Chapter 205 Tokugawa County is flourishing
The next three months can be called the season of Tokugawa County's harvest. This does not refer to the crop harvest in Tokugawa County, but refers to the three months when the revival plan formulated by Liang Qiming and others achieved comprehensive results...≦In just over ninety days, a large number of immigrants were pouring in from all over the country outside Tokugawa County, including the distant Indian Kingdom, the Western Continent, the Central and Southern Central Continents and the Great Qin Empire, especially the imperial Yanyun, the Beishan and the Indian Kingdom, a large number of people were poured into.
Yanyun and Beishan County were suppressed due to the peasant slave uprising two years ago. The local governments and landlords treated the peasants and slaves even more severely. The lives of peasants and slaves were even more miserable. Many farmers were forced to borrow money from the landlords because they could not afford the land rent and eventually became slaves.
After receiving the news that Tokugawa County had accepted immigration, many farmers moved to Tokugawa County, and even one night the farmers in a village disappeared collectively and moved westward in groups. Of course, this also caused panic among the local landlords. On the one hand, they wrote letters to the local government, and on the other hand, they also took some measures such as reducing land rent and reducing debt interest, but it was too late. The treatment received by farmers in Tokugawa County spreads from ten to ten, and ten to hundreds. These measures simply cannot stop the farmers who are eager to obtain a piece of land as a lifelong dream.
It was not until later that the local government felt that this might affect local agriculture, so it reported to the imperial court for approval and adopted some mandatory restrictions. The immigration trend in these two counties slowed down, but many farmers simply took the method of leaving and ran to Tokugawa County alone. After gaining a foothold, they quietly sneaked back to their hometown to pick up their families.
The Indian Kingdom was originally crowded with people and land. After learning that Tokugawa County was absorbing immigrants regardless of ethnicity, nationality, a few people came to Tokugawa County to find out the truth. After obtaining the exact news, they went back to contact their relatives and friends and family. The local government also adopted a laissez-faire attitude of self-transfer and even encouragement, because the local population is indeed too abundant and the land is insufficient, which even affected the local economic development and social security.
During these ninety days, more than 138,000 immigrants were accepted, making the total population of Tokugawa County exceed 1.5 million in one fell swoop. On average, more than 1,000 people move in every day, and the most people move in on the day reached more than 3,000. Most of them are farmers who make a living by farming, and some urban poor people.
Liang Qiming's administrative and financial departments have tripled their staff, and they are still unable to cope with such a large-scale immigration wave. They have to temporarily borrow some staff from other departments and military logistics departments to deal with it. Even so, all the staff still work overtime every day and barely push their work away.
Government construction has also accelerated the progress. Due to the influx of large numbers of immigrants, the problem of lack of labor has been greatly alleviated. Although the needs have not been fully met, it was already quite satisfactory for Xie Shuyu. The construction of the city wall has progressed the fastest, nearly one-third of it has been completed, and the re-excavation of the moat is nearing completion. The re-planning and design of the streets, the design of the urban sewage discharge system, and the detailed planning of various parts of the city have also been completed, and initial preparations have begun.
The road and bridge facilities have also undergone some simple maintenance on the original basis. Due to the lack of labor, it will take some time to build and update on a large scale.
The rural agricultural irrigation system is also led by officials from grassroots towns in various places. The farmers who will benefit will be organized to repair it. Because these irrigation systems have been disrepaired for many years and the project volume is also very large. Fortunately, the farmers who benefited are very motivated and have made certain progress.
Due to the sharp increase in population, labor force has also increased significantly. Urban popularity has also increased significantly. In addition, the government has vigorously promoted government construction, and the social demand for various production and living materials has also increased greatly. Many workshop owners and merchants have also flocked to it, greatly promoting economic development. In the past month in May, 89 various shops have been opened in the county, 5 large workshops, 10 large workshops, and 35 medium-sized workshops have been opened.
According to the agreement, several big merchants I met in the capital last time also invested in Tokugawa County and opened several large factories, mainly producing various production iron tools, and of course, also producing weapons. The raw materials were imported from the northern neighbor Loulan Kingdom.
At the same time, the Imperial Wanfeng Money House Tokugawa County Branch also opened business. The first business was the second special fund allocated by the Imperial Ministry of Revenue. The first 30 million silver was brought back to the silver notes when Qin Mu returned to Tokugawa Mansion and cashed in at Huitong Money House. Then Qin Mu negotiated with Wanfeng Money House on the issue of micro-loans on immigration.
At the same time, based on the good geographical location of Tokugawa Prefecture Castle and the traditional material distribution center, a large commodity wholesale market and a collective market designed, planned and built by Xie Shuyu were also completed and opened.
