After discussing the garrison and troop training matters, everyone talked about people's livelihood and economic recovery.
In terms of people's livelihood, members of the alliance must take care of their own homes before winter comes.
All members must ensure the most basic livelihood goals of the alliance. If they fail to achieve the goals, they may be kicked out of the alliance.
This was of course unanimously recognized by everyone.
Developing people's livelihood will also build public support and support, which is also good for the ruling position.
As for the economy, Jiangzhou's opinion is to implement the ticket system and macroeconomic control.
The King of Hongzhou was very supportive of this. He received a letter from Shen Xiaowan at the beginning of the month.
I highly praise Jiangzhou’s ticket system.
And Shen Xiaowan also asked the courier to bring over a sample of centralized bills.
King Hongzhou and Princess Shen Linglong studied it and felt that pushing this thing down would indeed help the overall control.
However, there is a lot to say about the application of food stamps.
For example, the quantity of printing must be determined based on the size of social productivity.
Otherwise, it will cause a situation similar to inflation, or an inability to exchange things.
Shen Xiaowan also learned this from Tong Qian, and of course conveyed it to King Hongzhou in full.
The King of Hongzhou and the Princess discussed it and decided that we should stop printing food stamps and buy them directly from Jiangzhou!
So the King of Hongzhou personally wrote a letter of help to Song Yang.
In the end, the two parties discussed it and Song Yang also agreed to help Hongzhou implement the ticket system.
And a working group was sent to Hongzhou to collect statistics on Hongzhou’s economic situation.
As for selling food stamps directly, Song Yang felt that it would be safer to issue them based on Hongzhou's own actual situation.
After all, food stamps are not currency and lack some circulation properties.
After this period of research and development, Hongzhou has begun to gradually implement its own ticket system.
The effect is also very obvious, the materials in the treasury have increased significantly!
That's why the King of Hongzhou proactively offered his family the benefits of the ticket.
Regarding this new system, only Jizhou said it would definitely implement it.
Others expressed that they would send people to Jiangzhou to study and discuss.
King Hongzhou and Fang Zhe did not force everyone to implement the ticket system. They wanted to go to Jiangzhou to study, and Fang Zhe also welcomed them.
After that, it’s about the exchange of materials.
Everyone unanimously agreed on this point, and everyone hopes to start business as soon as possible.
It will also be of great help in restoring people's livelihood.
In this way, the Jiangnan Economic Circle has taken its initial shape.
The last item of the meeting mentioned by Fang Zhe was the future reform of Jiangzhou Prefecture.
Land reform, referred to as land distribution.
Fang Zhe introduced Jiangzhou’s land reform plan.
Other state governments basically have similar plans.
Even though the feudal centralized landlord class is in power, there is too much land left in this world.
If you don't divide a part of it, you won't be able to plant it.
It's just that when it comes to allocating acres of land, state governments have different plans.
The Alliance does not impose any requirements on this. As long as each place maintains stability and comfort, it can be a member of the Alliance.
If instability arises from within, the league will consider expelling members.
Shao Heng's two-state defense matter made everyone feel that it was still necessary to join the alliance.
At least it's very safe to form an alliance in this troubled world.
Therefore, everyone attaches great importance to the alliance’s suggestions.
Finally, some discussions were made on the rotation of alliance leaders, the obligations of member states, etc.
Overall, this meeting was quite successful.
Some of the more urgent issues were successfully resolved.
"Everyone, we in Jiangzhou are engaged in industrial reform, so we need skilled craftsmen. If there are excess craftsmen in various places, Jiangzhou is willing to exchange them with food or weapons."
Before the meeting ended, Fang Zhe mentioned the matter of the craftsmen to everyone.
Although construction is taking place all over the country, most of it is concentrated in basic construction and agriculture.
Jiangzhou's model of climbing science and technology has no theoretical basis at all.
Therefore, the demand for craftsmen is not as urgent as Jiangzhou.
When Fang Zhe mentioned this matter, each member also expressed that they would send some craftsmen to Jiangzhou.
At the same time, he also said that he would send an inspection team to Jiangzhou to study.
Fang Zhe welcomed this.
Jiangzhou's things are not afraid of people learning. Without the support of Song Yang's theoretical foundation, let alone just looking at it.
Even if you live in Jiangzhou and study for three to five years, you won't learn anything.
The generation gap is an unbridgeable gap.
After the meeting, Fang Zhe met with Sun Yi, the prefect of Yuanzhou, alone.
Sun Yi had already heard about the coal mine from King Hongzhou.
Although I don’t think coal mines are of much use.
But since the King of Jiangzhou valued the coal mine very much, Sun Yi thought that he could build a relationship with the King of Jiangzhou through the coal mine.
He is a prefect in a remote rural area and is in urgent need of support from a powerful man.
"Master Fang, when will we open the coal mine?" Sun Yi asked anxiously.
After the coal mine opened, Yuan Zhou's status was guaranteed. At least Song Yang would not abandon him.
"Master Sun, don't worry about the coal mine for the time being. For now, you still have to focus on team training."
Fang Zhe said with a smile.
Although Song Yang also wanted to advance in technology as soon as possible, he was unable to take too big a step due to limited practical conditions.
Therefore, the Pingxiang Coal Mine can only be put aside temporarily.
"Well... okay. I will do my best," Sun Yi said with a grimace.
