sweeping the world

Chapter 884 Paddle the Oars of Friendship

The weather was beautiful all the way, and the Han people also figured out the route, and built a fairly reliable supply base along the way. Not only did the ships have problems, they could go to the base to repair them in time, and they could also get the supplies they needed in time. The fleet grew steadily and steadily. From the sea (South 1 sea) to the strait (wanwan, everyone understands), and then enters the inland river from the mouth of the Yangtze River.

The fleet actually stopped at the estuary of the Yangtze River. The main reason is that there are too many ships in the fleet. Once they all flood into the Yangtze River, it will definitely block the waterway, which will not only cause huge troubles, but also cause a lot of economic losses. .

Both the Yangtze River and the Dahe (the Yellow River whose water has not yet turned yellow) can directly enter the inland waterway from the sea.

The two rivers have been fully utilized by the Han people, especially the Yangtze River.

Ships go out to sea through the inland waterway of the Yangtze River every moment, and at the same time, ships continue to enter the inland waterway from the mouth of the sea.Every ship is loaded with goods. Once the river is blocked, it will cause economic losses every moment. It is not a joke to say that hundreds of thousands per minute.

There was an issue in the center, which was to discuss whether the outlets of the Yangtze River and the Great River could be expanded. The discussion was terminated after only one opening, because there is no way to intercept the Yangtze River and the Great River.

Manual diversions can be done, but the amount of work will be huge... huge, and it is impossible to calculate the damage to which areas the river diversion will cause.

so?It is not impossible to expand the estuary, and no one can guarantee what kind of consequences will occur. No one wants to reproduce the scene of Dayu's flood control.

In fact, there is another way, which is to dig a channel in another place, as large as you want, and wait for the construction to be completed, then dig both sides from the inland, and a new river channel will be created.

However, even if the latter method was thought of, no one proposed it. The main reason is that the benefits generated by the two outlets are too great. Once the location of the outlet is changed, whoever proposes it should be at least tens or even millions. People remember to hate.

Think about it for a while, there are tens of millions of people who hate you deeply, even if your generation has not suffered any revenge because of the hatred of so many people, what about future generations?
What's more, the beneficiaries of the new estuary will be grateful, but individuals tend to remember hatred and quickly forget the kindness. It is really not worthwhile to bear such a big consequence!
"Is this the famous Yangtze River?" Julian looked at the extremely crowded river with too many boats coming in and out: "Sure enough, the sails are like forests, and the boards of the boats can form land!"

"There is nothing better than this." Wang Meng didn't hide his pride at all: "You will soon see the most prosperous port and the most populous city in the world."

No matter how you say it, Wang Meng has served as Jiankang Order, and he still has a lot of affection for Jiankang, so he will pay special attention to Jiankang's changes.

In the past Jiankang, the city’s residents once approached 200 million. After the Han army went south and the small court perished, hundreds of thousands of residents fled first, and then were relocated by hundreds of thousands. The population of residents once dropped to only 60.

Seven years after Yuanshuo, the city's resident population in Jiankang continued to rise steadily and slowly, and it had recovered to 120 million before Wang Meng left office, and rapidly increased to 11 million in Yuanshuo's 220th year.

It will suddenly increase to 220 million, because the surrounding population is also counted, especially the contribution of Jingkou is the largest.

Since Jingkou was designated as the main wharf of the Yangtze River estuary, it is a bit exaggerated to say that it changes every day, but people who leave for a year and go back to see it will really not recognize what they used to know. It is not the outskirts of the city in my impression.

"How much... how much!?" Julian felt that he must have heard wrong: "Twenty-two million seventy thousand?!"

Julian's expression is a drawing board with "Watt, what are you doing?"According to the news he learned from Cicero, shouldn't the most populous city in the Han Kingdom be a city called Linzi?It is said that there are more than 180 million residents.

Now, Wang Meng said that the population of Jiankang reached 220 million, so Julian thought about it carefully, how many cities in Han country have a population of more than one million?It seems to be four, of which Linzi is more than 180 million, and Jiankang is 220 million. The two together have a population of more than 400 million, which is about one-fifth of the total population of Rome?

By the way, in fact, even the Romans don’t know their total population now. They have always only counted the number of citizens (including relatives, and ancestors who had citizens), and did not count civilians, slaves, and vassal races.

According to the current calculations of the Romans, the official population of Rome should be around 2000 million, but according to the statistics of Europa scholars in the fourth century AD, the population of Rome was considered to be at least 8000 million.

