Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 520 New Agricultural Association in the Eighteenth Century
In just three days, several checkpoints on Mount Yatake were successively breached by refugees, and the soldiers stationed there suffered heavy casualties.

After the news came out, the Kumamoto Fan was shocked, and the Sagara Fan was also frightened.As a few soldiers who escaped by chance returned to the official hall to report, the incident in Ashihoku Town spread quickly to all parts of Kitakyushu as if it had wings.

In the following ten days, there were crowds of people and shoulders on the post road in Kitakyushu at night. When the Kumamoto Domain reacted and sent an army to intercept, more than 3 people had already crossed Yatake Mountain and entered the border of the three counties. land.And behind these people, more and more refugees from Hyuga, Bungo, and even Bungzen came, and there was a tendency to start a blaze of flames.

With so many peasants fleeing their homes, Kumamoto and other feudal clans were immediately in trouble.The muddy legs are all gone. Is it true that the samurai master is going to farm in the spring?
The current feudal lords of the Kumamoto Clan are Hosokawa Nine Daime and Higo Kumamoto Clan Eight Daime Hosokawa Narumasa, who is currently in the Edo Santo account.The old Hosokawa Nagaoka Xingli who was in charge of the housekeeping not only sent someone to Edo for emergency, but also immediately sent his men to negotiate with Beihai Town.

However, after the Kumamoto clan arrived in Lingjiai County, envoys from the Akizuki family, the Sagara family, the Naito family, the Tachibana family, the Kurushima family, the Mori family, and the Inaba family also arrived one after another. Overcrowded.Dare to see all the surrounding families here, even if you go to Edo, you may not be able to see all of them at once.

After seeing the officials of Beihai Town, these envoys repeated one sentence, return them to us!
"Everyone, because there are too many people breaking through the barrier these days, we haven't stopped them. Now they have all run into the mountains. But don't worry, give us a year, oh no, half a year, when we find people, we will review them one by one. When it's over, let them go back."

The person who spoke was a man in his forties. He was wearing a North Navy uniform without a military rank mark. He was not tall, with short hair about an inch long, rosy cheeks, and a beard on his chin.

This person is the former head of the agricultural unit of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Beihai Town, who was once Zhao Xin's seven dwarfs!Manzo is one of the Seven Samurai.

Speaking of such an important position as Lingjia Jinshan, Zhao Xin is really worried if he doesn't let one of his own people go.In addition, because Lingjia Jinshan mining used a lot of machinery and equipment, Wanzao, who had been driving tractors in Beihai Town for several years, was finally selected and became the local township head.

Wan Zao's snotty son, Wan Haiyang, is now a student at the Beihai Junior Military Academy, while his wife continues to play the role of the housekeeper of "Prince Zhao's Mansion" in Beihai Town, going in and out of Zhao Xin's house all day long.

The envoys of the other feudal clans were alright, but the three families of Hosokawa, Sagara, and Akizuki immediately became anxious.half a year?Half a year later, it will be another matter whether the family is still there!

After such a big incident happened, when the news reached Edo, it would be impossible to run away after being punished by the shogunate.rebuke?That is impossible!If it is not done well, it will be cut and changed.For the Tokugawa family, they have been humiliated by the Sendai Clan and Beihai Town in the past few years, and they are missing a few chickens to frighten the monkeys!Besides, you can take the opportunity to expand the shogunate's territory, so why not do it.

"My lord, I have always been obedient to your Ministry for the past two years, and I have committed no crimes. I beg you to see that everyone is an islander, and return the fugitives to us! Otherwise, Edo will pursue them in the future. Our family Maybe it’s going to be changed! Woooooo~~~”

The envoy sent by the Hosokawa family started to cry after speaking, and the envoys from other families also felt sympathy.

As a farmer who was once oppressed and couldn't survive, Wan Zao, who was sitting on the main seat, really wanted to look up to the sky and laugh wildly at this moment, mother, God really has eyes!You samurai masters also have today!Want to get people back, but there is no way!
In fact, he immediately informed Beihai Town of the situation from the first day the refugees arrived, and the Ministry of Civil Affairs responded quickly.All refugees who have escaped will be sent to Ajiugenlu in Izusui County, where they will be picked up by boat after a short-term rest. Go to various settlements in Siberia.

The reason why farmers who escaped into the country are not allowed to stay is to keep the secret of Lingjia Jinshan.Since Beihai Town excavated in the Lingjia mining area, as Zhao Xin's largest source of wealth, the 24 miles around the mining area were all included in the restricted area.Several drones are patrolling the sky 50 hours a day. There are cameras every 200 meters in the fence surrounded by barbed wire, and a watchtower every [-] meters. Anyone who approaches the barbed wire without authorization will first fire a warning shot, and then go forward. was shot dead.

