Chapter 190 Harvest and Cost

Of course, except for the Wuzhaibao Tax Bureau, the Wuzhaibao bureaus are all under the name of Huang Laifu's private shogunate and are not publicly organized by officials. With Huang Laifu's ten thousand courage, he did not dare to openly change the Ming Dynasty's official system.

Moreover, the old officers above were all retired and raised their salaries, and they received more than ten stones of rice from the court every month. Of course, the large number of farm and workshops in Wuzhaibao paid tax dividends every year, which made them look down on this little money.

Moreover, Wuzhai Fort had been promoted to Wuzhai Guard, and Huang Laifu was the hereditary commander of Wuzhai Fort. Since he was promoted from the garrison system to general, even if he retired from the position of general in the future, he would still come back to serve as his commander of Wuzhai Fort, and pass the position of commander to his descendants for generations.

The descendants of the old officers, such as Jiang Dazhong, Yang Xiaolu, He Ruzhen and others, even if they have the titles of "100 General, Qianzong, Guardian, Guerrilla, and General, they are also the commander-general of Wuzhaibao, the commander-in-chief, the commander-in-chief, the chief thousand households, the deputy general, the test hundred households, and the governor-in-chief. These people still perform their duties in their respective positions, but in fact, their power and responsibilities have been distributed as Huang Laifu expected. Their interests are all connected with Huang Laifu.

Seeing the people present waiting, Huang Laifu felt a sense of enthusiasm. He first said: "My dear masters, today's inventory meeting is also a link between the past and the future. Five years ago, I also asked you to open a five-year development plan meeting with you. Now five years have passed, and the development achievements of the Wuzhai Fort are obvious to everyone. Such achievements are inseparable from the hard work and unity of all. Here, I want to say that the first five-year plan of Wuzhai Fort is just the beginning. In the future, we will have the second five-year plan of Wuzhai Fort, the third five-year plan, the fourth five-year plan, etc., and will continue to build Wuzhai Fort into a brilliant pearl in northwest Shanxi!"

With warm applause, Gu Yunniang also looked at Huang Laifu with intoxicated eyes. She liked to see her husband's energetic appearance the most.

Next is everyone's report.

First, Gu Shibao, deputy director of Wuzhaibao Grain Bureau, director of Wuzhaibao Immigration Bureau, and director of Wuzhaibao Mining Bureau, spoke: "Huang Junmen, colleagues, after five years of development, Wuzhaibao has 30 farmlands, 4,000 hectares of fields (400,000 mu), with an annual output of about 900,000 stones of grain, and a stable output. In the Bajiao Fort, there are 2,000 hectares of fields and an annual output of about 200,000 stones of grain. There are also the Laoying Fort land, with a field of 3,000 hectares, with an annual output of about 350,000 stones of grain. This is the total grain produced in each fort land..."

Of course, Gu Shibao only talks about the rough and detailed things of the fields of each fortress. He has a special document to send to Huang Laifu.

"In addition, among the expenditures of each fort farm, there are 9,446 farmers in each fort farm, each for five dou of grain and more than 9,000 farm, and the annual expenditure of grain and rice is 56,676 stone. In addition, there is an annual harvest prize of Wuzhaibaozhuang, an annual bonus of about 30,000 grain and rice. There are also seed pesticides and fertilizers, water conservancy farmland repairs, fodder and horse materials, and agricultural tools, etc., and the expenditure of nearly 150,000 stones of grain and rice is spent. In this way, each farmland in Wuzhaibao spends about 250,000 stones of grain and rice. Among these expenditures, seed pesticides and fertilizers are the big ones... In addition, there are expenditures of Bajiaobaozhuangzhuang...The expenditures of Laoyingbaozhuangzhuang..."

Everyone took a breath after hearing this. It seemed that the expenditure of large-scale production was quite large. Only Huang Laifu looked calm. These expenditures were all expected by him, and compared with later generations, the expenditure on his own farm was relatively small.

Huang Laifu later read a report online that the family had eight acres of land, with a high yield of 1,000 kilograms of wheat per mu. According to the market price and all the national subsidies throughout the year, the annual income of eight acres of land was 4,000 yuan. However, after deducting the cost of seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, watering, mechanics, etc., during the six-year production period, the monthly income of two laborers was less than 300 yuan. This is quite good. Many people planted fields for a year, and after harvesting in the autumn, they settled their own losses, and even lost money.

It is because the investment in seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides is getting bigger and higher costs. In the operation of some large farms abroad, 30% of the annual profits are considered good operations. However, because of high investment, there is a high harvest. If you want to maintain the high harvest of farmlands in Wuzhaibao and other places, this kind of continuous high investment is necessary. The annual cost of farmlands in Wuzhaibao accounts for 30% of the income, which is already very good.

Since the yellow Laifu is stored in grain every year between 200,000 and 300,000 shi, the remaining grain and rice are sold to merchants, and a large amount of silver is stored in the warehouse every year.

However, Gu Shibao then reported that a news attracted the attention of Huang Laifu and others. It was because pesticides and fertilizers were commonly used in the fields of each farm in recent years, and the fertility of each farm has decreased. The consequences were that the land area of ​​the farm and the fertilizers needed were more fertilizers.

Gu Shibao asked Huang Laifu what to do? Huang Laifu pondered for a while. Although the use of fertilizer can increase the yield of land, he also knew the consequences of excessive use of pesticides and fertilizers.

