Chapter 870: Going to Henan in person to traffickers?

(0870)

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"What's wrong with the old man?"

Zhang Zhun frowned and said to himself.

His relationship with these old men is quite special, both in the relationship between superiors and subordinates and seniors. Before the formal status is decided, if they don’t have very important things, they usually won’t come to find themselves. Since they are here, there must be something wrong. Last time it was a trouble for Yan Shenggong, but I don’t know what it is this time?

After a moment, Zhang Shenyan came in. Zhang Zhun hurriedly got up and greeted Zhang Shenyan enthusiastically. After the two of them exchanged simple greetings, Zhang Shenyan said bluntly: "Yulin, I'm here to ask you for help."

Zhang Zhun hurriedly said, "Myongshan Gong needs me to do, please tell me."

Zhang Shenyan said bluntly: "Yulin, the biggest problem of Dengzhou Prefecture is that it is insufficient manpower. There is no one to cultivate a large amount of arable land, and a large amount of infrastructure cannot recruit enough workers to start work. Many jobs, such as roads and bridges, have to pause due to insufficient manpower. If you can, help Dengzhou Prefecture attract 200,000 people!"

Zhang Zhun asked in a little confusion: "Two hundred thousand people? So many?"

Zhang Shenyan said with a serious expression: "Yes, 200,000. If there are 300,000, that would be even better. No matter how many people you recruit, we Dengzhou Prefecture will accept them all."

Zhang Zhun could only smile bitterly.

This senior is really, thinking that the population of 200,000 to 300,000 people are peanuts in the ground, and they grow in strings. Just pull it gently and you can get a large string? During the war period, the population of tens of thousands is already a huge number, and the population of hundreds of thousands is a huge number. If you say 200,000, it is really testing me.

The population in Shandong is not large, and after many sacrificial sects and Kong Youde's rebellion, it has been reduced in large numbers. It seems that the population of Dengzhou Prefecture was less than 300,000. After vigorously absorbing refugees from all over the country, the population gradually increased to about 500,000. Now, it is necessary to increase by another 200,000, so Zhang Zhun is not worried about it.

In the past, Zhang Zhun kept asking for population from Northern Zhili, and basically cleared all the migratory population in Northern Zhili. Now, this method is no longer possible. Now, the Northern Zhili is basically within the area controlled by the Hu Ben Army and has no population output. If you want to get more population, you can only find a way to Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi and other places farther away.

Zhang Zhun's eyes slowly fell on the map of Henan Province.

Henan is a typical chaotic place, a place of four battles. As long as there is chaos in the world, Henan will definitely be affected, and it is often the most powerful place of war. All forces will repeatedly compete for Henan to seize the favorable terrain of the Central Plains. Almost every dynasty change, Henan is the main battlefield, the end of the Qin Dynasty, the end of the Han Dynasty, the end of the Sui Dynasty, the end of the Tang Dynasty, the end of the Song Dynasty, and the end of the Yuan Dynasty. It is conceivable how painful the people of Henan were at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that before the world is turbulent, Shu will be turbulent, and the world has been governed, and Shu will be the same as Henan. Seriously speaking, the war in Henan is much more powerful than the war in Sichuan. Zhang Xianzhong's slaughter of Sichuan has a great artistic exaggeration. However, the people of Henan were repeatedly combed between the official army and the rebel army. Those who survived have long become iron bars.

As a prosperous and prosperous place in the Central Plains, Henan has a large population, at least three or four times that of Shandong. Even after war, Henan still has a large population. If it can attract a large number of Henan immigrants, it will obviously greatly improve the population status of Shandong. Especially in Shandong, Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong, borders Guide Prefecture, Henan, and Henan refugees only need to enter Shandong from Yanzhou Prefecture.

The question is how to do it?

Let Dong Shuyan abduct and traffickers again? I'm afraid it won't work. The situation in Henan is really very complicated. There are many imperial troops, many local warlords, and several more eye-catching princes. Among them, King Fu is the most eye-catching, and the army and strength it has is also the strongest. The near Luoyang where it is located is also the strongest.

In addition, the Shaanxi uprising army often came to Henan. Even active horse thieves from all over the country might burn, kill and loot here in Henan. In such a mess of soldiers, it would be too dangerous to ask Dong Shuyan to recruit refugees. A team of hundreds of people would not be enough to meet a large number of enemies. Of course, Zhang Zhun could not let his women take risks. What's more, the Scent of Scent of Incense seems to have no foundation in Henan.

