Iron Dynasty

As the cold wind from Siberia went south, Qingzhou City became much colder overnight, and then heavy snow fell from the sky, dyeing the streets and alleys into a brilliant white.

Even so, the soldiers in the Qingzhou camp are still carrying out daily training, but the difference is that in addition to practicing the traditional array, the current soldiers are still practicing crawling.

Your Majesty, the military workshop has delivered 5,000 falcon rifles to us. According to Song Changping, 60,000 people will be ready to be installed by next fall.

Niu Ben and Xiao Ming were patrolling the barracks in the heavy snow. It had been a month since they returned from Dengzhou last time. This was also his normal patrol of the army at the end of the year.

This progress is satisfactory, but thanks to Li Chuyuan and the Dutch, this arms trade has allowed the military workshop to have sufficient funds. Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Although it cannot be compared with the production efficiency of millions of rifles per year in European countries during World War II, he is very satisfied with the current production efficiency of firearms in the military workshop of Dayu Kingdom. After all, this is the first time the military workshop has tried to produce breech rifles. .

Niu Ben was excited. The breech rifle produced this time was finally named the Falcon Rifle. The effect of equipping the army surprised the generals.

In contrast, although the traditional queue shooting is still necessary, they can adopt a more flexible combat method when they are equipped with falcon rifles.

This time, the war between Li Chuyuan and the Merchant Council is really cheap for us. Niu Ben laughed, But the emperor, although we got a lot of money from Li Chuyuan, but let the war continue until next autumn. , I'm afraid the damage to the south will be even greater.

Don't worry about this. There is not much industry in the south, and only agriculture is prosperous. Besides, I have my own considerations in it. Xiao Ming's eyes were deep.

Niu Ben was a little puzzled, he looked at Xiao Ming and waited for an explanation.

After pondering for a while, he said, Do you still remember last year's decree of the imperial court's narrow township and widened township?

Of course I remember that after this decree was issued, the southern wealthy clan deliberately obstructed, resulting in little effect. Speaking of this Niuben's indignation, in his opinion, this is simply bullying the king.

However, he is also very clear that the South has a weak concept of the royal family, and has always violated the orders of the imperial court.

That's it, if we don't let them beat each other up, how can I take the opportunity to relocate the people to Kanto? Xiao Ming said lightly.

Niu Ben suddenly realized that the Kanto area is now sparsely populated, and the people who rely on the six cities left behind cannot completely control the Kanto area, not to mention that there is now a country called Tsarist Russia in the north.

According to the previous statistics of the imperial court, more than half of the population of Da Yu was concentrated in the south, and during the Northern War, many people fled to the south for refuge, which made the population in the south even larger.

The emperor has far-reaching thoughts, so speaking, this is indeed necessary. Niu Ben said.

Xiao Ming nodded. Now a large number of secret guards are heading south and have been monitoring the war in Chu Kingdom. Generally speaking, the two sides are still gearing up for each other, and occasionally there is some small friction. He doesn't want to use up his strength at this time.

That's right. The fundamental reason why the dynasties lost control of the north was that they didn't allow the Han people to thrive in these lands. For me, the most terrifying weapon is neither a musket nor a cannon, but the weapon of reproduction. I want to completely To control the Kanto region, the people must be relocated to give birth to children, and when every inch of the Kanto region is filled with Han Chinese, the power of the Great Yu Kingdom can truly take root there.”

Niu Ben was stunned when he heard it, and he sighed, The emperor's remarks made the last general realize, thinking about it, it seems that aliens used to occupy our land and thrived so that they became stronger and stronger, now we should also use people The way is the other way around.”

Xiao Ming smiled at the soldiers who were training. Why did Europeans occupy most of the world in the era of great voyages? They rely on the migration of their own civilians, and as such, after hundreds of years of reproduction, it has become a contemporary pattern.

Therefore, he has long had a grand plan in his heart, which is to lay down a place to move the Han people to have children and reproduce.

With the concept of how many people can give birth to in this era, he believes that as long as the standard of living is improved, the population of the Great Yu country will definitely grow explosively. At this time, coupled with the population base of the Great Yu country, it is not a dream to fill the whole world.

After discussing this issue with Niu Ben vulgarly, Xiao Ming returned to the palace after inspection.

At this time, he formulated a decree to reward childbirth. Since the implementation of the decree, all households in the Great Yu Kingdom who have three or more births will be exempted from tax for one year.

If the fourth one is born, the government will give subsidies to the hardware dragon, the fifth one will be given to the hardware dragon, and so on.

After deciding on this matter, Xiao Ming called Pang Yukun and Fiji over. He first explained the necessity of the birth plan and then began to discuss the decree with the two of them.

The start of the three is a bit low. Your Majesty, in fact, most of the people's families in the Great Yu Kingdom will have more than three children, because for them, children are labor, and it is also the foundation to avoid being bullied by many other children. The minister believes that the tax reduction and exemption will be adjusted to four, and the Golden Dragon subsidy will start from the fifth. Pang Yukun said.

Fiji nodded, Pang Shoufu is right, Your Majesty, this can also reduce the burden on the national treasury. After all, there are too many places to spend money now.

Xiao Ming pondered for a while, and finally nodded, Just do as you said. In addition, after the year, you will start preparing for the southward trip. Once you have copied the merchant council and the palace treasury of the southern wealthy family, there will be plenty.

Pang Yukun and Fiji looked at each other. Obviously, the plan to go south did not attract the wealthy.

In the past, the imperial court compromised with the wealthy clan because of their lack of strength, but now they can deal with it completely, and the most important thing is that the wealthy clan in the south are more hostile to the royal family.

The two of them were well aware of this issue. When Xiao Wenxuan was in office, a group of officials from the southern wealthy background strongly advocated exempting the southern wealthy from taxes.

When this proposal was rejected, these southern aristocrats simply resisted the tax directly and evaded tax, which also led to the emptiness of the government treasury in Dayu.

In the eyes of the two, their emperor must hate these southern nobles more than them, and it is not surprising to have this decision.

Yes, Your Majesty, I will prepare this matter when I go back. The two bowed and said.

Xiao Ming nodded, looking at the heavy snow that was still falling, his heart was full of ambition.

At present, the industry of the Great Yu country is developing steadily, and the railway construction is also showing a good momentum. The only thing lacking today is the market for dumping goods.

And in order to feed more and more people of the Great Yu Kingdom, he couldn't wait any longer. This unification of the country was the first step.