Originally, Huang Ji'an didn't plan to come with him, but Yu Ren specially called him. Although he didn't have any decent position now, Yu Ren knew that he was one of the few people in the Xu family who understood.

After everyone sat down, Yu Ren said slowly, "Now, we have finally established ourselves here." But that's just the beginning.

If anyone thinks so, then we can rest easy. Then I'm going to tell him, that's a big mistake. Antithesis. At this time, we are more dangerous than ever.

At the beginning, we were in Nansha, although our strength was not strong, but it was still inconspicuous. There is a Li merchant group presided over by Ying'er above to stop us from the court, and no one below has anything to covet us.

Later, although the Li family fell, we accepted the court's recruitment. Because of this level of relationship, the imperial court at least will not easily do anything to us. But that's no longer the case.

We have now completely torn our faces with the imperial court, and they may send troops to encircle and suppress us at any time. And we occupy such a big and good piece of land on Dongfan Island. There will be many people who covet this place. Let's not talk about the Portuguese in Xiangshanao and the Spaniards in Luzon, our close neighbors! In addition, there were the more powerful Dutch.

Now, because it's a desert island, they're not interested. But when we have built this place, commerce and agriculture have developed greatly. They're going to be red-eyed. Let's talk about the farther. There is also a strong enemy in the north of the Ming Dynasty - the Jurchens.

The iron horses of the Jurchens are known as invincible in the world. The ancients once said that the Jurchens are less than 10,000 and invincible in the world. Today, they have no less than 60,000 horsemen. This kind of strength is not just a threat to Daming. He has become the strongest force that could overthrow the Ming Dynasty, the edifice that has stood for more than two hundred years.

As far away in southern Xinjiang, we don't seem to be affected for the time being. Even if the Jurchens capture all the cities of the Ming Dynasty, they may not be able to attack our island. However, what I want you to think about is this. If the Jurchens really captured the southeastern half of the Ming Dynasty. Then we won't have any business to do.

You know, the Jurchens are cruel, they are easy to kill. They regard their kindred as their brothers and sisters, but the strangers as their cattle and sheep. They will savagely plunder other people's property, and drive their captives as cattle and sheep.

As a result, the world will be completely destroyed, and people will take refuge in the mountains in order to survive. No one will burn porcelain, spin and weave, or dig up medicinal herbs in order to make money. At that time, even if we will not be occupied by the Jurchens, we will not be able to find a business to do.

For us, the southeast half of Daming is our business field, and without it, there would be no business. So, no matter what, we can't let this happen. ”

No one spoke, but listened quietly.

After a long while, Xu Keming asked, "Brother-in-law, are the Jurchens really that terrible?" ”

Yu Ren nodded, "The real Jurchens are even more terrifying than this. They are the reproductions of the Mongols of those days. When the Mongols captured the Central Plains, there were piles of white bones. Every time a city is conquered, it is often necessary to kill all the living people in the city and rob them of all their possessions.

A prosperous city, after their army, will become a ghost town. ”

When Xu Keming heard this, he couldn't help but snort. His face turned pale and he stopped talking.

Seeing that everyone seemed to be frightened by the Jurchens he described, Yu Ren changed the subject.

"Okay, although the Jurchens are terrible, they still have the Ming court there to stop them, although the Ming court is becoming more and more corrupt, but it is not something that the Jurchens can overthrow in three or five years. For the time being, we don't need to bother with these Jurchens.

Right now, our most important job is to develop ourselves. And to develop, the most important thing is people. Right now, our population is just too small.

I have a few thoughts on increasing the population, and I would like to discuss them with you.

The first is to set the age of marriage. The young woman here is eighteen, and the man is twenty, and he must be married, or he will be fined ten taels of silver.

Second, it is necessary to reward production, and each household will be rewarded with three taels of silver for each child.

Thirdly, we provide free treatment for every child, male or female, from birth to before the age of eighteen; Free reading is offered between the ages of eight and eighteen.

Of course, the above three points can not be achieved in one or two days, but in one or two years. Therefore, some faster and more effective means are needed. That is, to recruit exiles from Shandong to come to us to farm. As long as we have enough food, it can be said that there are as many people as we want. ”

Speaking of this, Yu Ren stopped and looked at everyone. "It's just a little personal opinion of mine. If you have any better suggestions, or see if I have anything that needs to be modified, just ask. ”

Look at me, people, and I'll look at you. They have always given little thought to this aspect, and most of them have been accustomed to listening to Yu Ren on these issues related to the future and development of the Xu family. At this time, Yu Ren suddenly asked their opinions, and everyone really didn't know how to answer for a while.

Yu Ren sighed softly, "The so-called three stinkers, one Zhuge Liang." No matter how smart I am, there will inevitably be things that I don't think through. You can't rely on me to make decisions forever. Since I am dividing this power today, I want you all to make up your minds.

Today is just the beginning, and I don't blame you for not being prepared, but I hope that in the future, everyone will turn your brains around. ”

After speaking, Yu Ren stood up and wanted to get up and go out. Huang Ji'an then stood up and said, "I, can you put forward a few revisions?" ”

Yu Ren was very happy to see that Huang Ji'an wanted to give advice. "Yes! You say, I remember. After speaking, Yu Ren took out a homemade simple pen and a small notebook from his arms. It's always been something he's always carried with him.

"I think that the age limit for marriage should be shortened a little, and it should be controlled as much as possible at 15 for women and 18 for men. Because most of the women in our families are married at fifteen, and most of the men are eighteen. ”

After Huang Ji'an finished speaking, he sat down.

Yu Ren nodded again and again, "Yes, what you said is very good." That's it. Yu Ren said while writing it down in his notebook.

"I think we should hire a few Langzhong among the local people and learn from each other. The environment here is quite different from that of the Central Plains, and there are some diseases, so it is not very effective to use the recipes of our own family, but the local methods of their local people are more effective. Qu Jing stood up and said.

"Well, that's a great idea!

However, in the future, this matter will be the business of your Ministry of Internal Affairs. For such a trivial matter, you, the vice premier, can make your own ideas and then arrange for someone to organize it. If it's a bigger matter, you can talk to Xu Qian. You don't need to tell me. I don't care. After saying that, Yu Ren stood up again.

"We had a very productive discussion today. However, it's not early in the day, and you haven't gotten used to this way of thinking independently. I see, that's all for today! Let's go back first, and tomorrow morning, we'll have a meeting here.

I hope you don't disappoint me again! ”

In the next three days, Yu Ren discussed the future planning and development of the Xu family with Xu Keming, Xu Qian, Liu Long, Qu Jing and Huang Ji'an all day long. At Yu Ren's suggestion, they divided the island of Taiwan into four regions, also called provinces, each of which was divided into four prefectures, and the prefectures were then divided into prefectures. It is basically in accordance with the administrative plan of the Ming Dynasty.

Because there were not so many people for the time being, they temporarily focused on a radius of fifty miles around Tamsui. The other provinces and governments are preparing to send 20 capable people to the land there in two months. When there are people, assign them again.

The next day, they discussed the establishment of the hospital and the school, as well as the fees and expenses. Because of their previous experience in Songjiang Juhe Village, they basically followed the method of Juhe Village. Later, Yu Ren proposed to set up a science and technology institute.

Others have no idea about this thing at all. However, they have gradually gotten used to it. If you don't have a concept, it's good for Yu Ren to decide. Only Liu Long muttered softly, "Spend 30,000 taels of silver to make such a thing I don't know if it's useful!" Hum! ”