"Myongshan Gong, you said, I put up a sign in Kaifeng Prefecture and said that I would accept a large number of local refugees. Anyone who is willing to migrate to Shandong will have subsidies for land and food to ensure that they have no worries about food and clothing. What do you think will be the result?"

Zhang Zhun suddenly said with a smile.

"I'm afraid you have to come forward in person, Yulin."

Zhang Shenyan said tactfully.

In this era, due to the war, mutual trust between people can be said to have dropped to the lowest point. It is probably unrealistic to rely on some slogans and some propaganda to migrate to Shandong with family members. Because in most parts of Henan, the control ability of the government is stronger than that of the Northern Zhili. At the same time, due to the conscious propaganda of the government, the people of Henan still do not understand Zhang Zhun and the Hu Ben Army.

If you want to gain more trust from people, Zhang Zhun must come forward and make a promise in person to give people a little sense of security and attract them to leave their hometown and migrate to Shandong. In addition, the most important point is to find a way to break the control of the local government over the people. When it comes to how to use violent means, that is Zhang Zhun's strengths.

In fact, Zhang Shenyan estimated that as long as Zhang Zhun appeared in person, the local government in Henan would probably have to wet his pants. In the government's conscious propaganda, Zhang Zhun is an unprecedented demon, and no one is afraid of it.

"Okay! I'll go!"

"I'll take a look at the autumn harvest along the way!"

Zhang Zhun pondered for a moment and said cheerfully.

No one else can do better than him in such a bad-faced thing. It seems that he needs to go to Henan for a walk. Just in time, he can go west from Dengzhou Prefecture to check the autumn harvest situation.

Every time there is a bumper harvest of food, Zhang Zhun would go down to take a walk in person. When he saw the heavy grain returning to the warehouse, he would feel much more at ease. In such a chaotic world, food and weapons are indispensable. Huang Taiji's most painful thing now is probably food.

He did it right away, and Zhang Zhun patrols west from Dengzhou Prefecture. Laizhou Prefecture is the earliest developed, and the grain harvest is naturally the best. Zhang Zhun carefully checked and found that the average yield of rice per mu here has reached about 350 kilograms per mu, which is about 30 kilograms higher than last year. This is a gratifying congratulations.

Some particularly high-yield rice fields have a yield of more than 500 kilograms per mu. Unfortunately, the number of such rice fields is too small. Even such a yield is still far from the water towns in Jiangnan. The best rice fields in Jiangnan can reach a yield of 700 kilograms per mu.

Continue to go west, Qingzhou Prefecture and Jinan Prefecture are a little worse. The area of ​​rice sown in Qingzhou Prefecture is very small, only less than 500,000 mu. The average yield per mu is only about 310 kilograms, which is a full forty kilograms less than Laizhou Prefecture. The area of ​​rice sowing in Jinan Prefecture exceeds 10 million mu, but the average yield per mu is not high, even less than 300 kilograms.

When Tian Feng, the governor of Jinan Prefecture, felt very ashamed when he talked about this matter. Grain production has always been his focus, but unfortunately, Jinan Prefecture is indeed too large and he cannot cover everything. The average yield per mu of rice is not high. The biggest reason is that the yield in various places is severely unbalanced. Some yield per mu exceeds 400 kilograms, while others only have less than 200 kilograms.

However, there is good news, that with the continuous improvement of water conservancy facilities and the continuous promotion of planting technology, by next year, the average yield of rice per mu in Jinan Prefecture will definitely exceed 330 kilograms. At the same time, in next year, Jinan Prefecture can reclaim more than 5 million mu of rice fields. This is a very amazing achievement.

"Looking forward to your good news!"

Zhang Zhun held Tian Feng's hand and said with great encouragement.

Dongchangfu, on the east and west sides of the mountain, has a relatively small area, and the rice planting area is also not large. In this year's autumn harvest, the average yield per mu of rice in Dongchangfu is about 340 kilograms. In general, the yield per mu is quite good. Unfortunately, the sowing area is too small, only less than one million mu.

Dongchang Prefecture has another big problem, that is, the arable land that can be reclaimed has been basically fully reclaimed, so it is basically unlikely to make a fortune in increasing the land area. Therefore, it can only work hard to increase the yield per mu. For Zhang Zhun, it is absolutely impossible to expect Dongchang Prefecture to make great contributions in grain production.

