The development of Jiangnan has been one of the focuses of Daqian's economic work for more than ten years. Because Xu Wei knew the potential of Jiangnan, he invested a lot in the development of Jiangnan, investing tens of billions of money every year. However, at this time, Jiangnan was not yet the future That wealthy place, the famous Six Counties of Jiangdong, occupied the territory of three or four provinces in later generations, with a population of only three to four million. It can be said that most areas of Yangzhou do not have any traces of civilization.
If Daqian wants to develop the south of the Yangtze River, it can only promote the development of the south of the Yangtze River with the development of maritime transportation. This is the most convenient development method, and Yangzhou occupies a geographical advantage. Even in order to maintain the shipping lanes of the Daqian, Daqian We should also build docks along the Jiangnan coast.
But this caused dissatisfaction among Jingzhou officials. After all, the economic center of Jiangnan has always been Jingzhou, and Jingzhou has the highest level of development. As a result, Yangzhou is now ahead of their Jingzhou counterparts.
Xu Lun continued to complain: "We didn't eat the meat developed in Jiangnan, we just gnawed on the bones. You don't know how difficult it is to do government affairs in Jingzhou. Those hundreds of Vietnamese barbarians don't trust us. In their hearts, Liu Bei The prestige is higher, and we are the ones who beat Liu Bei away. This makes it difficult for us to gain their trust when doing things in Jingzhou.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of them in Jingzhou. If there is an unrest, the whole of Jingzhou and even Jiangnan will be in chaos. It will be a big trouble to clean up. The land equalization order is very troublesome in Jingzhou. Give more fertile land to hundreds of Vietnamese barbarians. The locals The Han people felt that we were bullying them and were unconvinced. They would always cause something to embarrass us. However, if all the fertile land was given to the Han people, these Vietnamese barbarians would feel unconvinced and think that we Bullying him."
"Fortunately, when the government came to power, they drove out all the powerful clans in Jingzhou, freeing up a large amount of fertile land, enough for them to share. Otherwise, I can't imagine how deep the conflict between the Han people would be. "
Shen Jianxin said in disbelief: "In a place as big as Jingzhou, the population is only a few million, and the powerful nobles have also been driven away by the government. How can there be not enough land?"
Xu Lun smiled bitterly and said: "Although Jingzhou looks larger than the three states in the Central Plains, most of the land is either hills, mountains or lakes and swamps! During the Han Dynasty, the population of Jingzhou was simply not comparable to that of Yuzhou, Yanzhou and Sili. , so we can’t just look at the size of the site, but also the degree of development of the site. Jingzhou is a place with a very low degree of development.”
"There is no shortage of land in Jingzhou, but what is lacking is fertile fields. Everyone wants fertile fields. Naturally, they don't want the swampy hills and swamps that require huge efforts to transform. After all, there is a limit to the quantity of fertile land. Even though the imperial court confiscated the land of noble families, it was still not enough. If you want good land, you have to find a way to transform the swamp yourself. But transforming the swamp is a very energy- and money-consuming task. Naturally, few people are willing to do it easily. It's hard work, so those people are focusing on the cultivated land. If the governor hadn't measured the bowl of water and it was very flat, there would have been more turmoil in Jingzhou."
Zhen Xing also said in disbelief: "Our Daqian's governing philosophy is the best for the people. No matter what, it is better than that of the Han Dynasty. How could they be dissatisfied with the court? They complained even if they had land distribution, I This is the first time I’ve heard of it!”
Xu Lun smiled bitterly and said: "Actually, Liu Bei did a good job in Jingzhou. Liu Bei has been doing the work of equalizing land reclamation in Jiangnan for 10 years. Now what we are doing, Liu Bei has also done in Jingzhou. Of course, the local people cannot be the same as the people in the Central Plains.
They are also grateful to the court! They still miss what Liu Bei did in Jingzhou! Especially the Baiyue people in Jingzhou miss Liu Bei very much. Liu Bei can be said to be the first person in the Han Dynasty who gave these Baiyue people respect.
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Shen Jian thought: "It seems that the situation in Jiangnan is very complicated!"
Xu Lundao: "Yang Governor believes that economic development is the key. As long as the lives of the people in Jiangnan are better than before, everyone will slowly forget about Liu Bei!"
Speaking of which, Xu Lun looked at Zhen Xing and said, "Old classmates, do your family have any plans to build a factory in Jingzhou? Now Jingzhou is attracting investment. As long as you invest enough, Jingzhou can reduce half of the taxes and fees within five years!"
Zhen Xing smiled and said: "If Jingzhou can make money, I can persuade adults to invest in Jingzhou, but the infrastructure in Jingzhou is too poor. If you want to build a machinery factory, Jingzhou does not have enough steel and various machine tools. If you want to build a shipyard,
, Jingzhou has enough hemp rope, canvas, tung oil and other materials for shipbuilding? If not, it will be difficult to build this shipyard. Even if I want to build a cement plant in Jingzhou, there is no steam crusher.
If so, the cost of building a cement plant in Jingzhou will be several times higher than that in Jidu!"
Xu Lundao said: "You don't have to build a factory. Agriculture is Jingzhou's strength. Your family didn't sell silk before. You can go to Jingzhou to build a silk factory or a tea factory. Now the sales of silk and tea are very good in Daqian. You don't have to worry about making money at all."
Not enough money!”
Zhen Xing smiled and said: "This is not the most profitable industry among your Jingzhou county-run factories. Can you use it to make us make money?"
There are not many industries in Jingzhou, and the strongest one may be the silk factory left by Liu Bei. The world is peaceful, people's incomes have increased, and with the opening of the maritime and land Silk Road, the market demand for silk has expanded sharply, and the development of advanced textile machines
With the application of silk, the production of silk has been continuously increasing and the price has been declining. In recent years, silk has begun to enter thousands of households, so now the silk industry is extremely prosperous, and it can even be said that the supply exceeds demand.
It can be said that the current silk industry is regarded as the pillar industry of the entire three states in the south of the Yangtze River. Among them, Jingzhou's silk industry is the strongest, with an annual output value of more than 10 billion yuan, which can provide Jingzhou with billions of profits and taxes!
As for the tea industry, although it was Yuzhou that first developed the tea industry, the best place for tea is the hills of Jiangnan. In recent years, tea production capacity in Jiangnan has continued to expand, and the herders in the north of Daqian are all rich.
There is no shortage of money, and the demand for tea is growing every year. Especially high-quality tea is sold at extremely high prices by these upstarts, so now the tea industry is one of the most profitable industries in Daqian.
So Zhen Xing can't believe that Jingzhou Prefecture would open such a profitable industry to them!
Xu Lun said helplessly: "We don't lack land, nor do we lack tea gardens where tea can grow, but we lack financial investment. Now there are too many places in Jiangnan suitable for planting mulberry gardens and tea gardens, but there are not many rich people.