Although Chongqing was a threat, Deng Ming had no intention of attacking it immediately, because a large number of soldiers had just returned to Chengdu after a long absence, and the tens of thousands of men who had entered Sichuan for the first time had not had time to settle down. The most important task in Chengdu now is to digest the fruits of victory and actively start spring ploughing to ensure this year's harvest. At present, there are about 100,000 people in Chengdu who own 20 acres of arable land, and together with other people's arable land, it is expected that the cultivated land around Chengdu will be restored to the level of 3 million mu this year. Even if Chengdu's current reserves are not counted, the output of these lands can supply the needs of hundreds of thousands of people, and is the basis for Chengdu to gain more industrial population.

The rapid resumption of agriculture has put great pressure on the production of agricultural tools, and the railway shops in Chengdu are working overtime day and night, and with the import of agricultural tools, each farmer can now only have one or two basic tools. Although the farmers have food in their hands, they have nowhere to get new tools after the New Year, and it is difficult to repair the dilapidated farm tools, so they can only repair them simply, which greatly increases the pressure on their production. Even more strict is the lack of cattle, the Ming army collected some livestock, and brought back a large number of cattle from the south of the Yangtze River, but so far Chengdu still has less than 5,000 cattle, if each farmer only has two acres of land, then this number is enough, but now the amount of land owned by farmers in Chengdu is very large, even if the pavilions actively organize cattle teams, it is still far from meeting the needs. If there are not enough cattle and horses, it is necessary to rely on manpower to undertake most of the spring ploughing work. Before Chengdu's cattle and horses were on the right track, Deng Ming was helpless about it.

However, with large tracts of land being reclaimed, and Chengdu's light tax policy, residents are not only able to eat, but also have the resources to raise livestock. Recently, some people have applied to the prefect's yamen to breed pigs and sheep, and Deng Ming is happy that these farmers are very ambitious, and they are not mono-farming on a household basis -- because of the high amount of land per capita, most families do not have much spare to raise pigs on their own -- these farmers want to buy grain and grass, hire manpower, raise a large number of livestock, and then sell them.

The Mongols had only been here for a few days, and they were approached by a few people who were preparing to start a breeding business, and wanted to hire the Mongols to help them raise sheep. But most of the Mongols refused, preferring to go to a horse shop to raise horses or teach them to ride horses rather than to become shepherds - like the Han Chinese as military households, the Mongols felt that shepherds were poor and unpromising jobs, and they did not want to go around in a long circle and return to their primitive occupation in the steppe.

"Even if the Manchu Qing Dynasty is transferred to Shanxi Green Camp, it will most likely take a few months to arrive." Rising grain production will support more of Chengdu's population in other industries, so Deng Ming, despite having plenty of grain in his hands, still attaches great importance to spring ploughing, and plans to recruit troops again after the harvest and then launch a preventive attack on Chongqing: "We can conscript peasants into the army during the slack season, and then the attack will not affect industrial and mining production." ”

Although the sailors did not dare to enter the Jialing River lightly, they could transport the army to the vicinity of Chongqing and ensure logistical transportation, Deng Ming planned to besiege Chongqing to see if there was a chance to inflict heavy damage on the Chongqing Green Battalion. As long as Li Guoying can be forced into Chongqing to hold on, the Ming army can do a good job of scouting the hydrology of the Jialing River. Moreover, after the army bypassed from the west of Chongqing to control the banks of the Jialing River, the Qing army was unable to organize a joint defense of the Jialing River by land and water armies; When the shore is your own army, the Western Sichuan Naval Division does not have to worry too much even if it hits the reef in the Jialing River, and can adopt more daring offensive tactics to create a chance to annihilate the Manchu Jialing River Naval Division.

Before the harvest, Chengdu would make pre-war preparations, formulate battle plans and conduct targeted training, and Deng Ming planned to use this leisure time to make a trip to Jianchang and Yunnan.

However, before leaving, Deng Ming decided to implement the education issue first.

Now Chengdu has more than 50 pavilions, each of which has a pavilion chief and a few pavilion soldiers, who are responsible for managing the 400 households under its rule - they say that they are households, but in fact many of them are still bachelors. The pavilion is an important institution in Chengdu Prefecture, which is not only responsible for dispute mediation, population statistics, and cattle co-ordination, but also undertakes the task of military training. Now Deng Ming has added the responsibility of education to it, and hundreds of scholars and children of small landlords recruited from the southeastern provinces have been assigned to work in various pavilions, and military training will be conducted in the morning of each military training in the future, and literacy education will be carried out in the afternoon.

In addition to these literacy points, Deng Ming also established a number of schools, and the first students were orphans of Caogong and brides who married into Sichuan. Schools for women are closer to technical schools, where women learn weaving, shoemaking, hosiery, etc., and then organize them to cooperate in production. The efficiency of centralized production is relatively high, and the relative cost can be lower than that of traditional male and female weavers -- in addition to the commercial houses supported by Deng Ming's plan, it is also a problem for ordinary people in Chengdu to obtain textile tools, which is equivalent to giving commercial banks a good opportunity to monopolize production.

