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Chapter 993 In the land of six states, there is a gap of one million people (first update)
Chapter 1002

"What do you mean?" Wang Yang couldn't help but be stunned and looked at Gao Qiu in front of him. It took him a long time to react. "You mean, there are people who want to move to us?"

"Yes, some people from Shaanxi Road wanted to move their families here. After asking about it, I found out that most of them were relatives of some traders. Now those people in Yanzhou are doing business in full swing. I also learned that before, we The migrating Xiang army was able to obtain fields, houses and production equipment for free in the three states, and they were all moved..."

As a result, those traders went back to celebrate the New Year, talking about the wealth and immigration policies of the three states today, which really moved many relatives who lost their land or were too poor.

However, they are not Xiangjun, and they don't know what kind of migration preferential policies they can have, so they asked those familiar traders to inquire about the policies in Yanzhou.Naturally, these actions soon reached the ears of Gao Qiu, the magistrate of Yanzhou.

Gao Qiu felt pleasantly surprised, but also a little unprepared. After all, in addition to having preferential policies for the migrating Xiang troops in the six states, people from other places in the Song Dynasty also had to go to these six states. What kind of preferential policies will be available for land migration has not been formulated.

Therefore, Gao Qiu decided to make a trip to Hongzhou himself to discuss with Wang Yang, the newly-appointed appeasement envoy of North Shaanxi Road Economic Strategy.

Wang Yang himself couldn't help but feel a little bit pained. "This is a good thing, but... if it is handled according to the migration policy of the Xiang army, then this matter will be too much. After all, the migration policy of the Xiang army is the order of the court, and it is His Majesty's will." It is because of the will that there are such great policy benefits.”

"And if we apply this policy to other people who want to migrate to the six states, I'm worried that there will be problems..."

Gao Qiu asked in astonishment. "My lord, what could go wrong?"

"If those common people are able to come to our six prefectures, the government will not only give them houses, but also fields and various production and living materials, hehe... Then I can be sure that at least the prefectures adjacent to North Shaanxi Road, There will definitely be a large number of people flocking here."

"At that time, not only will it be difficult for us to deal with it, but the local officials who have lost their people will definitely not sit still, and will definitely write to the court to impeach us..."

"At that time, our policies that benefit the people may actually become the source of disputes between the court and local officials."

After listening to Wang Yang's explanation and analysis, Gao Qiu couldn't help but feel convinced and nodded repeatedly, but he still felt unwilling in his heart. "It's a pity. After all, except for the Xiangjun and their dependents, the population of our Shaanxi North Road now has no population. In comparison, the population is too sparse..."

"Not to mention the Jiangnan area, even if it is compared with Lingnan Road, I am afraid it is not as good..."

What he said made Wang Yang speechless. Yes, you must know that in an area like the Song Dynasty, a state must have a population of at least 50 million people.Even the lower states can have a population of at least close to 30.

The six states along the Northern Shaanxi Road are not just six counties, but their total population is only 45, of which more than 30 are all immigrants.

If it weren't for the emperor's permission to migrate those Xiang troops and their families, then the three states would be so empty that people would be speechless.

Originally, after the three prefectures of Yan, You, and Hong were occupied by the Song Dynasty, although a considerable part of the population had fled away, there were still some people who stayed before they could evacuate.

The total population is nearly 16, but among the 16 people, only 11% are Han people, and the remaining 35 are Dangxiang people, and some are Tubo people.After that, about [-] Xiang troops migrated.

However, after the war between the two sides began, the common people in the party had their own suspicions, and the local officials in the Song Dynasty not only acquiesced to this, but even a conniving attitude.

After all, for the land of the three states of the Song Dynasty that is in the midst of war, these party members are definitely unstable bombs, and no one knows when it will explode.

Also, during the Youzhou Guard War, the Wang Daguan personally drove all the party members out of the city. Naturally, after the party members were taken over by the Xixia army, they had already returned to the territory of Xixia.

Ever since, when the war ended, the Dangxiang people who remained in the three states were already out of ten, and there were only less than [-] Dangxiang people left in the more than [-] people.

As for the other three prefectures that were newly occupied by the Song Dynasty, after difficult negotiations, in the end, the Dangxiang and Tubo people in the three prefectures were allowed to move freely, leaving less than [-] Han people.

Even with the addition of 35 people who migrated, the total population of these six states is only over 40.Evenly distributed, the three prefectures of Yan, You, and Hong each have a population of less than 15.Not to mention that the land of Yin, Long, and Shina is almost empty now.

The population is really too sparse, so Wang Yang has once again appealed to the court. He can probably move another 12 Xiang troops and their families over, but this is already the emperor's best effort. Well, the 12 Xiang army, together with their dependents, has a population of only 60.

But the problem is that with a population of 60, it is definitely not a trivial matter to gather them from all over the Song Dynasty to the North Shaanxi Road. The cost of the journey alone is a huge expense.

Not to mention that local governments need to take care of it, and the manpower and material resources that will be consumed are extremely astonishing.If Wang Daguan hadn't sold a lot of barren land and got millions of guan, I'm afraid he would really be unable to support it.

However, even if these populations are added, it can only be regarded as the foundation at most, but at present, with the rapid economic and commercial development of the three states of Yan, You, and Hong, such a small population is really difficult to meet the demand.

In the textile industry and planting industry alone, the three prefectures of Yan, You, and Hong have already experienced obvious labor shortages.You know, the barren land in Yanzhou has just been sold to grow cotton and set up factories, if it is fully promoted in the three states.

The demand for labor is probably more than tripled, not to mention that there will be related industries and agriculture in the silver, dragon, and stone states with ten rooms and nine empty spaces.

"In the land of six states, my minimum expected goal is that each state can have a labor force of at least ten to 15, that is to say, the population of each state is at least 30. In the land of six states, that is 180 million people... ..."

"But now, what the court can give us, including the original ones, is less than a million. There is still a gap of 90 million people." Wang Yang flipped through the materials in front of him, What a shitty mood.

To develop these six states, the economy needs to take off, and industry and agriculture need to develop, but the basis of all these is the need for population.Industry and commerce need people, growing cotton, reclaiming land, opening factories, everywhere needs people.

Before that, Wan Bin, the old driver, had complained to himself several times, hoping that the follow-up Xiang Jun and his family members could move here as soon as possible, so that he could open more factories and grow more cotton as soon as possible.

"But my lord, we can't just watch it like this. After all, if we want to vigorously develop North Shaanxi Road and become the important place in the Northwest of our Great Song Dynasty in the future, this population is the most important thing." Gao Qiu He stared at Wang Yangjin and said.

"Of course I understand this, but please wait for me to think about it first and see if there is any way to solve the current predicament without causing disputes between Shaanxi North Road and the surrounding states and counties."

(End of this chapter)