Taichang and Pengbin discussed for a while, and the transportation system formed by railways and canals was roughly decided.

Peng Bin is indeed an expert in this field. His suggestions are basically impeccable, and Taichang is also quite satisfied.

Next is the layout of the city.

Taichang believed that the city of Xibo Province had almost been built, so he pointed to the Western Regions province on the map and asked: "Yan Ru, what suggestions do you have for the city layout of Xibo Province?"

This cannot be made random suggestions.

Peng Bin thought about it carefully before asking carefully: "Your Majesty, I heard that the court is preparing to migrate the population to Xibo Province.

How many people are you planning to migrate to the Xibe Province, and how many people are you planning to migrate to the Western Regions Province?"

Taichang has long considered this issue.

He said without hesitation: "The Xibo Province has abundant resources and many fertile land and grasslands, so I am preparing to migrate 20 million people.

If you add the family books of soldiers from Beidaying and Southeast Camp, as well as the tenant farmers hired by scholars, juren and Jinshi, the population may reach about 30 million.

The Western Regions provinces originally had nearly 10 million residents of all ethnic groups, and the land was relatively barren, with more deserts and Gobi, and less arable land on the grassland, so I am not going to migrate how many people I have.

I think it would be almost the same to migrate some of the soldiers from Xidaying and Nanyangying, which is roughly three to four million."

Peng Bin nodded slightly, and then said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I think the soldiers and family books of Beidaying, Xidaying, Southeastying and Nanyangying should be concentrated on the western border.

Because the Tsarist Russia, the Ottoman Empire and the Persian Empire in the west were not allies of the Ming Dynasty, nor were they vassal states of the Ming Dynasty. They all had the possibility of invading the Siberian provinces, the Western Regions provinces and even the Mughal provinces.

Therefore, we should not only build large cities on the western border, but also build a large number of acropolis or small county towns behind large cities."

He said that Taichang was nodding frequently in the first half, but when he said the last sentence, Taichang couldn't help asking: "

Yan Ru, I have ordered Bianjiao to build three large cities west of the Ural Mountains, and I will also order to build several cities east of the Ural River and the east coast of the Caspian Sea. Isn’t these enough?”

Peng Bin shook his head slightly and said, "Your Majesty, I'm brave, these are far from enough!

Because we did not build the Great Wall to the west, and even if we built the Great Wall, we might not be able to prevent sneak attacks from others.

With such a long border, the enemy must have a way to escape.

If we don’t build a series of small cities behind, the families of soldiers from Beidaying, Xidaying, Southeastying and Nanyangying will be dangerous.

This is evidenced by history. The Turks and Mongols often rushed to the pass to hunt grass valley."

Well, this is indeed proved by history. If you have money and food, and others are so poor that they will naturally rob them.

This is indeed a must-have.

Taichang nodded slightly and then introduced: "My original plan was to build a settlement similar to a village every ten miles away, so that it would be more convenient for ordinary people to farm or grazing.

How many cities do you think we should build?"

Peng Bin stared at the map and looked carefully, then said carefully: "Weichen thinks that we should build a small city of ten thousand people every hundred miles. This will not only protect the people, but also facilitate the lives of the people."

My God, so dense, how many small cities have to be built!

Taichang was quite embarrassed: "When will we have to build so many cities? It's better to travel to the Western Regions provinces, which are already relatively large in population and can work all year round.

There were no people in Xibo Province, and most of the year was filled with ice and snow, so there was no way to build a city.

We have built so many cities, but I don’t know how long it will take.”

Well, this is indeed more troublesome.

Pengbin frowned and pondered for a while, then asked carefully: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask, how much money are you going to invest in developing the Xibe Province and the Western Regions Province?"

When Taichang heard this, he said without hesitation: "Money is not a problem. I can afford hundreds of millions of taels a year. The key is that I can't afford this time."

My God, hundreds of millions of taels a year!

When Peng Bin heard this, he couldn't help but be shocked.

However, it is easier to deal with with money.

Your Majesty, since you don’t care about money, don’t blame the humble minister for being too ruthless!

Peng Bin thought about it carefully before gritting his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, in fact, building a city is nothing more than steel bars, cement, bricks, stones, and wood. We can prepare them in advance.

Not to mention steel bars and cement, these are basically produced by our factory in the Ministry of Industry.

