My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 316 Clean and Hygienic

Yuanshui is a tributary of the Ganjiang River, passing through Fenyi and Xinyu, flowing into the Ganjiang River, passing through Poyang Lake, and entering the Yangtze River... Since Zhu Gaoxu arrived, this not-so-wide waterway has become more and more busy.

The coal transported from Pingxiang was transported out one ship after another, and each ship of coal was a considerable amount of income... This is not a river, it is clearly a workshop for making money.

Zhu Gaoxu also has to admit that when it comes to making money, he is not as good as Xu Jingchang, and there is an essential gap between the two.

If Xu Jingchang put his mind on making money, he would probably have ten times the wealth of Zhu Gaoxu, or even more.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Yuan Shui in front of him, thought for a moment, then shook his head again, it can't be seen that way.

It is precisely because Xu Jingchang sits in the court that it provides them with too much convenience in doing business.

Moreover, these conveniences are all-round and irreplaceable, and it is impossible for any one person to achieve this level.

Governor Hu Yan has a deep understanding of this.

If you want to open a mine, you must first face the problem of land acquisition, and you must get all the land in the mining area.

They sent hundreds of officials to the localities, and went door to door in every village to discuss with them. After paying 30 taels and promising to arrange jobs for farmers, Zhu Gaoxu got the land with difficulty.

Is it costly?
It is indeed very big, but if it were placed in Jiangxi in the past, it would not be possible at all.

Because in this area, there are more than a dozen big families who have lived here for a long time. They have family temples, ancestral halls, and ancestral tombs. They are intertwined and powerful.

Such large local households are often the biggest resistance to reform and reform. Expropriating land from them is extremely difficult and cannot be negotiated at all.

This is something that many people ignore. Don’t landlords want to get rich? Why are they unwilling to hand over their land?

First of all, the wealthy families in those places have a vast land that can stretch for several counties, and it is by no means 01:30.

They already have considerable wealth by renting out land. For them, they can continue to annex land and collect more land rent.

Letting them cede and sell the land is tantamount to cutting off their flesh, how could they agree?
Moreover, although there is a lot of compensation for land occupation, the big family still doesn't like it.

Once the coal mine is opened, who knows if it will affect their status... Anyway, I can already make money lying down, so why should I take risks?
Therefore, the local wealthy families are entrenched, and the land is in their hands, and they want to expropriate the land.It is definitely difficult and almost impossible to complete.

This point is still applicable even in later generations.The third brother just couldn't push the agricultural reform. A group of big landlords encouraged the peasants to come out and make trouble.

It can be said that it is simply impossible to go in the direction of industrialization without eradicating the big families and powerful landlords.Because the powerful gentry and industrialization are naturally hostile and cannot be reconciled.

Fortunately, Xu Jingchang took the opportunity of recovering the debts and severely rectified the big households in Jiangxi.Zhu Gaochi also went to the local government in person, and transferred many Tai students to serve as local officials.

After this rectification, the local forces in Jiangxi suffered a great setback and spit out a lot of land.

This will provide convenience for land expropriation... If the people in the mining area want to continue farming, they will be directly replaced with better land according to the corresponding area, and they will be provided with housing allowances.

If you are willing to stay and work in the mine, you can also get compensation and get a job.

The big households are split into small households, and the small households are very simple.

Those who are not in the mining area have nothing to do with them.Being in the mining area, paying subsidies, providing convenience... It is easy to solve the matter.

Overjoyed, Zhu Gaoxu also took out 3 taels to build a school to benefit the local people.

Land acquisition is only the first step, and the next step is mining...and coal mining requires not only a huge number of people, but also tools and gunpowder...to dig mountains to build roads, and to transport coal.

Xu Jingchang was really interesting. He dispatched a large number of craftsmen to set up a gunpowder factory in Yuanzhou for Zhu Gaoxu's coal mine.

In addition, many blacksmiths were mobilized to make tools for him.

Call the ship to come over and carry out the transportation.

Not to mention, Xu Jingchang bought him three thousand cattle, horses and livestock from Beiping...

These things cannot be done with money. You must know that these livestock were transported from Beiping to Jiangxi, and the loss along the way was not small.

