April 13th.

This is a bright spring day. At this time, the weather in Lin'an City has become warmer and the environment is comfortable and pleasant.

After the news of the full southern expedition was conveyed, Lu Fei and Luo Xin led their troops today, and their goal was to flatten the merchants' parliament in the shortest time.

According to the plan, after clearing the city on the offensive route, they will fight the Merchant Council around Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Nanchang and Dali.

After all, these four cities are the most valued cities by the current Merchant Council. Once these big cities are captured, the Merchant Council will have no place to stay.

On April 21, Lu Fei's First Tiger Army arrived in Shaoxing first, and Luo Xin arrived in Huizhou on April 25, and the full-scale war against the Merchant Parliament officially began...

Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming outlined two offensive routes on the map of the Great Yu Kingdom, which is exactly the direction of Lu Fei and Luo Xin's attack today.

Niu Ben's decision was not on a whim, but after a rigorous discussion with him.

For him, the Merchant Council at this time was just a fat man. The reason was very simple. Cao Kun did not have a solid industrial foundation, which meant that he could not continue to provide weapons and ammunition for his soldiers. Second, he did not have a mature tax system. The Green Dragon King's promise of not paying food would only aggravate this financial crisis. Third, the Merchant Council seemed to have gathered a large number of soldiers in a short period of time, but these soldiers lacked training and were just a group of mobs.

So when facing such a businessman's council, they must not give them a chance to breathe, and they will soon collapse on their own.

"I don't know what the wealthy families would think of knowing that the court would share their land to the people and sell it." Pang Yukun stood behind Xiao Ming.

After the Yangtze River Trade Zone was finalized, it quickly caused widespread discussion in Qingzhou. Many businessmen had already moved to build factories in Songjiang, Lin'an and Suzhou.

There were also many merchants consulting and purchasing houses, manors and shops hung out by the imperial court, and everything was going according to his plan.

"It must be heartbroken. When they realize that they will never be able to get their things back, there will be problems in the merchant council." Xiao Ming smiled and spoke confidently and firmly.

Pang Yukun nodded, "As the saying goes, misfortune is the source of good fortune. Although the merchant council is a big problem, it gives us a reason to completely eliminate the wealthy families in the south. In this way, the reform will be more thorough in the south."

"I'm right, so I want to establish the Yangtze River Trade Zone. After occupying Guangzhou, I want to establish the Guangzhou Trade Zone so that the industry and commerce of the Great Yu Kingdom will continue from north to south." Xiao Ming looked at the map, and a blueprint for the future of the Great Yu Kingdom emerged in his mind.

He has been eager to unify this country for too long, and now he finally sees hope that the Unified Kingdom of Chongqing will exert greater vitality under his leadership and become one of the world.

Pang Yukun's eyes were slightly hot. He recalled the past nine years. This year, he had been with Xiao Ming for ten years.

Over the past ten years, Qingzhou's industry and commerce have gone from nothing to something, from something to strength, and the Great Yu Kingdom has also shone with increasing vitality in the hands of this emperor.

Now he is very glad that he followed the right person. It is precisely because of Xiao Ming's identity that he can witness the day of the reunification of the Great Chongqing Kingdom. In the future, he will accompany Xiao Ming to witness the Great Chongqing Kingdom reaching the top of the world.

Xiao Ming's eyes were always on the map. He did not notice Pang Yukun's expression, but continued to ask: "By the way, how has the population migration been like this during this period?"

Speaking of Pang Yukun's spirit, he agreed to migrate 5 million people to Guandong when he went south. "So far, Xiaguan has migrated 700,000 people from Chu. The entire south is defeated, and it should not be difficult to win five million people."

"Seven hundred thousand? Well, it's already very good." Xiao Ming expressed satisfaction.

In fact, he is very worried about the situation in Kanto now. Although he left Qi Guangyi in Kanto, he sometimes was powerless when facing the vast and sparsely populated Kanto.

From time to time, the barbarian cavalry would bypass the city and attack the people in Kanto and rob their harvest. One million slaves were dispersed on such a large land after they turned into Kanto people.

Because of this, he wanted to immigrate five million. In this way, the six cities could divide the population by one million, and he could organize an effective militia team to plunder the barbarians.

And he has begun to consider handing over some of the eliminated weapons to militia and guards so that they can exert greater power.

In addition, the immigrant population is also for the industrial construction of Kanto. Without a sufficient population, it is difficult for industry to develop in this era, and Kanto is a key place for agriculture and resources.

"It's all because of this war, otherwise these people would not want to migrate. Now many migrant people call this a breakthrough in Guandong." Pang Yukun said with a smile.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly. Although he created this war, it was inevitable. Sometimes it is inevitable to sacrifice the interests of some people for the sake of victory at the national strategic level. Although this is cruel, the court can only do it hard.

Because it is more important for a country and a nation to survive in the world, otherwise more people will suffer if they lose Kanto.

"This word is good. If you go to Guandong, just add this word to the propaganda of the Sewei." Xiao Ming said lightly.

With his eyes removed from the map, Xiao Ming continued: "In the south, the soldiers are fighting bloody battles. The only thing we can do now is to provide them with high-quality weapons, ammunition and food. Pang Shoufu, what's going on with this military can now?"

"When I returned to the emperor, except for the first batch of canned glass, the ones we sent to the south now are all canned iron. In order to strengthen the army's logistics supply capacity, the imperial court has built a total of six military food factories. In addition to canned food, the officials also handed them the food formula provided by the emperor to them."

Xiao Ming was relieved now. Military food that would last for a long time was crucial for him, because it not only reduced the logistics pressure on soldiers, but also was a necessary condition for fleet expeditions.

In the contemporary West, it was able to colonize Asia from thousands of miles away. In addition to warships, this canned food also plays an important role.

In addition to canning this time, Xiao Ming also handed over the process of compressing biscuits to military food factories. In fact, the process of biscuits and compressed biscuits is very simple. Biscuits are nothing more than sugar, flour and eggs mixed and baked.

Compressing biscuits is just to crush the biscuits and then compress them to become tighter cakes.

In addition to compressed biscuits, the one that follows the compressed biscuits is instant noodles, which can be easily achieved at present. After all, simple instant noodles are just cooked and fryed.
Chapter completed!