The deposits of the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty were still increasing, and even many wealthy businessmen and powerful people outside the capital began to deposit their money into the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty. In particular, those officials of the Donglin Party secretly deposited their money into the Royal Bank of Ming Dynasty.

There is an interest rate of 10% every year. Instead of rusting the money at home, it is better to put it in the bank to earn interest! The Donglin Party members did not regard the emperor's operation of the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty, but even if they were overwhelmed, they would have to use the imperial finances to compensate! Anyway, they could not lose money. The Donglin Party members who manipulate the government are naturally not afraid of the emperor's debt.

Zhu Youxiao also knew what they were thinking, and it depends on who is smart now.

The Donglin Party was sure that the emperor would not succeed, because not long ago, Zhu Youxiao organized the four guards of Tengxiang, which made the Donglin Party feel that the emperor was young and had no brains to do things, so it was sure that the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty would inevitably fail in a short time.

Zhu Youxiao was very concerned about bank issues. He left the palace in a short while for several consecutive days, went to the bank for guidance and inspection, and continuously improved management loopholes.

Yang Ruiguo managed the bank very well, and the "Royal Agriculture" company controlled by the bank was officially established. In terms of the management system of the Royal Agriculture Company, Zhu Youxiao, Sun Chengzong and Yang Ruiguo discussed it together and came up with a complete plan.

Royal Agricultural Company has an initial capital of 3 million taels, and Sun Chengzong is the company's chief o. He is now called the chief shopkeeper. He also posted recruitment notices to recruit young scholars and farmers in various places, as well as water conservancy and agricultural workers.

At the same time, Zhu Youjiao issued an order to recruit refugees in the capital to reclaim imperial villages. One household gave 30 acres of land and one cattle, and rented 30% of the land. If you suffer from disasters and are injured or injured, you can get rented out.

The settlement activity was quickly launched. Sun Chengzong ran around the Gyeonggi area and then wrapped more than three million acres of wasteland. The abandonment phenomenon was shocking.

Landlords naturally were very eager for land. However, the agricultural production technology in the north in the Ming Dynasty was poor, and the commerce in the north was underdeveloped. There was not so much surplus capital, and there were not so many scholars who could be exempted from taxes. Many scholars might not focus on reclaiming wastelands. On the one hand, northern landlords were sometimes limited by the need to repair water conservancy in the land, and gave up because the investment was too huge, or there were not enough manpower to carry out reclaiming.

Because the conditions issued by the royal family were very good, many refugees went to the local government to register when they saw the notice. Officials from various prefectures and counties in northern Zhili hurriedly sent these refugees to the capital and handed them over to the Royal Agricultural Company. These refugees were unstable in the territory. Because they were unable to eat enough, the refugees who were closed to the dead often caused public security incidents. Even if they were obedient and starved to death on the side of the road, it would be uncomfortable to see them, so they naturally sent them away like sending the plague god.

When these refugees arrived in the capital, they found that the conditions were somewhat different from those in the notice.

Giving one cow is a loan, and the money has to be paid back. However, the emperor will give them food, so that they can have enough food when reclaiming the land and repairing the land. However, it is true that the disaster, injuries and injuries are exempted from rent, and if the loan is really not paid, the emperor will not force them to a dead end.

What these refugees most desire is a stable life. They can stabilize themselves by entering the imperial village. Even if they have a disaster, they don’t have to abandon the wasteland.

These recruited refugees had enough food at the resettlement site, and those who were weak had been well-behaved for several days. Those with illnesses also had Chinese medicine doctors on site for free treatment. The refugees with strength were arranged to start work.

There are no big rivers in Hebei, and water conservancy repair is relatively simple and does not require construction of too large projects. That is, clearing the river channel, then building ponds and weirs (reservoirs for irrigation), as well as guiding water to the slopes and canals on the cultivated land.

Most of these canals are made of digging trenches, and some are built with stones. In order to repair water conservancy, the Royal Agricultural Company bought several brick-burning kilns and several quarries in the Gyeonggi area. The Royal Military Factory also transferred some craftsmen to transfer military to civilians, and recruited private craftsmen to specialize in producing agricultural tools to minimize costs.

With water conservancy facilities, the land can be turned over with oxen, so that it can be sown. At this time, the autumn sowing time has passed, but wheat can still be sown in spring. If it cannot catch up with spring sowing, it can also be sown in summer. Summer sowing can be planted in corn. At this time, corn has become more popular in the north, but the yield is not very high.

