The hot construction has begun to play a huge role, Dengzhou and Laizhou seem to be a gold coast, the population continues to gather here, follow Su Tiancheng to Dengzhou, Su Jun and Su Ertong, who are responsible for the coordination of the governor's office, have already arranged manpower to count the population of Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, this time the statistics are very detailed, and a mechanism has been formed, every month Fuzhou and counties must report the increase in population, as well as the distribution of cultivated land, as of the end of February, The population of Dengzhou has reached 770,000, the population of Laizhou has reached 580,000, and the population of Qingzhou is much less, only 210,000, the density of this population is not comparable with a few hundred years later, but considering that the total population of Daming is only about 70 million to 80 million, and after several years of war, the population has decreased a lot.

Dengzhou and Laizhou have reached such a population, it is not simple, Su Jun and Su Ertong and others are in a hurry, and the increase in population means that the expenses will become huge.

But Su Tiancheng is not in a hurry, the development of Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, the first thing to rely on is the demographic dividend, in this era, some people are the advantage, not to mention the promotion of sweet potato and maize here, can greatly increase grain production, feed so many people, there will not be much problem, and the development of Dengzhou and Laizhou needs to develop in the direction of commerce, so that they can be truly rich.

It is Qingzhou that needs to be strengthened to build.

It is necessary to plan ahead.

Su Tiancheng rushed to Qingzhou and went straight to the Qingzhou Mansion.

Liu Yunqing and Liu Zhongji are still familiar with the situation in Qingzhou, Qingzhou is not rich, if it is not for the silver from the Governor's Mansion. It's simply untenable.

"Liu Yunqing, Liu Zhongji, the situation in Qingzhou is not very good, the population is only 210,000, and it is still moving towards Dengzhou and Laizhou. Such a situation cannot continue to appear, and the population of some of the thirteen counties under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou is less than 10,000 people. ”

Liu Yunqing looked at Liu Zhongji and spoke first.

"My lord, Xia Guan and Lord Liu are still familiar with the situation. Qingzhou and Dengzhou, Laizhou is incomparable, when Kong Youde rebelled, Qingzhou was affected, Dolgon invaded, here is even more affected, the common people because of fear, moved away a lot, the gentry and rich families left most of the ......"

"I know what you mean. There are also some things that you are embarrassed to say. Dengzhou and Laizhou are not valued to the same extent, so a large number of people have moved to Dengzhou or Laizhou, and you can't stop it, so in this case, you need to think of a way even more. How to prevent this from happening, how to increase the population of Qingzhou, and how to make the people here rich. ”

Liu Yunqing and Liu Zhongji both lowered their heads, they really couldn't think of this way.

"Last time I asked you to take stock of the land. How's it going? ”

"My lord, according to the requirements of Lord Liu, the lower officials are specifically responsible for this matter, most of the land in Qingzhou is concentrated in the hands of the gentry and wealthy households, and the land owned by the common people is not much, and the land owned by Qingzhou Wei is even more many, these lands, the lower officials supervised, although they have been cultivated, but the enthusiasm of the people is not high, and at the same time, the rent charged by the gentry and rich households is very high, and the people lease land for farming, and they may not be able to support their families."

"Knowing the road, how is the situation of the acquisition of land?"

"There are some difficulties, mainly because these gentry and wealthy families don't want to sell their land, and the asking price is not low, and the government and the yamen at all levels are unbearable."

Su Tiancheng shook his head, Liu Yunqing and Liu Zhongji are both scholars, and they pay attention to doing things above board, and follow the rules, but in Qingzhou, if you do things according to the rules, it will definitely have no effect, and those gentry and rich families will not care, this matter, if it was handed over to Su Jun to do, it would have been done a long time ago.

Dengzhou, Laizhou and Qingzhou, Su Tiancheng will not care about the feelings of the gentry and wealthy households, if the vested interests are occupied by these gentry and wealthy households, then it will be impossible to carry out large-scale construction, in his thoughts, these three places, there are basically no gentry and rich households, that is, it exists, and it is a few years later, those who follow themselves have slowly developed and become a new generation of gentry and wealthy households.

"Qingzhou Weishu revoked, the land of the Weisu, all owned by the government, as for the land owned by the gentry and wealthy households, this matter, leave it to Su Jun to handle, you can help, some time ago, a large number of gentry and wealthy households, have moved to Jinan Mansion, since they have moved over, don't come back, from now on, Fuzhou County Yamen, restart to register the population, all the gentry and rich households who move away, will not be registered, if they want to return to Qingzhou, then go directly to the governor's mansion, they will get a satisfactory answerThe cultivated land owned by the government will be assigned to the people who have moved here according to the method of Dengzhou and Laizhou, and by adopting such measures, it will be able to attract a large number of people, but you must pay attention and try not to absorb the people of Jinan, Yanzhou, and Dongchang, and recently, there will be a lot of people in Sichuan, and the population of those who have migrated here is not less than 40,000 people, and these people have all been resettled in Qingzhou, and these are the families of the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion, and you must resettle them well. ”

The people Su Tiancheng talked about are actually the families of a thousand white pole soldiers, who have witnessed the great changes that have taken place in Dengzhou and Laizhou, and these soldiers are also thinking about moving their families over, after all, the environment in Sichuan is too bad, Su Tiancheng has agreed, these people can be placed in Qingzhou.

