Lin Fu returned to Dongya. He first accepted the congratulations of ordinary officials in the county and learned about the progress of autumn grain collection and city fortifications. After that, he abandoned all the others, leaving only Lin Mengde, Qin Chengzu, Sun Jingtang, Sun Jingxuan, Hu Zhiyong, Hu Zhicheng and others.
It was Li Shuyi, and Li Shutang also took care of the chores to send him away...
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At this time, Lin Mengde personally brought a large stack of booklets and said: "The displaced households will be resettled in farmland and public land, and a separate register will be created in addition to the household registration field register, and merged into one register with the people resettled in Xisha Island. The actual number of displaced households will be 20,000.
Six thousand six hundred and twenty-seven households, with 45,731 strong men over the age of eighteen and under forty-five. This matter is very secret, and the transcribers are all trustworthy people, and they are just different people.
Record one volume. Apart from everyone here, only Mr. Fu and I, Zi Ang, have seen it..."
The top booklet had the words "General Register of Displaced Households" written on it. Lin Fu picked it up, flipped through it, and said: "Same as the farm booklet, only separate volumes are kept in each place. The general volume is hidden in the mountains and is not accessible to outsiders...
...Think of it, even if I don’t say it, everyone knows the weight of this stack of booklets and why I must carry out the dredging work before now.”
Qin Chengzu had been guarding Changshan Island for many years, and he did not participate much in the affairs here. He did not even know that the work here was so profound. Under Lin Fu, the internal affairs talents of Lin Mengde and others were indeed impressed.
It's refreshing.
These books contain detailed statistics on resettlement of displaced persons. They are the same as the detailed accounts of farmland and public land. It can be said that they are more confidential and shady documents than Jiangdong Zuojun's public accounts and the internal government's treasury. If these books fall into the hands of political opponents,
In his hand, it was enough to accuse Lin Fu of intending to commit rebellion.
Lin Fu's inventory of farmland and public land in Chongzhou was all leased to displaced households for farming. He also took the lead in promoting the right of permanent tenancy on farmland and public land, so that the tenants of farmland and public land could settle down in Chongzhou, and he also promoted rent reduction and reduction of rents.
Taxes, tax exemptions, and capitation allocations directly benefited these displaced households. The Jiangdong Zuojun was also able to actively provide disaster relief, allowing them to survive in Chongzhou by borrowing land with low yields...
The more than 26,600 displaced households are actually far more dependent on, more loyal to, and more supportive of the Jiangdong Left Army than the local people in Chongzhou.
Jiangdong Zuojun gathered the refugees to form an army, and the foundation was built on the refugee households in Xisha Island. This stack of books, on the surface, is the "General Register of Displaced Households", but in fact it is the "General Register of Military Households" of Jiangdong Zuojun.
The foundation of the Zuo Army's establishment in Chongzhou was also the basis for Lin Fu's decision to create a separate register.
The thickness of these booklets determines the potential of the Jiangdong Left Army, and is also the basis for guiding Jiangdong Left Army's various military and political affairs. Of course, it is a first-class, top-secret thing that must not be allowed to enter the eyes of outsiders.
Lin Fu opened the general register of refugees without mentioning it, and discussed with everyone the dredging matter that urgently needed to be carried out immediately.
The greatest significance of occupying the Shengsi Islands to Chongzhou is to make Chongzhou a safer inner line.
As long as production is not severely affected, the annual income from the summer and autumn grain tax in Chongzhou County will reach the level of more than 300,000 dan, and the Jiangdong Left Army can obtain more than 200,000 dan to support the army. This is what officials from the government and the opposition believe.
Numbers that are unimaginable.
In addition, a total of more than 400,000 acres of farmland and public land, distributed along the Yunyan River, Xishan River and other river systems, will also be one of the most important sources of military resources for the Jiangdong Left Army.
