"Zhao Guo's idea is very good. www.biquge.info In the northeast direction, there are Zhao people and Yan people, and I don't think the problem is too big. Shang Wen looked at the telegram in his hand and said to Meng Yi. This telegram came from Handan, Zhao State, and was sent to him by Li Mu. The telegram was about their plan to encircle the Goguryeo people in the area around Xiangping.

"Hmm. In this way, we don't have to worry too much about the affairs of Yanguo Liaodong, and we can also relax a little more about the development of Liaodong. Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"Hmm." Shang Wen nodded.

"However, there is still a problem that has not been resolved. On the issue of railway labor. This problem is still not well solved. This has severely limited our construction schedule. Shang Wen said worriedly.

"Especially the problem in the Western Regions is extremely serious, I heard that last time, there were already military people involved, and they put all the captured prisoners of war from the Western Regions into the construction of the railway, but this problem is still not well solved." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi. Then motioned for Meng Yi to sit down and talk.

"This question has been very prominent before. Although we have recruited some railway workers from various countries, their treatment is still very cost-effective for our railway companies, and they do not want to work further on the treatment of railway workers, they need cheaper railway workers. Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"Hmm." Shang Wen nodded.

"It's hard to solve this problem." Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"As far as I know, the Qin State no longer has much cheap labor in the Western Regions, especially slaves. Many farmers and ranchers complained that the number of their slaves had decreased a lot, and in this regard, the Qin State could only promote some agricultural machinery to solve this problem. Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"But the problem of the railways cannot be solved. You must know that the issue of railways is directly related to the strategic presence of our Qin State in the Western Regions. Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

"I know that, but the truth is that we can't solve it. The demand is great, but our army is stuck here and can't move. There is simply no way to further develop the Western Regions. This is a problem in many places. Meng Yi said to Shang Wen.

"Hmm. It seems that this issue can only be put on hold for the time being. Shang Wen said to Meng Yi.

Shang Wen and Meng Yi were unable to fundamentally solve the problem of labor in the Western Regions, this problem was a population problem, the Western Regions was a vast and sparsely populated place, the land was very vast, which could solve many agricultural problems, and at the same time, a large number of minerals also made the development of the Qin State very common. But these require a population. Farmers need population. Ranches also need people mainly as well. The exploitation of the minerals also needs a population, because some places can only be solved by people. The bigger problem is the railways. Railway construction requires intensive labor to solve the laying of railways, and railway engineering is very labor-intensive. In general, no one wants to do this kind of work. As a result, there was a shortage of labor everywhere in the Qin state, especially in the Western Regions under construction. But the population of the Western Regions itself cannot be solved.

The mountainous region of the southern Western Regions, known today as Peshawar in the mountains of Afghanistan, was an important transportation gateway to the South Asian continent. The Yueshi tried to open a passage to India here.

"The Yue's people accepted my strategy, they were very clever to besiege that Shatuo City, the Mauryan Empire in the south did not send reinforcements, the Yue's cannons are very sharp, I think, as long as there are enough cannonballs, they can take this important transportation artery on the road to the south." Meng Dong wrote in his notebook.

"However, the population of the Southern Mauryan Dynasty here is relatively larger, at least than the population in the mountainous areas where the Yueshi people live, here, the Yueyan people captured a lot of prisoners of war, they swept away the tribes and villages attached to the Mauryan Dynasty, where the population is relatively dense, in just ten days, they have captured more than 5,000 people, these slaves will be sent to the Qin State, the Qin State needs slaves very much. From the mouth of a Qin merchant who came today, I know where these merchants will send these slaves. Minerals, the construction site of the railway, where a lot of labor is needed, and the price is very fair, I don't know how much, but the Yueshi people are very happy to accept. Meng Dong then wrote.

"The arrival of the merchants of the Qin State has attracted more Yue tribes to gather, and within a few days, three more larger tribes have come here, and they are heading further south. I heard that further south, the Mauryan Empire would have a larger population. I really don't know what the fate of these people will be. Because these damned Yueshi people are equipped with a large number of muskets, artillery, these are important sharp weapons against the Mauryan Empire, making a loud noise, as well as cannons with terrifying killing effects. It will make those damned Mauryan people tremble in horror. Meng Dong introduced.

