Chapter 208 Resource Integration
Fang Yu is here.
He came to ask Zhang Zhun for help, and he asked for help help help helplessly.
The establishment of the Lingshan Guard Patrol Team was quite unsuccessful. Fang Yu originally believed that the patrol team could be established in just one day. Unexpectedly, five days passed and the task had not been completed. Although Fang Yu mobilized as much as possible, no one was willing to join the patrol team.
Originally, Zhang Zhun organized the Lingshan Guard Patrol Team with 300 people, with a total of six teams, each with fifty people. As a result, Fang Yu worked hard for several days and had enough 150 people. The remaining 150 people were not known where to find them! I have to say that this was definitely a major blow to the ambitious Fang Yu.
It should be noted that he assured Zhang Zhun that even if there is a gathering of thousands of people, there is no problem. Unexpectedly, even if three hundred people can't handle it, only one hundred and fifty people, a few thousand people, and one hundred and fifty people, the contrast is really big. If it weren't for the fact that there was no way, Fang Yu would be embarrassed to appear in front of Zhang Zhun.
The reason is that the Lingshan Guard's military households were not motivated enough. The local Lingshan Guard's military households have always hated being a soldier to eat food, and the feeling of being tired of war was quite common. Back then, the Lingshan Guard had the least number of people who were drawn. Those who were drawn tried every means to hide, and some even fled overnight and disappeared from then on. This shows the attitude of the locals towards fighting.
At the same time, worrying about the court's counterattack is another important reason. Wang Jian is indeed dead, but killing Wang Jian may attract more enemies. Can the court sit down and watch a dignified guard commander be killed like this? This is absolutely impossible. If you join the patrol team, it is to directly confront the officers and soldiers, and directly confront the court.
The courage to divide the land is not enough, let alone directly confronting the court? What is the nature of confronting the court? Anyone with a little brain knows that this is rebellion! And rebellion will be killed by a whole family! The possibility of rebellion success in all dynasties is too low. This risk requires careful consideration!
This time, Fang Yu completely realized the cowardly side of these fellow villagers in the past. No wonder Wang Jian’s rule in Lingshanwei was so stable. In fact, it was not because Wang Jian was too powerful, but because the locals were too cowardly and did not have the courage to resist. When complaining, even he, a local, looked down on the locals a little.
"Fennie!"
"Courtesy!"
Fang Yu said to Zhang Zhun angrily.
"Xiao Fang, let's see."
"Not everyone is fearless."
Zhang Zhun said as if nothing had happened.
Zhang Zhun is now truly calm about Fang Yu’s complaints.
This is reality.
Facing reality, complaining has no effect.
Or, you change this reality.
Or, you are adapting to this reality.
Now, Zhang Zhun has no ability to change reality, so he can only adapt to reality as much as possible. Since the people of Lingshan Guard are unwilling to join the army actively, it doesn’t matter. There are many people willing to join the army in other places, just transfer them. For example, there are many people willing to join the army in Xiahe City.
As the saying goes, a forced melon is not sweet. If you use tough measures to eliminate strong men and force the local military households of Lingshanwei to join the army, the effect may be counterproductive. Many strong men captured by the Kuomintang in the past ended up joining the Communist camp, and the lessons are profound.
This is the benefit of a large territory, which can integrate resources more effectively. Human resources are also a kind of resources, and it is also the most precious one. In fact, from the perspective of human resources, the people of Lingshanwei are also very outstanding. Most of them are good at working, down-to-earth, hardworking, hardworking, and have no complaints. They are all old oxen. To describe them in the shortest words, that is: as long as they don’t go to the battlefield, I can do anything.
The farm production model set up by Zhang Zhun in Lingshanwei was warmly welcomed by the people of Lingshanwei. In their opinion, this way of getting money and grain by working is really considerate. Therefore, those who have changed from tenants to garrisons are particularly energetic when working. The farm supervisors basically don’t need to work. The garrisons all think it’s very good.
