The most arrogant in history

Chapter 882: A glass of wine and immigration.

A sumptuous feast of wine and food has been prepared at the dock.

Ye Kun and others took their seats and ate and drank together.

After three rounds of drinking, Ye Kun asked, "Who is the governor of Tianmen City now?"

"It's Wenquan, my cousin." Wen Axiu replied.

"Oh, it seems that Teacher Wen mentioned it before, but I forgot."

Ye Kun chuckled and asked, "Is Master Wen here?"

Someone had already stood up from the seat below and stepped forward to salute: "Your Majesty, I am Wen Quan."

Ye Kun nodded and said with a smile: "Teacher Wen is your cousin, and you are not a stranger, so don't be restrained. Sit next to me, and I will learn about the current situation in Tianmen County."

Wenquan thanked him and sat down on the side: "Whatever the emperor wants to ask, I will tell you everything I know."

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Please introduce the overall situation."

Wen Quan nodded and began to report at the table on infrastructure, education and health construction, people's livelihood, etc.

After listening to it, Ye Kun sighed and said, "The whole Tianmen County area is my base, my headquarters. I have deep feelings for this place, and I always think about the folks here. Now, seeing that everyone is living a good life, I am happier than anyone else."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Wenquan hesitated and said, "But... the area around Tianmen County, all the way to Pingye County, Cigu County, Lingshan County, and westward to Fuling County and Dongba County, is all mountainous, with little arable land. Now that the population has exploded, land is already very tight.

Fortunately, thousands of households have been relocated over the years, otherwise the land supply would be even tighter.”

Guan Yong was dissatisfied and glared slightly, saying: "The function of land is to produce food. The function of food is to fill the stomach. As long as there is enough food, there will be no land problem."

"Yes, Marshal Guan is right."

Wenquan didn't dare to debate with Guan Yong and could only nod.

Ye Kun smiled and said, "Marshal Guan is right, but he didn't look at the long term. We have enough food now because of the large-scale promotion of sweet potatoes and the food from Jiaozhi, which feeds us.

Mr. Wen’s concern is about the future.

In the future, the population will continue to increase, and land will become even more scarce. If war breaks out again, and the food from Jiaozhi cannot be transported, people on this land will starve to death.”

Wenquan nodded again: "Yes, your Majesty is right."

"Look, Lord Wen is in a difficult position as the governor of Tianmen County."

Ye Kun laughed and said, "Near Tianmen County, there are the Guan family, the Jiang family, the Qin family, and the clansmen of Wang Dagui and Yan Liuhai. Lord Wen cannot afford to offend these people. He is walking on thin ice."

Wenquan was already sweating and didn't know how to answer.

Guan Yong and Jiang Laowu were also secretly surprised. They stood up at the same time and clasped their fists and said, "Your Majesty, although our official titles are higher than Wen Quan's, we dare not cause trouble for Master Wen."

"Of course you won't cause trouble to Lord Wen, but it's hard to say about your clan members and your vassals."

Ye Kun sighed and said, "You each occupy tens of thousands of acres of good farmland. But the local people have no land to farm. This is the contradiction in reality."

Jiang Laowu cried out: "Your Majesty, we have tens of thousands of acres of farmland, but they are all cultivated by our clan members. We have to support many people, how can we do without so many farmlands?"

Guan Yong already understood what Ye Kun meant, and winked at Jiang Laowu: "Marshal Jiang, we are all members of the Mohist Alliance, and we want to bring benefits to the world and eliminate harm. Since there is a conflict, it should be resolved..."

Jiang Laowu came to his senses and said with a smile: "That's right, we will follow the emperor's orders."

Ye Kun picked up the wine glass and sighed, "Back then, why did the seven brothers form an oath of brotherhood and rebel? It was because the princes were divided and wars broke out everywhere, and the common people could not survive.

We hate the princes everywhere and sympathize with the people of the world. But now that we are in power, we have become the bureaucrats and gentry we once hated.

Doesn't this go against the original intention of our alliance and uprising? "

Jiang Laowu and Guan Yong apologized together: "The emperor is right. We should not occupy too much land and leave the people with no place to stand."

"Thank you two brothers for your understanding."

Ye Kun nodded and said, "As society develops, there will be more and more new problems. I have said many times that the great cause has not yet been accomplished, and you still need to work hard.

We have two goals. First, to allow the descendants of the Chinese people to go out and occupy the best land and the best resources in the world; second, to allow the descendants of the Chinese people to live a good life. "

Wen Quan breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "With the efforts of the emperor and the generals, the lives of the descendants of China will get better and better."

Wen Axiu said: "From the current perspective, everyone's life is much better than before. But the emperor is never satisfied and always hopes for better and better."

Wen Quan sighed, "The court's report said that the total population of China's nine provinces has now exceeded 100 million. With such a large population, there is no famine, there is still a large surplus of food, and the price of rice is low. This is truly unprecedented."

"The needs of ordinary people include food, clothing, housing and transportation. Just having enough food is of course far from enough."

Ye Kun looked at everyone and said: "Clothing, housing, and travel, these conditions must be improved simultaneously and continuously, only then can it be considered a truly prosperous age."

Guan Yong clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, forgive me for being blunt, but according to the current population development trend, I'm afraid that in less than a hundred years, the population will reach 500 million. In two hundred years, the population will reach 1 billion. By then... no matter how much land we have, it will not be enough."

Ye Kun nodded and smiled: "Everyone is worried about this. But everyone should also know that the population is growing, and our technology and productivity are also developing.

The development of science and technology will solve the pressure caused by the population explosion. For example, chemical fertilizers will be produced on a large scale within a hundred years. At that time, it will not be a problem to produce 1,000 kilograms of rice per mu.

One acre of land, cultivated for two seasons, is enough to feed one person.

The nine provinces of China have more than 2 billion mu of existing and reclaimable land. Together with Jiaozhi and Tianzhu, with the use of chemical fertilizers, it can feed 3 billion people. Even 5 billion people. "

In later generations, the Kyushu continent, together with the Indochina Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent, can indeed support a population of three to five billion.

But this data, brought up at this time, is absolutely ridiculous.

No one could believe it.

Guan Yong and Jiang Laowu looked at each other and smiled awkwardly, still unable to believe it.

Wen Axiu said: "I am not sure whether we can feed 5 billion people in the future. But I know that as long as there is no war and no major natural disasters, we should not lack food in the next 50 years.

Solving the population problem is not a problem, because we have been emigrating. If the population continues to increase, we will have more compulsory immigration policies. "

Guan Yong suddenly sighed: "Qin Erwu wants to move his family to the Anxi area. Has the emperor agreed?"