Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 784 New Blueprint for America

Taichang discussed with everyone for a while, and the food and management issues seemed to be resolved, leaving the rest to live.

Those who stay in the Amazon Basin don't have to worry, the new horse city can accommodate nearly 500 million people.

Then, a group of cities where people who grow herbs and manage trees will be built on both sides of the main road of the Amazon River and the tributaries of the larger point.

This can refer to the model of the giant horse country. A city of 2 people or settlements in the entire Amazon River Basin must be built at least [-] to [-]. It must be no problem to live in tens of thousands of people.

In other words, there must be places for people who stay in the Amazon River Basin to live, so don't worry about it.

The key is those who migrated to the North American continent and the western Indo Islands.

Where did those people live after they migrated, or in other words, how did they live together after they migrated?

He can't just throw people there and leave them alone. If there is no place for people to live, how can they open up wasteland and farm?

He still can't force Huang Daozhou and Sun Chuanting to solve this problem.

After all, the North American Indian tribesmen and the garrison guards of Dongdaying and their families all have their own affairs to be busy, and they are too busy, and it is obviously wrong to ask them to build a place to live for tens of millions of people in advance. realistic.

Tens of millions of people are not enough to live in a little place, and now the combined population of North America and the Western Indus Islands is less than tens of millions.

How to solve this problem?
He thought for a while, and simply asked: "Bo Ya, You Xuan, how do you solve the problem of living after the primitive tribes migrate here? Do you have any solutions?

After all, a person must have a nest, and sleeping in the open is definitely not enough.

If the primitive tribes here have no place to live after migrating there, they will not be able to open up wasteland and farm the land. "

This is true, it is definitely not good to let people be bed-beds, and many people can be gonorrheaed in a single rain.

When it snows in North America, it is even colder and colder. If there is no place to live, how many people will freeze to death.

Sun Chuanting thought for a while, and then said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the Spaniards actually built many farms in the Western Yindu Islands.

Although the place where they live has been deserted for several years, it should still be able to live with a little repair.

Weichen can order people to repair the houses on the farm first. After the primitive tribes migrate here, if they feel used to living there, they don’t need to build new houses. If they feel unaccustomed, Weichen can also send people to Teach them to build new houses.

However, there is a problem.

Those farms can accommodate hundreds of people at most, and it is definitely impossible for millions of people to gather together. "

When Taichang heard the words, he suddenly remembered the situation in Xin'anyang City.

Isn't the basin between the mountains full of farms?

To be honest, the house is not bad, and it can basically be lived in with a little repair.

As for the problem of millions of people not being able to live together, that's not a problem at all.

People also live scattered in the jungle, and each tribe only has a few hundred people living together. One tribe and one farm are just right!
Hearing this, Taichang couldn't help but nodded slightly and said: "Well, then I will work hard for you and tidy up those farm houses.

As for the problem of living together, don't worry, they live scattered, one tribe and one farm are just right.

If they develop later and want to build a city, then I will help them plan and guide them.

Youxuan, what about you? "

Huang Daozhou hesitated for a moment, but said cautiously: "Your Majesty, if they can be dispersed, the original settlements of North American Indian tribes can actually be inhabited.

Although those thatched houses are not very attractive, they were all built according to the local climate. People from North American Indian tribes could have lived in them for thousands of years. I believe people from primitive tribes here should be able to live there too.

If they feel uncomfortable and want to build a new house, Weichen can also send someone to teach them how to build it. "

That's right, the North American Indian tribes lived scattered in the past, and the house was not demolished after they moved out. At the beginning, he still wanted to stay as a post station.

Taichang couldn't help but nodded slightly when he heard the words: "Well, there's no problem. You guys will prepare after you go back. After the people from the primitive tribes migrate over here, you will arrange people to teach them how to farm."

This seems to be no problem, but in fact there is still a problem.

Huang Daozhou couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, how many mu of land is appropriate for each of them?

After all, this land is always limited, but the population of the Indian tribes in North America and the primitive tribes here will continue to grow. This land can't be just as much as you want, right?
If their population grows to the size of Daming itself, there will be more people and less land, and I'm afraid there will be a lot of trouble at that time. "

This is indeed a problem. If you don't care about it in the early stage and let others randomly enclose the land, then there is no way to manage it later.

The question is, how many acres of land is appropriate for each person?

According to the standards of North American Indian tribes, it is about [-] acres per person on average.

His idea just now is that an average of ten acres of land per person is about the same, ten million acres per person is 3000 million acres, and the food produced should be enough for [-] to [-] million people.

However, now that he thought about it carefully, he found that ten mu per person was not enough.

If this is the case, the people who migrated will have no income.

After all, the average output per mu of land is only about two stones at this moment, and each person consumes about ten stones of grain a year just to eat, and the remaining fourteen stones of grain are converted into less than three taels of silver. .

With this little money, you can basically buy some clothes and some meat and so on.

The North American Indian tribe still has income from animal husbandry and mining at any rate, but those who migrated there only have income from the fields.

If people can live without food and clothing all year round and can't make any money, they will definitely not want to go there.

