Chapter 51: The Boring Master of Lantian County
Lantian County is basically in a state of isolation.
Except for some merchants, caravans, and craftsmen who had to go out, the rest of the people in Lantian County seemed to have little interest in the outside world.
From the refugees, they will basically know what the outside is like, so no one is willing to go out.
Golden nests and silver nests are not as good as one’s hometown. This is the deepest understanding of farmers in the Ming Dynasty. In Lantian County, this understanding is even stronger.
Every year, a large number of refugees come to Lantian County to make a living. The people here are used to facing these refugees, and they will help if they can. This is an atmosphere that was formed a long time ago. Therefore, The refugees who come to Lantian County can live a better life than those outside.
For this Ningxia Town development, Yun Zhao initially wanted to call on some families with large families to leave Lantian County and live in Ningxia Town. Unfortunately, no matter how good the conditions provided by Ningxia Town, People were also unmoved.
The land in Lantian County is not enough to be divided, and the land in Guanzhong is not enough to be divided. According to the government population register, the population under the jurisdiction of Lantian County has exceeded 6 million, and this number every year They are growing at the rate of one million people, and there is no slowing down trend in sight.
With the increase in population, the prosperous places in Guanzhong are no longer limited to Xi'an City and Lantian County, but are constantly expanding to the surrounding areas. Weinan, Baoji, and Qinzhou are also becoming increasingly prosperous.
Today’s Guanzhong has become the largest steel production place in the Ming Dynasty.
It was also the largest supplier of linen and cotton in the Ming Dynasty.
Not only that, Guanzhong has become one of the most important grain producing areas in the Ming Dynasty.
It is also the largest exporter of mules, horses and other large livestock in the Ming Dynasty.
The largest copper producer in the northwest.
It is also an important salt distribution center in the northwest.
It was also the largest glass producing area in the Ming Dynasty. The output of porcelain has equaled that of Fuliang County in Jiangxi Province. It not only supplied the northwest, but also went to Mobei and overseas.
These things are only on the surface. In the dark, Lantian County is also the largest gunpowder and artillery production place in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also the largest gunpowder production place in the Ming Dynasty.
Today, half of the gunpowder supply for the Ming Dynasty army was purchased from Lantian County, and 80% of the cannons came from Lantian County.
Therefore, to a large extent, it is difficult for the warring parties in the Ming Dynasty to fight alone without Lantian County. A large part of the weapons they use to fight each other come from Lantian County.
In many battles, both sides used weapons from Lantian County.
Only blunderbuss and artillery pieces are not sold in Lantian County, and there are no other goods that cannot be sold.
The above is why Yun Zhao can ignore Li Hongji.
Staying neutral would be of great benefit to Lantian County.
However, life in Lantian County is easy. Even if there is no land, locals can find a job to support their families. Therefore, it has become a big problem for the people to love their homes.
In Yun Zhao’s plan, the people of Lantian County who abide by the rules and are well-trained should bravely go out. However, not many local people are willing to go out, but the graduates of Yushan Academy only need one. After graduation and attending the graduation ceremony, except for some who were forced to stay by the government, the rest disappeared in the blink of an eye.
"Things that should go don't leave, and those that shouldn't go run all over the world..."
After reading this, Yun Zhao couldn't help but sigh in a low voice.
Xu Wuxiang took a look at the secret agent book in Yun Zhao's hand and smiled: "Lantian County has matured. For those guys with high ambitions and low abilities, there are not many opportunities to make achievements here. They can only Dealing with some documents or other trivial matters is naturally not as satisfying as breaking down a world with bare hands outside.
Look, this guy named Shao Wen is now with the governor of Hangzhou Prefecture. The important Qing guest under the prefect, this man named Pu Cunchi is now..."
Yun Zhao conveniently closed the book and looked at Xu Wuxiang hatefully.
Xu Wuxiang spread his hands and said: "I have sorted out these things. It's too late for you to guard against me now."
"Your wife..."
"My wife is about to give birth to a baby, why do you still doubt her?"
"If you marry my girl, I won't doubt you. You don't have the habit of talking in your sleep, do you?"
Xu Wuxiang stood up straight and said: "County Lord, if you want the people of Lantian County to go out, there is nothing you can do."
Yun Zhao put the book back in the drawer , said calmly: "Talk about it."
"Incentive them with benefits."
"That's nonsense, unless the benefits I give them are greater than the benefits they get from staying in Lantian County." Cheng, if I am willing to pay such a huge benefit, the people of Ningxia Town will have become rich a long time ago, and there is no need to force the people here to leave."
"Land, there is nothing else in Ningxia Town, land. That’s a lot.”
“Do you know the saying from Lantian County? You would rather have a bed in Lantian than a thousand acres of food outside the border!”
“Hahaha...”
The two chatted and laughed for a while, then sat down again and worried about things in Ningxia Town.
Duan Guoren's plan was not considered imprudent. The only thing he did not expect was the human problem.
Whether it is the people who migrated from northern Shaanxi, or the people who came from Guyuan or Haiyuan, they all developed symptoms of acclimatization to varying degrees after going to Ningxia Town. People who arrived in Ningxia Town fell ill one after another. I had diarrhea, vomiting, and couldn't sleep. I thought it was an epidemic at first, and I was extremely nervous for a while. After a doctor's examination, I finally found that it was just a simple acclimatization.