The workers working in the mining area are all from Beihai Town, and their families live in Beihai Town. The working period is one year.The salaries paid by the Civil Affairs Bureau to the workers are very high, the lowest is [-] Bei Hai Yuan per month, and the standard of food and accommodation is the same as that of the army.The only requirement is to be strict with your mouth, and you must sign a non-disclosure agreement after recruitment, otherwise the whole family will be sent to the coal mines in Ezodi.

In the past two years, the shogunate and the surrounding feudal clans have dispatched hundreds of spies, including even the Sendai clan. They all wanted to find out what Beihai Town was doing here, but none of them managed to return alive.

Wan Zao held back his smile, and said in a deep voice to the Kumamoto Clan's envoy: "Everyone, it is your responsibility to talk about this matter. People go to high places, and water flows to low places. If you don't give the common people a way to live, don't let them go." Blame them for resisting. However, this matter is not without a solution."

When everyone present heard this, they all raised their heads to look at Wan Zao.Seeing him raise his hand to signal, an assistant behind him distributed more than a dozen booklets to the envoys of the various domains.Everyone took it over and took a look, and saw a few large characters written on the cover: "Agricultural Cooperative Association Method-Trial Version".

Ok?Everyone hurriedly opened it, and saw the first article of the general rules of Chapter 1, which stated that the purpose of this method is to promote the development of agricultural cooperative organizations, increase agricultural productivity and improve the economic and social status of farmers, in order to achieve the prosperity and development of the Kyushu region.

At this time, I heard Wan Zao say: "Everyone, take a good look at it today, and we will talk about it tomorrow."

So the envoys of the feudal lords took the brochure back and studied hard all night. Although the words in the brochure were all straightforward, but because there were many new terms, some of these people were confused and unclear after reading it. Of course, there were also some people. He saw the ambition of Beihai Town.

In the middle of the night, the envoy from Maori's family flipped through the booklet several times, and finally understood, and broke out in a cold sweat. "My God! They are planning to control the agriculture of the entire Kyushu Island in their own hands!"

That's right, when the "Tianming Famine" has passed six years and the impact of natural disasters on agriculture is coming to an end, Zhao Xin's other plan is also ready to be implemented.

Don't get me wrong, he didn't intend to take over the throne, because it would be pointless to do so.If you drive away a bunch of rice worms, you may be replaced by a bunch of rice worms.What he has to do is to control the grassroots villages and complete the overall control of the island country's economy by controlling agriculture.And Kyushu is the experimental field he chose.

In the past few years, although the Beihai trading company has invested a large amount of Beihai Yuan into the island market, it is basically circulated in large commercial cities such as Ishinomaki Port, Edo, and Osaka. It is difficult to penetrate through commodity dumping and large loans to achieve profits. Enter the daily life of ordinary people in the island country.

The problem is that the shogunate is not stupid, and Beihai Town takes gold, and the price ratio of gold and silver in the "two replacement houses" will definitely change.The method adopted by Matsudaira Sadanobu is to limit the quantity of imported goods in Beihai Town, increase the circulation ratio of "gold bar" and "silver bar", and control the exchange.

Zhao Xin and Chen Qingsong have been discussing this matter for half a year, and they both turned their attention to the countryside.

According to the vassal system of the island country, the method of paying farmers' annual tribute rice is the "village tax system" that the whole village pays together.Farmers take the village as a unit and hand over the annual tribute rice to the deputy officials at a designated place at one time.After the annual tribute rice has been paid, the feudal lord will keep the part that belongs to himself and his family, and distribute the stone rice to each warrior in the retainer group step by step according to the agreed amount of enfeoffment, and then keep the remaining part and Most of the finances are shipped to "Kurashiki" in Osaka for sale.

因为各村的年贡是固定的，所以这里面就有了操作空间。比如某村的一块三町三反九亩24步的田地在官厅的地帐上，应缴纳的贡米是33石8斗2升7合7勺2才大米。

In the plan drawn up by him and Chen Qingsong, Beihai Trading Co., Ltd. will act as the initiator of the "Agricultural Cooperative Association" and contribute to the establishment of the Agricultural Cooperation Association. The natural villages under each domain are sub-associations, and all farmers in the village are members of the sub-association. , everyone has a share, which cannot be transferred.

What kind of crops farmers plant every year and how to plant them, the officials of each feudal clan cannot intervene, and everything is decided by the General Assembly.

When it’s time to pay the annual tribute, the Agricultural Cooperative Association will directly convert the price of rice in Osaka and Edo into money and pay it to the official offices of the feudal vassals. It doesn't matter.

Correspondingly, the transportation and circulation of agricultural products will be fully controlled by the General Association, and the Kurashiki, which the feudal lords set up in Osaka to sell rice, will be thrown out of this circulation process.As a result, the Federation has the power to price agricultural products.In the past, the pricing of Kyushu's agricultural products was controlled by Kurayashiki in Osaka, but with the strength of Beikai Trading Company, those rice merchants would come to buy goods themselves.

