In the auditorium.

Zhao Hao raised his hands repeatedly to calm everyone's excitement.

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Passion and conditions alone are not enough. We must also make persistent efforts and plan and implement our ideals step by step! I believe that with you fighting side by side with me, we can definitely turn our ideals into reality!”

After another round of warm and long applause, Zhao Hao announced in a deep voice:

"First of all, our unchanging belief as Jiangnan people is to be the vanguard of the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty!"

"In order to realize our beliefs, we must go all out to promote the agricultural revolution, commercial revolution, and even industrial revolution in Ming Dynasty! This is the general policy of us Jiangnan people."

"But the road to realizing this great ideal is long and arduous. We need to make a scientific plan and complete it step by step. Therefore, after extensive consultation and deliberation, our first five-year development plan is announced as follows:"

The participants hurriedly took out their pencils, opened their notebooks and began to take notes.

"In the five years from January of the third year of Longqing, Jiangnan Company will be committed to the sixteen-character policy of 'consolidating the foundation, opening up the veins, refining the internal strength, and perfecting the layout'! I will explain it from each aspect below."

"First, in terms of agriculture, the group plans to cultivate at least one million mu of rice fields, 500,000 mu of cotton fields, and 200,000 mu of mulberry fields in Kunshan, Shanghai, and Chongming within five years. This plan will be led by the Jiangnan Development Corporation."

Wang Mengxiang, Gu Dadong and others hurriedly stood up and responded.

"In addition, we need to find and successfully plant several new crops to solve the current problem of low yields of the main food crops in the Ming Dynasty in poor soil. This plan will be led by the Jiangnan Trading Company."

Don Paul responded quickly.

"In terms of business, we plan to push the imperial court to realize the plan of shipping grain by sea within five years, and the annual transportation volume will reach two million shi. This is also the top priority of the First Five-Year Plan, and it requires the cooperation of all departments of the group. President Jiang and I will take the lead in completing it."

"In order to meet the basic requirements of ocean shipping capacity, we plan to have 1,500 1,000-ton sand ships and 500 2,000-ton Fuzhou ships within five years. Most of them will be commissioned to Longjiang Baochuan Factory and Suzhou Shipyard for manufacturing."

"During the 15th Five-Year Plan, Jiangnan Shipyard must rapidly recruit talents and improve its level. Not only must its production scale reach the level of a state-owned factory, but it must also master the current Chinese and Western shipbuilding and reach the world's advanced level, that is, be able to build qualified galleons."

Elder Niu mooed, feeling like Alexander, he had never heard of what a galleon was. No wonder Mr. Zhao was reluctant to appoint the chairman of Jiangnan Shipbuilding. This was really not a job for humans, at least Old Niu didn't have the ability to do it.

"In addition, we will also take advantage of the opportunity of the grain transport to restore maritime trade and revitalize the industry and commerce in Jiangnan." Mr. Zhao said decisively:

"But 'do no evil' is the bottom line of the group, so we must conduct legal trade and obtain a trade license with the vassal state no matter what. We will strive to restore the original sea trade routes next year and increase overseas trade volume fivefold within five years! This plan is under the responsibility of the Jiangnan Group's board of directors."

Hua Cha, Wang Mengxiang, Lu Kuang, Gu Dashou and other members of the Eight Great Families all stood up and applauded enthusiastically. This was the reason why they were willing to lower their status and follow Master Zhao.

"In addition, we need to plan ahead for overseas trade. We plan to set up warehouses in Jeju, Ryukyu, Penghu, Macau, and Luzon within five years to collect business intelligence and gain a firm foothold in the local area. This task will be entrusted to Jiangnan Trade."

"Yes!" Tang Baolu stood up and responded loudly.

"Fourth, in terms of construction, we plan to increase cement production to ten times the current level within five years. This will be enough to supply large-scale construction projects throughout Jiangnan. Jiangnan Building Materials will be responsible for this."

"Yes, sir." Hua Bozheng responded loudly. Actually, Zhao Hao had only given a five-fold plan at first, and it was he who took the initiative to increase it to ten times.

Ten thousand years is too long, we must seize the day!

"Fifth, in terms of finance. Jiangnan Bank must complete its plan to attract 50 million taels of deposits within five years. It must also issue bonds to each company in the group with a total amount of no less than 10 million taels each year." Zhao Hao said in a deep voice.

"I understand." Jiang Xueying responded crisply.

Everyone was very excited when they heard this. It would be too much pressure for the group to continue to invest in such a large business. If they could continue to borrow money from others to develop themselves, the pressure would naturally be much less.

"In addition, within five years, we will pilot a futures market for hedging risks in Suzhou and prepare to build the Jiangnan Securities Exchange Center."

"Yes." Jiang Xueying said.

"Sixth, in terms of education, we plan to establish 24 primary schools and 8 secondary schools in Suzhou counties within five years. We will also establish a specialized secondary vocational school. We will also prepare to build a higher vocational school. Within five years, we will complete the rapid literacy of at least 20,000 people. We will train 5,000 full-time primary school graduates, 2,000 middle school students, and 1,000 technical secondary school students."

The educators present at the meeting stood up with solemn expressions to accept the order. This was truly a glorious and arduous mission.

"In addition, Yufeng Academy will hold two autumn examinations in the next five years. The spring examination will be held in February of the sixth year, which is also included in the five-year plan. Therefore, we require that these two examinations produce at least 50 Juren and 20 Jinshi."

"Wow..." Zhao Hao's previous plans were not easy to complete, but only the relevant persons in charge would worry about it. But this matter shocked all the friends.

Because everyone knows how difficult it is for a scholar to pass the imperial examination. Otherwise, why is there a saying that it is "as difficult as passing the imperial examination"?

If a county can produce a juren, they will be given a memorial archway with fanfare. If a jinshi is produced, it is simply a stroke of luck... Only about 300 jinshi are produced in three years. There are more than 1,400 counties in the country, you can count them yourself.

Now Jiangnan Group is actually planning to wholesale juren and jinshi, which is really shocking and absurd.

Unexpectedly, Li Zhi, who was in charge of this matter, said calmly, "It's too low."

"What's low?" Zhao Hao was stunned.

"The plan is too low. It's a piece of cake. There's no challenge." Li Zhi twirled his beard, looking extremely arrogant.

"How shameless..." Even Xu Wei felt ashamed for him. You know, he and his wife took the imperial examination 17 times in total, but they never succeeded once.

But Zhao Hao knew that Li Zhi had the capital to be arrogant. He was not only a mentor to the king, but also a workaholic.

Not only did Li Zhi travel between Suzhou and Kunshan, he also took time out of his busy schedule to give lectures, making himself an academic star and attracting countless people who wanted to become his disciples.

However, Li Jiaoshou said that the number of places in Suzhou Prefecture School was limited, so he sent them all to Yufeng Academy.

As a result, before Yufeng Academy officially opened, there were already more than 100 new students. With Li Zhi's hype, it would be easy to recruit hundreds of more scholars in the next five years.

As long as the number of students increases, what does it matter if fifty of them pass the examination?

However, Zhao Hao ignored Li Zhuowu's wild words. As long as he could complete the current plan, he would be grateful.