"However, those places in the south are full of jungle miasma, and they are vast and undeveloped wilderness areas. If we want to conquer them, our Ming soldiers will still have to suffer a lot."
Zhu Biao frowned slightly. He had already decided to fight when he had time, so the next question was how to fight.
Zhu Biao really longed for the domineering power of Qin Emperor and Han Wu who sent millions of troops to sweep across an area, but it was obvious that Ming Dynasty's current family resources did not allow this.
The first emperor of Qin was able to fight like that because he was a remnant of the sixth generation of Fen. The emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was able to fight like that because his grandfather and father laid the foundation, and his son and grandson were able to do it. To put it bluntly, it’s not the money you earn that doesn’t make you feel bad.
Zhu Biao has been involved in the development and construction of Ming Dynasty for a long time. It is no exaggeration to say that every brick and tile of Ming Dynasty is related to Zhu Biao. It would be a ghost if he didn't feel distressed.
"Fengxue, since you brought this up, could it be that you have a plan in mind?"
Zhu Biao looked at Xiao Han hopefully. To be honest, Zhu Biao was really attracted by the pie that Xiao Han drew for him. The climate was humid and warm, and it would mature for more than a year. If this could be developed with refugees, it would be an enhanced version of Jiangnan.
If this could really be developed, apart from anything else, at least food shortages caused by ordinary natural disasters would not be able to take away the Ming Dynasty within a few decades.
This kind of attraction cannot be ignored.
After all, the decline of the dynasty can only be attributed to two factors, one is a natural disaster and the other is a man-made disaster.
Xiao Han used a powerful combination of punches against the family. When everything is implemented, it can be said that there is a chance to reduce the power of man-made disasters by 80%. If he can obtain a large development land in the south, natural disasters can also be reduced by 80%.
Then the Ming Dynasty is as stable as Mount Tai?
"hehe."
"I knew you had to ask that, yes, it does."
"What you are worried about is nothing more than the cost of the war. You are afraid that you will lose the little wealth that Ming Dynasty has managed to save, right?"
Xiao Han chuckled and said.
"Brother, you understand me."
Zhu Biao nodded honestly.
"This is simple."
"I have a plan that will allow my Ming Dynasty to continue to weaken the power of the southern countries without spending a single soldier, and I can still make a lot of money. How about it, but I didn't rise up to do anything?"
The corners of Xiao Han's mouth raised, and a glimmer of light flashed in his eyes.
"Is there any other way? Tell me!"
Zhu Biao's eyes widened. Since ancient times, you can't have your cake and eat it too. When will there be a situation where you can let a horse run and have grass grow on its head? If it weren't for Xiao Han's words, Zhu Biao would have already had the person who spoke out dragged out.
"It's very simple. First of all, it will take some time for us to develop Lingnan itself."
"During this period, we at Daming Yingtianfu cannot be idle. I will promote my production line production model."
"Used to produce excess food, salt and iron resources into various items, and to form fleets to fight against coastal Japanese pirates."
"When these are completed, and our Lingnan area has been developed to a certain extent, it will be time to contact those countries in the south."
"You have to understand that the countries in the south are not monolithic. They are feuding with each other and have been attacking each other for many years. However, their level is really lagging behind. When fighting, the efficiency of killing people is too low."
"So...we have to add fuel to their fire. We send Jin Yiwei to cause trouble and spread rumors to amplify their mutual hatred and plunge them into a continuous war."
"When all parties are really fighting, I, the Ming Dynasty, will appear as a savior and sell them weapons, food, clothes and other important materials. I can make a fortune while letting off steam more than productivity."
"At that time, their population will drop sharply, leaving a scorched earth behind, while our Ming Dynasty will have a rich country, a strong people, and strong soldiers and horses, so it will be the time to take action."
Xiao Han narrowed his eyes slightly, and while talking and laughing, it seemed that thousands of barbarians had been wiped out in a few words. Even Zhu Biao felt a little cold in his back after hearing this.
This plan must not be evil, but if it can succeed, it will indeed be a winner-takes-all situation. When the Ming Dynasty sends out troops to conquer, it will be like walking on flat ground. Thinking of this, Zhu Biao couldn't help but feel a little excited.
