But this argument does not hold true at this time. Because the Ming Dynasty is a whole country, with the largest population and wealth in the world. Fully supported by the simultaneous expansion of the navy and army. But this expansion is certainly not unlimited. Even if Liu Pei had a portal as a backing, it would be impossible for him to rule the world. The long journey, the storms at sea, and the difficult logistics of supplies will all be the enemies on his way to conquer, and they will not be overcome.

So Liu Pei never thought of unifying the world. It was enough for him to swallow up Southeast Asia and Australia, and at the same time to occupy a piece of North and South America and make the Pacific Ocean his own inland lake.

But even this goal requires the people under his rule to desperately have children. Therefore, one of the disciplines that Liu Pei attaches the most importance to in the Academy of Sciences is obstetrics and gynecology. After all, the maternal and neonatal mortality rates in this era are too high!

During the Ming Dynasty, China itself had a relatively well-developed health system. If we add the medical knowledge that Liu Pei brought from modern times, the premature mortality rate of newborns will be greatly reduced. So it is still possible to swallow Southeast Asia and part of the Americas.

Especially the assimilation ability of the Chinese is so strong! Take, for example, the Indians of North America, who are almost indistinguishable from Asians in appearance. And their civilization is extremely weak, in the face of the systematic Chinese civilization, their civilization is not an opponent at all, and within two or three generations it will be completely assimilated by Chinese culture and become Chinese.

Liu Pei reprimanded the officers and suppressed their arrogance. He also ordered each of them to write a review and officially return to Shandong. As a result, on the way back, Liu Pei also ran into his first whaling ship on its way back.

After the two ships reconciled, Liu Pei specially boarded the whaling ship to take a look. As a result, Liu Pei found that it was not good-looking at all. The decks of whaling ships were greasy and bloody. Sailors were meticulously scrubbing the deck, trying to get rid of the blood and grease. The ship's stove was burning, and the fuel was not lumps of whale meat, and the grease residue left over from boiling oil.

Through refining, the sailors refined all the fat from the whales into whale oil, which was supplied to the Academy of Sciences. At present, the Academy of Sciences has made soap, soap and whale oil wax, and put it on the market on a small scale for trial, and the results have been very good.

But Liu Pei values the whale meat in the cabin that has been marinated with sea salt one by one. Liu Pei's subordinates have a standard daily intake of fat and animal protein. But now that Liu Pei has added so many people, the supply of meat is a bit insufficient. So these whale meat would be very beneficial supplements.

Liu Pei asked the captain of the whaling ship. The ship has killed seven whales in the three months it has been out to sea. Just before Liu Pei met them, they had just finished decomposing the last whale and marinated the whale meat, and were currently boiling the last batch of whale oil.

Liu Pei warmly encouraged the young men on the whaling boat, and returned to his boat with a large piece of fresh whale meat. The two ships formed a small formation and headed for Shandong.

When the fleet arrived in the waters around Jiaozhou Bay, it dispersed. Liu Pei's boat went directly back to Jiaozhou Bay. Whaling ships, on the other hand, went to overseas islands. At this time, the sea around Shandong was completely controlled by Liu Pei. Liu Pei used economic means to win over all the fishermen in the surrounding area. Because Liu Pei's army needed a lot of sea fish, Liu Pei ordered sea fish from the fishermen. The fishermen benefited from Liu Pei's economic support, so they all turned their hearts to Liu Pei.

At the same time, a large number of children in their family joined Liu Pei's navy. Therefore, Liu Pei can be described as a hundred responses in the waters around Shandong. This is one of the main reasons why his new fleet was able to hide.

Moreover, those overseas islands have been transformed by Liu Pei and have completely become scattered naval bases. But now that Liu Pei's navy is growing stronger, it is difficult to hide. So Liu Pei is now transferring the main forces of his fleet to the Ryukyus. He only left a small fleet of three ships near Jiaozhou Bay to protect the safety of Jiaozhou Bay.

