Old Man Wang said helplessly: "Qu Shuai, even if Liaodong has great potential as you said, it costs dozens of times more to immigrate to Liaodong than to immigrate to Jizhou. Now our finances are all supporting immigrating to Jizhou, and there is no spare time to go to Liaodong to colonize!
How about we wait until we immigrate to Jizhou before developing Liaodong?"
Immigrating to Jizhou is simple and easy. There are three passes in Bingzhou to enter Jizhou. The nearest place is just a hundred miles away, which is only a few days' journey. However, people from Zhao, Zhongshan, and Weijun have to go to Jizhou because of the war.
The frequent and sparse population is suitable for immigrants, and the land can be reclaimed easily after being abandoned for only a few years. It can be said that the cost of immigrating to Jizhou is extremely low.
To immigrate to Liaodong, the people of Bingzhou must first walk thousands of miles across the entire Liaodong to Guangyang County, and then take a boat to Liaodong County. Not only is this a long journey, but the cost of immigration is also more than ten times higher!
Obviously, for Old Man Wang and the others, the most important thing is to invest limited resources into Jizhou, restore Jizhou's food production, and ensure the food security of the Tengjia Army!
Wang Ge also whispered: "Commander Qu, it's already April. If we really arrange for reclamation, I'm afraid that the soldiers for the reclamation will not arrive in Liaodong until May, and the land will be reclaimed in June. That place in Liaodong will not be planted in June."
Nothing can be harvested! If we really arrange for tens of thousands of people to go over, we will have to feed them for a year. Instead of raising them for a year in Liaodong, it is better to spend the money and food in Jizhou, and we can arrange for hundreds of thousands more people to resume farming, and create a variety of crops.
Spend hundreds of thousands of stones of food!”
Xu Wei thought for a while and then said: "As long as we arrange it properly, we should be able to speed up the trip to Liaodong and strive to have the field troops arrive in Liaodong in mid-April. Then we can reclaim as much land as possible and sow grain in May. If we can't grow wheat, we can still plant soybeans."
You must know that the economic value of growing soybeans is three times greater than that of grain! You can even earn 10 times more by pressing soybean oil!"
The Tengjia Army has always had the tradition of planting soybeans to nourish the land, and the economic value of soybeans is much higher than that of wheat. Of course, with the current situation of the Tengjia Army, it is impossible to plant any commercial crops on a large scale. After all, people are starving to death.
, of course we need to grow wheat, a staple food.
But it’s different when you go to Liaodong! There are a lot of wastelands there, and planting cash crops like soybeans will make it easier to speed up the development of Liaodong. Xu Wei remembers that soybeans in later generations were basically produced in the three eastern provinces, and the quality was also the highest!
Of course, money is also a big issue. Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "I will get a Liaodong development bond. The first issue will be 1 billion, with an annual interest of one cent. This much money will be enough to house these soldiers.
I think Zhen An and the others would want such a big deal!"
Although the interest rate of one penny is not high, the larger the amount, the more you earn. Although the loan sharks of Da Han have more than doubled, they are basically unpaid, and there are a lot of dead debts, and they have to maintain thugs.
So they don’t make a lot of money. Most of the nobles and nobles make loan sharks not to make money, but to annex land and control the people to become their serfs! Just like the cartoons I watched when I was a child, as long as they owe loan sharks, their children and grandchildren will
Even the grandson can't pay it back, so all the descendants will be slaves.
It is impossible for the world to release 1 billion loan sharks and still make 1 billion money. If such a good thing really happened, I'm afraid the original Emperor Ling would have done it himself!
In the Tengjia Army's territory, due to the widespread popularity of money shops, the loan sharks on his territory were either killed and hung by Xu Wei or bankrupt, and the interest rates on the loans were also reduced to one cent by Xu Wei, so now there is one cent
Interest is also a good deal!
Xu Wei strongly supported the development of Liaodong and even came up with a Liaodong bond. Old Wang and the others had to agree to immigrate to the border and colonize Liaodong while restoring production in Jizhou!
Wang Ge immediately arranged for the tribesmen in Bingzhou to become field soldiers in Liaodong! These soldiers were all recruited in Yanmen County, because only the recruits in Mayi could achieve the efficiency required by Xu Wei and arrive in the shortest time.
Liaodong!
When the tribesmen in Mayi heard that they could join the Tengjia Army, they immediately joined the army excitedly, because the salary of the Tengjia Army was very high, and they would also be given jobs after they retired. It can be said that joining the army is equivalent to finding a job for the rest of their lives.
Okay. Even in a wealthy place like Mayi, the enthusiasm of the tribesmen to support the army is very good!