Considering that the history recorded by Zhuxia is true and the romance has become a myth, and the history recorded by Europa is a myth that is regarded as true... To put it bluntly, the history of Zhuxia is far more reliable than the history of Westerners, and the arguments of Europa scholars on history should be ignored. .

"May I ask..." Xeas stared at Wang Meng, "Can you tell me the approximate population of the Han Empire?"

What a joke, in this era when everything is labored by hands, how can a country's population be revealed casually! ?

Even in the [-]th century AD, the population of a country needs to be kept extremely secret, and whoever snoops will prove who is planning the invasion!

The population of a country not only represents the labor force, but also guarantees how many soldiers can be recruited when a war breaks out. Can it be spied on at will?
Wang Meng glared at Xyas very unkindly, and almost drew his sword.

Julian laughed "hehehe" and quickly changed the subject to save Xias.

"Your Excellency is an envoy, please be careful with your words." Wang Meng said with a smile on his face, "Otherwise... it will be misleading."

Xyas pulled an ugly smile and kept apologizing.

The current population of Han, including the one-year-old babies, is 520 people, but the minors account for more than 620 million.

With the promotion of births, the population of Han will continue to increase explosively. I dare not say that there will be millions of new babies every year, and there will always be more than 50.

The census does not count slaves. The number of official slaves and private slaves recorded in the Han Kingdom has reached an exaggerated 1000 to 27 million.

Not counting odds, it is the replenishment and depletion of slaves that changes from moment to moment.

The main reason is that the number of foreign countries and foreign races around Han is too small. However, with the Asan continent, the African continent has also been discovered. I believe that the number of slaves will increase every year. Maybe in three to five years, slaves The number should break through the 5000 million mark.

Of the 1000 to 27 million slaves, the three peninsula countries contributed a total of nearly 300 million, the grasslands contributed 120 million, Southeast Asia and the Indochina Peninsula contributed 400 million, and the rest were contributed by the Western Regions and the Asan Continent.

Julian and Xyas glanced at each other quietly, Wang Meng's reaction was a little big but he didn't go into it, it was worth their relief.

According to Roman and Sasanian inferences, the population of Han State should be about 5000 million. This was their inference based on the number of Han troops they knew. How could they know that Han State did not have that large population at all.

"The Han Empire can really pull out an army of one million." Seeing that Wang Meng was far enough away, Xias lowered his voice: "It is still a fully armed army."

Xeas talked about the data he knew, such as nearly 30 (army and navy) who went to the Asan continent, nearly 20 who went to the Western Regions, and about 20 (not so many) in the Northeast and North. Why should there be more than [-] garrisons in the country?

In fact, how did Xias know that the Han people who survived the chaos were mainly young and strong, and most of them were men!
"The Han Empire gained another nearly 3000 million people from the Gupta Dynasty!" Julian was snapping his fingers: "Gupta has 3000 million people, and the countries that are about to be wiped out by the Han people should have nearly [-] million people. So many colonies..."

Now there is the name of the colony?There really are.The Romans have always regarded the territory of the vassal race as a colony, that is, the kind of place where goods are dumped and plundered at will.

"Even if the Han Empire has a small population, it makes no difference to us." Xeas could never forget the horrific scene he witnessed in that decisive battle on the plains: "They have mastered the weapon of the gods, gunpowder!"

Recently, the friendship between Julian and Xcias has been heated up again and again. They want to start the reconciliation between the Romans and the Persians from the two of them, and extend it to all the Romans and Persians. Small boat's sculls.

"After arriving in Chang'an, no matter who among us has the opportunity..." Julian noticed Wang Meng approaching and did not lower his voice deliberately: "When you meet the Emperor of Han, you must bring up that matter."

Last time, although Julian felt that it was a bit late, he still found that Wang Meng had overheard his conversation with Xeas.

Afterwards, Julian was very careful to test how much Wang Meng heard. Although he was not so sure, he guessed that Wang Meng only heard one tail.

"Hmm!" Xyas had his own opinion based on the records of the Han people in Persian history: "The emperor of Han should be very happy."

Now they are facing a very serious problem, that is, they don't know what domestic people will think about their vision.

After all, the two countries (nations) have been the absolute overlords of their respective regions for thousands of years. In history, no matter how difficult the time is, they have never been anyone's younger brother. Before the Han people showed no malice, the two countries also Who wouldn't be a little proud if he didn't lose to the Han army on the battlefield, and didn't reach the moment when the country was destroyed?

(End of this chapter)