Daming Crazy Emperor

The changes in the local area of ​​Ming Dynasty this year can be described as earth-shaking.

Not long after the New Year's Eve, Taichang invested hundreds of millions of taels of silver, making an unprecedented big purchase.

Daming, which was slowly becoming rich, was stimulated by these hundreds of millions of taels, and it was like being beaten with chicken blood. All walks of life were thriving, and the whole of Daming set off a round of development frenzy.

Immediately afterwards, the Ministry of Household Affairs notified the two capitals and the thirteen provinces, asking them to prepare in batches for the Xibo province, and an unprecedented migration was about to begin.

Those farmers whose income was at the bottom were suddenly overjoyed.

They didn't have much money or land, otherwise they wouldn't be so active.

After all, it is hard to leave the homeland, not to mention going to a bitter cold place like Xibo Province.

Big families with money and land would basically not consider relocating. They are living well in their hometown, so why should they go to the Xibo Province to suffer?
There are more fields in the family, and farmers who are already living a good life will hesitate whether to give it a try.

As a result, as soon as they hesitated, the places were snatched up by those farmers with the lowest income.

One hundred mu of land or one thousand mu of grassland per person, as well as cattle, sheep and horses, houses, daily necessities, and grain, are such good things that farmers who do not have much money or much land naturally rush to go.

Why is Xiber Province a place of bitter cold?
A family of five means [-] acres of land or [-] acres of grassland!
Even if they only planted the land for one season, it would be worth thousands of stones.

No matter how cheap food is sold, it is not a problem to earn more than 200 taels a year.

What's more, they can also raise chickens and pigs, and the more they raise, the more profitable they will be.

Originally, they were secretly anxious, because it had been more than half a year since they signed up, and there was still no movement from the court.

This is all right, the imperial court finally organized them to prepare for the great migration.

Of course, it is impossible to migrate all 2000 million people in one year.

It will take at least two years for these 2000 million people to migrate.

The reason why Taichang didn't start organizing the migration years ago is because these farmers are about to enter the freezing period after registering.

When he moved people there, he could only let them sleep at home for half a year, and they couldn't grow food at all.

Moreover, the settlements built in the Xibo province years ago were basically distributed to the families of the southeast camp. When they moved there, they didn't even have a place to live, so how many people froze to death when they moved there!

This time is different.

Because the materials ordered from various places are frantically gathering in the Altai city and the capital, he even ordered people to build an acropolis and several settlements on both sides of the Altai mountain passage to try.

As a result, an acropolis can be built in only one month with 1 people, excluding the time to dig the foundation.

As for settlements, that is faster, and 1000 people will be built in about half a month.

This is not an exaggeration at all, because the materials are all ready-made, the foundation can be dug by machines, and all the houses are built with one-story buildings. There are no buildings, so the construction is naturally scary.

The speed of building houses is fast enough, and the materials will be delivered in a steady stream. The problem is that there are seriously insufficient people to build houses.

Even if the settlement can be built in about half a month, 1000 people can build houses for 2000 people at most in a month.

And at this moment, it seems that only 30 soldiers of the Southeast Camp can be transferred to build settlements for the relocated peasant households, and he cannot recruit even the families of the soldiers of the Southeast Camp.

Because people also want to cultivate land, raise cattle, sheep and horses.

If they are always transferred to build houses, what will they eat?
No matter how rich the Ming court was, it couldn't support millions or even tens of millions of people for a few years. The amount of food and meat it needed was huge.

Taichang is having a headache because of this problem, and Chen Zilong, the minister of the Ministry of Agriculture he has been looking forward to for a long time, finally came.

When the monarch and his ministers meet each other, they will be very happy again.

Taichang kindly asked about Chen Zilong's recent situation, and then said solemnly: "Maozhong, how is it? Has the Ministry of Agriculture ever experimented with crops suitable for planting in Xibo Province?"

Chen Zilong hastily introduced in detail: "Your Majesty, our Ministry of Agriculture conducted experiments in Liaodong and Nuer Gandu, and found that there are not many suitable crops for planting in alpine regions.

In a place as cold as Xiber Province, kindness is also suitable for growing wheat and potatoes.

As for fruits and vegetables, we have also built many greenhouses in Liaodong to try. Basically, as long as the greenhouse can maintain a suitable temperature, it is not a problem to grow any fruits and vegetables. "

That's fine, if you can grow wheat, because wheat can be ground into flour.

This may be the reason why European countries regard pasta as their staple food, because the latitude of most parts of the European continent is actually similar to that of the Western Province.

Taichang nodded slightly, and then asked: "What about the sowing time and harvest time, have you calculated the exact date?"

Chen Zilong said without hesitation: "We have also tried this, and the best time to sow spring wheat and potatoes is in mid-June.

Because the most suitable temperature for sowing wheat and potatoes is about [-] to [-] degrees.

The growth cycle of spring wheat is about [-] days, that is to say, if it is planted in mid-June, it can be harvested in October.

Potatoes have a shorter growth cycle and can be harvested at the end of September. "

mid june?

very good!

When Taichang heard the date, he suddenly had an idea.

He thought about it carefully, and then said decisively: "Cheng En, call Zhizhi Sheng, Li Qing and Yan Ru to discuss matters."

Not long after, Sun Chengzong, Yuan Keli and Peng Bin rushed over.

