sjar Chapter 726 Half Life.
Chapter 726 Half Life.
Gongsun Qishu shrugged:
"Herbal medicine can cure it, but it is not a 100% cure. Among ten malaria patients, there will always be one or two unlucky ones who will die."
"Then continue to improve the environment and protect yourself."
Ye Kun had no way to deal with malaria.
This thing is also a disease with a high mortality rate in tropical regions in later generations, especially in underdeveloped areas.
With current medical technology, it is impossible to develop a specific drug for malaria.
Gongsun Qishu said: "We have been doing environmental governance. We hired the indigenous people of Jiaozhi to cut down a lot of trees and send them to the shipyard. On the other hand, we set fire to the wasteland every year, which is effective."
Domestic shipyards have almost stopped operating.
Shipbuilding technicians and workers all came to Jiaozhi, and some went to Tianzhu.
There are now three shipyards on the Jiaozhi coast, all of which are large units with tens of thousands of employees.
Ye Kun did this for two reasons: one was to speed up the assimilation and development of Jiaozhi, and the other was to protect the country's forest resources.
After a pause, Gongsun Qishu continued:
"Most people here are already resistant to malaria. I had malaria last year and didn't die, but I had a fever for more than ten days and had repeated shivers. I almost lost my life."
Yingtao smiled and said, "Master Gongsun is in good health. He is still strong despite his old age. He lost half his life, but he is still so energetic."
Gongsun Qishu smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Ye Kun smiled and said, "Humans have the ability to adapt to the environment, but it takes time. People who have had malaria will develop antibodies in their bodies, and gradually, they will be able to resist such diseases."
Gongsun Qishu nodded: "In general, the survival rate of our Chinese immigrants is over 80%. Recently, many residents along the coast of Jiangdong want to come here to contract farms or land. None of them are afraid of death."
"The people of Jiangdong are coming here voluntarily to contract the land?" Ye Kun was surprised.
"Yes, because there is too much land here, and it is very fertile, so we can grow three crops a year. The conditions are much better than in the Jiangdong mountainous area." Gongsun Qishu nodded:
"I am registering this matter and plan to sort it out briefly and report it to the court."
In the past few years, there was constant civil war in Jiaozhi Peninsula, and the population decreased too much.
Ye Kun took large-scale action here again, migrating millions of people to inland China.
This led to insufficient population and abandoned farmland on the Jiaozhi Peninsula.
In recent years, Gongsun Qishu has started reconstruction, vigorously developed military farms, developed handicrafts and animal husbandry, and transformed the environment, but there are still large tracts of land that are wasted.
The coastal areas of Jiangdong are mostly mountainous, and farmers cannot find farming conditions like those in the Jiaozhi Peninsula.
Now, through maritime activities, the public have learned about the wealth of Jiaozhi and are eager to try it out.
Ye Kun smiled and said, "It is my great pleasure that the people from Jiangdong, Lingnan and the southern coastal areas are willing to come here to settle down. We can transfer some of the farms to these people and let them settle down.
We can also demarcate the land and let them open up the wasteland on their own. For those who open up the wasteland on their own, no tax will be levied in the first three years. After three years, the tax will be levied at the rate of one tenth of the tax. "
Gongsun Qishu said, "Your Majesty, why not be more generous and announce that no tax will be collected on the reclaimed land for ten years, and also help with the reclamation. Because there is too much grain here, the price is very low. The court can collect more commercial taxes and use it to buy grain."
Ye Kun thought for a moment and said, "If there are people who immigrated spontaneously, you should accept them first. I will let the Ninth Department discuss the specific preferential policies."
Ye Kun cannot make the decision alone on such a major matter as ten years of tax exemption.
Of course, what Gongsun Qishu said makes sense.
The grain in Jiaozhi is piled up like mountains and is as cheap as mud and sand. It doesn't seem to make much sense to collect one-tenth of the agricultural tax.
Raise the price of industrial products a little and increase commercial taxes a little, and the money will come.
