Although Chongqing is threatening, Deng Ming had no intention of attacking immediately because a large number of soldiers had just returned to Chengdu, which had been gone for a long time, and tens of thousands of men who entered Sichuan for the first time did not have time to resettle. Now the most important task in Chengdu is to digest the fruits of victory and actively start spring plowing to ensure this year's harvest. There are about 100,000 people in Chengdu who have twenty acres of arable land, and the arable land of others, this year is expected to restore the arable land around Chengdu to the level of 3 million acres. Even if it is not included in the current reserves of Chengdu, the output of these land can still supply the needs of hundreds of thousands of people, which is the basis for Chengdu to obtain more industrial population.

The rapid recovery of agriculture has brought great pressure to the production of agricultural tools. The iron shops in Chengdu work overtime day and night, and imported farm tools, now only each farmer has one or two most basic tools. Although the farmers have food in their hands, they have nowhere to obtain new tools after the New Year, and dilapidated farm tools are difficult to repair, so they can only be repaired simply by themselves, which greatly increases their production pressure. What's more serious is the lack of plowing oxen. The Ming army collected some livestock and brought back a large number of cattle from Jiangnan. However, until now, the plowing oxen has less than 5,000 plowing oxen. If each farmer only has two acres of land, this number is enough. However, the amount of land owned by farmers in Chengdu is very large. Even if each pavilion actively organizes a oxen team, it is still far from meeting the needs. Without enough cattle and horses, manpower is needed to bear most of the spring plowing work. Before the cattle and horses in Chengdu got on track, Deng Ming was helpless.

However, with the reclaimed large areas of land and the light tax policy implemented in Chengdu, residents can not only eat enough, but also have the energy to raise livestock. Recently, someone has applied to the prefect’s government office to raise pigs and sheep. What makes Deng Ming happy is that these farmers are very ambitious. They are not single-farmed based on households. Due to the high amount of land per capita, most families do not have much spare time to raise pigs themselves. These farmers want to purchase grain, hire people, and sell a large number of livestock animals.

After a few days of the arrival of Mongolians, a few people who were preparing to start a breeding business came to them and wanted to hire Mongolians to help them raise sheep. But most of the Mongolians refused. They would rather go to the horse farm to raise horses or teach people to ride horses than be shepherds. Just like the military households in the minds of the Han people, the Mongolians felt that shepherds were poor and had no future jobs, and they did not want to go around for a long time and return to their original occupation on the grassland.

"Even if the Qing Dynasty really draws the Shanxi Green Camp, it will probably take several months to arrive." The increasing grain output can support more Chengdu's population to engage in other industries. Therefore, although Deng Ming has sufficient food, he still attaches great importance to spring plowing. He plans to recruit troops again after harvest and then launch a preventive attack on Chongqing: "In the slack farming period, we can recruit farmers to join the army. At that time, an attack will not seriously affect industrial and mining production."

Although the navy did not dare to enter the Jialing River easily, it could transport the army near Chongqing and ensure logistics transportation. Deng Ming planned to besiege Chongqing to see if there was any chance to severely damage the Chongqing Green Camp. As long as Li Guoying could be forced into Chongqing to defend, the Ming army could detect the hydrological geography of the Jialing River. Moreover, after the army went around from the west of Chongqing to control the banks of the Jialing River, the Qing army could not organize the joint defense of the Jialing River between the water and the land; when the shore was its own army, the western Sichuan Navy would not have to worry too much even if it hit the reefs in the Jialing River. It could use bolder offensive tactics to create an opportunity to annihilate the Jialing River Navy in the Qing Dynasty.

Before harvesting, Chengdu carried out pre-war preparations, formulated combat plans and conducted targeted training, while Deng Ming planned to use this leisure to travel to Jianchang and Yunnan.

However, before leaving, Deng Ming decided to implement the education issue first.

There are now more than 50 pavilions in Chengdu, each pavilion has a pavilion chief and several pavilions, responsible for the management of the 400 families under its jurisdiction - it is said to be households, but many of them are still bachelors. The pavilion is an important institution in Chengdu Prefecture. It is not only responsible for dispute mediation, demographic statistics, and cow coordination, but also undertakes the task of military training. Now Deng Ming has added the responsibility of education to it. Hundreds of scholars and children of small landlords recruited from several southeastern provinces are assigned to work in each pavilion. In the future, military training will be conducted on the morning of each military training day and word recognition education will be conducted in the afternoon.

In addition to these literacy points, Deng Ming also established a group of schools, the first batch of students were orphans of canal workers and brides who married into Sichuan. The schools prepared for women were closer to technical schools, allowing these women to learn textiles, shoes, socks, etc., and then organized them to cooperate in production. The efficiency of centralized production is relatively high, and the relative cost can be lower than that of traditional men and women weaving. In addition to the commercial banks supported by Deng Ming's plan, it is also a problem for ordinary people in Chengdu to obtain textile tools, which is equivalent to giving commercial banks a good opportunity to monopolize production.

