When it was the golden autumn season, the originally dilapidated Yanyuan County had completely changed its appearance. A large number of concrete houses replaced the original mud houses and brick houses. The city walls were also demolished, and a large number of buildings began to extend to the periphery of the county.
The current population of Yanyuan County had already exceeded 300,000. Including the population of the towns and villages under its jurisdiction, there were about 454,000 people. These people had all passed the statistics.
As Yanyuan County had introduced a minimum security system, families who were unable to maintain their lives and whose income was lower than the average could receive 20 catties of rice a month. It was precisely because of this policy that a large number of people from the surrounding counties and villages came.
Chu Zian had to ensure that the people under his rule would not starve to death. As for whether they could eat their fill, it depended on their hard work. This was also the original intention of his establishment of the minimum security system.
The minimum security system required a large amount of food to support it. Now, Chu Zian had to import food from Hunan and Guangdong.
Although the firearms business was not as good as before, there were two main reasons. Either some warlords ran out of money, or they no longer needed to buy them. Fortunately, Yanyuan County had established some industrial foundation and could export some industrial products. Now, the income of the Yanyuan County government was more profitable than selling weapons.
Take the Wanxin cement manufacturing company invested by the county government as an example. Now, their maximum daily output could reach about 5000 barrels. They had thousands of workers and became one of the largest enterprises in Yanyuan County.
Just Wanxin cement manufacturing company alone could bring considerable tax revenue to the county government. Now, Wanxin cement had occupied the entire southwest market in just a few months, and had even begun to enter Guangdong and Zhejiang.
The hardness of Wanxin cement manufacturing company's cement exceeded that of other competitors. This was also the reason why Wanxin cement could expand so quickly in such a short period of time. Even if the daily volume of cement was increased to 5000 barrels, the supply still exceeded the demand.
Nowadays, there was not only Wanxin cement factory in Yanyuan County, but there were also several other cement factories. In order to support the development of the industry, Chu Zian asked the county government to set up the Southwest Industrial Machinery Co., Ltd., which specialized in selling all kinds of advanced machinery and equipment.
Not only cement, but also matches, soap, and other daily necessities had been imported to all parts of the southwest. This also showed Chu Zian how profitable the industry was in this era.
However, the territory of a county was still too small. The industry could not be scaled up, and there was a lack of talent. Otherwise, the development speed would be even faster.
To rapidly develop the industry, not only did they need advanced machinery and equipment, but they also needed talents who could operate these advanced machinery and equipment. No matter which era it was, talents were the most precious resources. No matter what kind of machinery and equipment it was, it was all made by humans.
In order to cultivate a large number of talents, education must be emphasized. Only an advanced and complete education system could cultivate a large number of talents.
Chu Zian also attached great importance to the issue of education. He understood very well that if a country wanted to be truly strong, it only needed to look at their education. Take the most typical example of Nippon. After World War II, they suffered such a heavy blow. How could they rise so quickly? One of the most important things was education.
Although it was only a small county with a population of only a few hundred thousand, and education was very expensive, it was a wrong view to not develop education because of money.
At present, several schools had been built in Yanyuan County. At the same time, a large number of primary schools had been established in the towns and villages. At the same time, a large number of night schools had also been established. The purpose was to help the common people eliminate literacy.
In this day and age, 95% of China's population was illiterate. This was a terrifying number, so education was especially important to China.
Nowadays, the workers and the common people did not have any good entertainment activities at night, so organizing the common people to study at night was the best way. They definitely did not have time during the day.
However, it was very difficult for them to take the initiative to learn. There must be benefits to attract them to learn. Chu Zian did not expect them to learn strong knowledge. It was impossible for them to be able to speak.
He only wanted these people and workers to be able to read and do some simple arithmetic. His requirements were not high. As long as they could recognize more than 2000 new words, each person would receive 10 catties of food every month for a year.
Ten catties of grain was actually quite a lot. It was usually enough to feed a family of three for ten days.
With the current financial resources of Yanyuan County, they could only implement eight years of compulsory education, five years of primary school, and three years of middle school. As for high school and university, their families would have to bear the cost.
Education was the foundation of a country. The eight-year compulsory education would continue, which could greatly reduce the educational costs of some families.
This book comes from：m.funovel.com。