While the Duke of Richelieu was running around, Taichang was too busy.

However, he was not busy preparing to attack the continent.

Because it's almost the Chinese New Year, he has to give the soldiers some rest.

This war cannot be fought all year round, and it will be fought continuously, so even the steel warriors will not be able to stand it.

More importantly, the African continent has just ended the war and the internal affairs are still a mess. He cannot leave such a big mess for the inexperienced Zuma and Atlanti.

If he patted his butt and left, the African continent would probably soon fall into war again.

At the very least, he had to calm down the African continent, which was made full of vastness by colonial robbers, so that hundreds of millions of people here could have enough food.

If the people here can’t eat enough, it would be strange if they don’t have trouble.

This problem is not a small problem. He can easily solve the food ration problem of millions or even tens of millions of people. He has a headache when he sees it.

So, he simply recruited Xu Ji, the Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, and Chen Zilong, the Left Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture.

There were also Zou Weilian, Minister of Rites, Xia Yunyi, Minister of Commerce, etc. He summoned thousands of officials to help the development of the Kingdom of West Africa and the Kingdom of East Africa.

However, the situation seemed to be worse than he thought.

In the Cape Verde Islands, in the flagship conference room, Zuma, Atlanti and a group of Ming Dynasty ministers and ministers were all called together to discuss the major development plans of Africa.

Taichang even called the crown prince Zhu Cilang and asked him to sit next to him and listen carefully.

After everyone sat down, he asked directly: "How about it, Qianli, Africa is suitable for planting crops. What is the rough yield? Have you estimated it?"

Xu Ji hurriedly pointed to the map of Africa and explained: "Prince, there are many factors that affect crop growth, such as water sources, sunshine, temperature, soil quality, terrain, etc., and the most important one is water sources.

There are not many river systems on the African continent. Weichen has ordered officials from the Ministry of Agriculture to take a flying dragon battleship to inspect it carefully.

The Nile River Basin is relatively abundant, but the terrain is a big problem.

The middle and lower reaches of the Nile River are basically passed through the desert, and the upper reaches are mostly in the mountains. There are not many places suitable for planting crops in the entire basin.

There is also the Congo River, so there is no need to think about it. Most places are tropical jungles and are not suitable for growing crops.

The terrain of the Niger River Basin is pretty good, but after our understanding, it is not very suitable for growing crops.

Because the soil here has too much sand content, too high temperature, and the water evaporates too fast. Once the high temperature exceeds one month, cracks will be dried out in the fields and all crops will be sunburned to death.

There are also the grasslands in Central Africa, which have too little precipitation and a long dry season. Many places can die of weeds, and it is basically a waste of time to plant crops.

As for North Africa, this area is basically a large desert, there is no need to think about it.

The eastern and southern African continents are densely covered with mountains and insufficient water sources, and are not suitable for growing crops.

Weichen estimated that with the current situation, it would be great that the food grown can fill half of the African continent's population.

Unless we can build water conservancy projects and send people to test the growth of various crops on the spot, and select the best breeding and cultivation, we can gradually increase the grain output here.

However, this cannot be significantly effective in one or two years. We believe that the grain output here will gradually increase after at least three years."

Uh, three years!

This means that we need to provide rations for 50 to 60 million people for three years?

How much is that?

Taichang estimated it a little, and a trace of sternness appeared on his face.

This demand is too exaggerated, and he can't get so much food at all.

Seeing this, Zuma quickly suggested: "Master, if it really doesn't work, let everyone last for another three years. As long as the food produced can survive, they are all used to hunger, so nothing will happen."

What are you saying?

Taichang shook his head without hesitation and said, "No, as a king, the most important thing is to make the people under his rule eat enough. You can't even fill their stomachs. Why do they support you?"

OK, when I didn't say it.

Zuma quickly shut up.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then asked again: "Yi Zhong, what are the fishery resources here?"

Xia Yunyi quickly introduced: "Prince, here fishery resources are mainly concentrated on the west coast, especially in the northwest and southwest waters. There are many fish, but not many other places, and it is not suitable for large fishing boats to salvage."

This can only be considered barely qualified. It is estimated that even if you catch a large amount of fishing, it can solve the food and clothing of millions of people at most, and it is not very meaningful.

If it really doesn't work, then there is only the migrant population.

Taichang frowned and pondered for a while, then solemnly said: "Zuma, Atlanti, the current situation is that if the people under your rule are not hungry, you have to migrate a large number of people to the Americas.

There is a lot of arable land and a lot of mineral deposits there, but the population is a little, and the labor force is seriously insufficient.

I can issue an order to make all the vassal states there prepare. After you migrate the population, you only need to pay the land tax according to the unified tax standards of the Ming Dynasty, twenty taxes and one tax, and pay people a land tax.

In this way, they can obtain a lot of taxes, and you can solve the problem of food and clothing for the people under your rule."

Of course, Zuma and Atlanti had no objection. They bowed repeatedly and said, "Thank you for your grace."

