"Your Majesty, are you really sending a slave?"

Zheng Shanguo was shocked by Zhang Chao's big moves. A Central Plains immigrant to the Caucasus actually gave 200 acres of land and gave a slave for free. Zheng Shanguo didn't think there was anything. Anyway, it was all the barbarians, and they used their land to immigrate to the Han people, so the court didn't feel sorry for him.

But slaves are expensive.

Land is worthless, but slaves are hard currency everywhere these days, second only to gold.

From the Mediterranean to the Jianghan, slaves are valuable everywhere, very valuable.

"Without the sycamore tree, it cannot attract golden phoenixes." Zhang Chao didn't care. Slaves were indeed expensive, but so what about expensive? This thing is like money. As long as the money is spent correctly, Zhang Chao never cares about spending money. Money is stored there, but in fact, it is not worth a penny. Only when it is used can it reflect its value.

The imperial court wanted to take over the Caucasus and control the Caucasus, a Caucasus that connects the Caucasus and the Black Sea, and is also the gateway to West Asia and Southern Europe.

It is also a passage between Central Asia and the Middle East.

For Dahua, controlling the Caucasus would be equivalent to shaking the throat of Arabia and even pushing a sword to the back of Europe.

Such a place must be in hand.

But conquering by force alone is not enough. After the battle is over, it has to rule and occupy it. It will not last long with the indigenous barbarians. There is a powder keg, and when there are no outsiders, they can fight for thousands of years.

There is a very distinctive way for China to expand its territory, which is to expand its territory. With the strong reproduction ability of the Han family and the population advantage, it will expand.

At first, China only occupied the Yellow River Basin, and later expanded to the Huai River Basin in the lower reaches, the Han River Basin, the Yangtze River Basin, and then to Lingnan. It can be said that it has been colonized and expanded little by little by little.

The history of China is actually a kind of pioneering conquest and colonial history, which is just a little bit of erosion, rather than a whale swallowing it.

Only immigration can truly allow the Caucasus to be permanently in the hands of Dahua.

Only by strangling the Caucasus and controlling the three seas can Dahua firmly grasp the vast Western Xinjiang.

"Anyway, we will have to take several major actions in the Caucasus this time, first and then be kind, and benevolent, so that those barbarians can know their power and know how to surrender. They will cut off all those who are dissatisfied, demoted them to slaves, and directly sent to Han people who come to immigrate."

"Your Majesty is another ban."

Li Jing sincerely praised Zhang Chao's strategy.

This is a great feudal that does not give titles. It uses methods such as sending slaves to the land to attract Han people to immigrate. Those Han people who immigrated will bring their families to their families, and then the court will send them a batch of slaves, holding a large amount of land. Almost every family is equivalent to a large manor, equivalent to a landlord or lord.

However, compared with the lords who were awarded titles, they did not have titles, could not enjoy the treatment of nobles, and could not be exempted from taxes, but in this way, it would indeed attract the people to come to this distant Caucasus.

On the other hand, this kind of manor with large land can allow immigrants to have stronger ability to protect their home business and cultivate farming.

Compared to directly granting land to nobles, this model is more beneficial to the court. On the one hand, the court has higher control and on the other hand, it has more taxes.

Although the nobles also have restrictions on their power, they still enjoy many economic and political privileges on their fiefdoms.

"Of course, if there are those who are more aware of the current affairs among the barbarians, we will not attack them. For those who are aware of the current affairs, we can grant them official positions and land, and incorporate them into our Dahua system, so that they can also become registered citizens."

Qin Qiong also expressed his opinions.

"We should encourage the soldiers stationed here to bring their families and friends. They will give them land and land to their soldiers. In this way, the soldiers will often see their relatives and better guard the land."

This is similar to military camps.

Generally speaking, Zhang Chao did not support this method. Dahua's army was not a government soldier, but a standing army. The soldiers were mainly non-commissioned officers and conscripts. The conscripts were iron-clad soldiers. Even Dahua's armies were not completely fixed.

Every few years, each army will change its garrisons, and the generals will also change their garrisons from time to time.

This is to avoid the fact that the army will be in the same place for a long time and will not be connected with the local area, or even if the generals are in the same army for a long time, they will form a mountain.

The adjustment of defense at the garrison and the replacement of generals are all for the sake of the stability of the army and for the hard work of all the troops. The army in one aspect cannot be very elite because of long-term preparations or wars, while in some places, there is no pressure on wars for a long time, and the result will be loose and deteriorating after a long time.

This will lead to imbalance in the army. For example, in history, most northern troops were stronger than southern troops. Once something happened to the northern troops, even if the southern troops were transferred, they would not be able to check and balance.

Because if the current defense adjustment system is to let the army and family follow the army, it will be inconvenient.

"The meritorious soldiers can be awarded the title of knight and warrior, and they can give them fiefs to their estates, so that their families can come and manage them."

"If you want to run the Caucasus well, it will cost a lot." Zheng Shanguo calculated in his mind, thinking that the expenses of immigration and garrison would definitely not be small.