Once the reclaim of the imperial village was announced, not only refugees were added. Many farmers also joined in. Most of these farmers were tenant farmers without land. After all, the population grew. If the self-cultivated farmers had more sons, some of the land would be diluted, while others would simply have no land.

These people can only be tenant farmers for landlords, but tenant farmers are not easy to be. Many tenant farmers in the north farm on land with poor water conservancy conditions, and the tenant rent generally exceeds 40%.

The conditions given by the imperial village are much higher than those landlords. They not only give 30 acres of land, but also repair the water conservancy. The most important thing is that the tenant rent is only 30% and the tenant rent can be exempted from the tenant rent when affected. In addition, the Royal Bank of the Ming Dynasty will provide interest-free loans to these farmers in the imperial village. Unlike the tenant farmers in the landlords, who ask the landlords that they will have to be profitable if they ask the landlords to borrow money.

Therefore, the settlement of Huangzhuang attracted many tenants, some of these tenants were still in debt and owed the landlords a lot of money. However, as long as they entered the Huangzhuang, it would be impossible for those landlords to recover the loan. Zhu Youxiao naturally did not allow those landlords to disturb the production of the Huangzhuang, so those who came to collect debts would be beaten away by sticks.

In less than half a month, the imperial village attracted more than 100,000 tenants and refugees, and 200,000 to 300,000 people began to work hard on the abandoned land. There were men, women, many children, and even many elderly people.

These elderly people and children just help at the construction site, and it doesn’t matter how much they do, but they are indispensable for food. Many elderly people ignore dissuasion and insist on helping on the construction site. The elderly in this era have basically received folk imperial temple education, and their awareness of building bridges, roads and lifespan is relatively popular.

Zhu Youzhao inspected the construction site and simply organized some elderly people and set up a "propaganda team" to let these elderly people preach to young and middle-aged people working and improve their enthusiasm for labor. At the same time, the stories that are of education are sorted out among the people and let the elderly tell stories to their children.

These stories are an important form of ancient education. Because education is not popular enough, local education, officials and literati have compiled many stories with educational significance, which are widely circulated among the people. Children like to listen to stories the most. When there is no entertainment at night, they sit together to tell stories and listen to stories, so they have been passed down from generation to generation. Most of these stories tell some karma, retribution, and abandon evil and promote good.

"A young man! The water conservancy we are practicing now is not only available to others, but also to yourself, even if you are others, you are also for yourself. If you are lazy and sloppy now, you will lose your blessings!" An old man saw that a young man was not working hard, so he stepped forward to persuade him. The young man could only laugh at him when he was said.

The on-site supervisor did not have any whip, but just organized and supervised. Most of the young and strong laborers were still very diligent and worked very hard.

They were building a pond dam for water storage. Thousands of people built half of the pond dam in one morning, digging maps, carrying loads back and forth, and the scene was in full swing.

At noon, the food delivery car arrived.

A group of tenant farmers and refugees did not expect that there would be lunch. A group of people gathered around the car and helped lift the big wooden barrel down. After lifting the gauze, it was filled with hot steamed buns and bread.

Everyone was very happy. After receiving steamed buns and bread, they found a place to sit and started eating with relish. For those young and strong people who consumed a lot of energy and had no meat, their appetite was very terrifying, and many young people could even eat two or three kilograms of steamed buns.

The main reason is that protein involves a lack of protein, so it is necessary to use grains to convert protein. The amount of food intake is naturally terrifying.

Although I have a terrible appetite, I have enough food on the construction site. After all, it is the royal farmhouse. Giving more food can also change my reputation. And it benefits ordinary people, so there is no need to snatch this cost.

"The emperor today is really a saint!"

"Yes! I heard that when the imperial village is reclaimed, if it is affected by disaster in the future, not only will it not be necessary to pay taxes, but the emperor will also provide relief to us!"

"When the water conservancy is also built, we have land again, and life will be better in the future."

A group of ordinary people chatted while having dinner, and praised Zhu Youxiao and were full of beautiful visions for the future.

It really surprised them that having lunch was really hard. When they were working, they basically had no lunch, so they could only bring some hungry bean paste buns to eat. The reason why they didn’t have lunch was that farm work was more heavy, and it would take time to go back to eat.

Although bean paste bread is hungry, it cannot replenish your physical strength well. Generally, it will obviously not keep up until the afternoon. If you are overworked for a long time, your body will gradually have problems and your life span will be affected.

The Royal Agricultural Company organized the settlement this time differently. It has strict management measures. There is a special canteen, and there are also people who are responsible for delivering food and water. People are full at noon and find a place to rest and eat, and continue to work in the afternoon, and they are full of energy.
Chapter completed!