Lord of Ming Dynasty

What Zhang Qiang meant was to develop heavy industry to absorb such a large population and expand the city to solve the problem of increasing population.

The cabinet has decided to vigorously build Zhejiang, Anhui, and Shandong prefectures. The government will build houses for the common people to live in. Then it will take more than 20 years to repay the money from the government. Each important city has grown to a population of 30. Yangzhou Prefecture has returned to its former prosperity, with a population of 60, most of whom are from light industries.

The population of heavy industry is still concentrated in Xianju County and Jinhua Prefecture, where there are nearly 500 million people, even the smallest town has a population of 1, and the smallest village has a population of 2000. They rely on arsenals, artillery factories, and warehouses at all levels. Pier survived.

The fleet of 30 warships has a population of nearly 13, plus 3 fishing boats to feed a population of [-]. The cabinet means to sell all the ships under [-] tons of the Navy, about [-] ships, so that [-] people Become a fisherman and sailor, which can solve the employment problem of many people.

The number of ships of the Huaxia Army Navy can be reduced by another 700, from more than 300 to more than [-], which solves the problem of the huge navy.

At the same time, the loan was given to some fishermen, and the artisans asked them to build small shipyards and build some fishing boats, allowing them to transfer the excess population to the seaside and become fishermen.

Successive fishing boats can consume more unemployed sailors and young adults.

Zhang Qiang thought for a while and proposed to transfer part of the population to Zheng Chenggong's place and become the Han people of Zheng Chenggong's place. Zheng Chenggong and the others are Han people after all.

So this time Zhang Qiang approved the sale of [-] Han people to Zheng Keshuang, and at the same time more and more Japanese captives were sold to Zheng Keshuang together with Japanese civilians.

This time when Zheng Keshuang arrives, there will be more than 3000 sailors and young and strong men sailing for him, carrying tens of thousands of people to Australia. In order to digest the excess population, Zhang Qiang and can't wait, even the wages of these sailors will not be charged. , give Zheng Keshuang a free boat, and then they can give it to him directly, so that they can gain a firm foothold in Australia.

So half a month later, Zheng Keshuang, who returned to Hangzhou after five months, had no time to catch his breath, and started busy again. It took half a month to coordinate and bring a population of 58, including 50 Japanese and 500 Southeast Asian indigenous people. With a population of [-] Han people, he brought twelve [-]-ton warships with him, and led the more than [-] ships that the Huaxia Army sold to him last time to go to sea again.

I left 3000 tons of iron ore, [-] tons of guano, and paid back a part of the debt owed by the Huaxia Army. Huaxia Yuan, but the total population and ships he took away were worth [-] million.

The twenty Chinese warships that followed that time did not return, and they were stranded in Australia.

Where to train sailors for Zheng Chenggong and use the warships of the Huaxia Army.

This time Zhang Qiang sent 36 merchant ships and [-] escort warships to sail again to escort them to Australia, but this time he had to bring back the men from last time.

Those were not sold to Zheng Chenggong.

While Zhang Qiang was waiting for his new warship to return, Gu Yuesheng came to him.

"Your Majesty, I just got the news that the third prince's army landed in Songjiang County, China Island and wiped out 30 Japanese troops and captured 10 Japanese people. At present, these people have been transported back to Jeju Island, but the third prince They are not going to hand over these Japanese to us according to the usual practice, they left 20 people, and the other [-] people are going to be transported back to the island, and the news from Xue Hong said that he is going to sell to the Portuguese.”

"Sell to the Portuguese?" Zhang Qiang was taken aback.

Gu Yuesheng said: "Yes, the Portuguese disappeared in the past few years, but this time the Ryukyu Kingdom reopened the sea trade, and the Spaniards and Portuguese who got the news came to trade with them, and we gave the Ryukyu Kingdom A license to allow trade was issued, so that others can directly come to the Kingdom of Ryukyu to trade through the Treasure Island Strait."

What is the third prince going to do?

Chapter 773 What am I going to do?

"What am I going to do?" Third Prince Hong Tianpao looked at Xue Hong.

"I want the Ryukyu Kingdom to rise again. Can you support so many people with the supplies of your Huaxia Army? We have to rely on ourselves."

