The deposits of the Daming Royal Bank continued to increase, and even many wealthy merchants and magnates outside the capital began to deposit their silver in the Daming Royal Bank. Especially those Donglin Party officials, almost all of them secretly deposited the silver into the Daming Royal Bank.

There is an interest rate of 10% every year, and it is better to put the silver in the bank to eat interest than to 'rust' it at home! The Donglin Party people don't look at the emperor's operation of the Ming Imperial Bank, but even if the bank is eaten, it's a big deal to use the imperial court finance to compensate! I can't lose them anyway. The Donglin Party people, who control the government and government, are naturally not afraid of the emperor's debts.

Zhu Youxiao also knows their thoughts, and now it depends on who has the best means.

The Donglin Party was sure that the emperor would not succeed, because not long ago, Zhu Youxiao trained Tengxiang Siwei, which made the Donglin Party feel that the emperor was young Meng Lang and did things without thinking, so it was determined that the Ming Royal Bank would inevitably fall in a short time.

Zhu Youxiao was very concerned about the problem of the bank, and went out of the palace for several days in a row, went to the bank for guidance and inspection, and constantly improved the loopholes in management.

Yang Ruiguo managed the bank very well, and at the same time, the 'Royal Agriculture' company controlled by the bank was also formally established, and in terms of the management system of the Royal Agricultural Company, Zhu Youxiao, Sun Chengzong, and Yang Ruiguo came up with a complete set of plans under the discussion.

The initial capital of the Royal Agricultural Company was 3 million taels, and Sun Chengzong served as the chief CEO of the company.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao issued an order to recruit displaced people in Gyeonggi to reclaim Huangzhuang. A household is given 30 acres of land, a cow, and 30% of the tenant rent, and the tenant rent can be exempted from the disaster and injury.

The reclamation activities were quickly launched, and Sun Chengzong ran around the Gyeonggi area casually, and more than 3 million mu of wasteland were circled, and the phenomenon of abandonment was shocking.

The landlords were naturally very eager for land, but the agricultural production technology in the north of the Ming Dynasty was poor, and at the same time, the commerce in the north was underdeveloped, there was not so much surplus capital, and there were not so many scholars who could be exempted from taxes. Landlords in the north sometimes gave up because of the need to repair the land and water conservancy, or they did not have enough manpower to carry out the reclamation.

Because the conditions offered by the royal family were very good, many homeless people saw the notice and ran to the local government to sign up. Officials from the prefectures and counties of Beizhili hurriedly sent these displaced people to Gyeonggi and handed them over to the Royal Agricultural Company. These displaced people are a factor of instability in the territory, because they do not have enough to eat, and the displaced people who are closed to desperation often engage in public security incidents. Even if you keep to yourself, sometimes starve to death on the side of the road, it is uncomfortable to watch, and it is naturally sent away like a plague god.

When these displaced people arrived in Gyeonggi, they found that the conditions were somewhat different from those in the notice.

Giving a cow is a loan, and the money has to be repaid. However, the emperor would give them rations so that they could have enough to eat while they cultivated and repaired the land. However, it is true that they were exempted from tenant rent due to disasters and injuries, and they really could not afford to repay the loans, and the emperor would not push them to a dead end.

What these homeless people yearn for most is a stable life. If you enter the Huangzhuang, you will be able to settle down steadily, and even if you receive a disaster, you don't have to abandon the wasteland.

These recruited displaced people have been fed to their heart's content in the resettlement sites, and those who are weak have been recuperated for a few days. The displaced people who had the strength were arranged to start work.

There are no major rivers in Hebei, and water conservancy repairs are relatively simple, and there is no need to build too many projects, that is, to dredge the river, and then build ponds and weirs (reservoirs for irrigation), as well as water slopes and canals to divert water to cultivated land.

Most of these canals were dug and some were built with stones, and in order to repair the water conservancy, the Royal Agricultural Company bought several brick-burning kilns and several quarries in the Gyeonggi area. The Royal Military Factory also transferred some craftsmen to civilian transfers, and recruited civilian craftsmen to specialize in the production of agricultural tools to minimize costs.

With water conservancy facilities, the land can be turned over again with oxen so that the seeds can be planted. At this time, the autumn sowing time has passed, but the wheat can still be sown in the spring. If you can't catch up with spring sowing, you can also carry out summer sowing, and summer sowing can be planted with corn, at this time corn has been more popular in the north, but the yield is not very high.

Once the reclamation of Huangzhuang was announced, it was not only displaced people who joined the reclamation. Many peasants also joined in, most of whom were landless tenant farmers, after all, the population multiplied, and if the yeoman farmer had more sons, the land would be diluted or simply landless.

