When Huo Chenan and Zhang San arrived at the Su Family Farm, they were "greeted" by only a group of naughty children.
These naughty children were all children of farmers in the farm. Because their families were too poor to afford private schools, they played and fought in groups in the farm all day long except for helping their families with farm work.
Sometimes they climbed trees to touch bird eggs, and sometimes they went to the river to catch fish and shrimp.
"Ouch." As soon as he got off the carriage, Zhang San was hit on the butt by a slingshot.
"Hahaha." The laughter of the naughty children came from the side.
"Whose child? So naughty, I will increase your family's tax!" Zhang San shouted angrily.
Hearing this, the group of naughty children dispersed in an instant.
Huo Chenan frowned and watched this scene.
Uncle Ge You suddenly appeared in Huo Chenan's mind and said to him solemnly: What is the most expensive thing in the 21st century? Talent!
Huo Chenan suddenly felt enlightened. He felt that he had to do something to improve the quality of the people. Otherwise, he could not imagine how he could lead a group of illiterate people to build a huge business empire.
At every stage of development in human society, talents are needed to promote it. At this time, an idea came to Huo Chenan's mind.
But the specific implementation plan still needs to be carefully considered.
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Huo Chenan first asked Zhang San to find a place to plant tomatoes, and then summarize all the accounts of the farm.
And he himself rushed to his fiefdom excitedly. Fortunately, the two sides are very close, which is also Huo Chenan's shameless request. After all, this is convenient for unified management with the Su family's farm.
When Huo Chenan arrived, a clerk was clearing and sorting.
The clerk was displeased when he saw Huo Chenan, dressed in a green robe and a small hat, walking over so arrogantly. He quickly scolded, "Whose servant is so rude?" Huo Chenan was stunned at first, then reacted and said seriously, "I am the newly appointed male of Jiangning County, Huo Chenan." He also took out his seal to prove his identity. The clerk immediately stood up and saluted with a smile on his face when he saw the seal, saying, "I am the male of Jiangning County. I have never met you, so I hope you will forgive me if I have offended you." The speed of his change of face was so fast that even Huo Chenan could not catch up. After seeing the clerk's arrogant and respectful behavior, Huo Chenan did not bother with the clerk. He said calmly: "No need to be polite. I want to ask you, have you counted all the things?" The clerk hurriedly said: "The statistics are ready. I will report to Jiangning County?" Huo Chenan nodded in agreement, and the clerk began to report: "This village has 1,500 acres of land, 52 households, 159 people, 1,000 stones of surplus grain, and three oxen..." The clerk reported one by one, and Huo Chenan couldn't help frowning. Fifty-two households with more than 150 people cultivated 1,500 acres of land. On average, one person cultivated 10 acres of land, and one household cultivated 30 acres of land. This is not to mention the elderly, women and children. Even if you work yourself to death for a year, you can't handle it? He originally thought that Jinling was also a rich place in the south of the Yangtze River, and there would be no shortage of labor, but he never expected that what was lacking here was labor. In this case, it is conceivable that there must be farmland in a state of barrenness, which is a waste of resources caused by insufficient labor. Even more outrageous is the oxen. There are only three oxen for more than 50 households. There are really no fields that are ruined, only cows that are exhausted.
Of course, cows in the farming period are more valuable than giant pandas. At this time, it is not a crime to hunt an iron-eating beast, but if you dare to kill a cow, you will be punished with seventy strokes and you will be given food and accommodation for a year.
"Ah," Huo Chenan sighed inwardly, and said with emotion: "I have my own potatoes stewed with beef. I haven't found the potatoes yet, and I dare not eat the beef, I dare not eat it!"
Then Huo Chenan met the head of the village again and learned about the basic situation of the village.
Overall, the situation is not optimistic. Huo Chenan decided to make a five-year development plan.
After Huo Chenan returned to the Su family farm, he locked himself in the house and wrote his first five-year plan.
Huo Chenan dipped a brush in ink and quickly listed the overall outline on the paper.
He planned to make an overall development plan for the farm from the aspects of people, agriculture, industry, commerce, and education.
The so-called people actually refer to the population. It is too late to do so now, but refugees from other places can be accommodated. His idea is to double the population in the first year, and then increase it year by year. By the fifth year, the population of the farm will reach 10,000.
The corresponding supporting facilities for the increase in population must also keep up, including housing, transportation, medical care, etc.
And grain production must also ensure the supply of the new population.
Therefore, in terms of agriculture, the demand for high-yield crops has become very urgent.
However, the current crops in the farm are single in variety, low in yield, and insufficient labor force, which leads to waste of land resources.
For these problems, Huo Chenan plans to re-plan the land and divide it into the main grain production area, cash crop area, raw material area and experimental field area.
Of course, the whole process is not achieved overnight, but needs to be gradual. First, the barren land should be used to grow some cash crops, and the subsequent planning can be improved while it is being done.
In terms of industry, Huo Chenan plans to start with light industry. After all, making money is important. After completing the initial capital and knowledge accumulation, the transformation to heavy industry will be carried out.
He thought about it and chose several relatively easy-to-implement light industries as the starting point for his industrial empire.
The first is glass. The raw material of this thing is sand, which can be heated with fire. It can be said that you only need hands.