In the ninth year of Chongzhen, the total amount of grain harvest in Shandong was about 20 billion jin, of which the tax paid was about 2.4 billion jin, which was converted into stone, about 1,300 jin. This is the data obtained by Zhang Zhun. Basically, such data is no longer watery. Calculated by about one or five cents of silver per stone, the income from autumn grain alone is about 20 million jin of silver.

Of course, these are theoretical values, and in fact, it is impossible to exchange so much silver. In Shandong, due to the bumper grain harvest, the grain prices have been falling continuously. The general market price is only seven or eight cents of silver per stone. However, if it is sold to the outside world, it will be sold to more than one or five cents. Unfortunately, if it is sold to the outside world, it must be approved by Zhang Zhun in writing, otherwise it will be dealt with seriously.

When Zhang Zhun came to the west of Yanzhou Prefecture, it was already many days later. In Yanzhou Prefecture, the first thing Zhang Zhun saw was Song Yingxing. Song Yingxing’s main task in Yanzhou Prefecture was to study the improvement technology of rice planting. The six prefectures in Shandong are the most suitable for planting rice, and the largest rice sowing area is Yanzhou Prefecture. Therefore, Song Yingxing has been lying in Yanzhou Prefecture during this period.

The rice cultivation technology that Song Yingxing actively studied is a matter of great merit as long as it can increase the rice yield per mu by 50 kilograms. The rice sowing area in Yanzhou Prefecture, Huai'an Prefecture and Yangzhou Prefecture exceeds 80 million mu. If the output per mu is increased by 50 kilograms, the total grain output can be increased by 4 billion kilograms. This figure is quite large.

Zhang Zhun said with concern: "Song Yingxing, have you encountered any difficulties?"

Song Yingxing hurriedly replied: "Sir, there is not yet."

Zhang Zhun said eagerly: "If you encounter any difficulties, come to me at any time."

Song Yingxing naturally agreed.

After meeting with Song Yingxing, Zhang Zhun did not leave Yanzhou City immediately because there was another biggest trouble here that had not been solved. The biggest trouble in Yanzhou Prefecture was of course the Yanshenggong family in Qufu.

Last time Gao Hongtu, Zhang Shenyan, and Qiao Yunsheng came to see him together. Zhang Zhun had clearly stated that if the Yansheng Gong family wanted to protect their own fields, they had to make a public statement, sever their ties with the court, and support the Hu Ben Army. However, after the information was fed back, they did not receive an answer immediately. Obviously, Kong Yinzhi was hesitating.

"Schafes."

Zhang Zhun suddenly shouted.

"What are the instructions for the sir?"

Shafes hurried over.

"How is the situation in the Kong family?"

Zhang Zhun asked with a cold expression.

"Kong Yinzhi has been closed to thank the guests for three days."

Shafes said coldly.

"Three days?"

Zhang Zhun said to himself.

In this era, there are several meanings to thank guests behind closed doors. The first is that they are really noisy and do not want to be disturbed. Obviously, Kong Yinzhi will not be like this. The second is to think about things behind closed doors. The third is to cover up. No matter which one is, it means that Kong Yinzhi is already moved.

Hehe, as long as you are moved, I believe Kong Yinzhi will make a smart choice between interests and false reputation. Of course, if the Yansheng Duke family goes to the end, Zhang Zhun doesn't mind sending them a long way. The Shadow Department led by Xia Feis may have the first dirty job to open to see off the Yansheng Duke family.

"You stay and continue to monitor the Kong family!"

Zhang Zhun said in a deep voice.

"clear!"

Shafes responded coldly.

After leaving Yanzhou City, Zhang Zhun continued to move westward and soon arrived at Cao County. This is the junction of Shandong and Henan. Standing in Shandong and looking at the ground in Henan, it feels desolate. In the Qianli Mile Mile, no one saw a figure.

According to the guide, due to the war in Henan, there are few people who have seen farming appear. Even if someone occasionally appears, it is either a sporadic official army, a sporadic Shaanxi uprising army, or a horse thief. Anyway, ordinary people have few opportunities to appear.

"Da da da da!"

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horse hooves came.

"Who?"

"alert!"

Dugu Lie immediately roared.
Chapter completed!