Liu Pei returned to the garrison mansion, and after handling a few official duties, he found Mr. Ledger. There wasn't much in front of him right now. His biggest problem now is to absorb the more than 200,000 victims.

These victims are a heavy burden for Liu Pei, but they are also hope for the future. According to the ratio of ten people supporting one soldier, Liu Pei's army can be expanded to at least more than 20,000 people. More than 20,000 strictly trained troops, not to mention Shandong, are a force to be reckoned with in the entire Ming Dynasty.

However, Liu Pei wisely did not choose to expand the army. Rather, it is ready to devote all the direction of future military expansion to the navy. Because there will not be much to do on land in the coming years, the existing army is quite enough. But he must control the vast seas around him, so that he can have enough economic conditions to train more troops.

Mr. Bookkeeper reported to Liu Pei on the financial situation during this period. The bookkeeper told him clearly that this year was a year of losses. It is not enough for Liu Pei to invest the profits of all his business. The main expense is food. These victims will not have any output this year, so they can only rely on Liu Pei's blood transfusion. Only in the second year will there be a small amount of output. Therefore, Liu Pei had to buy a large amount of food from the Wa Kingdom and Jiangnan to maintain the consumption of the victims. So this year, Liu Pei is facing a huge deficit of nearly 300,000 taels of silver!

Moreover, the bookkeeper also told him that the expected deficit figure for next year was about 160,000 to 180,000 taels of silver. The main reason why Liu Pei was not dragged down by this huge deficit was that he successfully implemented the silver ticket in the department store.

If the merchants wanted to get the silver tickets, they had to store the silver in the department store in order to exchange it for the same amount of silver tickets. This is equivalent to many merchants lending silver to Liu Pei for free. That's why Liu Pei can withstand such a big deficit. As long as the credibility of the department store does not collapse and there is no run, Liu Pei will be able to use a large sum of cash for him to use free of charge.

But Mr. Bookkeeper also had good news for him. The first is the large-scale promotion of waterwheels under the rule of Rope. Nearly half of Liu Pei's land has been successfully transformed, and grain production will be higher. After the upcoming autumn harvest, the harvest can effectively fill the deficit of a small amount of grain.

At the same time, Liu Pei's prospectors discovered a small coal mine. Therefore, Mr. Bookkeeper took it upon himself to buy the coal mine land at a low price through bribery, and began to organize the victims to mine coal and make honeycomb fees. In this way, the cost of drying wood will be greatly reduced.

The third piece of good news is that the copper coins minted by Liu Pei privately have begun to circulate in Shandong. Because Liu Pei's copper coins are made by stamping, the cost is much lower than that of the government's copper coins. So the money is very lucrative!

Mr. Ledger predicts that if the issuance of copper coins is good, perhaps next year's deficit will be smoothed out or significantly reduced. You must know that China is a country lacking copper, but copper coins exist as the main means of circulation. Therefore, the price of copper coins is relatively high, which leads to the lack of copper coin transactions among the people, and there are still barter transactions in many places.

Liu Pei imported copper materials from the Wa Kingdom to cast copper coins, and he himself could get rich money and interest, and it could also stimulate the development of the private economy. This makes sense for the economy as a whole. It's just that Liu Pei's current volume is still very small, and the amount of copper coins produced is not enough to affect the economy of the entire Ming Dynasty, but it is enough to improve the economic vitality of the region under Liu Pei's rule. This is enough for Liu Pei.

The last piece of good news came from the cannon foundry. After countless failures and explorations, the cannon foundry finally produced 8 guns in a row without any problems. And after testing, it was found that the newly cast artillery fully met Liu Pei's requirements and could be officially delivered to the fleet! This made Liu Pei feel very excited, and immediately approved a reward for silver!

You must know that Liu Pei has invested a lot of money and energy in these factories! Not to mention the salaries of the craftsmen, even the food provided to them every day is a large expense! After all, they are all heavy physical work, and if the nutrition can't keep up, the body can easily collapse. Therefore, the food standards of those craftsmen are on par with those of the householders.