In the next two months, Chen Jian took the licensed pass document, either riding a horse or taking a boat, and wandering around.

In two months, the means of transportation at this time can't go too far, but this is a large island, and it is convenient for ships to pass through.

In addition to some fortresses or fortress areas, Wang Zhe, who followed Chen Jian, was very skillful and drew a lot of drawings. Chen Jian also took a lot of black and white photos, and at the same time he did not forget to measure the latitude and draw maps.

Chen Jian did not go far, but only went to four places, each of which lasted half a month.

A very ordinary county, a port city, a rural area, and a mining area.

Every night, I record what I see and hear without any personal feelings, neither saying good nor saying bad.

From the rich to the poor, from the plain port to the nearby mountain mines, Chen Jian saw a lot of things even if he was just a quick look.

Prices, fertility of land, labor intensity, taxes, bribery, rural autonomy, refugee control... Chen Jian saw it very clearly with the passable documents licensed by the Duke of Qi.

The Duke of Qi was also a trustworthy person. He neither reviewed what Chen Jian wrote nor applied makeup. Except for some places that he really couldn't go, he was completely relaxed.

At the end of August, the wind direction changed a little, and the goods were ready. Chen Jian said goodbye to the Duke of Qi and prepared to return.

When he returned, Qi sent four boats, hoping to follow Chen Jian on a new untouched route and follow him, but Chen Jian did not refuse.

It is said that in addition to these four boats, the Duke of Qi also sent more people to take a more normal route, and took the books written and printed by Chen Jian to the capital of Huaxia. The specifications of the people who went there were not low.

The way back was not the way he came. Chen Jian went south from the port and took the other road to return to Mincheng with the help of the wind, but agreed to send two interns to follow the four boats to go back to the sea route of Qi when he followed the four boats.

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From May to September, Chen Jian knew nothing about what happened in Fujian City, which was the speed at which information was spreading.

In the past four months after he left, a lot of things happened in Fujian City, and many changes quietly took place as time drew on.

The cotton ginning machine, which was promoted last winter, caused a great sensation in rural areas of Minjun, and this year the cotton planting area in Minjun has increased a lot.

Some large pieces of land were rented out by the owner to some operators with more money, and decisively seized the opportunity of promoting the ginning mill and planted cotton in large quantities.

The land owner may not necessarily farm, and there are two types of landlords: business landlords or food-profit landlords.

The former will hire a large number of employees, relying on their own technology and capital, such as seeds, cattle, horses, utensils, etc., and the employees will only work for them.

Such commercial landlords generally choose to improve seeds on their land, build small-scale water conservancy projects, fallow and breed horses, and use more labor-saving tools. The premise is that the land owned by these people must be large, and these people can be said to represent the advanced productivity of the countryside.

The other type is the landlords who are edible, including some of the manors and nobles in the former Houbo Kingdom in the north.

Or you can rent the land into small pieces and only charge rent. You can make a fortune by relying on rent and usury, and you don’t have to worry about your own land at all.

Or the ownership of the land is not private ownership but aristocratic fiefs. They will find ways to tie the farmers to the land. While the land is distributed to the farmers to cultivate, the ownership of the land is not the farmers. The farmers need to do a lot for the land owners.

No matter which one, this is something that must be eliminated, all backward and ugly.

On the premise of profitability, a large number of commercial land owners seized the business opportunities and planted cotton.

Some ordinary small-scale self-cultivated farmers were organized with the help of the Mo Party members, and Chen Jian also invested a lot of money.

If there is less land, the land will be rented out to a voluntary cooperative built and started working on it. According to Chen Jian’s promise, the purchase price of lint that is still profitable is actually quite profitable, and it can make 30% more than last year.

If there is too much land, a guaranteed order is signed to ensure the minimum return and the same as growing grain crops. If it is higher than this minimum purchase price, you can choose to sell it yourself.

With the help of markets, cotton ginning workshops, and cooperation with mill owners, the Mo Party quickly spread its name in the countryside near Minjung.

There is no reason to preach. Both the formal members of the party and the hired workers are just a profession. The reputation of helping farmers get rich has attracted a large number of sympathizers and curious people, and they have begun to get close to the previously vague name of the Mo Party.

If the winter cotton acquisition can fulfill Chen Jian’s promise, this kind of closeness can attract more people and preach something that seems useless.

The people who spread out are still a group of utopians with ideals, passionate but do not know what they will do in the future. They regard this kind of rural affairs as a kind of ascetic practice and obtain a kind of self-satisfaction and self-realization.

They didn't know whose interests they wanted to represent, and even did not know that some interests were conflicts and conflicts, but shouted loudly that it was impossible to be better for everyone and that no one could be better for everyone. But from the beginning to the end, Chen Jian didn't say anything, but let these people do what they thought would benefit more people, and then ushered in countless divisions, and finally understood which side they were on, this faction was infinitely divided.

It may take them a long time to understand that what they pursue is not the path of saints or the path of Puritanism-style asceticism, but they can afford to wait for enough time.

Moreover, at the beginning, fantasy was also a kind of progress.

