Shuofang and Jiuyuan are more peaceful than Yunzhong, where assimilated Hu and Zhao people live together. No matter how good your work is, there will inevitably be conflicts.
The Hu people in Shuofang and Jiuyuan migrated, and those who were demoted as slaves were demoted to slaves. Then Zhao immigrated from the interior. Although the land was raw, most of the people were native Zhao people, and only a few in Jiuyuan.
Some barbarians.
As long as these Zhao people are there, Hetao is the inherent territory of Zhao State, not a place of restraint.
If it weren't for the fact that the houses and land still look brand new, there are piles of new soil or sand on many roadsides, making it difficult to tell that they have only lived here for a few years.
On the way to the cattle and sheep factory, Zhao Kuo passed by the school.
However, the school has not started yet. It will not start until June, after the busy farming season is over.
Zhao Guo goes to school for only half a year every year, from June to August and from October to December.
It has not been popular in the past six months, and the area around the school has been covered with weeds. Zhao Kuo couldn't help but think of his childhood, when the teacher would lead the students to mow the grass on the first day of school every time.
"How many households are there in Tanxiang County?" Zhao Kuo asked on the carriage.
"Your Majesty, there are four thousand three hundred and seventy-two households." Feng Quji leaned over and said.
"How many children of school age are there?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"There are 3,211 people between the ages of six and fifteen, including 1,600 boys and 1,611 girls." Feng Quji said.
In the past, all countries started counting the population from the age of seven or eight, because it was easy to die before that time. After the age of seven or eight, under normal circumstances, people would not die in infancy.
However, the State of Zhao has favorable policies for pregnant women and babies. As long as pregnant women register with the government, they can get free examinations, and the government will also arrange for doctors to deliver their babies.
If twins or triplets are born, the government will arrange a wet nurse for them.
So as long as you are born, it will be registered.
In the past few years, one of the main tasks of various regions has been to increase school attendance rates, and Feng Quji is well aware of these data.
"How many are enrolled?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"The enrollment rate for boys is more than 800, or more than 40 percent. The enrollment rate for girls is only nearly 200, or more than 10 percent. The overall enrollment rate is about 30 percent." Feng Quji said.
The mobility of students during this period was very high. Many of them stopped going to school in the last year or two, and then went to colleges to continue their studies if they wanted to go to school.
Zhao Kuo nodded. He understood that it would be impossible to increase the enrollment rate immediately. After visiting so many counties, Tanxiang County's enrollment rate was already considered high.
However, this enrollment rate is obviously not enough to support universal education for the entire Zhao country.
"In the second five years, we will first build colleges and libraries for each county. As for the townships, let's wait a little longer." Zhao Kuo thought in his mind that with this enrollment rate, it was already the limit for spreading education to counties.
The main reason is also because the population of Zhao State is too small. Except for a few large cities, a county only has a few thousand people, a county has only tens of thousands people, and the townships are even fewer.
If the population is large, with tens of thousands of people in a township, even if the enrollment rate is low, it still has the significance of universal education.
"Your Majesty."
When the carriage arrived at the cattle and sheep factory, Zhao He and several people stood at the door to greet him.
"Go in." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.
"promise."
"There aren't many cattle and sheep." An Ning said curiously.
Most of the cattle and sheep factories are open-air, and the factory buildings only occupy a small part. In addition to cattle and sheep, there are also some horses, donkeys, mules, deer, etc. on the grass outside.
There are many types, but the number is not large. There is no such shock as the cattle and sheep all over the mountains and plains, and it is far from what An Ning has in mind.
"Princess, most of the cattle and sheep this season are in Monan, and we only have a few left here." Zhao He explained quickly.
Originally, the cattle and sheep factory was not focused on breeding, but on processing. If there was any misunderstanding and Zhao Kuo thought that he had lost the cattle and sheep, it would be over. Even ten heads would not be enough to compensate.
"Oh~" An Ning nodded with some disappointment.
"We will go to Monan in a while." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
Feng Quji also followed Zhao Kuo curiously. This cattle and sheep factory did not belong to Tanxiang County or Jiuyuan County, but to another system.
In a sense, the director of the cattle and sheep factory is one level higher than the county magistrate. Although if the two positions are placed in front of a person, most people will choose to be the county magistrate rather than the factory.
long.
"How did the milk, cow wool, and beef come here?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"No luck. There is also a factory in Monan. It is processed in Monan in summer and in Jiuyuan in winter. In addition, we also have many small ranches in Hetao, which are mainly used to supply milk to the people and also produce some milk wine and so on.
Yes." Zhao He said.
Transportation is too troublesome, and Zhao's population density and productivity rate cannot sustain large-scale processing plants, so they can only be dismantled into small processing plants and pastures.
Even so, the milk produced by cows and goats every day cannot be consumed, and people in Handan and other places simply cannot afford it.
This was because Zhao State did not specifically breed cattle and sheep suitable for milk production, otherwise more would be wasted.
The saying that producers cannot sell and consumers cannot afford to buy refers to the situation in Zhao State.
Moreover, Zhao He has recently discovered that many people have begun to raise cattle and sheep on their own. Anyway, there are pastures everywhere in the Hetao, and there is no need to worry about not being able to raise them. In winter, they can feed hay or straw. Only when they are giving birth, they need to feed some concentrate.
and table salt.
Not only can you sell it for money, but you can also milk it for drinking, which is much more cost-effective than buying it.
The milk in the Hetao is indeed cheap, and it is said to be enough for two pennies, but as time goes by, everyone will understand that if you drink it freely, you can't drink much, and there is no way to store it.
Two pennies is money. If I buy yours, I might as well raise it myself. I can drink as much as I want and squeeze as much as I want. I can sell the calves and lambs for money when they are raised. If I didn’t raise them before, I couldn’t afford them. Now that I can afford them, why not?
keep.
Then Zhao He discovered that there was more cow and goat milk left in the pasture...
Large pastures are maintained on the grasslands, which are mainly used to supply meat and fur. As for milk, etc., all are wasted.
Zhao Kuo felt heartbroken every time he thought of this.
Even if wool is not knitted into a sweater, it can be stuffed directly into clothes to keep warm, but if you don't finish the milk, you have to throw it away.
However, the goats of Zhao State are not outstanding in producing wool, but are more suitable for producing milk.
This also resulted in the inability to increase wool production, and the milk produced was useless...
"Is there any way you can improve the shelf life of milk? Any method will do, as long as the product is edible and can be shipped to various places for sale." Zhao Kuo asked.
"Hu people are quite knowledgeable about cow's milk and goat's milk. Your Majesty, maybe you can ask the Hu people." Zhao He leaned over and said. He is only a factory director. It is really difficult for him to increase the shelf life of milk. If he had this ability, he would have done it earlier.
Just do it, and it won't be a problem to increase your title by several levels.