Xu Jingchang specially recruited large ships to assist in transportation.

The fodder was transferred from the Changping warehouse to ensure the supply.

The three thousand animals were sent to Jiangxi, and they were still alive and kicking, fat and strong.

Zhu Gaoxu was grateful, but the next thing made Zhu Gaoxu really kneel down. His cousin is really too powerful.

Because mining is inseparable from the labor force, the number is still quite large.

The original plan was to recruit locally, but Zhu Gaoxu soon gave up, because although Jiangxi has a surplus of labor, most of them have farms at home, and they can only come to work during the slack season.

Moreover, the Jiangxi yamen also made it clear that they must take it easy. If someone dies, they will report it.

Zhu Gaoxu, king of the Han Dynasty, weighed again and again. There were not a few courtiers in the court who hated industry and commerce. If he was tossing around here, if something happened, he would definitely become a handle.

He could only write a letter to Xu Jingchang, hoping that Xu Jingchang could help clear it up.

After Xu Jingchang received it, he directly passed a new decree, which is the bill allowing the employment of foreign labor.

Then Xu Jingchang spiritually selected five places for the scope of application... Daning, Beiping, Quanzhou, Yingtian, and Yuanzhou.

But after the announcement of these five pilot points, the entire imperial court, especially the capital, became honest in an instant.

It is only natural that Daning needs some Mongolian personnel because of the establishment of a discussion field.Because of the problem of the farm in Beiping, foreign labor was necessary.

Quanzhou, on behalf of the Shipbuilding Department, also needs to recruit foreign labor.

This is nothing, the ones worth mentioning are Beiping and Yuanzhou.

Yuan Zhou didn't need to ask, it was about the coal mine.

Then why does Beiping need foreign labor?
Is it due to the need to open mines?Or does Yingtian's workshop need foreign weavers?
Sorry, neither.

Weaving is also a technical job, and no matter how cheap it is for outsiders to weave it, it will not work.

In fact, the capital needs foreign labor, and there is only one purpose, and that is to serve as servants for each household, especially those with power.

Kunlun slave, Silla maidservant.

The dignitaries of the Ming Dynasty, do you want to dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty and experience the joy of the predecessors?

Xu Jingchang has completely grasped the essence of dealing with officials...you can't feel that you are doing the right thing, and just try your best to press down, and whoever disagrees will be kicked out of the court, or simply destroyed physically.

this will not work.

The real key is only two words: exchange!

During the intercourse of toasting and toasting, he made more friends and made fewer enemies.

These days there aren't many die-hard opposition, it's just that the interests are not in place.

Look, now that the labor force is going to be opened up, Ying Tian and Yuan Zhou are tied together. The enjoyment of the officials and the development of the industrial and mining industries are ingeniously linked.

To agree, or not to agree?

Just this time, Zhu Gaoxu easily obtained more than 5000 foreign laborers.

Moreover, Xu Jingchang was very thoughtful to pass a special decree that foreign laborers do not have to be treated the same as Daming laborers for the time being... At this point, it is tantamount to telling Zhu Gaoxu clearly.

I don't care if you mess around casually.

Then Zhu Gaoxu really tossed out coal... This boat came out of Yuanzhou, arrived at Poyang Lake, and then walked the Yangtze River to Yingtian.

In addition to coal, there was another commodity in the Ming Dynasty. Silk, porcelain, salt and so on, although there were a lot of them, they couldn't compare with coal at all.

The situation in Yingtian began to change after the first batch of coal was transported... In the past, many woodcutters came to Yingtian every day carrying firewood to sell.

The importance of firewood, rice, oil, salt, and firewood even ranks ahead of rice.

And these woods don't just pop up out of thin air. The surrounding trees need to be cut down, and the ecological pressure caused is quite terrible.

Now that the coal is coming in, many shops, blacksmith stoves, are starting to sell new stoves...

"Remember one thing, burnt cinders can be used to pave roads, and it can be regarded as the best use of everything." Xu Jingchang smiled, and said to the court: "Our capital should not only be full of flowers, but also clean. health."

(End of this chapter)