In Yuanzhou, only one decent town in Yichun, Pingxiang, and Xinyu were almost destroyed.
After more than half a year of development, the population of Pingxiang and Xinyu is only around 3,000.
Of course, the capital of Yichun only has about 20,000 people.
Including the people in the countryside, there are no more than 50,000 people in Yuanzhou...
Coupled with the dangerous conditions in the mountainous terrain within the territory, there was not much food harvest at all, and troop training became a major problem.
"How much grain does Yuanzhou have?" Fang Zhe saw Sun Yi's difficulty.
"Only about 80,000 stones!" Sun Yi shook his head and said.
Fifty thousand people need about 130,000 shi of food per year.
Yuanzhou only had 80,000 shi, which was not enough for one year.
If we train troops, the consumption will be even greater, and we may not even be able to support the first half of next year.
However, at the previous meeting, Yuanzhou still gave two thousand dan of grain to support Shaozhou and Hengzhou.
It can be seen that Sun Yi is still a very responsible person.
Fang Zhe chatted with Sun Yi for a while and felt that this person was quite good, so he said:
"Master Sun, after I return to Jiangzhou, I will try my best to help you get some assistance. I think the prince will definitely help you Yuanzhou overcome the difficulties."
"This is great! Thank you, Master Fang! Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Before the matter was settled, Sun Yi had already started to express his thanks.
Fang Zhe smiled and agreed. There was basically no problem with this matter. With Song Yang's character, he would definitely embrace Yuan Zhou without any problems.
What's more, there are still coal mines, so Yuanzhou will not suffer any loss.
I just confirmed with Sun Yi that it is indeed possible to go from Yuzhang to Yuanzhou via Yuanshui. This is how he came.
This means that grain or other materials can be transported directly from Jiangzhou to Yuanzhou.
The transportation is quite convenient, and Jiangzhou is having a good harvest, so allocating some grain and other materials to Yuanzhou is not a big problem.
After bidding farewell to the grateful Sun Yi and the Hongzhou Wang Songying who politely persuaded him to stay, Fang Zhe set foot on the road back to Jiangzhou.
It was already November 5th when we arrived in Jiangzhou.
There are still two days left before the Jiangzhou Conference.
As soon as he came back, Fang Zhe reported the details of the alliance expansion meeting.
Song Yang was quite satisfied with this meeting.
As for people from various places sending people to Jiangzhou for inspection, Song Yang certainly welcomes it. Only by developing together can real development occur.
The other thing is about support for Yuan Zhou.
"We must support them! I don't know how to provide them with food and weapons. It would be best to send a small team of the Renaissance Army directly over to help them train."
"Although Yuanzhou is relatively poor, it is also on the border of Tanzhou. If we use troops against Tanzhou next year, Yuanzhou can also send out a force."
"And since we have decided to open the Pingxiang Coal Mine, it would be a good idea to send people there to check the front lines in advance."
Song Yang was very supportive of this and even decided to send troops to garrison Yuanzhou.
I invited Yu Ming to come over and talk about it, and of course Yu Ming didn't have any objections.
Just sending a team of elite troops there will not have any impact on Jiangzhou.
The matter was settled.
As for when to send troops and when to transport food, we have to wait until Yuanzhou's inspection team arrives.
Before returning from Yuzhang, Sun Yi said that if possible, he would personally lead the team to Jiangzhou.
It will be time to discuss the assistance of the Yuanzhou garrison at that time.
Finished talking about the Yuzhang meeting.
Preparations for the Jiangzhou Conference were also in full swing.
On November 6th, Chen Lin, Wang Ran, and Xue Jing each came with their teams.
As for the supervisors from all Jiangzhou counties, they also arrived yesterday afternoon.
As soon as Fang Zhe came back, he started preparing for the Jiangzhou Conference.
The two meetings were held consecutively.
It's just that the one in Yuzhang is a diplomatic conference, and the one in Jiangzhou is its own conference.
"Your Majesty, officials from various places and record-keepers, a total of fifty people attended the meeting."
"Uh. So many people?"
Song Yang was stunned. There were only seven or eight people in the previous meeting.
This time it was directly increased to fifty.
"Yes, the chief officials of the counties in Fengzhou and Yuezhou are here, as well as the chiefs of the four camps in Yuezhou, plus the chief officials of the counties in Jiangzhou. There are also Director Ma, Director Tong, and Liu
Directors of departments such as Bao and Pangqiu, as well as several observers and record-takers of the meeting."
The auditors Fang Zhe was talking about were actually Song Yang's relatives, that is, the protons sent by the various states, such as the Shen Dan brothers and sisters, Song Lei, Song Chengrong and others.
Of course, this also includes Seventh Uncle Song Tong and Song Chengwang.
Fortunately, a new conference room was built this year, which can accommodate fifty people. If the original bamboo building really couldn't accommodate so many people.
The new conference room is located in the office area of Jiangzhou New City Center.
This area has always been left vacant. Later, with the development of Jiangzhou, office areas gradually began to be constructed.
Facilities for government offices, conference rooms, and government affairs offices were built successively.
The conference room was designed by Song Yang. Of course, this large conference room is not in a round table format.
Instead, they used the way of sitting in rows in later generations.
The new conference room can accommodate up to one hundred people.
Speaking of which, this meeting was the first time the new conference room was put into use.