Due to the hard work and active cooperation of the Tun Ding, the production of each farm has achieved good results. Liu Hang, Liu Baoyu and Yang Liren, who were inspecting each farm back and forth, were all happy. Where can I find such kind and obedient, so hardworking and capable, and so hardworking Tun Ding?
"Xiao Fang, everyone has different characteristics. Not everyone can become an excellent warrior. Some people are not suitable for the battlefield, which is a natural decision. This is not their fault. In fact, in other positions, they can do well and excellent. The key is that we need to discover their respective characteristics and put them in the right position, rather than forcing them to do things in a certain unsuitable position. That will only backfire."
Zhang Zhunyu gave Fang Yu a serious guide.
From later generations, he naturally knew the division of labor. There are different divisions of labor in any world. Different people are suitable for different jobs. For example, the British housekeeper, French mistress, Indian guard, Japanese wife, Filipino maid, Chinese chef, Vienna zither... which is widely circulated in later generations... is the embodiment of this type. If you ask your third brother to join the army and marry a French woman as your wife, the consequences can be imagined.
Resource integration is actually a very profound science. Zhang Zhun dared not say he was proficient. However, he came from later generations and had a broader vision than people of this era. Deciding to take down Lingshanwei was the fundamental need of the resource integration strategy. Lingshanwei had iron ore that Zhang Zhun urgently needed, and a considerable number of coal mines, saltpeter, sulfur, etc. These were also what Zhang Zhun needed.
"Sir, what should the patrol do?"
Fang Yu said helplessly.
"Isn't there anyone in Xiahe City? You can contact Feng Yangyi and ask for a person from him, it should be no problem."
Zhang Zhun said confidently.
"That's all."
Fang Yu said obscenely.
In this matter, Fang Yu felt that he was very failed. The huge Acropolis of Lingshan Guard had four thousand households and tens of thousands of people, but he could not get three hundred people. Instead, it was a small Xiahe Village Thousand House. After suffering a heavy blow, he still had the courage to join the army and so many people were willing to join the army. He felt that it would be better to move to Xiahe Village as well.
There was no choice but to contact Feng Yangyi. As a result, there were quite a few people who enthusiastically participated in the patrol team on Feng Yangyi. The local patrol team in Xiahezhai could not accept so many and was about to persuade them to retreat! Lingshan Guard wanted people and immediately supported him. As a result, 150 people were gathered soon, all of whom were energetic and highly morale. At this point, the patrol team of Lingshan Guard was officially established.
At the founding meeting, Zhang Zhun made a brief declaration.
"The Lingshan Guard is not my Zhang Zhun's Lingshan Guard, but your own Lingshan Guard!"
"The future of Lingshanwei is in your hands!"
"Whether you come from the Acropolis of Lingshanwei or from the Qianhu House of Xiahezhai, you all belong to this land! This land has the blood and sweat that your ancestors have given through generations, and the footprints left by your ancestors! If you hope that these lands will belong to you in the future and forever, you can only take up your weapons and fight bravely!"
"Xiahe Village and the Acropolis should not be divided, they should be one. Whether the Acropolis is attacked or Xiahe Village is attacked, you are all attacked! Whether the enemy attacks the Acropolis or Xiahe Village, you must fight back bravely!"
After the patrol team was established, they took over the defense of the Acropolis. The soldiers of the guard team basically no longer perform daily vigilance tasks. Of course, the patrol team is mainly responsible for daily public security maintenance. They cannot resist foreign war threats. Zhang Zhun could not ask the patrol team to undertake such tasks. As long as the patrol team maintains the public security of the Acropolis well, it is already very good.
Since the original complete ruling order of Lingshan Guard was completely destroyed, it was necessary to establish a new ruling order. Therefore, Zhang Zhun established a branch of Shengxia Zong in Lingshan Guard, and Liu Baoyu became a manager and established several relevant departments below. The heads of each department were drawn back from Fushan Institute, namely the Lingshan Guards who had originally defected to Fushan Institute. Although there were only a few dozen people and each was responsible for many affairs, this set of administrative agencies was still running slowly.