It’s fine if the number of people is small, but among the people who went to northern Shaanxi, 30% of them had such symptoms.This is extremely detrimental to the upcoming land reclamation.
The problem is that among the personnel sent by Lantian County to guide the people to reclaim wasteland, there is not a single one who is acclimated. Not only do they not have such symptoms, but also the officials of Lantian County and the people in the caravan do not have such symptoms.
The incident was reported to Yunzhao. According to Yunzhao's guess, this has a lot to do with the diet of the people in Lantian County. There are many kinds of food here, and the people have many ways to obtain various nutrients, even if they go to a strange place. The various nutrients stored in the place are enough to sustain them for a while, until they get used to the local diet and then use new ways to obtain these nutrients. Naturally, there will be no problem of acclimatization.
However, the poor people in northern Shaanxi are different. They have lived on the plateau of northern Shaanxi for many years and have their own way of obtaining nutrients and minerals. They were suddenly transferred to Ningxia Town. This When the structure is destroyed, various symptoms of acclimatization will naturally occur. Although people in Guyuan and Haiyuan will also have it, there are much fewer people who are acclimatized than in northern Shaanxi.
From a certain level, Yun Zhao's guess is correct, but he can't explain it to others, not even people like Xu Wuxiang. After all, once he wants to make it clear, This matter involves a lot of knowledge points that they have never been exposed to. Xu Wu asked for advice when he didn't understand something, and he wanted to break the habit of asking for answers. Yun Zhao had no choice but to think about it, because he also knew what he was talking about. But I don't know why.
"More than 160 people have died. This is very troublesome and will make the people in northern Shaanxi think that coming to Ningxia Town is a wrong thing."
"Now "What method?"
"Some old people in northern Shaanxi brought some soil with them when they left their hometown. They were using the soil to make water to drink. It was strange that it was useful to some people in the same village, but not to people outside. It’s of no use.”
Although this further confirmed Yun Zhao’s guess, it was still of no use.
If this method is spread, a natural alliance between the village gods and the local people will soon appear. Finally, a group of closely united guys will be tightly kneaded into a ball by the gods or ancestors. In the future, there will inevitably be things like dominating the village.
Rural clans are a kind of natural social organization that the government hates most. This kind of thing firmly controlled the lowest political power of the country until Yun Zhao went to the countryside in his previous life.
Yun Zhao had seen the village chief beating the county chief. Even when the government officials came, the villagers dared to fight against them. The scene was so tragic that the villagers risked their lives to the extent that it was shocking. Yun Zhao shivered as he huddled aside.
In the end, the county magistrate generously forgave the villagers, but the village chief strutted into the Yamen on a rainy day like a hero who sacrificed his life and was captured, claiming that ——If something comes to him, he should be beheaded or put in jail. It is none of other people's business.
The county magistrate’s face was ashen and he wanted to strangle this guy to death, but for the sake of the overall situation, he had to stand in the rain and hold this guy’s arms.The hand said nonsense like "It won't happen again".
At that moment, Yun Zhao thought this man was a god.
This is the power of local clans, which makes people like Yun Zhao unforgettable for life. Such clans must be banned, otherwise they will become the biggest source of instability in society.
Especially in a place like Ningxia Town, it seems to be instinctive for people to live in groups. It is a dream to let a group of people on the plateau who have never been taken care of by the government to trust the government in a short period of time.
If you want to prevent the village gods from appearing, you can only solve the matter in an explainable way.
Suddenly, Yun Zhao suddenly remembered that he went to Ningxia Town for research in his previous life. Wherever he went, people invited him to the Kang and made tea for him using a dirty half-shaped aluminum beverage can. The scene...everywhere is like this! !
"Have tea... transport one hundred thousand kilograms of tea bricks to Ningxia Town... every year!"
This is a price Yunzhao is extremely unwilling to pay. Today, the tea produced in Guanzhong , more than 90% of which he crushed into tea bricks and transported to the grasslands and plateaus, in exchange for countless cattle, sheep, and various skins from Guanzhong every year.
One of the bricks weighing one kilogram of Poria and Golden Flower Tea could be exchanged for a yak on the plateau...
After making this painful decision, Yun Zhao's heart was bleeding.
"Can this matter be solved by drinking tea?" As Yun Zhao expected, Xu Wuxiang took out his notebook again and prepared to record his explanation.
"Get out!"
The irritable Yun Zhao roared out. At this moment, he felt that he was the county magistrate.
Everyone thinks that after becoming the master of a place, all they think about is military and national affairs, but they don’t know that military and national affairs cannot be solved by Yun Zhao in one sentence. It is a collective decision-making process.
At this time, there is absolutely no arbitrariness of Gan Gang. If the arbitrariness of Gan Gang fails, the blow to the lord's reputation will be fatal.
When Yun Zhao stayed in the position of the master of Lantian County for a long time, he discovered that - back in the days of Gong Jin, Xiao Qiao was a handsome young man when he first got married.
Feather fans and silk scarves, while talking and laughing, the boats and oars disappeared into ashes. Such chapters and sentences are completely and completely the obscenity of Fatty Su.
What the Lord does is more important things like the people in Ningxia Town having stomach upsets, vomiting, and being unable to sleep...