Xia He looked through the booklet in front of him, glanced at him, raised his head, and said, "The Zuo Jinwu Guard has a total of 35,000 soldiers, with an average annual salary of 100 silver dollars, auxiliary soldiers, logistics supplies, engineering, etc., with an average annual salary of 60 silver dollars. Just the salary expenditure alone is 4.5 million silver dollars. The annual expenditure of food, weapons, armor, clothes, etc. is about 2 million silver dollars. Not counting the reward after the war, add other miscellaneous expenses, and the consumption of Zuo Jinwu Guard is about 8 million silver dollars a year."

"If the entire Zuo Jinwu Guard is converted into a production and construction corps, according to Li Xiang's wishes, they are still considered military organization and their salary remains unchanged, but they will save about one million silver dollars a year on weapons, armor and quilts."

"Of course, this is just an account on this. In fact, if the construction is transferred, the burden on the court will be greatly reduced. Everyone knows that the army is a purely consumed large household, and if it is converted into a construction corps, they can create wealth independently. The Ministry of Revenue made a large estimate that 40,000 of the 50,000 people in Zuo Jinwu Guard were invested in the military farm. With tools and livestock in the company, and collective farming, each person can take care of about 50 acres of land on average. This is two million acres of land. Based on the current average yield of 300 kilograms of wheat per mu, it is 600 million kilograms per year. Even if it is calculated by the grain price of Wuyi, the retail price of a kilogram of wheat is ten cents, and then what they paid a year is fifty million silver dollars. It is already ten times their salary."

Not sure, everyone in the house was immediately excited.

Xia He glanced at everyone, and said with a smile: "Everyone, don't be excited first, this is just a estimation. Everything starts from the best aspects. In fact, it is not so optimistic."

"Even if it's a discount, it's great." Zhang looked back at Xue Chong and smiled: "If the Production and Construction Corps can be effectively planned, the area of ​​planting can actually be expanded. I remember when I was in Yizhou, with the help of the cooperation group established by Yixing Society, ordinary people could plant dozens of acres of crops, but now they are tens of thousands of young and strong young men!"

Everyone nodded repeatedly.

"Xia He, keep talking." Li Ze waved his hand with a smile, signaling Xia He to continue.

"Everyone, the army has the most talents. In addition to farming, most of the engineers and logistics and supplies are skilled. For example, the engineers are best at building bridges and road construction. These people have a great effect on road engineering and water conservancy construction in Liaodong. Therefore, the advice we have to give to the production corps is to organize these personnel separately and not let them go to farm as well." Xia He said.

After taking a look at the three Liaodong Governors present, Xia He said: "These professionals can set up production and construction teams to vigorously build the roads, water conservancy, bridges, and houses that are urgently needed in the local area. The National Production and Construction Corps is an independent existence, and they also have performance appraisals."

"Of course you have to charge money!" Xue Chong waved his fist: "But you can consider a discount!"

Everyone in the room laughed. Although things have not been finalized yet, it seems that everyone has already entered the role.

"There are more than 2,000 medical officers in the Zuo Jinwu Guard. These people used to only serve the army. Then after they arrived at the local area, they could not only serve the production and construction corps, but also serve the people of Liaodong. I think this is probably what the three governors urgently need?"

"Not bad." Jilin Governor Bao Hui nodded repeatedly. He has worked in Liaodong for many years. His medical level there is nothing wrong with the north. It is a real mode of small illnesses and waiting for death from serious illnesses. More than two thousand medical officials serve the local area, which is a great good policy. Although these medical officials are best at trauma, general headaches and fevers are no problem.

"The opening of a large number of clinics can also make money and profits, and they can also drive the great development of the medicinal materials industry in Liaodong. As far as I know, there are many good medicinal materials in Liaodong." Xia He said.

The three governors nodded excitedly at this time. Although the Production and Construction Corps existed independently of the local area, they eventually lived in Liaodong. Their production and development could naturally drive the development of the local economy.

"In short, in the view of the Ministry of Revenue, this is a major event that benefits the country and the people. First, it reduces the burden on the central government's finances, and second, they can create a lot of wealth. At that time, they can not only support themselves, drive local governments, but also feed back to the center. Therefore, the Ministry of Revenue supports it. Although we are financially in a tight position, we can still find ways to squeeze out a sum of funds to start this matter."

"Where is Mr. Zhang?" Li Ze looked at Zhang Hui again.