These people can only be tenant farmers for the landlords, but tenant farmers are not easy to be. Many tenant farmers in the north work on land with poor water conservancy conditions, and the tenant rent generally exceeds 40%.

The conditions given by Huangzhuang are much higher than those of those landlords, not only giving 30 acres of land, but also repairing the water conservancy. On top of that, the tenant rent is only 30%, and the tenant rent can be waived in case of a disaster. In addition, the Royal Bank of Daming will provide interest-free loans to these Huangzhuang farmers. Unlike the tenant farmers of the landlord's family, they will be profited if they ask the landlord to borrow.

As a result, the Huangzhuang Reclamation attracted many tenant farmers, some of whom were still in debt and owed a lot of money to the landlords. However, as long as they entered the Huangzhuang, it would be impossible for those landlords to recover their loans. Zhu Youxiao naturally did not allow those landlords to disturb the production of Huangzhuang, so those who came to collect debts were all beaten away.

In less than half a month, Huangzhuang attracted more than 100,000 tenant farmers and displaced people, and 200,000 or 300,000 people began to work the abandoned land. There were men, there were women, there were many children, and there were even many old people.

These old people and children are just helping out on the construction site, and it doesn't matter how much they do, but rations are indispensable for them. Many elderly people insisted on helping on the construction site despite dissuasion. The old people of this era are basically educated by the folk imperial city temple, and the awareness of what to build bridges, roads, and longevity is more popular.

Zhu Youxiao inspected the construction site, and simply organized some elderly people and set up a 'propaganda team' to let these old people give lectures to the young and middle-aged people who were working, so as to increase their enthusiasm for labor. At the same time, the folk stories with educational significance are sorted out, and the old people can tell stories to children.

These stories are an important form of education in ancient times, because education is not popular enough, so in terms of local education, officials and literati have compiled a lot of stories with educational significance, which are widely circulated among the people. Children love to listen to stories the most, and when there is no entertainment in the evening, they sit together to tell stories and listen to stories, so it is passed down from generation to generation. Most of these stories tell about karma, abandoning evil and promoting good.

"Afterlife! The water conservancy that is being built now can be used not only by others, but also by yourself, even if you are a human being, you are also doing it for yourself. If you are lazy and slippery now, you will lose your good fortune! When an old man saw that a young man was not working hard, he stepped forward to persuade him, but the young man could only laugh at him.

The on-site supervisor did not have a whip in his hand, but only organized and supervised. Most of the young and strong labor force is still very diligent and works very hard.

They were building a pond dam for water storage, and thousands of people repaired half of the pond dam in one morning, digging maps and carrying burdens back and forth, and the scene was in full swing.

At noon, the food delivery cart came.

A group of tenant farmers and homeless people did not expect to have lunch to eat, and a group of people gathered around the car, helped to carry down the large wooden barrel, and after lifting the gauze, it was full of hot steamed buns and dough.

Everyone was very happy, received steamed buns and pastries, found a place to sit, and ate them with relish. For those young people who consume a lot of body and have no meat, their food is very terrifying, and many young people can even eat two or three catties of steamed buns.

The main reason is that there is a lack of protein, so it is necessary to use grains to convert protein, and the amount of food naturally looks scary.

Although the amount of food is terrifying, the food on the construction site is enough, after all, it is the royal reclamation of the imperial village, and if you give more food, you can also change your reputation. And it benefits ordinary people, so there is no need to pick this cost.

"The current emperor is really a holy monarch!"

"Yes! I heard that when the imperial village is reclaimed, if there is a disaster in the future, not only will we not have to pay taxes, but the emperor will also give us relief! ”

"When the water conservancy is also built, we have land again, and life will be better in the future."

A group of ordinary people chatted during dinner, praising Zhu Youxiao, and at the same time full of beautiful visions for the future.

It was really surprising for them to have lunch, and when they used to work, they basically didn't have lunch to eat, so they had to bring some hungry bean paste buns to eat. The main reason why I didn't have lunch was because the farm work was heavy, and if I went back to eat, I would lose time.

Although the bean paste bun is hungry, it cannot replenish the body well, and it is generally dry until the afternoon, and the body is obviously unable to keep up. If you are overworked for a long time, your body will slowly become problematic, and your life expectancy will be affected.

The Royal Agricultural Company's organization of reclamation this time is different, there are relatively strict management measures, there is a special canteen, and there are people who are responsible for delivering food and water. When people have eaten their fill at noon, they find a place to rest and eat, and in the afternoon they continue to work, and they have all the strength to do so.