After alerting the enemy, the four surnames' hurried plot to riot in the state prison was thwarted, but Han Qian knew in his heart that their foundation in Xuzhou was still shallow, too shallow.
At this time, they could not even take preliminary control of Qianyang County, and so far no major officials from Langxi and Tanyang counties had come to Qianyang City to see his father.
At present, Xuzhou has only adopted the previously formed agreement, and all parties have maintained official correspondence. However, Ning'an Palace and the prince's family are temporarily unable to put pressure on them directly through the ministry.
This also destined that his father was in Xuzhou and could only barely maintain the operation of the state government, but it was difficult to do anything he wanted to do.
If an official letter is written in a way that suits the interests of powerful people, it may work, otherwise it is just a piece of waste paper.
However, there is also an advantage, that is, if his father wants to condone something in Xuzhou, it will be difficult for powerful people with a strong surname to use public weapons to prohibit it.
For example, when refugees privately built embankments to reclaim silted land, it was legally forbidden by the government. However, Feng Changyu, Feng Jin and his son did not dare to return to Qianyang City, the county government office was almost paralyzed, and the state government turned a blind eye, so it was inevitable that it could not be prohibited.
Even if people are encouraged to raise ducks and poultry, they can only take advantage of the situation and it is difficult to do so through official letters.
It is impossible for Han Qian to stay in Xuzhou for too long, but there are too many things to do, and it is definitely not possible to follow the rules, so he can only take the wrong approach.
In the following days in Xuzhou, Han Qian mainly focused on canvasses and tarpaulins in addition to running around in various restaurants and restaurants in Qianyang City. This was also something he could promote in Xuzhou in the short term.
On the one hand, the current textile handicraft industry and weaving technology are relatively developed, and they are one of the few industries that can develop on a large scale in the pre-industrial era or agricultural society.
This provides necessary conditions for mass production of canvas and tarpaulin.
In addition to the wives and daughters of the soldiers who came to Xuzhou with Han Qian and others, they were all good at weaving, and they often used it as a job to supplement their family income in Jinling. There were also weaving experts in Xuzhou, but Han Qian asked Ji Xiyao to work more as a jailer and a low-level official in the state government.
Hiring people from the family to supplement the shabby weaving institute would also help my father strengthen the stability of the jailer and the state government.
In addition to being able to make sails, thick and tough canvas and tarpaulins are also widely used in today's world. Even if the civilian market needs to be slowly developed, military use alone is extremely expensive.
When weaving tarpaulins, in addition to trying different plain weaves or textures, or single or multi-strand weaving methods, we also need to try out cotton and linen materials from different origins for comparison.
Weave out twenty or thirty kinds of samples.
Han Qian did not expect to be able to achieve success overnight. At this time, he was just selecting the best from the worst and first trial-producing sails for training.
At this time, there were no ready-made large-scale looms in Xuzhou, and the sails were spliced with small pieces of tarpaulin. As far as the winds on the Yangtze River and inland were concerned, there would be no problems in a short time.
The renovation of the three warships is also proceeding as scheduled, but even if the hulls are not significantly modified, even if the craftsmen of the Prefectural Engineering Institute can be used for free, some materials stored in the prefectural government can be stolen to strengthen the structural strength of the hulls, and cover the decks and sides of the ships.
Cooked cowhide, adding parapet arrow stacks, etc., the cost is still a waste.
The mast has not been replaced, but even if the width of the sail is doubled, the operation of the new sail will be much more complicated than before.
The main purpose of forming the Xuzhou Boat Gang, which consists of three war sailing ships, is to use force to deter river bandits and water bandits along the way.
The method of water warfare with war sailing ships as the core to fight against river bandits and water bandits is naturally very different from Yang Qin's previous method of warfare, which mainly used black stern boats and sneak attacks on civilian and merchant ships.
Han Qian is also omniscient and omnipotent. He does not have much energy to take care of all these. Yang Qin can only lead his subordinates to constantly adapt and make new attempts.
In addition to Gao Shao, Tian Cheng, and Zhao Wuji, who led 20 Zuosi scouts, who continued to stay with Han Qian and were responsible for scout protection, investigation, and intelligence collection, Guo Nuer, Lin Zongjing, and 30 Zuosi scouts were all incorporated into
Yang Qin's men first learned how to operate sailboats and fight on the water on the open river Yuanshui north of Qianyang.
Nearly half of Guo Nuer, the Zuosi scouts led by Lin Zongjing, are the children of Han Qian's soldiers who have been trained by Han Qian for more than half a year. They have strong adaptability and learning ability.
