With the change of hands in Haimen Town, the connection from the land was also opened up, and the various trophies obtained from Annan can also be quickly shipped back.
The latest news from Canton is still coming, mainly in terms of production. After the tide goes through the various states, dozens of farms scattered in the Pearl River basin have also entered the second season of harvest; although it is estimated The harvest in Jiangnan is only two-thirds to three-quarters of the same soil strength in the Jiangnan region, but the total annual output of a combination of two to three crops of rice is at least one or two folds.
There are still two seasons of rice, because the top-dressing fertility in these places can not keep up for the time being, and only some beans and melons that can conserve the land and restore fertility can be interplanted as a transition to fill the gap;
Nowadays, in addition to the planned private compost collection and green manure fermentation in Chaoxun areas, and the collection of island struvite, there are also highly organized collective labor and livestock utilization, which can meet the high-intensity and intensive labor input needs of the three-season rice. Other places can only depend on the distance to the river alluvial area, and it is mixed between two to three seasons.
But despite this, it is encouraging enough; because the area of arable land occupied by these farming farms adds up to 140,000 hectares and slightly more; it accounts for about 30% of the developed land in the Pearl River Basin, and it is large. Most officials and large households close to the Pearl River system occupy Ueda.
Therefore, under a relatively uniform management strategy and pace, even if the two-season rice averages about three to four shi per mu, the rice that is converted into sun-dried, hulled, and coarse-milled rice is about two and a half; Jin is more than three hundred Jin in later generations. In addition, there are some relay-planted legumes and vegetables as supplements, so the demand for self-retained rations in the village is actually not that high.
Therefore, in accordance with the pre-determined distribution rules, it is basically based on the output of the villages and camps in various places;
That is, all the grains are divided in half, half of the grains are handed over to the public and the other is left in the farms as a reserve for reproduction; one of them is used as a collective emergency fund; the remaining 40% is still unused except for the basic rations and seeds. There is a surplus, but then it will be used as a reward for completing basic production and exceeding task targets, and it will be allocated to each household of a specific household. Although the number is not large, it is a relatively positive encouragement.
For the public part, only 30% was opened, and only 30% was directly stored in the warehouse; the remaining 20% was used as the daily support of various yamen established by the rebels and at all levels. After waiting for a few ambassadors, set up another account for distribution and management. It was almost something Zhou Huaian and Lin Yan discussed.
Nevertheless, this 30% share (about nine buckets to a little more than one stone), which is directly paid to the left-behind Division, multiplied by the base number of about 130,000 hectares of land, it becomes quite a huge amount. Gains.
In addition, those farms that are self-cultivating and self-operating outside the farm will also have to estimate the output of 40% to half according to the amount of land, and hand over the grain to the left-behind department as the basic land tax, although it has been transferred due to efficiency and loss management issues. After that, at most 30% can be stored in the treasury, and the responsibilities of the left-behind division and a few envoys will be redistributed; but it is also a considerable amount.
And these are not counted as the output of a few irregular belts of coastal plains; especially the Chaoshan Plain and the East Guangdong Plain, which are the reserved areas of Zhouhuai'an, are obviously higher than the average level and are directly internally digested. There are also seafood caught at various fishery production points along the coast, which can provide at least 200,000 catties of dried salted fish and other derivative products such as fish sauce, shrimp paste, crab paste, dried moss, etc. every month.
After all, with the productivity of this era, there is no need for a fishing moratorium. As long as there are large enough boats and nets, coupled with experienced personnel, there will always be a lot of harvest.
In addition, the areas west of Duanzhou that have not been thoroughly cleaned up, and where there are a lot of remnants of wealthy households and heavy burdens, can almost surrender and maintain the status quo, each providing the rebels with 30,000 to 50,000 shi of variegated food. for.
This is the post-war period of rest and rejuvenation, coupled with unobstructed roads and the ban on banditry, which resulted in a recovery effect of the productivity that was suppressed to the bottom of the valley. In addition, after the assessment of Jiaozhou, a considerable proportion of rice output can probably be restored, and the overall situation under the rebels seems to be developing for the better.
In addition, he has sent personnel to look for mines near Haimen Town. If nothing happens, the famous Hongji Coal Mine and the supporting good port in the later generations will be near a certain section of the coastline; this is a very shallowly buried super large The open-pit coal mine is also the largest coal mine in the Indochina Peninsula, which is rich in high-quality anthracite suitable for steam power.
Moreover, the mining cost is extremely low, and there is no need for any technical content or prerequisites. As long as there are enough manpower and tools, basic mining operations can be completed only by manpower; at this time, the captured officers and soldiers and the savages who broke the stockade Men and women can come in handy. All that needs to be paid is the cost of maintaining the minimum requirements for food and tool wear.
Then go north through the canal connected by Haimen Town, or load and transport along the road to Jiaozhou Dagang (Bijinggang) for shipment by sea. Eventually, it can become an important catalyst for the production of factories and workshops in the surrounding areas of Guangzhou and other people's livelihood purposes.
For example, the open-pit vein mining of the Shilu Iron Mine in Hainan has a clue; now with this opportunity to occupy the Jiaozhou Dagang, take down the area where the later generations of the Hongji Mine, which is known for its high-quality open-pit mines, and complete it. The preconditions for the further expansion of Lingnan's primary iron industry are now.
