I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 370 The storm in Jiangling!
"Temporarily remove the barbarians."

"Excluding the barbarians, the number of people in Jingzhou under our control is about more than 70,000 households, or nearly 500,000 people."

"With this household registration, it may be a bit difficult to farm, weave, build roads, smelt iron, mint coins, engage in business, and fight wars."

At present, the composition of the Jingzhou Army has been adjusted. Some of the original Yizhou soldiers have been withdrawn and replaced by local Jingzhou people.

In the Battle of Jiangling a few months ago, many people died in Jiangling.

This has also made Jingzhou's population even tighter.

And what follows is a two-line defense.

Huan Fan said: "The people in Jingzhou are better than Guanzhong, which has been abandoned for decades, but the situation it faces is much worse."

Li Heng smiled and said: "Everything has two sides." Li Heng said, "Jingzhou is connected to the Central Plains in the north and Yangzhou in the east. It has developed roads. If we do well in Jingzhou, the population under our rule will increase much faster than in Guanzhong."

Everyone was startled for a moment, then laughed.

Many people say that leaders should delegate power, but this statement is too general.

At the same time, he also left Ma Yong to do intelligence work in Xiangyang, and reported military affairs to Li Heng at any time.

For the next period of time, Li Heng stayed in Jiangling, leaving the Xiangyang defense line completely to Guan Tong.

New Han coins are being minted.

He himself stayed in Jiangling, preparing to work with Du Yu to boost Jingzhou's agriculture, commerce, and infrastructure in a short time.

On the other hand, people who have no management experience and have only read a few sentences in books like to talk about it.

Anyone who has personally managed a large team will not easily say that leaders should delegate power.

Of course, there is a fundamental difference between knowing nothing and therefore not caring, and knowing everything but not caring.

When Cao Wei began to centralize power internally, recharged his strength, and united with Sun Wu to cut off all commercial contacts with Ji Han.

For example, he made Lu Zhi the governor of Xiangyang County, and also asked Lu Zhi to personally select some talents in Xiangyang to join the governor's mansion as officials.

A brand-new social structure transformation is taking place in Jingzhou and Yongzhou.

He generally doesn't interfere.

Everyone drank the wine in one gulp.

"Come on, have a drink! Next, I'll help you all!" Li Heng was the first to raise his glass.

He also asked Huan Fan to arrange a detailed calculation of Xiangyang's military expenditures and formulate a document.

In December of the third year of Yanxi's reign, the fire in Jingzhou's money furnace was burning brightly.

Huan Fan laughed and said, "What the general said is true. If people from Cao Wei and Sun Wu want to come to Jingzhou, it will be much more convenient."

They even began to teach scientists science, singers to sing, painters to draw, and writers to write.

One characteristic of Li Heng's employment is that he controls the general direction himself and leaves the rest to the people below him.

They may not even be able to handle the relationship between a small team of three people, but they can say that Zhuge Liang doesn't understand management.

Li Heng was a person who knew awe. While delegating power, he also carefully arranged an administrative team for Guan Tong.

Time passed quickly, and Yanxi's three years were over in a blink of an eye.

During this time, Li Heng took Du Yu and Xue Liang to the workshop every day.

Finally, after the first month, the first batch of paper money in Jingzhou was produced.

At the same time, Jingzhou promulgated the "Dahan Contract Law" and "Dahan Commercial Law" and announced the "Dahan Money Bank Loan Regulations".

The package of new policies confused the people, and officials carried documents to the countryside to spread the word.

Even those earthen walls are full of words: The New Deal of the Han Dynasty benefits the country and the people, and the New Deal makes people rich...

Although the common people cannot read, it does not mean that no one in the countryside can read.

When the illiterate people pass by and see the symbols on the earthen wall, they can ask the literate people. This is the most down-to-earth way to speed up communication.

Of course, the people did not know what the New Deal was. In February, the spring breeze blew green across the Jianghan Plain, and many busy people appeared in the fields.

People took the curved shaft plow, dragged their families and started working in the fields.

At this time, new news caused great shock in the countryside: Dahan Textile Trading Company, Dahan Refined Salt Trading Company, and Dahan Iron Smelting Trading Company were recruiting workers.

The monthly salary is 300 Wen, which is equivalent to 30 Guan.

This is unfamiliar good news to the people of Nanjun.

The New Deal may be a bit flashy to them, but the monthly salary of 300 yuan is a real benefit that they can feel.

Three hundred fen a month, 3,600 fen a year, which is equivalent to the previous 360 guan.

At present, a piece of cloth in Nan County costs 20 guan. If you are busy for two months, you can buy three pieces of cloth. This is definitely a fatal temptation for some families who wear one piece of clothing for decades.

Some families are poor, but their people are complete and can export their labor force.

Throughout February, families with several able-bodied men sent one man to Jiangling City.

By the end of February, there were already as many as a thousand workers going to textile trading companies and refined salt trading companies.

This number is increasing rapidly.

At the same time, after Qianhang's new policy was promulgated among the people, it quickly attracted a large number of businessmen to Qianhang.

By March, there were ten newly registered ironware trading companies.

Three hundred people have entered these ten private trading companies.

And each company has hired one or two students from Jingzhou University who are proficient in iron smelting and manufacturing.

New social structures are taking shape.

Many problems have arisen here. For example, when workers enter private trading companies, some steal things, and some are denied salary by their employers.

There are also a large number of people pouring into Jiangling City, and there are problems with Jiangling's public security.

But no matter what the problem is, it cannot stop the pace of the times and the rapid promotion of Gangneung's secondary industry, light industry.

On the first day of April, Li Heng led a team of people out of the city to check the situation of this year's wheat fields.

As we walked along, we saw that the wheat in the field had already produced some ears, and it was now the time when there was no harvest.

"General, this year should be a good harvest year!" Zhuge Rong said with a smile, "And the rice over there seems to be growing too."

Wheat is harvested in summer and rice is harvested in autumn.

The Yangtze River area is special, with a well-developed water system, where both wheat and rice can be grown.

Especially the Jianghan Plain area was originally covered by the vast Yunmengze. After thousands of years of Zhou, Qin and Han Dynasty, by the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Yunmengze had disappeared a lot.

The land after the water dries up is very fertile and contains a lot of minerals.

Moreover, the aquatic products here are abundant, and the people can really have enough to eat.

In fact, this is one of the main reasons why Jingzhou had a population of six to seven million at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Xiangyang is the administrative seat of Jingzhou, while Jiangling is the economic center of Jingzhou.

Li Heng nodded with satisfaction. After experiencing the war, it was time to rest and recuperate.

Now neither Wei nor Wu have any intention of starting a war immediately.

Just take advantage of this gap to attract more people from them.

After everyone had walked for a while, Huan Fan suddenly pointed ahead: "General, look ahead."

(End of this chapter)