For Zhao Guo, Zhao Dan is the big boss, and all the ministers of Zhao Guo present are Zhao Dan's workers.

The big boss said I want to say a few words, so what should the workers do?

Shut up, of course, sit upright, and listen with your ears pricked up.

Zhao Dan stepped forward, walked in front of Li Mu, and took the baton in Li Mu's hand.

"Zhuqing, this map, the widow named him - the whole map of the world. That's how our world is. ”

Zhao Dan's tone was very affirmative, and there was no doubt about it.

Because what he said was the truth, this map was originally drawn by Zhao Dan based on his own memory.

"The widow's heart is very clear that during this period of time, there is a trend and public opinion, thinking that as long as all the vassal states can be eliminated, then it is enough, because the whole of China has been conquered by us, and we no longer need to continue to expand abroad."

Zhao Dan deliberately paused when he said this, glanced around at everyone in the hall, and then said: "If the widow is not mistaken, there are also supporters of this view among the Qing family here, right?" But what the widow wants to tell you is that this kind of thinking is simply wrong! ”

"Look at this world, Zhuqing!" Zhao Dan's baton slammed the sheepskin map hanging on the shelf, and the wooden frame behind the sheepskin made a snapping sound: "This world is so vast, so vast that even if the widow destroys the other six countries and unifies the Central Plains, the territory of the widowed Zhao State is not even half of this world!" ”

Zhao Dan moved the baton north, through the desert all the way to the north: "This is the Mobei Plateau, and it is also the nest of the Huns. As long as they occupy this place, then the Huns will always be under the rule of the widows, and they will never be able to give birth to any rebellion! ”

Zhao Dan moved the baton westward and went west along the Western Regions: "Here, here, and here, they are all the territory of the Seleucid Kingdom. The country was rich in population, but their king had deposed the queen and crown prince by marrying a queen. Its civil strife is already a doomed thing, the widow only needs to conquer the Western Regions first, and then be able to wait for the Seleucid Kingdom to have civil strife, and then take advantage of the void to destroy this kingdom, so that the glory of China will shine in the Western Regions! ”

After a pause, Zhao Dan glanced at the ministers present again, and said in a deep voice: "You may think that the current Central Plains is vast and sparsely populated, even if you don't conquer the outside world, the existing land is enough to make all the people of Zhao State sit back and relax, right?" But have you ever thought about what if it was ten years from now, a hundred years from now? ”

"The widow can tell you that as soon as the war ends, then in a maximum of twenty years, the population of Zhao under the rule of the widow will be at least thirty percent more, and the population will be doubled in fifty years at most, and in two hundred years at most, these lands will not be enough!"

"In that case, why don't we continue to forge ahead and lay a great land for our posterity, a land that will last for hundreds or thousands of years?"

"Central Plains? Kyushu in the world? That's too small and too small for the widow! ”

As soon as Zhao Dan's words fell, there was silence in the hall.

All the ministers had thoughtful expressions on their faces, obviously digesting Zhao Dan's words.

Zhao Dan's words continued: "If the widow is not mistaken, every Qing family present has a lot of property at home, right?" Iron and steel smelting, wool weaving, lacquer gardens, coal mines, salt drying and salt sales, each of them requires a large population, right? ”

Zhao Dan suddenly aggravated his tone: "Let the widow make it clear, in fact, you all need a large number of slaves, right?" ”

Where there is power, there will be the abuse of power for personal gain, this is an inevitable rule of officialdom throughout the ages, and Zhao Guo will naturally be no exception.

According to the secret investigation of the supervising guard, except for Li Mu, all the other Longtai important ministers are secretly supporting their family industry, after all, it is really difficult to maintain their own luxurious life by relying on the country's little money.

To put it bluntly, these big nobles here are also the largest merchant collective, the largest asset holders, and the largest factory owners in Zhao State except for Zhao Dan, the monarch.

With the continuous development of Zhao Guo, the industries just mentioned by Zhao Dan are all labor-intensive industries.

However, the problem is that labor-intensive industries inevitably require a large number of laborers, but the most scarce in this era is the young and middle-aged labor, after all, this is the most important group of people who join the army and go to the battlefield, and the mortality rate is naturally the highest.

There is a contradiction between supply and demand, what should I do?

Of course, none of them can only plunder the population.

This is the reason why slave plundering and trading have been in full swing in various borders of Zhao over the years, after all, the Zhao people cannot be slaves.

Like those foreign slaves, they buy them and use them to death, and when they die, they throw them away, and they just buy another one.

But to be honest, the tens of thousands of slaves captured by the slave hunting group every year are completely a drop in the bucket for the expanding industry in Zhao State.

"The widow can give you a solution today, and the widow can say with certainty that as long as this plan can be solved, then in the next five hundred years, labor will not become a problem that plagues Zhao Guo!"

Zhao Dan's baton slowly moved westward along the Hexi Corridor, then through the Western Regions, and suddenly moved south under the jurisdiction of the Governor of Paktria, crossed the mountains of Afghanistan, and stopped at a river.

"The name of this river is the Indus, and here it is called India!"

"This place in India is very rich in products and has a large number of races, according to the information received by the widows, the population of the entire Indian region is at least the same as that of the widowed Zhao country! Moreover, the monarch of this place, Emperor Ashoka, has just made up his mind to stop expanding, and it is the best time for my Zhao Kingdom to go south! ”

"As long as you can conquer the Western Regions and Bactria, then the warriors of the widows can go south along this area to conquer India, and after conquering India, our Zhao State will have an endless labor force, whether it is a factory or a lacquer garden, from now on, there will be no need to worry about the problem of labor, just need to develop, keep developing!"

Zhao Dan said that he was excited, and said to the ministers of Zhao State in front of him with some eyebrows: "Zhuqing, this place called India will become the foundation for Zhao Guo's take-off. As long as you have India, then this will become the best guarantee for the immortal achievements of Zhao for thousands of generations! ”

Zhao Dan's words were filled with unparalleled confidence, because he clearly knew what kind of virtue India Asan was, and he also knew that India in history was known as the "jewel in the crown of the British Empire", and it was not an exaggeration to say that it was the biggest cornerstone of the empire on which the sun never set.

Best of all, due to the prevalence of Buddhism and Brahmanism, the Assans have always been submissive to exploitation.

In the 21st century before Zhao Dan crossed over, there were still a billion untouchables in India, which is enough to explain everything.

As long as you take this damn place and exploit it to death, then Zhao Guo's hegemony will last for hundreds or even thousands of years, and there will be absolutely no problem!