Gao Pragmatic is not unprepared for the possible formation of an anti-Gao alliance, but he is not very worried about it.
It was too late for the Xin School to penetrate the Jiubian School, far less than the ten or twenty years of intensive cultivation of the Real School. The generals of the three towns of Xuan, Da, and Shanxi, who originally had the most concentrated troops among the Ming Dynasty Nine Schools, had already joined the Gao Party (Pan)
Under the sect, Qi Jiguang of Ji Town is also a die-hard supporter of the Gao Party. These four towns alone account for more than half of the Jiubian troops. What's more, Shaanxi has been an ally of the Jin Party since the Ma Ziqiang era, and naturally it is now
The practical school is in the lead.
To put it simply, the Xin School wants to add sand to the Nine Boundaries, and currently only Li Chengliang can make the decision.
But this doesn't mean much, because Zhu Yijun is still in an ambiguous state of mind about whether to continue to use Li Chengliang. He is actually waiting for Gao Pragmatic's judgment, which is one of the main reasons why he agreed to Gao Pragmatic's appointment in Liaodong.
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In this case, Gao Jingshi naturally does not have to worry about Li Chengliang seeking support from the Xinxue group, because although it is not easy for the emperor of the Ming Dynasty to move a civil servant, he must have a chance, but it is very easy to move a military general.
Especially when this military commander still has a title on his head - he can return to the imperial court and become a certain governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion.
I have given you full status, but please hand over your real power.
For such a deal, Li Chengliang had no choice but to rebel, but as he said before, it was completely impossible. He didn't have that condition.
So after Gao Jingshisuo took Li Rugui, he directly sent people to arrange a ship and sent him to Shandong - the patrol censor of Liaodong is still concurrently the patrol censor of Shandong.
And he himself began to promote his long-planned "Building Southern Liaoning" plan.
The "Building Southern Liaoning" plan is a relatively comprehensive plan, including agriculture, industry, commerce, and soldiers, all of which are not missing.
"Agriculture" is divided into two parts, one is planting and the other is fishery.
A large part of the land in the Liaodong Peninsula is brown soil. This is a kind of soil developed on granite, gneiss, and phyllite. The texture is sandy and the soil is loose. It is not very suitable for farming. In addition to brown soil
, as well as coastal salt soil, paddy soil, meadow soil and dark brown soil. Among them, coastal salt soil, as the name suggests, is developed from salted silt.
Generally speaking, the area suitable for growing rice is not large. However, according to the results of the investigation by Gao Pragmatic, in fact, these soils that are not suitable for growing rice are still being planted, but the yield is indeed not good.
Gao pragmatism remembered that the Ministry of Revenue had received many reports from Liaodong Yuanmasi Qing about this, saying that there was a problem with the grain output in southern Liaoning. Now it seems that it is indeed not nonsense. The unit output of grain here is really not going up.
objective reasons.
But Gao Pragmatic still has a way to increase grain production in southern Liaoning - he doesn't have the extraordinary ability to change the properties of the soil, he just has two other tricks.
That was the sweet potato and corn seeds that Gao Qi seized from the pirate lair in Taiwan after the decisive battle in the Fujian Sea.
Southern Liaoning is mountainous, and the soil on the mountains is not very suitable for agriculture. However, this landscape is quite similar to many areas in Mexico. Since Mexico is the kingdom of corn, it is obvious that southern Liaoning can also grow corn on a large scale.
And compared to sweet potatoes, which are more suitable for the south, Gao Pragmatic plans to focus on corn in southern Liaoning, or eastern Liaoning, and even the entire northeastern region in the future.
Corn is the world's largest single crop in later generations (you read that right, corn accounts for 35% of the world's total grain production). The global output is about just over 1 billion tons, and China's corn output at that time was about 260 million tons.
This shows that the yield of corn can be very high, but Gao Pragmatic plans to focus on the corn industry in the north. The more important reason is feed.
The characteristic of corn is that it not only has corn kernels for human consumption, but many parts of its body can be used as high-quality feed. In later generations, 60%-70% of China's corn production was used for feed processing, which proves its role in this industry.
Excellent, even outstanding.
This is amazing, because this is the hope of the other half of the Ming cavalry - the previous half was Tumote.
As for whether it can still be used in the breeding industry in the further future... This is a matter for the future. For the time being, Gao Pragmatic doesn't think he can become a big fat man in one bite.
In terms of agriculture, in addition to food, there is another thing that few people may pay attention to, called tussah.
Tussah silkworm, also called mountain silkworm, originated in the central and southern region of Shandong Province. Its cocoon silk production is second only to that of domestic silkworm. Its cocoon can also be reeled and is mainly used for weaving tussah silk. The body of the tussah silkworm is not only edible, but can even be used as medicinal materials.
It is also a very powerful aphrodisiac, which is recorded in Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica".
Of course, Gao's pragmatic purpose is to use it to reel silk and strive to bring a new profit point to Liaodong - with the gradual rise of maritime trade, the great development of the silk industry in the Ming Dynasty is already around the corner. Don't think about it quickly at this time.
It is sheer stupidity to increase production capacity, because in this era of handicraft industry, the market performance of silk is always in short supply, and there is no need to worry about selling anyway.