Taichang nodded slightly, and then ordered: "Mingshi, you should be responsible for population migration.

Zuma, Atlanti, you can't be idle either. The officials of the Ministry of Agriculture will teach you how to build water conservancy projects. You can't be lazy. You must repair the farmland irrigation system within three years.

Also, officials from the Ministry of Works will explore mineral deposits for you. You have to summon more people to mine and earn more money to make the people under your control better and better life so that they will support you.

As for the governance of the country, you should also listen to the suggestions of officials of the Ministry of Rites and establish various departments and prefecture-level management institutions as soon as possible.

By the way, the soldiers of the Black God Army have worked hard in the past few years. They have brought rare peace to the African continent with their blood donation and sweat. You cannot treat them unfairly.

What should be rewarded must be rewarded, and what should be sealed must be sealed.

Think about military merit rewards, pensions for casualties and titles at all levels, and you can help them determine the standards for military merit rewards, pensions for casualties and titles at all levels."

After hearing this, several people hurriedly bowed and said, "I understand."

Taichang sighed secretly, then waved his hand and said, "Okay, everyone should go and do their jobs."

Alas, this is a migration of tens of millions of people, which makes me feel irritating to think about. Even if all ships from America and Africa are mobilized, they will probably have to work hard for several months.

Fortunately, he didn't have to rush to attack the continent at this time, because the continent no longer had any way to obtain resources, but the Ming Dynasty had too many resources to use.

If this continues, the Ming Dynasty will only become stronger and stronger, and the continent will definitely become weaker and weaker.

Of course, this matter cannot be delayed for too long. After all, after so many years of fighting in the Ming Dynasty, everyone is thinking of living a peaceful life. Always preparing for war will have a great impact on the development of the Ming Dynasty.

Perhaps, after the New Year, Africa will basically settle down and we can start to deal with the Continental Union.

Before he decided to take action, the European Union decided to take action first.

At this time, in a harbor south of the Thames River in Britain, representatives of the European Union countries gathered on a steamer warship.

They are discussing how to deal with the Ming Empire!

As for why they gathered in an undeveloped harbor, it was for the sake of confidentiality.

At this moment, the ports and cities along the coast of Europe have money shops and merchants established by the Ming Empire. They must have many eyeliners, so they definitely cannot go to any port to discuss.

And the Dutch had no place to go at this moment, and nearly five thousand sailboats and warships were parked in this huge bay.

The Duke of Richelieu was the one who presided over the meeting this time. Although this old fox likes to cheat people, he has many ideas. When everyone has no choice but to find a way, he can only rely on him to find a way.

The Duke of Richelieu slowly glanced around and then said solemnly: "I believe everyone knows that the affairs of Africa are controlled by the Ming Empire behind the scenes. Their purpose is to consume our strength and at the same time, we have no place to colonize and cannot obtain enough development resources.

This time, they consumed a total of 1.5 million troops, and their strength was almost half lost.

I believe everyone knows what will happen after the conspiracy of the Ming Empire succeeds. It is estimated that they have begun to mobilize warships, gather troops, and prepare to attack the continent."

Everyone already knows this very well, and he doesn't need to repeat it.

Duke Morozov said anxiously: "Hisser Duke, we all know this. You should tell me what to do."

To be honest, the one I fear most at this moment was Tsarist Russia, because the army of the Ming Empire came to their doorstep.

The Ural Mountains and the Ural River are filled with cities and walls built by the Ming Empire. People have stored at least 500,000 and 600,000 people to the east of them, and now they have only 200,000 people in total.

Originally, they thought they could still ask for help from the Continental Union if they really couldn't do it, but now they really couldn't do it because the Continental Union could not protect itself.

If the Ming Empire came from the east, he probably wouldn't have paid any attention to them at all.

The Duke of Richelieu certainly knew why this guy was anxious, but he said calmly: "Of course there is a solution, it depends on whether you can give up."

What else can you bear to bear at this time?

If the Ming Empire really came, they would have nothing.

Morrozov said without hesitation: "What do you think you can do. Our Tsar Majesty said that as long as you can really defeat the Ming Empire, you can pay no matter how much the price you are."

Everyone nodded and said, "Yes, Lord Duke, just say what to do. Our King also said that as long as you didn't deliberately cheat us, we will do our best to deal with the invasion of the Ming Empire."

Why am I still cheating you at this time?

I just need to cheat Wallenstein and the Persian Empire.

Seeing that these people were so anxious, the Duke of Richelieu solemnly said: "My solution is actually very simple, that is, launch an attack from the eastern front, which caused heavy casualties in the Ming Empire and was unable to advance to the continent."

You are afraid you are crazy. It would be great if someone didn’t come to beat us, but we would take the initiative to beat us?

Do you think you didn’t die fast enough?

When Morozov heard this, he couldn't help but be stunned and said, "What are we going to fight?"
To be continued...