Steel Dynasty - Chapter 783

[Chapter 782: There is strength in numbers]

Along the gravel path, Xiao Ming and Fiji arrived at the harem.

This is where he and his concubines live. On the right side of the harem is the House of Internal Affairs, where the eunuchs handle palace affairs.

Fiji followed Xiao Ming, with a trace of worry in his eyes, “I’m just worried that if this happens, the people will stop farming. After all, farming is the foundation of the country.”

Xiao Ming laughed softly after hearing this, and he said to Fiji: ” Fei Ge was worried for nothing. The food supply in Dayu would not decrease. These people who went to Qingzhou were people who did not like farming. Otherwise, how could they leave their land and go to Qingzhou? As for the people who were rooted in the land, they were I won’t leave.”

After thinking for a while, he continued; “And now the Dayu Kingdom has three overseas territories, which are Ryukyu, the Three Mountains Kingdom, and the two cities of Goryeo. Now these three places are every year. They can provide a lot of food for the Great Chongqing Kingdom. The only problem is how to use a small amount of manpower to produce more food. “

“What the emperor said is true. The Three Mountain Kingdom just shipped 500,000 shi of food not long ago. , Ryukyu shipped 200,000 shi of food, which has alleviated the current food shortage. According to Li Kaiyuan, he is also planning to exchange industrial products for food in Korea. If so, there will be a continuous supply of food. “Fiji talked. Suddenly happy.

The two of them followed the gravel road to the Imperial Garden and stopped in front of a pavilion. Xiao Ming said: “My purpose is to exchange the industrial products of the Great Chongqing for grain and other raw materials. Otherwise, there will be no way for the development of the industry of the Great Chongqing.” What’s the point, but I also understand that the country of Chongqing has a large population and needs a lot of food, and the food in exchange is never enough, so I am ready to promote the plantation in Qingzhou,”

Fiji naturally understands what this plantation is, he said. : “Plantations need a large number of slaves. Where do these slaves come from?”

“Of course they come from war.”

Xiao Ming looked serious. One of the contradictions in the development of industry and commerce now is how to transform Dayu from an agricultural society to a Transformation of industrial society.

In Britain at that time, farmers lost their land through the land enclosure movement and had to move to cities to become workers.

However, this method can be used in the UK, but it cannot be used in the Great Chongqing Country, because the people of the Great Chongqing Country have too many land plots, and chaos will inevitably occur if they mess up.

Moreover, Great Chongqing is not like the UK with its dense population and scarce land, where it is easy to successfully enclose land. On the contrary, because businessmen have too many wasteland options, they will not enclose people’s land and will only choose cheap wasteland.

Therefore, in his opinion, the country of Chongqing needs a development path suitable for itself, rather than imitating the United Kingdom.

Because of this, there was a policy of free movement of people. He planned to use the salary from the workshop to attract people from the land to the workshop.

In order to make up for the farming losses caused by people entering the workshops, he would encourage people to rent or even buy other people’s abandoned land for planting. In this way, a large amount of idle land could be formed into small slave plantations.

“No wonder the emperor wants to attack the Golden Horde. When it comes to slaves, no slaves from any country can compare with the Golden Horde.” Fiji said.

The Golden Horde obtained a large number of slaves from the conquering countries during the perennial wars. These slaves continued to multiply in the Golden Horde and provided a steady stream of slaves to the Golden Horde.

Some officials once even jokingly called Tian Khan of the Golden Horde the largest slave owner.

“The Golden Horde is just one of them. Goryeo and Japan will be able to provide slaves to the Chongqing Kingdom in the future, but only if I can make them submit to the Chongqing Kingdom.” Xiao Ming said lightly.

Fiji looked at Xiao Ming, and he saw great ambition in Xiao Ming’s eyes. In the history of Great Yu, no emperor had ever thought of conquering Japan.

Even the great ancestor Xiao Yuanzhi once regarded the Japanese country as a country that would not be conquered. This was not because Xiao Yuanzhi was afraid of the Japanese country, but because he really looked down on the barren land of the Japanese country and felt that there was really no benefit in fighting such a country.

After casually chatting with Fiji about the government affairs that would be implemented in the Chongqing Kingdom in the future, he got up and continued walking around the palace for a while.

Behind the imperial garden is the residence of the concubines. Different from the grandeur in the front, this place is exquisite and quiet. Ponds, rockeries, vegetation, etc. constitute beautiful gardens.

After roughly observing his palace, he and Fiji left the palace together.

There are still many things to do today. This visit to the palace is just a temporary interest. The fundamental thing is still what he and Fiji said.

In addition, he also discussed with Fiji on the road a decree to encourage childbirth.

In fact, after a long period of civil strife, the population of the Great Chongqing Kingdom is probably less than 100 million. After all, this number is the official data of the Great Chongqing Kingdom during its heyday.

After experiencing the loss of the Sixteenth State of Yanyun, the rebellion of the feudal lords, the drought in Jizhou, and the massacre of Bashu, he believed that the population of Dayu State could be around 80 million, and this population was mainly concentrated in the Yangtze River. to the south.

In this era of lack of machinery, population is the labor force. Only with a large population can big things be done, and the most important thing is that he needs people to immigrate to the colonies.

Only in this way can he truly control the colonies. Otherwise, the colonies without immigrants and only the army will become independent sooner or later because of the national revival movement. After all, this is how history goes.

Fiji has always smiled bitterly when talking about these long-term strategies, and now he is becoming more and more unpredictable about Xiao Ming’s strange ideas.

The inspection of the palace did not delay today’s morning meeting. Xiao Ming and Fiji arrived at the political palace before the scheduled time.

Sitting on the dragon throne, Xiao Ming directly told the officials what he had discussed with Fiji.

“Exemption from tax for having more children?” Pang Yukun was also surprised.

Fiji had been persuaded by Xiao Ming in the carriage and said at this time: “The emperor is far-sighted. This is a century-old plan to let the people have more children. The more people there are, the greater the strength.”

Pang Yukun looked at Fiji suspiciously. If it had been before, Fiji would have been the first to object. Now he fully supports it.

Thinking of this, he did not rush to object, but waited for Xiao Ming’s explanation.

“Pang Shoufu can rest assured that this tax exemption is not a complete exemption, but a partial exemption. It is just to encourage childbirth.” Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Then he explained his thoughts to the ministers in detail. As the ministers listened, they gradually understood.

To put it simply, there are fewer people and more land in the world now. It would be a shame for future generations to not occupy more land at this time.

It is precisely because of the expansion of Europe in the Age of Maritime Navigation that there are so many white countries in modern times. He does not want history to repeat itself.

PS: There is one more chapter.

(End of chapter)