Yang Qin's more than 30 men seemed to be elite water pirates. However, apart from being physically stronger, they were also more capable of fighting alone. In fact, they were far from comparable to those of Guo Nuer, Lin Zongjing and other family soldiers.
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Yang Qin even needed the help of Guo Nu and Lin Zongjing before he knew how to use formal organization methods to control his subordinates.
The method of water warfare is mentioned in many military books brought by Han Daoxun to Xuzhou, but the descriptions are quite brief and need to be compared with the wild roads that Yang Qin has mastered over the years to complement each other. In these aspects, Guo Nu
Lin Zongjing also showed strong adaptability, which put great pressure on Yang Qin's shoulders. He was worried that one day Han Qian would make Guo Nuer and Lin Zongjing directly replace him in charge of the boat gang.
Although Yang Qin agreed to form the Xuzhou Boat Gang, he was a little reluctant, but since he agreed, Yang Qin was absolutely unwilling to be replaced by others. No matter how hard he supervised the construction of warships or trained water battles every day, he had to find time to go to Furong Garden every day.
Come to see Han Qian to report on the progress to show that everything is under his control.
However, Yang Qin didn't know that Han Qian was so worried about money and food that he couldn't sleep well.
Rich families often raise hundreds of servants, which costs tens of thousands of dollars, but Han Qian wants to raise elites. Although the number is less than a hundred, the cost is even greater.
He had just arrived in Xuzhou and had made a windfall of nearly two million yuan, which seemed like a lot, but he gave half of it to his father to support the operation of the state government, and the rest was used to build a shipyard and a weaving yard.
In order to renovate the warships, Feng Xuan and Gao Bao had to be secretly supported. He squandered all the money in just over half a month.
Even if the miasma-removing wine had a miraculous effect and Han Qian was asked to extort an additional two to three hundred thousand yuan, it would only last for seven or eight more days.
As for the settlement and reconstruction expenses to support Yang Qin in rebuilding Yangtan Water Village in Qianyang, it will cost millions to start with, no matter how small it is. This does not take into account whether Yangtan Water Village needs to hire a large number of people to reclaim the silt land!
Han Qian's dreams during these days were all about people gathering around him to press for debts, causing a stir in the restaurants in Qianyang City, and simply eating the Overlord's meal.
Even though it was difficult for Han Daoxun to fully control the situation in Qianyang City at this time, Han Qian had to have a smile on his face when he had a few overlord meals in Qianyang City.
Most of the slightly famous restaurants and restaurants in and around Qianyang City were owned by large customers, so there were naturally complaints. However, Han Qian fulfilled his promise to Ma Xun, the prince of Tanzhou Jiedushi, before entering Dongting Lake.
This time he went to Xuzhou with his father, just to conquer the place. No matter whether he was a native or a guest, he did not leave behind any one of them.
Han Qian went to many restaurants and even ordered duck dishes. He especially liked duck tongue. He often had to slaughter thirty or forty ducks just for Han Qian to make a dish.
Han Qian was surprisingly picky and would drag the store's chef back to Furong Garden to reprimand him if he was not satisfied. Han Qian even let the news out that if Qianyang City was a restaurant or an ordinary family, who could do it?
If a duck is found that can make him eat happily, he will be rewarded with 10,000 coins.
Han Qian still gave him rewards every now and then, and he really promoted the style of his second ancestor to the extreme in the way of eating.
Han Qian's eccentric twists and turns resulted in the authentic recipes of famous dishes such as sweet-scented osmanthus duck, smoked duck, roasted duck, etc. spreading rapidly inside and outside Qianyang City.
Whether it is restaurants or ordinary households, the level of duck cooking has greatly improved, which stimulated the local duck consumption in Qianyang to surge in a short period of time. In just over half a month, vendors were already required to buy ducks and ducklings from other places.
Complement local deficiencies.
But these are far from solving Han Qian's dilemma of short financial resources.
His plan to lure refugees into Xuzhou did not spread from Xue Ruogu, Li Tang, and Qin Wen. There was no movement in Tanzhou, but Han Qian couldn't just find someone to spread the news. He had to avoid it.
This matter reached the ears of the four surnames too early.
By the beginning of August, seeing that there was still no movement in Tanzhou, and Han Qian really only had a few coins left in his pocket, he could only change his plan, find the restaurants and restaurants he had worked hard on, and hint to the shop owners or introduce them to willing landlords.
