Yang Hao's ambition is very big, he does not simply want to ascend the throne and become emperor, but wants to build his country into a powerful empire.

In his mind, his empire must surpass all the feudal dynasties of later generations, so that he will not come to this era to go through it.

For this reason, he paid an unknown amount of effort, and spent nearly twenty years gradually transforming the Qi country into what it is today.

Until the beginning of the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Yang Hao had come to this seventeen and a half years.

Seventeen years is an incomparably long time.

In later generations, it took China decades, and in such a short period of time, it completed the road of hundreds of years in Western countries.

Yang Hao didn't have confidence that he could do this, he only hoped that he would bring his empire to the peak of the feudal era in a few decades.

This process of civilization spans almost thousands of years of human civilization.

Although the time span is so long, it is much less difficult than the hundreds of years when science and technology exploded.

The prototype of the train has appeared, the power generation is being studied in an orderly manner, the expedition ship has calculated the time, and if all goes well, it has arrived in the Americas.

It's all going in the direction he's planned.

As long as these plans are fully completed, Qi will explode with an initial burst of productivity.

The general trend of the Qi State has been achieved, and in the ancient continent of the East, there is no force that can stop its rise.

But Yang Hao felt that this speed was still not enough, and in his opinion, the current production potential of Qi State could far be fully exploded.

In addition, in the past two years, the state of Qi has rarely carried out military operations, and all the focus has been on internal affairs construction.

In the past two years, the Qi State has recovered a lot of vitality, and the treasury is full, and it can barely be called wealthy.

The court had money, and the officials' salaries also rose with the tide.

For example, on the New Year of the fifteenth year of Hongwu, Yang Hao's New Year's rewards to officials were as much as 30% more than in previous years.

Although the concept of the imperial court is to be an official to ask for the life of the people and open peace for all generations.

But if you only let the horses run and don't give them grass, sooner or later there will be problems.

With money in hand, the enthusiasm of officials for work has also been mobilized.

The richer the imperial court, the more luxurious material comforts they could enjoy while gaining fame.

All of this is mutually beneficial, if it is like the previous tightening of the belt of the imperial court, their quality of life will also be greatly reduced, which is something that no normal person wants to see.

At the beginning of the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the imperial court of Qi, which was full of state treasury, immediately put some projects that had been temporarily shelved back into this year's development plan.

For example, in the construction of the second and third railways, the officials of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs were extremely active.

Seeing the powerful carrying capacity of the railway, these old fritters who have been immersed in officialdom for many years know what kind of changes will be brought about by the alignment country as long as there are a few more railways.

Not to mention the carrying capacity, the emergence of railways will solve the survival problems of many poor people.

Moreover, the emergence of the railway will also bring new changes to the horse politics of the country.

At present, the northern horse farm of Qi State mainly breeds war horses, and the number of horses is not large.

With the increase of railways, the imperial court is bound to open up new horse farms to provide better horses for the railways.

It's just that they don't know that Yang Hao doesn't care much about pulling horses at all, and when the Qi State Railway increases to a certain extent, maybe he will get the steam engine out at that time.

The untapped coal resources of this era are simply inexhaustible.

Moreover, the large coal-producing province in later generations, Qi State has already pocketed it, and the reason why it has not been mined now is entirely due to the wide forest coverage of the current natural environment.

Compared to the cost of mining coal, cutting down trees is unintentionally cheaper, not to mention that cutting down trees also increases the area of arable land, which is a double thing.

In January of the fifteenth year of Hongwu, the imperial court decided to build two new railways, one leading to Qinzhou and the other to the north.

The reason for such a plan is that, in addition to the consideration of economic reasons, the more important reason is that it is completely from a military point of view.

In the future unification war of Qi, the north and southwest are the main combat directions.

The construction of the railway ahead of schedule will greatly reduce the difficulty of operations and save costs for the great cause of the reunification of Qi in the future, whether it is transporting soldiers or transporting grain and grass equipment.

After all, fighting a war in a traditional mode of marching, and fighting such a long distance, the pressure on logistics is too great.

Maybe after the two wars are over, Qi will return to the pre-liberation period overnight, and all his decades-long efforts will be in vain.

This is something that Yang Hao does not want to see, what he wants is a rich and powerful empire, not a ruined country that only knows that the poor soldiers and ordinary people live in dire straits.

In the middle of January of the fifteenth year of Hongwu.

An envoy from the poor clan arrived in Chang'an City.

When a poor clan offered tribute, as if it was a good expression of their tribe's decision to face the south and become vassals.

Yang Hao's expression was a little strange.

For the character of Yi, his feelings are very wet and complicated, and he doesn't know if the legendary Hou Yi who shoots the sun is the leader of the contemporary poor clan.

After all, the character in the myth and legend is a hero in China for thousands of years, as a native of China, Yang Hao still has a certain admiration for this person.

On the other hand, he still admires the poor young leader in his heart, after all, he can lead a tribe that is almost dying to this point to this point, and his talent and courage are extremely admirable.

If he didn't know that he had a father's revenge with this person, he would have liked to meet this young man, and it would have been best if he could persuade this person to completely submit to Daqi for his own use.

It's just that there is this Liang Zi among the two, and he is not worried that such a talented person will come into contact with the core of Qi State.

Now that there are poor people who can be called ministers, Yang Hao's evaluation of Yi has increased by a few points.

Regardless of whether this person really let go of the hatred in his heart, this heart and forbearance even Yang Hao sighed a little to himself.

Although Yi was a certain threat in Yang Hao's heart, he didn't care too much about a down-and-out tribe that was entangled with a group of savages in order to gain a foothold.

In the end, Yang Hao still agreed to the request of the poor clan and canonized the poor clan as the country of the firmament, which means the country under the firmament, and its leader Yi is the uncle of the country.

The poor messenger with a heart hanging on his heart, after Yang Hao said ten thousand, finally let out a long breath.

Along the way to the south, I saw the strength of the Qi State, and understood that no matter how strong the Qi State was, no matter how strong it was, it would not be the opponent of the Qi State, and perhaps it was the best choice for the tribe to be a vassal.