Throughout the 13th year of the Apocalypse, the internal construction of the Ming Dynasty was very large, and many infrastructures were built in northern provinces. At the same time, the railway was almost built to Huguang and Jiangnan.&1t;/p>

The large-scale completion of railway trunk lines has made the scale of commodity economy in the north even larger. In the past, the north was mainly dominated by rural natural economy, but at this time the commodity economy had become the mainstream, and the rural natural economy had basically been replaced.&1t;/p>

More people entered towns and became workers in the industrial era.&1t;/p>

Industry and commerce in the Jiangnan region have further weakened. At the same time, with the construction of the railway to the Western Regions, the Yumenguan Oilfield has just refined kerosene, which has added another commodity to state-owned capital. The emergence of kerosene has replaced the fuel lighting market for vegetable and animal oils.&1t;/p>

Kerosene lamps also appeared and became a best-selling product.&1t;/p>

Kerosene lamps are popularized in the provinces of the new policy. After all, workers entering towns have enough income to afford kerosene lamps. At the same time, the price of kerosene is much lower than vegetable oil.&1t;/p>

The whaling industry in the Ming Dynasty has been developing rapidly in recent years, but the emergence of kerosene has caused the growth of the whaling industry to be hit, and the market demand for whale oil has begun to decline.&1t;/p>

However, whale oil has no bad smell after all, and its brightness is relatively high. Daming is another big country with a huge luxury consumer market, so whale oil still has a market, and the whale industry has not suffered a devastating blow. Moreover, the application of various parts of whales has been continuously revealed and has become a good industrial raw material.&1t;/p>

Therefore, there is still a great profit to hunt whales. The state-owned whaling fleet still conducts whaling in the waters of Japan. Or it is no longer the waters of Japan, but the extension of the territorial waters of the eastern province of Daming Town.&1t;/p>

With the arrival of autumn, whaling has entered its peak period.&1t;/p>

Nowadays, more than 500 baleen whales can be caught from Hokkaido fishing grounds in the Ming Dynasty a year. Such a killing will not cause endangerment of species. There are a lot of whales in the ocean these days.&1t;/p>

However, in the 13th year of the Apocalypse, after kerosene began to enter the market, Zhu Youxiao returned to the capital. He asked the cabinet to formulate a policy of killing whales, limiting 1,500 whales per year, and in the Hokkaido fishing ground, limiting 500 to catch each year.&1t;/p>

Compared with the fact that humans caught more than 60,000 whales a year in later history, this can be said to be pitifully small.&1t;/p>

At the same time, only state-owned enterprises can engage in the whaling industry. Private capital cannot catch whales at sea. In addition, various fishing restrictions have been imposed in terms of fishery fishing.&1t;/p>

However, the fishing efficiency is not so exaggerated these days, and there has been no trawlers. Although the upper limit of fishing in fisheries has been established, the current catch in the Ming Dynasty is not that large. However, the fishery has been very rapid in recent years. Fishery fishing in coastal fisheries and Hokkaido fishery is very prosperous. A large number of dried fish, pickled fish and canned fish have been transported back to the local area.&1t;/p>

In the 13th year of the Apocalypse, a large number of people left agricultural production and were invested in construction. These fishery products became an important part of the food.&1t;/p>

In terms of grain production, it began to rely heavily on commercial grain production areas. In the 13th year of the Tianqi period, commercial grain from the Northeast was directly transported into northern provinces in the pass through railways. At the same time, the railway was also built to the northeast coastal ports, and some grain was transported directly from the ports to southern provinces and Yangtze River basin areas.&1t;/p>

Wheat and soybeans in the north are also in great demand in the south. Soybeans in the northeast have increased a lot in the 13th year of the Apocalypse, mainly because of the railways that have caused many areas where roads were blocked and commodity economy could not cover commercial agricultural production.&1t;/p>

Northeast soybean oil pressing industry has also flourished with the popularity of steam engines. Commercial edible vegetable oil has begun to appear in large quantities on store shelves in various provinces of the New Deal. However, these days, commercial edible oils are sold in large barrels and large barrels. Then they are retailed in stores on the market.&1t;/p>

