Cutting over the end of the Ming Dynasty: a dog-leg knife at the beginning

Chapter 388 Reconstruction Planning 4
Yang Menglong's plan is to turn Denglai into a place where the folk customs are fierce and everyone respects martial arts.During the Denglai rebellion, Shandong's performance really made him sad. Shandong people are tall and strong, with countless excellent soldiers, but let thousands of rebels attack the city and plunder all the way, destroying the state and massacring the city, turning Denglai into scorched earth!The reason is not that Shandong people can't fight. The offense and defense of Laizhou show that as long as there is a decent leader, Shandong people are not afraid of any powerful enemies. In fact, this place is not very martial, and it has not been very martial since the Warring States period.No way, Confucianism originated here. The Qi and Lu countries that gave birth to Confucianism are both the kind of countries that get by. How can Shandong, which is deeply influenced by Confucianism, be aggressive? In 2000, Cao Cao was the only one who raised troops in Shandong and eventually became the overlord of the world!

So far from the meeting, the officials have been at a disadvantage. They cannot apportion taxes or corvee at will, and they cannot even break into houses without the permission of their superiors. This makes the officials more and more frustrated.Then, when the topic of preventing corruption was discussed, everyone became even less excited: there must be nothing good!

But Yang Menglong announced unexpectedly: "Officials can accept bribes! All property donated to officials will be regarded as their legal income!"

Everyone was stunned, and the officials were almost in tears... Such a caring boss, I knew you would never forget us!

A well-known squire in Laizhou said angrily: "Master Yang, aren't you messing around? The officialdom is already dirty enough, and you still allow officials to corrupt. Isn't this helping the evildoers!"

Yang Menglong spread his hands and said: "The salary given to officials by the imperial court is so low. If they don't have any extra income, they will starve to death!"

A group of county magistrates nodded repeatedly with tears in their eyes, yes, yes, do you think we intend to be big corrupt officials, but we are forced to do nothing!

Yang Menglong went on to say: "However, it is okay to take money, but absolutely not to do things! It is legal to accept bribes, but it is illegal to do things in violation of regulations! I have no problem with you taking their money, because they are willing to give you the money, but If you take money to do things for them, I'll tear your bones apart!"

Can't get paid?

The looks of the participants suddenly became very strange, and they wanted to laugh but couldn't.Those officials couldn't laugh or cry, accepting bribes is legal, but the problem is that they are not allowed to do things, and if they can't do things, the devil will give them money!But everyone still has some expectations in their hearts. The common people want to see if there are such fools who give money to the officials for free, and the officials also look forward to some fools who will send them a large sum of money... Of course, the thing is absolutely not do it!
As the meeting progressed, the development outline of Denglai gradually became clear: [-] hectares of fertile farmland and [-] hectares of medium farmland were owned by Dengzhou Town for the purpose of raising troops. In the future, all military supplies of Dengzhou Town would come from these military fields and were not allowed to go to Private training rates are allocated every penny.A large number of businessmen bought hundreds of hectares of middle land, recruited refugees to start farms, and took care of their own profits and losses. They paid one-tenth of the wheat and one-fifth of the potatoes as taxes, which could also be converted into cash according to market prices.Military households from Dongjiang Town and Liao residents from North Korea were each allocated [-] acres of middle land. Each mu was priced at one tael of silver and paid in ten years. In special circumstances, it could be extended for three to five years. After payment, these fields It's theirs.As for those thin fields... Dengzhou Wei circled some for horse breeding, and left the rest for now. Anyone who likes it can go and circle a piece of land, and then go to the government to apply for the land deed. An acre only costs half a tael of silver, which is cheap. Gotta get rid of the scum.Of course, now there are so many fertile and medium fields that everyone can no longer take care of the thin fields. Yang Menglong asked people to purchase alfalfa, milkvetch and other seeds and scatter them in the fields. They will be left uncultivated for a few years until the soil fertility recovers. Let’s start farming again.

The two prefectures of Terengganu will have 150 million mu of wheat fields and 50 mu of cotton fields. As for crops such as rapeseed, sugar beets, potatoes, peanuts, and soybeans, they will also be widely planted, and the crops will be more diversified.Of course, several phosphate fertilizer processing plants are indispensable. Without this, the fields cannot be cultivated. Wendeng, Qixia, Laiwu, and Ye counties each build one or two phosphate fertilizer processing plants, and the monthly output of phosphate fertilizer should not be less than [-] tons. If there is any surplus after meeting the needs of the two prefectures of Deng Lai, it can be sold to the surrounding areas.

Dengzhou Town will vigorously encourage sea trade and fishing, and build a seafood processing factory by the sea to process the caught fish and shrimp into cans.Ordinary people can go out to sea to fish during the slack season. They can't finish eating by themselves, and selling it to factories is also an income.By the way, Yang Menglong still needs to buy a large amount of kelp and seaweed. Even if he doesn't catch any fish, he can sell a lot of kelp for a lot of money. In a word, as long as he is willing to do it, he will definitely make money.

