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Chapter 372 Lantian, Immortal World
Stuffing people to death is not a joke. After experiencing extreme hunger, people will go crazy and want to eat, but because they eat too fast, this person does not realize whether they are full at all, and even if they are full Many people will not stop, because they are really hungry and afraid, which causes the food to swell in the stomach, and finally bursts the belly, killing people alive.

This is not a joke, but the truth, some people are really dying because of this. In order to prevent such things, the three chiefs strictly stipulate the amount of food, which is a pound of pancakes, plus broth, broth When the pancakes are melted, the instant feeling of fullness is very strong. They have tried to find the most edible crops, even if the crops like the big eater say they can be full, they are hungry quickly.

It's not important to be hungry quickly, just don't eat dead people, but the crop is hungry quickly because his workload is too great.

The leader of the crops used to be the most capable leader of the landlord's family, but now he is a model worker and leader of labor in Lantian County.

In the past, one of the rigid criteria for landlords in the Ming Dynasty to find a crop leader was to see if your crop leader could be eaten. Generally, a good crop leader could eat a chopstick cake for the first meal.

What is a chopstick cake? The landlord bakes a big cake, then sets a chopstick on the table, bakes a piece of cake and puts it on the chopstick, so that it falls layer by layer, and it is so thick as a chopstick. It is called a chopstick cake. .

If the crops can eat a chopstick cake, this is considered a pass. Why do we look at the crops in this era?Because people in this era generally believe that people who can eat can work if they work hard, and those who can work are good crops.

Later, when Lantian was established, Zhuangjiao changed the food from baking flatbreads to steamed buns. This kind of thing can satisfy a little hunger. Generally, a strong laborer eats a steamed bun, and he can do heavy physical work all morning without feeling hungry. So far So far, corn has occupied the status of staple food in Lantian, mainly because of the large yield of corn.

The production of sweet potatoes and potatoes is also large, but they can’t be used as a staple food. In the words of farmers, this food is too expensive, so you don’t feel hungry.

But the head of the stick is not. It is hard and difficult to digest, so it is hungry. Therefore, after a series of competitions, corn stands out and becomes the main food in Lantian.

Most of the sweet potatoes are made into sweet potato powder, and some are fed to poultry. Of course, there are also sweet potato lovers. For example, this food is very delicious when eaten roasted.

Although potatoes have not become a staple food, they have unexpectedly become the main dish. Many people in Lantian eat potatoes as vegetables, such as fried shredded potatoes, shredded potatoes in soy sauce, and boiled potato balls. There are various ways to eat potatoes. It directly reached the position of the main course.

Except for potatoes and sweet potatoes, only wheat is the only one left to compete, but it is not easy to use. The output of wheat is not enough. It is indeed better to steam steamed buns and bake flatbreads than corn. But for the food security of Lantian, Li Chaosheng The red line for corn planting has been established. Only when the red line for corn planting is guaranteed, can wheat be grown.

Because as long as the corn production is guaranteed, people in Lantian will not go hungry. This is the basis, and the data are all calculated by the teachers and students of Lantian Agricultural College through strict calculations.

As for growing wheat, although Lantian may not starve, the risk resistance is too small, and it cannot export grain on a large scale. This is not in line with Lantian's strategic plan. Grain trade to obtain huge profits.

Therefore, Lantian is currently only able to eat enough, but not eat well. Coarse grains have always been the main rations of Lantian. Li Chaosheng mentioned this issue at the meeting. At present, it is not enough for the people of Lantian to live a life of luxury and luxury, and eat fine grains every day. , Now the main thing is to solve the problem of eating enough in Lantian.

Disasters continue throughout the country, and Lantian is not qualified to be alone. If Lantian wants to become Guanzhong, it will be the main grain producing area in the entire northwestern Shanxi region, and it will become a big granary for the people of the whole country.

But this also encountered a problem, that is, the area of ​​cultivated land in Lantian is limited, and it is not yet able to support and dominate the whole country. Therefore, Li Chaosheng is currently studying whether to develop the Hetao area.

After all, the Hetao area is a high-quality wheat planting area. In the 21st century, Hetao flour is very famous, and the price is more expensive than that of other places. It can be seen that the quality of the flour here is very good.

