Chapter 2755
Various industrial projects settled in Yanzhou are still in the initial construction stage, but they have already brought considerable economic benefits to the local area, making everyone in Yanzhou full of expectations for the future of the new dynasty.
However, limited by their horizons, Yanzhou officialdom’s understanding of these projects is only at the level of boosting the local economy. They are far from realizing that Yanzhou’s industrial structure and even social form will be affected by them in the future. Traditional farming society is rapidly evolving towards industrial civilization.
Hearing is false, seeing is believing. Bai Kesi will not blindly listen to the oral reports of Zhang He and others. Since he traveled across mountains and rivers to come to Jiande County, he must go and see the local situation for himself.
However, he still gave encouragement to Zhang He and other local officials who half-reported and half-expressed their merits. After all, although the industrial technology mastered by Haihan is advanced, it still requires the full cooperation of these officials so that the relocated industrial projects can be implemented in Jiande as soon as possible.
The residence that Zhang He arranged for Bai Kesi and his party was a house provided by a local wealthy gentleman. It had three courtyards and all facilities were very complete. However, the inside and outside have been taken over by Haihan in advance, and the security has been replaced by Bai Kesi's manpower.
As usual, before taking a rest, Bai Kesi called Bai Letong into the room and asked him about his thoughts today.
Bai Letong said: "The attitude of local officials is relatively positive, which is a good thing. However, I feel that they know too little about industrial projects, and all related matters have to completely rely on our command. Is this going to happen?" Lead to reduced efficiency? ”
Bai Kesi nodded slightly and said: "You have observed very carefully. This problem does exist, but it is also a helpless choice for us. Technocrats like Huang Zhichang are still scarce resources in our country, and we cannot arrange him here as a local official. And judging from the actual local situation, it will take a lot of time to fully take over. It is the safest way to keep these officials in the Donghai Region after weighing the pros and cons.”
Baix paused and continued: "To change this situation, one is to train more technocrats so that we have enough manpower to deploy and arrange; the other is to train current officials so that they can gradually understand the industry Relevant knowledge. You can also think about how to carry out further training for retained officials.”
Bai Letong is an official of the Ministry of Culture and Education, and all matters related to culture and education can be regarded as his scope of work. The purpose of Bai Kesi's reminder is naturally to let him add this task to the written report submitted to Shi Diwen afterwards. among.
The next day, Bai Kesi and his party began their inspection trip in Jiande County.
Although Jiande County is the seat of Yanzhou Prefecture, due to objective conditions, the city here is actually about the same size as an ordinary county town.
Accompanied by Zhang He and other local officials, Bai Kesi first visited the government-run schools in the city. According to Zhang He, every county in Yanzhou Prefecture has one such school. Although the teaching staff and teaching level are limited, it has basically brought together a group of local students with the best academic performance, and has also won the imperial examinations over the years. Many people were elected.
However, the performance of the local cultural and educational system only ends here. Whether it is literacy rate or imperial examination results, the training effect is indeed far behind those of the wealthy prefectures near the sea. If local students want to further improve their knowledge, they may not be able to achieve their goals locally and can only choose to study in Hangzhou, Nanjing and other places. Bai Kesi wanted to give Bai Letong a chance to perform, so he asked him what he thought of this situation.
Bai Letong's answer was quite satisfactory and not showy: "Haier believes that the biggest problem in the local area is actually the low literacy rate, which may not be solved by existing government-run schools alone. In the future, it is still necessary to increase the scale of schools and support private schools. More private schools to promote literacy and improve public culture. As for higher-level education, we will probably have to wait until the local economic conditions are better before we can find a way to solve it. ”
Bai Kesi nodded slightly and said: "In the future, many industrial projects will be settled locally, which will inevitably require a large number of industrial workers with a cultural foundation. Therefore, cultural and educational affairs must be treated as a top priority and must not be taken lightly."
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However, these words were not entirely meant for Bai Letong. Zhang He understood the meaning and hurriedly responded from the side: "Master Bai's lesson is correct, I will take it to heart. I will definitely take care of this cultural and educational matter personally, as soon as possible." Implement Mr. Xiaobai’s suggestions.”
Thanks to the improvement of the local economic situation, a large number of migrant workers have gathered near the county seat. New shops can be seen everywhere in the city, especially various low-end restaurants and grocery stores selling daily necessities. Of course, what followed was a rise in local prices. It is said that the current rental and sale price of houses in Jiande County has increased by about 30% compared with the previous two years, which shows the degree of influx of foreign population.
Bai Kesi said: "The local population is growing rapidly, which is a good thing, but we must also pay attention to the supply of daily necessities and all aspects of security, and avoid hoarding goods, speculating on food, medicinal materials, fields, and houses to avoid causing dissatisfaction among the people. .”
Zhang He said: "This government has increased its efforts to purchase various daily necessities from other places and try to maintain price stability. However, the stock of land and housing is limited, and price increases are unavoidable. I can only do my best."
Bai Kesi knew that what Zhang He said was true, so he didn't dwell too much on this issue. From what I have seen along the way, Yanzhou Prefecture is indeed very mountainous and sparse in land, and the area of fertile farmland is even more limited. Now that the population is soaring due to the development of industry, the increase in real estate prices is indeed an inevitable cascading effect.
Of course, what he said was not to ask Yanzhou Government to completely ban price fluctuations in this field, but to remind Zhang He that such a trend was not the right direction, and people in the government should not contribute to it. A smart person like Zhang He should not be confused. If he makes such a mistake again in the future, there will be no room for shirk of responsibility.
However, the increase in local real estate prices will not affect various projects that have already begun construction, as well as the local living conditions of Haihan personnel. The relevant properties were acquired secretly through private channels as early as last year and will not be affected by changes in land prices.
The Haihan personnel stationed here in the early stage, including an army infantry company stationed in Jiande County, were basically concentrated in the newly built garrison at the foot of Fenghuang Mountain outside the city. Haihan purchased about twenty acres of land here. Since it was not farmland, the transaction price at that time was also very cheap.
(End of chapter)