With a population of more than 20 million, Yuan Shu still felt overstretched.

No way, the stall is too big. In the land of seven states, Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou are still more abundant, and the others are extremely short of population.

The first is Jiaozhou, which is strategically located and connected to the three states, and is connected to the southwestern countries, and is the best place to get to Kushan and further west by water. At the beginning, after the development of Yuan Shu, it has gradually prospered, and now it is more sought after by the family, after all, it is more convenient than Yizhou to travel to the southwestern countries, whether it is a water or land transportation hub.

Liangzhou is also the same, the number of Han people is smaller than that of the Qiang people, and the development of animal husbandry and breeding industry can require countless people, not to mention that this is the gateway to the Western Regions in the future.

Not to mention the rest of Si Li and Yuzhou, Dong Zhuo and Liu Bei, who suffered a thousand knives, defeated the two strongest states alive. The latter is okay, Liu Bei also left a population of nearly one million, and the former is really a ruin, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles.

And that's not all, in addition to the inside of Da Chu, there are also the needs of the families. Yizhou, Zhu Yizhou, and the southwestern countries, Yuan Shu thought of it all over the world.

"Yuan Hao, how is the fertility rate today?" What about the underpopulation? Let the people work hard. Yuan Shu can be regarded as understanding why ancient times liked early birth and early childbearing, and why Liu Bang stipulated that singleness was punished. Although he won't do it so absolutely, he still has slogans and some reward systems.

Now Da Chu has set up a special department at the request of Yuan Shu, and every day when he has nothing to do, he shouts everywhere, "If you want to be rich, have more children and more trees." "There is strength in numbers." "Have more children, prosper your family, and make your country stronger." , door-to-door propaganda. Newspapers continue to publish similar articles.

Fortunately, the traditional thinking of the Han people is still excellent, as long as they can raise it, they can give birth to a few and give birth to a few, which saves Yuan Shu a lot of effort. I'm not afraid that you can't afford it, I'm afraid that you won't give birth, and all kinds of welfare guarantees will be given, anyway, so much food and money in the warehouse is also dust. At this point, Yuan Shu had to be grateful to those hard-working Japanese people in Yingzhou, it was their selfless dedication that made the gold and silver reserves in Yuan Shu's hands continue to grow.

"Your Majesty, now that the average number of children per couple in my Dachu has been guaranteed to be more than four, and it is still growing, it is not surprising that even if the newly included population is not counted, the population of my Dachu will double in ten years." Tian Feng said confidently.

Just kidding, there is plenty of money and food, plus the level of medical care and sanitation has been raised, policy support and inherent thinking, it would be strange if you can't even do this. Nowadays, it is because there are many new people and newly married couples that this data is caused, otherwise Tian Feng can even ensure that the average fertility rate of each couple is more than six.

In this era, there is no entertainment, and idleness can only create people. Moreover, the status of women is low, and they are often idle at home, can the fertility rate not be high? You must know that 10 years after the unification of the Three Kingdoms, the Western Jin Dynasty conducted a population count, and the population more than doubled, which is only a demographic change in 15 years. Of course, there are many people who have been hidden by the war, but we can also see the terrible fertility rate of this era.

This is all thanks to Liu Bang's blessings, this guy was really shameless for the sake of the population, women over the age of fifteen who are single do not marry and collect heavy taxes, do not give birth to heavy taxes, and have rewards for childbirth, which directly causes many families to regard women as money-losing goods, and marry women in the prime of life and become fertility machines. Some women were able to have five or six children before the age of 20 for the sake of government incentives, and some women committed suicide because they could not afford to have children.

Yuan Shu naturally won't do this kind of very immoral thing, but a small improvement is still possible, no punishment is only rewarded, and then cooperate with policy publicity. Emperor Wen of Sui was able to double the population within 20 years while developing his national strength under the difficult circumstances, and with Yuan Shu's current level of medical care and hygiene and wealth, it is not difficult to double it in ten years.

"Ten years? It's been almost ten years since I came to Jiangdong. Yuan Shu suddenly said.

"That's right, it's a lapse of time. I still remember that when I first came to Jiangdong, it was still backward and remote, and Jinling was just a small dilapidated county, and the situation in the world was also turbulent. I didn't expect that in just ten years, such a big change has happened. Tian Feng sighed lightly.

The rest of the people also felt something in their hearts, revealing a look of nostalgia. However, in the past ten years, from Yangzhou, which is on one side, to Chu, which now occupies most of the Han Dynasty and has a strong national strength, if it is not for their personal experience, they are really unimaginable, and the speed of expansion and development is too fast.

"It took me ten years to establish Da Chu. I hope that in the next ten years, the land of Guishan will be able to be incorporated into Dachu. Yuan Shu looked at the west from afar, and said in a low voice with the corners of his mouth slightly upturned.

"Your Majesty is wise and powerful, this matter will definitely be realized." Guo Jia stood up when he heard this, smiled and bowed.

"It's rare that you, a crow's mouth, can say a good thing. I hope you have all the best. Yuan Shu chuckled.

Yuan Shu and the others didn't care, but Xun You and Jia Xu glanced at Guo Jia, who was as usual, thoughtfully.

"The resumption of the fiefdoms of Yizhou and Zhu Yizhou is imperative, and the time is set for five years. At that time, the population and development of these fiefdoms will be counted, and an additional percentage will be added to the original population according to the degree of development, as the upper limit of the population they can recruit to the southwestern countries in the country. Yuan Shu said lightly.

Nowadays, under the continuous improvement of Dachu's household registration system, it is difficult for families to take advantage of loopholes. Or they can drill into loopholes, but they are easy to find, and they can't afford to be discovered. Yuan Shu is unreasonable, even if he can't find direct evidence, he dares to do it. After Yuan Shu's various means, it is impossible for the families to conceal a large number of people as before, and all population allocations must be approved by Yuan Shu.

"In addition, according to the area and situation of the fief they delivered, the reward will be doubled after they conquer the poison and the frost in the future. I will not treat them badly, as long as they do things for me well and do not play tricks, they will never suffer. ”

Yuan Shu has been thinking about this method for a long time, and he has long been familiar with it. In foreign wars, with the help of the power of the family to infiltrate the enemy, after the victory of the battle, the fiefdom near Dachu and the population were nationalized, and at the same time the loss of the family was compensated by an additional number of percent. It's the best of both worlds. The families helped Yuan Shu attack the enemy and mobilize the population to develop the border, and Yuan Shu gave the areas that the families were difficult to manage as fiefs and fiefdoms.

The families got more fiefs and populations, and Yuan Shu effortlessly reclaimed the surrounding land that had been developed by the families, without worrying about population resettlement and transfer.

Don't think that the family suffers, they are all population, as long as they are Han people, there is no difference to the families, Yuan Shu gives more population is also a good thing for them, it is nothing more than to spend some effort to recruit and manage, the family has nothing to do with time.

And the fiefdoms, naturally, the more the better, as far away from Dachu, as long as the trade is not interrupted, it is not a problem. They still wish they were far away from Da Chu, but Yuan Shu's hand couldn't reach there at all, it was completely their world, maybe they could become a new empire or even counterattack back after a few hundred years.

"Your Majesty is wise." Everyone said in unison.

With the pressure of power and then the temptation of profit, the families can definitely only obediently follow the rules of Yuan Shu, and they are still willing.