General Xiakou Mansion:

The conquest of the Yanhuang Four Islands ended, and stone tablets were erected on the four islands and the thousands of surrounding small islands, marking their ownership by the Central Plains Empire.

The Navy is conducting an expedition against the Greater and Lesser Luzon Islands.

At present, the navy has captured hundreds of small islands in the surrounding areas of Big and Little Luzon, and has begun its campaign against Luzon.

Today, Qin Qi called the internal affairs officials Xun Yu, Chen Qun, Kuai Liang, Zhang Zhao, Du Xi, Jiang Gan, Cheng Yu, Man Chong, Zao Zhi and others to the general's mansion to discuss how to develop the conquered territory.

If it is simply conquered and not used, it will become a useless place over time.

For example, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, after defeating the Huns, the land was not utilized, and steppe races gradually appeared on the territory.

It has become the world of grassland people again.

As a future generation, we value land resources very seriously. We will not repeat the same mistakes and we must keep them firmly in our hands.

"Everyone, after nearly two years of conquest by the Navy, the four Yanhuang Islands and the small islands in the surrounding areas have been basically captured.

On the four islands of Yanhuang, several gold and silver mines have indeed been discovered, and they are being vigorously mined and smelted.

Finished products are also continuously sent to the Xiakou treasury. However, we can’t just focus on mineral products, the land resources on the island must also be used rationally.

According to Gan Xingba's report, there is a large amount of reclaimable land on the Yanhuang Islands and surrounding islands, which is also relatively fertile.

Let’s discuss today how to develop the land resources on the four islands of Yanhuang.”

Qin Qi said.

brush!

Qin Qi opened the curtain on the table, revealing a sand table map of the four Yanhuang Islands and surrounding areas.

"Look at it, everyone. This sand table shows an introduction to the four Yanhuang Islands. It covers a huge area!

Especially the four islands of Yan and Huang, the area of ​​each island is larger than that of a state in the Central Plains, and there is a lot of land that can be cultivated."

Qin Qi said.

Those sitting there were extremely surprised.

Everyone only knows that it was the island where Xu Fu took people to smuggle to during the Qin Shihuang period, but they don’t know the specific circumstances.

I was very surprised to see such a large area.

But what?

When I saw that I had to cross the sea, my heart became entangled again.

"My Lord, the Yanhuang Islands are a bit far away from us! Starting from the peninsula, we have to cross five hundred miles of sea.

If the ship is small, it will still be dangerous. It will also be inconvenient to relocate the people. Beizhong believes that after the gold and silver mines in the Yanhuang Islands are mined,

We don’t need to pay attention to it. As long as the world is peaceful, our Central Plains region is large enough, and there is no need to spend energy on the Yanhuang Islands."

Zhang Jidao.

That’s right!

It was Zhang Ji from Chang'an. Chen Dao invited him to come to Xiakou City. Later Qin Qi had a talk with Zhang Ji and decided to stay and follow Xun Yu to handle internal affairs.

"My lord, Mr. De Jong is right. We only have a population of 30 million and there is no shortage of land area.

As long as the improved varieties can keep up, the output is absolutely guaranteed. To move the people to the Yanhuang Islands, firstly, the people are unwilling to move;

The second is that it costs too much. Our main goal now is to end the chaos as soon as possible and achieve unification of the world."

Zaozhi said.

"My lord, I don't agree with this view. The territory that our navy conquered with great difficulty,

Why abandon it? Is it just for the gold and silver mines? Have you ever thought about it, the navy conquered the four islands of Yanhuang?

Seizing resources is one aspect, but there is also a more important factor. With the four Yanhuang Islands, the depth of our Central Plains Empire's defense will be pushed hundreds of miles eastward.

It is in line with the needs of the Central Plains Empire to burn the flames of war outside the core area of ​​the Central Plains. In case the enemy attacks from the sea,

Our coastal areas will become battlefields, and the people will be caught in the flames of war. My lord has always said, keep the enemy away from the country.

Only by not allowing war to break out within the country can we ensure that the people have a peaceful and stable production and living environment."

Xun You said.

"Bizong is also opposed to giving up the development of the Yanhuang Islands and must firmly grasp the Yanhuang Islands.

In the past, we only focused on the land and paid no attention to the ocean. We always felt that the enemies of the Central Plains Empire were the grassland races.

They will only invade the Central Plains region from the north and west. Ever since I heard from my lord, the outside world is still very big.

There are many other empires that are no weaker than our Central Plains Empire. If they want to invade the Central Plains, they can only come from land.

Empires like the Great and Small Wan, Peacock, Parthia, Rome, etc. They knew that there was a powerful empire in the east.

I don’t know how to go, I only know how to trade by land. The road is very far, and I often encounter horse thieves.

There are many dangers. However, once those empires produce five-masted warships like ours, the distance will be greatly shortened.

We can launch an attack from the sea at any time. We must guard not only land border areas, but also sea areas.

We have an extremely powerful navy and can establish a line of defense overseas to block invading enemies."

Xi Zhongdao.

"My Lord, I think there is no need to relocate the people to the Yanhuang Islands. Just finish mining the gold and silver mines on the islands.

The world is unified and we have no shortage of land. As for the military's plan to establish a defense system, this will not be affected.

The navy can build some docks on the corresponding islands and it is feasible to use them as bases. It is not cost-effective to move people to the islands."

Zhang Zhaodao.

"Everyone, do you think that the Central Plains is large enough for the people of the Central Plains to farm? Yes, the population in our jurisdiction is only 30 million now.

Even if the world were unified and unified, the land would only be worth about 38 million. As long as it is used well, the land is indeed enough.

Have you ever thought about why the Han Dynasty had a population of nearly 60 million before the Yellow Turban rebellion? Why did chaos occur?

Big families have appropriated a large amount of land resources, leaving the people with no way to survive. Although we have implemented a series of policies,

Restricting land annexation temporarily alleviates the problem of people losing their land. But what? With the stability of the country,

As people's lives get better and better, the population will also increase dramatically. Especially now, we encourage people to have more children.

Xiakou also provides certain subsidies. With the support of these policies, the population of the Central Plains will increase.

Land resources will also be insufficient. Look further and think about what will happen thousands of years from now.

If the population of the Central Plains is one billion, two billion, or even five billion, then we will look for land from there.

At that time, with the advancement of society and civilization on many overseas islands, countries will spring up like mushrooms after a rain.

Now is the best time. Many empires have not yet considered that long-term. Our Central Plains Empire wants to conquer more overseas and land lands.

It is the mission and responsibility of our generation to prepare and lay the foundation for future generations."

Qin Qi said.

As soon as he finished speaking, the civil and military officials sitting there were shocked.

Thousands of years later?

Is it something we need to consider?

"I have always had a dream. The Xiakou army will continue to conquer and expand, and develop the Central Plains Empire into the most powerful country in the world.

Let other countries surrender one after another and become the richest country on the planet, truly standing on top of the world and leading the development of the world."

Qin Qi said.

"There is no extra inch of land that our Xiakou army conquered. We must hold on to whatever territory we conquered and cannot let it be lost."

Qin Qi said.
Chapter completed!