We can also buy bricks and stones and timbers. There are still many private brick factories, stone factories and timber factories.

We can set the city standards, then calculate the amount of bricks and stones and wood, and then order them with the private placement.

We can even order masonry and stone and wood into parts like building machines and order them from the public.

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For example, doors and windows, beams, eaves, etc., we can order them in batches.

In this way, as long as we use a large excavator to dig the foundation, it does not take much time or much manpower to build a small city.

Moreover, even when the Siberian Province is in the snow and ice, private factories will not be shut down, so that they will not waste much time."

A good idea!

Peng Bin originally thought Taichang would feel that spending a lot of money like this.

Unexpectedly, Taichang was surprised and said, "Okay, that's it!

We should not just order doors and windows, beams and eaves, tables, chairs, stools, pots and pans, bed cabinets, and even bedding, iron pots, buckets, and water scoops.”

Well, the emperor is really willing to spend money!

Question, how can so many things be transported to Xibo Province?

Peng Bin thought for a while, then said carefully: "Your Majesty, it's okay to say a little bit about the bricks and stones and doors and windows, and they can't take up much space together.

If tables, chairs, benches, pots, pans, etc. are transported together, it will take up space.

How do we transport so many things to the Siberian province?"

Taichang said without hesitation: "This is simple, we can transport it by boat or by train.

Now there are almost 200 ASCH ships and 20 Dreadnoughts in the Wubei City. In the first half of the year, when the ice and snow of the Arctic Ocean melted, there are still 60 ASCH ships and five Dreadnoughts.

In this way, we don’t need a train to pull people. Trains can be used to pull bricks, stones, doors and windows.

Also, this time, didn’t the Western merchants bring two thousand ships of cattle, sheep and horses? I can ask the Western merchants to keep these two thousand armed merchant ships.

In this way, we have 6,000 armed merchant ships, and tables, chairs, benches, etc. just take up space, not heavy.

The food is the opposite, and it does not take up space but is a bit heavy.

We can let armed merchant ships pull food, tables, chairs, benches, etc. together. I don’t know how much it can be pulled in one trip.”

Well, there is no problem with so many ships and trains.

Peng Bin nodded repeatedly and said, "If you pull this way, transportation will be no problem.

Emperor, what do you want to build this small city or acropolis?

It would be better to set the city standards first, and then set the number of cities based on the terrain and defense needs.

In this way, we can quickly ask the Ministry of Industry to place an order to purchase."

Taichang and Peng Bin discussed roughly, and the standards for small cities were set.

In fact, this kind of city does not have much complex buildings, roughly two cross-sectional commercial streets and large courtyards.

If the materials are prepared in advance, it will be too simple to build.

The next step is to establish a defensive system based on the terrain and defense needs.

This is more troublesome.

The two discussed the map for more than an hour before they decided the number of cities.

Taichang looked at the densely packed small black dots on the map, and his scalp was really numb.

With so many cities, I don’t know how long it will take to build.

He sighed slightly, then raised his hand and said, "Okay, you can calculate the materials carefully, and count them together with the settlements outside the city and the materials needed to build railways and bridges, and then order people to rush to Altai City to send a telegram.

It's only been more than two months since the south of Xibe Province thawed, so you have to ask the Ministry of Works to order the order quickly.

At that time, once this place is thawed, we will organize the train to start pulling.

When the Arctic Ocean thaws, I don’t know how much material it can bring to the 6,000 armed merchant ships. These materials must be done as soon as possible."

This material is easy to calculate. Officials of the Ministry of Industry can basically calculate construction materials. Where can he calculate it?

Peng Bin hesitated for a moment and said carefully: "Your Majesty, I don't seem to have a place to live."

Uh, I forgot all this!

I just arrived and haven't arranged a place to stay yet.

When Taichang heard this, he asked awkwardly: "Do you want to live on a boat or in the city?"

Peng Bin said without hesitation: "Weichen thinks it is better to live on the boat, so it is convenient to send messages."

Taichang nodded slightly, then said to Wang Chengen beside him: "Chengen, please order someone to take Yan Ru to the flying dragon battleship next to him to stay."

At this moment, a group of concubines and princesses lived on this ship, so he naturally could not let Peng Bin work on this ship.
To be continued...