"My lord, what is the current population and how many troops are there in Xiakou area?"

Ju taught the way.

Qin Qi picked up the wine glass and took a sip.

"The Xiakou area currently has a population of over 27 million, and a total of less than 400,000 soldiers and horses, including nearly 100,000 naval forces, and less than 300,000 infantry and cavalry."

Qin Qi said.

ah!

Tian Feng and Ju Shou exclaimed.

Twenty-seven million!

You must know that the entire Jizhou has only more than three million people, with a population of less than four million, and Youzhou has an even smaller population, with a population of two million at most.

The combined population of the two prefectures is only a fraction of the Xiakou area.

It was completely beyond their expectations. In their minds, it would be great to have more than 10 million people in the Xiakou area.

The key is that there is such a large population and less than 400,000 troops. No wonder people like to go to Xiakou area.

The Xiakou area dares to implement a light tax policy.

"The main reason why there is such a large population is that since the end of 186, when I was appointed as the prefect of Xiakou,

It has been continuously absorbing and resettling disaster victims and refugees. During that period, local officials basically did not provide relief to the people.

Hearing that the official was absorbing the people, the local officials were eager to transfer all the people in their jurisdiction to the official.

After years of hard work, the current population was barely reached. When the Yellow Turban Army was in turmoil, the world's population was nearly 60 million.

How many people are left in the world now? Xing: the people are suffering; chaos: the people are suffering. The people are a vulnerable group.

No official will consider the life and death of the people. This is a tragedy for the people of the Central Plains."

Qin Qi added.

The two of them only knew that Xiakou Qinqi Bodhisattva was kind-hearted and constantly spent money to help victims and refugees.

They would never have imagined that in a few years, Qin Qi would have so many people in his jurisdiction, which was beyond their expectation.

but!

Did Qin Qi foresee the current situation a few years ago?

Impossible!

As soon as this idea appeared in Tian Feng's mind, the old man was frightened.

Think about it, six years ago, Qin Qi understood her and Jushu's abilities and issued a conquest order. This is unusual!

The two of them have definitely never met Qin Qi before, there is no doubt about this.

At that time, Jushou was idle at home and his reputation was not well-known. He resigned and returned home. Although his reputation was not good, it was not great.

God!

"The Xiakou Navy basically does not fight on the battlefield in the Central Plains. Their mission is to go overseas. Over the past few years, the Navy has captured many islands."

Qin Qi said.

Qin Qi stood up, walked to the wall and opened the curtain. A huge map appeared in the eyes of Tian Feng and Ju Shou.

The two bosses were once again severely shocked.

On the map, there was only a small area of ​​Central Plains, which made the two bosses doubt the reliability of the map.

But what?

There are a large number of place names marked on the map, indicating that the map is well-documented.

"Lord, where did this map come from? How accurate is it? Are there really so many countries on the map?"

Tian Fengdao.

hehe!

"Mr. Yuan Hao, the map must be accurate. There is no need to doubt this. Like the four islands of Yanhuang, that is, during the Qin Dynasty,

The place where Xu Fu took the boys and girls. The four islands are now basically conquered by the navy, and most of the natives on the islands have been captured.

Sent to Luoyang Civilization School, are you working hard to build Luoyang? However, the expedition to the Yanhuang Four Islands is not over yet.

There will still be some time to annihilate the natives on the four islands. In addition to the countless islands next to the four islands,

The navy needs to erect stone tablets one by one, and from then on it will become the map of the Central Plains. This will allow the Central Plains to have a deep defense and prevent the people of the Central Plains from being ravaged by the flames of war."

Qin Qi said.

"After a period of time, let Ling Cao's marines rest and recuperate, and then they will go to Luzon and Luzon. There are thousands of islands here.

The island is rich in mineral resources, rare forest resources, and a large amount of land resources. They are all treasures!"

Qin Qi said.