After all, even if they burn charcoal here, they still earn 50 taels a year including food and housing, which is about [-] taels per person for an average family of four or five.

Taichang estimated for a while, and then said decisively: "Calculated by head, each of them will be given 36 mu of land.

I ordered the machines in New Liaoyang City to plow the land as soon as possible, and then turn over the land for them first, and then let them plant it. "

Well, there is a lot of land at the moment anyway, so it’s okay to share 36 mu per person, as long as it can prevent these people from randomly enclosing the land.

Huang Daozhou nodded slightly, thought for a while, and then asked: "Your Majesty, will the taxes on these fields be collected?"

After all, this land originally belonged to the North American Indian tribe, so it would be considered good if it could be planted for others, but it would be fine if they didn't collect any taxes, and that would be no different from robbing.

Taichang thought for a while, and then solemnly said: "The tax on these fields still needs to be collected, according to the Ming Dynasty's standard of twenty one tax, but the money is collected by the North American dependent countries themselves. After all, the land originally belonged to others."

That's about it.

Huang Daozhou nodded quickly when he heard the words, "I understand."

The problems of food, housing and management of the people of this primitive Amazon tribe have been solved, and the work has been arranged by the way, so it seems that there is no problem.

Taichang really had no intention of dismissing the meeting at all.

It took him more than ten days to gather so many people together, naturally not only to discuss these few issues.

Immediately afterwards, he solemnly said: "America is such a large area, with such a large population, we can't let all the dependent countries develop indiscriminately, and do what they see as soon as they get money.

This will form vicious competition, which will not only waste resources and manpower, but also generate little profit.

Therefore, we have to plan well so that each area can give full play to its strengths.

Only in this way can the entire American continent develop rapidly. "

This is true, if you see what makes money and rush to it, it is not called development, but nonsense.

Just like the timber business, everyone saw that timber was making money and felled timber like crazy.

What will happen?

Don't think about it, even if you cut down all the trees in the American continent, you won't make much money.

Because the market demand is limited, no matter how much wood is cut, the market demand cannot be increased.

As a result, the wood will only become cheaper and cheaper, and the profit will be lower and lower. In the end, the trees will be cut down, and even the wages will not be earned back!

It's like the medicine business.

Seeing that medicinal materials make money, everyone rushes to grow medicinal materials, even cut down trees, and uses the land where food is grown to grow medicinal materials.

What will happen?

Don't think about it, the more you plant, the more you will benefit!

Because the number of people who get sick and the number of times they get sick are limited, no matter how many herbs are planted, people can only eat so much.

At that time, there will be too many plants, and they will not be consumed at all. Can the medicinal materials be eaten as food?

All the Ming officials nodded thoughtfully when they heard the words.

After all, they are well-informed, and they have seen this kind of thing more or less.

Just like the cloth in the south of the Yangtze River. At the beginning, when everyone saw that weaving made money, they were desperately planting cotton and weaving cloth.

As a result, after the Ming market became saturated, the price of cloth began to plummet, from one tael of silver and two or three bolts of cloth to one tael of silver and four or five bolts of cloth.

With such a low price, you can barely make a living. If some mine supervisor tax envoy randomly collects taxes, then everyone will be unable to live.

To be honest, if it weren't for the Western businessmen of the Ming Dynasty scrambling for the market everywhere, the weaving industry in Jiangnan would really not make much money at the moment.

The officials of a group of Indian tribes were indeed at a loss when they heard the words.

They don't even know how to do business, so how can they think of this.

In fact, Taichang had already planned in his heart. He called so many people here to solve the problems of food, housing and management of the primitive tribes in the Amazon River Basin.

At the same time, he also wanted to plan the various regions and draw a new blueprint for the Americas, so that the entire Americas can develop rapidly.

Then he introduced in detail: "I have a preliminary plan here.

The Indian dependent countries in North America focused on the development of agriculture, animal husbandry, and iron ore and coal mining.

The Western Yindu Islands mainly grow food, sugar cane, fruits and vegetables.

The Amazon River Basin is dominated by planting medicinal materials and harvesting timber.

As for other places in South America, after we take control, we will focus on developing various minerals.

In addition, in order to support the development of various places, we also need to plan the functions of the existing large cities.

The capital of Eastern Yin was mainly engaged in commerce and manufacturing trains.

New Liaoyang City mainly focuses on iron smelting and manufacturing large machines.

The capital of the Western Yin Dynasty mainly manufactures weapons and equipment, including cold weapons, muskets, artillery and gunpowder.

Xinma City mainly develops shipbuilding and pharmaceutical industries, and incidentally develops industries such as smelting of various metals, steel, cement, and daily necessities.

How are you feeling? "

What else is there to say about such a detailed plan?
Everyone hurriedly cupped their hands and said: "The emperor is wise."

Seeing this, Taichang nodded slightly and said: "That's the job, everyone remembers, don't randomly engage in industries that you are not good at, and do whatever you want quickly.

The whole of the Americas is planned according to the plan, each plays its own strengths and cooperates with each other, so that it can develop quickly. "

(End of this chapter)