Xu Muhe wants to be the emperor.

This made Xu Shiyang cry and laugh - what about the good title of king?

Now that the high wall has been built, after repelling the Tartars, no one will believe that the Jurchens would dare to come to Qi Province to walk the maze of trenches.

But what about the vast accumulation of grain?

The entire Qi Province is still in ruins, and the labor gap is so large that no matter how Xu Shiyang lays out, he is a little shrunken in terms of manpower.

This is even more true of the largest labor-intensive work of this era, agriculture.

According to the current statistics of the Jieshuai Mansion, most of the Qi Province under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou has about 8 million mu of land that has been reclaimed.

And this number, when the Great Zhou was at its strongest, was 60 million mu.

With the gradual reduction of external threats, Xu Shiyang believes that at least all the land east of the Yellow River/Canal in Qi Province can change the original phenomenon of cultivating only a circle of land around Wubao as soon as possible, and start large-scale restoration of farmland and water conservancy.

Therefore, he hopes that the cultivated land area will be increased to 10 million to 11 million mu next year, and the cultivated land area of Qi Province will be expanded to 20 million mu within three years, and 30 million mu in five years.

Moreover, Xu Shiyang plans to change the agricultural state of Qi Province, which has used millet (sorghum and millet) as the main crops in the past ten years and crops once a year, back to the previous peaceful years, where wheat and beans were interplanted and three crops were harvested three times in two years.

This could bring more food prosperity to the Jiemarshal Mansion, but it would certainly also require a large number of agricultural workers.

What's more, Xu Shiyang also laid out a large number of industries - including textiles, glass, salt, mining, steel, military industry, military horse farms, wine and tea and other industries, all of which require a large number of people.

Coupled with the traditional employment of large families and military .......

How can the more than one million people under the jurisdiction of the Marshal Mansion be enough now?

If there are not enough people, the output of each layout will not meet the demand.

At present, the only material in Qi Province that can guarantee self-sufficiency next year is Haiyan, and in this regard, the salt company even has the spare capacity to export in large quantities.

But other than that, Qi Province needs to be imported from outside, including the most basic population and food.

And the place that can provide so many materials to Qi Province is the Jiangnan Great Zhou Imperial Court.

At this time, how could Xu Shiyang allow his father to be the emperor's false name and have a direct conflict with Jiangnan?

Not to mention being the emperor, even if it is just the king, I am afraid that no matter which faction the main battle lord and faction in Jiangnan is, he will directly turn his face with Qi Province, right?

However, Xu Muhe suddenly lost his temper.

He seems to be a little impatient to become the Supreme, and he has even begun to prepare for the sealing of Mount Tai.

Well, Tai'an is under the control of Qingzhou, which is an advantage for his ambitions.

"Is it really so important to my father that it's just a seat?"

Xu Shiyang asked helplessly:

"Sitting in that seat, my father has nothing more than a province in his hands. It's just that Qingzhou Festival is the envoy, and now you are also a man of his word, there is really such a big difference between them, is it worth letting my father insist on risking the world's disapproval? ”

"There are benefits to being an emperor."

Xu Muhe replied seriously:

"Only by being the emperor will the heroes and heroes from all over the world recognize us, and we can also open the imperial examination and reserve our own talents!"

"There are also officials from all over Qi Province, who were appointed by the emperor and appointed by the Jiedu envoys, but they are actually far apart."

The reason is very good, but it is not enough to convince Xu Shiyang.

Open the imperial examination? Xu Shiyang didn't want imperial examination talents at all.

The mentality of officials? Don't be funny, as long as you are an official, who is it to be an official.

"Father, have you forgotten our plan?"

Xu Shiyang asked:

"Ten years of life and ten years of lessons, only a few years?"

"It's better to plan than to change."

"What kind of change is this? Our material reserves are not enough to support a country, and we still need to import them from Jiangnan! What's more, there are Shiliu and Shisong in Jiangnan...... Belch....... ”

Xu Shiyang suddenly thought of a possibility, so he asked with a strange face:

"Father, let me ask, are you in a hurry to ascend the throne because of those little mothers?"

After intercepting and pro-ship fleet, Xu Muhe left a lot of palace maids from the princess's personal entourage, and as soon as the princess returned to Jiangnan, he took several of them and found 7 or 8 "little mothers" for Xu Shiyang in one go.

And several of them are already pregnant, and it won't be long before Xu Shiyang will have a few more younger brothers or sisters.

These women are all palace maids, and they may not know much about anything else, how to control men, or what is most important to themselves, should still be very clear - for these women, marrying the festival envoy, they are only concubines at most, and their children will always be concubines.

But if you marry the emperor.......

It doesn't matter whether the prince is a concubine or a concubine.

Well, maybe there is also Xu Muhe's current wife, Xu Shiliu's biological mother.

The woman with shallow knowledge, between the lady and the queen, is likely to choose the latter desperately, not caring at all how much her husband will pay for this position.

Xu Muhe's face blushed rarely.

Xu Shiyang's guess was not too wrong - those women were indeed encouraging him to ascend to the supreme position as soon as possible.

And Xu Muhe himself, an old husband and a young wife, is surrounded by a group of warblers and Yanyan every day, and it may not be an unimaginable big problem to agree with a soft ear.

Coupled with Xu Shiyang's shocking victory on the battlefield, it is understandable that he has unrealistic confidence.

Understanding is understanding, but it is absolutely not feasible to be emperor at this time!

"Father, it's good that you have ambitions, but ambitions can't be influenced by women!"

Xu Shiyang said solemnly:

"Even if you can't afford to wait for twenty years, you have to have ten years! In any case, you must not be the emperor now! It's not feasible to be king! If you feel that the Qingzhou Jiedu Envoy is not worthy of the current situation, then I suggest that you take charge of Qi Province as the governor of Qi Province instead. ”

"You go to Quancheng, it used to be a provincial capital, and it is more suitable for the identity of the governor of Qi Province."

Xu Shiyang drew a line for his father, and then didn't say anything more, and left directly in a huff.

Walking out of the gate of the Jiedu Envoy's Mansion, Xu Shiyang suddenly stopped and said to a few guards around him:

"There's definitely something wrong."

"...... the festival, no, all the pro-guards of the Metropolitan Governor will be replaced! Thereafter, one batch will be rotated every six months. ”

"Yes." Xu Shiyang's personal guard agreed.

"Also, send someone to watch carefully to see if anyone has contacted my father recently." Xu Shiyang squinted his eyes and said, "Ascending the throne? How many women really have this ability? There must be someone who wants to persuade him, right? ”

……

Inside the palace of the envoy of the festival.

Xu Muhe shook his head with a wry smile, and said helplessly to a middle-aged man who came out of the inner room with Shi Shiran:

"Mr. Kong, my eldest son does not agree to ascend the throne now."

"The Lord of the Festival." The man bowed to Xu Muhe in a dashing manner: "The father is the son, as the eldest son, it is unfilial piety to disobey the orders of your father." ”

"With the support of my Holy Ancestor Mansion, as long as you ascend the throne as the emperor, the scholars of the world will definitely regard you as Zhengshuo. With the support of the world's readers, why should you be afraid of anything? ”