Opening up wasteland is not an easy task. No matter how much the people around and his friends publicize the fertility of the land in the Mekong Delta, the reality is that in the 17th century, most of the area here was still a barren tropical jungle.
Of course there are developed fields, but the quantity is limited. Ming people have moved to this Shuizhenla hometown since the 15th century to live and cultivate it, but the real large-scale development did not occur until a large number of Ming Dynasty survivors immigrated during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
After the influx.
Naturally, there are ripe lands now, but the area and output of these ripe lands are still far behind the expectations of the Senate. This involves two major issues: investment in agricultural inputs and land reclamation.
Not to mention agricultural materials, there is not much hope around - it would be good if Tiandihui can send some technicians. Fertilizers and pesticides are always used by a very small number of priority demonstration farms directly under the Agricultural Committee, unless they can be used in Nanqi.
Occupy mature land with good conditions to set up a direct farm, otherwise there is no need to consider this area.
In the era without mechanical assistance, the cost of land reclamation was very high, requiring a large amount of labor and animal power. One household would open up wasteland, even if there were three or four strong laborers in the family, and it would take more than ten years to open more than ten acres of wasteland. During this period,
One can imagine how difficult it is.
"Overgrown weeds are the norm...the biggest problem...the grassroots..."
"We don't have the ability to do large-scale weeding..."
"Also try weeding those tree roots if you don't have a powerful tractor."
"To open up wasteland, you must use machinery, at least steam machinery..."
"Two generations in thirty years, without machinery or cattle, have managed to open up 17 acres of wasteland..."
"Zheng Chenggong also wants to develop Taiwan with three golds and one cow..."
"In the early stage, we can only rob ripe land..."
"Rehensive land, how much ripe land can there be in that place?"
"The captives were originally going to go panning for gold in the Phong Myo gold mining belt in Da Nang, but now it seems they can only be used as serfs first..."
"Haha, do you know how many slaves died during the land reclamation when Keelung was developed?"
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After all the difficulties were put aside, the final conclusion was: 1. To open up wasteland, it is necessary to increase the level of support for "modern" technology, in other words, more money is needed. 2. Since economic goals give way to political goals,
Then it is not appropriate to use the export of property as a profit assessment. The focus should be on relocating the victims as much as possible, and the focus of interest repayment should be on "colonial land ownership."
However, after the second point was brought up, everyone fell silent again - this land policy has not yet achieved results, and it is really inconvenient to do anything.
"Everyone! The local land policy is actually being brewed!" The people around said this, and turned to gesture to Liu Xiang's group. When Liu Xiang saw it, he nodded and confirmed what was said.
The land policy is currently being actively "discussed" in Lingao. In fact, neither Liu Xiang nor those around him have high hopes for any conclusion from this discussion.
Although the land issue was discussed only two or three times at the Senate Assembly, it was held almost a dozen times at internal meetings convened by the Executive Committee and later the Government Affairs Council. The parties were highly controversial.
Generally speaking, the only thing that can guarantee majority approval is the basic policy of state-owned land. How to operate under the premise of state-owned land, how to confirm the rights of old land owners, how to distribute newly acquired land, how to tax it, how to transfer it...
Almost every detail is disputed.
Of course, there are still some people who insist on recognizing land private ownership. Although their number does not exceed one-third, their activities are very active.
Liu Xiang knew that the land policy of the Senate would not be decided in the short term, but this time the Government Affairs Council made another opening. But he did not know the specific opening, because this power was currently only granted to Nanyang Company. If used properly
, then the specific approach will be promoted to Taiwan and Qiongnan. The current increase in land due to land reclamation in various places will be replaced by temporary policies.
After getting the endorsement, he continued: "Moreover, even if there is no new land policy in the near future... Then, we, a colony affiliated with the Nanyang Company, can do something special first! Otherwise, what is the use of my red-headed document?
What?" After saying that, he took out a copy of the Nanyang Company's approval document from his briefcase and began to tell the other elders about the scope of his "expeditious" power in the imperial edict in hand...
Specifically, it is to grant "colonization rights" to immigrants. The colonial land occupied by the Nanyang Company is distributed to immigrants by the Nanyang Company in the name of "colonization rights." After immigrants occupy this land, they can obtain a share of the land for twenty-five years.
Contract. If the land allocated is wasteland, the share will be exempted for the first five years. From the sixth year, the share will be paid to the Nanyang Company. The proportion of the share will vary depending on the location, land conditions and other factors. In addition to the share, the immigrants do not need to
Pay agricultural taxes.
The reason why the sharecropping system was chosen was not only to encourage more reward for more work, but the main reason was that what the Senate urgently needed now was physical goods, not currency.
"We can collect surplus grain through market means. Immigrants will need money in many places. As long as we arrange the grain bank in time, we can obtain enough surplus grain."
