sjar Chapter 717: Chaos and confusion.
Chapter 717: Chaos and confusion.
Sang Buyi smiled and said:
"Yu Guinong is there, but the emperor is far away. They are now as comfortable as people in ancient times. They don't need to farm, they can just hunt and gather as they please, and they will have more food than they can eat.
Some of the original natives there have been tamed. The disobedient ones have been driven away. If it were me, I would like it too."
Ye Kun smiled evilly: "There are still many deserted islands in Nanyang, how about I give you one too?"
Sang Buyi waved his hand and said, "Your Majesty, I have no ambition to be crowned king overseas. Please let me continue to serve the country."
Ye Kun sighed and said, "Yu Guinong asked me for people, hoping that I would send more immigrants there. Yizhou Island also asked me for people, and Yan Ju in Donghua Changdao and Liu Ai in Tianzhu Peninsula also asked me for people.
I don't have anyone on my side, it's really difficult.
With our current military power, we can conquer any place in the world. But we don’t have enough population to control a huge overseas territory.”
Sang Buyi said: "Yu Guinong and Yan Ju have both been crowned kings overseas, so just ignore them for now. If there are any, send them to Tianzhu. Tianzhu has more arable land than the nine provinces of China. It is a huge granary and cannot be abandoned!"
As overseas operations unfold, people learn more and more about India and become more and more envious of its farming conditions.
Now that we have strong navigation capabilities, it is not difficult to immigrate to India to find a living.
In addition, the fertile land of the Indochina Peninsula has also brought benefits to everyone.
We can harvest rice three times a year and there is still more than enough to eat.
The current population of China has enough food to eat if all the food is transported from the Indochina Peninsula.
Ye Kun nodded and said, "According to the telegram Liu Ai sent a few days ago, through immigration, the dispatch of technical personnel, soldiers, medical personnel, educational personnel, and the "Hundreds of Families Entering Tianzhu" campaign, there are already 200,000 Chinese people in southern Tianzhu.
There were more than 70,000 newborns last year.
There were about 700,000 native Indians who came over to submit to us.
Our occupied area is already prosperous and stable, and is thriving.”
Xie Baochan was surprised: "Two hundred thousand people, more than 70,000 births a year? How fertile are they?"
"Yes, that's how fertile it is."
Ye Kun rubbed his nose and said with a wry smile: "Local women are willing to marry Chinese men. Some Chinese men have married several women, so..."
Ye Kun is not worried about the number of newborns.
There will be more and more of them in the future, and it would not be surprising to have 200,000 newborns a year.
But it takes time for a newborn to grow.
Sang Buyi smiled and said, "There are a lot of newborns everywhere. Because of the war, there is a lack of men overseas and a lot of women, which has led to this situation."
Xie Baochan laughed and said, "Then why do we need to immigrate? In fifteen years, there will be millions of new mixed-race children overseas. Aren't they all descendants of the Chinese people?"
Ye Kun nodded: "That's the truth. Some things can only be left to time."
For example, in the Jiaozhi Peninsula, most of the newborns nowadays are of Chinese descent.
As long as we strengthen education, in twenty years, all of them will be good children of China.
They took the train, sightseeing along the way, eating hotpot and singing songs, living a carefree life with the world as their companion.
Two days later, we arrived in Luoyang safely.
In Luoyang, everyone rested for two days and then returned to Zhuo County.
Sang asked without hesitation: "Your Majesty, how many trains are expected to run from Luoyang to Zhuojun?"
"Currently, six trains are arranged to go back and forth in turns. Three are freight trains and three are passenger trains." Ding Ding introduced the situation: "Once the operation is stable and the dispatch is mature, we will add more trains according to the situation."
Ye Kun said: "The railway between the two capitals has a large freight and passenger flow. It is necessary to add more trains in the future. At the beginning, the ticket price should not be set too high, so that everyone can experience the railway travel mode, and then slowly consider the cost recovery."
