When the Shandong people invaded Guandong, why did they not choose the wealthy south but went to the cold land?

When the Shandong people invaded Guandong, why did they not choose the wealthy south but went to the cold land? It was a time of famine. 99% of the people who came to Guandong from Shandong were farmers, and Shandong has always been agricultural as the main direction of development. If they migrated, they would also go for the land. At that time, there were not many places in the country with wasteland. Apart from Tibet and Xinjiang, there is only the Northeast.

The Northeast was the land of Longxing during the Qing Dynasty. It was a retreat left by the Manchus for themselves. Han immigrants were prohibited here. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Northeast was a vast and sparsely populated place. The Northeast Plain was larger than the North China Plain, and the soil was more fertile, but the population was only a few million people.

If you come to the Northeast to cultivate fields, you will own the land. There is also a lot of oil in the Northeast, and the resources are very rich. At that time, the rich Jiangnan was very densely populated. If outsiders came, There aren't many job opportunities. Only by going to sparsely populated places will there be more job opportunities. This is true for taking the West Exit and going to Nanyang.

After the Eight Banners of the Manchu and Qing Dynasties entered the pass, their sudden victory was completely unexpected. At that time, the Eight Banners of the Qing Dynasty only had more than 200,000 people, while the Han people in the Central Plains had tens of millions. The country they want to manage is an empire with a population hundreds of times larger than their own. The Manchus did not have a lot of self-confidence at that time. The rulers at that time always thought that they would be replaced one day, and then they had to retreat to the northeast and return to the birthplace of their ancestors.

However, we were particularly afraid that the Northeast would be occupied by the Han people at that time, so Han people were not allowed to live in certain Northeast regions. This policy was not abolished until the end of the Qing Dynasty. Shandong is a province with a large population. Due to famine, it is difficult for everyone to survive. Therefore, a large number of Shandong people began to find a way out for their livelihood. The reason why we went to the Northeast in the severe cold zone was because there were not many people living in the Northeast at that time, which was more conducive to the survival of Shandong people.

Because the number of refugees at that time was huge and the population in the south was also large, it was difficult to feed batches of refugees. At that time, there was a lot of idle land in the Northeast. In those days, as long as there was land, food could be grown, and there would be no fear of starvation or cold. Shandong people's invasion of Guandong was also an economic act at that time, reclaiming wasteland and doing business. Forced to make a living and leave their hometown. When you go to a foreign land, you do it to start a business, to survive, and to improve your current life.

The three northeastern provinces with fertile soil and rich resources, such black soil, naturally provide this opportunity for a large number of Shandong people. Moreover, at that time, tens of thousands of people from Shandong, Hebei and other places set foot on the land of the three northeastern provinces to make a living, which also greatly changed the socio-economic and demographic structure of the three northeastern provinces.