Chapter 35                                                             �

It is because of the natural environment. If the natural environment is too weak, it is likely that the particles will not be harvested. Such records are not uncommon in the history of Datong. The cruel ecological environment is superimposed with other factors. A small amount of good land is formed, at most no more than 100,000 hectares, and is occupied by high-ranking officials and nobles. The imperial court occupied only tens of thousands of hectares here. However, other poor lands in dry fields and water conservancy projects will be difficult for the people to survive. Naturally, they will seek a way out and escape into the pass, and some will escape outside the pass, and some will become the world-renowned Datong wife.

Zhou Mengchen fell into deep thought.

He had to admit that if he was really good to the people of Datong, Yang Jisheng's plan was right.

Vigorously increase water conservancy projects and reduce the impact of drought on Datong's grain production. This ensures that Datong becomes an important support for the pearl of the box. In fact, this does not increase the growth rate of grain production. As mentioned earlier, the cultivation of military farms has actually come to an end. After all, there are so many lands near Datong, and there are so many people registered in Datong.

Therefore, Yang Jisheng's method was to increase the foundation of Datong and could not directly enhance Datong's hard power.

Zhou Mengchen looked at the working people around him and fell into deep thought. He thought to himself: "In the next few years, I will improve the strength of Datong. What is the strength of Datong? The first is food. This is inevitable. Military operations require a huge amount of food and grass. In addition, I guess there will be 200 million stones of grain, which is almost the grain output of Datong in one year. I originally wanted to tighten my clothes and eat. The surplus of grain for three years in one year, but now it may not be possible. The second is silver. When a large army moves, it will naturally consume a lot. It is impossible to have one or two million taels. The rest are various other resources, such as steel, gunpowder, firearms, cement, and other strategic materials. Now it seems that food security is not stable. We must increase some investment. It is just how to achieve the best of both worlds and spend two cents of money. It is hard to say."

Zhou Mengchen said, "Brother Yang, this matter is of great importance. Let me think about it carefully."

Yang Jisheng said: "Brother Zhou, I think you are too anxious."

Zhou Mengchen said in a daze: "Am I anxious?"

Yang Jisheng said: "That's right. If you rely on the power of the court, you may make contributions within two or three years. But if you want to rely on the power of Datong Town, rest for ten years and gather for ten years? This is even the fundamental thing. And you may not have waited for that long in your heart."

"Harefulness means failure. War is a major event in the country, and the place of life and death must be observed. Your mentality is really a bit-----"

After hearing this, Zhou Mengchen was about to refute.

But after thinking about it, Zhou Mengchen had to admit that what Yang Jisheng said made sense.

Yang Jisheng is purer than Zhou Mengchen.

As Zhou Mengchen's most important partner, Yang Jisheng made up his mind to get back on the trap. He was determined to get back on the trap and never distracted from other things, but Zhou Mengchen was gone. Zhou Mengchen's political struggle with Beijing was involved in many things. Zhou Mengchen was not a chess player, but he must be an important participant.

Zhou Mengchen's life ideals are not for mere reconciliation.

The reconciliation is just a means for him to achieve other goals.

Zhou Mengchen is serious about reconnaissance. His feelings for the people of Datong are also true. However, many things Zhou Mengchen has to do after reconnaissance are successful, and he can even do them on the basis of reconnaissance. Therefore, for Yang Jisheng, reconnaissance may be his ultimate goal. For Zhou Mengchen, this is just a level in front of him.

Zhou Mengchen saw the back, but he didn't know how many levels there were. But time didn't wait for anyone.

How many decades does Zhou Mengchen have in his life? If he really had a ten-year reunion in Datong, he would have time to do something else in the future. Not to mention anything else, ten years later, Zhang Juzheng would probably have reached the threshold of entering the pavilion. Is he still in Datong?

This is the benefit of being a Hanlin Academy. If a foreign minister does not have great contributions, it is normal for a term of office for several years. Some people even have no background, three terms, or nine years of qualifications, can only be promoted. However, a Hanlin Academy graduate is almost done step by step.

