Zhang Zhun frowned and said to himself.

The relationship between him and these old people is quite special, which is not only the relationship between superiors and subordinates, but also the relationship between seniors and juniors. They generally don't come to them until they have a very important thing to do. Since it's here, something must be wrong. Last time, it was the trouble of Yan Shenggong, but I don't know what it is this time?

A moment later, Zhang Shenyan came in. Zhang Zhun hurriedly got up to say hello and warmly beckoned Zhang Shenyan to sit down. After a brief greeting between the two, Zhang Shenyan said bluntly: "Yu, Lin, I'm here to ask you for help." ”

Zhang Zhun hurriedly said: "What does Gong Shan need me to do, please speak." ”

Zhang Shenyan said bluntly: "Yulin, the biggest problem in Dengzhou Mansion at present is still the lack of manpower, a large amount of cultivated land has not been cultivated, a large number of infrastructure can not recruit enough workers to start work, and many jobs, such as roads and bridges, have to be stopped because of insufficient manpower. If you can, help Dengzhou attract a population of 200,000! ”

Zhang Zhun asked a little puzzled: "200,000 people.?" So much? ”

Zhang Shenyan said with a solemn expression: "Yes, 200,000." If there are 300,000, it will be even better, no matter how many people you recruit, we will accept all of them. ”

Zhang Zhun only smiled slightly bitterly.

This senior is also really, thinking that the population of two or three hundred thousand is a huā in the ground, and it grows out of a bunch of them? As long as you pull it gently, you can get a large bunch? In times of war, tens of thousands of people are already a lot, and hundreds of thousands of people are a huge number. Your old man's mouth is 200,000, and he is really testing me.

The population of all parts of Shandong is not much, "I have experienced many turmoil in the Wenxiang Sect, as well as Kong Youde's rebellion, which has decreased a lot. It seems that the original Dengzhou Mansion had a population of less than 300,000. After vigorously absorbing refugees from all over the country, the population slowly increased to about 500,000. Now, if it is going to increase by 200,000, it is strange that Zhang Zhun is not nerve-wracking.

In the past, "Zhang Zhun constantly asked for the population from Beizhili, and basically cleaned up the migrable population in Beizhili." Now, this method is no longer possible. The current Beizhili is basically in the area controlled by the Tiger Army, and there is no population output. Well, if you want to get more people, you can only find a way to go farther away in Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi and other places.

Zhang Zhun's gaze slowly fell on the map of Henan Province.

Henan is a typical place of chaos, the land of four wars, as long as the world is in chaos, Henan will definitely be affected, and it is often the place where the war is the most severe. All forces will repeatedly compete for Henan in order to seize the favorable terrain of the Central Plains. Almost every time there is a change of dynasties, Henan is the main battlefield, the end of the Qin, the end of the Han Dynasty, the end of the Sui Dynasty, the end of the Tang Dynasty, the end of the Song Dynasty, and the end of the Yuan Dynasty. It is conceivable that at this time in the late Ming Dynasty, the people of Henan "how painful they were."

It is said that the world is not chaotic and Shu is chaotic first, and the world has ruled Shu but not been governed, and the Shu in this is the same as Yu. Seriously speaking, the war in Henan is "much more powerful than the war in Sichuan." Zhang Xianzhong's slaughter of Sichuan has a great element of artistic exaggeration. However, the people of Henan, between the official army and the rebel army, were combed back and forth repeatedly. Those who can survive have long been iron bars.

As a prosperous and wealthy place in the Central Plains, Henan's population is already large, at least three or four times that of Shandong. Even after the war, Henan's population is still quite large. If we can attract a large number of Henan immigrants to arrive, it is obvious that the population situation of Shandong can be greatly improved. In particular, Yanzhou Mansion in Shandong borders on Guide Mansion in Henan, and refugees in Henan only need to enter Shandong from Yanzhou Mansion.

The question is how?

Let Dong Shuyan go to abduct and sell people again.? I'm afraid it won't work. In this part of Henan, the situation is really very complicated, there are many imperial court troops, there are many local warlords, and there are a few more high-profile princes. Among them, King Fu is the most eye-catching, with the strongest army and strength, and it is also the strongest near Luoyang, where it is located, and it is also the strongest official army.

