Han Shizu

Chapter 1596 Anton Development 2
There is no doubt that the population recruited by the Anton Governor's Mansion basically comes from the Central Plains and the North, and the cost of recruiting further south is higher, and it is even more difficult for the people in the South to adapt to the climate in the Northeast.In addition, the people in the south are rarely willing to leave the warm and suitable environment.

If the scope is further narrowed, the people recruited are concentrated in Henan, Hebei, and Yanshan. Among them, the Han people from Henan account for almost [-]% of the total.

In particular, the people in Denglai Qingmi several prefectures showed a positive and enthusiastic state.He is not only because of the tempting conditions provided by the Anton Governor's Mansion, but also because of the rise of northern shipping in recent years, especially the opening of commercial routes to Korea, Japan, and Liaodong, and the local people's understanding of the outside world is also increasing.

As a well-known maritime businessman returned from overseas with a full load, he made a lot of money and returned to his hometown in honor, attracting the attention of the local people.The dissemination of such rich stories has also stimulated the desire for pioneering in the hearts of the local people. Not everyone can do business. It requires both capital and luck. If you are not careful, you may lose everything.

As for those peasant children, the only thing they can rely on is their strength and farming skills.And the Anton Governor's Mansion gave him a beautiful blueprint and vision. In his hometown, he may be just a small farmer and a small household, and he has to face the pressure of competition with his brothers to share land and property. When he arrives in Anton, he is another With vast fields, the start is a "landlord" with at least [-] acres.

This is a direct improvement in class status, and, according to the policies promoted by the Anton Governor's Mansion, there is no limit to the number of acres in Andong. As long as you are capable of farming, even ten thousand acres of land will not be suppressed , even if it is transferred, it does not need to bear a high transaction tax like in the Mainland.

Such conditions have also stimulated the desire and motivation of the Henan children to enter Anton bravely.At the same time, due to the imperial court encouraging people to have children in recent years, the population has increased sharply, which has also led to a surplus of private labor.

For most peasant households, the land is not worrying about cultivation for the time being, but every household is facing a problem, that is, the problem of property inheritance.

Not only the emperors, nobles and bureaucrats need to face this problem, but also small farmers and small households. Maybe they don’t have a strict inheritance system like high officials and nobles, but they are also unavoidably partial to favoritism.Under such circumstances, it is also a good choice to send some children to Anton, and they can also share part of the settling expenses, which are Huang Chengcheng's copper coins, which can save a lot of food for money and taxes.

With the support of many factors, Anton's immigration has just achieved good results, which is completely different from the situation in other borders of the Han Dynasty. Of course, this is also caused by the particularity of the Andong region.

At the same time, the immigrants of more than [-] people also have a remarkable feature. They are all armed immigrants, holding a knife in one hand and a plow in the other.

Under the Anton Governor's Mansion, although there are nearly 20,000 people in the army, such a small army cannot take care of the huge Andong area. These new immigrants have to rely more on themselves for protection and must have a certain self-defense capability.Mutual protection of militias in villages, towns and forts is a self-defense policy formulated by the Governor's Mansion. All weapons are provided by the government. Except for special equipment such as iron armor and hard crossbows, these immigrants' weapons are excellent, at least not comparable to the local barbarians.

In addition to the Han people in Daozhou, there are also some Hu people who are also recruited, and the effect is very good. Most of them are Xi people from Yanshan North Road.

The Han Dynasty has a vast territory and many ethnic groups. From the south to the north, although there are many diehards who are rebellious and unwilling to accept Wanghua, there are also some docile tribesmen.For example, the Qiang people, the Wenmo people, and the Tuyuhun people. In the early years, there was such a fan army in Hedong, but now it has completely disappeared in the long river of history and integrated into the Han people.

Similarly, the Xi people are also a relatively docile group. For ten years, they have been very obedient to the rule of the great Han, and Yanshan North Road is not as turbulent as expected.

There is one thing to say, this is thanks to the Khitan people's domestication of Xi people, which is very good. Now, it is just a different master, a ruler with a gentle appearance and shrouded in the light of "gentleness".

