Chapter 239: Development Mode
Liaodong Development Company is mainly a company that develops minerals and forests on the Liaoning Peninsula, which is very attractive to investors in Beizhili.
The manufacturing industry in Beizhili is booming day by day, and there is a greater demand for minerals. At the same time, because of the development of various construction activities, the demand for timber is also huge, and Beizhili obviously does not have many forest resources.
The development process is very simple, all the resources of the Liaoning Peninsula that are first recovered will be auctioned and sold by the government, and after the official gets the money, it will be responsible for building ports, official roads, towns and other infrastructure, with which various development and commercial activities can be carried out, and taxes can be levied.
The companies that have obtained the property rights recruit workers to develop arable land, forest areas, and minerals.
The arable land was mainly taken away by the Royal Agricultural Company, which adopted a farm management model in Liaodong, which no longer had the administrative level of a village, and adopted an extensive planting model to maximize individual output value.
Therefore, in this resource auction on the Liaodong Peninsula, cultivated land is not within the scope of the auction. At the same time, only about half of the forest area is planned to be auctioned, and the remaining half will become state-owned assets, and Zhu Youxiao has also decided to divide some of these forest areas into ecological reserves.
History proves that once the market-oriented economy develops to a certain extent, ginseng cannot escape the fate of being over-exploited. The Song Dynasty dug up the Shangdang ginseng to almost disappear, the Ming Dynasty dug up the Shangdang ginseng to extinction, and later generations almost dug up the Northeast ginseng to extinction.
This asset sale is open to all kinds of businesses. Even if it is royal capital, it is all public accounts. Anyway, the money is the left hand for the right hand, and it doesn't matter if the price is relatively high. After all, the official orders of the imperial court are basically handed over to the royal consortium.
Zhu Youxiao's development plan for the Liaodong Peninsula is basically to turn the Liaodong Peninsula into a completely commercial area. There will be no self-sufficient rural natural economy.
Families in the Liaodong Peninsula were either capitalists, workers, or official establishments. Under this model, the increase in personal output value is relatively simple, and the main advantage is that it is highly resilient to disasters. And for the current tax model formulated by Zhu Youxiao, this model can collect more commercial taxes.
In terms of administration, it is naturally in accordance with the set of Beizhili.
After a victory, there is obviously too much to do. The registration of cultivated land and forest areas, the exploration of minerals, the construction of ports, towns, and official roads, the laying of administrative buildings, and the recruitment of immigrants must all be carried out in an intense and busy manner.
The work of immigrating to the Liaodong Peninsula is relatively simple. First of all, there are many Liao people who fled back to the Guannei, and if these Liao people are willing to return to Liaodong, they can be arranged to work in Liaodong.
In addition, there is no shortage of immigrants in the northern provinces, and immigrants to the Liaodong Peninsula can take a boat by sea and land, starting from Tianjin, it will take a few days, and the distance is relatively close.
In order to develop the Liaodong Peninsula, Zhu Youxiao soon arranged for people to recruit immigrants in areas where people's livelihood was more difficult. For example, the northern Shaanxi region. There are also Henan and Shandong, which have large populations.
As long as you are willing to go to Liaodong, you can find a job with a monthly salary of not less than 3 yuan. Such a salary is indeed very low, but for many families who cannot afford to eat and clothing these years, they are very willing to do it. In addition, the imperial court is responsible for the travel expenses, and family members can also go together.
The salary of 3 yuan per month is not available in Beizhili. After all, there are many people in Beizhili, and there is no labor shortage. And the Liaodong Peninsula should be developed. Obviously, there will be some labor shortages.
The wages of Beizhili have not been able to be raised, mainly due to the impact of the influx of people from the surrounding provinces. With the tightening of the household registration system in Beizhili in the third year of the Apocalypse, the influx of people has decreased a lot, but there are still many workers who come to Beizhili.
Now, if you want to get the household registration of Beizhili, you have to work in Beizhili for five years.
Facing the 'high salary' of going to work in Liaodong. The recruitment team sent out by Zhu Youxiao easily recruited a large number of workers, most of whom were still dragging their families with them, and immigrating together saved a lot of trouble, and these workers in the province would have to toss back and forth in the future.
The first to start construction on the Liaodong Peninsula was naturally official, and the imperial court re-dispatched civil servants at all levels to the Liaodong Peninsula, and a large number of finances were allocated for the construction of ports, official roads, and towns. Because of the damage caused by the war, a lot of things have to be repaired, and a lot of infrastructure needs to be built.
The funds required for this infrastructure are obtained either through asset auctions or by loans from the Royal Bank, which can be repaid later with local tax revenues.
The development of the Liaodong Peninsula is sure to be profitable, and the loan is mainly used for early start-up.
The towns were re-planned, but most of the towns on the Liaodong Peninsula no longer had walls, and only those towns close to the front line that might be disturbed by slave raids were built. The streets of the town are also planned to be wider, and the drainage system is also planned.
As for how big it is, that's how many people build it.
In the early days, the houses were simply built to house the migrants. The supply of materials is relatively easy, after all, the first to develop is the coastal area, the cost of shipping is relatively low, and the supply speed is relatively fast.
