When the scorching summer passed and the autumn harvest was coming, good news came from the Grand Duchy of Kiev.

All the cities of the Grand Duchy of Kiev had been breached, and by this time a tenth of the people had been taken away.

This is great news.

After annexing the territory of the Grand Duchy of Kiev, the territory of the Xinghan Empire directly expanded to more than 13 million square kilometers.

But this also creates a huge problem.

That's the human hand.

Now under such a large territory, the population of the Xinghan Empire is less than 100 million.

This makes such a huge place shared, and there are not enough people to govern it.

After Lu Chensheng looked at the rough map, his brows suddenly furrowed, and there was a touch of helplessness on his face.

Such a large territory area, but the Xinghan Empire has such a small number of people, and it is their own people who want to expand this map, and then multiply, and in the future, it will justifiably become their own territory and hometown.

It's going to take a very long time.

Lu Chensheng rubbed his forehead and walked outside the palace for a walk.

The ginkgo biloba leaves in the courtyard are already yellow, and they are very beautiful.

Out of his liking for ginkgo biloba, Lin Yu also specially ordered him to go down and tell people not to sweep the leaves.

It is said that everyone's place is clean, and there is a little less human smell.

"Why is my husband so worried?"

Lin Yu was also looking at the ginkgo biloba at this time, and when he saw Lu Chensheng coming out for a walk, he was suddenly overjoyed.

But then he saw that Lu Chensheng had a little helplessness on his face, and suddenly asked a little strangely.

"Because of the population."

Lu Chensheng sighed and slowly stepped forward to sit down at the stone table.

Seeing this, the palace maid on the side hurriedly stepped forward and put the Yunjin prepared in her hand on the stone chair.

Now that the weather has turned cold, the people who are cold on the stone chair naturally can't let the saint sit on it directly.

Yun Jin has always been held in the arms of the palace maid, and now there is still a residual body temperature of the palace maid after putting it up, but it is just comfortable to sit on.

Seeing Lu Chensheng sit down, Lin Yu also obediently poured a cup of hot tea on the side.

"What happened to the population? I heard that many babies were born in various places this year, and the firecrackers and fireworks are very popular. ”

The birth of a baby is a great event.

After the birth, it is inevitable to do it, even in the homes of ordinary people, it is normal to have a full moon wine at the time of the full moon.

Nowadays, firecrackers and fireworks are not very expensive, and it is naturally not a few to buy some and release them for auspiciousness.

Due to the number of babies born this year, this firecracker or something is like a crazy sale, which is enough for some businessmen to make a profit.

"Because there are too few people, you see, the grassland has been beaten down by us, and although there are people who go to herd sheep and cattle now, there are not many of them, and there is also a large piece of land left in the northern country.

At present, the Grand Duchy of Kyiv has been defeated by us, and the territory has increased a lot, which is more than double that of when Xinghan just passed.

It's twice as big, but there are no people to send out, and these places are like they're empty.

Next year, Weifu is also going to send four armies to attack the surrounding neighboring countries, and defeat all these neighboring countries, and then the territory will be expanding, and at that time, this population will be much shortage. ”

Lu Chensheng rubbed his forehead and said, he didn't feel anything before, but only now did he realize how serious the lack of this population was.

With a population of less than 100 million, it is a drop in the ocean in such a huge map.

Lin Yu's eyes widened slightly, "It's all like this, is the husband going to continue fighting next year?" ”

Lin Yu actually thinks that he can also cultivate and recuperate for a period of time now, and his husband has said that this population is too bad.

If that's the case, why not wait first?

Seeing Lin Yu's somewhat puzzled appearance, Lu Chensheng shook his head.

"Naturally, he wants to fight, now that his husband is still healthy, and he has a lot of capable ministers, it is natural to continue fighting, and when the husband's son inherits the throne, he doesn't need him to fight, he just needs to be kind, and then he will govern the country, let the people cultivate and recuperate, and develop."