"It's very simple to say, it's killing. Killing, constant killing, bloody killing caused heavy casualties to the people of the Mauryan Dynasty, many of them surrendered, and the number of slaves captured by the Yueshi people would be more and more. Meng Dong put down the pen in his hand at this time and looked outside the tent. Farther away in his tent, there were hordes of Mauryan prisoners of war, and I am afraid that it would not be long before the Yueshi would get more slaves, because several tribes had already joined forces and planned to attack the city they surrounded, and there were no tribes around, and the villages could provide more population. This has become a population gap, and the Yueshi need to push further south to gain more population. Thinking of this, Meng Dong shook his head helplessly, and he was also helpless about this.

"What's wrong? Old Meng, I haven't rested yet, oh. It turned out to be some reports. Just when Meng Dong picked up the pen in his hand again and recorded it. A lieutenant officer of the Qin Army walked in.

"Oh. Brother Meng, sit down, have you eaten? At this time, Meng Dong handed Brother Meng a biscuit, which was exchanged from the merchants of the Qin State, and the price was some seeds, which were given to them by the Yueshi people after they were seized, because the Qin people like to collect some inconsistencious things, such as battle flags, armor, weapons, and some special works of art. They didn't know that the people of Qin had a museum, and in order to let more people of Qin see the time outside, Qin State deliberately spent some money to buy these things, in order to open the eyes of the people of Qin.

And this biscuit was obtained by them in exchange for some seeds, what kind of thing it was, he didn't know, anyway, they were not used to the food of the Yue's people, so they changed some biscuits if they wanted to change the taste. However, he soon began to like the food of the Yueshi people. Because the biscuit is too dry, it is a compressed biscuit of the Qin military, this kind of biscuit is difficult to swallow without water, and it is too dry and hard in the mouth. If you don't have a good mouth, you won't be able to eat at all.

"I don't eat this thing, I still like to eat rice." Meng Quan refused with a smile. He was a new observer sent by the Qin State. He heard that there was a war going on here, so he came here. didn't expect him to run into Meng Dong, so the two of them lived together.

"Oh, rice? Only the people of the Chu State can eat that thing, and there are also people in the Qin State, but they eat less. We Qin people are still willing to drink mutton soup, eat cakes, or have some steamed cakes, or bread, cheese or something. When did you like to eat rice? At this time, Meng Dong asked curiously.

"I learned this from the prisoners of war of the Mauryan Empire in the south, and they were willing to eat some rice, and not only that, they would not use chopsticks, but would use their hands to grasp and eat. There are some other foods that I saw today. But I still don't understand their language. I can only get a rough idea of what they mean. Meng Quan shook his head and said, lying on his marching bed.

"However, we have to warn the country. These damn Yueshi people treated these prisoners of war as livestock. Meng Quan said at this time.

"They're all dirty. Many people still have untreated diseases, open defecation and drinking water in the camps have been contaminated with their own feces. Many of them are sick. With such drinking water, I think they will definitely die if they can't reach the Qin State. If it is brought into the Qin State, it will be even more dangerous. Meng Quan said worriedly.

"Oh. What you're saying is, I didn't expect that. Meng Dong immediately picked up his record sheet and quickly wrote this article.

"What did you get from which POWs?" Meng Dong asked as he wrote.

"I know that many of the captives we have taken were originally slaves, and I have heard from them that there are many lowly people among them, and these people are untouchable, and they compare themselves to each other. Anyway, I know that they are divided into four class people, and what are the names of these four class people, I really can't say, their tongues are circled. Speak very fast. I couldn't keep up with them. Meng Quan said.

"That's right. Farther south, where the population is larger and there are cities, and farther south, the territory is even wider. Meng Quan said.

"But some of them, maybe some languages. It's those bald people, and their understanding is very high. They seem to be some monks. These people have seen them when they were in northern Xinjiang. Meng Quan said at this time.