After the expiration of twenty-five years, the colonial immigrants can renew the contract with the company or not, and no other taxes and fees will be charged except stamp duty.
To put it bluntly, this is still a temporary measure. However, this measure is more standardized than those vague "agricultural tax payment certificates", "land reclamation tickets" and the like. It will also be easier to process in batches in the future.
"...This plan has been approved so far, but if you have any specific opinions and suggestions, you can bring it up. As the implementer, we can make fine adjustments - of course, we must submit it to the Government Affairs Council for approval." Surround said very humbly.
"Oh, you have a lot of power!" Liu Xiang sighed after listening to the introductions around him: "I also asked myself whether I should invite Zhou Mu to fight back the three southern counties. The result, look at it now
Looking at your pioneering rights, I want to build the Annan Protectorate."
The people around him were shocked when they heard this: Why are you starting to focus on the administrative power of the colony now? But he said with a smile on his face: "Old Liu, you are right! If you are willing to come to Nanyang Company to work in Nanyang Company, our whole company will definitely be happy."
You have to applaud!”
Liu Xiang seemed not to have heard, waving his hands to the surroundings and saying: "Stop talking nonsense! How can I leave now? The drought will still last two years! In fact, let me tell you, in terms of natural conditions, the Red River Plain is more beautiful than the Mekong River estuary.
After all, the value of grain-producing areas is that one has a tropical monsoon climate and the other has a tropical rainforest climate. However, the difficulty of conquering the Red River Plain is to conquer the Mekong River estuary. Conquering a political power requires more and more complicated work, including fighting with others!
Liu Xiang calmly said: "Your colonization direction at the mouth of the Mekong River is more about fighting against the sky and the earth. Just think of it as a practice. We will give our full support here. I hope you can stand firm and prepare for the future."
Lay a solid foundation for development.”
This... sets the tone?
"Then let's talk about the deposit and exchange business of Nanyang Company's operation..." Chu He took over the topic without waiting for anyone to respond to Liu Xiang. The conference room became lively again...
Eventually, the surrounding "Nanyang Company's First Colonization Plan" was established.
The target locations for colonization are the main plain areas and suitable grain-producing areas in Nanqi. The long-term goal is the entire territory of Nanqi and whether to expand outward will be determined based on the military situation.
The colonization process is divided into three stages. In addition to the initial establishment, the first stage also needs to cooperate with Guangdong to alleviate the impact of drought this year and next and undertake the task of population migration. The second stage is to develop the three main areas of Pengmiao, Camana and Suti.
The gold mining belt will increase the precious metal reserves of the Senate - and consume the captive population as much as possible. The third stage is to open up professional plantations of tropical crops and begin to export products. Of course, there are no strict regulations in the second and third stages.
In order of priority, it is obvious that the profit cycle of most tropical crops is longer than that of developing gold mines.
The first phase of the manpower needed for colonization will be mainly handled by Guangzhou City. The current general arrangement is to crack down on, clean up a large number of clan organizations that do not cooperate in the anti-epidemic operations and land inventory operations, and exile all clans as units. At the same time,
Liang Xinhu and other legal veterans who came to attend the meeting later also said that when sentencing criminal cases, the death penalty and long-term sentences of more than seven years can be reduced among serious criminals, and the sentences of exile can be significantly increased. Finally, the survey asked retired soldiers and
Whether any of the naturalized citizens are willing to go to Nanyang to colonize, Nanyang Company will treat them as "nationals". If they can bring their families with them, there will be additional rewards. Yes, in order to cater to Liu Xiang's interests, people around him have begun to use
"Chinese", "savage", "slave" are words used under the feudal system of Xia, Shang and Zhou to discuss things...
Materials needed for colonization, under the same conditions, will be purchased in Guangzhou with priority. As for industries such as agricultural tool casting and light industry, they originally wanted to relocate to the mainland, so Nanyang Company came forward to negotiate for relocation and co-construction, and set up the production base.
In Guangzhou, if financing is needed for expansion, the original enterprise, Guangzhou Investment Development Bank and Nanyang Company will jointly finance the solution.
The funds needed for the colonization project were entrusted to the Guangzhou Investment and Development Bank in the first phase, and the bank was also entrusted to be responsible for all deposits and exchanges of the colonization project. The entrustment was terminated after the first phase of the operation, but it is known that the financing can be exchanged for new
On the platform, but the deposit and exchange business is mature, I don’t have the energy to change companies. This sentence is just to save a little face.
After the surrounding people finally relented on the issue of deposit and exchange business and material procurement and production priority, Liu Xiang stopped the pressure show of "calling the correspondent to urge the police and the political security system to interrogate the results." After finally reaching an agreement, the conference room welcomed