After the fleet left, life in Jiangzhou gradually became dull.
It's plain yet changeable.
The construction of the new city is becoming more and more complete. Not only are the adobe houses fully adequate, but also the drainage ditches on both sides of the streets have been dug to be smooth.
A layer of gravel cushion was laid on the main road to lay the foundation for future cement pavement.
In September, there is less rain.
The scene in the new city is also becoming cleaner and tidier.
All work in Jiangzhou is carried out smoothly.
Through unremitting efforts to protect the field, the latest estimates have reached a yield of about 180 kilograms per mu.
Seeing the harvest of autumn grain, the people in Jiangzhou are smiling more and more.
In terms of animal husbandry, with the blessing of mowers, the growth rate of livestock has accelerated, and more and more poultry are reproduced.
The only disappointment is that we still haven’t figured out the issue of castrating pigs, because the number of pigs is so small that large-scale experiments are not possible.
You can only try one when killing a pig.
As a result, the castration of adult pigs may require more sophisticated methods, resulting in the four attempts that have been made, all of which failed.
When Song Yang knew this, he smiled casually and persuaded Dr. Lu and the foreman Lao Bao not to be discouraged.
The direction is right and you can always find the right path.
In terms of industry, various workshops continue to develop production, and the new city's materials are becoming more and more abundant.
With the abundance of supplies, the supply and marketing cooperative's business is becoming more and more prosperous.
Due to the temporary shortage of food, Song Yang increased the issuance of vouchers for other materials.
In terms of material life, people have made relative improvements.
Speaking of food stamps, enough food stamps were distributed to the following counties last month.
Several county magistrates are also very supportive of the ticket system and have sent special personnel to study it.
It has been implemented for more than half a month now.
According to the responses in the letters, the ticket implementation in each county was relatively smooth.
After using the tickets for nearly a month, people are becoming more and more accepting of this new transaction method.
Private transactions also gradually decreased.
The main reason is that the things from the supply and marketing cooperative are of high quality and low price, and some products with large supply can be selected one by one...
Song Yang developed the supply and marketing cooperative into a supermarket model. People are still very enthusiastic about visiting supermarkets.
In addition, the emerging building material cement has also been sought after by the people.
After several expansions, the cement factory has expanded to 100 people!
Pang Qiu is now a serious leader of the Hundred Personnel Factory.
Of course, given that the large chimneys in cement plants pollute the environment too much.
Song Yang waved his hand and drove the cement factory two miles south.
As manpower increases, cement production also increases.
In addition to supplying the Jiangbei stronghold construction, the remaining half can be used in the new city.
However, this thing is still a scarce product, and not many families use cement.
But all the people who have used cement praise it.
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Finally, in terms of armaments, two newly made gun barrels are being rifled by the hands of brothers Wang Jinshi and Wang Jinyu.
Song Yang took a look and saw that the rifling made by these two people was quite exquisite.
Maybe this is a real craftsman, and the craftsmanship is beyond words.
However, the progress is indeed not very fast.
Looking at this speed, it will take at least half a month to complete the rifling.
As for the Jiangbei stronghold, the stronghold has been completely built and the waterways are basically dredged.
In just these few days, Yu Ming planned to send the 1,500 coolies to work on Jiangzhou Island.
Everything is getting better at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Song Yang was very satisfied with everything.
On the fifth day of September, several small boats slowly docked at the Xingang Pier.
Envoys from various counties have arrived.
Song Yang sent news to each county, asking each county to come to Jiangzhou Mansion in early September to report on the development of each place and the implementation of food stamps.
In addition, they can also communicate with each other to ensure that various advanced inventions can be launched as quickly as possible.
The only county magistrate Zhang Heng came to the prefecture this time, and the other county officials came all the assistant officials such as the chief secretary and county magistrate.
It's not that the adults don't pay attention to it, but Song Yang asked them to focus on county affairs.
In September, the crops in the fields have reached their final growth stage, and they will be harvested in another month.
Agricultural work is still quite heavy. In order to ensure that there are no problems with the autumn harvest, it is not appropriate for the county magistrates to leave.
As for Zhang Heng, it was entirely because agriculture in the county had been severely hit.
Poyang Lake flooded and flooded more than half of it, and then the river flooded again and flooded less than half of it.
The remaining farmland in Pengze is now so pitiful that there is no need to invest much energy in managing it.
So relatively speaking, Zhang Heng is currently the most relaxed among the county magistrates.
Of course, he came to Jiangzhou this time to seek advice.
The food production is almost exhausted, so we have to find other ways out.
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After the officials from each county arrived, Song Yang led everyone to hold a meeting.
Everyone reports on the development of each county.
Overall, they are very good.
Grain production has improved to a certain extent compared with the last meeting.
In terms of urban reconstruction, Yangxin came from behind.
Now the task of moving the entire city into adobe houses has been completed.
However, progress in other counties is not too slow either.
In addition to the three newly annexed counties in western Hubei, all residents will be able to move into soil-based housing this month.
In terms of other material production, all counties are working hard to recover.
Among them, Duchang produced the largest number of iron tools.
De'an manufactures the largest number of wooden tools.
Ruichang's porcelain and pottery are a bit ahead.
In Pengze, animal husbandry and fishery developed rapidly.
Finally, the military situation was reported, and the first person to report it was Lin Yong.
He is now a Qianhu in Ezhou.
Therefore, this trip represents not only Yangxin, but also the military affairs of the counties in Ezhou.
"Your Majesty, Puqi and Tongcheng have received many refugees from the direction of Yuezhou."
"They said that the entire Yuezhou has been controlled by rogue bandits!"
"I heard that the bandits who came from Baling were only one group, but there were tens of thousands of them."
"Linxiang, Changjiang and other places have also been invaded by rogue bandits one after another. Counties in Ezhou have stepped up vigilance to prevent rogue bandits from invading."
Song Yang frowned when the news came out.
The entire Yuezhou fell? It seems that there are indeed a lot of thieves in this group!
Moreover, the bandits in Yuezhou are very powerful this time. There are tens of thousands of bandits, and the core number is almost a few thousand.
With so many bandits fighting hard, the losses will definitely be huge.
"Is the news reliable? When did you hear it?" Song Yang frowned and looked at Lin Yong.
The situation that Lin Yong has now is entirely brought by the Yuezhou refugees.
"Your Majesty, I have asked the refugees in Linxiang in my humble position, but the refugees only heard that there were many thieves, but they ran away without even seeing the thieves."
"A well-informed boy said that after those thieves killed the prefect of Baling, they took Baling as their own. Later, they began to invade surrounding counties."
"I have sent someone to sneak into Yuezhou to find out the news. Accurate news will be sent back soon!"