"We finally brought these women to Chengdu, they have to help earn money, otherwise the capital will go bankrupt and everyone will have a hard time." At the internal meeting, Deng Ming openly publicized to his subordinates that these female laborers should be regarded as precious assets, and those small-footed women should be counted, but the total number of young big-footed women in Chengdu is seventy or eighty thousand, and they must be organized to participate in production: "I have already explained the literacy points of each pavilion, and when teaching the people to read and write, I must hint to them that if they do not let their wives come out to work, the capital will go bankrupt sooner or later, and then don't think about the protection fee of 100 yuan per 100 mu, and it is very likely that the expropriation will occur." ”

Of course, Deng Ming will not really expropriate and expropriate, but it is still necessary to threaten, anyway, it is not in the name of the capital to issue this notice, but to let those teaching gentlemen promote it as a personal opinion. The peasants' reverence for intellectuals would make this threat work very well, even better than if the government went into battle shirtless; In addition to the threats, let the teacher talk to the people about the high dowry and the difficulty of life - what's wrong with letting the daughter-in-law go out to do some work and subsidize the family? Besides, if everyone's wives come out to work, the output of cloth, shoes and socks will increase, and the price will be cheaper, which is a visible benefit.

"Make slogans that say, 'Times are different, men and women are the same, it's glorious to go to the factory, shame not to leave the house,' and these words should be taught first at each literacy point." Deng Ming assigned a task to Liu Jinge: "Similar slogans should be painted more, don't pity the white paint, paint on the walls of all the pavilions, and it is best to paint some of the houses, who is willing to paint on their own houses, the pavilion can help repair the fence for him." If you really don't want to let your wife go out, then you should also encourage pig raising, and also write a few slogans of 'to enjoy happiness, have fewer children and raise more pigs'. Even if you raise some piglets, those breeding firms can buy them in the future. ”

"And the army." After Deng Ming explained clearly to Governor Liu, he gave Zhou Kaihuang a face-to-face lecture to them: "Don't forget to remind the retired soldiers that they still owe us money, and let your wife come out to work to reduce your debts." There is also a standing army, and the soldiers must treat the propaganda work as a combat mission, and the soldiers who have made achievements must take credit! ”

Chengdu officials are well aware of the huge military spending, but Deng Ming's efforts to encourage women to work are beyond anyone's imagination.

After the meeting ended, Qin Xiucai said proudly to Mu Tan: "You still said that the Admiral is the King of Tang, how is this possible?" It must be the third prince, a proper descendant of the gods, and he is shameless to ask for money. ”

Mu Tan was speechless, and Ren Tang replied unconvinced: "King Fu is also the descendant of the Divine Sect. ”

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Unlike adult women, Deng Ming did not train them all as child laborers in a hurry, but opened an educational institution called a public primary school. The government is responsible for teachers' salaries, the construction of school buildings, and the food of students. Most of the residents of Chengdu are young people, and the first batch of children born are babbling babies, but Deng Ming announced that all children in Chengdu will receive compulsory education in the future.

When someone questioned the policy of no fees for schools, Deng Ming explained: "Schools educate children so that they can be qualified for the work of officials, craftsmen, and scholars, without whom the capital will not be able to sustain itself sooner or later; The more children learn, the more money they will earn in the future, and the more taxes the government will be able to collect. In short, it is our government that benefits the most from education, so we want everyone to be able to receive education and contribute more to the government, so we not only do not have a reason to charge, but we even have to provide food, attract people to send their children to school, and enact laws to force people to let their children get educated. ”

In addition to literacy, arithmetic is taught in primary schools. To the surprise of the teachers, these arithmetic textbooks were actually written by Deng Ming himself, and when the teachers sang the praises of the omniscient nature of the Admiral, Deng Ming explained seriously: "These are all Taixi people's works, I happened to have the opportunity to see them, and I thought it was good and translated them." ”

As a translator of arithmetic textbooks, Deng Ming presided over the opening ceremony of a public primary school under this name, and in front of the crowded male and female students in the audience, Deng Ming asked, "Why do you want to study?" ”

"Because you have talents," Deng Ming immediately answered the question on his own: "Some of you have talents in agriculture and will breed high-yielding crops; Some people have industrial talents and can design and manufacture exquisite machines; Some people have the talent to write popular articles; Some people have a talent for painting and can depict magnificent mountains and rivers; Some people have the talent of observation and will discover the trajectory of the stars...... If you don't have the opportunity to learn, your talents will be buried, and the sun will rise and fall day after day, but our lives will not change in the slightest. Only yours can be used to transform our country, so that we will never be threatened by barbarians, and that our children and grandchildren may enjoy a life that their ancestors could not have imagined; Therefore you have to learn, and when you find your talents, our country and our nation will have a glorious future. ”