Ming Dynasty can be a winner-take-all, which is simply not wonderful.
What?
How many people do you think will die in the south?
Does this have anything to do with Zhu Biaoniao?
The people in the south are not the people of the Ming Dynasty. If they die more, it will make it easier for the Ming Dynasty to migrate the population for assimilation and rule. Of course, the more people die, the better.
"However, if we only sell strategic materials to one of the parties, they will be able to defeat the enemy quickly. If we sell to both parties, the barbarians, although they are not educated, are not fools, and they will definitely notice."
After being excited, Zhu Biao discovered the problem again and asked.
"Ha ha!"
"I knew you would ask that."
"This is simple. Can't we just use the banner of Ming Dynasty?"
"If it is close to our Ming Dynasty, we will directly use the flag of Ming Dynasty. If it is far away, we will go around the sea and fly the flag of Meng Yuan. Anyway, his outlet to the sea of Meng Yuan is now under the control of our Ming Dynasty. We can't refute the rumors even if we want to. , especially the Liang Wang guy was arrested by me, and the last influential person in the south is gone. As long as I, the Ming Dynasty, don’t admit it myself, who can speak for Meng Yuan in the south? "
Xiao Han laughed and explained.
"You are really..."
"Wonderful! So wonderful!"
"The whole world knows that the Ming Dynasty and the Meng Yuan Dynasty are in the same situation. The Ming Dynasty supports one side, and the Meng Yuan Dynasty will sail thousands of miles to support the other side. It is simply reasonable and reasonable."
"No one would have thought that the so-called Mongolian and Yuan merchant ships sailed not from the north, but from Panyu next door."
"Hahahahaha!"
"The barbarians in the south are really unlucky to be interested in you. They are really lucky to have you."
Zhu Biao laughed so hard that he burst into tears.
"How to speak?"
"Isn't this also so that they can more easily integrate into my army, accept my teachings, and bask in the blessings of my country as soon as possible?"
"There is no free lunch in the world. It is natural for them to make some sacrifices in order to gain the favor of Ming Dynasty, right? Besides, history will remember them and history books will describe them."
"It's written like this. During the Hongwu period, the then prince Zhu Biao used the British method to bring peace to the southern countries. He caused the barbarians to fight and the emperor was wise enough to conquer thousands of miles of land."
Xiao Han spoke and corrected Zhu Biao's statement.
"Ok, Ok."
"Once this plan is devised, I, the Ming Dynasty Master, will be able to conquer thousands of miles of territory in the south by spending countless manpower and material resources. Even if my achievements in opening up and expanding the territory are discounted, it will still be worth it. Haha!"
"To say that this heart has to come from those of you who are naughty. Fortunately, you were picked up by dad back then. If Meng Yuan had taken you away, the rebels in the world would have died more miserably than the last."
Zhu Biao smiled and shook his head.
This move was really a step ahead, and Zhu Biao's blood was surging with enthusiasm, although it was indeed a bit shameless.
However, those who achieve great things do not stick to trivial matters. In the past, the emperor of the Han Dynasty abandoned his wife, son, and father in order to conquer the world. Zhu Biao could not completely cut off the relationship and pursue hegemony, but he could still do it if he lost some face. of.
With a little bit of shame, the Ming Dynasty opened up thousands of miles of territory and made the country rich and powerful. No matter how you look at it, it was all earned with blood.
"In this case, I will go back first. I need to be more proficient in these test questions. I also need to prepare in advance for the Lingnan land reclamation."
"By the way, this is the land I selected from the land controlled by the imperial court to meet your requirements for building a paper mill. Which one do you like?"
As Zhu Biao spoke, he took out a map of the surrounding areas of Jinling City from his pocket. On the map, Zhu Biao was densely circled one after another.
Each small circle represents a piece of land directly under the imperial court. Among them, those that meet Xiao Han's requirements and are close to the river are marked with emphasis.
Originally, there would not be so much idle land around a big city like Jinling, but a fight in the late Yuan Dynasty killed many people, and there was a situation where there were more lands than people. The powerful families were picky about their food and only liked to take those lands. The land is fertile and geographically good, so a large amount of land with average conditions is abandoned.
