It’s easy to say in agriculture, but this division of labor is relatively easy, but the situation of land annexation has made people amazed at the tough situation in the Ming Dynasty.

For example, Sichuan, a province with the strongest agricultural potential, has 70% of its land occupied by vassal kings, more than 20% occupied by landlords, and less than 10% of its self-cultivated farmers.

The landlords were better in their business, at least not causing large-scale desolation. However, the vassal kings were not like that in land management. A large number of farmers went bankrupt and abandoned the wasteland. These abandoned farmers fled their hometowns with their families and became a unique wandering group in the Ming Dynasty.

The abandonment of peasants not only caused the land to fall into desolation, but also caused huge instability factors, and the root of all this was land annexation and exploitation of the ruling class.

In contrast, the landlords may adjust the land rent to allow people to plant the land. However, the vassal kings remained unchanged after the farmers abandoned the wasteland, resulting in the inability to recover agricultural production.

As the recruitment bureau began to recruit people to immigrate in Sichuan, the large number of people in Sichuan immigrated to Shandong, which further exacerbated the agricultural depression in Sichuan. Some of the land of those vassal kings was deserted by 90%.

Those vassal kings only took it seriously when they were in a serious situation, but they were all helpless and didn't know how to restore the production of your land so that they could grab the hard-earned money of being drunk and dreaming and desperate.

Of course, Zhao Yan had already thought of a countermeasure in this regard, and this countermeasure was naturally to copy the Shandong Agricultural Tax Act. The tax collection of more than 500 acres of land was killed. When facing losses, most people would choose to sell the land they had.

In order to better accept the land for sale, the agricultural technical schools have increased the number of enrollment this year. This year is the first batch of soldiers who retired from the army. These retired soldiers have culture. Although many of them are not high in culture, reading books and newspapers is not a problem. A large number of the first batch of veterans were recruited into agricultural technical schools.

These soldiers broke out from the army and began to enter society to work hard on their own careers. Zhao Yan was very happy that the soldiers were discharged from the army.

Because these soldiers have experienced good ideological education and cultural education in the army. Once they enter society, they are social elites.

Maybe they are not as good as merchants in their research, maybe their achievements are not as high as many merchants, but their loyalty to Zhao Yan is unparalleled. At the same time, they have a certain culture and have good qualities cultivated in the army.

What is the character in the army? That is a strong sense of nationality and a strong sense of justice, and he dares to go head-on to any dark side.

Zhao Yan's army is not a superficial one behind the other. He devoted a lot of effort to the army, and what he wanted was to use ideological education and actions to influence every soldier, so that they could reshape their character in this melting pot.

Ideological education and cultural education are the most important things in the military, and as the situation changes, ideological education and cultural education take longer than training.

The army has expanded from a simple combat purpose to a mainstay of cultivating the mainstay, which is an efficient ideological reinforcement institution.

Zhao Yan would not treat every veteran unfairly.

At present, Zhao Yan has a large amount of resources, and the most important resource is land. However, not many are distributed in traditional Han activities.

The old forces also had a large amount of resources in their hands, and the most important one was land, which was distributed in traditional Han activities.

Zhao Yan needed a group of people who could replace the old forces, and these veterans were the ideal groups.

With a large amount of resources, Zhao Yan is happy to divide these resources and make every veteran who passes the military assessment become a middle class.

A strong country requires a huge middle class, and obtaining land is the most direct way to become a middle class. These veterans are more qualified to be land owners than any group.

Nothing else, because they have contributed to the war and are at the most dangerous moment of the nation. After the soldiers at this stage are discharged from the army, Zhao Yan will arrange for them to become the middle class. As for the conscripts after this stage, they will naturally not be treated so well.

But before being assigned to the land, these veterans must undergo special training. First, they will explain their responsibilities after they arrive at the local area. First, they should not dominate the countryside. Secondly, they should maintain justice, actively supervise local governments, and fight against evil forces.

Secondly, you have a specialty in your career. You must understand how to operate a farm. It is relatively simple to operate a farm in the traditional Han people's activity area. You can organize production by hiring some people, and the operating costs will be higher. However, if you develop the breeding industry, it is impossible to lose money because the sales are also better.

In non-traditional activity areas, that is, the farms in the colonies, it takes a certain amount of time to develop. Although it may not receive too high returns for the time being, the long-term trend is very optimistic, and more land can be obtained in the colonies.

These soldiers can still carry guns after they have been discharged from the army, and they are standard muskets. They should cooperate with local police to maintain public order and actively crack down on criminal gangs.

Soldiers in the colonies also should actively cooperate with the local garrison, and their main target is foreign races.

