Time flies, and in the blink of an eye, fourteen years have passed since Yang Hao traveled to this era.

Fourteen years is an incomparably long time compared to the decades of human life.

In such a long period of time, the land of China has undergone earth-shaking changes.

The primitive tribal confederations had disappeared from the northern lands, and the relatively efficient centralized system had shown great vitality under this efficient rule.

As a giant Qi country, it wantonly plunders the resources given by God.

Vast swaths of forests have been cut down and farmland has sprung up.

The increase in food has made the population of Qi increase exponentially.

Although limited by poor medical conditions, many people die for various reasons.

But overall, the birth rate in Qi far exceeds the death rate.

Until February of the 11th year of Hongwu, after the new statistical results came out, the average household size of ordinary people in Qi was seven.

This means that each couple can have five children.

This is just an average, if the conditions are better, in this more than ten years, the speed of branching and scattering is even faster.

For example, the Governor of the Imperial Forest Army, this person is a well-known master of giving birth to babies in the officialdom of Qi State, this person married a wife, five concubines, more than ten years, the number of descendants is as many as twenty, the largest one, by the eleventh year of Hongwu, he was already twelve years old.

With the legal age of marriage in Qi country, it will take another four years to spread out and give birth to three generations of Qi.

The high yield of the Imperial Forest Army made Yang Hao feel very embarrassed, and once made him feel that he was a little incompetent.

The increase in population was a gratifying thing, and the figures counted by the officials of the household department showed that by the beginning of the 11th year of Hongwu, counting the newly opened territories in the south and the integration of the barbarians of the Zhou Dynasty, there were nearly two million people in the entire territory of Daqi.

Seeing this figure, the officials of the household department were uncontrollable in their excitement, and wrote to call this great era in the prosperous era of Hongwu.

But Yang Hao was not satisfied with this number.

He felt that with the current land resources of Qi State, two million people were too little.

If it does not exceed five million people, this prosperous era is deserved to be deserved on the head of Tai.

Although he was a little shameless, his skin was not as thick as a city wall.

Of the two million, less than two-thirds of the population has solved the problem of food and clothing, and the rest are still struggling to eat and eat well.

If this can be called a prosperous era, then the prosperous era is too worthless.

He was not as brazen as some of the barbarian emperors of later generations.

The officials' petition was rejected by him.

Although the officials were a little puzzled, they could only comfort their wounded hearts with Yang Hao's modesty.

The eleventh year of Hongwu is spring.

Yang Hao, who is rarely idle, is in a good mood, and it is rare for him to cook in person and get a unique diet.

Shabu-shabu is a pleasure to eat in this cool early spring.

The ingredients used for shabu-shabu are all natural and pollution-free game.

Wild goats caught from the wild, large loaches newly caught in Jishui, sliced yams, a few cabbage leaves, a few green radish, and a soup base boiled with dogwood, ginger, pepper and other seasonings.

Yang Hao ate extremely comfortably this meal.

The cooks in the palace dining room naturally knew that their king was a hidden master chef.

After they learned how to eat hot pot, they improved it and derived many ways to eat it.

When the hot pot was transmitted to the people, it immediately conquered the taste of ordinary people, and since the eleventh year of Hongwu, the Qi people have almost everything in it.

In March, when the waters, which had been frozen for a winter, melted, four huge warships raised their towering sails and sailed on the water.

The cold and biting spring breeze could not stop the training of sailors.

After 10 years of exploration, the sailors have initially mastered some skills of navigation and landing operations.

Because Qi people have nearly ten years of experience in raft manipulation, they have accumulated considerable experience in wind direction and current.

Although they were replaced with larger and more advanced ships at this time, those valuable experiences could be directly used.

Taking advantage of the spring breeze, the four warships raised their sails and sailed down the Jishui River, sailing at great speed towards the east.

This time, their mission was to arrive at the port of Penglai, which was under construction in the east.

After resting somewhere, head north.

The final task given to them by Yang Hao was to sail from the port of Penglai to the land in the north, that is, the Dalian area in later generations.

This is a rehearsal for future offshore voyages.

The sea is far more dangerous than the river, and he will not allow his unification to fall short in the process of his unification because of technical problems.

In the not too far voyage from Penglai to Dalian, the shortcomings of Qi's warships can be exposed.

After the completion of Penglai Port and Dock, some deficiencies can be improved.

Shi Xi, the commander of the naval army who took office and worshiped the battalion commander, looked at Chang'an City that was gradually moving away, and his heart was a little trance-like.

Once upon a time, he was still a dazed and ignorant teenager, and the military competition of that year is still fresh in his memory.

For more than ten years, following the southern and northern wars of the Qi State, to the current commander of the first army, the former teenager is no longer there, replaced by a middle-aged officer with resolute eyes.

"Commander Stone! This time we have to go to this destination, and then our colleagues in the Ministry of Industry will test and record the situation of the ship, and then hope that the stone commander will cooperate. ”

A civil servant with a long beard said gently.

Shi Xi smiled: "Song Shilang is polite, Ben will cooperate, if you need Ben Jiang's help, just come to me." ”

Song Shilang nodded and said, "Thank you so much." ”

Seeing the stone stream and looking at the scenery along the way, Song Shilang said: "I can't imagine such a grand scene, and you and I also have the credit for this!" ”

Shi Xi said: "Yes, it's been more than ten years, and things are not people!" ”

Song Shilang looked ahead and said, "We should be able to get to the new city before dark, do we want to rest?" ”

Shixi said: "No need, there are many disturbances in the crossing of the army, and we will rest at Chidorihu Lake tonight." ”

"It's okay, the supplies we brought this time are enough for us to use for a month, and I think it's enough."

Speaking of this, Shixi seemed to remember something, and said to Song Shilang: "That's right! Can you ask Song Shilang about it! ”

"Commander Shi is polite, there is nothing wrong with it."

"It is rumored that on the other side of the sea there is a huge island with countless gold and silver on it, I wonder if this is true?"