The third volume sailed in the Ming Dynasty

Everything went well, but in the handling of the homeless, Yan Yu said that he was in trouble.

It turned out that during the period of more than two months of detention, the number of Dengzhou Wei surged from 100,000 to more than 200,000, which has far exceeded the absorption capacity of Dengzhou Wei.

The reason why it can still survive now is because there is the support of the fishing industry, and the displaced people at least have fish porridge to drink.

Although food can be barely solved, winter is approaching soon, and the extremely cold wave from the Mongolian steppe will definitely freeze most of the displaced people to death quickly.

If this is the case, although the lives of people in troubled times are as cheap as dogs, in the face of such a tragedy, it still makes people sigh.

"How many people are being contained in Dengzhou Wei now?"

Qin Haoming lowered his head and asked everyone.

"Governor Qin, Dengzhou Wei can accommodate the opportunities of the people, one is the army, the second is the fishery, and the third is all kinds of shops and shops in the Wei Institute, after selection, 51,000 young people have been absorbed.

Students estimate that more than 170,000 people are unable to be accommodated.

Of course, as the construction of the salt works begins, there will be places where manpower is needed. However, there is also a major problem that the majority of these people are old and weak.

Moreover, even if all the projects are built and operational, the students estimate that at most more than 10,000 people will be able to absorb the top, and the rest of the people will still not be able to accommodate it. ”

Yan Yu has always been responsible for counting the number of people, and the data comes as soon as he opens his mouth, and the analysis is very thorough.

"It's okay, the rest will be transferred to the Zhoushan Islands. Grain was transported from Dengzhou Wei and reclaimed here, and it should be possible to resettle. ”

Before letting Dengzhou Wei accept the displaced people, Qin Haoming had already considered this problem, so he said without hesitation.

"Tell Governor Qin, I'm afraid there won't be more than 100,000 people here.

The students walked around several islands, and after a little statistics, there is still a large amount of saline-alkali land in the Zhoushan archipelago that has not been utilized.

Among them, there are about 70,000 acres of mild saline-alkali land, scattered in various islands, and about 100,000 acres of severely saline-alkali land, mainly concentrated in Liuheng Island.

However, there are not many fertile fields that can really be used for reclamation, about 100,000 acres. In this way, the average person is one acre of land. And the newly opened land may not be able to feed these people. ”

At this time, Wu Feng stood up and said with a wry smile.

Qin Haoming sighed, frowning and sighing unconsciously, he really didn't take into account that these saline-alkali lands are difficult to grow crops, and it is difficult to harvest grain and wheat, so how to use it is really a difficult thing.

Can it really only be so idle?

"Governor Qin, what the students are worried about is that so many people gathered in Dengzhouwei and had high expectations for our army. If they were treated indifferently by our army, those people would be disappointed and full of resentment.

If there are unscrupulous people among them who take the opportunity to incite the people to make trouble, I am afraid that there will inevitably be a bloody dispute. Such an outcome will result in the defeat of both the people and our army. ”

Wu Feng's solemn words made Qin Haoming nod unconsciously and said yes.

"Let's transport it first, it's better to get warmer here, and the grain governor will receive help from Fujian, so we can ensure that these people survive.

As for the rest, we can always find a way to arrange and digest it slowly, not to mention that our army will expand its ranks in the future, and it can also be selected from among the displaced people first. ”

Qin Haoming immediately made a decision and commanded everyone.

"Qin Du, these saline-alkali lands are actually useless!

According to the experience of the last general, after the improvement of saline-alkali land, its salinity will be much weakened, although it cannot be used to grow grain, but it can be used to grow other alkali-tolerant crops.

For example, after the improvement of mild saline-alkali land, it can be used to plant mulberry trees, and after the improvement of heavy saline-alkali land, it can be used to grow alfalfa, Suaeda salsa, salthorn grass, coastal quinoa and other crops. ”

Suddenly, one of the Dengzhou Wei deputy Qianhu said loudly.