Of course, the fundamental reason lies in the strength of the Han Dynasty, the majesty of the imperial court, and during the Han and Liao struggle for hegemony, the Xi people, who had been traumatized by the war, also needed to recuperate. In addition to being stricter and more powerful in terms of control, the rule of the Han Dynasty is generally relatively mild.

In addition, the original Xi nobles and tribal chiefs, headed by Xi Wang Choning, were also tamed and submissive by the court, and they cooperated very well. Except for the deprivation of governance rights, they had all other rights. The big man lives the life of a master, and if he behaves well, he can also become an official or general, and even take part in the imperial examination.

Like Xi Wang Chouning, he is now living a happy life in Kaifeng, taking care of his old age with peace of mind. He is well-clothed and well-fed every day. Even seeing Emperor Liu is not difficult.And now, Chooning cannot be called "King Xi". When Emperor Liu opened the treasure for 11 years, he changed the title of Choning to Duke of Shunhua County, which is obviously different from the naming rules of the Han Dynasty for titles, but political deep meaning.

As a result, nearly [-] Xi people were recruited by the Anton Governor's Mansion to go to Anton's house to cultivate and enjoy the same treatment.This point is also supported by the center.

In addition to attracting ordinary farmers and herdsmen from all over the world, there are also some people who have become a powerful arm for development, and can even be said to be the main force.

That is a group consisting mainly of nobles and bureaucrats. Of course, not many people are willing to let these nobles go to Anton to seek a living, and even have resistance.

But there is no way, with the instructions of Emperor Liu, the nobles and bureaucrats of the Han Dynasty must behave one or two, even if it is just to cater to the emperor, they have to invest money and food, and send the children of the family to Anton.

Emperor Liu said something that people can't refute: My sons are all working hard in the borderlands, serving the country. Are the children of noble officials' families more precious than them?

This sentence is true, and it also makes people have to obey the call of His Majesty the Emperor.Of course, some of the sons of nobles and bureaucrats who went to Anton were going to become officials, some were going to join the army, and some were going to enclose land and buy properties.

And there has always been an unspoken rule popular in the imperial court, that is, people with borderland experience have more opportunities to get promoted. For those who are interested in official careers, Anton is also a good place to go, after all, it is special. , It also affects the eyes of those in power in the court.

Even though most of the children of everyone who were sent to Andong belonged to concubines or collateral descendants, the resources they could bring with them were obviously not comparable to that of ordinary farmers and herdsmen.

Small fights are not their style, and their development also has certain political goals.Their enclosures are often tens of thousands of acres of land. After all, there are money and people, and the land, forests, mines, furs, medicinal materials and other resources in the Northeast, supplemented by Anton's loose policy, are indeed profitable .

Of course, Anton's land is not given away at will. Liu Xu made a rule, that is, how much land is given to you, you have to cultivate it, there must be crops in the field, and there must be output in the field.

But this brings another problem, that is, the shortage of labor force. However, they have a lot of ways, or they spend money to recruit from the mainland. The indigenous barbarians who lived by fishing and hunting were forced to go to the fields every day.

As a result, the "slave hunting industry" gradually emerged in Anton. The slave hunting team organized by the nobles even cooperated with the Anton Army to clean up the local security. However, such behavior caused a lot of backlash. , has also become one of the sources of turmoil in the Andong area.

But even so, there is still a shortage of people, and farming also requires technical experience, and it is not possible for just one person to pick up a hoe to reclaim a good field.

Later, some people even paid attention to the aborigines in Annan and other areas, and spent money to buy people from the south.Of course, the imperial court explicitly prohibited the keeping of private slaves and human trafficking, so similar behaviors were all in the name of "employment".

These acts of violence, power, and exploitation are only in the Andong region, and they can be so blatant and justifiable.

Therefore, by the 17th year of Kaibao, Anton's newly populated foreign population had already exceeded 200,000.Of course, in addition to the above, there is another group of people who have also played a role in promoting Anton's development, and that is merchants.

(End of this chapter)