In addition, the Shaanxi rebel army would often come to Henan. Even, horse thieves who are active in various places may burn, kill and loot here in Henan. In such a chaotic situation, it is really dangerous to let Dong Shuyan recruit homeless people. A team of several hundred people, if you encounter a large number of enemies, it is simply not enough to see. Of course, Zhang Zhun couldn't let his own women take risks. What's more, the Smelling Fragrance Sect in Henan doesn't seem to have any foundation.

"Gong Shan, you say, I put up a sign in Kaifeng Mansion, saying that a large number of local refugees will be accepted, and all those who are willing to migrate to Shandong will have free fields and food subsidies to ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing, what do you say will be the effect?"

Zhang Zhun suddenly said with a smile.

"I'm afraid you have to come forward in person, Yulin.

”

Zhang Shenyan said euphemistically.

In this era, because of the war, the mutual trust between people can be said to have fallen to the lowest point. The migration to Shandong is only unrealistic. Because, in most areas of Henan, the control ability of the government is stronger than that of Beizhili. At the same time, due to the conscious propaganda of the government, the people of Henan still do not understand Zhang Zhun and the Tiger Benjun.

If you want to gain more people's trust, Zhang Zhun must personally come forward and make a personal commitment, so as to give people a little sense of security and attract them to leave their hometown and migrate to Shandong. In addition, the most important point is to find a way to break the local government's control over the people. When it comes to how to use violent means, that is Zhang Zhun's strength.

In fact, Zhang Shenyan estimated that as long as Zhang Zhun appeared in person, the local government in Henan would be afraid that he would have to pee his pants. In the conscious propaganda of the government, Zhang Zhun is an unprecedented demon, and no one is not afraid.

"Okay! I'll go! ”

"I'll take a look at the autumn harvest along the way!"

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment and said briskly.

This kind of blackface thing, except for himself, "there is really no one else who can do better." It seems that "it is necessary for me to go to Henan for a turn." It just so happened that he could go all the way west from Dengzhou Mansion to check the situation of the autumn harvest.

Every time there is a bumper harvest of grain, "Zhang Zhun has to go down and walk in person, and when he sees the heavy grain returned to the warehouse, he will feel a lot more stable in his heart." In such troubled times, food and weapons are indispensable. Huang Taiji's most painful thing now is probably food.

Just do it, Zhang Zhun inspected all the way west from Dengzhou Mansion. Laizhou Mansion was the first to be developed. Zhang Zhun carefully inspected and found that the average yield of rice per mu here has reached about 350 catties per mu, an increase of about 30 catties over last year, which is gratifying.

Some particularly high-yield paddy fields have a yield of more than 500 catties per mu. It's a pity that "the number of such rice fields is too small." And even with such a yield per mu, there is still a gap with the water towns in the south of the Yangtze River. The best rice fields in the south of the Yangtze River can reach the level of 700 catties per mu.

Continuing westward, Qingzhou and Jinan are "a little worse." The area of rice sown in Qingzhou Prefecture is very small, less than 500,000 mu. The average yield per mu is only about 310 catties, which is 40 catties less than that of Laizhou Prefecture. The sown area of rice in Jinan Prefecture exceeds 10 million mu, but the average yield per mu is not high, even less than 300 catties.

Tian Feng, the governor of Jinan Prefecture, felt very ashamed when he talked about this. Grain production has always been his main focus, "It's a pity that Jinan Mansion is really too big, and he can't do everything." The biggest reason for the low average yield per mu of rice is that the yield is seriously uneven in various places. Some have a yield of more than 400 catties per mu, and some have less than 200 catties.

However, there is good news, that is, with the continuous improvement of water conservancy facilities and the continuous promotion of planting technology, by next year, the average yield of rice per mu in Jinan Province will definitely exceed 330 catties. At the same time, in the next year, Jinan Province can reclaim more than 5 million acres of rice fields. This is quite a remarkable achievement.

"Looking forward to your good news!"

Zhang Zhun held Tian Feng's hand and said with great encouragement.

Dongchang Province in the east and west of the mountain is relatively small, and the planting area of rice is also not large. This year's autumn harvest: The average yield of rice per mu in Dongchang Province is about 340 catties. In general, the yield per mu is still quite good, but unfortunately, the sown area is too small, only less than one million mu.