In addition to these people with a religious mentality, there are more realistic people with interests in their eyes, and they also stare at profitable cotton.

The ginning machine is clearly placed in front of you. It is already profitable to plant cotton on a large scale, and the more you plant, the more you are, the more you are. In this case, some people found that...the labor force seems to be in a relatively shortage.

After all, Min County is located in the southeast, and Cheng County is not as close to its hinterland. With the development of various industries and commerce, canal construction and other developments, the farm's labor force seems to be insufficient.

It can always be compensated for by having children in seven or eight years, but these people seem to be unable to wait in the interests of the people.

In July, some large farmers and the capitalists who run the farm gathered together to draft a request that the county council would submit the request to the National Council.

The "Request for Restrictions on Restrictions on Migration for Poor People" has been signed by more than a hundred people. Although the state control is relatively relaxed, various previous laws still restrict large-scale migration.

All poor people can only work in the county and are not allowed to leave the county without permission. Otherwise, they will be arrested and sent to their hometowns after serving labor. This is also for the convenience of management.

However, the current situation is that the Min County was developed too late, and the industry and commerce were developing too fast, and there was a temporary relative shortage of labor. After all, the population is not considered a very large county.

This request will definitely not be allowed, at least as the current situation will not be allowed, the county council cannot make such a decision at all.

Because this shortage is temporary and relative, it is just a temporary increase in the price of employment due to the reduction of labor force, rather than a real shortage of people, but a lack of cheap people. If slaves appear at this time, they will definitely firmly support the slavery.

The weather this year is very good, and the cotton is growing very well. In addition, the Mo Party has collected a large number of cotton-growing materials and revised them, including various local methods to remove cotton bollworms, apply some struvite fertilizer, etc., which looks like a bumper year.

In addition to cotton, other industries related to Chen Jian are also developing step by step.

The more than 40 people who were learning the new well digging technique at Lanxiang Technical School opened three wells according to Chen Jian's requirements, and the depth of these wells was only thirty or fifty meters.

There were also some situations in the middle, and the drill bit fell a few times, but in practice, experience was accumulated and the principle of Zhuotong well was based on it, all we needed to enrich was some details.

And there were several people missing from the oil seedlings that Chen Jian bought.

Zhao Si spent money to form a vibrant social organization of the gangster gang, came to the oil seedling field with great momentum, took out the contract documents that Chen Jian had purchased, and asked the group of people who were making oil there to leave.

The gangsters are powerful and those people dare not provoke them. Zhao Si does even more amazingly.

Many divine pits were dug around the land, and bamboo sticks were buried inside that could pierce their feet; they put up wild boars' death traps on some necessary roads... Then Zhao Si and others went back to Fujian City to drink.

Soon after, several people were pierced and disabled. Two people were hung on a tree with a desperate condom, and their tendons were cut off due to blood obstruction. They had to ulcerate due to blood circulation.

After the lawsuit, Chen Jian was also a big businessman in Nan'an. He had a good relationship with the judicial officer and had money early.

There is no money, and the law has loopholes to take advantage of. How could those people win Chen Jian’s vibrant social organization when they have colluded with officials and businessmen?

How to judge such a thing depends on one's mouth.

Zhao Si only said that he wanted to hunt wild animals there, but Chen Jian entrusted him to manage the land. He wanted to eat wild game and dig traps, but the national law did not say he would not allow it.

So this is an accident, and it's a loss.

The people who were murdered claimed that Zhao Si did it on purpose, which was clearly a long-term plan.

So this is not an accident. Not only do you have to pay for it, but you also have to be sentenced.

The judge did not hesitate and directly ruled that this was an accident and that the money was lost.

Public judgment is never forgiving and open. People are naturally willing to believe that Chen Shanren is not aware of this. It is just that such a hooligan did it privately and even the storm did not start, because this is in Nan'an, Chen Jian is deeply rooted and has the right to speak.

After this incident, the oil seedlings became much cleaner. The person who had originally caught the oil was unable to make a living, so he had to run to dig the river.

The construction of the canal has also achieved great results. It seems that it can be roughly repaired before the Chinese New Year. After all, it is not too long and various building materials have been reformed a lot.

The elevated canal with sudden imagination has been basically completed, and the project volume is not too large. The person in charge of the construction is a veteran of building the fortress drainage channel.

In addition to the canal, there are several miles of wooden rail roads, as well as expensive and tentative two-mile cast iron rail railways. Cast iron is not wrought iron, rolled, and not steel rails, but just cast iron.

Everything seemed well organized, but the Mincheng city in the center of Min County was a bit depressed.

The consequences of the orchid bubble shattered gradually emerged. Chen Jian took away more than 100,000 working capital on the grounds of maritime speculation. The profitable funds brought by cotton flowed towards the land of cotton fields. The raising of venture capital of trading companies started again after Chen Jian returned and the number of rumors was that a large amount of funds had been publicly caused by the construction of the canal flowed to Nan'an and purchased land at the mouth of the Minhe River, etc.

All these have temporarily covered the city of Fujian with a half-dead attitude. Although this attitude will prosper again with the expansion of production, it now looks a bit depressed.
Chapter completed!