Ah Yu's heart couldn't help but feel heavy, "Is there no other way than to suppress the population?"

Jiang Hanxue smiled awkwardly: "I don't understand this kind of political issue. Sister Jiajia may understand something. ”

Ah Yu looked at Zhao Yan with longing eyes.

Zhao Yan sighed, she really understands this problem, "In fact, in order to avoid this result, there are only two ways, one is to increase land and increase food production, and the second is to reduce the population." And there is a way to achieve both of these goals at the same time. ”

Zhao Yan stared at Ah Yu and earnestly guided him: "Eighth Elder Brother, don't you think about it carefully, what is this method I am talking about?"

Ah Yan's heart flashed: "Declare war on the outside world and expand the territory!"

Yes, war can consume the population, and victory can occupy more land, and in the current situation, this is the only way.

Jiang Hanxue was dumbfounded: "How can this work? Isn't this foreign aggression?!"

Zhao Yan said lightly: "If we don't invade the outside world, will we invade others against us?"

Jiang Hanxue was stunned for a moment, and immediately understood the meaning of her sister Jiajia's words, yes, if there is no war with the outside world, sooner or later there will be strong ships and cannons to open the door of the Qing Dynasty, and then it will be too late! Jiang Hanxue has not learned this history, and when she recalls the history of the Republic of China at the end of the Qing Dynasty, no matter who it is, her heart is extremely depressed.

Jiang Hanxue pouted: "But...... With the current strength of the Qing Dynasty's army, can we win?"

Ah Yu was furious and said: "When Khan Ama was in the 22nd year of Kangxi, he recovered Taiwan in one fell swoop! The Qing Dynasty is naturally strong and strong!"

Jiang Hanxue showed a helpless look: "Taiwan is originally China...... Ahem part of the territory of the Qing Dynasty, the battle to recover Taiwan was a civil war, not a foreign war. ”

Ah Yu snorted: "You mean the war with the foreigners? Hmph, twenty-four years ago, Tsarist Russia invaded the city of Yaksa, but after a year, it was defeated one after another, and the regent of Tsarist Russia, Princess Sophia, sued for peace, negotiated the border, and later signed the Treaty of Nebuchu and withdrew from the city of Yaksa. ”

Jiang Hanxue nodded: "I know this, there are books in history!"

Ah Yu said: "Since you know about this, you still say that the Qing soldiers and horses can't win a foreign war?"

"That ......" Jiang Hanxue scratched the back of her head, "Russia has not yet reformed, so its strength is not strong." But the guns and iron ships on the Western side are already very advanced, and if you fight them, you should not win. ”

Ah Yan's face turned cold, revealing displeasure.

Zhao Yan hurriedly said: "Don't be in a hurry to get angry first, what Han Xue said is true!" At the end of the Ming Dynasty and the beginning of the Qing Dynasty, the West was already in the period of the industrial revolution, and now the fruits of the first industrial revolution have been quite rich!

Ah Yu said: "But there are firearms battalions in the Qing Dynasty, and there is no shortage of muskets and artillery. ”

Jiang Hanxue said unremittingly: "Those muskets don't even have bullets at all, right?"

"Bullets?" Ah Yu heard a new word again.

Zhao Yan shrugged helplessly: "Yes, the muskets of the firearms battalion are to be loaded with gunpowder." The flintlock pistol you were talking about that can be cast continuously to fire bullets...... "It doesn't seem like there!"

"Wait a minute!" a flash flashed in Ah Yu's mind, "Lianzhu launches...... Could it be a series of firecrackers?!"

Zhao Yan looked surprised: "Yes, could it be that this thing has already been invented?"

Ah Yu hurriedly said: "The attendant of the Hanlin Academy talked about Dai Zi, who was proficient in firearms, and once imitated the sub-mother cannon in eight days, and later produced twenty-eight consecutive pearl firearms. ”

Zhao Yan and Jiang Hanxue looked at each other, their eyes were all surprised, I didn't expect that there would be such a talent in the Qing Dynasty?

"Then where is this Dai Zi?" Zhao Yan blurted out.

Ah Yu sighed, "It seems that in the twenty-seventh year, the Nanhuai people impeached Dai Zi for 'fornicating with the East', and as a result, Dai Zi was sent to Shengjing by Khan Amma. ”

"What?!" Zhao Yan was stunned, Lao Kang is a bit of a bastard, right?

Jiang Hanxue said in horror: "That Nan Huairen is a Westerner, Dai Zi is too good at making firearms, he is afraid that the guns of the Qing Dynasty are stronger than his country, so he wants to exclude Dai Zi from the capital!"

Ah Yu was furious and slapped him on the desk, "This damn foreign-haired man! Khan Ama is so kind to him that he even gave him permission to preach! He doesn't even have different intentions!!"

Jiang Hanxue hurriedly said: "Eighth Master, you have to get Dai Zi back quickly! And that Nan Huairen, you can't let him continue to stay in Daqing and do nothing!"

Zhao Yan said: "I remember that Nan Huairen seems to be a waiter in the Ministry of Works, right? I'm afraid it's not easy to squeeze him away, right?" - and Xuan Ye seems to trust Nan Huairen very much, and now he is helping Xuan Ye build cannons!

Ah Yu smiled contemptuously, "It's just a waiter in the Ministry of Works, I have my own way to repair him!" This Nan Huairen, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve dinner, I won't let him enjoy it in Daqing!"

It means that you want to drive Nan Huairen out of the Qing Dynasty before the year?! This breath is big enough! It is also domineering enough!

Okay, today's meeting with fellow villagers is over here, if Zhao Yan doesn't leave, it's going to be dark!

Before leaving, she hurried to the front of the main hall of the princess's mansion to see her daughter, and she was angry, and her red eyes were full of accusations. Zhao Yan was also very weak-hearted, saying that she came to see Wei'er, but she chatted with Jiang Hanxue for a long time, and then added Ah Yu to chat for a long time, and the day passed like this!

Zhao Yan didn't have time to appease Wei'er, so she had to hurry back to the palace, and if she didn't go back, the palace gate would be lost!

"Why did you come back so late?" Xuan Ye sat cross-legged on the Luohan couch in the East Warm Pavilion of Kunning Palace, revealing a little displeasure.

Zhao Yan smiled awkwardly, hurriedly stepped forward and sat sideways beside Xuan Ye's legs, and said, "I chatted for a while in the princess's mansion, and if I didn't pay attention, it was dark." "-It's just that I chatted for a while, but instead of chatting with Wei'er, I chatted with her fellow Jiang Hanxue.

Xuan Ye's face was full of complaints, "The queen of the middle palace, as soon as she leaves the palace, it will be a whole day, and she will return to the palace when it gets dark!"

Zhao Yan: "Forehead ......" In Xuan Ye's eyes, women should not go out of the door! The weight of feudal ideology is really no one. Therefore, Zhao Yan never interferes in all matters related to politics.

Zhao Yan had no choice but to say: "This is the first time that Wei'er is pregnant, isn't I not worried!" - Zhao Chang said this very empty-hearted, went to the princess's mansion, and the time to accompany Wei'er was less than a quarter of an hour!

Xuan Ye let out a long sigh, "That's it, you're hungry too, let's eat!"

"Eh!" Zhao Yan smiled, Xuan Ye was fooled. 22