According to Xu Muhe's estimate, even if we consider the issuance of loans, the grain used as bank reserves, the expansion of enrollment of new troops and factories, and the recruitment of a large number of refugees, and even the education system of Qi Province that is about to begin reconstruction, the surplus of grain this year will not be less than 30 million kilograms.

This is based on the fact that there is still a portion of the food stored among the people.

If we calculate next year, we will be richer in terms of food.

Now it has been decided that the Li family will transport 1 million stones a year next year, with a contract of 150 million kilograms of grain!

This number alone is equivalent to twice the income of Qisheng this year.

The Governor's Office believes that even if there are major disasters in the next three years, the entire Qisheng will not receive any grains, and there will be no major problems in the food.

Of course, it is impossible to have no grain harvest. Even if you have a large amount of food, the Governor's Office still attaches great importance to agricultural production.

Xu Muhe issued several orders in succession, requiring subordinate counties in the territory to repair farm tools and feed livestock, and prepare for the intercropping of sorghum that will start next year.

In addition, the Governor's Office has introduced various policies to encourage land reclamation.

The old saying goes well, if you have food in your hands, you won’t feel panic.

There is another saying: sharpening a knife will not delay chopping wood.

Xu Shiyang believes that when there is a large amount of surplus grain, Qi Province should inherit the effective experience of mobilizing a large number of laborers to build the Yellow River defense line, and build water conservancy and transform soil within the control area.

Previously, the land salinization in Qi Province was very serious. Except for a few arable land that were taken care of all year round, many other wastelands were reclaimed and there was not enough water source to irrigate and no channels to discharge floods, the income would definitely be very limited.

In the absence of a large-scale chemical industry, the treatment of salinization can only rely on the water conservancy system - using the irrigation system to maintain the depth of mineralized groundwater below the critical point of 2.5 to 3 meters; and then using the drainage system to discharge the salt in the land.

Another plane, after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the poor and abandoned TG relied on the hands of the working people to establish a relatively developed water conservancy system, and made brilliant achievements in reversing land salinization.

Xu Shiyang did not have that appeal, but he felt that it was not impossible to use a large amount of surplus grain to encourage workers to build a simple water conservancy system in this Qi Province.

Since ancient times, the development of water conservancy has been the foundation and proof of the dynasty's prosperity. Xu Muhe, who was determined to sit on that chair, naturally understood this.

After Xu Shiyang proposed the plan to build water conservancy, the Grand Governor of Qi Province gritted his teeth and said:

"There was built on the Zheng State Canal, and Guanzhong was fertile land. There was no bad year. Qin used this to be prosperous and powerful and annexed all countries!"

"This is a temporary expense and will never be peaceful!"

Therefore, Qi Province began to build water conservancy on a large scale.

In order to show his importance to water conservancy work, Xu Muhe personally served as the water management officer and asked Xu Mujiang, who lived in seclusion, to return to the mountain to be responsible for the front-line work of water management.

After all, Xu Mujiang is the leader of the Xu family and has also been the leader of the Xu family. Without holding military power and financial power, he came out to do some work within his ability, and Xu Shiyang did not object.

This matter was settled.

According to the plan, Qisheng will mobilize at least 20 million workers every year (referring to the workload of one labor per day) to build water conservancy, and it will last forever.

In order to ensure that so many labor is not wasted, the military will dispatch troops to manage water conservancy construction sites with the authorities to suppress illegal activities.

All labor and animal labor required for water conservancy are given food compensation according to standards.

To this end, the Governor's Office has formulated a workload standard. If each worker completes the workload on time, the worker will receive quantitative food supplies.

If the workload is exceeded, the supply will also increase accordingly.

Under the influence of Xu Shiyang, the Governor's Office gave migrant workers a fixed standard of supply to migrant workers close to another plane, and the food subsidy for migrant workers during the Huaihai Battle.

Moreover, depending on the labor force, large livestock such as cattle, horses, mules, donkeys, camels will also provide subsidies for food, forage and beans.

With salt and Indian land cloth, Xu Shiyang hopes that the laborers participating in water conservancy work can regard this heavy labor as a major source of income, rather than a chore, nor is it an old-style labor that costs human life.

In addition to improving the agricultural level of Qizhou in a few years, this large-scale human mobilization can also provide a large number of strong laborers involved in water conservancy work with the minimum concept of discipline and collaboration.

Once needed, these people will be a very excellent source of troops.

Of course, after mobilizing in this way, water conservancy projects alone will cause about 100,000 laborers to be separated from agricultural production.

With the continuous expansion of the army, factories, mines at all levels and increasingly perfect local government agencies, if nothing unexpected happens, the population leaving agricultural production will exceed 180,000 next year, and it is not impossible to reach 200,000.

Under such circumstances, how to rapidly expand human resources has become the biggest bottleneck in the development of Qi Province.

According to the statistics of the Governor's Office, after repelling the Tartars' full-scale attack, Qi Province carried out another round of work to organize households and civil servants. Most of the dock owners who were unwilling to release serfs surrendered and under the powerful deterrence of the Governor's Office, the registered population of Qi Province had an explosive growth.

Then, after the new army completed its expansion, it carried out a series of clearances of bandits in the country based on brigades, one for training, and the other for releasing the population forced from the bandits.

Now, a few months later, the bandit suppression has achieved phased results. Large-scale bandit camps in Qi Province have been conquered, with a population of about 100,000.

These people were also scattered throughout Qi Province, which could not only avoid their connections but also increase local labor.

Also, since the Tartars' alignment with the province is no longer a threat, this place has gradually become a new destination for refugees from Jiangbei.

The Governor's Office also refused everyone, so even refugees from Yanyun area who had just been destroyed by the Tartars came to Qi Province after great hardships.

The current statistical results are that Qi Province can now recruit about 300 refugees every day, which can reach more than 100,000 in a year, and the arrival of refugees is gradually accelerating.

Finally, with the policy of encouraging birth control, the total registered population of newly born children in Qi Province is 1.35 million.

In short, if 200,000 people leave agricultural production, this proportion will reach 14.8%, which has exceeded the overall military mobilization efficiency of the great powers during World War II.

This is definitely a very heavy burden for an era dominated by agriculture.

Therefore, whether the governor Xu Muhe or the commander of the new army, Xu Shiyang, was trying his best to increase the population.

It is necessary to find ways to attract more refugees, and it is also necessary to encourage birth control policies to provide financial subsidies to pregnant women and infants. Although it is a bit embarrassing to persuade marriage, marriage, and childbirth, it is also included in the official assessment results by the Governor's Office.

However, these are far-reaching water that cannot quench near thirst. Xu Shiyang still hopes to obtain a large population from other places at one time.

So, where can we obtain population?

"There is a province in Qi."

Zhao Lin, with a big belly, sat on the bed, eating a boiled egg while muttering:
Chapter completed!