Xue Hong said slowly: "Your Highness, you have already belonged to our Huaxia Kingdom, you should listen to us, we give you the right to self-government, but you can't cross the line we gave you, and sell the Japanese population to the Taixi people privately, They are our enemies, you can do business with them, and we don't object to them transferring goods from you, but you can't sell people to them, that will fuel their arrogance, and you will lose yourself—and We, they are likely to arm these people against us.

The Japanese are crazy, and the best farmers and fighters, as you can see from the fact that most of your militia servants are Japanese soldiers. Compared with native soldiers, Japanese soldiers are more vicious and good at fighting. "

"Forget it, what about the most vicious fighters, they are almost lost their pants by me now, we have captured 30 of their people, defeated their [-] soldiers and horses, and have been advancing to their rear, soon you The Xinlu Army will have a chance to fight Kitakyushu Island, then China Island will be yours, and you only need to admit that Jeju Island belongs to our Ryukyu Kingdom."

Facing the arrogance of the third prince, Xue Hong was very helpless and could only say: "Okay, I will raise your request to His Majesty the King."

Hong Tianpao said coldly: "By the way, Your Excellency the Pavilion Master, I am also the king, the king of the Ryukyu Kingdom, please call me Your Majesty the King next time."

Xue Hong is not a pedantic person, he knew that it was impossible to turn against the third prince at this time, and said with a slight smile: "Okay, Your Majesty the King of the Ryukyu Kingdom."

When we returned to the Zhonghua Commercial Hall, the military attache reported: "Master, we found that the Portuguese had many warships. I heard that there were five thousand-ton warships, twelve six-hundred-ton warships, and eight three-hundred-ton warships. It seems that they are not just here to buy people this time, and they don’t know how Milin in Baodao Prefecture put so many warships across the Baodao Strait.”

Xue Hong waved his hand. He is not in the mood to understand this now. He is very worried about the attitude of the third prince. He is worried that the third prince is too proud. If the relationship between the Huaxia Kingdom and them is not good in the future, it will be another big war. After reading the Di Bao sent from China, I know that there will be no wars in other directions in China except Sishan Prefecture, and wars are not allowed.

Maintaining restraint against the Qing army, they only supported the Dajin Kingdom to fight against the Qing army, and the Southeast Asian states only let Ma Sanli, Ma Han and the others maintain pressure on Siam, and did not fight directly.

Where is Tian Xian in Cambodia the main force in the war against Siam? However, due to the strength and quality of the soldiers, they are all local indigenous people, so they are still unable to keep enough of Siam's soldiers and horses, as well as Du Ge. The pressure is nothing more than a small fight.

At present, Tian Xian's main task is the same as that of Southeast Asia, training troops, training more mountain combat soldiers, jungle combat soldiers, and then forming a mountain jungle corps to take this place in Southeast Asia in one fell swoop.

As the population of Southeast Asian states continues to be relocated, the Han population there has reached 200 million.

And gradually maintained a stable development, basically solved the problem of food and clothing, and developed towards stability and prosperity. In the future, the food will gradually feed back to the country.

In the past, they have been fed back to the country one after another, but they still need to continue to transport food from the country. The contrast is very big. Now it has exceeded the food provided by the country, and can feed back the country with 500 million tons of grain per year.

People in the country have enough food to make wine, raise pigs, and raise chickens.

In order to solve the domestic unemployment problem, the Huaxia Kingdom raised chickens in the woods, pigs in the mountains, ducks on the water, and fish by the sea. Many people could not become fishermen but became farmers in the breeding industry.

Now Sishan Prefecture has also added 300 million people, and the population of Yungui Prefecture has exceeded 800 million again, reaching 200 million people. In this agricultural era, this is already the highest population.

No more can be added.

The mines in various places have also increased a lot of personnel, and there is no need for prisoners, because there are not many prisoners, almost extinct in the core area, and there are more criminals, but only those serious criminals who have not changed their minds are sent to the depths of the mines. The mountain pass and the shallow area are already the work places of the common people.

This still does not solve the problem of population growth.Seeing that the population is moving towards 1000 million people, but there are no more places to house them. The conquest of Sishan Prefecture may be able to solve the population of [-] million, but there are still tens of millions of people to deal with.

