In terms of agriculture, it is better to say that this division of labor is relatively easy, but in the case of land annexation, people have to marvel at the fierce situation of the Ming Dynasty.

For example, in Sichuan, the province with the strongest agricultural potential, 7 percent of the land is occupied by vassal kings, more than 2 percent is occupied by landlords, and less than 1 percent is occupied by yeoman farmers.

The landlords are doing a better job, at least not causing large-scale desolation. This is not the case with the vassal kings in land management, a large number of farmers went bankrupt and abandoned the wasteland, and these abandoned farmers fled their hometowns with their families and became a unique wandering group in the Ming Dynasty.

The abandonment of the peasants not only plunged the land into desolation, but also created a great factor of instability, all of which was rooted in land annexation and exploitation by the ruling class.

In contrast, the landlord may also adjust the rent to allow the land to be planted. However, the feudal kings remained unchanged after the peasants abandoned the land, resulting in the inability to restore agricultural production.

As the Recruitment Bureau began to recruit people to immigrate in Sichuan, a large number of people from Sichuan emigrated to Shandong, which exacerbated the agricultural depression in Sichuan, and some of the lands of those vassal kings were barren.

And those vassal kings only paid attention to it when the situation was very serious, but they were all helpless, and did not know how to restore the production of your land, so that they could grab the hard-earned money of drunkenness and luxury.

Of course, Zhao Yan has already thought of countermeasures in this regard, and this countermeasure is naturally to copy the "Shandong Agricultural Tax Act", and the tax collection of more than 500 acres of land will kill him, and in the face of losses, most people will choose to sell the land in their hands.

In order to better receive the land sold, this year the number of students enrolled in the agricultural technical school has increased, this year is the first batch of soldiers to retire from the army, these retired soldiers have culture, although many of the culture is not high, but reading books and newspapers is not a problem, the first batch of veterans were recruited into the agricultural technical school.

These soldiers broke away from the army and began to enter the society to work hard for their own careers, and Zhao Yan was very happy that the soldiers were discharged.

Because these soldiers have experienced good ideological education in the army, and at the same time there is also cultural education. Once they enter society, they are the elite of society.

Maybe they are not as good as the merchants in their studies, maybe their achievements are not as high as many merchants, but their loyalty to Zhao Yan is unparalleled, and they have a certain culture and a good character cultivated in the army.

What is character in the military? That is, a strong sense of nationality, and a strong sense of justice, and dare to face up to any dark side.

Zhao Yan's army is not a set behind the surface, he has poured a lot of effort into the army, and what he requires is to use ideological education and action to influence every soldier, so that they can rebuild their character in this melting pot.

Ideological and cultural education is the most important thing in the military, and as the situation changes, ideological and cultural education is longer than training.

The armed forces have expanded from a mere combat purpose to a training mainstay, and this is an efficient ideological strengthening institution.

For every veteran, Zhao Yan will not treat them badly.

At present, Zhao Yan has a lot of resources in his hands, and the most important resource is land. However, there are not many in the traditional activity areas of the Han people.

The old forces also had a lot of resources at their disposal, the most important of which was land, which was distributed in the traditional Han areas.

Zhao Yan needed a group that could replace the old forces, and these veterans were the ideal group.

With a lot of resources, Zhao Yan is happy to divide these resources and let every veteran who passes the military examination become the middle class.

A strong country needs a large middle class, and access to land is the most direct way to become a middle class, and these veterans are more qualified than any other group to become landowners.

For nothing else, because they have contributed to the war, and at the most dangerous moment for the nation. After the soldiers in this stage are discharged, Zhao Yan will arrange for them to become the middle class, and as for the compulsory soldiers after this stage, they naturally do not have such good treatment.

But before they can be assigned land, these veterans must go through special training. First of all, they need to explain their responsibilities after they arrive in the localities, first of all, they must not dominate the townships, and secondly, they need to uphold justice, actively supervise local political axes, and fight against underworld forces.

The second is to specialize in the art industry, to know how to operate a farm, in the traditional Han activity area of the farm is relatively simple, hire some people to organize production, operating costs will be higher, but the development of the breeding industry, it is impossible to lose money, because the market is also better.

In the non-traditional areas of activity, that is, the farms in the colony, it takes a certain amount of time to develop, and although it may not be too high for a while, the long-term trend is very promising, and at the same time, more land can be obtained in the colony.

These soldiers are still allowed to carry guns after they are discharged, and they are standard muskets. In China, it is necessary to cooperate with the local police to maintain law and order, and at the same time actively crack down on underworld forces.

