For this reason, he has asked people to inquire about whether he can find a mine of saltpeter and green alum in Jiangsu Province. Anyway, Jiangsu Governor Zhou Changmin has agreed that he can start mining at will in the province. As long as he can find a mine, he will find a way to buy it.
That's fine!
In this era, people generally do not value the value of mines. With Zhou Changmin's support, even if you spend more money, it should not be difficult to buy it. The main difficulty lies in the exploration.
Compared with the production of chemical fertilizers, introducing high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes from Southeast Asia is undoubtedly a more direct way!
In the past life, looking at all dynasties, whenever there is a prosperous era and the total population of the country reaches 80 million, there will be fierce conflicts between people and land. If there is another flood and drought disaster at this time, the people will not be able to get enough to eat.
, a peasant uprising broke out!
Therefore, the population of 80 million has become a threshold for the rise and fall of feudal dynasties!
All of them are so prosperous and declining!
However, by the Qing Dynasty, the total population of the country soared to the sky, and by the Daoguang period, it exceeded 400 million!
The main reason is that high-yield crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes have been widely promoted nationwide, solving the contradiction between people and land!
The people are easily satisfied. As long as they can eat, even if they are not full, there is still a way out, who is willing to rebel!
As for where to go to find sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, Lin Xu naturally knew very well, but because the Japanese pirates along the coast were very serious, and the emperor was devoted to practicing Taoism and only wanted to live forever, he had no progress at all.
The heart of the country has adopted the policy of closing the country, and the sails are not allowed to enter the sea!
Therefore, how to get the seeds of these high-yield crops in Southeast Asia has become a big problem.
In short, you have to find a way to break through these two methods, but you can't hurry up and try it!
As for currency, this is a specialty of the state. He will definitely not be able to get involved in the right to mint coins, but he has already considered to prepare for a money shop after he has the strength in the future. This is also the prototype of a bank!
However, these are all later stories. The most urgent thing to do now is to strengthen the infrastructure of the village.
With the continuous expansion of textile factories, dyeing factories and soap factories, and there are still many new factories that need to be invested in the future, the number of workers will definitely increase. In order to solve the problem of the factory's land occupation and the accommodation of migrant workers,
For issues such as life, the village needs to be re-planned.
At present, as long as people who are able to work in Liushan Village, basically all of them have come to Linshan Village to work. In addition, Lin Xu also spent a lot of money to build an arch bridge on the river between the two villages.
It greatly facilitates the contact between the two villages!
It is no exaggeration to say that the two villages have basically merged into one whole.
Therefore, Lin Xu planned to plan the two villages in a unified manner to create a comprehensive community integrating life, work, shopping, leisure and entertainment.
In addition, fortification construction must be strengthened around the village!
Last time, the government soldiers and bandits surrounded their village. For a moment, the city was covered with black clouds and the wind was shuddering!
Although it did not cause any major disaster in the end, this reminded Lin Xu!
While we have made our hands now, we must strengthen the construction of fortifications, build city walls around the village, and also use cement and blue bricks as the main materials to build!
In the future, if there are more army to encircle the village, then you will at least not be so panicked by relying on the strong fortifications.
However, if you want to achieve this goal, you still need to solve the land problem. After all, the land in the village is in the hands of the villagers. If they do not agree with their own planning plans, they cannot force others! This chapter has been completed!