"Oh." Meng Dong looked back at Meng Quan curiously.

"They have a religion that they promote all the time. I can't say what it is. Anyway, these people are very talented, and many of them will slowly become familiar with our language, but unfortunately. Those Heavenly Killer Yueclan people, after discovering them, actually killed them all. Damn it. Meng Quan said angrily.

"Huh. There is no way, these people are too demagogic. The Yueshi people are also right to do this, not only that, these people also don't do anything. That's all there is to it. Meng Dong said helplessly.

"I think that our next step should be to find a few people who understand our words with us, otherwise if we continue like this, we will not know anything, which is very unfavorable to us." Meng Quan said while lying on the marching bed.

"Good. It's up to you to plan all this, who made you have a talent for language, I have no interest in the language of these southerners of the Mauryan Empire, and I can't understand it. I don't bother to pay attention to what they mean. Saying that, Meng Dong rewrote his report. This report contains a detailed account of what he saw and heard here. It would be a good idea to provide some valuable information to the above. It would be best if it could be taken seriously.

"Old Meng, what do you think of this?" At this time, Meng Quan asked Meng Dong.

"My opinion?" At this time, Meng Dong asked Meng Quan.

"Yes, what do you think, those people of the Peacock Empire in the south, and the people of the Yue Clan, what do you think, I want to hear your opinion." Meng Quan said.

"My opinion is that if the Yueshi want to gain more population, they have to increase their troops. You've seen it these days, too. There are still relatively few people from the Yue Clan, so it would be nice if we could come here from the Qin Kingdom. In this way, we can also participate in the affairs of this place, I feel that if the Yueshi people continue to do this, our Qin people's influence here will be relatively small, if the Yueshi people continue to win here, especially, as you can see, the people in the land here have been driven or become slaves. I think it won't be long before the Yue's people will become the masters here, which is not very good for the future strategic pattern of our Qin State. Meng Dong said worriedly.

"Hehe, you thought of a piece. However, I think that there must be a new solution above, and this solution is to build the railway, and as long as the railway is repaired here, the problem can basically be solved. Meng Quan said.

"As for the strength of the Qin army. The problem is huge. Meng Quan said at this time.

"Yes, I think so too, this problem is very big, our Qin army is responsible for a lot of territorial defense and security, and now there is a serious shortage of troops, so it is impossible for us to have a great influence here." Meng Dong said to Meng Quan.

"Hehe, I have a solution." Meng Quan said with a smile at this time.

"Oh. Do you have a solution? Let's hear it. Meng Dong put down the pen in his hand and said.

"My solution is to recruit locals for my use. Our Qin army only needs to send a small number of troops. Then among these prisoners of war, we will recruit the locals as soldiers and let them fight with us, so that our strength problem can be solved, and at the same time they can get an understanding of the local superior resources. To know. We really don't know much about these people, and if we were to fight them rashly, we would lose a lot, and although we seem to be strong now, I am afraid that it will be difficult for us to have a lot of influence in the local area without the guidance of the locals. Meng Quan said.

"With the support of the locals, we will be able to speed up a lot." Meng Quan said with a smile.

"Hmm." Meng Dong nodded.

"What you're talking about isn't a solution. Locals fight locals. In this way, a lot of disadvantages are solved. Meng Dong said at this time.

"And it can also solve the problem of insufficient troops of the Qin army to a large extent, you know, if you want to do it, it is impossible to send a large number of troops. With their support, we can solve a lot of problems. Meng Quan said.

"Hmm. That's right. I also endorse your approach. Saying that, Meng Dong wrote this method into his report, and if it can be implemented, it will have a great influence on them.

And on the Indochina Peninsula, the Chu people in a Chu settlement also thought of such a solution.

"These natives, very cunning, close to the natives of our territory, we already know their habits, so we can easily defeat them, but deep in the dense forest, we have no way to defeat them, the terrain is unfamiliar, and there are all kinds of natural conditions, we really can't catch these natives as slaves." A middle-aged man from the Chu State said with a musket on his back.