These are mostly middle and lower acres that are prone to waterlogging and have low fertilizer. They can grow flood-resistant rice (the yield is also low), but they cannot replant wheat after the autumn harvest. The displaced households are resettled for farming. The rent is calculated at 30%, and various disaster relief are considered.
If you do it in a year, you can get about 100,000 dan in grain rent income.
The dredging of the Yan River was facilitated by large navigable ships, which enabled the peripheral terrain of Chongzhou to have both offensive and defensive strategies due to the open river channel for warships. Hecheng, Jiuhua, Chongcheng, and Jiangmen were integrated into one, connected by water and land.
The military significance is self-evident, and another important meaning is flood relief and disaster relief.
The Yunyan River has been in disrepair for hundreds of years and has become seriously silted up, and the northern border of Chongzhou lacks a large river that can drain waterlogging. April and May are the rainy seasons in Chongzhou every year, causing the disaster in the northern border of Chongzhou to reach the level of "nine floods in ten years." Ge Si
Yu calculated that after dredging is carried out, the drainage capacity of the Yanyan River will be increased by four to five times, basically eliminating the accumulation of waterlogging in the north.
Dredging and transporting the Salt River will not only significantly increase the production of farmland in the northern part of Chongzhou and increase summer and autumn grain income, but the tens of millions of square meters of river bottom mud dug out by dredging can be said to be fertile to farmland.
Through the combined effect of waterlogging, fertilizer accumulation, filling height and many other factors, it is possible to transform a large number of public fields and farmland along both sides of the Yunyan River into middle-to-high-quality fertile fields for multiple planting of summer rice and autumn wheat.
In addition to greatly improving the living conditions of tenant farming households and making them more closely attached to and supporting the Jiangdong Left Army, it can also directly double the rental income that public land and farming can provide.
Because dredging and transporting the Salt River is so important for the Jiangdong Left Army to take root in Chongzhou, just as the Shengsi Islands are a must-defend area, transporting the Salt River must also be dredged before the year.
After these things were done, Lin Fu and the Jiangdong Zuojun could truly take root in Chongzhou.
The autumn grain income was so huge, and a large amount was taken from the local big households. The total amount of discounted silver was 320,000 taels. However, the new autumn grain income was all used for dredging and transporting the Salt River.
He even took out an extra 80,000 taels from the public account to make up for the shortfall. No wonder Lin Mengde's face was still filled with sorrow.
In order for the public account revenue to improve, we must wait until next summer and autumn grain collection, and then we can breathe a little easier. One look at the current bad accounts makes us want to jump into the river.
Although in mid-October Jiyunshe received more than 60,000 taels of silver from the Jiangning River mouth and the Jiang, Tianjin, and Hainan grain roads, after deducting the funds for city building and dredging, after more than a month of war consumption, there was only one left in the public account.
Less than 60,000 taels of silver.
Although a large number of soldiers and armor and warships were captured, it only means that less money can be spent on armor and warships in the future, but it cannot change the current situation.
The Bingjia and Allied Forces transactions with the Chen family in Haiyu only eliminated the need for this side to invest too much in the Shengsi defense line.
The Jinghai No. 1 Water Camp in Chongzhou needs to expand its number of regular soldiers and auxiliaries to 1,800 people.
The cavalry camp needs to be expanded to 1,200 men, supplemented by 800 ordinary mules and horses. The expanded 600 men can only be used as horse infantry, not cavalry in the true sense. Lin Fu no longer has the financial resources to purchase 800 high-quality horses.
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The Changshan Secret Camp will be reorganized into the Changshan Infantry Camp, with Ao Canghai as battalion commander, and the number will be expanded to 1,200 people.
In this way, in addition to the garrison at Shengsi, the garrison at the Chongzhou base camp will also exceed 5,000 people.
Qin Chengzu temporarily took over Fu Qinghe's position as chief instructor, and Lin Fu transferred Zhao Hu to replace Ao Canghai as the commander of the guard battalion.