But now that there is a lot of chaos in the country, Li Chaosheng hasn't spared his hand yet. When Li Chaosheng frees up his hand, he can use Guihua City as the center of the circle to attack the land of Hetao, and turn those wastelands that still grow with weeds into grain for Han Jiaerlang. land.

Farming, this is something engraved in the genes of the Chinese people. Whether you are enslaving wolves and living in Xuxu, or expanding your territory, the ultimate goal is to find land and cultivate it. There is no way to change this. The things that the Chinese people carry, wherever they go, where they plant the land, this is the stubbornness of the Chinese people, the ambition of the Chinese people.

Now Lantian is developing rapidly, and all industries are revived. However, people in Lantian, who lack entertainment, have nothing to do, and live affluently, and believe in the traditional concept of many children and many blessings, have begun to have children crazily.

Li Chaosheng supports this. After all, according to the experience of later generations, population is the greatest wealth in this era. Only when there are people, all industries can be revitalized. Without people, all industries will surely wither.

Li Chaosheng decided to take advantage of the fact that Lantian’s industrialization has not yet begun to accumulate some population for Lantian, because when the pace of industrialization starts to accelerate, the people will not want to have children. There will be various reasons, some of which are exquisite self-interest. Doctrine, and a large part of it is the pressure given by society.

Li Chaosheng has no way to change this. After all, if we want to develop, we must form the concentration of capital. The concentration of capital will definitely give birth to squeeze, and the lack of concentration of capital, Li Chaosheng has also seen in history textbooks. Excessive egalitarianism is the biggest The inequality is not equal, because individuals are different. If you do more, you get more, and if you do less, you get less. If you can’t get the same wages for doing more and doing less, how can society progress?
If egalitarianism is not implemented, then the capital must be concentrated, so that some courageous and capable individuals will become rich first, but when they become rich, due to human inferiority, they will definitely be squeezed, and Li Chaosheng can only guarantee that they will not allow it. Capital kidnaps the imperial court, the imperial court can control the capital, and guarantees that Lantian will at least be controlled by Li Chaosheng in the end. Put a rope around the neck of the capital, so that no matter how much they swell, as long as he Li Chaosheng is willing, with an order, hundreds of millions of business The empire will also collapse with a crash.

However, this is a challenge that Lantian will face in the future. Li Chaosheng thinks that there is no need to intervene too much, but now Li Chaosheng is very optimistic about Lantian's birth of children, and has given a lot of policy support, such as every child After birth, there will be a ration field of one mu of land.

In recent years, Lantian has not expanded desperately, which has gradually led to the shortage of ration fields in Lantian. There is no way but to find a way. The first way is to speed up domestic expansion, but the court still has the strength to fight. Lantian can't be unscrupulous, and there are rebels raging, Li Chaosheng must give the rebels enough room to play.

Since it has become difficult to open up wasteland in the Ming Dynasty, it is necessary to find a way to go to the grassland. Li Chaosheng decided that when the imperial court eliminated Gao Yingxiang, Lantian would gradually swallow up the northern Shaanxi area, and send a large army to continue to expand the land northward. At least for the huge land of EEDS, Li Chaosheng decided to expand it into his own territory.

The end of the Ming Dynasty was definitely a disaster for ordinary people, terrible disasters, natural disasters and man-made disasters, thousands of miles away, more dead than living, but it was definitely a gluttonous feast for careerists.

In such a troubled world, as long as you dare to fight hard, you can lay a foundation and achieve supreme glory. For example, Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong took advantage of this opportunity to rob money, food, and women.

A carnival that has lasted for more than ten years, and in this carnival there is an outlier, that is Lantian. Lantian's policy is exactly the opposite of these people. The people resumed commerce and farming.

The second is not to grab food. Lantian has been distributing food. After the Lantian boundary marker arrives at a place, Lantian will immediately send the head of the village to manage the place. After entering, the most important task is to distribute food for disaster relief.

The third is to rob women, Lantian never robs women, he only accepts refugees that no one wants, because refugees are a drag and burden in other forces, they only reach out to beg for food, and the biggest role is to consume the officers and soldiers with refugees gunpowder cannon.

