Section 6 The Great Leap Forward
The next three months can be called the season of Qingyang's harvest. This does not refer to the crop harvest in Qingyang, but to the three months when the revival plan formulated by Xiao Tang and others achieved comprehensive results. In just over ninety days, a large number of immigrants were pouring in from all over Qingyang, including the distant Indian Kingdom, the Western Continent, the Central and Southern Central Continents and the Tanghe Empire, especially the imperial Yanyun County, Beiyuan County and the Indian Dean Kingdom, a large number of people were poured into.
Yanyun and Beiyuan County were suppressed due to the suppression of the peasant slave uprising two years ago. The local governments and landlords treated the peasants and slaves more severely. The lives of farmers 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 Qingyang accepted immigration, many farmers moved to Qingyang with their families. 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 Qingyang spread to ten and ten hundred. These measures could not stop the farmers who were eager to obtain a piece of land as a lifelong dream. Until later, when the local government felt that this might affect local agriculture, he reported to the Imperial Interior Administration for approval and took some mandatory restrictions. The immigration trend in these two counties slowed down. However, many farmers simply took the method of leaving and ran to Qingyang alone. After gaining a foothold, they quietly sneaked back to their hometown to pick up their families.
The territory of the Indian Kingdom was originally crowded with people and land. After learning that Qingyang was absorbing immigrants regardless of ethnicity, nationality, a few people came to Qingyang 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 being willing to live in 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.
In these ninety days, a total of more than 85,000 immigrants were accepted, which made the total population of Qingyang Prefecture exceed the 200,000 mark in one fell swoop. On average, more than 900 people moved in every day, and the most people moved in on the day reached more than 2,000. Most of them are farmers who make a living by farming, and some urban poor people. Xiao Tang's administrative office and finance department have tripled their staff, and they are still unable to cope with such a large-scale immigration wave. They have had to borrow some staff from other departments and military logistics departments to deal with it. Even so, all the personnel still worked overtime every day, so they barely pushed their work away.
Municipal 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 Su Minshun. 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 system, and the detailed planning of various parts of the city have also been completed, and initial preparations have begun.
On the basis of the original, the road and bridge facilities have also undergone some simple maintenance. 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 to organize farmers who will benefit and repair it. Because these irrigation systems have been disrepair for many years and have a large amount of projects, fortunately, the farmers who benefited are quite enthusiastic and have made some progress.
Due to the sharp increase in population, labor force has also increased a lot, and urban popularity has also increased significantly. In addition, the government has vigorously promoted municipal construction, and the social demand for various production and living materials has also increased a lot. Many workshop owners and merchants have also flocked to it, greatly promoting economic development. In the past month in May, 39 various shops have been opened in the city, 2 large workshops, 3 large workshops, and 11 medium-sized workshops have been opened.
According to the agreement, the Miao family, one of the five major families of the Empire, also invested in Qingyang and opened a large factory, mainly producing various iron tools for production, and of course also producing weapons. The raw materials were imported from the northern neighbor Yinchuan Mansion. Wan Renming's Wanfeng Money House Qingyang Branch also opened business. The first business was the second special fund allocated by the Imperial Finance Administration for a shortage of 1000,000 Imperial Gold Coins. The first 1500,000 Imperial Gold Coins had already brought back the silver notes to the Datong Money House when Wufeng returned to Qingyang. Then Wufeng negotiated with Wanfeng Money House on micro-loans on immigration.
At the same time, according to the good geographical location of Qingyang Fucheng and the original traditional material distribution center, a large commodity wholesale market and a trading market designed and built by Su Minshun were also completed and opened. The commodity wholesale market is divided into two parts, one part is a trading area, grain, oil, cloth, silk, tea, wood, medicinal materials, tools, weapons, salt, wine, livestock, horses, spices, daily negotiable department stores, etc., almost all commodities can be found here, rows of store stalls are classified and arranged in an orderly manner, and merchants are negotiated here; one part is a storage area, located at the back of the market near the street, all large-scale commodities 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 Qingyang City 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, Wufeng even attended the opening ceremony of a large-scale romantic place - Manyuanchun, and delivered a passionate speech, which greatly encouraged the enthusiasm of businesses investing in the entertainment industry.
