Yang Fan is not talking nonsense. In modern times, the food produced in Heilongjiang Province can feed 411 million people. accounting for nearly one-third of the country. The Ming Dynasty now has only 200 million people. It is more than enough to feed all the people of Ming Dynasty.
Of course, development takes time. Then from now on, large-scale immigration will continue. When the peasant war breaks out and the world is in chaos, more people will be willing to be immigrated.
The population of the Ming Dynasty dropped from over 200 million at the end of the Ming Dynasty to 19 million in the 17th year of Kangxi. A large number of people were lost in vain. Rather than letting them die in vain, it would be better to immigrate to all the places in the world that are suitable for farming. On the one hand, they are protected, and on the other hand, they expand their territory and carve up the world by the Han people instead of Angsa.
As for the Europeans, they can just stay in Europe. Yang Fan's navy will prohibit any Europeans from leaving Europe, and those who have immigrated to the colonies will have to be sent back. Let them go back to where they came from. Stay still.
Yang Fan's navy would sink any ship trying to leave Europe. The same applies to other regions. Maritime transportation and intercontinental trade will be monopolized by the Yang family. Only offshore and inland waterway navigation is free.
During the Chongzhen Dynasty, the global population was less than 600 million, and the Ming Dynasty's population accounted for 34% of the world's population.
What is the situation in Europe? The Thirty Years War in Europe has been going on for ten years.
Before the war, there were about 25 million people in the Holy Roman Empire, 16 million in France, about 12 million in Spain, 7.4 million in the Portuguese Empire, less than 9 million in the United Kingdom, more than 12 million in Poland, 2-3 million in the Netherlands, and 6 million in Sweden. below people.
In other areas, there are approximately 12.6 million people in Tsarist Russia. The Mughal Empire has 145 million people, the Ottoman Empire has 24 million people, the Japanese have 29 million people, and Africa has a population of about 150 million. There are not less than sixty million Indians. There are also some other messy countries that are not counted.
"Do you plan to immigrate the Han people to the Northeast? But this is the territory of the Jurchens. They are all ferocious savages. The Han people are weak and are no match for them." Xiao Niangpi said with some worry.
"So, we need to use war to bring them under our control. Then we will take their entire nation out of the Northeast and conquer the world. Place them in our colonies everywhere and be responsible for taking care of the indigenous people for us. The same goes for the Mongols. , I will move them out of the Eurasian steppe belt and place them on the Eastern European plains. The natural conditions there are better than on the steppe. The land is more fertile. They will live a better life. Their future task is to keep an eye on the Europeans."
Lin Yueru said: "Then the vacant land will be filled with Han immigrants."
"Yes. It didn't work before because there was no technology. You couldn't grow crops in those places, and it was cold and dry these years. Now we have high-yielding seeds with a short growth cycle, cold and drought resistance. We also have bird droppings as fertilizer. We can also use steam engines. Pumping water, using steam engines to plow the land and harvest. So, these places can support Han farmers."
"Even if the local minority groups are not relocated, as long as the Han people can develop agriculture, within fifty years, with the Han people's reproductive capacity, the Han population will overwhelm these minority groups. Coupled with the intermarriage between the two parties, in a hundred years, it will be Han people. In fact, we only need to take away those who can fight and expand the territory. The rest will live together with the Han people under our system, and they will be assimilated soon. Just like Toronto now The same thing happened."
Xiao Niangpi nodded and said: "Yes, now the next generation of Duolun, whether they are Mongolian children or Han children, can speak Chinese and write Chinese characters. They abide by the laws of the Ming Dynasty. The two ethnic groups can already be as close as each other. We live together like brothers."
Yang Fan nodded and said, "The economy is a bond. As long as a common market is formed, everything can be solved."
Xiao Niangpi asked: "Sir, where are the three pieces of land you mentioned? Where are the other two pieces of land? Where are these three pieces of land?"
