Qing Cang quickly rushed back to the main city. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Wu Chaojing holding a few books in his hand. These were several books, which recorded the history, culture, geography and other related information of Changshan City.

"Staff General Wu, have you found anything?"

"Returning to the commander, I checked. The population of the entire city has been declining in the past two years. When it was at its peak, it once reached 400,000, but now it is only more than 200,000. In ten years, nearly half of the population has been lost. Most of these people have moved their families to other places, or died due to war."

Population is the foundation of a city, population is the primary productive force, and nothing is done without population. War requires population, agriculture requires population, mining requires population, and population is needed no matter what it does.

“Can you find out the reason?”

Wu Chaojing closed these opened books.

"I have summarized several main reasons. First, this city is no longer suitable for their survival, because the years of entrenchment of the Montenegro army has brought about some bad trends, such as gambling, gangs and profiteers, which further oppressed the people's living space, so these people had to leave here.

Second, in the chaotic times, some people were forced to join the army and fought, and countless people died in the battlefield. Those who were taken to join the army were all young and middle-aged, leaving behind some elderly people, children and women, causing disagreements and many difficulties in life.

Third, the medical conditions are insufficient. I checked it. A plague has been circulating in recent years, killing tens of thousands of people. It has made the city that lacked labor force worse.

Fourth, taxation, if the Montenegro army wants to survive, they have to get food and money, all of which are taken from the people.

Fifth, war has aggravated famine and is also an important factor in the reduction of population.”

Wu Chao analyzed five major points in a series of analysis, of course, more than that, but these five points are the most prominent.

These words made Qing Cang fall into deep thought, because he only took on a task last night, a task closely related to the future siege of cities and land. That is to develop Huaxia City and make it a big city with a population of 500,000. Of course, this task is not simple, but the reward is very rich, and it is still 120 days of health.

At the same time, govern the entire city well and make it stronger, it will also attract some aspiring people to join, such as Zhao Zilong. With this wise king, who doesn’t know the general trend? If a martial arts master is born, he will be able to be famous for his generation. It is a hundred times better than being mediocre.

All of this is for the ultimate goal, which is the unified Shu, Wei and Wu.

After summarizing the problem, you must prescribe the right medicine. As the owner of this city, he has the obligation to manage the entire city well. Of course, this is also for his own sake.

If a city wants to prosper, in addition to agriculture, industry is also very important, and cultural industries are also important. These are important parts that make up the word prosperity.

The top priority is agriculture, so he directly proposed the solution.

"According to the points you have put forward, I have summarized several solutions. First, eliminate the evil people, close all gambling halls in the city, and explicitly prohibit all gambling behaviors. Let these gamblers joining the financial and gambling personnel return to farming as soon as possible. A large number of people here must be farming. Gambling will make social security worse, and people will lose their sense of security, so they will naturally not want to live here. The second step is to vigorously rectify the unscrupulous merchants and ban all gangs. This step must be carried out in batches."

Wu Chaojing picked up the note and recorded Qing Cang's words, and nodded to show his understanding. At the same time, he looked at Qing Cang's eyes, which was almost admiration.

"Second, all farmers will be exempted from tax for three years from today! All taxes are exempted! And notices are posted, collecting grain at high prices, paying deposits to collect grain first, and paying the final payment when the crops are mature, so that people can put them into production. Furthermore, it is encouraged to open up land. For those living in the city, one hang of money will be rewarded for every acre of wasteland, and the grain planted on the wasteland will be recycled at a high price. The land will be your permanent property, with a limit of ten acres per capita. This will allow people to devote themselves to production and attract nearby people to settle in the city."

"Third, we will fund the opening of medical centers, and the poor will see a doctor for free, and the rich will double. Differentiate between the poor and the rich, and spread some medical knowledge, so that people can diagnose minor illnesses by themselves."

"Just these three major points, go and execute first."

Such a major reform was not imagined out of thin air. In fact, the reason is very simple, just two words "support". He said these three points and did not mention the issue of famine. After all, famine is also one of the reasons for the population decline, so Wu Chaojing asked questions.

"Commander, why don't you open the warehouse and release grain directly? Rescue some hungry people?"

"There are tens of thousands of poor people in the entire city. How can you save them? Our food is prepared for the soldiers. Without food, we cannot survive. Opening warehouses and grain are all behaviors that are not the root cause. If I were me, I would not do this. If you do good things, it will only make some people who are born lazy become lazy. Anyway, if I have food every day, what else do I do? What farming do I still do?"

"Does the commander have other tricks?"

"Those who know me are Staff General Wu! Hahaha, that's right. I have another trick that is very useful for recruiting soldiers. But the premise is to stabilize the prices of the entire city, which must be enforced by force. You send another announcement to indicate that all merchants are not allowed to raise prices at will, otherwise they will be fined ten times the price of selling."

“What’s the use of doing this?”

"It's very useful! Then, you can recruit soldiers?"

Wu Chaojing was deceived, and there is still something to do with the price recruitment of soldiers? "Please explain it to the commander."

"You ask people to recruit soldiers in hungry areas and add a little to the recruitment book, which means that the barracks can eat enough food! Enlisted people will be rewarded with ten hangs of money to their families. If they have no family, they will directly belong to them."

Wu Chaojing still didn't understand, Qing Cang just continued to explain: "The value of ten hangs can be bought with ten hangs, and its purchasing power is equal to that of ten hangs. But what if the merchant suddenly raises the price of sheep? For example, if they raise it to one hundred hangs per head, then the value of these ten hangs will become smaller. We must prevent the family members from starving to death, so that the morale of the army will be stable and the people will be more stable. Moreover, for the sake of ten hangs, they are willing to send their children to our army. After all, they can eat and drink well, and their families can get a huge sum of money!"

Wu Chaojing suddenly realized and kept exclaiming: "The commander is indeed far-sighted and thought very comprehensively!"

"Hahaha, this is just managing this era based on the practices of my era!"

Qing Cang said it truthfully, and he just made some modifications to make it more suitable for this era.

"That's right, I'll arrange for them to do it now."

Before Wu Chaojing could go down, a horn suddenly came from afar. Qing Cang was one head and two big, cursing: "Damn it, can you still make people develop quietly!"

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Chapter completed!