"This area has been captured. It was originally the Jiuzhen, Rinan and other territories that were captured during the Qin Shihuang period.

The Han Dynasty was weak and had never taken it back. This time it was taken back by the two generals Li Yan and Ling Cao with their troops.

Now, General Li Yan's army is advancing westward, and Huang Zhong and Kuaiyue Corps are also advancing southwestward.

My goal is to reach the sea, which is where I can stop my conquests. Further to the west are the Mauryan Empire and the Parthian Empire.

The two great empires were very powerful, not much weaker than the Central Plains Empire. Further to the west were the Roman Empire, the Egyptian Empire, and the Greek Empire.

They were all very powerful empires. Although the Egyptian and Greek empires declined, the Roman Empire was very powerful and had a population of tens of millions."

Qin Qi explained.

Tian Feng and Ju Shou were stunned when they heard this. Qin Qi only used a small number of troops in the Central Plains area.

The main force of troops was sent for overseas expeditions.

This is the vision and realm.

The other princes were still focused on the Central Plains territory, while Qin Qi had already sent troops to conquer other overseas places.

"We must take a long-term view and not just focus on the Central Plains. We must base ourselves on the Central Plains.

Expand overseas, conquer thousands of miles of land, establish the Han Empire at the top of the world, and truly make the country strong and the people prosperous."

Qin Qi said.

Tian Feng and Jushu, two outstanding men, saluted Qin Qi one after another.

"My lord, I have really narrowed my horizons. I only focused on the Central Plains and did not focus on the expansion of a large number of overseas places."

Ju taught the way.

"I can't blame you. Before today, you may not have known that besides the Central Plains Empire, there were so many countries."

Qin Qi said.

"My lord is right. We didn't know before that there are many empires outside the Central Plains, which is unexpected!"

Tian Fengdao.

"Officials on overseas islands are not worried. There are basically no countries formed on those islands. The indigenous people have no concept of a country.

They are all uncivilized natives who make a living by hunting all day long. Their weapons and equipment are very crude and cannot pose a threat to the navy.

As long as we give them some food, the natives will surrender to us. But what? It’s very troublesome on land.

There are ferocious Huns and Xianbei people. I feel that we can no longer accept the surrender of the Huns as we did during the time of Emperor Wu.

It’s useless. After so many years, the Southern Huns are still wild and unyielding, often invading the people in the border areas of the Central Plains.

Causing huge harm to the people. To put it simply, the Huns and the Xianbei are all barbaric races.

I only believe in force. Talking about benevolence, righteousness and morality to them is just playing lute to a cow. They don't understand and are unwilling to accept it.

There is only one way to deal with the grassland races, use bows, arrows and sabers to kill to stop killing. Kill until the grassland people are heartbroken.

Kill until the grassland people surrender, kill until the grassland people are afraid from the depths of their souls. If you insist on refusing to accept surrender, throw them all into civilized schools to receive education and reform.

Contribute to the rise and revival of the Central Plains Empire. Only by extinction can the Central Plains nation stand on top of the world."

Qin Qi said.

"For thousands of years, our Central Plains nation has insisted on treating the barbarian races on the grasslands with benevolent standards.

What's the result? The grassland people are a race without credibility. They know that the Central Plains people are good-looking, so they take advantage of our Central Plains people's good-looking characteristics.

If you can't fight, you surrender. After your release, you rest for a few years. When your strength is restored, the prairie people invade the Central Plains again with their troops.

It forms a strange circle, a very bad cycle. This situation must be changed, and we can no longer talk about kindness to the grassland people.

Like the countries in the Western Regions, when the Central Plains empire was strong, it obediently surrendered. Once the Central Plains was in turmoil, it rebelled when it was weak.

We must bring about fundamental changes in these places and surrender them forever. We do not need vassal states,

All we need is a unified country. Subject countries are unreliable and will only consume national power, which is really not cost-effective."

Qin Qi said.
Chapter completed!