For example, the four major mining areas in the later Lingnan area, Yunfu, Shilu, Qujiang, Fanshan, and Zhou Huai’an have all been privately photographed and explored; but with the technological level of this era, it is really only possible to develop and utilize them. There are only some shallow or open-pit veins close to the surface, as long as enough manpower and tools are organized to dig down.
In addition, there are some smaller mines with limited production, such as Sinong Temple and Lingdong Jiedu, which belong to the imperial court, scattered in Mei, Shao, Chao, Xun, Duan, Guang, Xin, and En states. In between, Tongguan Silver Field, Tongkeng Copper Field, Taiping Silver Field, Huaide Tin Field, Huangkeng Silver Field, Dahu Silver Field, Dafu Lead Field, Shikeng Lead Field, Fengji Silver Field, Yang'an Tin Field, etc. Mining and metallurgy are specifically used to produce some precious metals and characteristic mineral materials.
At present, there are mainly a few large projects that can be collectively carried out in Lingdong. One is the smelting industry in Nanhai County (it is no longer limited to steel products), the other is Guizhou (kapok, Gebu, ramie) and Hainan ( The textile printing and dyeing industry in the area of island cotton is one of the large-scale official and private ceramics industry of the tide;
Don't underestimate the significance of the latter two; this is the main foreign trade product that Henggu has run through the Maritime Silk Road for more than two thousand years, and has always been prosperous and even became the leading cause of the modern Opium War; also Used to replace a large amount of precious metals and other resources flowing into the gold stone. By the way, there is also tea production that has begun to take shape. Lingnan is mountainous and hilly, and there are slopes suitable for growing tea everywhere.
Although in the ranking of domestic tea producing areas, it belongs to the little-known state of the bottom of the ten thousand years; in the tea sage Lu Yu’s "Tea Jing", it is only ranked at the bottom after Shannan, Huainan, West Zhejiang, and Jiannan. It is called Fuzhou, Jianzhou, Shaozhou, and Xiangzhou together; but it can't hold up the huge demand for foreign trade exports nearby.
You know, those barbarians in the outside world don’t care about the subtle taste of tea like the Tang people; whether they are Tianzhu people, big cannibals, Persians, or even more distant Taisi and Flynn people, they almost treat things as one thing. This is an important oriental panacea and necessities; and it has been in a state of hunger and thirst as much as there is in the market for a long time.
In addition, there are the fragrance medicine and jewelry processing industries near Guangzhou, copperware, lacquerware, bamboo and wood products, embroidery and silk weaving, papermaking, and even the mining and metallurgy, salt making, and shipbuilding industries that have long held a position in the country. It is a promising investment direction.
Therefore, before the arrival of the rebels, there were as many as tens of thousands of people who had registered various shops, shops, and workshops, as well as prisoners, official servants, official households, and miscellaneous households who were engaged in related trades. . He even invented a taxation method for this purpose-craftsmanship, which collects a certain percentage of the handmade products they produce, or offsets them at a discount.
Others are emerging industries created out of thin air by Zhou Huaian, such as soda production. Before the industrialization stage in the 19th century: one is trona, which originated from alkaline lakes; the other is plant alkaloids. Plants (such as seaweed or other salt-tolerant coastal plants) are burned into ashes and then immersed in water, filtered, The extract after crystallization is concentrated. This is also the basic prerequisite for industrial production of glass, soap, and leather.
In addition, it was only more than ten years since Gaopian opened up the "Tianweiyao". The artisans who participated in the cleaning and dredging of the river when the canal was originally mined should be mostly still alive at this time. If they can be brought into their hands, then But a rather valuable potential asset.
So over time, the dividends and potential long-term benefits gained from attacking Jiaozhou this time have also accumulated like a snowball. After clearing Jiaozhou’s peripheral forces, before stepping into the territory of Songping, the state city, he stopped at the bifurcated estuary of the upper reaches of the Zhuluan River, and dedicated two days to reorganize and reorganize those attached armed miscellaneous currents. Sort out, and even guide simple formations.
Although it is impossible to raise their combat effectiveness levels overnight, it is also to avoid recurrence of the original situation of headless flies as soon as they are attacked under the lack of mutual affiliation and lack of response and coordination. At the very least, it is convenient to stop losses in time when needed, or to suppress and eliminate them.
As a result, nearly four thousand soldiers were composed of more than two dozen powerful and large-scale coalition forces attached to the local government; they were divided into three groups: Fengzhou, Wu'an Prefecture, and Changzhou according to the township area. Yu and Zhang Biao are leaders and deputy leaders; they are responsible for leading a small number of capable soldiers and dividing their forces to clean up the surrounding remnant hostile forces and local barbaric strongholds.
Then there were more than 2,000 young and middle-aged people who came to vote along the way. They were divided into ten regiments in accordance with the habits of Stormrage Camp, and they stayed at the food depot on the back road and the army to provide construction, fortification, and financing. Grain, horses, transportation and other labor services.
In this way, the five most combative camps in the current camp will be gradually liberated. (End of this chapter)