Due to the emergence of railways, the Northeast region began to enter the second opening stage. The Northeast region has too rich resources, but its population has just reached 10 million. It can also be said that it is vast and sparsely populated. In addition to the large population in Liaodong, Jilin, Heilongjiang and the northeast, the smaller the population goes north.&1t;/p>

Now, as long as the railway is built, the resources can be opened. In addition to the scale of commercial grain production, the scale of logging and mining production can be expanded, and the Northeast region suddenly has a great demand for the population.&1t;/p>

Northeastern grain, wood and minerals have become the largest commodities.&1t;/p>

With the continuous import of timber in the Northeast, the prices of timber have dropped by nearly half, and commercial grain has also ensured the development of industrial construction.&1t;/p>

In addition, the scale of coal mines and iron ore mining has also increased a lot. The railway can be built to North Korea next year, and North Korea's mineral resources can also be transported back to the Ming Dynasty.&1t;/p>

"The current population gap in the Northeast region is relatively large. Only when the resources are generally available will be fully realized in the northeastern region be opened. Moreover, opening Mongolia next year will also require a certain population. The commercial cotton production areas in the Western Regions are also increasing, and the population is also needed." Shen Qing reported the population demand of various regions to Zhu Youxiao, who said: "Then continue to immigrate from the southern region."&1t;/p>

"At present, there are still many people who can immigrate in northern provinces, but overall they cannot fill this gap. Moreover, construction is underway in the customs, and there is also a demand for the population." Shen Qing said, "Unless you immigrate from Huguang, Sichuan and other places, the population there is relatively sufficient."&1t;/p>

"When will the railway be built to Huguang and Sichuan?" Zhu Youxiao asked.&1t;/p>

"The railway will be built to Huguang next year. As for the construction of Sichuan, it will take at least two to three years. The railway in Sichuan has not started yet, and the terrain is relatively complex."&1t;/p>

"In this case, then recruit immigrants from Huguang first! When the railway is built to Huguang next year, it will be much more convenient to immigrate." Zhu Youxiao said.&1t;/p>

Immigration to the Northeast, Mongolia, and Western Regions is definitely something to be carried out.&1t;/p>

After all, if the Ming Dynasty conquered these places, it would definitely be occupied. At the same time, the resources of these places were also needed by the Ming Dynasty. There were commercial grain, timber and minerals in the northeast. Mongolia had a grassland economy and could also mine a lot of minerals. The Western Regions have now become an important commercial cotton production area in the Ming Dynasty. In the 13th year of the Tianqi period, with the construction of the railway to the Western Regions, a large amount of cotton began to be transported back to the pass from the railway.   .org&1t;/p>

After years of development in the Western Regions, many water conservancy facilities have been built, and the commercial cotton planting area has quickly exceeded tens of millions of mu, and the scale is still expanding.&1t;/p>

Today, the Western Regions of the Ming Dynasty are not as big as Xinjiang in later generations. They also include Kyrgyzstan. Lu Xiangsheng of Tajikistan also expanded the controlled area westward to Lake Balkhash. The climate of these places is not much different from Xinjiang. They are all areas that are very suitable for growing cotton.&1t;/p>

There are still fewer cotton production areas for the Ming Dynasty, and the population needs to be increased to the Western Regions to continuously expand cotton production.&1t;/p>

Growing cotton requires labor, and immigration to the Western Regions is an urgent issue.&1t;/p>

After Zhu Youxiao and the cabinet discussed it, he immediately determined the immigration plan. Daming still needs to continue to immigrate to areas outside the customs next year, and the immigrant population must reach at least about five million.&1t;/p>

After the reforms in the northern provinces over the past few years and the continued immigration before, there is not so much population that can immigrate in large quantities.&1t;/p>

Huguang area must have enough population. After all, Huguang is a commercial grain producing area, and there is basically no famine or anything else. Moreover, as a province in the Yangtze River Basin, it itself is the traditional range of activities of the Han people and the population is very dense.&1t;/p>
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