"You have a point." An old man sat on a big rock at this time and said. Here is already on the periphery of their settlement. It's already very safe here.

"It's just, how do we solve this?" The old man said with some embarrassment.

"Uncle Huang. I have a solution. The middle-aged man stepped forward at this time and said.

"Oh. Tell me about it, nephew. The old man said a little anxiously. With the deteriorating political and economic environment in Chu, many Chu people began to go to the south to reclaim wasteland and gather Chu's colonies, but with more and more land reclamation, many Chu people wanted their own piece of land, rather than renting other people's land, which led to a serious lack of population in the embryonic colonies of Chu.

On the one hand, the people of Chu desperately immigrated, expanded the land, and established one settlement after another, but these settlements were sparsely populated, and their land was reclaimed a lot, so that there was more land. The population is smaller. Such a contradiction can no longer further expand grain production. This made many of the Chu people in the settlements anxious, but they also had their own solution, which was to loot the natives in their vicinity, capture them as slaves, and reclaim wasteland, which was better at first, and their land quickly expanded. But then, the slaves were exhausted to death by their increasing amount of labor, and many Chu people had a persistent pursuit of land, believing that the more land the better, which led to them increasing the amount of land, but the population did not increase. The imbalance between population and land is even more acute. In order to solve this problem, settlements began to reach out to the indigenous tribes in the interior, trying to strengthen their settlements by robbing the population, but the consequence of this was that they rashly went deeper, lost some of the population, and they were unable to get the slaves they wanted.

"We let the locals fight the locals, the pirates, and the crew, and the young people in our village are already good leaders, but in desperation, these natives have a geographical advantage, they can hide, we don't know where they are hiding. And there are many poisonous snakes and miasma in many places, and we don't know where or how to avoid them, but they do. It's very bad for us, we've already lost a lot of people. It can't go on like this. The middle-aged man said.

"That's right." The old man said.

"If we can use the locals, the locals still need our things to live, like some salt, some bowls, cans, etc., they all need it." The middle-aged man said.

"Let's exchange these things, let them fight the locals, become prisoners of war, and exchange with us, so that we don't have to send troops to fight them, looking for them everywhere in this forest, we really can't find them, they will release poisoned arrows for a while, and spit poison needles for you for a while. If it goes on like this, it's too bad for us. The middle-aged man said.

"It's a good idea for locals to beat locals." The old man said.

"In this way, we can solve the slave problem very cheaply by spending more things, which is good. Very good. The old man laughed excitedly. Along the way, they were very tired of catching the local natives, and they had not caught the natives along the way, on the contrary, some of them were injured for this, so to speak, they made a loss-making deal very cost-effectively. Such losses mainly come from their unfamiliarity with the local area, and such things are difficult to change in a short time, and the only way is to use locals to fight locals, because only locals can know what they think.

"Besides, Uncle Huang, we already have enough land. If we continue to grow food, we won't be able to eat so much. The middle-aged man continued.

"Hey, the more food you have, the better. We came here, but we were not less hungry, my old man, and now I am afraid. The old man shook his head and waved his hand to refuse.

"No, that's not what I meant, let's continue to grow this grain." The middle-aged man said at this time.

"However, in addition to growing food, we should also grow something that can make money, I heard that some settlements in the north, they grow sugarcane, this thing, squeeze out sugar, can bring money, we blindly grow food, can not sell much, if there is sugarcane, they can have sugar, with sugar, they can sell money, with money, we can buy more things, otherwise, we are still very poor, and those things we buy, and the locals, all need money, without money, we can't do anything." We don't have any money, we just have enough to eat, and we're still poor. The middle-aged man persuaded at this time.

"Oh." The old man stopped and thought about it at this time.

"You, you're right, we're full. It's still very poor. The old man said.

"This doll is an adult. I have to marry a wife and have children, which is not a small cost. It does take money, and I think it's a good choice to grow some sugar cane and have sugar. The old man said at this time.