Planting corn is relatively easy, because the southern Liaoning area is a military-controlled area. Gao Pragmatic is equivalent to the local emperor at a certain level. After taking care of Li Rugui, the other three guards commanders did not dare to do anything in front of Gao Pragmatic.
Naughty, let alone asking them to grow corn, even if you ask them to play with mud, they will not refuse.
Guard commanders in southern Liaoning are also similar to local officials, or have great administrative power. They can force forward these local matters without having to persuade and educate - the guards soldiers below are like serfs.
Aren’t you just going to plant whatever your boss says?
Of course, Gao Pragmatic is not just reckless. He has also established a reward and punishment mechanism. This mechanism is relatively complicated and will not be described in detail due to space constraints. In general, if you plant well, you will be rewarded according to the ranking.
Those who are poor will also be punished according to their ranking.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! In addition, for the group of people with the highest "yield per unit mu", Gao Pragmatic not only gives prizes, but also asks them to teach their experience, and even guarantees that these people can
Send his children to the capital to study in the highly pragmatic Jinghua Craftsman School.
Children selected to study are not only free of charge for food, accommodation, education and other expenses, but also receive a reward of two taels of silver every month as long as they are not punished in school.
Two taels of silver is not a small amount. In the capital, it is equivalent to the monthly income of an ordinary migrant worker with no special skills. In Liaodong, it is even equivalent to the standard of an adult long-term worker.
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic feels that it is easier to deal with the problem of promoting corn cultivation.
But for tussah silkworms, the trouble is a bit bigger. First of all, the problem of technical personnel is not easy to deal with. First, people have to be sent to Shandong to find someone to teach the technology. Fortunately, the administrative system of Ming Dynasty is very special. Gao Pragmatic even hired a Shandong inspector.
He has the title of envoy, and he also has "acquaintances" who are officials in Shandong.
This acquaintance of Gao Jingshi in Shandong, whom he had never even met in person, was his eldest brother Wang Tingshi who was written by Wang Ting in the same year. This person was the Deputy Inspector of Shandong in the eighth year of Wanli when Gao Jingshi became the number one scholar. Now because of
The younger brother's relationship can be regarded as the golden thigh of Gao Dang. He has been promoted to the right chief minister of Shandong. Now he is in charge of "internal affairs". Asking him for help should be reliable.
As for fishery, there is no need to go into too much detail on this one. In later generations, Liaoning Province was a major fishery province, and the Liaonan Peninsula was a top priority. Both fresh water and marine resources were extremely rich. Gao pragmatism only needed to increase investment in ships.
Just fine, even the training of fishermen can develop by leaps and bounds - bringing in the new with the old.
It is also easy to invest in ships. The two major shipyards in Jinghua are in Guangxi in the south and Shandong in the north. Moreover, due to the influence of the trend of maritime trade, the two major shipyards have been desperately expanding their production. Now they can only continue to expand the shipyards in Shandong.
Just expand production.
Moreover, building fishing boats is no better than building warships. Not only is the hull much smaller, but the armament requirements are even lower. The corresponding hull strength requirements are also much lower. The manufacturing speed is much higher than that of warships and armed transport ships. It only requires manpower and material resources.
If resources are ensured in place, dumplings can be produced at an explosive rate.
Of course, it is easy to build a boat, but it is difficult to get fishermen to buy boats, because these Liaodong fishermen have no money at all.
Fortunately, when Gao Jingshi was in the capital, he had already summoned the master craftsmen of the shipbuilding department to discuss it. If he wanted to build a fishing boat, he would not build a small fishing boat that could set sail with only three or five people, but could only cast a net near the coast.
Build medium-sized fishing boats that require thirty or forty people to go out to sea, or even large-sized fishing boats that require fifty or sixty people to operate.
Firstly, if you go farther out to sea, you can salvage more. Secondly, this data is basically controlled according to the grassroots system in southern Liaoning.
For example, a naturally formed small village can roughly support a medium-sized fishing boat, while a larger village or town can support a large fishing boat.
As for how to buy a boat? It’s easy. Just pay 30% down and repay the rest in ten years’ installments. They even accept catches to offset the debt.
What, you can't even get a 30% down payment? It doesn't matter, I also offer various flexible trading methods such as 20% down payment, 10% down payment, etc. Even zero down payment is not impossible, but... Well, of course the interest on this repayment will definitely be
A little bit higher.
The only thing Gao Bingxian was kinder than some later generations was that he did not require collateral.
Of course, this is also the reason why he does not need collateral, because he is the local emperor of Liaonan, and he is not afraid of anyone in Liaonan who owes him a debt.
The considerate Gao Bingxian even has a more complete protection plan: you can buy insurance when you go fishing. If the ship is damaged due to force majeure factors such as pirates and wind and waves, Gao Bingxian will be responsible - repair the damage caused by wind and waves at half price or provide a new one at a low price.
If the ship is looted and damaged by pirates, it will be repaired or a new ship will be purchased free of charge!
Because the problem of wind and waves is too high to be solved pragmatically, they can only rely on their driving skills and the strength of the hull to withstand it, and the pirates... hum!
First, it is not that there is no navy in southern Liaoning; second, Jinghua’s Beiyang Fleet is not used to make a living!
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