Chapter 364： Reclamation Order 2

In the reclamation order, encouraging reclamation is only the most important one.

In fact, there are many detailed rules in the whole decree.

For example, encourage cattle breeding.

There is a big difference between farming cattle and non-farming cattle. When the land is turned over, ten people can't reach a single cow, and having a farming cow can save time and effort.

However, it is not easy to raise a farm cow. Not to mention the cost of a calf is already sky-high, and it is not easy to feed a farm cow alone.

To raise a farm cow, you must go grazing every day, and generally you need to graze twice a day. And grazing alone is not enough, because cattle eat a lot of food.

In addition to grazing, you also need to feed a lot of straw, or straw, or rice bran.

However, in this period, the straw after the people harvested rice needed to be burned for cooking, or thrown in the field to rot or burned to make fertilizer.

In short, there is no affluent to raise cattle.

In order to change this situation, Wu Changqing said to increase coal mining, and then make briquettes for the people to use.

The use of briquettes can solve the fuel problem and use more straw to feed the cattle.

At the same time, the use of briquettes can also reduce the excessive felling of forests, and can raise more grass and trees.

During this period, except for the large trees in the mountainous areas, there are basically no forests in the plains.

The hillsides of the plains are all bare. Those trees will be cut for firewood before they grow up. Even the stumps and roots will not be let go.

The more so, the less the trees grow. The less the trees grow, the less firewood is provided, which creates a vicious circle.

Using briquettes, the felling of small saplings and small trees is prohibited. As long as it lasts for a few years, and when those trees grow up, this problem can basically be effectively alleviated.

As for using too much coal to cause pollution and damage to the environment and the air, this Wu Changqing can't take care of that much, so let's talk about it first.

In the future, if we become rich, we can also improve the environment when we become rich. The most important thing is to feed the people.

Only those who have eaten enough and have nothing to do will call for environmental protection.

Before crossing over, Wu Changqing was disgusted when he saw the environmentalists in the West and the environmentalists in the big cities.

Those **** in the West and big cities first used coal in large quantities to destroy the environment and developed, and then they told those underdeveloped areas to be environmentally friendly.

They made a lot of money, they destroyed the environment, and then asked the rural people to follow them in environmental protection.

To paraphrase a famous saying by Zhuge Kongming, that is, I have never seen such a brazen person.

Environmental protection must be environmental protection, but it must be said after the economic development.

Moreover, Wu Changqing is actually not too worried about environmental issues.

Because the air is so good now, if you want to pollute it, you have to burn coal for decades to pollute it. It's too early to worry about it.

At some point, Wu Changqing will formulate rules to not allow foreigners to burn coal, forcing them to engage in environmental protection.

Well, if you can't stop others from being shameless, it's better to do it yourself.

In addition to raising cattle, the decree also encourages and promotes the use of simple farming tools, as well as the cultivation of potatoes, corn, and cotton.

Compared with rice, potatoes and corn have lower requirements for land.

In some places where rice cannot be grown, it is a good choice to grow potatoes and corn.

Especially potatoes, this thing has a high yield.

Although it is not good to use potatoes as a staple food for a long time, it is easy to eat.

However, it's still good to eat once in a while.

For some people who still don’t have enough to eat, whether it’s good or not is of secondary importance, and some food is the most important thing.

When people are hungry, let alone potatoes, people eat grass roots and bark.

Promoting potato planting can greatly increase grain output.

Cotton cannot be eaten as food, but it can be processed into commodities and sold abroad, and then imported grain. In fact, growing cotton is even more cost-effective than growing grain.

When the reclamation order was promulgated, an article appeared in the Minbao Daily, analyzing the intent of the imperial government's policies. In fact, the government was explaining to other classes why it should be so good to the people.

If you don’t explain, you always make policies that are beneficial to farmers, and people from other classes must have opinions in their hearts.

In this world, good people and noble people are always in the minority, and most people only care about their own interests.

Like those businessmen, scholars, landlords and gentry, they don't care too much about the lives of the peasants, they only care about whether they can live better.

The imperial court always favors the peasants with resources, and they will get less benefits.

As the gap between the rich and the poor narrows, their social status will virtually decline.

Maybe they dare not say it, but they will definitely have opinions in their hearts.

With emotions, maybe you can't help but do a little damage.

In order to appease other classes, Wu Changqing asked Wei Ziwen to write an article explaining the benefits to other classes after farmers became rich.

In the article, a term appeared for the first time, consumption power.

The argument of the article is simple. If the people are not wealthy and have no money to consume, then whoever buys so many cloths will buy them, and whoever buys so many goods.

You can't just count on the rich class. In the whole world, the number of rich people may be less than one percent of the poor.

Those tens of thousands of poor people are a huge consumer group that can open up a market.

Only when these poor people are fed and have spare money can they have the ability to consume and this market can be opened up.

Imagine that if those ten million people can afford perfume, then the annual profit of the perfume industry can increase by more than one hundred times.

The scenes described by Wei Ziwen are still quite attractive to businessmen.

In addition to the term consumption power, Wei Ziwen also explained that the fundamental purpose of supporting farmers now is to liberate productivity.

Only by increasing the output of grain and reducing the difficulty of farming can we free up more labor to serve the rich.

If the peasants can't even eat enough to eat, how can they have surplus people to participate in the construction of cities and towns.

Without those people coming to town, who will make perfume, make cloth, make BMW cars for the rich to enjoy?

And those dirty work, tired work, which rich man is sure to do?

This kind of rhetoric also has some truth, at least it can persuade a large part of the wealthy class to make their hearts balanced.

Although their hearts are not balanced and there is no trouble, but a harmonious society helps the development of the society, and it is necessary to alleviate the contradictions between all classes.

Wu Changqing's plan is to first solve the problem of food and clothing and increase productivity first.

In the future, everyone will be rich, and we will work to change the gap between the rich and the poor in society and build the ideal society in our minds.

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