"Oh, I didn't expect this saline land to have such a purpose, what is your name, but it has opened Bentu's eyes, how do you understand this."

Qin Haoming pointed at him and asked.

"Report to Governor Qin, the last general will be called Li Xiaofeng, the helmsman of the No. 3 Fu ship and the deputy Qianhu.

The reason why the last general knows this is because when he was in his hometown in Henan, he also planted mulberry trees in saline-alkali land.

This mulberry tree is tolerant of weak salinity and low temperature and drought, and can be planted on improved saline-alkali land.

If the mulberry tree can be successfully planted on mildly saline-alkali land, it can raise silkworms and reel silk, which can be a great source of wealth for our army.

If Governor Qin can trust me, he will be willing to give it a try. ”

The master is in the folk!

Li Xiaofeng's words made Qin Haoming overjoyed.

He knew that the profit of raising silkworms and reeling silk was extremely high, and if the saline-alkali land could be improved and used to grow mulberry and silkworms, it would be the best, much better than farming.

Raw silk, if only sold in Daming, the price is not too high, and the real profit is the export trade.

Last time, I seemed to hear Zheng Zhilong talk about it, because of the complete monopoly of trade with Japan, after trafficking the raw silk produced in Fujian to Japan, the price of each load was as high as several hundred taels!

This almost terrible price, reaching more than ten times the market price of Daming, is really a complete profit!

Therefore, the raw silk trade has become an important source of revenue for Zheng Zhilongxun's rise. Even, along the coast of Fujian, there is also a children's folk song that a boat of filaments goes east, and a boat of silver goes home.

Qin Haoming walked over with a smile and patted Li Xiaofeng's shoulder, and said with a smile: "Li Qianhu, your suggestion is very good!" Let it go, don't have any worries, ask for people to give people, ask for money for money!

In this way, you will be transferred from the No. 3 Fu Ship and will serve in the Zhoushan Islands in the future, and you will be in charge of the affairs of silkworms. If it happens, your future depends on the Doke.

It's just that how long will it take to improve this mulberry field, and when can mulberry start planting? ”

"Governor Qin, mulberry trees can only be planted in spring.

Therefore, it will be arranged at the end that from now until the beginning of spring next year, it should be possible to use these few months to first remediate the mild saline-alkali land and the severely saline-alkali land, so that it can reach the conditions for use. ”

Li Xiaofeng replied with a happy face.

At this time, Zhang Yun on the side interjected and asked: "Li Qianhu, then you say that after the improvement of this heavily saline-alkali land, can it be used to plant mulberry trees?" ”

"Zhang Shoubei, this is a heavily saline-alkali land, because the soil contains too high a saline-alkali content.

To improve it to the point where it is possible to plant mulberry trees, it will take too much manpower, money, and time. If you calculate this, the gains outweigh the losses.

In addition, the severe saline-alkali land has been seriously invaded by seawater because of its groundwater content, and even if the improvement is successful, the probability of becoming saline-alkali land in the future is very high.

Therefore, these lands are really not suitable for planting mulberry trees. ”

Seeing Qin Haoming and Zhang Yun's disappointed looks, Li Xiaofeng continued:

"However, these heavily saline lands, which have been improved to grow crops such as alfalfa and quinoa, are still excellent.

In the future, it can be used as a horse farm for our army, and can also be used to raise cattle, pigs, rabbits, chickens, ducks and other animals, especially pigs and cattle.

Suaeda and Salt Horn can be used as traditional Chinese medicine. ”

Li Xiaofeng's words made Qin Haoming laugh.

I didn't expect it, this road doesn't lead to the other way! In this way, the matter of war horse forage was also solved.

"Li Qianhu, you go to the island immediately to have a look, and then report a personnel and financial plan to the governor. Also, how many apprentices do you want to bring out, do you hear? ”

Qin Haoming laughed, there was no pasture in the south, and he didn't know how to solve this matter before, so he didn't realize that the opportunity was here.

Li Xiaofeng happily promised to leave.