Hearing that Pang Tong was going to lead the army to colonize overseas, several generals and strategists were going to rush there, Pang Tong said: "Speaking of going to find trees, none of you are willing to go, and now I hear that you want to colonize, so you are energetic?" I'm sorry, I've already asked for my life, so don't fight with me. ”

Liu Xie also said: "Let's go with Pang Tong, Shiyuan, after you go back, write a detailed plan to me, about how many people you need to bring with you for this voyage colonization, some people, those generals, and how many warships, what materials, how many materials, you have to write clearly, so that you can carry out a complete plan." ”

Pang Tong said: "Yes, Your Majesty, but Weichen still has some ideas." ”

Liu Xie said: "It's good to have an idea, you can say it." ”

Pang Tong walked out of his seat, came to the map, pointed to the map, and said: "Your Majesty, you see that there is an ocean between us and South America, the north of South America is North America, and North America is further north and west to the ice field, and the ice field is Lengzhou, Gaozhou ......."

Lengju was the sixteenth state of the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is the northeast of today's country and a little north, and Gaoju was the fifteenth state of the East China Sea, which is the present-day Goryeo Peninsula.

And listen to Pang Tong continued: "So Weichen has a bold idea, this voyage to the other side of the ocean, our fleet can be divided into two teams, one team along the coast of the mainland all the way to the north, through here, and then through the coast of North America to the south, to South America, or can directly reclaim overseas along the way." ”

Liu Xie nodded and said: "Shiyuan's idea is good, it's a good plan, the second team, isn't it just sailing over and going to South America?" ”

Pang Tong said: "Exactly." ”

Liu Xie knew that in this era, whether it was North America or South America, it was still a wilderness, and Indians and other indigenous people lived there.

Lu Su, the former Eastern Wu strategist, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Weichen is willing to contribute to another voyage, whether it is along the coastline or directly crossing. ”

Liu Xie looked at Lu Su, then at Pang Tong, and said: "Zijing was born in Dongwu and is familiar with water, so I think it is more suitable for you to cross." Shiyuan, you're from Jingxiang, and the water is a little poor, so I think it's better for you to sail along the coastline. ”

Pang Tong glanced at Lu Su and said helplessly: "Okay then." ”

Liu Xie said: "Since the two of you are sailing, you must write a report, you must be detailed, and give you three days to write this report and hand it over to me." ”

After the explanation, Liu Xie reiterated here: "This court meeting is confidential, and I hope you will not leak it." ”

Later, they discussed the matter of opening up the territory, the so-called expansion of the territory, which refers to the collection of the surrounding small countries, tribes and ethnic groups into the territory of the Han Dynasty, so that the territory of the Han Dynasty tends to be more complete.

Liu Xie has realized that if he wants to complete the No. 2 system task, he must start the system task in advance to scare other sub-tasks.

Now only one piece of land has been conquered overseas, that is, Waren Island, which is now the fourteenth state of the Eastern Han Dynasty: Wazhou.

Only Dongyi was subdued in the surrounding area, and Dongyi included nine counties in two states: Samhan, Baekje, Silla, Goguryeo, Buyu, Julou, and Wofu.

There are many other places in the surrounding area that have not been subdued, including Beidi, Xirong, Nanban, Zhuya, Yizhou and Wanli Shitang.

Liu Xie stood in front of the list of Kyushu, thinking, he was thinking about where to start next, these places that have not yet been sinicized.

If you want to subdue the surrounding areas and return to the king, it is not enough to conquer by force alone, you must spread and colonize culture, so as to make the subdued places more stable.

Since it is colonization, it is inseparable from one issue: population.

Under the population plan vigorously advocated by Liu Xie, the current Dahan has a population of more than 60 million, but it is far from enough to meet Liu Xie's goal. In this era, not to mention that there are few people in the Eastern Han Dynasty, there are not many people in the whole world, and if you want the Han Dynasty to dominate the world, you must develop the population.

Realizing the importance of this issue again, Liu Xie turned around and said to the ministers: "Population plan, we must vigorously develop the population, the current population is far from enough!" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "According to the latest statistics, the total population of the thirteen states of Dahan is about 63 million. ”

Liu Xie shook his head and said, "It's far from enough, this treasure I found in the Northern Dragon Valley this time, once it is developed, hum...... Sixty million people is simply not enough, far from enough. ”

Zhuge Liang asked, "Then how many people does Your Majesty need?" ”

Liu Xie said: "It must reach ten times the population of the first place. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "That's 60,000? Oh my God, so many people! Can the grain be eaten? ”

Liu Xie smiled secretly, in the era he traveled over, there were 7.3 billion people in the world, and they couldn't eat food, and Zhuge Liang was worried that there would be no food to eat.

Liu Xie said with a smile: "Kong Ming, your worries are a little too much, once my treasure is developed, new technology will be developed quickly, and then there will be mechanized farm planting, not to mention 600 million people, even 6 billion people will have enough food to eat!" ”

"So from now on," Liu Xie said, "we have to step up our population planning, so starting next year, I've decided to increase the fertility incentives." Through the registered Dahan people, before the age of eighteen, boys can receive a court subsidy of one or two silver per month. ”

As soon as he said this, there was an uproar in the court.

Liu Xie asked: "What's the matter, is it too little?" ”

Zhuge Liang said: "Your Majesty, a population of 63 million, not including the newly acquired Wazhou, Dongzhou and Lengzhou, the population under the age of 18 is about 10 million, this person has a tael of silver a month, that is 10 million taels, and a year is 12,000 taels!" ”

Liu Xie shook his head and said with a smile: "No, Kong Ming, it's more than that. In order to reward the birth of a girl, the court subsidy for girls is two taels per month. ”

Above the court, everyone was even more surprised, it would be a lot of expenses.

Zhuge Liang said: "But ......"

Liu Xie said: "I understand, you may be worried that the treasury will not be able to keep up. You must understand that only industry can revitalize our Han family, and the proportion of agriculture will gradually decrease in the future. As long as we wait for the development of electricity, I will become richer and richer in the future! The silver will not be the same at all. ”

Zhuge Liang said: "But now I can't take out so much money to subsidize the children of Hermes-Epitek." ”

Liu Xie said: "It doesn't matter, starting from the first day of the first month of next year, only newborns can enjoy this welfare treatment." Once this policy is implemented, there will be a wave of fertility climax, and I want this effect, and I want more people to serve the Han. Of course, there may be inflation, which must also be taken into account. Ladies and gentlemen, how can we do it without a little pressure? Minister of the Interior, you will find a way to make money for me, and the generals and strategists will follow me to expand the territory. ”

(End of chapter)