The commodity wholesale market is divided into two parts. One part is the trading area, grain, oil, cloth, silk, tea, wood, medicinal materials, tools, weapons, salt, wine, livestock, horses, spices, daily negotiable department stores, etc., almost all goods can be found here. The rows of store stalls are classified and arranged in an orderly manner, and merchants are negotiated here; the other part is the storage area, located at the back of the market near the street, all large quantities of goods are kept here, and the purchase and sale transactions are negotiated, and the goods are finally picked up here.
With the increase in population, the service industry and entertainment in Tokugawa Prefecture also emerged. Hotels, restaurants, restaurants, teahouses, pawn shops and other service places are also booming, and new shops are constantly opening. In order to encourage the development of the entertainment industry, Qin Mu even personally attended the opening ceremony of a large-scale romantic place, a popular spring, and delivered a passionate speech, greatly encouraging the enthusiasm of businesses investing in the entertainment industry.
Liang Qiming once privately advised Qin Mu not to attend the opening ceremony of such a weathered place. After all, Qin Mu is the emperor of a county, and attending such an event is really detrimental to his image.
Qin Mu explained that he was willing to endure humiliation and bear the burden. In order to promote the economic growth of Tokugawa County, he was willing to make some sacrifices. When necessary, he could even make greater sacrifices, and that he would go to various entertainment venues to conduct a comprehensive investigation. Liang Qiming was stunned, wondering whether his boss was really enduring humiliation or taking the opportunity to be carefree.
The increase in population also puts great pressure on culture, education and health. Many immigrants support the elderly and children, and bring their children to Tokugawa County. The population suddenly increased rapidly and came from different regions. What followed was the serious shortage of school education and medical and health facilities. In view of this situation, in order to ensure that future immigration policies are not affected, Qin Mu had to agree to Xie Shuyu's opinion and invested huge sums of money from the already very tense finance to build ten schools and five hospitals, and recruit teachers and medical staff.
The army is the most benefited from the large influx of population and rapid economic development. When immigrants enter Tokugawa Prefecture, the first thing they come into contact with is the overwhelming military advertisement. This is also one of the plans designed by Li Hua to better absorb talents from immigrants to join the army. The advertising slogan is full of temptation: "Do you want to eat and don't have money? Do you want to wear new clothes and don't have money? Do you want to take transportation without money? Do you want to take paid leave? This is not a dream. As long as you join the army, everything will become a reality."
When Liang Qiming asked Li Hua when he did not spend money on transportation when he was a soldier, Li Hua asked seriously: "When did you see a cavalry riding his own war horse and paying for it?"
A large number of immigrants joined the army, and the personnel were also replenished, whether it was the garrison or the main combat troops. Of course, the increase in number does not represent the increase in strength. Zhu Yongqing, Liu Xiaoshan, Shangguan Yonglun and others knew this better than anyone else.
It turned out that the training degree of the troops had not met the requirements, and a large number of surrendered personnel from the bandits were added, and a large number of new recruits were added, and the heavy training tasks were placed in front of them. However, Zhu Yongqing, Liu Xiaoshan, Shangguan Yonglun and others were still very satisfied. After all, so much vitality has been added. As for the lack of training, high-intensity training can be compensated for in the next time. Compared with the feeling of a lack of soldiers, it must be much better.
Due to the large influx of foreign population, social security situations inevitably become complicated. Not only does ordinary criminal security cases increase in a large number of times, but what is even more worrying is that there are many spies and spies from other forces interfering among immigration, and the workload of various departments under the Internal Affairs Department has soared.
Mu Ziqi was anxious about this. While reporting to Liang Qiming, he asked various departments of the Interior Affairs Office to increase their staffing, and on the other hand, he also began to set up reliable personnel in new immigrants to deal with the increasingly complex situation.
Liang Qiming also felt the urgency of the situation and immediately reported to Qin Mu. Qin Mu was not vague in this regard and immediately agreed to double the staffing. The specific personnel will be recruited by Mu Ziqi and submitted to the Administrative Office for approval.
Qin Mu was so busy that he was not stuck in the ground during this episode. He either attended the opening ceremony of various workshops, inspected the city defense, municipal government, farmland water conservancy construction site, or inspected the training of the army, and also attended banquets and banquets of various businesses from time to time. He also listened to reports from various departments or read materials in the evening. He could be said to have forgotten to eat and sleep. Even the women who served him often fell asleep and got up. He also saw Qin Mu reading books or thinking about problems under the oil lamp.
Chapter completed!