"Money is a bastard, and I will make money after spending it. Besides, the imperial court has made a lot of money over the years. It is tax and trade, and it is also digging gold and silver, and the treasury is full. When we have money, we have to use it. In the past, we used this money to build roads and rivers, establish education, increase investment in health education, and use it to expand equipment. In fact, it was taken from the people after a round of money, and used it to the people."

"Now we are investing a huge sum of money to the Caucasus. In the short term, we have huge investments, but in the long term, this money will not be spent in vain."

Rather than having money to build palaces and enjoy it, it is better to expand and colonize.

Just like the old peasants in the past thought that there is land and wealth, the country is actually the same, and the territory is fundamental. No matter how poor the land is, it will not be redundant.

The Caucasus is not as fertile as the Jiangnan region, but its strategic location is important.

The Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Indian continent cannot be said to be unimportant.

"If we could move 50 to one million Han people in ten years to take root in the Caucasus, then it can be said that the Caucasus will always belong to our Han family, and no one can snatch it from us."

There are hundreds of thousands of indigenous barbarians in the Caucasus, but the barbarians are just a mess.

But the Han people are different. There are one million Han people who can really turn the Caucasus into a Han family, turning it into a new Taihang Mountain or a new Qinling Mountain.

Zhang Chao has this kind of confidence.

Shuofang.

The Wang family is having a meeting.

Lao Wang sat cross-legged on the kang, still holding the big pipe in his mouth. Since the rise of this kind of tobacco leaf from America a few years ago, Lao Wang also completely fell in love with this bite. He was accustomed to suffering because he was a child, and he was not the kind of person who had a good mouth.

If there are no guests at home, he will not even be willing to make a pot of tea, let alone like some families, he often gets some snacks to eat.

The family doesn’t have to worry about food, but Lao Wang eats porridge every morning and evening, and only eats dry rice at noon. As for meat, he only eats it once a week.

Only he loved this tobacco leaf after tasting it once.

Anyway, I planted a small piece of cigarettes at home and smoked more than I could, and I could still sell it to the market for money.

"I still mean that, I don't agree. Why can't I stay at home in a good place? Is it food or clothing? I have to travel thousands of miles to the Caucasus? I've asked about it. The Caucasus is far away. It's 20,000 miles away. My old man is buried in the man on his neck. The farthest door I have gone out in my life has never been 200 miles away from home. Good guy, I have to go 20,000 miles away from home at once. How long will it take to go on this road? Can I get there in three or five years?"

Wang Dafu was sitting there and was cigarettes. He also smoked, but he was not used to smoking a pipe, but smoked with paper cigarettes.

"Dad, it's true that more than 20,000 miles, but it's not as mysterious as you said. It doesn't take three or five years to walk. What's more, we don't actually go by land, but water. The people in the yamen told me that at that time we will take a boat to Chang'an first, then go through Danba Road to Hanjing, then go down the Han River and into the Yangtze River to Yangzhou and enter the sea, and take a sea boat instead."

"Why am I becoming more and more confused as I listened? Isn't that Caucasus on the west side of us? Why are we going east? Boss, you are not cheating me, don't be deceived by someone to be a piglet."

"Dad, look at what you said. I am such a big person and can even make people deceive you. Moreover, this is the notice from the government office, the bright red seal, the official documents of the court, and the emperor's edict."

The eldest grandson, who was only ten years old at home, spoke at this time, "Grandfather, the Caucasus is right to be on the west side of us, but it's right to go east."

"Isn't this a completely different place? Why is it right?"

"Grandfather, the world we live in is a big earth. Our teacher has taught us early in the geography class. As long as we move forward and keep walking, we will theoretically return to the origin one day. So when we go east, we can also reach the Caucasus. But we don't all go east, first to the sea, then head south, then go south after reaching the South Ocean, then go west, pass through the Xindu Ocean, then enter the Red Sea, enter the Mediterranean through the Suez Canal, then enter the Black Sea, and then go east to the west coast of the Caucasus."

Lao Wang was confused and didn't understand at all, but he only knew that the Caucasus was really far away.

"We have to sit on the sea for a long time, right?"

"It will be here in about half a year."

"Drifting on the sea for half a year?" Old Wang's expression changed. He had never seen the sea in his life. He only knew that the sea was boundless and had to drift on the sea for half a year.

"I don't care, I firmly disagree."

"Dad, I have signed up and discussed with my wife and children. They are willing to go to the Caucasus with me. Although our family has no worries about food and drink, in this world, who will still be froze and hungry? You have never gone far away. If you go to the provincial capital, go to Chang'an, see the people there, and see the lives of others. Now we have the opportunity, it would be a pity if we don't hurry up."

Lao Wang picked up the cigarette pole and beat it hard on the table, "I won't go."

Wang Dafu was also anxious, "Anyway, I'm going to make a decision. It's okay if my father doesn't go. My son will go there by himself. But in the future, I can't be filial."
Chapter completed!