Tintin pondered, "The railway is very expensive. It will probably take ten years to fully recover the cost."
"No need." Ye Kun shook his head and said with a smile:
"Don't just focus on the profits from railway operations. We also have taxes. After the railway opens, the tax revenue will increase several times. In just two or three years, the tax revenue will recover the cost of the railway."
Sang Buyi admitted this and said with a smile:
"Your Majesty is right. After the opening of our Grand Canal, there are basically no more tax-evading vendors along the canal. Last year's tax revenue was twice as much as the year before.
With the current Grand Canal, five years of tax revenue could build another canal of the same size.”
Ye Kun squinted and said, "But back then, you all got angry and stopped me from building the canal."
Everyone laughed.
Ye Kun then said to Ding Ding: "Where there is demand and conditions, we should also build canals and railways and highways. For example, the railway from Chengdu to Chongqing, the railway from the Central Plains to the east to the coast, and the large railway in the Northeast Plain."
Ding Ding smiled and said, "We have to take our time with this. I will build the Chang'an Railway and the Northeast Railway as soon as possible."
Building railways in the Northeast Plain is not technically difficult because the terrain is flat.
It freezes in winter and construction is impossible.
The Chang'an Railway is more difficult because there are mountains and rivers on the road.
At this time, news came from the Western Regions.
Zhao Biao's son Zhao Baoguo, with 5,000 vanguard troops, has conquered Xiaowan and Dayuan.
Cheng Yulong of the Fuling Corps, led a follow-up force of more than 10,000 people, 3,000 immigrants, and 2,000 craftsmen and other technical personnel, and also entered Dayuan City.
Ye Kun ordered Zhao Baoguo to escort the kings and nobles of Xiaowan and Dayuan back to the Western Regions and head to Jincheng. He also ordered Jincheng to send the captives of Dayuan to Zhuo County.
News also came from the Persian Gulf that the first batch of immigrants from the Chengdu Xie family had landed in the northern part of the Persian Gulf, settled in the base camp, adapted to the environment, and prepared for the next step.
Ye Shusheng also called and asked to lead the second group of immigrants to the Persian Gulf.
Ye Kun discussed it with Xie Baochan.
Xie Baochan missed her son, so she asked Ye Shusheng to come back and see him first.
After receiving the reply, Ye Shusheng had to leave Tianzhu and start his journey home.
Seven days had passed when Ye Kun returned to Zhuo County.
Ma Zhao came to see him and said with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, your third aunt is too powerful. She made a scene in the hall of the Ministry of Justice, causing chaos!"
"Really? My third cousin, what happened?" Ye Kun asked calmly.
Ma Zhao complained: "Two days ago, I was in the hall, interrogating the relevant prisoners. Your third aunt suddenly rushed in, pointed at me and cursed, asking me to release the prisoners..."
"Is there no one standing guard in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice?"
"Yes, three guards, but they didn't dare to stop Jiang Youcai..."
"A weak woman was able to get through the three sentries and cordon of the Ministry of Justice. Is she too powerful, or are you too cowardly?"
Ye Kun frowned, "All the soldiers on duty that day will be punished with a serious offense and a deduction of one month's salary. Sir Ma, you are not strict in your administration and cannot maintain order in the hall of the Ministry of Justice. You will also be punished with a serious offense and a deduction of three months' salary!"
"Ah?" Ma Zhao looked depressed and complained: "That's the emperor's third aunt, so I..."
"No matter who you are, you cannot defy the law and roar in the courtroom!"
Ye Kun glared and waved away.
In Fengyi Palace, Jiang Yourong sighed.
Ye Kun smiled and said, "What's wrong, Madam? Why do you look so sad?"
"Your Majesty, you are back."
Jiang Yourong held Ye Kun's hand and said with tears in her eyes, "Youcai is desperate. She pestered me and asked me to go to the Ministry of Justice to plead for mercy. I am also very worried. Why did I spoil Youcai... so badly in the first place!"