The day after the wedding, Gan Ning and Xu Sheng set off for Wankou Port with an army of 25,000 Jinfan and hundreds of recruited shipwrights, and then Bu Qi and Wei Jing also left Wancheng and rushed to Chaohu to take up their posts.

The fourth year of Jian'an, August 2.

Wang Chong summoned Liu Ye, Lu Su, Lu Dai, and Yan Xiang to the general's mansion.

"I came to you today mainly to discuss with you about my Jinfan's policy." Wang Chong's eyes glanced around lightly, "Actually, I already have a draft in my heart, I will say it one by one later, if you find anything wrong or something that needs to be added, just bring it up, after all, this kind of thing depends on everyone's brainstorming." ”

Seeing that everyone looked deferential, Wang Chong didn't sell it, and said: "The first thing to say is Tuntian, this matter, Ziyu has done a good job in Chaohu, and the number of displaced people has exceeded 50,000 at present, and the reclaimed wasteland has reached hundreds of acres, and I believe that this number will increase dozens of times in the coming year." ”

"However, it is far from enough for Tuntian to rely on Chaohu alone, I hope that in the next year, the Tuntian system can cover all areas of Huainan, after all, in the future, most of the sources of my Jinfan military rations, I am afraid that they will have to rely on Tuntian, so this matter must not be sloppy at all, no matter how much manpower, material and financial resources will be spent, this matter must be implemented as soon as possible."

"The second point is about water conservancy." Wang Chong paused as he spoke, took a sip of tea, and continued, "I Huainan river is longitudinal and horizontal, not afraid of drought, afraid of floods, every year in the rainy season, Huainan precipitation is very large, once the river is unstable, the flood may flood crops at any time, when the time comes, my Huainan people will fall into dire straits again." ”

Lu Su said: "The Lord is right, natural disasters must be prepared for a rainy day, otherwise when it happens, we will find a way to remedy it, and everything will be too late!" ”

Wang Chong nodded: "Therefore, in the next few years, building water conservancy, expanding rivers, consolidating embankments, and building canals to facilitate irrigation of farmland will all become the top priority of my Huainan, Zijing, I will leave this matter to you to deal with. ”

Lu Su said: "Dare to ask the lord, what is work for relief? ”

Wang Chong explained: "In fact, it is very simple, in addition to the working season, many people will be idle at home, so that our general's government can pay for them to work for us, I believe that they can earn an extra income in their spare time, and the people will be happy to hear it." ”

"I see." Lu Su suddenly realized and exclaimed, "The lord is wise, as soon as this policy comes out, I Jinfan no longer need to worry about the shortage of manpower." ”

"Well, the scale of this project is huge, I am afraid that it will be difficult for you to deal with it alone, and when Yan Ji comes back in a while, I will send him to you as a deputy!" Wang Chong said, "In addition to the above two questions, the next third question is also very important. ”

Wang Chong rubbed his temples and said in a heavy tone: "In recent years, my Huainan has long been made by the mediocre Yuan Shu, and the people are bored, and the ten rooms are empty, so how to restore the people's livelihood, economy and population in Huainan as soon as possible has become a big problem that we must face. ”

'Economy' is a very new word, and it was officially used in the Eastern Jin Dynasty more than a hundred years later, but although it was the first time I heard it, with the wisdom of Liu Ye and the four people, I still understood the general meaning of this word.

After a long time, Yan Xiang took the lead in speaking: "My lord, maybe you can issue a decree to encourage the people to have children, stipulating that when the number of births in each family reaches a certain limit, you can get a certain reward, and the more you have, the more rewards you will have, so that in less than 20 years, the population base of my Huainan will definitely become the most of my Han Dynasty!" ”

"That's a wonderful way!" Wang Chong's eyes lit up, and he thought for a while, "In this way, let's set this birth limit at five people, and in the future, those who have five children in each family can be exempted from taxes for three years, and then based on this, every two more children can be exempted for one more year, of course, if the child dies or reaches the age of sixteen, it can no longer be included in the number, what do you think?" ”

Liu Ye and the four of them glanced at each other, and nodded at the same time: "Good!" ”

Wang Chong set this base is very ingenious, although it can trigger the people's impulse to have more children, but there are not many families that can actually meet the conditions, so as to achieve the purpose of increasing the population, but also avoid the embarrassment that Jinfan will have no taxes to collect in the future.

Seeing that everyone had no opinions, Wang Chong said: "Okay, the matter of encouraging childbirth will come to an end for the time being, and next, let's talk more about how to restore the people's livelihood and economy." ”

Liu Ye arched his hand and said: "Lord, if you want to restore the livelihood of Huainan as soon as possible, the best way is to make use of all the spare resources as much as possible, for example, the work for relief just proposed by the lord is an excellent way, but this project that requires great physical strength is only suitable for men, so why can't we think of a way to use the women who are idle at home together?" ”

"Oh? What can Ziyang teach me? ”

Liu Ye said: "You can encourage women to engage in some work at home that can be taken into account while taking care of children, such as silkworm breeding and female red, and when there are finished products, they can go to the market to sell or replace the items they need. ”

Lu Dai added: "When it comes to trading, we have to mention the issue of commerce, if a region wants to really develop, it is never advisable to be closed, so it is imperative to promote commerce to increase the flow of people in Huainan!" ”

Wang Chong asked, "How can we promote business?" ”

Lu Dai replied: "The toll can be abolished, only the transaction tax is charged, I believe that there should be many businessmen who are willing to come to my Huainan to do business!" ”

Wang Chong was silent for a moment, nodded and said: "This method is feasible, in my Han Dynasty, the status of merchants has always been not high, but they have huge wealth, so as long as we give them enough respect and preferential treatment, we should be able to get the support of many businessmen, and at that time, I Jinfan will no longer need to worry about the shortage of materials." ”

"Is the lord planning to find another way?" Lu Su said worriedly, "But this road is not easy to walk." ”

"If it's not easy to go, you have to go!" Wang Chong squinted his eyes and said resolutely, "I don't want my Jinfan to be constrained by the family everywhere in the future!" ”

In this era, almost everyone is imprisoned by feudal thoughts, thinking that businessmen are dirty and lowly, but Wang Chong, as a traverser, does not have this prejudice, in Wang Chong's eyes, compared to those who think they are high and invincible, businessmen who only respect interests are undoubtedly much more cute.

Supporting businessmen and suppressing the family, this idea is hovering in Wang Chong's mind, and it has not been a day or two.