Ouyang Bian has another thing that he didn't say, that is, the Agricultural Bank's military farming business is also swallowing up a lot of labor.

As the core of resisting Xixia, the Qinghuan Road is also the place where the most harassed by Xixia. Almost all the fields here are abandoned. Once the fortress is built, the land here can be cultivated. Now almost all the land here has been wrapped up by the Agricultural Bank.

Lu Caiwei is planning to build water conservancy, water conservancy, and farming, which require a lot of labor. If we rely solely on the Han people in Huanqing Prefectures, it would definitely not be enough.

After all, there are not all people on Yongxing Jun Road. On the contrary, there are many industries here.

In peace, the fertile soil of Guanzhong is very rich, even now, the surrounding area of ​​Huanqing Road is not decent.

Although the economy has declined, other states still have foundations.

The animal husbandry industry in Weizhou was the best in the Song Dynasty, such as horses, sheep, cattle, camels, etc., and the output was very abundant.

The mining industry is also quite developed, with lead, mercury, copper and iron and other mining industries quite complete.

The textile industry in Qinzhou and Xizhou is also quite developed.

Jingzhou's wool textile industry is a very famous specialty product.

There are also complete industries such as salt, papermaking, stationery, etc.

This is why those merchants are willing to come here to open factories, because there is not only a market here, but also a rich raw material!

However, this also caused a difficulty. It was precisely because of the war that the strong labor force was drawn, and outsiders did not dare to come. Locals had many industries to work, so the labor force of the Han people had basically reached the bottom.

The hundreds of thousands of labor force that can be found in Huanqing and Qing prefectures is already very good.

In this way, there will be a certain labor force that restricts industrial development in the future. Although people from the mainland may make up for this defect by then, they cannot rely on this all, because the mainland is developing much faster than Shaanxi now.

Especially the rapid development of the southeastern roads has formed a siphon phenomenon. The poor people on Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road are attracted by Jinghu South Road, while the poor people on Zizhou Road and Kuizhou Road enter Jinghu North Road to the east.

In the southeastern areas, large cities form siphon effects, which produce siphon effects on the labor force of surrounding prefectures and counties.

The entire Song Dynasty was unconsciously undergoing urbanization.

This is an inevitable process of business development.

With such rapid development in the mainland, how could someone still go to the border?

Therefore, the development of Qingzhou Industrial Park cannot rely on the human resources in the mainland, but must target local human resources.

The human resources of the Han people have been overdeveloped. The war consumed a lot of human resources. The rest must be maintained in Shaanxi's original various industries, and there is no shortage of people to develop new fields.

Therefore, Ouyang Bian focused his attention on the foreign people.

From Lingzhou to Huanzhou, Qingzhou and Yuanzhou, Dangxiang, Tuyuhun and Tubo people lived in the areas of Lingzhou, and they were collectively called "Fanmen" in the Song Dynasty.

The Han and Fan people lived in the Yuanzhou of Qingqing. The Han and Fan people lived in various ways, and they were not in charge of each other and often fought each other over trivial matters.

When Yuanhao made a big attack, many foreign troops acted as guides for him. The leader secretly colluded with Yuanhao, which became a serious hidden danger that threatened peace along the border.

Therefore, the Song Dynasty has always had a tradition of trying every means to win the surrender of the foreigners in the border areas.

Han Jiang said: "If you don't use the army, you may be delaying the big thing. And depending on your situation, the labor force will be difficult to solve for a while, right?"

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "The people of the foreign people may need these tasks."

Han Jiang couldn't help but laugh: "The foreign people are not easy to instruct, the Han people are disciplined and hardworking, but the foreign people are mainly engaged in grazing. If you want them to farm or work on the construction site, they may not be willing."

Ouyang Bian just smiled.

You don’t know the power of capital. The power of capital can turn people into ghosts, or turn ghosts into humans, let alone transform foreign people into hardworking and loving people.

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "Why would Lord Han look at my methods?"

Han Jiang became interested, and he really wanted to see what Ouyang Bian had.

"It's okay to see your methods, but you can't delay the construction of the fortress. I have to go to other states to urge you."

Han Jiang said.

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "It's probably not necessary. This time, the three departments directly paid the money to Xihucheng Company. Of course, Xihucheng Company will organize this matter. The army will do a good job of escorting them. They will handle the rest. At that time, Lord Han will do the acceptance work."

Han Jiang was stunned: "That's so simple?"

Ouyang Bian smiled and said, "This is a mature contracting system. Anyway, if you contract the project for them, just let them do it. They will naturally overcome any difficulties and do it for you. You just need to accept it at that time. If the deadline is overdue or the quality is not up to standard, then use the signed contract to punish them."

After hearing Ouyang Bian say this, Han Jiang felt relieved, but he still went to a few official documents, urging all the troops to cooperate with the construction of the fortress of Xihucheng Engineering Company.

After Ouyang Bian returned, Jiang Rucheng arrived in time. Ouyang Bian consulted. Sure enough, the labor gap was quite large. Now the workers following the mainland were preparing to build a fortress and recruiting workers to upgrade the official road, so that the progress of the official road construction was slowed down.

Lu Caiwei also complained to Ouyang Bian that there was not enough labor in reclaiming the fields.

Ouyang Bian simply summoned Yang Dechang and others to ask, and it turns out that the gap for ordinary workers is quite big.

Lin Tong and others recruited some elite soldiers from the mainland, but the cost of those who came here to bring their families with them increased again, so it was definitely not as cheap as recruiting here.

Ouyang Bian asked Lu Bing to count it, and the amount of labor added to the gap made him gasp.

Lu Caiwei had to reclaim the land on the side, and Jiang Rucheng had a larger gap, and about 100,000 or 200,000 were swallowed, and the industrial park was even more swallowed monsters.

The labor required by Lin Tong's family alone, according to Lin Tong's experience, the Qingzhou branch of the four-way traffic train will supply Yongxingjun Road, Hedong Road, and down to Lizhou Road and Chengdu Road. At that time, this branch will probably need 20,000 to 30,000 people.

Other labor-intensive factories, such as textiles, garment factories, quilt factories, etc., require more manpower. Three or four hundred factories require tens of thousands of people and hundreds of people at least. The gap actually reaches 600,000 or 700,000 labor, and this is only their initial estimate.

It sounds like a lot, but compared with later generations such as Dongguan, Shenzhen and other places, you will find that the number is actually not large.

With so many numbers, Ouyang Bian feels that this task is probably not easy to complete.

Although there are many foreign residents in Qingzhou and the continent, it is probably still difficult to draw so many strong laborers.
Chapter completed!