The soldiers in the colonies were also to actively cooperate with the local garrisons, and their main targets were aliens.

This cooperation is not mandatory, but it is a right and responsibility for all veterans to supervise local politics.

In Shandong, there is a night supervision and reporting system, but many times people are not so professional in supervision, and these veterans are educated, and at the same time, after being discharged, they will also undergo special training. This system of monitoring and reporting at night will be transplanted to any administrative region, and these veterans will have to shoulder the responsibility of supervision.

The number of students in the agricultural technical school has increased greatly, which is a prelude to Zhao Yan's preparation to take the initiative to those places. At the same time, Shandong officials have successively arrived in the localities, and medical stations, police stations and other departments have been set up one after another, and the armed police forces in Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang, and Sichuan provinces have been partially converted into local police, but for the time being, the central government still pays salaries and provides equipment, and the number of armed police forces in a province is changed to local forces, depending on the situation of each province, as far as a county is concerned, there are generally 50 policemen, and the armed police force is contacted at the same time.

These 50 policemen are not only responsible for maintaining law and order, but also serving as a force guarantee for the administration of local officials, ensuring that the administration will not be constrained by the old situation.

These systems were established one after another in preparation for the enactment of the Agricultural Tax Act.

…… On the industrial front, as soon as the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month passed, it also began to operate in full swing, and the steam engine manufacturing plant could already produce more than 300 steam engines every month.

The mass production of these steam engines has brought the textile industry into an era of high efficiency.

In the absence of advanced textile machinery, the production of the textile industry (planting, spinning, weaving) required 13 times more labor than rice production, and silk was 9 times more labor.

Due to the successive improvement of textile machinery, now a person can make more than 200 spindles, compared with Europe, the production efficiency has increased by 200 times, and compared with the Ming Dynasty, the production efficiency has increased by 50 times.

In terms of weaving, a weaver can now be competent for the workload of 60 people, and with the popularization and use of cotton gins, the cost and price of cotton cloth have been greatly reduced.

Moreover, the quality of cotton cloth has also been greatly improved, and it can be compared with the high-quality cotton cloth on the market, and there is no disadvantage in quality.

Today's cotton is really good and cheap.

The steel manufacturing industry has also greatly increased productivity due to the emergence of the steam engine, which has been applied to many aspects of the steel manufacturing industry under the research of technicians.

In terms of the glass industry, this year, the price has been reduced across the board, the sales price of glass mirrors has been reduced again, and at the same time, the price of building materials such as glass windows has also been greatly reduced, and it has begun to move closer to the normal price.

It's not bad to use glass to pit Europeans, but in Daming it can't be covered, and the times are advancing, and glass is a cheap thing that everyone should have.

The price of glass products has plummeted, which has made many buyers burst into tears, which is really tricky. However, there is no place to make trouble in this market where one is willing to fight and the other is willing to suffer.

But those luxurious mirrors are still a tool for showing off their wealth, and those who have money still buy them, and the price has dropped, and the more they buy, the more luxurious they become.

Over time, the glass industry has become irrelevant in Zhao Yan's financial income, but it is still a good project, but the commercial department, which pursues streamlining management, is planning to split up and sell the glass factory. This can be sold for a lot of silver, and it will not be worth much if you wait any longer.

In the production of gunpowder and explosives, factories for yellow powder, yellow explosives, and detonators are also being built everywhere this year, and yellow powder and yellow explosives are produced using chemical methods, and the cost is greatly reduced.

The demand for yellow explosives can be said to be very huge, this powerful explosives can be used in mining and road construction, especially in the case of repairing projects everywhere, the appearance of yellow powder undoubtedly greatly reduces manpower, relatively, the cost of the project is also reduced.

Steel and cement are still the most demanded building materials, and in the case of engineering construction everywhere, and the people of Shandong continue to build houses, so that the construction industry has gradually become a pillar industry.

This year's industry is still pursuing the application of steam engines in all aspects, and the production of yellow powder and yellow explosives is also a key project.

Mining and smelting steel is the core of the industry, and this year has begun to lay rails, and rail production is also the focus, although some rails were produced last year, but the production capacity has not been greatly improved.

The Ordnance Bureau focuses on the new generation of artillery and the new generation of rifles, as well as bullets and shells.

The industrial goals for this year are simple: to expand steel production, to work on technological innovation, and to secure the infrastructure needs.

In addition to the mass production of black powder, the number of muskets and artillery guns produced was greatly reduced, and the number of weapons produced was only enough to cover the amount of equipment damaged.

(To be continued)