This kind of cooperation is not mandatory, but supervising local governments is a power and a responsibility that all veterans should move.

There is an evening supervision and reporting system in Shandong, but in many cases people are not so professional in supervision. These veterans are educated and will also undergo special training after they are discharged from the army. This evening supervision and reporting system will be transplanted to any administrative area, and these veterans must shoulder the responsibility of supervision.

The number of students in agricultural technical schools increased greatly, which was the prelude to Zhao Yan's preparation to take the initiative to attack those places. At the same time, Shandong officials have successively arrived in office and established medical stations, police stations and other departments. The armed police forces in Shaanxi, Henan, Huguang and Sichuan have been partially converted into local police, but the central government is still paying salaries and providing equipment. The number of armed police forces in a province is determined by the situation of each province. As for a county, there are generally 50 police officers, and they are also contacting the armed police forces.

These 50 policemen are not only responsible for maintaining public order, but also for the military guarantee of local officials' administration, ensuring that they are not constrained by old forces.

These systems have been established one after another to prepare for the promulgation of the Agricultural Tax Act.

...In the industrial development, the Lantern Festival has begun to operate in full swing after the 15th day of the first lunar month. The steam engine manufacturer can already manufacture more than 300 steam engines every month.

The large-scale manufacturing of these steam engines has brought the textile industry into the era of high efficiency.

In the era without advanced textile machinery, the production of the textile industry (planting, spinning, weaving) requires 13 times more labor than rice production, and silk is 9 times more expensive.

Due to the continuous improvement of textile machinery, one person can now operate more than 200 spindles. Compared with Europe, the production efficiency has been increased by 200 times, and compared with the Ming Dynasty, the production efficiency has been increased by 50 times.

In terms of weaving, a weaver can now do the workload of 60 people. With the promotion and use of cotton gins, the cost of cotton cloth is greatly reduced.

Moreover, the quality of cotton cloth has been greatly improved now, and it can be compared with the high-quality cotton cloth on the market, and there is no disadvantage in quality.

Today's cotton cloth is really cheap and affordable.

The steel manufacturing industry has also increased its productivity due to the emergence of steam engines. Under the research of technicians, steam engines have been applied to many links in the steel manufacturing industry.

In terms of the glass industry, prices have been cut across the board this year, and the sales price of glass mirrors has been reduced again. At the same time, the prices have been greatly reduced in terms of building materials such as glass windows and began to move closer to normal prices.

It’s not bad to use glass to trick Europeans, but it can’t be covered up in the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, the times are progressing, and cheap things like glass should be something that everyone can have.

The price of glass products has plummeted, which has caused many buyers to burst into tears. It is really a scam. However, this market transaction that is willing to fight and be subject to has no place to make trouble.

But those luxurious mirrors are still tools to show off their wealth. Those rich people still buy them, and the price has dropped, and the more they buy, the more luxurious they become.

As time goes by, the glass industry is no longer important in Zhao Yan's fiscal revenue, but it is still a project with good returns. However, the business department, which pursues streamlining management, is planning to split the glass factory and sell it. This can sell a lot of money, and it will be worthless if you wait.

In the production of gunpowder and explosives, factories for yellow gunpowder, yellow explosives and detonators are also being built everywhere this year. Yellow gunpowder and yellow explosives are made of chemical production methods, which greatly reduces the cost.

The demand for yellow explosives is very huge. This powerful explosive can be used in mining and road construction. Especially when construction projects are being repaired everywhere, the emergence of yellow gunpowder has undoubtedly greatly reduced manpower, and relatively, the project cost has also been reduced.

Steel bars and cement are still the most demanding building materials. With engineering construction everywhere and the continuous construction of houses by the people of Shandong, the construction industry has gradually become a pillar industry.

This year's industry still pursues the application of steam engines in all aspects, and the production of yellow gunpowder and yellow explosives is also a key project.

Mining and smelting steel are the core of the industry. Rails have been laid this year, and rail production is also the focus. Although some rails were produced last year, the production capacity has not been greatly improved.

The Military Weapons Bureau focuses on the research of new generation artillery and new generation rifles, as well as bullets and shells.

The industrial goal this year is very simple, which is to expand steel production, strive to carry out technological innovation, and ensure the needs of infrastructure construction.

The Military Weapons Bureau stopped the production of many weapons this year, and the types of weapons it produced were reduced by most. In addition to the large-scale production of black gunpowder, the number of muskets and artillery was greatly reduced, and the number of production was only to be able to withstand the number of equipment damage.

(To be continued)
Chapter completed!