The last thing on the agenda is military building.

The imperial court assigned more than 7000 soldiers to Dengzhou Town. Of course, Dengzhou Town had to be self-reliant in terms of food and salary.Anyone who knows Yang Menglong's peeing skills knows that his troops are not divided into combat soldiers and auxiliary troops. They are all the kind that can be pulled up and fought. Such a unit is very costly, whether it is training or raising troops.This made people who were working with Yang Menglong a little nervous for the first time, for fear that he would spread the training costs to everyone.Fortunately, Yang Menglong did not intend to do this. He still adopted the old method of completely separating the guard soldiers and the field army. The guards provided for the soldiers. All expenses for training and operations in Dengzhou Town were paid from the military fields and could not be paid to the civilians. Apportionment.The so-called Dengzhou Town is a replica of the Heluo New Army. The equipment and treatment are exactly the same as the Heluo New Army. The same goes for the training. The foreigners Sun Yuanhua finally hired continued to serve as artillery instructors in the army and helped train a group of soldiers. Powerful artillery.By the way, the naval division of Dengzhou Town is not included. If the navy is included, the strength of Dengzhou Town will be doubled.Yang Menglong took advantage of the court's loophole. The court didn't say to lay off the Dengzhou Navy, so what else was there to say?Just develop with all your strength!

The meeting lasted for several days, and finally the mess was sorted out. What everyone should do and what should not be done, what can and can’t be done, everything is clear, the minutes of the meeting are sorted out, signed by everyone, archived, and then go back to their respective departments. At home, each finds his own mother... Ah, no, each goes to make a fortune.Soon, there were dozens of large farms and hundreds of grain processing factories in Denglai. In order to supply these farms and grain processing factories, the population trading in various places became more and more popular, and the market was bullish all the way. By the second year, In order to find a way to survive, many people took the initiative to report to the traffickers, and then the traffickers used them to come to Dengzhou, and then some farms came to pick people up.Of course, not everyone is willing to deal with human traffickers, like the Liao people who were struggling in the series of islands in the Bohai Sea and North Korea, or who moved into the customs during the reign of Tianqi, but were displaced and helpless, they are not willing to deal with the damned Dealing with human traffickers, groups or boats, or on foot, do everything possible to come to Dengzhou and become military households of Dengzhou Guard.There are also many bankrupt farmers from all over Shandong who brought their families to Dengzhou, trying to try their luck. Although the good land has been divided up, those thin fields still have great potential for farmers who are eager to own their own land. attraction.For these guys trying to bypass themselves, the traffickers said that these are wild monsters, high in protein, crunchy, and they can be eaten after removing their heads... Uh, no, they can be pulled to Dengzhou with a bundle of hands Come sell!

It is precisely because of the continuous replenishment of so many people and a large number of preferential policies that Denglai quickly recovered. In just ten years, the population exceeded one million, surpassing its heyday.It also took only ten years for Denglai to prosper in all industries and become a famous potato, wheat, cotton production base, as well as a seafood processing base.However, Yang Menglong's series of policies also left a very serious sequelae: the people in this place are very wild, and they are not polite to those who dare to infringe on their own interests. There are quite a few cruel officials who were shot to death and wounded!The most amazing thing is that even if you are shot to death by them, you will die in vain. Who told you to forcefully break into the door without their consent?Go to court?They said that they are not afraid of lawsuits, and they have the right to use weapons to defend their personal and property safety. This is the law formulated by the great General Yang together with them. The text is kept in the archives. What's the matter? ?First ask if the knife in our hand will answer!For Denglei officials, the feeling of being an official in this place is not very good. Although there are occasional fools who give them a lot of money for free, and they can accept it with confidence, the people in this place are too wild , if you dare to collect taxes indiscriminately and pick up a crossbow every minute to teach you how to behave, it will be too difficult to control!The worst thing is that Yang Menglong also runs a fucking literacy class. After literacy, most people can read and write. If they find that officials have done something wrong, they will write to Yang Menglong and report... Damn it!
Still, as long as the rules are followed, being an officer in Dunley is a very comfortable thing.First of all, it is very safe here, guarded by thousands of elite soldiers, who doesn't have eyes and dares to come here to play wild?There is a shortage of manpower in the army!Secondly, Denglai is rich in products. It is very easy to eat some seafood, and you can also receive some souvenirs during the holidays. These are legal income.The most important thing is that their salary is quite high, and there are many subsidies. Of course, there is definitely not as much corruption, but it is enough for them to live a comfortable life.They don't need to do anything special, as long as they don't mess around, Denglai can develop very well and bring a steady stream of tax revenue. Compared with those officials who were forced to hang themselves by the Jingcha, they are so happy!

Oh, pain and happiness...

(End of this chapter)