"Go to the shore and see Brother Liang!" Jin Feng replied.
After all, Miss Xiaoyue is just a businessman, with a limited scope of activities and a limited understanding of the situation. As the commander-in-chief of the Sichuan and Sichuan troops, Zhang Liang's vision has improved a lot and he looks at problems more comprehensively...
Before the ship even docked, Jin Feng saw Zhang Liang waiting on the shore with his men and horses from a distance.
Seeing Jin Feng, Zhang Liang saluted, and then asked someone to drive the carriage over: "Sir, the manor has prepared meals, please!"
"We won't go to the manor. We can just eat something on the boat."
At this time, Jin Feng only focused on the people of Jiangnan, so how could he have the appetite to eat and drink?
Zhang Liang came from a humble background and has not been in a high position for a long time. He is not a person who pays attention to food, drink and ostentation. Seeing that Jin Feng looked worried, he stopped trying to persuade him and followed Jin Feng to Zhenyuan No. 2.
When they arrived at the cabin, Jin Feng took advantage of Runniang's leisure time to cook and asked Zhang Liang, "How is the food transportation here?"
"The last trip to the Fengnian Granary has just finished shipping, and the other granary has just started shipping."
Zhang Liang replied: "It's mainly the ship Zhenyuan No. 2. The transportation is still a bit slow. With the previous wooden ships, the return transportation can only rely on trackers to pull it up. A ship of grain is transported from Jiangnan back to Sichuan. The trackers on the road
I’m afraid I’ll have to eat half of it, which is not cost-effective.”
"In the future, all granaries should not be emptied of grain. At least 30% of the grain should be left in each granary."
Jin Feng said: "If there is a famine in the south of the Yangtze River, we have to give porridge to save people."
Although Jiangnan produced grain, most of the grain was concentrated in the hands of the landlords and gentry.
Now the landlords and gentry have been beaten to a pulp by the common people. Once the common people finish eating the food they have stolen, the situation will quickly deteriorate.
"Actually, when I met my husband today, I also wanted to talk to him about this matter. The situation in Jiangnan has reached the edge of getting out of control, and I also plan to leave some food for emergency use."
"Tell me about the situation in Jiangnan," Jin Feng poured Zhang Liang a glass of water.
"Yes!" Zhang Liang told Jin Feng what he had learned recently.
He kept talking until Runniang and Tang Xiaobei came in with the dishes, and then he reluctantly finished.
"It is a good policy to divide the land to attack local tyrants, but it must be restrained and guided by someone." Tang Xiaobei commented while dividing the chopsticks.
"Yes, everything is in chaos here in Jiangnan. Even if we free up our hands to clean up Jiangnan in the future, I'm afraid a large number of people will starve to death." Zhang Liang sighed.
When the local tyrants in Sichuan, Sichuan and Qin were fighting to divide their fields, the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau could seize a large amount of grain.
However, it is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish. When the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau distributes land to the people, it will not directly distribute the food to the people. Instead, it will seal up the food and manage it centrally.
If some people really can't live anymore, they can borrow food from the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau.
In the past, landlords would also lend grain to the people, but when landlords borrowed grain, it was usury, while the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau borrowed grain without interest.
Just borrow a bushel and return another bushel after you grow food later.
This can encourage active farming and enter a virtuous cycle.
On the Jiangnan side, the people had already robbed all the food from the landlords and gentry. When the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau came over, it would be difficult to seize the food.
Even if the land is allocated to the people by then, the crops in the field will not mature overnight and will have to be subsidized by the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau.
But where did Zhenyuan Escort Bureau get so much food?
Thinking of this, Jin Feng said to Zhang Liang: "Brother Liang, spring plowing is coming soon. We must organize the people to farm while they still have food in their hands!"
The climate in the south of the Yangtze River is warm and suitable for grain growth. If you sow now, you will have a harvest in a few months.
If we handle it properly, we may be able to survive this crisis.
This was the only solution Jin Feng came up with on the boat this morning.
"This is a good idea!" Zhang Liang's eyes lit up: "Actually, there are still many people who are willing to farm, but there are too many bandits. The people finally managed to grow some food, but they were looted by the bandits."
"So if we want people to farm their land with peace of mind, we must suppress the bandits as soon as possible!"
Jin Feng said coldly.
"That's the truth, but we still have too few manpower!"
Zhang Liang sighed and said: "Sir, as far as I know, there are bandits everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River. Take Anpei County in the south as an example. There used to be a group of more than 700 big bandits in the county, and three groups of two to three hundred people.
However, recently, seven or eight groups of bandits have appeared in Yen Bai County, and two of them have more than a thousand people!
Anpei County is not far from the Yangtze River and is within the deterrence range of the Zhenyuan Escort Bureau. In counties further south, the situation is even more serious!
There are hundreds of counties in the south of the Yangtze River, large and small. Even if we send one company to each county to suppress bandits, it will still take hundreds of companies. We simply don’t have that many manpower!"
"If it's not possible to send one company to each county, then send one platoon or even one squad to each county!" Jin Feng said.
"Sir, basically every county now has large-scale bandits with more than a thousand people. How can one platoon be enough?"
Zhang Liang was shocked when he heard this.
"Brother Liang, do you remember Yonglin Town?" Jin Feng asked.
"Yonglin Town?" Zhang Liang hesitated for a moment, then thought about it.
Last year, a group of killers assassinated the escort and then escaped.
Later, Zhong Ming's team received information that they were hiding in a place called Yonglin Town, and Han Feng personally led the team to hunt down these killers.
After arriving in Yonglin Town, Han Feng found that the local people were living in extremely difficult circumstances, so he organized the people to fight against local tyrants to divide their fields.
Because Han Feng and the others still had missions at the time and could not keep too many bodyguards stationed in Yonglin Town, they asked local people to form a militia to take charge of local security issues.
"At that time, Brother Han only left three bodyguards in Yonglin Town. With the assistance of the militia, Yonglin Town was managed very well!"
Jin Feng said: "Can we learn from the experience of Yonglin Town, organize a local militia, and use local people to manage local people?"
In fact, after the Ninth Princess killed the vassal kings from various places, she distributed leaflets calling on people from Jiangnan to go to Sichuan and Shu to study, which was similar to Jin Feng's idea.
It's just that the situation in Jiangnan has deteriorated too quickly, and it's too far away from Sichuan and Shu. Although many scholars in Jiangnan are willing to go to Sichuan and Shu to study, most of them haven't arrived in Sichuan and Shu at this time, let alone study-related
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"This is a solution, but will this create new landlords and gentry?" Zhang Liang asked.
People are selfish, and when faced with interests, it is difficult for people in the militia to keep their true intentions.
Apart from anything else, it is human nature to allocate a few good pieces of land to your family when dividing the land.
Over time, I am afraid that new landlords and gentry will be formed.
"Your worries are justified," Jin Feng said, "So after I plan to set up a militia team, I will make adjustments among the towns. What do you think, Brother Liang?"