"We finally brought these women to Chengdu. They must help make money, otherwise everyone's life will not be easy if the Dufu goes bankrupt." At the internal meeting, Deng Ming's subordinates publicly promoted that these female labor should be regarded as precious assets, and those small-footed women are fine, but there are 70,000 or 80,000 young women in Chengdu, and they must organize to participate in the production: "I have already explained the literacy points in each pavilion. When teaching the people to recognize words, they must hint that they will not let their wives come out to work sooner or later. Sooner or later, don't think about the protection fee of ten acres and one hundred yuan. It is very likely to be imposed."

Of course, Deng Ming would not really charge too much taxes, but it is necessary to threaten it. Anyway, this notice was not issued in the name of the capital, but to let the teachers publicize it as personal opinions. The farmers' respect for intellectuals will make this threat very effective, even better than the government's bare-handed approach. In addition to threats, the teachers also talk to the people about the expensive bids and the difficulty of life - let the wife go out to do some work and subsidize some household income? Besides, if everyone's wives come out to work, the production of cloth, shoes and socks will be cheaper, which is a visible benefit.

"Make some slogans, which read 'The times are different, men and women are the same, entering the factory is glorious, not leaving the house is shameful'. These words should be given priority to teaching at various literacy points." Deng Ming deployed a task for Liu Jinge: "Similar slogans should be painted more, don't be a pity for white paint. You should paint them on the walls of all pavilions. It is best to paint some of the private houses. Whoever wants to paint them on their own houses can help him build fences. If you really don't want to let your wife go out, you should also encourage raising pigs, and write a few slogans that 'Enjoy happiness, give birth to less children and raise more pigs'. It's better to raise some pigs, and those breeding companies can buy them in the future."

"There is also the army." After Deng Ming explained to Liu's prefect, he gave Zhou Kaihuang and others a face-to-face opportunity: "Don't forget to remind the retired soldiers that they still owe us money, so that their wives can reduce debts by letting their wife come out to work. There is also a standing army, and soldiers must treat propaganda work as a combat task. Soldiers with achievements must remember their merits!"

Chengdu officials all know that military expenditures are huge, but Deng Ming's efforts to encourage women to come out to work are beyond everyone's imagination.

After the meeting, Qin Xiucai said to Mu Tan proudly: "You said that the admiral was the King of Tang, how is that possible? It must be the third prince. It is a true direct descendant of the Shenzong. He is shameless to ask for money."

Mu Tan was speechless, but Ren Tang replied dissatisfiedly: "King Fu is also the direct descendant of the Shenzong."

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The arrangements for orphans are different from those of adult women. Deng Ming did not seek quick success and instant benefits to train them all into child labor, but instead opened an educational institution called public primary schools. The government is responsible for the teachers' wages, school buildings, and students' diet. Now most of the residents in Chengdu are young people, and the first batch of children born are still babies who are babbling. However, Deng Ming announced that children in Chengdu will receive compulsory education in the future.

When someone questioned the school's policy of not charging fees, Deng Ming explained: "School education is to enable them to be competent for the work of officials, craftsmen and scholars. Without these talents, the government will not be able to maintain it sooner or later; the greater the ability children learn, the more money they can earn in the future, and the government will also be able to draw more taxes. In short, our government benefits the most from education, so we wish everyone can receive education and contribute greater strength to the government. Therefore, we not only have no reason to charge fees, but also provide food to attract the people to send their children to study, and enact laws to force the people to let their children receive education."

In addition to literacy, elementary schools also teach mathematics. What shocked the teachers was that these mathematics textbooks were actually written by Deng Ming himself. When the teachers praised the admiral's omniscience, Deng Ming carefully explained: "These are all works of the Thais. I happened to have the chance to see them, so I translated them out if I thought they were good."

As the translator of math textbooks, Deng Ming presided over the opening ceremony of a public primary school in this name. Facing the male and female students sitting in the audience, Deng Ming asked: "Why do you want to study?"

"Because you have talents," Deng Ming immediately answered the question himself: "Some of you have agricultural talents and will cultivate high-yield crops; some of you have industrial talents and can design and manufacture exquisite machines; some of you have literary talents and can write popular articles; some of you have painting talents and can depict magnificent mountains and rivers; some of you have observation talents and will discover the trajectory of the stars... If you don't have the opportunity to learn, your talents will be buried, the sun rises and sets day after day, but our lives have not changed at all. Only your talents can be displayed can change our country, so that we will never be threatened by barbarians, and that our descendants can enjoy a life that their ancestors cannot imagine; therefore, you must learn, and when you find your talents, our country and nation will have a bright future."
Chapter completed!