At present, the Huaxia Kingdom continues to immigrate to Xinlu Prefecture, transporting ordinary Japanese people from Xinlu Prefecture to Hangzhou Prefecture, and then sending them to Zheng Chenggong for transportation.

However, Xinlu Mansion's territory is limited after all. Originally, it could guarantee the existence of a maximum of 400 million people. However, if people live a good life, the maximum population is 200 million. If there are more militias to maintain order, it will not take much , At most one hundred thousand, plus their family members, only about 20 to 30.

The population of the Shikoku Prefecture also decreased rapidly. Because of the long time of naturalization in the Xinlu Prefecture, the Japanese people quickly adapted to their new identities. Many people turned to the Huaxia Army, so they could only immigrate little by little. For a big move, you can't turn your heart to the Japanese people who immigrated to you, but Shikokufu is different. It is a war-torn place, and many people actually turn to the Japanese.

Therefore, the immigration was very ruthless, with 60 people in the two times. Except for the Japanese population who belonged to the Huaxia Army, their families had soldiers, and they were all removed.

There are still 40 people on Denios Island and 50 Japanese militiamen, all of whom are loyal to the second prince. There are also [-] militiamen from Honshu Island, Japan, and the troops of the elite daimyo general.

After replacing Feng Quan's command, Zhao Hui continued to attack Denio Island day and night.

The Japanese soldiers in the army of Xinlu Mansion, as well as the native soldiers of Southeast Asia, the native soldiers of Nanyang, and the [-] soldiers that the third prince promised to support were all fighting at the front line, and the soldiers mainly Han Chinese guarded the camp, the line of defense, the base camp, and In the city, Han soldiers and officers were pressed in the rear to maintain control of these native troops.

Under such circumstances, Xue Hong felt that before the Japanese were dealt with, it was inappropriate for the Huaxia Kingdom to turn against the third prince.

As for what the third prince is doing now, how proud he is, Xue Hong can guess, because the Huaxia Army asked him to send troops to fight Japan, and he felt that the powerful Huaxia Army also asked him, so he felt that his wings were hardened, and he wanted to return his dignity and interests. But he was obviously happy too early.

He wrote his conjecture into a memorial, and sent another transport ship back to Jinling, the capital of the Huaxia Kingdom.

When Zhang Qiang received the report, he just said to Jin Qi: "Tell him, just let Hong Tianpao let it go for a while. Now we may have to face a more severe situation. Development and war, the war with the Portuguese, may be the same thing." Spanish War."

Chapter 774 Losing or Gaining

Zhang Qiang is very calm, now he really has to use the three princes to fight, so no matter how much he pays, he can't stop it. Now the Huaxia Yuan has passed through the entire China, the Ryukyu Kingdom, and Japan. Although Japan has a huge amount of gold and silver, it is currently under siege. Well, Japan has nothing to do, they can't buy things without Huaxia Yuan, and the Huaxia Kingdom does not accept gold and silver transactions.

Of course, if you trade with the official Huaxia Kingdom, it is still acceptable, but after all, the amount is small. Now the gold, silver and jewelry stored in Zhang Qiang’s Huaxia Kingdom’s grain bank treasury can buy future generations of China, and there is enough energy to deal with the usual small amount of gold. Silver trading and the exchange of a group of people who still believe in gold and silver, and at the same time they can exchange all the face value of the issued Huaxia Yuan, which is much more.

In the past, it was discovered that the Huaxia Yuan had less gold and silver, which belonged to additional issuance. The Huaxia Yuan issued now cannot keep up with the increase in gold and silver, so now the Huaxia Kingdom is very rich, very rich.

Issuing 1000 million Huaxia Yuan every year, collecting the old and releasing the new, only an increase of 100 million Huaxia Yuan. According to statistics, there are already more than 50 billion Huaxia Yuan in the market, and there are still more than 30 billion Huaxia Yuan in stock. Of course, there are so many Most of the money is in the hands of the government, and each department has a reserve of one or two billion Chinese yuan. The merchants in the market do not have about one billion Chinese yuan deposited in the grain bank. The Huaxia yuan deposited in the grain bank has 21 billion, the savings of ordinary people are about [-] billion, and the deposits of businessmen are about [-] million. Merchants still believe that it is better to have money in their hands. Half of it is in circulation, and half is secretly stored in the warehouse like gold and silver. , inside the cellar.