Chapter 991: Advantageous Industries

After what Sanxin said, these young people seemed to suddenly react; it was true that once a tribe was large enough, it would inevitably need to concentrate resources for distribution, and the way to concentrate resources was to require the handing over of food or resources so that the Tribal Chief would have things to distribute downward.

They indeed did not have the concept of "tax," but they still had to hand things over, and there were likely no clear regulations or policies, which was why arbitrary collection and heavy oppression occurred, ultimately leading to situations like the Shennong Clan, where subordinate tribes began to resist tyranny to protect their own rights and interests.

Now that everyone had clarified this matter and determined where the tens of thousands of people from the Suiren Clan should live and survive, the next step was to arrange which people should be sent to the several large towns about to be built to take charge and oversee construction; the Suiren Clan people themselves lacked the ability to manage themselves and lacked the corresponding ability to build, and if left to their own devices, they would return to how they were in the Suiren Clan and would never change.

Because three towns needed to be built, and the scale and size of these towns far exceeded the previous ones, the task was relatively heavy.

After everyone's discussion, the suggestion proposed by Sanxin was recognized by all, and his proposal was to have those who were working in the current towns and had already achieved clear results transferred to these new towns to continue serving, and because the scale of the towns was larger and the population under their jurisdiction was greater, their positions would also rise.

At least a two-rank promotion; if they were transferred from a town to Huaxia City or Lema City, they could only rise by one rank, and since everyone had such a foundation of grassroots work, their competitiveness was the same, unless one's ability was particularly outstanding.

However, it was clear that these large towns had a better future and better development prospects, and a two-rank promotion was just the beginning; in the future, there would be more opportunities for promotion in these large towns, and the speed of advancement would be faster.

Moreover, with a population base of ten thousand, the probability of building a large town into a small city was extremely high; although it would be more difficult at the beginning and the conditions would be worse, facing a brighter future, there would certainly be many ambitious people willing to take office in these towns.

Sanxin's suggestion was excellent, and everyone passed it unanimously; other corresponding departments also followed this operational process, and in this way, the leadership teams for the several towns could be assembled.

And there was one most important point: there must be people from the Suiren Clan themselves in the leadership, but the Suiren Clan people certainly lacked ability, so they could only be forced to use their original Leaders for now, while selecting usable talent for training; considering the time required to cultivate a qualified official, the Suiren Clan people would basically still have to be placed in places like the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Works.

The final point was what Baifeng proposed: developing "advantageous industries." This term was proposed by Baifeng for the first time, and immediately Baifeng also gave an explanation: "The so-called advantageous industry means that you look at what your place is suitable for; if it is suitable for farming and the land is fertile, then your city should focus on growing grain."

"If you find that growing fruit is particularly suitable here, then vigorously develop orchards, and as long as you have enough grain to eat yourself, you can then use the fruit to trade with surrounding cities for more grain, while also allowing those towns that produce less fruit to have enough fruit to eat."

Sericulture, beekeeping, fish farming, and animal husbandry can all be developed into one's own advantageous industries.

Besides these, there are mineral resources; after arriving at a place, investigate whether those towns have any usable minerals, even if it is just clay, so that at least you don't have to beg others for bricks and tiles for construction and don't have to travel long distances to have them delivered, right? Try your best to develop your own advantages.

This is the development direction our future towns need; when you convey the message downward, you must also preach this policy to everyone.

As for the Secretariat, have them draft a development document for me; after I approve it, it will be issued to all current towns, letting them start doing this now; this is called complementary advantages and common prosperity."

Thunderous applause immediately erupted in the conference room, which also signaled the end of the meeting.

However, although the meeting was over, Ben and Yishang were a bit reluctant to leave, and those Nobles also seemed to have something to say, but Baifeng did not give them the chance and turned to leave directly.

Yishang had no choice but to turn his gaze to Yulong; Yulong packed up his notebook, looked at Yishang's expression, and had to take the initiative to walk over: "Uncle Yishang, let's go outside to talk; it's not very suitable to discuss this here."

Ben also hurriedly crowded over, looking somewhat humble and uneasy: "Prince... hehe."

"Come, both of you, come." Yulong felt a bit helpless; it turned out that neither of them had understood.

Other people with Nobility who had understood felt very excited, so they left directly, preparing to go back and think about it carefully, while those who didn't understand found it difficult to approach Yulong, because they really didn't have that good of a relationship with Yulong.

Zhu did not care at all; Yulong was his son-in-law, and if Yulong didn't take the initiative to explain it to him, his daughter would surely come to explain it; anyway, they were all one family, sharing honor and disgrace together.

Those who had no other channels fixed their eyes on the people from the Ministry of Revenue and the Secretariat; these people knew every matter deeply and could thoroughly understand every policy, so they must have understood; if all else failed, they could bring some Wine and meat to their homes and have them explain it carefully, even if their own Nobility was higher than theirs.

Yulong led the two of them to an open space where there was no one around; although the gazes of Yishang and the other were very intense, Yulong's words were very concise: "Two uncles, you really don't need to worry too much; this matter is a great thing; you two just wait to sit back and collect grain; your fiefs are the first in all of Huaxia to start having returns, and in the future, others will only envy you two."

Yishang happily said in a hurry: "Really? Oh my, that would be great; I understood for a moment and then didn't understand again; I really didn't know what the situation was; if the King wants to take back the fiefs, actually we are all fine with it, just give us a change of fiefs elsewhere, and I personally have no opinion."

After hearing this, Yulong also began to stroke his chin and said thoughtfully: "Heh, don't say that; perhaps those who can see far enough now are already thinking about whether they can change the location of their fiefs."