So it took 10 days for the 30,000 new recruits to be recruited, and then it took them 2 days to travel all the way down the Sanggan River to Tianjin, and then board a ship bound for Liaodong!
When these soldiers saw the towns farther and farther away, their doubts became more and more serious. When the surroundings completely turned into a world of ocean, the recruits finally couldn't help it. They found the officer who took them to join the army and asked: "Captain, what are we doing?"
Where are we going? To deal with the big men we should sail south, why do we seem to be marching north now?"
The village chief said angrily: "If we really want to fight a big man, we can't fight in this spring plowing season, and we're still looking for new recruits like you!"
The recruit asked in surprise: "Then where are we going?"
The commander said angrily: "Liaodong, you are all field soldiers, and you went to Liaodong to cultivate land!"
The new recruits were all surprised and said: "Why are they farming soldiers? We have already farmed enough! Why do we still need to farm when we are soldiers?"
The recruits in this area were basically recruited from the countryside, so they had some farming experience! But they joined the army just because they didn't want to farm, and they didn't expect to end up back in the fields!
Some new soldiers were unconvinced and said: "I want to go to the battlefield and fight against the Han traitors!"
The camp chief yelled: "What are you arguing about? Didn't you read the recruitment notice? It clearly states that this is a recruitment of field soldiers. If a field soldier does not farm, he is nothing like a field soldier! If you want to quit now, you will be treated as a deserter!"
These new recruits really don’t know. They think that being a soldier means fighting with swords. Whoever fights will have field troops!
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Xu Wei has also experienced this feeling of being deceived. He thought he was a soldier fighting in a war, playing with guns, driving tanks, and using artillery, but he didn't know that he was still a soldier.
There are troops standing guard!
After the recruits' camp commander yelled like this, all the recruits were so frightened that they didn't dare to ask questions!
Five days later, their ship entered Liaodong Bay and arrived at a dock in Wen County! The dock was very simple and made of wood, but it was more than enough to dock these troop ships!
Liu Hu even personally received these new soldiers, letting them recuperate for a day, and then arranged a sumptuous meal for these field soldiers to let them feel the enthusiasm of the Liaodong people.
Then he took them to the resettlement sites that had been prepared. Of course, these resettlement sites were also very simple. They were all wooden houses built with logs, which could barely protect them from the wind and rain. However, the environment was like this, and it was beyond Liu Hu's imagination to want something better.
Ability range!
These recruits have not yet mastered the weapons, but they first used farm tools to clear up wasteland. Such a career as a recruit made many people cry secretly. This is not the life in the barracks they want. If they had known better, they might as well stay in Mayi and farm. You know
On the territory of the Tengjia Army, Mayi is the most developed and richest territory. Now these recruits have come from the richest place to the poorest place one by one. Such a gap will be difficult to accept for a while! But now they only
I can stay in Liaodong and finish my training!
After the news about Xu Wei's Liaodong Development Bond was known to Zhen An and others, these big businessmen smelled the business opportunity. After all, this was a big project worth 1 billion, which was rarely encountered even in the Tengjia Army.
Not to mention that the current business environment is not good, it is not easy to find a profitable project!
So these businessmen went to Jixian one by one to ask about the development bond, but they didn't get much useful information. Then Zhen An, as a representative of these big businessmen, found Xu Wei!
When Zhen An saw Xu Wei, he immediately saluted and said, "You are becoming more and more prestigious in power!"
Xu Wei lifted Zhen An, asked him to sit down and said with a smile: "We are all old friends, so there is no need to be so polite. What do you want to see me for this time?"
Zhen An smiled and said: "It's not about the Liaodong development bonds. I heard that you want to raise 1 billion to develop Liaodong. I want to sell a share, but I don't know if this bond can make money?"
Xu Weidao: "One cent interest per year, if you buy 10 million, you can earn 1 million a year!"
Zhen An shook his head and said: "Qu Shuai, your interest is too little. My textile factory made 30% last year. If I invest the money in the textile factory, I can earn three times more. Your interest will not attract anyone."
Buy!"
Xu Wei said calmly: "I'm afraid you won't be able to earn even 10% of the money this year, right?"
The textile industry has long passed the stage of huge profits. This may be a drawback of large-scale industrial production. The textile industry has always been the fastest-expanding industry among the Tengjia Army. In the past 10 years, it has basically reached its limit.
