With Lin Xu's efforts, Jiangling's banditry problem was finally completely resolved.
However, since Master Song seemed to have disappeared from the world and could not be found, and Lin Xu was also worried that the remaining bandit forces would resurgence, so at Lin Xu's suggestion, Guo Nanxing had people everywhere in the county.
Notices were posted, and people were also arranged to go to the mountain villages to publicize. Anyone who found bandits causing trouble or local bullies could report it to the county government!
As long as it is found to be true, the county government will reward you heavily!
Suddenly, a wave of severe crackdowns swept across Jiangling County. In just over a month, more than fifty local gangsters were found to be true and were arrested and imprisoned. Dozens of thieves also suffered as a result!
Among them, except for some who committed serious crimes and were sent to prison, others who committed relatively minor crimes were all sent to Heishui ditch to dig coal and undergo labor reform.
After the two campaigns of suppressing bandits and cracking down hard, Jiangling County, which was originally the worst in terms of security in Jiangsu Province, has become the county with the best security, and even the folk customs have been changed!
In the past, if two people were wandering around the market and accidentally bumped their shoulders, they would often have a quarrel or even fight!
However, now that two people bumped shoulders, they would rush to apologize to each other, for fear that the other party would think their attitude was too arrogant and report them to the county government as a gangster!
Although it has not yet reached the point where people aspire to "don't pick up lost things on the road and never close the door at night", it still has its charm!
With a stable environment, Lin Xu can finally focus more on industrial development.
No matter what era it is, energy and food are the two most important resources for mankind!
Kissinger in the previous life said something very reasonable: Whoever controls oil controls all countries; whoever controls food controls all mankind; whoever controls currency controls the global economy.
In this era, the most important energy source is coal!
Therefore, Lin Xu asked Zhao Menghu, commander of the second battalion, and Cao Qinglun, commander of the fourth battalion, to each lead one hundred Linshan troops to take turns stationed in Heishui ditch to supervise the criminals digging coal.
If you want to increase grain production, there are currently two main methods.
First, mass-produce chemical fertilizers to replace the natural fertilizers currently used. When the fertility of the land increases, the yield per mu will naturally increase.
Second, find ways to introduce high-yielding crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes from Southeast Asia.
For Lin Xu, who is proficient in chemistry, although making fertilizer is difficult, it can still be done.
For example, the most commonly used nitrogen fertilizer is mainly to solve the problem of nitrogen source, which is ammonia. This can be solved by coal coking. This is why he values the Heishuigou Coal Mine so much!
In addition, sulfuric acid needs to be used, which is not too difficult. Whether it is the lead chamber method or the retort method, it is a piece of cake for him!
The key is to have raw materials, such as saltpeter and green vitriol.
In recent years, under the leadership of the emperor, there has been a craze for cultivating Taoism among the people. Saltpeter and green vitriol are both materials that need to be used in elixir making, so they are still relatively common in the market, but they are more expensive!
If you buy saltpeter and green vitriol at market prices and then make them into chemical fertilizers, the cost is really too high. It is much more expensive than buying food directly!
Therefore, if you want to mass-produce chemical fertilizers, you must first solve the problem of the sources of saltpeter and green vitriol. This chapter has been completed!