In addition, Lao Zhu killed many people during this period, and after confiscating their homes and annihilating their clans, most of the land returned to the hands of the court. As a result, although it has been arranging for the refugees to farm, the land in the hands of the court is now relatively wealthy.
"This is the area. It is located at the intersection of the Jinling Inland River and the Yangtze River. The water is strong and the transportation capacity is strong. It can quickly take away the discharged sewage."
"And the place is not small, and it is surrounded by dense forests, so it is convenient to get materials locally."
Xiao Han looked around and finally chose one of them.
"Okay, then that's it. I need to familiarize myself with the test questions in the East Palace tomorrow, so I will arrange for Li Heng to take you to this land with the land deed and people from the Ministry of Industry to plan your paper mill. When you have finished planning, Then we can start construction.”
"Remember to move quickly. After the imperial examination is over, I plan to publish the first edition of the Ming Dynasty newspaper to publicize the results of the imperial examination in the Ming Dynasty."
Zhu Biao warned Xiao Han.
"I'll do the work, don't worry."
"We will supply the paper used by Daming News directly internally."
"At the same time, this paper mill will also be the first step in the great industrial development of our country. After this, countless factories will rise around Jinling, which will directly take our country's productivity to a higher level."
Xiao Han said, patting his chest.
"Well, having you here really makes me worry-free."
Zhu Biao also nodded, he was confident about Xiao Han's work.
After Zhu Biao left, Xiao Han sat in the room and began to think about it. Papermaking was already quite mature in the Ming Dynasty. If the production line was dismantled, the production capacity would be greatly improved.
And Zhu Biao gave a lot of land. Xiao Han looked at the area drawn on the map and found that the river intersection area alone covered 5,000 acres, and this did not include the surrounding areas.
Regarding Xiao Han's request, Zhu Biao was very generous. With a stroke of his pen, as long as a large amount of farmland was not occupied, the surrounding areas were directly left to Xiao Han's arrangement.
In such a big place, it is naturally impossible for Xiao Han to only operate a paper-making production line. In line with the principle that thieves do not steal the goods, Xiao Han must collect this wave of wool very hard.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, Li Heng and Shan Shangshu are already waiting for you outside the door."
Ruoyi's call sounded in Xiao Han's ears in the early morning.
"Well, are you here so early?"
Xiao Han rubbed his brows slightly, slowly got up from the bed, washed and changed clothes under Zoey's service.
"Your Highness, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arranged for an old slave to take you to the land allocated to you. As for the land deed, because His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not sure how much land you will use, let us write it for you now."
Seeing Xiao Han appear after washing up, Li Heng immediately stepped forward and saluted Xiao Han deeply.
"Well, okay, I understand."
"Shan Shangshu, how many workers does our Ministry of Industry have in Jinling now that can be recruited?"
Xiao Han turned to Shan Anren and said.
"ah?"
"Will Your Highness build a big project?"
Shan Anren was slightly dazed.
What Zhu Biao told him was to build a paper mill for Xiao Han.
In Shan Anren's philosophy, no matter how big a paper mill is, he plans to directly hire his own people.
"Well, the project may be a little over 100 million points in size."
"We can requisition some refugees from around Jinling. Then there will be many workers left in my production line."
Xiao Han nodded slightly and said.
"Then...well, how many people does Your Highness need?"
Shan Anren asked Xiao Han with some uncertainty.
"Let's get 10,000 first. If it's not enough, we can continue recruiting later."
Xiao Han said casually without thinking.
"Ten thousand!?"
At this moment, Shan Anren's expression changed. As the imperial capital of the Ming Dynasty, Jinling had not many refugees in the surrounding area. Ten thousand was considered a large number.
If Zhu Biao hadn't already gathered a large number of refugees in order to implement the wasteland reclamation plan, Shan Anren would have had to go through a lot of trouble to find so many people.
"Is there a problem?"
Xiao Han glanced at Shan Anren and spoke calmly.
"no problem."
"When His Highness requested that the work start, the personnel must be ready. I was just surprised that so many people were needed, so I was a little rude. I hope Your Highness will forgive me."
Shan Anren confessed to Xiao Han.
"It's okay, it's human nature."
"Let's go, we have a lot to do today."
Xiao Han waved his big hand casually and said to Shan Anren.