Xiao Tang once privately advised Wufeng not to attend the opening ceremony of such a weathered place. After all, Wufeng is the master of the mansion, and attending such an event is really harmful to his image. Wufeng explained that he was willing to endure humiliation and bear the burden. In order to promote the economic boom in Qingyang, he was willing to make some sacrifices. When necessary, he could even make greater sacrifices, that is, he personally went to various entertainment venues for a comprehensive investigation. Xiao Tang was stunned, wondering whether his boss was really enduring humiliation or taking the opportunity to be free and easy on public expenses.
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 Qingyang. 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, Wufeng had to agree to Su Minshun's opinion and invested huge sums of money from the already very tense finance to build two schools and a hospital, and recruit teachers and medical staff.
The army is the most benefiting from the large influx of population and rapid economic development. When immigrants enter Qingyang, the first thing they come into contact with is the overwhelming military advertisement. This is also one of the plans designed by Luman to join the army to better absorb talents from immigrants. 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 a paid vacation? This is not a dream. As long as you join the army, everything will become a reality." When Liang Chongxin asked Luman when he was a soldier, Luman 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. The two guard divisions quickly replenished to about 15,000 people, and each formed two cavalry units, including one of the light and heavy cavalry units. This was also the beginning of the large-scale formation of cavalry teams by Wufeng's troops. Of course, the increase in number does not represent the increase in strength. Liang Chongxin and Cui Wenxiu 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 gangs were added, and a large number of new recruits were added. The heavy training tasks were placed in front of them. However, Liang Chongxin and Cui Wenxiu were still very satisfied. After all, so many vitality had been added. As for the lack of training, in the next time, high-intensity training can be made up for. Compared with the feeling of a missing major general, it must be much better.
Due to the large influx of foreign population, the social security situation inevitably became complicated. Not only did ordinary criminal security cases increase in a large number of times, but what is even more worrying is that there are many other spies and spies and spies mixed with immigration. The workload of various departments under the Internal Affairs Department has increased sharply. Moron was anxious about this. While reporting to Xiao Tang, he asked Xiao Tang to increase the staffing of various departments of the Internal Affairs Department, and on the other hand, he also began to set up reliable personnel in new immigrants to deal with the increasingly complex situation. Xiao Tang also felt the urgency of the situation and immediately reported to Wu Feng. Wu Feng was not ambiguity in this regard and immediately agreed to double the staffing. The specific personnel were recruited by Mo Rong himself and reported to the Administrative Office for approval.
Wufeng 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 Dilena, who was waiting for him, often fell asleep and saw Wufeng reading books or thinking about problems under the oil lamp.
During this period, Guan Yingying, Hua Yumei and An Qier had letters to express their hearts. Guan Yingying's father Guan Yiming almost immediately accepted Wufeng's proposal and even thanked Wufeng for the opportunity provided by Liuhemen. After all, after all, if you have the opportunity to join the army to develop after learning and the imperial family, your future will be immeasurable. This is what all martial arts practitioners dream of.
Twenty disciples of the Liuhe Sect who had been strictly tested came to Qingyang Mansion with Guan Yiming's handwritten letter. One of the leaders was the disciple who was in charge of reception who Wufeng had contacted at the Liuhe Sect gate of Hejian Mansion. Wufeng was quite impressed by his keen observation and adaptability. Wufeng and several chief officers of the army personally conducted an examination of the twenty disciples and found that these twenty disciples not only had excellent martial arts skills, but also had good organizational and adaptability. Two of them were outstanding figures. Wufeng was very satisfied and asked Liang and Cui to arrange the twenty disciples to be trained in a suitable position to observe their performance.
Hua Yumei also introduced the business in her family to Wufeng. The Hua family originally had its own semicolon in the northwest region. More than ten years ago, due to the unstable social security situation, the semicolon was withdrawn. Taking this opportunity, the Hua family's business scope was expanded to the northwest region, and at the same time, it also led other businesses in the Jiangnan region to develop into Qingyang. These people were warmly welcomed by Wufeng and other government officials of Qingyang Prefecture.
As for the handling of Pamela, Wufeng considered that he needed a typical person to deter those individuals and organizations serving foreign enemy forces, and Pamela's identity had been completely exposed and had no practical value, so he publicly sentenced Pamela and sentenced to death. The two leaders captured in the two bandit suppression battles were Mao Jin, a spot-faced man in the "Purple Scarf Thieves" organization, and Helianbo, the leader of the "Black Tiger" organization. After education and ideological work, Wufeng personally took action to persuade him. In the end, both were convinced and joined Wufeng's troops sincerely and served as intermediate officers according to the situation.
Chapter completed!