Civil telegraph has begun to set up civil telegraph networks in Shandong, and other provinces that have controlled administration have successively invested in building telegraph networks.

Although private sectors are allowed, the telegraph networks in each province must be able to be used online. Telegraphers have become a popular vocation and the training schools are very popular.

As for the railway construction, by the end of June, the railway tracks of the Zhaotai Railway had been laid and are currently in the acceptance stage.

Most of the Jingpu Railway has been laid, and only a small section in the middle has not been laid. Northeast and North Korea's railways have been laid halfway, and can be laid in September.

The train operation system has also been made, which requires the cooperation of telegrams. The telegram line has begun to be laid along the railway line, and the train has been technically improved. The maximum speed of the train can reach 30 kilometers per hour, and the general speed is 20 kilometers per hour.

Shandong's railway system has been completed by 80%, and some routes have already begun to be opened to traffic a few months ago, and have accumulated a lot of experience in the railway system.

There has also made great progress in water conservancy. After years of water conservancy construction, Shandong has ensured that 90% of the arable land is guaranteed to have stable income from drought and flood.

Northeast and North Korea's irrigation system has also begun to take shape.

One fifth of the irrigation systems in the four provinces of Henan, Huguang, Sichuan and Shaanxi have been built, the Yellow River flood control embankment has been built to the end stage, the Huaihe River flood control embankment has been completed, and one third of the Yangtze River flood control embankment has been built.

Thermal power plants are blooming everywhere in Shandong. There is a thermal power plant under construction in almost every prefecture and county, and the wires are also being built in those factories and residential areas.

Zhaojiabao was the first to enter the power application stage. Light bulbs were lit in various departments and official factories, and street lights were also erected in the streets.

A large amount of manpower was invested in infrastructure construction, and the recruitment bureau activities were more frequent. With the increase in demand for workers and the need for immigration, the recruitment bureau began to recruit a large number of people in the Jiangnan region.

This just digests the unemployed population caused by Shandong's industrial expansion.

But it also greatly impacted agricultural production, because many tenants went to work, resulting in the lack of manpower to cultivate many land.

Some landlords had to abandon the land without anyone ploughing it.

There are two types of landlords. One is to find a long-term worker and manage the land by themselves, and the other is to rent out land and let the tenants produce it.

Tenants may not have been able to leave the land because people need to go out to guide them. The society in the south of the Yangtze River is stable and the administrative management is still intact.

However, the recruitment bureau can take people away at will, which will lead to the outflow of manpower.

There were two patterns in the entire Ming Dynasty, one was like Xu and Dongsheng, with a vigorous vitality. The other was suppressed and wandering, looking around.
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