The wool comes from the sheep, and the increased taxes will eventually be borne by the common people. However, the common people do not understand economics, and unknowingly, they are grateful to the court for exempting them from grain and agricultural taxes.
In Jiaozhi, Ye Kun stayed with Huangfu Lin and Yingtao for seven or eight days.
Everywhere we went, every city and port we saw were indeed very clean and sanitary, even better than inland China.
Gongsun Qishu built an undefended small city in Jiaozhi.
It is to use a simple wall to enclose a small urban area, which can accommodate 10,000 to 20,000 people. In the urban area, there are strict requirements for sanitation management and supervision is divided into areas.
Mosquito-proof trees were planted inside and outside the city, mosquitoes were fumigated with dry wormwood regularly, and puddles and weeds were cleaned up.
Outside the city, measures such as burning wasteland to clear the land, transplanting trees, and forest management have indeed greatly reduced the number of mosquitoes.
There are also small towns that are only as big as town markets.
Gongsun Qishu boasted that he had built fifty-five sanitary cities, all of which were small cities like this.
There are no tall walls and no moats.
It had no rivals in the world, and the number of indigenous people in Jiaozhi was greatly reduced. The rest were all naturalized. There was no war on the peninsula, and there was no need for city walls and moats.
Ye Kun was very positive about Gongsun Qishu's contribution and said with a smile:
"Lord Gongsun's health town is well built. Jiaozhi Peninsula is vast, and we need hundreds or even thousands of such towns. Such towns can be further promoted and developed in depth."
Gongsun Qishu said: "If the emperor agrees not to collect grain for ten years, I can attract hundreds of thousands of people from the southeast coast. In ten years, Jiaozhi will be richer than the inland of China."
Wen Axiu said: "I think Jiaozhi is now richer than the inland areas of China."
The Indochina Peninsula is a natural place for agricultural development; its water, fertilizer and climate conditions are among the best in the world.
Once stability is achieved, with scientific farming and the support of scientific and technological productivity, take-off is inevitable.
Ye Kun nodded and asked Wen Axiu to draft a document and send a telegram to the nine ministries to discuss Gongsun Qishu's suggestions.
After the fleet passed through the Strait of Malacca, it received a reply from the Nine Departments, agreeing with Gongsun Qishu's suggestion to exempt the coastal people who voluntarily immigrated to Jiaozhi and Tianzhu from taxes for ten years.
Gongsun Qishu was very happy and said with a smile: "The emperor really follows the rules and always seeks the opinions of the nine ministries. He gathers the wisdom of all parties and is a wise ruler for all ages."
"You are wrong, Lord Gongsun."
Ye Kun shook his head: "Placing the hope of governing the world on a wise ruler will cause problems. Only by putting the imperial power in a cage and governing the world can we succeed."
Gongsun Qishu was puzzled: "Why should the imperial power be locked in a cage?"
"Because the imperial power is too overbearing, a wise ruler can also become a foolish ruler." Ye Kun sighed:
"The emperor is too powerful and arbitrary. He can do whatever he wants with a flip of his hand. He kills people as easily as cutting grass. The officials under him are trembling with fear. Serving the emperor is like serving a tiger. How can they work with peace of mind?
Therefore, everything is subject to the laws of the court, and the imperial power must be under the law. Whether you are an official or a citizen, as long as you do not break the law, you can live with peace of mind. Only such a society will be stable and vibrant. "
Gongsun Qishu thought about it and nodded:
"Your Majesty is right. During the war between the princes, the common people had no intention of farming and only thought about where to escape famine. Because farming is hard work, it is often the case that the previous generation sows the land and the next generation reaps the harvest."
Ye Kun smiled and said, "Yes, that's the truth. Only when you have a stable property can you have a stable mind, and only when you have rules can you have order."
Gongsun Qishu suddenly said, "By the way, Your Majesty, I heard that your Mohist School has established the Mohist Alliance. Do you think I can join?"