It is said that it has been on the bench for ten years. It has only been ten years.

Because of this, Zhou Mengchen himself did not feel it. In fact, he was a little anxious. After all, overall, the strength of the Tumote tribe must be above the Datong town. How large is the ruling scope of Tumote? That is, the central Inner Mongolia, which almost occupies the entire southern Mongolia. Later generations of Inner Mongolia bordering Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi and Ningxia were all Tumote tribes. In addition to these areas, the Tumote tribes also have a wide influence.

Of course, Xin Ai suffered repeated defeats, which destroyed Altan's reputation. Now this reputation is gone.

But even so, there are Fengzhoutan and agricultural areas along the Yellow River. There are also a large number of nomadic tribes. The Tumote tribe was naturally incomparable in Daming. However, Datong Town was better than the Tumote tribe. The people of Datong combined were only one million, and the population alone could not compare. In terms of other resources, even if they were more agricultural resources. Fengzhoutan and even other places were truly developed, it would be better than Datong Town.

Even promoting the industrial revolution requires time and precipitation.

These are things that are hard to hurry. Because it is useless to be anxious.

Zhou Mengchen said in his heart: "I often want others to be calm and endure loneliness. When I reach the point where I can't stand it."

Zhou Mengchen bowed to Yang Jisheng and said, "Zhou remembers Brother Yang's teachings, so give me some time."

Zhou Mengchen returned to the governor's yamen. He spread his documents one by one on the table, leaned against the Grand Master's chair, hooked his feet against the table, and let the legs of the chair fall to the ground. As his feet were hooked and loosened, the whole thing was shaking.

This is how he encountered difficult problems when he was studying.

Zhou Mengchen thought for a long time, then stood up, stacked all the documents together, took a brazier, and threw it in. In a moment, his thoughts for several months turned into ashes.

Zhou Mengchen smiled bitterly in his heart and said to himself: "If I had known today, I would have been to listen to economics." All Zhou Mengchen's previous plans were based on the stability of grain production. Now this foundation is no longer there, even if Zhou Mengchen did not want to put all the money into agriculture, these plans would have to be demolished and rebuilt.

Some things exist like breathing. When everyone thinks it is normal, they don’t think it’s too precious. But once they are lost, they know how precious it is.

Zhou Mengchen did not dare to gamble after all, and there would not be a severe drought in the next few years.

Or will the drought last for a whole year this year?

Zhou Mengchen stood up and wandered, thinking in his heart: "Maybe many things are related, steel production, cement production, and even gunpowder production were previously driven by war. Perhaps Datong needed a major project."

Zhou Mengchen's previous plan was to invest heavily in military equipment supervision and cement workshops. After selling the iron produced, collect funds and invest all the cement produced in the repair of the side wall. After all, a solid side wall can save a lot of troops guarding the side.

Because Zhou Mengchen also knew that Datong's military strength had reached its limit.

There were fourteen garrisons, 50,000 cavalry, and 40,000 Beijing camps. Among them, the Jing camps were completely controlled by the court. But even so, these more than 100,000 troops had already made the court a little sensitive to him. If Zhou Mengchen had not let Li Ru be the general of Datong, this number might not have been.

So these are the only ones involved in the battle of reconciliation.

Speaking of which, the number of people is not too large. This is why Zhou Mengchen wanted to use more fortifications and firearms to replace personnel. In order to make the number of troops left behind in Datong, the more troops can be invested in the war.

But now it seems that Zhou Mengchen’s original plan is not working. However, there may not be no way to combine the water conservancy project with Zhou Mengchen’s previous plan. Before that, Zhou Mengchen must inspect what plans there are for the Datong Water Conservancy Plan.

Zhou Mengchen had previously imagined that it was impossible to cut off the large reservoir of Sanggan River. The investment was too great. Zhou Mengchen didn't know much about other projects. But he knew that there was one place that was Datong Academy.
Chapter completed!