Speaking of this, Lu Chensheng paused and said with a smile, "And now those ministers, each of them has changed, and they are also thinking about expanding their territory and taking down more territory."

It's different from before, they are also capable and talented now, and they feel that the Xinghan Empire can continue to fight, why stop?

This is the time when great achievements have been established, as long as they are defeated, their names will become more and more brilliant, and future generations will record them, and they will only be praised in various ways.

The emperors of Zhenwu's generation are the first emperors of the ages, and those ministers are all talented and learned. ”

It's really different from before.

When the Xinghan Dynasty was first established, there were actually many ministers under him, all of whom were not in favor of waging war with foreign countries and expanding their territory.

Because their previous studies have been influencing them, humble and moxie.

However, as the time in the dynasty became longer and longer, under the influence of Lu Chensheng, coupled with the influence of continuous expansion of territory, the soldiers of the Xinghan Dynasty have always been invincible and invincible, and the Xinghan Empire is developing rapidly.

They were not in the slightest deterred by the war, and this situation naturally made the ministers gradually change their minds.

The fight must continue, and now at this time, I am afraid that if Lu Chensheng wants to stop, they will not be willing.

When Lin Yu heard this, she glanced at her husband helplessly.

Isn't it because the ministers are reluctant to stop because they are under his influence!

I think that many of those ministers are polite, how can they be so belligerent.

But now, all of them are almost the same as their husbands.

"The husband is thinking that if the territory is taken down, when the population is insufficient, the economic development or something, will be thrown to his son, the emperor of the husband's dynasty, just fight the war and lay the foundation, right?"

Lin Yu spoke.

I can probably see what my husband thinks.

If you want to fight the turf or something, let Lu Chensheng come, and wait until the turf is all down, and then you can let your son digest it well.

With such a large territory, I am afraid that it will take several generations to digest and govern it.

But if you think about it carefully, when you look at it, all of it will be the territory of the Xinghan Dynasty, which is also very good, right?

It just happened to fulfill that sentence, the whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister.

When Lu Chensheng heard this, he immediately nodded with a smile.

That's exactly what he thinks, and there's nothing wrong with that.

Lin Yu added a cup of tea to Lu Chensheng.

Lu Chensheng raised the teacup and drank it all.

"By that time, the husband will almost be able to abdicate."

Lu Chensheng looked up at the sky and muttered to himself.

According to his idea, after laying so much ground, the next thing to clean up the stall is naturally to let his son come.

His son will be able to start learning in a few years.

What is more gratifying is that the eldest son has shown a kind-hearted appearance since he was a child.

That's a good thing, but it's not too good at the same time, and sometimes you need to be ruthless when you govern an empire.

And all this, Lu Chensheng has already chosen someone to assist wholeheartedly.

Lin Yu walked behind Lu Chensheng and kneaded Lu Chensheng's shoulder.

Moderate force.

"How long will it take for Sister Bai Yi to come back? In the past few days, I have seen my two daughters asking questions non-stop, and I am very anxious. ”

Lin Yu thought about the matter of his two daughters and asked more.

"The affairs of the Grand Duchy of Kyiv have been dealt with, and now it should be ready to come back, and only a part of the soldiers need to be left behind to supervise those people on board, and there is not much to do."

The emperor of the Grand Duchy of Kiev, who was executed over there.

Lu Chensheng did not let the other party escort people back, nor did he let people save their lives.

These people are to be transported to the island, and if the emperor is still alive, nothing will happen.

So it's better to kill it, and the emperor's heirs will also be killed.

"That's fine, otherwise the two of them will make trouble again."

Lin Yu breathed a sigh of relief when he listened.

Bai Yi is not there, and the two daughters are worried about it, and they often make trouble.

Mainly because of Lu Chensheng's explanation to them when he was a child, they became more and more resistant to this kind of thing.

Now that Bai Yi has been on the expedition for so long, it has made the two girls more and more worried.

Seeing that Lin Yu had a little to blame himself, Lu Chensheng hurriedly diverted the topic, and after chatting a few words, he went back to the imperial study to deal with the sparseness.