Because Wuzhaibao has a lot of land, it does not require intensive cultivation like the mainland of Daming. Therefore, Huang Laifu decided to adopt Norfolk rotation in the UK in the 18th century. This is a four-zone rotation system, namely, plant alfalfa, wheat, radish and barley separately, so as not to allow any arable land to be leisurely. Alfalfa can prepare soil for wheat. Wheat can prepare soil for radish, radish can prepare soil for barley, and barley can prepare soil for alfalfa. The same principle is similar to Huang Laifu's ecological circulation Wuzhaibao livestock farm.

Although this rotation system is not as high as that of the mainland of Ming Dynasty, it is still relatively in line with the actual situation of Wuzhaibao's fertile fields and farms. At present, Huang Laifu told Gu Shibao that starting next year, this rotation system will be implemented in each fort farm.

The farmlands in each fort are divided into several areas, and alfalfa, turnips, wheat, soybeans, rapeseed, radish and barley are planted. The use of soybeans and alfalfa and other legume fertilizer fields to fix nitrogen, improve the soil characteristics, improve the fertility of the land, and can also be used as excellent feed for pigs and sheep. After a few years, it will be replaced and effectively utilized the land. In the past, soybeans and alfalfa in each farm in Wuzhaibao were only planted in the corners of the field, and they are afraid of occupying the field, so they will be on a large scale in the future.

After hearing Huang Laifu's words, Gu Shibao agreed loudly. Although Huang Laifu had never planted fields, his understanding of agriculture made Gu Shibao and others very impressed.

Next, Gu Shibao reported on immigration and mining affairs in various places. Since November 21, the border immigrants have formed a rolling crowd. By the end of this year, more than 100,000 immigrants from Shanxi Province and other provinces have moved to the Qingshui River and Huangpu Chuan River, bringing urgently needed male populations to the local land and farms.

Most of these people are refugees from all over the country who are family members. They are registered by the Wuzhaibao Immigration Bureau and obtained licenses and are recruited and led by merchants from various places, absorbed by various farms outside the border, and planted in peace and security in the local area.

The rest are the children of civilians or wealthy officials who went to buy land outside the border. When these people went to the border, they needed to buy a lot of land, and then went to the Wuzhaibao Immigration Bureau to pay for the purchase of land clearance, and then went to the outer border to enclose land. Then they reported it back, and the immigration bureau confirmed and issued a land deed to the land deed. From then on, these fields belong to them for generations, and they could be tax-free in the first three years. This caused a wave of land enclosures among civilians from the mainland of the Ming Dynasty. Some people who could not cultivate themselves would hire recruits to farm and become one of the farms outside the border.

These expenses of purchasing land outside the border became a new source of wealth for Huang Laifu, and laid the public foundation for his future operation of the border. Of course, some evil people, etc., are mostly wealthy officials and wealthy families. They are unwilling to pay for the cost of purchasing land. They say that there are no homelands outside the border, so why do they belong to you Huang Laifu?

These people secretly went out of the frontier and occupied land in various places. Huang Laifu was not polite to these people. In addition to protecting the safety of farms outside the frontier, he was also responsible for investigating the affairs of land outside the frontier. After occupying the land privately, these people were hacked to death by soldiers of the Zhenlu camp who pretended to be horse thieves. After their family heard the news, they cried, and Huang Laifu ignored his interest.

As for the mining affairs of each fort, the Wuzhaibao Mining Bureau is now handled by the Wuzhaibao Mining Bureau. Currently, Huang Laifu controls the mineral rights, including Wuzhaibao, Shenchibao, Laoyingbao, and Ningwuguan.

Among the four places, in addition to Wuzhaibao Cement Factory, Shenchibao Da Coal Mine, Shenchibao Da Iron Factory, and Ningwuguan Da Coal Mine are owned by Huang Laifu. Yuzhaibao Da Kuang, merchants and great men from all over the country can apply for mining licenses and start mining at the Liuzuibao Daquan, and how much tax is required to be paid every year. Every year, the Wuzhaibao Mining Bureau is managed and inspected.

However, due to the serious pollution of the cement plant, Huang Laifu planned to close the Wuzhaibao Cement Plant and move it to Shenchibao. In the future, Wuzhaibao will no longer mine, so he will specialize in agriculture and commercial trade. However, because Wuzhaibao Cement Plant, Shenchibao Da Coal Mine, Shenchibao Da Iron Factory, and Ningwuguan Da Coal Mine are really the mining industry in these places, and are not managed by the Wuzhaibao Mining Bureau. Even if some mine owners start mining in Yudian, the tax collected is only a few thousand taels per year. Of course, even so, compared with other prefectures and counties, the results are already very good.

Next is He Chaoxun, Director of Wuzhaibao Urban Management Bureau, Ambassador of Wuzhaibao Taxation Bureau, and Ambassador of Shuiquanyingbao Taxation Bureau. He proudly discussed some achievements in the urban management of Wuzhaibao, as well as the urban management planning of Laoyingbao, Ningwuguan and other places. In particular, Wuzhaibao is now known as the Garden Military Fort, which is inseparable from the guidance of the military gate and the efforts of colleagues from the management bureau.

He Chaoxun focused on reporting on the development of Wuzhaibao Taxation Bureau in recent years, as well as the achievements of Shuiquanying Taxation Bureau in these times.
Chapter completed!