Chapter 380 Great Peace in the North
While taking every step to unify the world, Tian Ze never stopped his pace of development, and the people's livelihood under his rule was also growing rapidly.
Except for Sili and southern Jizhou, which served as the secondary war zone and focused more on armaments to prevent attacks from the princes of the Central Plains due to the war, the rest of the places were hit by a boom in mass production.
When troubled times begin to settle, it is the best opportunity for development.
The redistribution of resources, frequent population mobility, strong market demand, active social trends of thought, and public support and recognition.
The most important thing is that there is a person in power like Tian Ze who has a long-term vision and decisive actions.
Crush all obstacles to development, leave no room for compromise, and start all over again.
At the same time, a relatively complete governance system and political system have been established to create a fair and open development environment.
In the Northeast Plain, various schools of thought and major families that were awarded land began a massive development.
Because of Tian Ze's supervision, they no longer have the courage to hinder each other. After blocking the way to slow down the development of others, they can only work hard to increase their own development speed.
To this end, they are willing to seek cooperation and win-win results, which is exactly what Tian Ze wants to see.
Only by making the best use of people and things, and through cooperation and integration, can we unleash a stronger force.
The development of Lao Jiuzhou, because of its relatively good foundation, focuses more on finding gaps, filling them, and improving and upgrading.
However, the newly acquired areas such as Bingzhou and Jizhou were rebuilt from scratch.
With a lot of existing experience, although the start was a little late, it can be said that there are gains and losses for local development.
There were no vested beneficiaries and no clear distinction between the rich and the poor, and most of the local people were still extremely poor, which made it possible for the policies and projects promoted by Tian Zexin to be implemented extremely smoothly.
Unlike the old Kyushu, there is a certain amount of resistance.
After realizing the problem, Tian Ze once again became confident in his choice.
Agriculture is the foundation. Even though Tianze has been vigorously developing factories and animal husbandry, he has never relaxed his attention to agriculture.
The land of Bingzhou is just okay, not very suitable for farming.
Tianze developed arable land with four major basins and some areas suitable for planting as the core, which was enough to ensure food for the people and the army of the entire state, and have some surplus in case of emergency.
For each state and county under its jurisdiction, except where the terrain is indeed not suitable for farming, the fields and ponds will basically ensure that they are at least self-sufficient.
After all, regularly transferring food and fodder from other states and counties is just an ideal situation.
Transporting food consumes resources and also wastes a lot of manpower. Tian Ze doesn't have that much time and there are not enough people to repair the canals.
Although the four major basins in Bingzhou are not large in area, the soil is fertile and there are rivers passing through, which is more than enough to support Bingzhou's not-so-large population.
Especially its concentrated arable land is particularly suitable for Tianze to perform the spiritual rain technique.
Therefore, although it has only been in operation for more than a year, the grain production has basically been able to meet the needs of the people under its rule.
You know, this requirement also includes the large number of troops stationed in Bingzhou. Once Tian Ze takes over Xiliang and transfers the troops, Bingzhou will even have enough surplus to support other states.
And Jizhou is even more amazing.
This is a vast fertile land with ready-made farmland and irrigation facilities. It has been a major grain-producing province since ancient times.
The agricultural base was even stronger than some of the old Kyushu under Tazawa's rule.
Even with the constraints of the aristocratic families, it was still able to become the granary of the world. After the reconstruction of Tianze, the grain output was even more terrifying.
It had experienced a lot of wars before, and was intentionally destroyed a lot by Yuan Shao.
But a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and it won't be long before it becomes another large granary under Tian Ze, comparable to Youzhou, Liaozhou and the Northeast Plain. What makes Tian Ze most pleased is that with the planning and efforts of Chen Gong, Guo Yuan and others, the construction of water networks in various places has progressed very smoothly.
Moreover, according to our own plan, the small water network nodes in this area have been completed. Roughly speaking, it should not be a problem to increase the grain harvest by 20% this year.
With sufficient food, more young and strong manpower can be freed up to speed up the progress of the remaining projects.
Walking among the fertile fields, Zhang Zhao, who was accompanying him, had his eyes full of pride and couldn't help but persuade him again.
"Your Majesty, although I have already spoken with you many times, Zhao still wants to reiterate his advice."
"Those who plan for the state should follow the kingly way and follow the general trend."
"Now, for Your Majesty, conquering the world is a matter of course, so why rush it?"
"As long as we have another three years of stable development, the water network will be initially repaired, the Northeast Plain will be initially developed, and the animal husbandry and textile industry in the northern grasslands will be developed. Then the national strength of our Great Qi will surely increase dramatically."
"Just like the powerful Qin built the Zhengguo Canal in the past, it has laid the foundation for unifying the world and will no longer be afraid of anything."
"By then, even if Your Majesty wants to raise a million soldiers, it will be easy."
"In contrast, the Central Plains princes now seem to be in full force and can compete with us, but in fact they are just trying to catch as many fish as possible and cannot last long. In three years, civil strife will surely break out, and by then, the world can be unified smoothly."
Hearing Zhang Zhao's words, Tian Ze smiled slightly.
How could he not understand what Zhang Zhao was thinking?
The princes of the Central Plains now seem to be united, but that is because of the situation that he controls.
Even during the Three Kingdoms period in later generations, there were many frictions between Wu and Shu, not to mention the Alliance of Five Princes.
"Zi Bu, I know exactly what you mean. But..." Tian Ze looked into the distance.
"Time waits for no one. Some things cannot be rushed, but they cannot be slow either."
"Although I also want to put the people first and put down my weapons. I will wait until the princes of the Central Plains are exhausted before raising the army, but that is too slow."
"Especially in Bashu, the terrain is extremely dangerous. If we can't win in one battle, it will take too much time to fight for a long time."
"I can't wait."
In his position, considering issues is no longer so simple, and he has to take all parties into consideration.
Between war and development, we must seek a balance so as to maximize timeliness and population.
After all, his eyes are not limited to the present three acres of land.
In the far west, there are more countries waiting for him to conquer.
What he wanted was to end the domestic infighting as soon as possible while preserving his vitality and then move westward.
Zhang Zhao knew Tian Ze's ambitions, but he still advised: "Your Majesty, advancing westward does not conflict with unifying the country."
"These years are a critical period for our development. The population that has increased several times and the territory that has expanded nearly twice as much urgently need to be settled and stabilized."
Tian Ze smiled slightly: "So, you and Gongtai and others will need to put in more effort."
"Unifying the country is not in conflict with development. Appropriate wars are actually beneficial to the internal affairs. Otherwise, I'm afraid there would be a lot of signs of internal strife under our rule."
After hearing Tian Ze's words, Zhang Zhao fell silent.
(End of this chapter)
