought you 2 stallions, 12 mares, 29 foals, 3 bulls, and ...... cows."

It was Guo Kedao's housekeeper who was introduced to Dong Chuan. Dong Chuan and Wang Qiwa led the hundreds of people to the Fushan Institute here, and began to throw money around, preparing to build this newly purchased land.

"Steward Guo, have the manpower arrangements for building the house been arranged? And things like stone and wood? Dong Chuan frowned and asked.

After arriving here, Dong Chuan and Wang Qiwa found that this place was completely a wasteland, close to the sea, and extremely desolate. What's even more distressing is that there are no roads, and the entry and exit of personnel and materials are quite inconvenient. Therefore, other ideas can only be slowed down first, and the first thing is to settle the personnel. And housing, food, etc., must be solved as soon as possible.

Steward Guo nodded with a smile and said, "Master Dong, my master said that this matter is on our Fushan Institute." There is a lot of bitterness in the military households, they wish they had a job to do. We also have stone wood. And if that's not enough, there are also guards and other thousand-house houses. In order to guard against the Japanese invaders, the coastal areas were heavily armed, and there were many materials left to prepare for the construction of sea ponds and fortifications. You can use these first if you want. If you are willing to pay for your feet, you can have it delivered to your door. It is...... That one? ”

Dong Chuan understood: "Tell your master that there will never be a shortage of silver, and we will also take care of what should be done." What we need is to have a house to live in as soon as possible, and we can't let the brethren blow the sea breeze all the time, right? ”

"Hehe, you can rest assured. The small one will be arranged for you when you go back. ”

Steward Guo is satisfied. Those building materials are completely waste, and if they are needed, they can be collected by military households, and even local governments can be used to levy conscription. There is no need to spend money at all, it is nothing more than the profit sharing of officials at all levels. And Guo Kedao can successfully do this, and the benefits will never be less.

Dong Chuan was also in a very urgent mood. Because before leaving, Qin Bai had repeatedly told him to build this place as soon as possible. Or even a separate promise that if the money is not enough, it can be added more. If you don't have the time and can buy it with money, then don't hesitate to buy it with money!

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In fact, not only Dong Chuan here, but even the others who were Yongsheng didn't understand why Qin Bai attached so much importance to this wasteland? Because at this time, Jingjiazhuang has entered a period of large-scale construction, and there are opportunities to make money everywhere, so why waste time and money outside?

After the Yangzhou salt merchants replaced the salt gang, Jingjiazhuang began a period of calm, and people suddenly found that the money became much more profitable, so there were fewer fights, and the whole Zhuangzi became more and more prosperous.

As for Yongsheng here, after the last concession, the Wang family did not force each other again, and even Zhang Jiuyun and Tie Sheng seemed to be putting up with it. He Mansion and Zhenwei Martial Arts Hall are also no news, so Yongsheng, like other gangs, is bent on development.

The first is the match business. After "recruiting" a large number of gangsters, the production of matches increased significantly, and they were continuously sold in small quantities. Although it is a small batch, it may be very inconspicuous in terms of quantity, but the price is still high, so it flows into the rolling silver. And the circulation of these silvers, coupled with the constant arrival of wealthy merchants, has led to the extraordinary prosperity of Jingjiazhuang.

Of course, there are very few people who can understand modern economics now, so some people have speculated about the reasons, and there are different theories anyway. For example, Hefu believes that such a development will only occur after the unification of the iron market. Therefore, such a path is absolutely correct, and it is necessary to resolutely and firmly increase the monopoly, and it can also bring a lot of benefits to the villagers.

And some people think that it is better to "take harmony as the precious"! Why do the old and young masters need to fight and kill? Therefore, maintaining the current pattern is the best choice.

However, the vast majority of people who eat melons will not care about these. Whoever, where did he get his money? Isn't it necessary to make money and think nonsense? That's a brain disease!

As a result, Yongsheng's iron ore production has also increased steadily, and the workshop shops have also become prosperous. In particular, hundreds of acres of wasteland have been opened up in Shanglin Village, and water conservancy ditches are still being built. Therefore, after the beginning of spring, Yongsheng actually miraculously realized that all the jobs were to be done, and almost all of those new gangs were digested internally.

Having created such a situation, at least within Yongsheng, Qin Bai's prestige became increasingly high. To be honest, in the beginning, most of the new gang members actually came to mix and eat, and they didn't have any loyalty at all. Especially seeing that Qin Bai and the others are quite young, they are nothing more than some strong and savage people, even if they don't look down on them, they don't care much.

But now they can live and work in peace and contentment? This was a big surprise to them.

You must know that in the Ming Dynasty, being able to live and work in peace and contentment were completely different concepts. It's not like in modern society, it doesn't seem to be any different. To use a potentially inappropriate analogy, it's like the difference between a white-collar worker who has a house and a car and a wage earner who is struggling to earn a living expenses.

The original purpose of these new gangs was to have a grass hut to drill, and a few nests were starving to death, but now they can eat and drink enough, and occasionally see meat? It's like coming to heaven all at once.

But on the other hand, some of the leaders of Yongsheng were a little unimpressed with Qin Bai's "indiscriminate spending".

It is worth noting that the reclamation of Shanglin Village is actually a kind of indiscriminate spending. In fact, the cost of land reclamation is quite high, and the manpower and material resources invested in water conservancy projects are quite huge. In other words, those fields that are easier to cultivate have long been reclaimed into cooked land, and it is the turn of Yongsheng to open up the wasteland?

Therefore, these inputs may take more than ten years or decades of acres of output before they can barely recover their costs. Therefore, the agrarian society especially needs stability, and it also needs the perseverance of the people here.

In this respect, China is still good, the hometown of Yugong Yishan! There is no lack of stability and perseverance, and water conservancy construction has been continued, although it is limited to the level of productivity, and the efficiency is not very high.

Look at foreign countries, such as Europe and the Middle East in the Middle Ages, basically slash-and-burn farming, abandonment and crop rotation. Why? It is because the investment in water conservancy is too large. It was not until after the Industrial Revolution that industrial agriculture was developed, and many water conservancy projects were built. Including China, when the People's Republic of China was founded, the water conservancy construction that lasted for decades can still enjoy dividends.

However, the main consideration of these industrialized water conservancy projects is political reasons. Or for the sake of farmers' votes, or for the sake of national food security, really talk about investment returns? That's just it.