As long as he is given a sum of money, he can freely occupy and reclaim the wasteland outside the city. As long as the old man is in office, the states and counties will never interfere.
According to the practice of the previous dynasty and the imperial court that flattered the old system, if no one intervened within three years and the reclaimed wasteland had matured into fields, the prefectures and counties would default to the established fact and confirm it when updating the field registers.
The world's attachment to land is too strong. Besides, the governor personally acted as a broker and even left handwritten notes in the form of a loan. How could no one be tempted?
In the past, native surnames were worried that reclaiming silt land would expand Hakka influence in Syria. Prefectures and counties also prohibited private households from encroaching on these silt lands that could be used to expand official and professional fields. Large Hakka households were small-scale and sneaky.
Reclamation of wasteland and silt land.
However, when the rainwater surges in summer and autumn, without large-scale construction of embankments and cofferdams, only small areas of wasteland are reclaimed, making it difficult to preserve new fields.
In recent years, the scale of private land owned by Hakka has actually been expanding at a slow rate.
At present, almost all the powerful local surnames have been scared out of Qianyang City. The prefectural and county government offices are in chaos. Some people, especially the wealthy families near Wantan, are already tempted and want to secretly do something here.
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Not to mention other things, they secretly moved roadside borders, expanded farm boundaries, and secretly replaced small acres of land with large acres. A middle-class family secretly added three to five acres of land, and it was really undetectable by the neighbors.
As soon as they arrived in Xuzhou, the effect of sending scouts to various places to spread rumors about gold mines gradually became apparent.
Boats to and from Qianyang City unload passengers in Xuzhou. It may not be obvious that there are three to five more people every day, or even eight out of ten people. However, there are thousands of households in Qianyang City, and including the official post, there are three grades.
It's not a high-rise hotel. It's mainly a Tongpu inn. For such a small town, the presence of a few hundred outsiders in most of the month is enough to attract attention.
Han Qian also deliberately guided these people to two abandoned gold mines in Xuzhou.
Although those two gold mines were abandoned more than 80 years ago, it was mainly due to mountain collapse.
After that, it was not restarted, also because the two gold mines had been developed for two to three hundred years, and the output before the collapse was already very low. For the government, it can be said that the income cannot cover the expenses, but it is not that the gold sand has been completely mined.
However, since it is a gold mine, and after nearly a hundred years of weathering, some gold sand will also precipitate in the lower parts of nearby streams.
Although Jinsha River still does not have the value of organizing large-scale manpower to pan for gold or mine, hundreds of people flock to it, and someone will always gain something.
As long as someone gets something, regardless of the ratio of total manpower input to output, the windfall effect will inevitably attract more people to flock here.
If that didn't work, Han Qian considered whether to secretly sprinkle some gold sand every now and then to boost the morale of these gold diggers.
Just thinking that this was another additional expense made Han Qian feel heartbroken.
However, you must use the windfall effect to defraud people on a large scale.
When these people gradually wake up, some of them will return home, but most of the people they can attract for the windfall effect are still landless and unemployed. Even if there is no gold mine, as long as Xuzhou allows them to see a place to live.
Hopefully, most people will stay and provide sufficient labor for land reclamation, mineral development, and various factories...
Han Qian is not worried about how many people in the world can see through his plan.
This strategy, which was born out of the enclosure movement of later generations and the phenomenon of sheep driving people away, has a leading mechanism behind it. It is very different from the previous refugee flows caused by war and famine. Even if his father knew about his plan, this
Shi is also more worried that the influx of a large number of refugees will make the situation in Xuzhou become a mess and get out of hand.
In fact, as long as you are human, you will definitely actively seek a way out.
The situation formed in the early stage of Xuzhou, as well as its vast territory, sparse population, and abundant natural resources, will be conducive to the establishment of these highly viable people.
The only problem is that Han Qian is afraid that Tanzhou will not fish, and one day the mouth will be suddenly sealed from the lower reaches of the Yuanshui River, and he will not be able to use the Yuanshui River and the river valley channels on both sides. He thinks that in a short time, the amount of fishing will be in the tens of thousands and the number will be exceeded.
It is really difficult to enter Xuzhou from hundreds of miles of mountains.
Han Qian went to the owners of restaurants and restaurants to sell land reclamation rights privately. On the one hand, he was eager to take advantage of them, but more importantly, he thought that most of the owners of restaurants and restaurants were wealthy customers. They were not only closer to Tanzhou
problem, there must be an insider arranged by Tanzhou...
Han Qian could only use this method to forcefully stuff the bait into Tanzhou's mouth.