The refugees in Lantian are different. This is a labor force. Needless to say, the younger and stronger ones, most of the large reservoirs in Lantian were built by refugees. Even the old and weak, women and children are also useful. Women can use them to give birth to children, and the children grow up. Even if they are strong laborers, the elderly can also do some lighter work in Lantian, adding bricks and tiles to Lantian.

So the only place in the world that can leave a way for the refugees to survive is Lantian.

The refugees also thought the same way. The refugees originally came here with the attitude of being a dead horse as a living horse doctor, but they didn't expect Lantian to really send out relief here.

Save a big piece of pancake that is enough for them to eat for ten days, and a bowl of oily broth. This is simply the best meal they have had in recent years.

The refugees looked at the big pancakes delivered by Lantian in disbelief, their faces full of shock. This was real food, not fake food with turf and tree roots, but food that could fill their stomachs.

Let’s talk about it, how rich and powerful Lantian is, and one or two large pieces of fat can be fished out of this soup, my God, we used to be able to eat one or two pieces of fat during the Chinese New Year without being refugees, If you become a refugee, you have never seen a piece of fat. Of course, this is not absolute. On the way to escape from famine, I saw someone digging up the dead who had just been buried in other people's houses, cutting off the thighs of the dead and eating them.

There are also those who are hungry, exchange their starved children with other people's children, cut them up and stew them in the pot to eat. This is not a joke. They have really seen them, and some of them may even still Take a share.

When people are extremely hungry, they have completely ignored these things. The taste of starvation is really too hard. It is difficult for modern people to experience that feeling. Of course, brothers and sisters who are dieting and losing weight may have a little bit of experience experience.

But dieting to lose weight is only the initial stage of hunger. It is this stage that is not worth mentioning to people who are really extremely hungry. Real hunger is despair.

The refugees gnawed on the pancakes, some desperately ate them, gobbling them like hungry ghosts, while some were only willing to eat a little bit, and took a big piece of pancakes into their bosoms. They stubbornly believed that this Pancakes may be their rations for the next few days. If they eat them today, they may starve to death tomorrow.

Food is used to save lives. Although the militiamen who distributed their food guaranteed that they would have the same pancakes or steamed buns for their next meal, they stubbornly refused to believe it and hid the pancakes in their arms At the same time, he tightly covered his neckline, as if what was hidden was not pancakes, but gold bars.

The refugees gathered little by little, and the people in Lantian also started to move. The first group of refugees who ate food and rested for a quarter of an hour began to gather. According to the regulations, whoever ate the food should go with that person to build the local area.

Therefore, the three chiefs began to order their chiefs to take the first batch of people back. In the first batch, each chief was divided into about 2000 people. Three hundred militiamen followed the chiefs and drove the refugees to their respective villages and towns. In the past, the front line of these refugees was the reservoir construction sites built by various villages and towns.

According to the law of Lantian, after the refugees enter Lantian, they all need to serve on the construction site for one year. This year has several meanings. The first Lantian saved you, and you repay Lantian for one year, so that the people of Lantian will agree to your entry. Lantian is from Lantian.

At the end of the second Ming Dynasty, due to the continuous disasters and the rampant plague, the refugees were often the first to receive the plague, so this year also meant isolation. Even when they allocated construction sites, the new refugees had to be separated from the old refugees. , often give them a separate venue.

The third is to give these refugees a chance to integrate into Lantian. After all, these people have no money now. After entering Lantian, no one will hire them to farm. There are two reasons. First, there are no big landlords in Lantian. There is a lot of land. If you don’t grow enough, how can you hire people? Second, Lantian people are exclusive. If you come to Lantian without familiarity, Lantian people will not be willing to hire you, because Lantian likes to use their own people, even if they ask for the price. A bit expensive.

Because of these three points, it is a good way for the refugees to enter Lantian and immediately start construction of water conservancy projects. The first construction site is in charge of food, housing, and wages every day. Although it is not much, it is enough to save for a year. Lantian gained a foothold.

Second, you can learn about Lantian County the fastest at the construction site, because the militiamen here like to promote the benefits of Lantian to these people, so that they can understand what Lantian is like.

The last and most humane thing is that if you want to continue to work on the construction site after a year of work, the wages will also increase at this time, and it is a good place to settle down.

(End of this chapter)