They exchanged warm greetings with Chen Zilong, and then sat down, as if waiting for orders.

Seeing this, Taichang solemnly said: "We are about to start a big migration. The big migration of tens of millions of people is not a trivial matter, and we have to make full preparations.

First of all, before the common people migrated, we had to build settlements.

In such a cold day in Xiber Province, it is impossible to live without a place to live.

Now there is no shortage of materials for building settlements. The key is that there are not so many people building settlements.

This year I plan to relocate 1000 million people here, so we have to build 1 settlements.

With so many settlements, it would take five months to build even one million people.

The problem is that we still can't deploy 100 million people to work for five months.

What can you do to solve this man's problem. "

When everyone heard this, they all frowned and pondered.

Where did they find so many people to build settlements?

At this moment, people are not only needed for the construction of settlements in Xiber Province.

The Western Regions province still has to build railways, canals and cities, and it also needs a lot of people.

Even on the side of Xiber Province, railways, canals and cities have to be built.

Sun Chengzong frowned and pondered for a while, then said decisively: "Your Majesty, the one hundred thousand elites brought by my minister can stay and help."

Hearing this, Taichang nodded slightly and said, "Well, then let them work harder and stay to help."

Yuan Keli then said: "Your Majesty, the navy should be able to dispatch 10 people.

Anyway, there wasn't much battle to fight at the moment, and the Spike and Flying Dragon only needed to keep the pilots on board. "

Taichang nodded slightly again and said, "Well, it's 20, almost."

That's about it?

When everyone heard this, they were all dumbfounded.

They thought that the emperor had encountered a big problem.

Who would have thought that 20 people would solve this problem.

Peng Bin couldn't help asking curiously: "Your Majesty, the 20 people plus the 30 soldiers from the Southeast Camp are only 50. Is that enough?"

Taichang nodded slightly, and then explained in detail: "The 50 soldiers are actually the leaders, and we can find ways in other ways.

For example, the families of soldiers in the Southeast Camp.

Mao Zhonggang has already said that according to the results of experiments conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Xibo Province is only suitable for large-scale planting of wheat and potatoes, and the best planting time is mid-June.

And the southernmost part of Xibo Province, the line of Shenwu City, probably began to thaw at the end of April.

We can definitely mobilize the families of millions of soldiers from the Southeast Battalion and let them build settlements with the 50 soldiers.

In this way, by the beginning of June, a gathering point for a population of 500 million can almost be built.

At the same time, we can divide the people who have migrated, and let the young and strong laborers come first to help build settlements.

In this way, it will definitely not be a problem to build a settlement that can accommodate a population of 500 million by mid-June.

Next, we don't have to worry, the families of the southeast camp soldiers and the people who migrated can go to grow wheat and potatoes.

Because the northern grassland has a relatively long ice-covered period, we don't have to grow wheat and potatoes, and use it exclusively for cattle, sheep and horses.

It will take time to bring the fine breed of cattle, sheep and horses, and the remaining 50 soldiers can slowly build settlements.

Once the one-month planting period is over, it will not be a problem for us to transfer two to three million young adults from the families of the soldiers in the southeast battalion and the five million ordinary people to help.

The remaining [-] settlements will be completed in August and September. "

The settlement problem seems to be resolved.

What about canals, railways, and cities?

There are also various mineral deposits, are they not mined?
Peng Bin thought for a while, then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, are we not going to build canals, railways and cities this year?

And those mineral deposits, aren't we going to mine this year? "

Taichang shook his head slightly and said: "What I'm talking about is only the general idea of ​​building settlements. Once the planting period of this month or so is over, there will be a large number of people. It doesn't take so many people to build settlements.

You can schedule as needed.

Even, you can transfer about 30 of the 20 Peking elites from Bianjiao.

Anyway, their cities have already been built, and Tsarist Russia has only a hundred thousand people left behind, so it is enough for him to arrange a hundred thousand people to guard three cities. "

Oh, I see.

Hearing this, Peng Bin nodded slowly and said, "I understand."

Thus began an unprecedented migration.

The people who originally migrated thought that they would have to wait until June, when the Xibo Province was completely unsealed, before the imperial court would organize trains and ships to pull them over.

Who would have thought that at the end of April, the imperial court's announcement came again.

All young and old people can sign up to go to Xibo Province to build a settlement first, five taels of silver a month, and those who want to go can get on the train right away!

With such a high wage, who wouldn't want to go.

As a result, more than 200 million people signed up soon.

Taichang is not afraid of too many people, the more people the better, anyway, there is plenty of work here.

200 million is 200 million, just pull it over.

At this time, the Xibo province, which was originally deserted, became lively in an instant. 50 soldiers of the Ming army spread out with more than 500 million young men. In less than six months, settlements for [-] million people had been built.

A large number of ordinary people also began to migrate through the railway line. The more people, the faster the speed of building settlements, which made the supply of materials for the Ministry of Industry a bit tight.

This is not a big problem. Let the relevant factories recruit more manpower and work in three shifts, and the supply of materials can be doubled in an instant.

Moreover, this can quickly popularize electric lights.

After these private factory owners who produce building materials make a lot of money, such a small investment in electric lights is nothing to them.

As soon as they use it, the bosses in other industries immediately become envious.

Such a good thing is worth the money.

Anyway, Daming is easy to do any business at the moment, as long as he works a third shift or something, he can easily make some money back.