Qingcang quickly rushed back to the main city.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Wu Chaojing holding several books in his hands.
These books recorded the history, culture, geography and other related information of Changshan City.
"Consultant Wu, have you discovered anything?"
"Going back to the commander, I checked and found that the population of the entire city has been declining in the past two years.
When it was most prosperous, it once reached 400,000 people, but now there are only more than 200,000.
In the past ten years, nearly half of the population has been lost.
These Most of them moved their families to other places, or died in the war.”
Population is the foundation of a city, and population is the primary productive force.
Without population, anything can be done only on paper.
War requires population, agriculture requires population, mining requires population, and no matter what you do, you need population.
"Can you find out the reason?"
Wu Chaojing closed these open books.
"I have summarized several main reasons.
First, this city is no longer suitable for them to survive, because the Montenegrin Army's long-term presence has brought some bad habits, such as gambling, gangs, and profiteers, which have reduced the people's living space.
Being further oppressed, these people had to leave.
Second, in troubled times, some people were forced to serve as soldiers and fight, and countless people died on the battlefield.
Those who were recruited to serve in the army were all young adults, leaving some old people, children and women behind, resulting in a shortage of people and a lot of difficulties in life.
Third, the medical conditions are insufficient.
I checked and found that there was a plague in recent years and tens of thousands of people died.
This made the city already lacking in labor even worse.
Fourth, taxation.
If the Montenegrin Army wants to survive, it must obtain food and money.
These are all taken from the people.
Fifth, war aggravates famine and is also an important factor in population decline. " Wu Chaojing analyzed five major points in various ways, of course there are more than these, but these five points are the most prominent.
These words made Qingcang fall into deep thought, because he had just accepted a mission last night, a mission that was closely related to the future siege of the city.
That is to develop Huaxia City and make it a large city with a population of half a million.
Of course, this task is not easy, but the reward is very rich, which is still 120 days of health.
At the same time, manage the entire city and make it grow, which will also attract some people with lofty ideals to join, such as Zhao Zilong.
With this Mingjun around, whoever doesn't understand the general trend and has martial arts skills, if he joins the Mingjun, he will be famous for centuries, which is always a hundred times better than doing nothing.
All of this is for one ultimate goal, which is the unification of Shu, Wei and Wu.
After summing up the problem, we must prescribe the right medicine.
As the owner of this city, he has the obligation to manage the entire city.
Of course, this is also for his own sake.
If a city wants to prosper, in addition to agriculture, industry is also very important, as well as cultural industries.
These are all important parts of the word prosperity.
The priority was agriculture, so he came straight to the solution.
"Based on the points you raised, I have summarized several solutions.
First, eliminate the bad guys, close all gambling halls in the city, and prohibit all gambling activities.
Let these financial gamblers return to farming as soon as possible.
Here A large number of people must work in agriculture.
Gambling will make social security worse, and people will naturally be unwilling to live here.
The second step is to vigorously punish profiteers and ban all gangs.
Proceed in batches.”
Wu Chaojing picked up his note and recorded Qingcang's words, and nodded to express his understanding.
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At the same time, the look in Qingcang's eyes was almost admiration.
"Second, all those who work in agriculture will be tax-free for three years from today.
All taxes will be exempted and notices will be posted to collect grain at a high price.
Pay a deposit first to collect the grain.
When the crops are mature, you will pay the final payment to allow people to put into production.
Furthermore, encourage land reclamation. .Everyone who lives in the city, Each acre of wasteland reclaimed will be rewarded with a coin, and the food grown on the wasteland will be recovered at a high price.
The land will be your permanent property, with a limit of ten acres per person.
This will allow people to devote themselves to production and attract nearby people.
Settled in the city.”
"Third, we will fund the opening of medical clinics.
The poor will receive free medical treatment, while the rich will receive double the amount.
We will differentiate between the poor and the rich, treat them differently, and spread some medical common sense so that people can diagnose themselves for minor illnesses."
"Just implement these three major points first."
Such a major reform was not something he imagined out of thin air.
In fact, the reason is very simple: support.
He mentioned these three points but did not mention the issue of famine.
After all, famine is also one of the causes of population decline, so Wu Chaojing raised questions.
"Commander, why don't you just open the warehouse and release food to help some hungry people?"
"There are tens of thousands of poor people in the whole city.
How are you going to save us?
The food is prepared for the soldiers.
Without food, we cannot survive.
Opening warehouses and releasing food are all actions that treat the symptoms but not the root cause.
If it were me, I would You won’t do that.
If you do a good deed, it will only make some people who are naturally lazy become even lazier.
Anyway, if I have something to eat every day, why should I do anything else or farm?”
"Does the commander have any other tricks?"
"Those who know me, Staff Officer Wu, hahaha, yes.
I have another trick that is very useful for recruiting soldiers.
But the prerequisite is to stabilize the prices of the entire city.
We must use force to enforce this.
You can make another announcement to explain All merchants are not allowed to increase prices at will, otherwise they will be fined ten times the selling price.”
“What’s the use of doing this?”
"It will be of great use, and then we can recruit soldiers."
Wu Chaojing was deceived.
The price of goods was related to the recruitment of soldiers.
"Please explain, Commander."
"You send people to hungry areas to recruit soldiers, and add something to the recruitment book, which is that the food in the barracks is all-you-can-eat.
Those who join the army will be rewarded with ten coins to their families.
If there are no family members, it will be directly owned by themselves."
Wu Chaojing still didn't understand.
Qingcang just continued to explain: "The value of ten ounces of gold can buy a dozen sheep, and its purchasing power is equal to a dozen sheep.
But what if the merchant suddenly increases the price of sheep, for example, they increase it to 100 ounces of gold.
One head, then this is worth ten ounces of money The value becomes smaller.
We want to prevent family members who join the army from starving to death, so that the morale of the military and the people will be more stable.
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And for ten ounces of money, they are willing to send their children to our army.
After all, they have good food and drink. , the family can get a huge sum of money again.”
Wu Chaojing suddenly realized it and kept praising: "The commander is indeed far-sighted.
He thinks very comprehensively."
"Hahaha, this is just how I managed this era."
Qingcang said it truthfully, he just slightly modified it to make it more suitable for this era.
"That's it, I'll arrange for them to do it."
Before Wu Chaojing went down, the sound of a horn suddenly sounded in the distance.
Qing Cang, one head and two big, cursed: "What the hell, you are not allowing people to develop in peace." s Thanks to the book friends, I am frgrtff and hickey for the reward.
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