Both the imperial court and the royal consortium were busy with the reconquest of the Liaodong Peninsula, and they also showed more and more powerful organizational skills. A lot of the work is already well experienced, and there is no mess in the arrangement, and at the same time sufficient efficiency is ensured.
Those workers who immigrated to the Liaodong Peninsula, or just went to the Liaodong Peninsula to work, can naturally find jobs easily.
Official construction projects are being launched, and auctions of resources are taking place.
Half a month after the listing of the Liaodong Development Company, it also raised nearly 3 million yuan of private funds, and then invested in the resource development of the Liaodong Peninsula.
The royal consortium and private companies are also taking action, and various financing activities are frequently staged.
The development of the Liaodong Peninsula is basically throwing money, which is undoubtedly more efficient for the development of resources, and at the same time ensures that immigrants can have a better adaptation environment, and the risks are also on the businessmen.
The Central Army's defensive line along the Taizi River was also being built, but it was relatively easy to build. These fortifications don't need to be overstated. As long as you make sure that Jiannu can't attack in a short time, after all, the central army can defeat Jiannu in the field, so the significance of this defense line is that when Jiannu attacks, there is enough time to drag on until the reinforcements arrive, so the amount of work is not very large.
Mao Wenlong did not participate in this operation to recover the Liaodong Peninsula because he was transferred to assist Zhao Yan in intervening in Korea. After the Liaodong Peninsula was fully recovered, it was obvious that Dongjiang Town needed to be transferred. After Mao Wenlong returned to Dongjiang Town, he directly transferred the entire army of Dongjiang Town to Sanyang, Kuandian and other places, basically transferring to the mountainous areas in an all-round way. At the same time, supply channels, warehouses, and so on were created in the rear.
Mao Wenlong soon set his sights on Niumaozhai, an important military fortress in the mountainous area of Jiannu, through which Jiannu could attack Kuandian and other places, and at the same time attack North Korea.
And the cow hair village is an important passage to Hetuala, the nest of wild boar skins.
In May of the third year of the Apocalypse, Mao Wenlong commanded 20,000 soldiers, sent the former army to attack Niumao Village, under the bombardment of artillery, the wall of Niumao Village was easily broken, and the Ming army successfully entered Niumao Village, killed more than 200 Jiannu, and successfully captured this important stronghold.
After Niumaozhai was captured by the Dongjiang Army, the Ming army did not have to worry about the wild boar skin attacking from the mountains, and became more active in the mountain operations.
The stability of the situation in Liaodong is inevitable, and the wild boar skin that returned to Shenyang was extremely passive at this time, in addition to the crazy capture of the Jurchens, he did not think of any way to break the deadlock, and the main force of Jiannu was pinned down by the Ming army on the Liaohe defense line and the Taizi River defense line and did nothing.
Jiannu was also powerless to prevent the Ming court from restoring the administrative system on the Liaodong Peninsula.
This victory also gave great encouragement to the soldiers and civilians at the front, because of this great victory, the morale of the Ming troops in all towns was extremely high. Especially after the rewards of the imperial court came down, the morale of the soldiers at all levels was even higher.
In Daming, because of the continuous advocacy of "Daming Daily", investors also have greater confidence in the development of the Liaodong Peninsula and have invested their silver in it.
Of course, the Liaodong Peninsula is a war zone, and if you are willing to invest at this time, the return on investment will be higher than that of general investment.
The time rushed to May, and the summer harvest in the provinces came again.
Since March, the provinces have been collecting statistics on the damage caused by the summer grain, and have made a comprehensive report before the summer harvest. The Cabinet has done a good job of reducing or reducing land taxes for one to three years in the affected areas and providing relief to the affected areas.
This year, the cabinet also has a new move in the collection of field endowments, that is, to officially dispatch officials from Beijing to the northern provinces, prefectures and counties to supervise the on-site collection of field endowments, and the amount of grain that should be paid is as many catties as possible.
"This year, all the income from the summer grain in the north will be used for relief, and at the same time, the disaster areas that should be reduced or exempted will be reduced." Shen Yu reported to Zhu Youxiao on the preparations before the summer harvest.
"Has the Civil Affairs Bureau been set up in the provinces?" Zhu You asked Shen Yun.
"It has been set up, it is being covered to all states and counties, and it is expected to be fully completed in another two months." Shen Yan replied. Zhu Youxiao nodded with satisfaction, and his heart suddenly became much more relaxed.
The Civil Affairs Bureau was set up in the northern provinces, and of course the provinces outside the northern Zhili did not manage household registration. However, the main purpose of Zhu Youxiao's establishment of the Civil Affairs Bureau was to relieve the people who had no food to eat.
As long as the people who have nothing to eat enter the Civil Affairs Bureau, they can eat a full bite of food and receive a cotton coat. At the same time, the Civil Affairs Bureau will make different arrangements according to the different objectives of relief. The elderly and children are arranged to go to nursing homes and orphanages. If they have the ability to work, arrange for them to emigrate and find a job.
How many desperate people can be rescued by the Civil Affairs Bureau, Zhu Youxiao is not sure. But in general, it is to let the people have a new way out, so that they will not be forced to fall into the grass when they are cornered.
This year's summer harvest was a happy event, that is, the first hand-cranked animal power harvester designed and manufactured by the Royal Institute of Science and Technology was put into use. (To be continued......)