In this way, a large amount of Beihai Yuan poured into the pockets of feudal lords and samurai, and they would exchange these currencies for daily necessities in the market no matter whether they were serving the public or living; on the other side were rice merchants and other agricultural product brokers. People pay a lot of gold and silver to buy from the general meeting.

And because Kyushu is an island, fisheries are also included in this "Agricultural Cooperative Association" plan.

Not to mention how the envoys of the feudal vassals of Kyushu Island will report to their elders when they go back. Compared with Wan Zao’s high spirits like returning home, Zhao Xin has already arrived in Chiyan City at this time, and he wants to meet the Tsarist Russian mission from afar here .

Red Rock City, that is, Krasnoyarsk.With the ringing of the New Year's bell in 1791, the towns in Eastern Siberia that had been ruled by Tsarist Russia for more than 100 years changed their names.

For example, Yeniseysk was changed to "Ping Shi", which means that it comes from the ancient name of Yenisei River "Qian River". .

Irkutsk changed its name to "Baiboer" according to the old name of Lake Baikal, and the Beihai Special District was also renamed "Baiboer Province"; ", and Nerchensk resumed its old name "Nerchinsk", which means "cold" in Evenki.In fact, the names of many places in Siberia come from the Evenki language, either big rivers, big rivers, or the sea.

As for Qiaktu, there is no need to change its name. When the Northern Navy sends troops to Outer Mongolia, it will directly merge with the Maimai City more than 100 meters away into one town.

When encountering such a thing as changing the name of a place, how could Zhao Xin not make trouble?
After careful consideration, he changed the name of Tulum, an unremarkable village, to "Jewish Autonomous County of Baiber Province".As soon as the news was announced, the Jews under the Beihai Town were all overjoyed.The temporary county council, which was just established a few days ago, sent people to meet Zhao Xin in the wind and snow at the end of January, and presented a letter of allegiance signed by all Jewish residents, expressing that they would completely obey the leadership of Beihai Town. What did His Highness Zhao say? That's what it is called chasing rabbits and never chasing chickens.

Of course, Zhao Xin was not fooled by the jews' ecstasy soup. He reiterated the warning that the jews should not carry out financial lending business in their private capacity.Of course, it is still possible to work for Beihai Town and give him a stock like a Jinshang bank.

In fact, the Tsarist Russian Jews engaged in usury in this era is of course an "instinct" passed down from their ancestors, but it is still far from allowing these people to get involved in the modern financial industry of Beihai Town. The rate is not high.

The meeting place between Beihai Town and the Tsarist Russian mission was chosen in the newly built library with stones in the city, and the residence of the mission staff was arranged in the courtyard where Rumyantsev died.

Although Earl Mu Jin and Earl Jacobi who lost his hand had told about Zhao Xin's situation, Earl Orlov was stunned when he saw Zhao Xin and his staff.Nothing else, these enemies look too young.The well-tailored military uniform and the newly modified face made Sheng Haizhou, Li Rui, Jiuzang and others behind Zhao Xin reveal a rebellious atmosphere from top to bottom.

These young officers reminded Orlov immediately of the years when he had drawn up the expedition plan against the Ottoman Empire and served as the commander-in-chief of the navy.

"Hello, Count Chezmansky." Zhao Xin was wearing a camouflage cold-proof suit without a military rank, and stretched out his right hand with a smile.

20 years ago, Count Orlov was awarded the Order of St. George First Class by Catherine II and was awarded the title of "Chezmansky". Since then, he has been honored as Orlov Chez Count Manski.

Orlov, who was wearing a silver wig, also smiled, stretched out his hand and squeezed it, then released it, and said to Zhao Xin: "Your Highness, it's an honor to meet you. I have to say that you are now a household name in St. Petersburg. , Even Her Majesty the Queen mentioned you many times. She said that you are the most respectable person in her life."

Hey, respect?Zhao Xinxin said that he was probably itching with hatred.Anyone who loses millions of square kilometers of land will not be able to eat or sleep, and will not be able to sleep at night.From the end of the "Battle of Usoliye" to the present, it took Tsarist Russia more than three months to send a negotiating team, and this action can be said to be swift.

He then shook hands with the other members of the mission. When it was the turn of the mission to interpret Agafonov, the man spoke in a slightly jerky Beijing Mandarin, "Hello, Your Highness, I am"

"Hehe, have you been to Beijing too? Is Beijing fun?" Zhao Xinxin said that he met another Russian who had been to Beijing. He said that Father Ma and Father Fei speak more Mandarin than this one.

"Uh, it's very beautiful. I really miss the life of studying in China." Agafonov said to himself that His Royal Highness's Russian is even better than mine. Who did he learn from?
After everyone was seated, Zhao Xin said in a tone that could not be refused: "Everyone, have you rested? I am very clear about your reason for coming, so there is no need to say more polite words, let's start directly."

　There is still a Jewish Autonomous Prefecture in the Outer Northeast, just north of Heilongjiang, but the number of people has become less and less.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)