The world is in chaos. Now the most stable market in the entire Mayi textile industry is the territory of Tengjia Army. Although the profits of other people's territories are high, the risks are extremely high. If you are not careful, people and goods will disappear together. Moreover, these years of war have
The big man was also impoverished, and everyone couldn't live any longer. Naturally, there was no time to think about dressing. The market for the textile industry was shrinking. Last year, due to the war, there were clothes for 1.4 million people of the Tengjia Army.
market, allowing the textile industry to shine again.
But after the war ended, the entire market came to a standstill. The woolen cloth that used to be very good was now hard to sell. It was difficult to sell it when everyone lowered the price. Some who dared to take risks took their own caravans.
In the Central Plains, those who like stability simply disbanded their textile factories to reduce their losses. Then they invested in other high-profit industries, such as struvite mining and fishing, especially the fishing industry, which has now become
A new outlet on the territory of the Tengjia Army.
However, although these new industries have high profits, the plates are not big enough. The output value of struvite is only a few hundred million, and the fishing industry is only more than 2 billion. In comparison, the woolen cloth industry has an output value of nearly 100 billion.
It’s completely different! On the whole, the Tengjia Army’s business is in decline!
If Xu Wei hadn't continued to immigrate to places outside Bingzhou, and the economic environment of the Tengjia Army was still dominated by state-owned factories, the war would have been victorious. Every time a piece of territory was captured, it was equivalent to seizing important production materials.
Delaying the outbreak of the crisis, I am afraid that the world's first economic crisis has already broken out!
Therefore, it is very difficult to make money in the textile industry now. Zhen An has connections with the Han Dynasty. Zhen Ju was still a Sili Xiaowei in the Han Dynasty. He can sell goods to the Han Dynasty, but the profit he makes is barely less than one level!
Now Zhen An is waiting for the economic boom, and he knows that it will come soon. It may not even take a year. As long as Jizhou has a good harvest and the people have money, the textile industry can create a market for 4 million more people.
!
Of course, this year is particularly difficult for Zhen An. In his opinion, if you don’t lose money, you will make a profit. From this aspect, the Liaodong Development Bond is a good deal for Zhen An!
Of course, bargaining is still necessary. Zhen An thought for a while and said: "The size of the ruling Liaodong region is comparable to Jizhou. For such a large piece of land, even 1 billion dollars to develop it will be a drop in the bucket. Our Mayi Chamber of Commerce can spend 3 billion dollars to help
Qu Shuai wants to develop Liaodong, but the interest rate will rise to 20%!"
The extra 600 million in interest is not too high. In Liaodong, even selling wood can repay the debt. However, the development of Liaodong requires a lot of funds as Zhen An and the others said, and the merchants of Tengjia Army
The class has grown stronger under Xu Wei's training over the years. Just look at the fact that they can lend 30 billion to Xu Wei, and you will know how much money they have in their hands!
Therefore, the development of Liaodong needs the support of these businessmen. The interest of 600 million does not seem high now, but Liaodong requires hundreds of billions of capital investment, and the interest of 20 billion is very scary. This is equivalent to the people of Liaodong giving Zhen
When An and the others work, it is easy to train Zhen An and the others to become financial businessmen. In Xu Wei's view, such people are pure blood-sucking people, and they are even more enemies of industrialization. Therefore, Xu Wei would rather Zhen An and the others make money in industry than
See them making money financially!
Xu Wei thought for a while and said: "3 billion, I will give you 300 million in interest after one year!"
Zhen An frowned when he heard this!
But Xu Wei immediately said: "I plan to plant soybeans in Liaodong, and I will use these soybeans to pay off your interest and capital! The price will be calculated according to the price in Youzhou?"
Zhen An was surprised and said: "Is this true?"
Xu Wei said calmly: "Of course it's true!"
No wonder Zhen An was so surprised. Soybeans are worthless. Based on Xu Wei's strong food protection price, the price of soybeans is about 300 yuan. Two stones of soybeans per acre are only 600 yuan. Xu Wei wants to plant 500,000 acres in Liaodong.
Soybeans can repay these debts!
What is really valuable is soybean oil, because Xu Wei made the iron pot in advance, and all kinds of stir-fry, hot pot, teppanyaki and other later delicacies were made by Xu Wei. It can be said that Xu Wei's time travel made the big man's
Food has advanced 2000 years.
These delicacies are indispensable for the presence of various oils, so the price of oils has skyrocketed in Tengjiajun territory. Soybean oil is a very popular oil because it requires fertile land, but it costs 50 yuan per pound, and the delicious
Lard costs hundreds of dollars, which is close to the price of one stone of grain! Lard is a top-quality delicacy these days! Even people in the Han Dynasty and the Tengjia Army who are not high-level people cannot afford it!