The three of them came to the inn, found a seat on the first floor, ordered four dishes, a small jar of wine, and chatted while drinking.

The guy at the inn also knew Li Hongji, and he was very warm, and he also gave him an extra plate of salted peanuts, so as not to sit down while the vegetables were dry.

"Xiao Chen, why are there so many carriages outside the warehouse?" Li Hongji asked the guy a little strangely.

The guy smiled and explained: "The imperial court has started to emigrate again, and the post stations and merchant inns are responsible for transportation, and there are many transportations and subsidies. Our Chinese Chamber of Commerce customizes a large number of carriages, just to share the worries of the court and do things for the country. ”

Li Hongji smiled and joked: "Xiao Chen is getting better and better at talking, and he is also worried about the court, saying that it is very real to make money." ”

The guy smiled: "This ushering in the send-off, you can't always be vulgar." Even if you listen to it, you can learn some nice words. ”

"I want to emigrate again, I don't know where to go?" Gao Yingxiang asked, "What are the new policies?" ”

Seeing that there were not many guests dining, the guy briefly introduced: "The main thing is that Liaodong, Dongfanfu, and the cost of eating and drinking on the road are all free, and it is convenient to cultivate the fields when you arrive at the location, and you will be exempt from taxes for two years......."

If the immigration work only relies on the policies issued by the imperial court and the people are spontaneous, it is obviously inefficient.

Transportation, food and accommodation on the road, etc., must be quite difficult for most people who have never even been out of the county or town.

The emperor also realized this problem, so he began to be led by the government, and the Chinese Chamber of Commerce participated in the assistance, and the immigration work was arranged from beginning to end, so as to relieve the fear of the people.

Compared with the northern provinces of Shaanxi, Henan, Shanxi, etc., which continue to suffer severe drought, the eastern Liaoning region has cold-tolerant crops and the cultivation situation is much better.

You know, one of the reasons why the Xiaoice River period at the end of the Ming Dynasty raged in history and even became one of the main reasons for the demise of the Ming Empire was that farming did not make adaptive changes.

For example, in the second year of Chongzhen, there was a blizzard in most parts of Shaanxi Province. It was a good thing to have snowfall in a year of great drought, but this heavy snowfall came after spring ploughing, and all the seedlings froze to death.

In December, Yan'an Prefecture suffered another snowstorm, and countless people froze to death and fled the famine.

The cold during the Xiaoice period is historically rare, and you still grow traditional rice and wheat, and the poor harvest is light, and it is not surprising that there is no harvest.

If the drought is mitigated by heavy snowfall, the results are much better if you plant crops with short growing periods and are cold and drought tolerant, such as potatoes, corn and rye.

Li Hongji nodded again and again, it is not much different from the previous policy, but if the difficulty of traveling is solved, more people will respond.

The Chinese tradition is "relocated to the land", but there is also a saying that "people move to live, trees move to die". Especially those who don't have land, it is equivalent to giving a chance to buy a home again.

The dilution of the population is certain, but it will not be uninhabited. The target of the migration was mainly landless and impoverished peasants.

On the one hand, it is necessary to reduce the burden of disaster relief in the disaster-stricken areas, and on the other hand, it is necessary to make effective use of manpower and do a good job in the development and construction of new areas.

The imperial court just came up with some subsidies, but the disaster lasted for three or five years at least. When you move to a new place, you will definitely create more value in the past three to five years than in the disaster area.

The emperor introduced such a policy because of his estimation of the duration of the catastrophe.

Although he predicted the coming of the disaster and made relatively adequate preparations in advance, not many people believed that the catastrophe would last for more than ten or twenty years.

Therefore, the work of fighting and providing disaster relief has been advancing and deepening, and preparations must not be slackened to tide over the major disasters of more than 10 or 20 years.

More and more people are affected, and the imperial court has thought carefully and done meticulously, and whether the opportunity can be seized depends on the individual's ideas and courage.

"It seems that your idea is quite far-sighted." Gao Yingxiang learned about the new immigration policy and agreed with his nephew's idea of running transportation, "But Guo'er and I still have to join the army, and fight for a future with a knife and a gun." ”

Li Hongji raised his glass and saluted, "My uncle is running for great wealth, and my nephew is ashamed to only care about the small profits in front of him." ”

"No matter how big it is, it's all for life." Gao Yingxiang took a sip of wine, shook his head and said: "Everyone has their own ideas, no one has a front and back eye, it can't be said whether it is good or bad, let's see it in ten or eight years!" ”

Whether it is to work hard in the army or to make a living in other ways, it is always a personal choice, who dares to guarantee that the hope in his heart will be realized?

But there is always a choice, and there will be no despair of despair, and you can only take risks and endanger society.

The imperial court takes more money, and the royal family does not need to save a mountain of gold and silver, but giving the people a few more ways to live is the only way to ensure the stability of the country and society.

The emperor knows this truth best, and he is constantly working towards this goal.

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Liaodong, Jilin Province.

After the pacification of Liao, the imperial court resumed the strategy of expansion, expanding from Liaodong to the north, first setting up Jilin Mansion, and the government was in Jilin Shipyard City, also known as "Shipyard", "Jilin", "Jiangcheng".

After the reconstruction of Jilin Fucheng, the shipyard along the river also began to recruit workers for construction, and a large number of Jianghuai workers and craftsmen from major shipyards were moved here.

To the east of Jilin Fucheng, there was the capital of the Bohai Kingdom at the time of the dynasty, Kuhan City (now Dunhua), which was called Aodong City at that time.

To the west is the Yidong Hewei of the former Nuer Gandu Division, also known as Long'an Station, and now the imperial court has changed its name to Changchun. In the Song Dynasty, the name was known to everyone, and the Huanglong Mansion was also.

The first round of the Ming army's northward advance was supported by these three points, forming a solid defensive line. In the north, it can continue to advance to the Songnen Plain, and in the south, it covers thousands of square kilometers of directly governed territory.

Although Jilin Prefecture is vast and sparsely populated, tens of thousands of officers and soldiers have been stationed in the cantonment and a large number of immigrants have made it show a thriving momentum.

It is mainly the inclined support of the imperial court policy, and the immigrants enjoy a policy in Liaodong, but if they choose Jilin Prefecture, the policy they enjoy is more preferential and more exciting.

First of all, around the three new cities of Jilin Fuzhi, Changchun and Aodong, villages and towns have been built; Then there were the post stations along the transportation route and the relay warehouses for the Ming army to transport supplies, and the people settled in the surrounding villages.

The planning of villages and towns is determined by the government, either the original site or the new livable and arable land area. The proximity to the army not only has high security, but it is also more convenient for the army to assist in construction.

If we want to rely on immigrants alone to build Jilin Prefecture, it is obviously not up to the mark. You must know that Jilin Mansion is a logistics base where the Ming army continues to advance northward and eliminate the remnants of Jiannu.

Therefore, the compulsory military system that began to be implemented in Liaodong recruited a total of 26,000 soldiers, all of whom entered Jilin Prefecture to participate in the pioneering and reclamation process.

This year alone, the army and immigrants have reclaimed nearly 3 million mu of wasteland and established more than 400 villages and towns, initially changing the scene of Jilin Prefecture being wild everywhere and uninhabited for hundreds of miles.