Spring plowing is about to begin in various places, but for thousands of years, this land has never been developed and utilized on a large scale. Firstly, the severe cold weather in the north is not suitable for growing crops, and secondly, it is because of the frozen soil layer.
】Of course, the fact that the ethnic minorities scattered throughout Siberia do not have the habit of farming is also a major factor that restricts land reclamation.
Since the establishment of the General Government Min Cao Shi, Zhao Qiang asked Wei Ji to establish the Agricultural Reclamation Department to maximize the use of existing arable land for crop production to subsidize the huge gap in military and civilian food expenditures.
According to statistics from the Department of Agricultural Reclamation, most of the land that can be reclaimed and cultivated under the rule of the Guanning Army is concentrated near rivers, such as the Guli River, the Ergun River and other places. Apart from this, there are only a few places that can be directly cultivated.
However, the output is very small, and the wheat and other grains harvested are generally eaten as supplementary food, not as the main ration. This is just like the Han people in Guannei who use rice and white flour as their main food and fish and meat as their supplementary food.
The environment in which a group lives determines whether it leads a nomadic life or a farming life.
It is definitely unrealistic to develop wasteland into farmland on a large scale, because it requires a lot of manpower and material resources to be invested in water conservancy and land leveling. It is impossible for Guan Ningjun to invest a lot of manpower and material resources into the land at the moment. Therefore, it can only be done by
The Department of Reclamation organized untouchables and freedmen to cultivate existing land.
There are only three or four months of climate per year that can support the growth of crops. Once the temperature drops, the crops that can be produced in the south will inevitably freeze to death. Therefore, the Department of Agricultural Reclamation organizes the planting of potatoes and potatoes obtained from the Russians.
Potatoes and potatoes are both exotic crops. It is said that they were introduced to Europe after European colonists discovered the Americas. They later spread to Southeast Asia and then entered the mainland on a small scale during the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty, but they have never been taken seriously.
After the Russians came to the East, they found that the land was not suitable for the growth of wheat and other crops, so they naturally thought of potatoes, which are cold-resistant and have amazing yields. Of course, their original intention was not to rely on these potatoes and potatoes to fill their crops.
Full stomachs are needed to enslave people of all ethnic groups, because they also have to feed these enslaved peoples, otherwise how can these people mine mines and hunt animals for them? It is precisely because of their idea that Zhao Qiang does not have to worry
With the source of seeds, plus the crop seeds purchased from the south, the crops planted in one season can at least meet the one-month ration needs of the military and civilians. If there was no way to carry out large-scale planting, Zhao Qiang would have ordered the three armies to plant potatoes.
To avoid further famine and food shortages.
The head of the Agricultural Reclamation Department was initially held concurrently by Wei Ji. When Zhao Qiang left Yakes at the end of last year, because there were too many matters at hand and too much energy involved, Wei Ji really couldn't take care of the Agricultural Reclamation Department, so he left Qi Zhuang and others
On the advice of the emperor, the affairs of the Agricultural Reclamation Department were handed over to Sun Sihai, a Han soldier who injured his left arm during the attack on Ergun City.
When Sun Sihai joined the army in his early years, he had been farmers for generations, and all his ancestors had been farmers for eight generations, so he was naturally very familiar with farm work. After he took over, he greatly changed the situation that the Agricultural Reclamation Department had been limited by the existing conditions since its establishment.
And could not make a difference. Due to farmers' innate keen observation of the land, Sun Sihai made a bold decision, that is, to take out some scattered land and fertile wasteland near water sources, and then distribute it to those
Untouchables and free people are responsible for farming on their own, and then sell 60% of the output to the government, while the rest can be kept by themselves. During the period of land reclamation and farming, the Department of Agriculture and Reclamation provides them with crop seeds and agricultural tools. Of course, these must also be
It will be recovered based on a certain amount of output.
Zhao Qiang has always implemented a "planned economy" model in his administration, that is, all the land belongs to Guan Ningjun, and all the means of production also belong to Guan Ningjun. People of all ethnic groups have the right to reclaim land on their own, but must do so under Guan Ningjun.
Farming can only be carried out under an organization. Of course, except for the land awarded as a military merit, this part of the land is very small after all, and it basically has no impact on the planned production model.
Therefore, Wei Ji was shocked when he learned that Sun Sihai wanted to boldly deny the policy formulated by the commander-in-chief and engage in "dividing fields to households", and then ordered Sun Sihai to stop this bold behavior immediately. But Sun Sihai seemed to have eaten a weight.
General was determined and proved in front of him that the previous production model was not good. Most of the untouchables and free people were unable to work, and the output was far less than that of "dividing fields to households". In the end, the two settled the dispute.
When I came to Zhao Qiang and listened to their respective stories, Zhao Qiang finally agreed with Sun Sihai's idea, but made a difficult decision. That is, the land that can be directly cultivated in various places shall not be distributed, and the general government will organize free people of all ethnic groups to cultivate it.
, but those wasteland can be distributed to the untouchables, but the affordability must be considered, and they must not be reclaimed indiscriminately. The consequence of this is that the cake will be very big, but it cannot be made. The shortage of manpower and the lack of production tools are natural constraints.
The feasibility of large-scale land reclamation, at least now, there is no energy for the so-called "construction of base areas."
Only after fully occupying the outside of the customs can land development be carried out and the future large granary of Northeast China be utilized in advance. Before that, fighting to support war is an inevitable way of survival that must not be given up. The blind pursuit of self-sufficiency regardless of reality
Self-sufficiency can only waste Guan Ningjun's energy.
After receiving the commander's approval, Sun Sihai immediately began to implement it. Soon spring plowing in various places began in full swing, but only a few thousand people were involved. The rest of the people were already under the slogan of "pre-war general mobilization"
Invest heavily in preparations for the upcoming war against the Qing Dynasty.
"All active men must be on the battlefield, and all active women must devote themselves to serving the army!"
"If you fight, you will be a soldier; if you don't fight, you will be a people. The soldiers and the people are one, Guan Ning is one. We will both be prosperous and suffer losses!"
Because the Battle of Yaksa was related to the future of Guan Ning's army, Zhao Qiang ordered Wei Ji not only to organize the people of all ethnic groups in the rule into households, but also to set up household heads in units of households.
A is the guarantor, and a chief guarantor is appointed. Both the guarantor and chief A are military officers and family members of soldiers, to ensure the smooth flow of centripetal force and government orders. After A is appointed as the guarantor, a joint guarantor is established. If one family has differences, nine families will report it.
If you don't report them, the ten families will be jointly convicted. This can effectively eliminate the people of all ethnic groups who did things that were detrimental to Guan Ning's army out of fear of the "Qing Dynasty" after the war with the Qing Dynasty.
To put it bluntly, the Baojia system is similar to the military household system. The Baojia system is basically the job of hundreds of households. Although these civilian households have all joined the military household, Wang Doushou has not filed a petition and cannot be awarded to these Baojiangs. The Jia chiefs accordingly
It was inconvenient for him to privately appoint these people as small banners, general banners, and hundreds of households. It happened that the Ming Dynasty implemented the Baojia system in various places, so he used them. It would be better to implement the military household establishment of these people in the future, so that