Chapter 378 If the money is not enough, we will go to rob Quan Xu After arriving in Jinzhou, he did not immediately summon the Dutch businessman, but held a meeting as soon as possible.After all, since the beginning of the use of troops against the Shuangcheng Guard in March, the whole family army has controlled a huge area from Jinzhou to Vladivostok, more than 2,000 li from east to west and more than 1,000 li from north to south.Nearly two-thirds of the land has been expanded, almost the area of two Henan provinces, and it has been included in the bag.This is a good thing, and it also needs to be briefed on all levels of the Liaoning Southern Parliament.At this meeting, the assembly speed of parliamentarians from all over the country was very fast, mainly because Quan Xu had been away from Golden State for a long time, and they had some backlog of things on hand that needed to be decided by Quan Xu.When Quan Xu was about to return, they also headed towards Jinzhou, of course, this good news, they already knew that this was related to their own vital interests, and it would not work if it was not fast.In particular, the area of the two Henan provinces has been expanded, although the land is vast and sparsely populated, if these officials were originally in the capital, they naturally think that Liaodong is a land of chicken ribs.However, when they arrived in Liaodong, they saw the fertile soil, rich resources, and abundant rain in Liaodong, and they all fell in love with it.After all, at the end of the Ming Dynasty, in the north of the Huai River, it was very difficult to think of drought, but there was no shortage of rain in eastern Liaodong, of course, severe cold was still the biggest problem.But in sufficient cotton clothes, cotton pants, cotton jackets, even when the ice and snow are covered, it will not feel too cold when it comes out, the key is that there is nothing to do in winter, and it can be completely at home in the winter.With a fire pit and a fire wall device, although there is no heating, it is as warm as spring in the house, not to mention, a wave of population migration has formed in Liaodong.At the beginning of spring ploughing, the people dragged their families with their families, brought their own farm tools and seeds, their own cattle, sheep, and horses, to their own fields, and worked, and once the autumn harvest was over, the grain was either sold at the purchase point of the whole family army, or it was stored, and then the whole family went to Jinzhou, Haizhou, Gaizhou, and Fuzhou and other big cities.Of course, these cities also have no walls, but they have garrisons of the whole family army, which can protect them from the harassment of slaves or wild beasts, and in the cities, they also have their own housing, and the key is to shop or work, which is very convenient, both to earn more money and improve the standard of living.The people of Liaodong are usually families, brothers and sisters, even if they become families, they will not be separated, but like small farms, they work together to cultivate the wasteland.If the population is small, it should not be opened, after all, every household, more than a dozen large carts and small carts, and herds of cattle and horses.The common people who became rich first also found that the benefits of Liaodong were that they worked in Liaodong for a year, and their income was several times higher than that in the Central Plains, and there were no harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes and forced labor.The peasants lived quite comfortably, in the first year they were poor and white, and with the loan of the Quanji Bank, they purchased a large number of farm tools, seeds, and livestock, and repaid the loan in one year, and there was a large surplus.Every household has surplus food, and every household is happy.The councillors who were mayors of the town had been annoyed by the Bao Ding around them, and they wanted to go to the Twin Guards, which were said to have unlimited land and could be cultivated for five hundred acres or more.A big site represents a business opportunity.The development of Quanji is dominated by heavy industries, such as gun manufacturing, ships, horse-drawn carriages, such as linen control, furniture, porcelain, bricks and tiles and other non-important industries, Quanxu is open to the whole people.As long as there is money, anyone can invest in building factories, workers, then find their own way, manpower shortage, which also makes the wages of workers in Liaodong begin to increase rapidly, although the labor has increased, the income is getting better and better.The officials who are in charge, in fact, their eyes are also shining, in just half a year, the territory has expanded by two-thirds, and the original small county order will immediately have the territory of a prefecture, this kind of good thing, who will not be excited?
Quan Xu looked at the parliamentarian representatives in the auditorium of the parliament center, and looked at them with great satisfaction.Among so many officials here, the oldest is Zhu Xun, the vice chairman of the Liaoning South Parliament, who is over forty-five years old, Guo Luopu, who is also forty years old, and everyone else is in their twenties and thirties.As the speaker of the parliament with the highest official position in southern Liaoning, although his hair is a little gray, in fact, he is just thirty-three years old, five years older than Quan Xukankan.Others, such as the county magistrate or the town mayor, are in their twenties and thirties, and are at the time when they have the most energy and drive in their lives.Especially those magistrates, they have basically been replaced, and the original imperial court magistrates have either resigned and stopped doing it, or changed to business, or they have a salary, and they don't care about it.At present, the people in charge of affairs, the heads of the counties, are all young people who have participated in the imperial examinations and have not obtained a background or have not yet become officials.This group of officials has not been smoothed out, one by one, the edge is exposed, this is a good thing, he is not afraid of them being sharp, he is afraid that they will be in a vegetarian position, and they will not do anything with their money.Quan Xu looked at the jubilant crowd: "First of all, everyone must have heard the rumors, from our Jinzhou West Seaside, to Vladivostok, from Lushunkou, to Meituo City, it is our territory, the scenery there, Ben Shuai has been there for a few months, it is really a bit of a joy!"
