Chapter 227 Development

As far as Ying Yi is concerned, steel has been eliminated.

The large-scale output of Jinyuan Alloy not only meets Ying Yi's needs, but also accumulates a large amount of inventory. Compared with gold and yuan alloys, steel is insignificant. Even if he was exiled and turned into a weapon, it wouldn't bother Ying Yi at all.

However, steel has become obsolete in Henan, but is in short supply elsewhere. Businessmen from all walks of life had various ideas, and perhaps secretly laughed at Ying Yi's stupidity, and then trafficked out a large number of tools made of fine steel.

In addition, the porcelain kiln firing in Xiaowangzhuang also started in early February. Although the quality of the porcelain produced is average, it is large in quantity and cheap, and is also popular among businessmen.

In addition, according to Ying Yi's few words, the firing of glass is also being studied. Whenever good news comes, in about half a year or three months, clear glass may be produced, and then it will be another gold mine.

The Zhuxia people have always been smart, and some technologies are not as good as foreign products. The biggest reason is that the official does not pay attention to them.

I would rather buy it at a high price than invest energy in studying it.

Once you invest your energy in studying, good news will come frequently.

There are also some corners, such as the weaving shop in Xiaowangzhuang, where the amount of cloth sold to the outside world is also increasing day by day.

As for the gradual recovery of private business, we can also see it. When the people have money and food in their hands, there is a certain demand. Businessmen take advantage of every opportunity, and all walks of life prosper.

The recovery and prosperity of commerce had a great effect on the stability of social order. The commercial taxes collected by the Taxation Department are also rising month by month. When the Department of Taxation was first established, the commercial tax collected in the first month was less than a thousand taels of silver. By February, the commercial tax collected was approximately SGD 5 million, an increase of more than dozens of times.

Commercial taxes and agricultural taxes collected by the government are invested in the construction of infrastructure in various places. The dredging and expansion of roads and the construction of ditches and water conservancy facilities are getting faster and faster.

Previously, there were only tens of thousands of slave workers. When the government had money and food, they used it to recruit people. Throughout Henan, the six mansions under Ying Yi's control were full of construction sites. The prototypes of highways connect cities and counties, and a network of water conservancy facilities is also taking shape.

At least half a million people worked on this government project.

Although it has put great financial pressure on the government, the achievements achieved are obvious to all. As March approaches, all the acres that were cleared last year and planted for one season have been included in the water conservancy and water network. This water conservancy network continues to spread. According to Ying Yi's plan, it will not stop until it covers all the areas suitable for planting in Henan.

At the same time, all roads connecting major cities in various prefectures have been opened. Next is the road connectivity between counties and even towns.

To be honest, such projects were rare in all dynasties. The impact on Henan is also huge. At least the will of the people is unstoppable.

It also caused Ying Yi's Humanity Qi to quickly rise to the million level. The number of places on the Humanity List has increased to 500,000!

This was beyond Ying Yi's expectation.

The people's wishes are indeed unfavorable!

The quota of 500,000 yuan on the list made Ying Yi very happy and very hopeful.

In March, the Agriculture Department of the Prefecture Mu Yamen issued a new decree. That is to promote improved varieties of fruits and vegetables.

Food, vegetables and fruits complement each other. Without fruits and vegetables, something is always missing. During this period of time, the Crescent Valley Jiyi under the leadership of Er Niu has been operating at full capacity, improving all the improved staple grain varieties needed for planting in Henan next season, and then focusing on improving fruits and vegetables.

The staple foods are wheat and rice. Due to restrictions set by Ying Yi, the seeds produced after planting cannot be continued to be planted. Therefore, the people still have to obtain grain seeds from the government every season. However, unlike the first time, the subsequent transformation of improved seeds can only be regarded as secondary transformation. There is no need to modify the seeds in terms of yield and resistance, but only re-establish restrictions.

So it's extremely fast.

Because newly planted grains consume a lot of soil fertility, although the harvest can be harvested in two months, Ying Yi still made a rule of only planting two seasons a year, and supplemented it with farmers' fertile land promotion to ensure the abundance of soil fertility. Therefore, after the first harvest, the people had a slack period of at least three months. This is why the government can recruit hundreds of thousands of people to work.

But government projects are in the minority after all. During the next three months of farming, people will not be idle. Therefore, in addition to the cultivation of staple foods, fruits, vegetables and cash crops must also be promoted.

On the one hand, it can enrich the living needs of the people, and on the other hand, it can also promote the prosperity of business.

In early March, a large number of improved varieties of fruits, vegetables and cash crops were introduced to the public, and the people no longer hesitated to buy them from the government - yes, buy them.

Not only improved varieties of fruits, vegetables and cash crops, but also improved varieties of staple grains will also need to be purchased. Although the price is very low, it cannot be provided for free.

People often don’t value free things. No matter how good it is, since it doesn’t cost money, you will gradually become indifferent to it.

This is absolutely impossible.

Regardless of the impact on people's hearts or other aspects, it is not allowed to be free. Even if Ying Yi had money, he wouldn't be able to do it if he didn't lack this.

This is the way of governing a country. This is the human heart.

Therefore, Ying Yi completely does not believe in the so-called Datong and the so-called public property. That is absolutely impossible to achieve.

Unless everyone becomes a moral gentleman, they will be like a mirror in the mirror.

You can be kind to the people, but you absolutely cannot be kind to them for free. Don't let anyone take anything for granted. What is taken for granted? Nothing is taken for granted!

To get, you have to give.

It is foreseeable that with the implementation of improved varieties of fruits, vegetables and cash crops, the people's livelihood in Henan will be greatly improved. The improvement of people's livelihood will drive all walks of life and prosperity is foreseeable.

"The construction of water conservancy facilities can be slowed down a bit."

Ying Yi said to Zheng Yunzhi: "After all, good seeds are not afraid of droughts and floods. I built water conservancy just to ensure abundant soil. Correspondingly, I can gradually invest more energy in education."

Zheng Yunzhi smiled and said: "Education is a big matter, and the Human Resources Department has already started working on it. Just the teachers needed for the volunteer school may not be available for a while. Building the volunteer school on a village basis will also take a lot of time."

Teachers must be literate and sensible scholars, and according to Ying Yi's plan, the entire Henan Province needs tens of thousands of teachers right now. I don’t know if there are so many scholars.

As for righteousness, the same is true. Tens of thousands of volunteer schools, even if 100,000 people are allocated to start work at the same time, it may take several months.

"Let's put the framework together first. If there are not enough teachers, there is nothing we can do about it. Just make do with it first." According to Ying Yi's plan, there will be teachers for volunteer studies, etiquette for etiquette, literacy for literacy, and literacy for teachers. Ming Li specializes in teaching Ming Li, and all this.

But if there are not enough teachers, a substitute teacher of etiquette can also teach literacy and rationality. Make do with it. When there are more people reading in the future, it won’t be a problem.

He said: "Those who are interested in learning, no matter their age. Older people don't have enough potential, so we can train them to become teachers."

Zheng Yunzhi smiled and said: "This is a good idea."