With the operation of the organization, everything about Lingshanwei gradually got on track. Especially the farms, the development speed was very fast. Liu Hang once joked that Lingshanwei really had the talent to build farms. Not only were twenty farms already established in an orderly manner, but some farms had already begun to reclaim wasteland. For example, the most active third farm organized more than 300 people and reclaimed hundreds of acres of land in one day. If the development continues at this rate, the area of the third farm can soon exceed 20,000 acres.
"Everything is moving in a positive direction."
Liu Hang reported to Zhang Zhun with confidence.
At the end of August, Zhang Zhun returned to Xiahe City.
In the past few months, Xiahe City has suffered heavy damage and many people have died. All the officers have died, and more than 30% of ordinary military households have died. Fortunately, the local military households have suffered heavy damage and have a deep hatred towards the court, so everyone made up their minds to follow Zhang Zhun.
After experiencing the last incident, the escort team returned to Xiahe Village and was welcomed the warmest welcome. The local military households regarded the escort team as their savior and their hope. Therefore, after returning to Xiahe Village, Yang Zhiyuan, Feng Yangyi, Dai Yu, Wang Dingjia and others successfully expelled Wang Dou and quickly started their work smoothly.
Xiahe Village set up a branch of Shengxia Sect earlier than Lingshan Wei Cang, and Feng Yangyi was selected as the manager. As one of the core hosts of the distribution of land and land, Wang Mingyu also came to Xiahe Village to provide help to Feng Yangyi. With the efforts of everyone, the various laws issued by Zhang Zhun were successfully implemented here. In just a few days, the fields were distributed to the hands of various people, and the people's support for the guards reached a full level.
Since Xiahe Village has too few populations and too many fields, each person who meets the conditions has obtained additional fields. After calculation, each person has about eight acres. Relatively speaking, it is more than Fushan Site. At the same time, some refugees who fled from Rizhao also obtained fields here and became members of Xiahe Village.
At the same time, the patrol team of Xiahezhai was also established. Although there were only three teams and one hundred and fifty people, they were quite capable. Many people had experienced the baptism of war and had considerable combat experience. The weapons Zhang Zhun equipped them with were also the best quality scimitars and spears. As for muskets, they cannot be provided for the time being.
When Zhang Zhun returned to Xiahe City, there were still many places around Xiahe City that were not cleaned up, and vaguely saw corpses everywhere. There was a strong smell of blood floating in the air. However, the surviving people were full of hope for the future. At least, the harvest was about to be about to harvest. Even if it was not a bumper harvest, there should be no problem with more than 200 kilograms per mu of land. Eight acres of land were about 2,000 kilograms. After deducting the tax of 300 kilograms, there was still more than 1,600 kilograms, which was enough for one person to eat for a year.
In this day, as long as the problem of food is first solved, everything else is easy to say. The problem of farmers is first and foremost the problem of stomach. As long as the problem of food and clothing is solved, the peasant class is relatively the most stable.
However, having food alone is not enough, and production needs to be developed.
The highlight of Zhang Zhun’s place in front of Xiahe Village is to build a large salt drying field.
As the war continues to escalate, the blockade faced by Fushan City will become more and more serious. Everything depends on self-reliance. This is even more so. If the Governor Denglai and the Governor of Shandong make up their minds to get along with Zhang Zhun, Sun Weina's private salt path would probably not be able to go through. If you want to continue to rely on Snow Salt to make huge profits, you can only avoid Shandong and find another clever way.
To achieve this, the raw materials must be guaranteed first. In other words, there must be a large amount of coarse salt. Due to the distribution of fields and large farms, the income of military households is getting higher and higher, and their lives are getting better and better. This will inevitably lead to fewer and fewer military households willing to boil salt in sea water. In the end, it will completely disappear. With fewer people cooking salt, the coarse salt that can be purchased will naturally be less and less. Now, the biggest source of coarse salt in Yangjiatun is the official Laizhou Bay Salt Farm. However, the coarse salt provided by this official salt farm may be cut off at any time. Therefore, a new coarse salt production site must be found.
Chapter completed!