This question needs to be asked clearly. There is a lot of land in the world. But the three pieces that can catch the eye of the master are definitely the best three pieces. She had to keep an eye on it. These places should be reserved for his son in the future. The eldest son inherits the master's family business, and the rest must have a fief.
Previously, Lin Yueru was quick to see an opportunity and dug out the Mudanjiang River Basin from the Songnen Plain. Full three
More than 10,000 square kilometers. My little girl’s skin is still aching. Keep an eye on the rest.
"These three pieces of land are all black soil, as black as here in the Northeast. They are the most fertile land in the world."
"This is one of them. It's called the Ukrainian Plain, and it's now called the Lithuanian-Kiev Federation. To the north of this land is the Rakshasa Kingdom, and to the south is the Ottoman Empire. They are both powerful enemies. It won't be easy for us to capture it. We have to wait for the railway. After we reach Tsaritsyn, we will have to immigrate the Han people to a place with a population of tens of millions, so that we can truly occupy it."
"Master, where is the remaining piece?" Lin Yueru asked quickly.
"The other area is very far away, and it takes 20,000 miles by sea. It's on the American continent. It's called the Mississippi River Plain. The drainage area is 3.22 million square kilometers, which is larger than the 3.05 million people in the Heilongjiang River Basin and the 3 million people in the Yangtze River Basin. But now we don't care. Where to go? In the next ten years, we will attack westward and first capture the fertile Don River and the lower reaches of the Volga River."
Xiao Niangpi nodded and said: "Yes, Northeast China and Ukraine cannot be developed in a short time. I think the most realistic immigration areas are Luzon Island, Hanoi Plain, Saigon Plain, Phnom Penh Plain, Bangkok Plain, and Myanmar. Plains. These areas are ripe with crops three times a year. Farmers can develop them when they go there and harvest the same year they cultivate. Just drive the local indigenous people to the mountainous areas."
Yang Fan nodded appreciatively and said, "Madam, you are the smartest. This is what I think. Continue to attack the northeast and northwest with troops. But the place where early immigrants can start is Nanyang. Because Nanyang is relatively weak. The Jiannu, Tsarist Russia, and Ottoman are all It will be resolved in a short while."
Xiao Niangpi said: "I understand, there is no use in conquering the Ming Dynasty, because it cannot solve the current problem. We can't feed 200 million mouths. This is a hot potato. Only after the world is in chaos and the population is massively lost, will there be The prosperity of the new dynasty. Wang Mang's failure and Liu Xiu's success are living examples."
"Now, whoever takes over the Ming Dynasty will be the last stick to beat the drum and spread the flowers. Only fools will go to the stove. The collapse of the Ming Dynasty is inevitable. The ratio of population and land output has reached the limit, and the outcome is doomed. This glorious mission Let your Majesty do it yourself."
"Wang Mang just doesn't understand this truth. He insists on taking the position, but he can't solve the problem once he takes the position. He doesn't even think about it. He can't solve the problem even if he becomes the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. Does it mean that if he usurps the throne and becomes the emperor, he will automatically have a way to solve it? .”
"After the war, Liu Xiu reduced the population burden and was able to create the foundation of the Later Han Dynasty. Therefore, the best way was to expand the territory and at the same time immigrate the landless peasants to the colonies. Therefore, the current problem of the Ming Dynasty must be Either we all have a big fight and use war, disease, and famine to reduce the population. Or we can immigrate the population overseas. Only reducing the population is the right way."
Chen Xi praised: "This is a very pragmatic plan. Remove the firepower and get rid of the landless peasants, and the conflicts in the Ming Dynasty will be alleviated. But sir, the gentry would rather let the peasants starve to death on their fields than let them leave." . Because starving some people to death can increase pressure on tenant farmers and keep land rents high."
Yang Fan sneered and said: "Now they are unwilling. When the thieves rise up and kill them everywhere, they will beg us to get rid of the refugees who have no land and property."