Considering the tight situation on the northern front, Lin Fu was unable to support the northern front, and there was no need to directly send troops to support the northern front. The Tianjin Navy, which had expanded to ten battalions of elite troops, could become Li Zhuo's important support on the northern front. In addition, Lin Fu was doing everything possible to support the northern front.
Two Jiyun-class warships were obtained and sent to Jinhai Jinwei Island for Sun Shangwang's deployment, increasing the number of soldiers stationed on Jinwei Island to 600.
All these things, considering the war in Hecheng that has not yet ended, and seeing that there are only 60,000 taels of silver left in the public account, Lin Mengde almost feels like crying. Being a housekeeper is not that easy.
Even if the rising rural army in the Jianghuai land may become a potential obstacle to the left army in Jiangdong in the future, the only solution now is to secretly sell a batch of captured soldiers and armor to rescue the emergency. Lin Mengde had to immediately propose to Lin Fu that he should attack the enemy in Jinghai City.
The Lijin Bureau was directly established under the name of the Supervisory and Envoys Department to supplement the problem of insufficient military resources.
Lin Fu knows the potential of industrial tax and commercial tax a hundred times better than anyone else in this era.
If the empire wants to maintain its rule over a huge territory without falling into an economic crisis, it should not increase agricultural taxes without limit, push poor farmers to the edge of life and death, and trigger greater crises and turmoil. Instead, it should start with industrial taxes and commercial taxes.
There is no business in Jianghuai City, but the current commercial tax and municipal tax revenue are mainly controlled by the local gentry and wealthy families, and the imperial court receives very little profit.
The Jianghuai land has developed to a considerable extent due to its dense water network, convenient transportation, fertile fields, economic crop cultivation, workshops and other handicrafts, and commodity trade.
Taking Haiyu County as an example, nearly ten thousand hectares of cotton fields and mulberry orchards are planted, and seven out of ten of the cotton cloth and silk produced are sold to other places. The potential income from commercial taxes and fees is extremely high. There are only a large number of mulberry fields, cotton fields and weaving workshops.
Cloth and silk shops are all controlled by wealthy households like the Chen family. It is not easy to collect commercial taxes from these local snakes who have influence in both the government and the public.
Chongzhou's cotton, silk, grain and oil sales are also very large. In the future, Chongzhou will be the main outlet for the Yangtze River and Huaihe River. The Jiangdong Left Army will raise funds to raise troops. Lin Fu naturally cannot let go of this big cake. What he hesitates is because
What title and timing are appropriate?
Since Lin Mengde raised the issue of setting up a leasing bureau, Lin Fu discussed these issues with everyone.
"The Jiangdong sea area and Jiangkou can only rely on our army to protect it," Qin Chengzu said. "The expansion of the army is inevitable, so it is no problem to inform the county officials of the actual number of troops, and the Ministry of War. Is it possible that the temple ministers and county officials can ask us to reduce our troops at this time?
Isn't it possible? Just like Dong Yuan took the lead in eastern Zhejiang, Weiyang's army must rely on eastern Zhejiang for its military support, which is supplied by Hangzhou, Jiaxing and Hu. Our army has more than 10,000 troops, and the court and county officials are always embarrassed not to "give alms"
Some of them will come over. In my opinion, some of the balance of military resources after the disbandment of the original Ninghai Zhenshui Camp will be distributed to us. If there is still insufficient money, if we propose to collect lijin from the local government, the court and county officials will have no choice but to follow the trend...
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Like Cao Ziang, Qin Chengzu was better at strategizing than leading troops. For example, when the rogue bandits were led by him, Cao Ziang, and others, they suffered the disadvantage of being good at planning and indecisive. Lin Fu transferred Qin Chengzu to Dongya to replace Fu Qinghe as an instructor.
, you can actually rely on him to plan everything at any time.
Qin Chengzu suggested this, and Lin Fu thought about it for a while. Anyway, the situation is so complicated, so he has to push the problem to the top.