"promise!"
…
Li Heng and Shan Anren responded one after another and followed Xiao Han's carriage.
Squeak!
The carriage traveled continuously on the soft soil that had thawed in spring.
The snow period in Jinling is not as long as that in the north. It is just because the Ming Dynasty was in a relatively cold period, so the snow remains for a long time in winter.
It's now March, the snow everywhere has melted, the trees on the roadside have sprouted new buds, and flowers are blooming everywhere.
"Let's build the first papermaking production line here. Shan Shangshu is dismantling and distributing the papermaking process. There are about two hundred people in one production line, covering all aspects of production."
"Shan Shangshu, you go make arrangements."
Xiao Han took out a paper-making production line explanation written last night from his arms and handed it to Shan Anren.
As the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, he already knows the skills of various craftsmen, so helping Xiao Han build a production line is naturally not a problem.
"Here, build a logging processing production line here to provide standardized wood for the paper production line."
"Here, build a printing and typesetting production line here, which can directly print on the produced paper."
"Here, build an ink block production line here, which can directly provide raw materials to the printing and typesetting production line."
"And here, I want a small inland port here to facilitate transportation."
…
Shan Anren was still secretly determined to complete the tasks assigned to him by Xiao Han, but Xiao Han's tasks were thrown at him like a barrage of firecrackers.
At this moment, Shan Anren was dumbfounded.
It was originally thought that there would be only one papermaking production line, but in the end, Xiao Han, in addition to planning six papermaking production lines, directly arranged almost all imaginable supporting production.
If Xiao Han's official Ming Dynasty textbook on engineering hadn't been released yet, Shan Anren would have wanted to complain at this time.
You agreed on a production line, but you directly arranged an industrial chain?
No wonder it requires a lot of manpower. Are you waiting for me here?
"This...Your Highness, this, is this too much?"
Shan Anren was a little stunned.
Li Heng's eyes widened as well. He held a stack of land deeds and was at a loss to write for a while.
"No more, no more."
"You need to know your identity."
"You are following the Crown Prince and His Majesty to do things. There must be a pattern. Do you understand the pattern?"
"What we want to do must be major events that can affect the Ming Dynasty. If there is only one production line to supply paper, it will be a drop in the ocean for the entire Ming Dynasty and not worth mentioning."
"Only by becoming bigger and stronger can we reflect the momentum of our Ming Dynasty and the talents and strategies of His Majesty and the Crown Prince."
Xiao Han said with a smile.
Well, this wave of wool is so good that the British father is very satisfied.
"What His Highness taught you is that we are too narrow-minded. From now on we will dedicate ourselves to the Ming Dynasty until we die."
Shan Anren was stunned for a moment after hearing Xiao Han's words.
Although I didn’t understand a bit, it seemed like he was very powerful. Forget it, His Highness must be right, just do your best and that’s it.
"What are you looking at? Didn't you hear what His Highness said? Write! Hurry, write for our family! And the forest farm over there, please bring it in for Your Highness."
Li Heng came back to his senses, glanced at the group of waiters who were still in a daze, and scolded them sharply.
In this way, under such a race to enclose the land, a large area of land here will become Xiao Han's industry.
The imperial court went out to work, and Xiao Han was only responsible for issuing orders and conducting follow-up operations.
This wave of wool gathered up, and Xiao Han felt in his heart at this moment, it could be said that Qin Shihuang touched the switch and won.
That afternoon.
Prince's East Palace.
Zhu Biao stretched out after reviewing the test questions for a day, and he was confident about tomorrow's palace examination.
"Your Highness, His Highness has enclosed land in the south of the city to build a factory."
A eunuch from the East Palace ran over and said to Zhu Biao.
"We know, this is what we asked him to go to. There is no need to report this kind of thing next time."
Zhu Biao waved his hand with a proud look on his face.
Isn't it just to enclose the land and build a factory? How big of a deal is it? How can he, a great Ming prince, be so bad?
Once Daming News starts operating, it will not be easy to make money back.
no…
"Your Highness, this is the backup copy of the land deed that was sent back from earlier. According to the provisions of our Ming Dynasty's ten-acre lease, it is all here now."
The waiter carefully took out a pile of paper and said.
(End of chapter)