There is also a big problem in Dongchang Mansion, that is, the cultivated land that can be cultivated has been basically reclaimed, so it is basically impossible to make a fuss about increasing the area of fields. Therefore, efforts can only be made to increase the yield per mu. For Zhang Zhun, it is absolutely impossible to expect Dongchang to make a great contribution to grain production.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, the autumn harvest output of grain in the whole territory of Shandong was about 20 billion catties, of which the taxes paid were about 2.4 billion catties, which were converted into stones, about 1,300 stones. This is the data that Zhang Zhun obtained. Basically, there is no moisture left in such data. According to the calculation of about one or five taels of silver per stone of grain, the income of autumn grain alone is about 20 million taels of silver.

Of course, these are theoretical values, and in practice, it is impossible to exchange so many silver taels. In Shandong, because of the bumper harvest of grain, the price of grain has been falling continuously, and the general market price is only seven coins of silver per stone of grain. But if it is sold externally, it will be sold for more than one or two or five dollars. It is a pity that if you want to sell grain to the outside world, you must obtain Zhang Zhun's written approval, otherwise, you will be severely dealt with.

When Zhang Zhun came to the westernmost part of Yanzhou Mansion, it was already many days later. In Yanzhou Mansion, the first thing Zhang Zhun saw was Song Yingxing. Song Yingxing's main task in Yanzhou was to study the improvement technology of rice cultivation. The six prefectures in Shandong are the most suitable for growing rice, and the largest rice sowing area is Yanzhou Prefecture. Therefore, Song Yingxing has been squatting in Yanzhou Mansion during this time.

The rice cultivation technology that Song Yingxing is actively studying can increase the rice yield per mu by 50 catties, which is a matter of immeasurable merit. The sown area of rice in Yanzhou, Huai'an, and Yangzhou has exceeded 10 million mu, and if the output is increased by 50 catties per mu, the total grain output can be increased by 4 billion catties, which is quite a large number.

Zhang Zhun said with concern: "Song Yingxing, have you encountered any difficulties?" ”

Song Yingxing hurriedly replied: "My lord, not yet." ”

Zhang Zhun said eagerly: "If you encounter any difficulties, you can come to me at any time." ”

Song Yingxing naturally agreed.

After meeting with Song Yingxing, Zhang Zhun did not leave Yanzhou City immediately, because there was still one biggest trouble that had not been solved. The biggest trouble in Yanzhou Mansion is, of course, Qu Zhuo's Yan Shenggong family.

Last time Gao Hongtu, Zhang Shenyan, and Qiao Yunsheng came to see him together, Zhang Zhun had made it clear that if the Yanshenggong family wanted to keep their land, they would make a public statement, sever relations with the imperial court, and support the Tiger Army. However, after the information was returned, I did not receive an immediate response. Obviously, Kong Yinzhi was hesitating.

"Chafez."

Zhang Zhun suddenly shouted.

"What do you command?"

Chapheis hurried over.

"How is the situation of the Kong family?"

Zhang Zhun asked with a grim face.

"Kong Yinzhi has been closed for three days."

Chaffield said coldly.

"Three days?"

Zhang Zhun said to himself.

In this year's era, there are several meanings of closing the door. The first is that you are really noisy and don't want to be disturbed. Obviously, Kong Yinzhi will not be this kind of person. The second is to think about things behind closed doors. The third is to hide people's eyes and ears. No matter which one it is, it shows that Kong Yinzhi is already excited.

Hehe, as long as the heart is excited. Between interests and fame, I believe that Kong Yinzhi will make a smart choice. Of course, if the Yan Shenggong family went to a dead end, Zhang Zhun wouldn't mind giving them a ride. The Shadow Division led by Xia Feis, the first dirty job that may be opened is to see off the Yan Sheng Gong family.

"You stay in peace and continue to monitor the Kong family!"

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice.

"Understood!"

Chaffield replied coldly.

After Zhang Zhun left Yanzhou City, he continued to move westward and soon came to Cao County. This is the junction of Shandong and Henan, standing in the territory of Shandong and looking at the ground of Henan, it feels like a desolation. In the clairvoyant mirror, not a single figure was seen.

According to the guide's introduction, because of the war in Henan, it is rare to see people farming.

Even if someone occasionally appears, it is either a sporadic official army, a sporadic Shaanxi rebel army, or a horse thief. Anyway, there are very few opportunities for ordinary people to appear.

"Da Da Da!"

Suddenly, there was the sound of horses' hooves.

"Who?"

"Alert!"

Dugu Hunt immediately roared.! ~！

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