Henan

Zheng Hong already felt tired.

He had never thought that establishing a farm would be such a difficult task. He had a violent temper and was prone to conflicts with others in the past.

There are 6,700 households, and almost every household has its own ideas.

After the fields are redistributed, some people are willing to join the farm.

However, some people are not willing to continue joining the farm because they were deceived by Lin Feng before. Most people have an instinctive warning that this farm is probably not a good thing.

If this had been the case before, Zheng Hong would have just picked one unruly person after another, and then ordered the government officials to give these unruly people a severe lesson.

They don’t understand what the overall situation of the imperial court means, and do they understand what it means to be for your own good?

However, now Zheng Hong is very patient. He goes to the door one by one to talk and communicate with these farmers, and communicates his inner thoughts with these common people and farmers.

Still, I took out examples from Shandong and introduced them to them one by one.

However, even so, the vast majority of farmers still maintain a skeptical attitude, and the number of people willing to rejoin the farm is still a small number.

Fortunately, Zhang Haogu gave them enough time and did not allow them to forcibly merge the farms. Everything depended on the volition of the people.

I am not begging you to establish a farm right away, but I am asking you to spend time and slowly tell the people so that they will gradually be willing to accept the farm system.

Now, the most important thing is taxes.

A tax of 15% must be collected. After the grain is collected, it is sold directly to the court. The court has a special department for purchasing grain in the Ministry of Household Affairs, so that the people can reduce the exploitation of merchants.

And for the people, it was indeed a shock.

This Zheng Hong seems to be completely different from the previous group of dog officials. In the past, they had to sell this grain to merchants. Naturally, they would inevitably have the prices lowered by these merchants and be exploited by them.

One way.

However, now the grain is still handed over directly to the court, and the court purchases it.

Build farm warehouses to store food.

The imperial court set a minimum purchase price, which was not too high, but not too low either. At least it could prevent some grain merchants from deliberately lowering prices to squeeze farmers like them.

As for, if there is excess food at home, it can be sold directly to the court, or if the home does not have the ability to store food, it can also sell the food directly to the court.

Money, of course, is not gold and silver, but Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes.

Over the past few years, the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes have spread to a certain extent and are used in many areas. Zhang Haogu also exercised great restraint and did not print and distribute them randomly. He also combined the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes with gold, silver, and grain.

, the salt is bound together, so it naturally attracts a large number of people to use it.

Zheng Hong then set up a special farm community in the farm.

The main function of the agricultural cooperative is to purchase grain from the people. At the same time, the agricultural cooperative also has another main function, which is to sell salt, grain, and various daily necessities directly to the people.

Zhang Haogu is now promoting the salt-drying method on a large scale, and then transports the salt to the most remote farms and agricultural cooperatives through the court's channels. The price is very cheap, and he has gradually replaced the original salt merchants.

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A farm cooperative must have at least two months' worth of grain, salt, and Shanxi mature vinegar, as well as some chili peppers.

If you join a farm, the prices of these things will still be cheaper.

Encourage joining the farm. After all, for farmers, the risks they face individually are still too great. Only by relying on collective strength can they avoid being squeezed by businessmen.

Although Zheng Hong's work is slow, it is not ineffective. There are still some farmers willing to join the agricultural cooperative.

And it was at this time.

Zhou Jinyong still brought an assist.

Some businessmen were quickly invited to Kaifeng Mansion. Zhou Jinyong's stay in Yongding County was not in vain. When he was in Yongding County, he attached great importance to the relationship between merchants.

Although Emperor Taizu Gao felt that these businessmen were nothing, not engaged in production, they were just a group of second-rate dealers, but they could go back and forth to earn the price difference.

However, Zhou Jinyong understood very well that this group of businessmen were indispensable for social mobility.

One of them was Taikang Bo and Zhang Guoji. Now he was simply making money by relying on Zhu Youxiao's looms. In addition, there was now large-scale glass production in the entire capital.

Zhou Jinyong called all the businessmen to Kaifeng Mansion.

What does Henan have? Manpower!

Labor costs are very low.

Nowadays, the labor price in the entire capital has been greatly increased. In addition, the labor cost in Shandong has also gradually increased. Now with the Henan New Deal, Zhou Jinyong directly called these businessmen over without saying a word.

"Come on, come on, everyone, take a look. Next, I will build a road in Henan. This road can go directly to Weihe River!"

Zhou Jinyong opened a map and continued to introduce in front of this group of businessmen: "The Wei River flows from Xinxiang, Hebi, Anyang, Puyang, and accepts Qi River, Anyang River, etc. along the way. It can flow through Linqing, Shandong, into the South Canal, and reach Tianjin.

Entering the Haihe River, you can even pass directly through the Sui-Tang Grand Canal!"

"At that time, you can come to buy cotton and grain from Henan. What I want to say today is that you might as well place an order first and order grain first. When the road is almost completed next year, you can also transport it.

The produce is gone!”

"In addition, we are producing cement, and the imperial court also has to purchase cement!"

Zhou Jinyong was not conceited at all and directly stated many of his plans. He glanced at everyone and slowly said: "Everyone, this is not the first day you have dealt with me. Everyone in Yongding County has his own plans.

shop. Now, I am in charge of Henan. Firstly, I want Henan to be prosperous, and secondly, I also want to give you an opportunity to make a fortune. But you can’t just pick up money to make a fortune, right?"

Zhou Jinyong slowly said: "Investment is necessary. Henan is a big province of grain, and human resources are here. You can do this business, or you can not do it. It is absolutely not forced. The new policy of the court, as long as everyone is willing to pay taxes honestly."

, the imperial court will never be embarrassed, at first, I really feel that Henan is a big treasure house now!"

Having said this, Zhou Jinyong continued: "Everyone, what do you think?"

It has to be said that Zhou Jinyong has accumulated a lot of reputation in Yongding County. It is easy to come into contact with a group of big businessmen in this place, and it is easy to have dinner, drink tea and brag with them, and Zhou Jinyong can grasp their needs in an instant.

Nowadays, officials from all over Henan curse Zhou Jinyong as the King of Hell, but in Yongding County, in the eyes of this group of businessmen, Zhou Jinyong is clearly the God of Wealth rather than the King of Hell.
Chapter completed!