”"Haha......" everyone laughed."
Liaodong, including the entire Nuer Gandu Division, is a heaven-sent feng shui treasure!"
Quan Xu sighed: "It's all those fools, such a feng shui treasure can be thrown away, haven't you gone to Meituo Lake to see, the fish there are really fat, just find a place, plug in the chopsticks can sprout, there is a river to transport fish and rice, if you abandon it, it will be damned!"
”Quan Xu picked up the pen and put a picture on the huge map: "Ben Shuai decided to set up a new Yingzhou, Zhiyuan Shuangchengwei Stone Castle, one hundred and eighty miles south of Shicheng, two hundred and sixty miles to the east, and two hundred and twenty miles west of Shicheng as its jurisdiction, and newly established Mizhou, to govern the Shuangcheng Acropolis, two hundred and forty miles north of Shuangchengwei, to the south bank of Meituo Lake, as its jurisdiction.Newly established Xuezhou, governing Xuejiaying (according to legend, it is a small lake for Xue Rengui to wash horses. ”In one go, Quan Xu set up Ying, Mi, Ping, Xue, Han, Qi, Jin, and Gu in the Sinna area, a total of eight prefectures, of which Sakhalin Island is the newly established Gu Prefecture.Regardless of whether anyone is going to develop it or not, let's talk about it first.Quanxu will not give Inuqing the opportunity to lose the Far East again, from southern Liaoning to the east, and then from Jinzhou to the west, further occupy the southern part of the northeast, and slowly develop to the north.This is the main tone, the eight prefectures of the prefecture, as well as the expected establishment of more than forty prefectures, which is the work for a long time to come.Of course, the territory of these newly occupied areas is too big, and it is too difficult to develop, and how to do it should be next year.Personnel appointment, Quan Xu did not point directly, he knew that these seemingly more bitter and cold areas, the imperial court officials must disdain to do it, these officials can only be in Quan Xu's original team.After talking about the newly established eight states, he turned around and talked about the military."
Shen Liangcai, serve as the commander of the Second Fleet of the Liaodong Naval Division!"
When they heard this, they looked at each other.The Second Fleet of the Liaodong Naval Division?
The second fleet of the Liaodong Navy Division is not to fight, but to escort waterway commodities and beware of pirate attacks.Quan Xu transferred Shen Liangcai over, took most of the soldiers of the Liaodong Naval Division as the backbone, and began to train a part of the whole family army and naval division.Mao Yuanyi reacted faster: "Quan Shuai, what do you mean, and the First Fleet?"
”"That's right!""
The original Liaodong Navy Division had forty gunboats, and the largest gunboat was only four hundred, such a ship was too broken, and it was really difficult to undertake combat missions!"
Quan Xu pointed to the dock in the south and said, "You have also seen that our new warships are being built, and there are eight of them in one go, each with eight thousand materials!"
”Mao Yuanyi looked overjoyed.In ancient China, there was no concept of displacement, and an ordinary piece of wood used for ships was about five or six meters long and about twenty or thirty centimeters in diameter under normal circumstances.Due to the buoyancy of such a piece of wood in the water, it can basically carry the weight of three adults, which is about 300 catties.Just like the main gunboat of the Liaodong Naval Division now, with 400 materials, it can carry 120,000 catties with a full load, which is equivalent to 60 tons, which is a very small sea ship.If this kind of sea ship is used to fight with Dutch warships with a displacement of thousands of tons, it is basically equivalent to delivering food, and there is no way, so Quan Xu has to adopt a sail-type flying shear sail, with 8,000 materials, with a displacement of about 1,200 tons, which is slightly smaller than the Dutch's third-class warship.However, the design of the flying shear, with a full sail downwind, can reach up to fifteen to seventeen knots, which is far faster than the twelve or thirteen knots of Dutch warships, and of course, the large size of the ship means that it can be loaded with larger caliber guns.Quan Xu looked at the representatives of the naval division and said with a smile: "The sea ship of 8,000 materials, a brand new warship, can be delivered by the end of the year at the latest, when the time comes, this kind of large ship of 8,000 materials, as the main force of the first fleet of the Liaodong Naval Division, you have also seen the warships of the Dutch, in fact, these warships are just their armed merchant ships, as a supplementary force of the Dutch Combined Fleet, your broken ships, don't come out and be embarrassed!"
”"Good!"
Mao Yuanyi was overjoyed and got up to thank him.Shen Mingze muttered: "Quan Shuai, the warships of the Liaodong Naval Division are dilapidated, and it is very necessary to form a new fleet, but the manpower and material resources required to form the Naval Division are a very staggering number, and I am worried that the financial resources of Liaonan will not be able to afford it." ”Quan Xu didn't care: "If the money is not enough, we will rob it, I'm afraid of a wool!"
Besides, isn't there still a bunch of foreign devils who are trying to help us get money?
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