For this reason, he has asked people to inquire about whether he can find saltpeter and green vitriol mines in Jiangsu Province. Anyway, Jiangsu Governor Zhou Changmin has agreed that he can mine at will in the province. As long as he can find the mines, he will find a way to buy them.
That’s it!
In this era, people generally don't attach much importance to the value of mines. With Zhou Changmin's support, even if they spend a little more money, it shouldn't be difficult to buy it. The main difficulty lies in exploration.
Compared to producing chemical fertilizers, introducing high-yielding crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes from Nanyang is undoubtedly a more direct method!
In the past life, looking at all dynasties and generations, whenever there was a prosperous age and the total population of the country reached 80 million, there would be fierce conflicts between man and land. If there was another flood, drought, and natural disaster at this time, the people would be destitute and unable to eat.
, a peasant uprising will break out!
Therefore, a population of 80 million has simply become a threshold for the rise and fall of a feudal dynasty!
It is always like this when it flourishes and then declines!
By the time of the Qing Dynasty, the total population of the country had soared. By the Daoguang period, it had exceeded 400 million!
The main reason is that high-yielding crops such as sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes have been promoted on a large scale across the country, which has solved the contradiction between man and land!
The common people are easily satisfied. As long as they can eat, even if they are not full, as long as there is still a way to survive, who is willing to rebel?
As for where to find sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes, Lin Xu naturally knew very well. However, due to the serious chaos of Japanese pirates along the coast, and the fact that the emperor was dedicated to cultivating Taoism and only wanted to live forever, he had no progress at all.
Therefore, a closed-door policy was adopted, and no sails were allowed to enter the sea!
Therefore, how to get the seeds of these high-yielding crops from Nanyang has become a big problem.
In short, you have to find a way to break through these two methods, but you can't rush this kind of thing, just figure it out slowly!
As for currency, this is exclusively owned by the state, and he certainly has no control over the minting rights. However, he has already considered setting up a bank after gaining strength in the future. This can be regarded as the prototype of a bank!
However, these are all things for later. The most urgent thing to do now is to strengthen the village's infrastructure.
As textile factories, dyeing factories, and soap factories continue to expand, and many new factories will need to be built in the future, the number of employees will definitely increase. In order to solve the problem of factory land occupation and accommodation for migrant workers,
To solve problems such as daily life, the village needs to be re-planned.
At present, as long as the people in Liushan Village who are capable of working have basically come to Linshan Village to work, Lin Xu also spent a lot of money to build an arch bridge across the river between the two villages.
It greatly facilitates travel between the two villages!
It is no exaggeration to say that the two villages have basically merged into one whole.
Therefore, Lin Xu plans to unify the planning of the two villages 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, dark clouds fell over the city and there was a roar of wind!
Although it didn't cause a major disaster in the end, it was a wake-up call for Lin Xu!
Now that we have our hands free, we must strengthen fortification construction and build city walls around the village, and we must use cement and blue bricks as the main materials!
In the future, if a large army comes to surround the village again, with the strong defenses, at least I won't feel so panicked.
However, to achieve this goal, we still need to solve the land issue. After all, the land in the village is in the hands of the villagers. If they don't agree with their planning plan, they can't force them! This chapter has been completed!