"I'll just say something!" Zhang Hui smiled and said, "In my opinion, this is a good thing. The Production and Construction Corps is still a military member, which is equivalent to farmers, construction workers, and doctors who receive military pay. Everyone knows that under our Tang Dynasty, soldiers are a good profession. If they take root in the local area, they will also attract more people to settle down. I am talking about women. But where these tens of thousands of people live in the long run, they always have to marry and get married and have children. In the long run, it has great benefits for the population growth of Liaodong. The biggest problem where we are now is that there are too many lands and too few people."

Li Ze looked around the people in the room and clapped his hands and said, "Very good. It seems that everyone has reached a consensus. Zuo Jinwu Guard has been converted to the Liaodong Production and Construction Corps. Now let me talk about his management system."

"This is a new business, never before, so we can only make adjustments while doing it. But the general strategy is to be decided. The Production and Construction Corps is an independent unit, and they are still in the military organization, so their jurisdiction is still in the Ministry of War!" Li Ze looked at Li Anmin.

"I understand." Li Anmin nodded.

"However, the personnel distribution of the Production and Construction Corps is spread throughout the three provinces of Liaodong. Therefore, the connection and cooperation with the local government is a great idea. I hope Xue Chong and the three local Chang'an can cooperate with each other and not be filthy."

Han Qi smiled and said, "The Production and Construction Corps is going to help our local development. We are not too late to welcome you, so how can you get dirty?"

"That's not necessarily!" Li Ze said with a smile: "They want to take root when they arrive at the place. Where there are people, there will be conflicts of interests. No one is the young man who is passionate about these things, and he hopes to put the overall situation first."

When he heard Li Ze say this, Xue Chong, Han Qi, Bao Hui, and Wang Wenshu all bowed their hands to say that.

"Although the Zuo Jinwu Guard has been transformed into a construction corps, don't forget that you are still soldiers. Therefore, in the Liaodong areas, I only have one requirement, where there is the most difficult place, where you go, where you are the poorest, where you go!" Li Ze looked at Xue Chong and raised his voice: "We must still maintain the style of soldiers. We must always remember that you used to charge on the battlefield to create peace for the people. Now, when you go to the place to farm and build roads, you are also opening peace for the people."

Xue Chong stood up suddenly and shouted: "The Zuo Jinwu Guard will never forget his honor and mission as a soldier!"

"Very good, General Xue, I believe in you!" Li Ze nodded and signaled Xue Chong to sit down.

"The Liaodong Construction Corps is a pioneering move and a demonstration. If it is effective in Liaodong, in the future, there will be a Western Region Construction Corps in the Western Regions, and in Tubo, there will be a Tubo Construction Corps. Of course, only if you do well will you have the following. If you do not do well, this matter will naturally end here."

"Although Li Xiang rest assured, we will definitely make this matter a model in the world!" Han Qi took the lead in expressing his opinion.

"Okay, since the big strategy has been decided, the next specific plan will be formulated by the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, together with the Zuo Jinwu Guard and the governors of the three provinces of Liaodong. I hope that when the Yixing Society Conference is over and you return to your garrison, the specific plan has been put out and can be implemented. Is there any problem?"

"No problem!" Everyone was swearing.

For Han Qi and three other local governors, Li Ze has set a tone. The Production and Construction Corps goes wherever they are poor and wherever they are difficult. This is equivalent to solving the biggest problem for them. In the negotiations between the two sides, some concessions may be made on the local level.

For Xue Chong, this is not a big deal. He is going to farm. Is it harder than fighting? If he can achieve better results in those most difficult places, his weight will become more important in Li Xiang's eyes. Didn't he just say that there will be the Western Regions Construction Corps and the Tubo Construction Corps in the future? If he succeeded in Liaodong, his voice will be much more important in the future.

Everyone left one after another, and the meeting was just set. What they had to do next was a lot of things. I think it was a long time to stay up late, and I don’t know how much hair it would be to scratch.

When doing things, you always open your mouth and run your legs off.

Gongsun Changming packed up some of the minutes in front of him and saw that there was no one in the room. Then he looked at Li Ze and asked: "Li Xiang, will the Zuo Jinwu Guard be converted into a construction corps? Will this kind of quasi-military organization continue to exist?"

"At least, it will continue to exist now. The army will still be the most efficient to develop those remote places." Li Ze paused, "Of course, from a longer-term perspective, one day they will slowly be classified into the place. However, this will happen many years later, and there is no need to consider it for the time being."
Chapter completed!