Seeing this, the palace maid accepted Yunjin and hurriedly followed around.

Now that autumn is in place, the grain harvest has begun.

According to the statistics of the household department, this year is a bumper harvest year, and the grain output per mu is basically more than 270 catties.

It was definitely a big harvest.

In view of the fact that the state treasury is sufficient this year, and the bumper harvest of grain has reduced the price of grain a lot, the household department has also begun to allocate funds to purchase grain as a grain reserve.

Previously, due to the lack of treasury and food, there was not much reserve.

Because of this, Lu Chensheng was worried for a long time.

If the harvest fails, things will be in trouble.

By the end of the year, the grain harvest had been completely bumper, and after the state treasury had enough silver, it was immediately ordered to prepare for the purchase of grain and grain storage.

Most of the granaries in Xinghan City are empty.

When the time came to late autumn, the grain harvest was finally completed, and at this time, the extent of the grain harvest in various places was finally counted.

According to what I said before, the officials in the top places all received a large amount of silver rewards.

This is a reward from the imperial court, and they are very comfortable with this money.

Seeing that the effect was good, Lu Chensheng also announced that a new round of competition would start next year.

By next year, there should be a more abundant harvest of grain, after all, there is potassium salt.

The people also saw the announcement made by the imperial court.

We have a general understanding of the situation of grain production in various places.

No one said anything about such a rewarding behavior of the imperial court.

After all, with such a rewarding behavior, they also saw the amiable scene of those officials.

I came to the field to inquire about the situation, and if there was a shortage of water, I would find a way to solve it.

In some places where water is scarce, because the water source is only one place, the people above will block the water so that they can enjoy the water source alone.

Let the people solve this matter on their own, which is very troublesome.

In the past, this matter was difficult to solve when it came to the yamen.

But now because of this, the officials will be tough, and after the planning is completed, there will be water up and down, so that there will not be some problems because of this water source.

Suffice it to say, this is still very good.

After the autumn harvest, Bai Yi also returned triumphantly with most of the soldiers.

Lu Chensheng personally took hundreds of officials out of the city to greet them, and the people spontaneously greeted each other.

For these heroes, they still showed a very warm welcome.

Outside the city, Lu Chensheng directly began to reward them, and the soldiers who did not come back were not left behind.

After the reward, these things will be delivered to them in person, and there will be wine and food to follow.

The war over there has been settled, and it won't be a big deal to let the soldiers over there relax for a while.

After a reward, a full hour passed, and this was the result of Lu Chensheng's lack of a tirade.

After the reward was completed, Lu Chensheng directly asked the partial general on the side to take the soldiers back.

The soldiers were then able to rest and play, as they were all given a few days off.

Bai Yi returned to the harem.

Originally, I thought that after I came back, I would take a bath and take a good bath in the pool to relieve my tiredness.

However, she had just returned to the harem, and the two daughters of Nianyi and Nianyue pounced directly, tired of her and unwilling to leave.

Bai Yi couldn't cry or laugh when he saw this, but he still accompanied his two daughters for a while, and after taking a look at his son, he was relieved to go to the bath.

"This time the war is really different from before, it's basically a one-sided battle, there is no suspense at all in the fight, although a country has been destroyed, but it doesn't feel challenging at all, and it hasn't been exciting when I fought Tartar before."

After Bai Yi finished bathing, he casually wore a loose robe and walked out, with a little complaint on his face.

This is really a bit of a complaint, and I feel that this time I didn't do my best in the war.

At the beginning, the commander guarding the border was still a bit strategic.

lure them in with a narrow woods.

If she did get in at that time, her soldiers would definitely suffer heavy losses.

The woods were dense, the artillery could not be used, and the narrow roads would make her soldiers very long, so they were particularly easy to be defeated.

But in the end, the other party still lost because he was recognized.

Except for this one, the rest of the battles are not interesting.

Lu Chensheng smiled helplessly, this is because Bai Yi feels that there is no chess opponent, so he is not happy.