"As for your complaints that Dengzhou and Laizhou have unusual advantages, such as docks, shipyards, naval barracks, etc., they are all in Dengzhou, Laizhou has also become another commercial wharf because of its proximity to the sea, and part of the Jiangning battalion soldiers have built a military camp in Laizhou, which is the headquarters of the Jiangning battalion, which I know the way, but the status of Qingzhou is the same, in my plan, Qingzhou will become the largest commercial distribution center, and the goods from Weihaiwei and Laizhou will be concentrated in Qingzhou, according to the division of regions, It will also become a transit place for goods, and all the goods transported out of the sea will gather here, and at that time, Qingzhou will be very prosperous. ”

Liu Yunqing and Liu Zhongji looked at Su Tiancheng and did not speak.

Su Tiancheng sighed, he knew very well that neither of them understood what they meant, both of them were scholars, and they didn't understand the huge role of commerce and trade, and what came to mind was still the concept of agriculture, which could not be changed all at once, without actual facts, it was impossible for the two of them to understand at all.

But not many people understand this nowadays.

"Okay, I won't talk about the superfluous, from now on, give you a month to rectify the officials in the government, all those officials who have a bad reputation, or even bad deeds, must all be abolished, the government must become lean and efficient, the total number of officials, controlled within 1,000 people, can not break through this number, as for the key things you need to do, except for money, food and punishment matters, the rest will be carried out in accordance with the requirements of the governor's office."

Walking around the Qingzhou capital city, Su Tiancheng was a little annoyed, there were not many people on the street, and the shops seemed lifeless, and Dengzhou Laizhou really can't be compared, such a scene can't attract a large number of people, and it is impossible to use it as a commercial distribution center, it seems that he needs to act in advance.

Wan Chenggui rushed to Qingzhou Mansion and entered the official post directly.

Su Tiancheng is waiting for him here.

Wan Chenggui has become the big boss of the rich side, of course, he knows how to repay his kindness, and he has to rush to the capital every year to pay New Year's greetings to Su Tiancheng, and he also took out a lot of silver and donated it to Jiangning Ying in various names.

Wan Chenggui was very envious of Song Sijun, thinking that Song Sijun was really an atmospheric businessman, who not only controlled the mutual market, but also was able to mobilize the soldiers of the Jiangning battalion under special circumstances, and the merchants of various tribes in Mongolia, including the merchants who entered Anning Bar and Jingbian in the mainland, saw Song Sijun, they were all respectful and respectful, and did not dare to have the slightest slack.

After receiving Su Tiancheng's message, Wan Chenggui rushed to Qingzhou non-stop, Su Sufang is just a business of Wan Chenggui, and his business scope has long been expanded to grain, salt and tea.

After seeing Su Tiancheng, Wan Chenggui hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"Boss Wan, don't be so polite, hurry up, you are still the president of the Jiangning County Chamber of Commerce, and you can be regarded as a person with status, see me, don't treat each other like this."

"The small ones have today's climate, and they all rely on the support of adults."

"Don't talk about it, it's all the result of your own efforts."

After seeing Wan Chenggui sit down, Su Tiancheng spoke slowly.

"Boss Wan, I know that you are very envious of Song Sijun, and you also want to be able to achieve such a height, now I will give you a chance to see if you can seize it."

Wan Chenggui, who had just sat down, heard Su Tiancheng say this, and stood up excitedly.

"What do the adults command, the little ones will never give up."

"Hehe, it's also simple, move all your business to Qingzhou City, and also recruit some powerful businessmen, come to Qingzhou, and disperse to various counties, Qingzhou will soon undergo great changes, and there will be countless businessmen at that time, concentrated in this place, no less than Anning Fort and Jingbian, as for the management of the market, I am ready to hand it over to you, it depends on whether you can do it according to my requirements."

Wan Chenggui, who completely believes in Su Tiancheng, did not hesitate at all.

"The small one will go back to Jiangning County and move all the business here, including the business in Jinan Mansion, but the shops in Anning Fort, the small one wants to keep it."

"Hehe, that's no problem, I didn't say it, you can only do business in Qingzhou, but when the time comes, I'm afraid you won't be busy." (To be continued......)