Leaving Ri Ben, Ming Jian took three women and Yue Yun with him, and the load almost exceeded the standard.

The army was all left in Riben, which was the basis for maintaining his rule, and with the loyalty of the Jinyi Wei and the kings of those Riben vassal states, this Riben was his own.

In the cabin, Miko Sasaki looked relieved, she didn't expect that she could become the concubine of the Great Song Emperor, although she still has some attachment to Ri Ben, but she thinks that her choice is not wrong.

Gillian and Asa lay on the glass like children, looking at the ocean below the plane, chattering about something.

Yue Yun sat a few more times, and he also developed immunity, so he was not so excited.

After Ming Jian adjusted his direction and speed, he began to close his eyes and began to think about his next plan.

Sooner or later, the development of the Great Song Dynasty will lead to excess productivity, surplus materials, and a few more dumping places for commodities, which is absolutely necessary.

One is stupid, the other is begging for the country, and there are still some shortcomings.

The next step is to think about the Western Regions. The Hexi Corridor is already the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, and the Western Regions are no longer so unfamiliar.

Moreover, having laid such a large territory, Ming Jian felt that the current military target only needed to be aimed at the Jin State, and the others had to be digested step by step.

"Since you have occupied the Western Regions, don't let go, through the Western Regions, sell the materials of the Great Song Dynasty to Central Asia and Europe, and this place is decided!" Ming Jian secretly made up his mind in his heart.

The plane stopped in Liuqiu for a short time, and after Ming Jian listened to the report of Wang Gang, the general of the Song army, he felt that there was no obstacle to the development of Liuqiu, so he immediately took off again, and in the evening, he flew to Jiangning.

After cleaning up, Ming Jian immediately called Han Shizhong over.

"Jiang Ninghou, have all the immigrants sent from Riben been arranged?" Ming Jian asked.

Han Shizhong is now not only the commander-in-chief of Jiangning, but also in charge of shipping.

Han Shizhong hurriedly said: "If you go back to the official's house, these stupid women have been arranged, 500,000 have been arranged in the entire Jiangnan region, 500,000 in Huainan, Huaibei, and Qilu, one million in the Central Plains, and another 1 million in the southwest." ”

Ming Jian nodded and said: "That's it, go to the one million in the southwest, arrange for them to go to the Western Regions, I am ready to attack the Western Regions, and completely incorporate that region into the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, these stupid women worship the Great Song Dynasty very much, I think they should be able to accept it, everyone will be able to pay an extra five taels of silver, I plan to implement a new policy in the Western Regions, these women may be my helpers." ”

Han Shizhong said: "The minister obeys the order. ”

"By the way, how's the construction of ironclad ships? How many have you made? Ming Jian asked again.

Now that shipping is becoming more and more important, Ming Jian does not plan to use wooden ships, or ironclad ships are more durable, albeit at a high cost.

Han Shizhong said: "If you go back to the official's house, the minister has asked the Jiangning Shipyard to rush to build it day and night, and now it has built a hundred 500-tonnage medium-sized ironclad ships, ten 1,000-tonnage large ironclad ships, and three hundred small ironclad ships, all of which have passed the test and can be launched." ”

"That's good, put it into full use, sell supplies to the Japanese and Liuqiu countries, and send a fleet to the South Seas, our maritime trade must be carried out, so that we can have more money to build ironclad ships. By the way, send some small ironclad ships to the northeast for a sea trial, and by the way, find out the strength of the Jin people at sea. Ming Jian said.

Han Shizhong said: "The minister obeys the order, and the minister will go to discuss with the governor of Jiang ~ Su and prepare the materials." ”

Han Shizhong was very depressed, Ming Jian always arranged for him to do some civil affairs and let him do something on his behalf, but in fact, there was no way to carry out his own work, he was thinking about attacking Jin by sea, not about selling things.

The news from the island country made Han Shizhong even more depressed, those shrimp soldiers and shrimp generals were actually crowned princes and kings, how could he be embarrassed by this military genius?

Fortunately, I finally heard some good news today, since we want to investigate the sea situation of the Jin people, it means that the war is not far away.

Only by establishing miraculous feats can Han Shizhong feel that he can become a king!

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Early the next morning, after Ming Jian arranged for someone to send Miko Sasaki and the three of them to Bianjing City, he took Yue Yun and flew to the Western Regions again.

Along the way, Ming Jian stopped and stopped, and inspected the economic development along the way, the situation in the south of the Yangtze River and the Central Plains is very good, and the western region is indeed a little worse, especially the original Western Xia territory, which is limited by geographical conditions, and the economic development is relatively slow.

Population growth is also slow, and the main industries here are agriculture and animal husbandry.

However, the Hexi Corridor has been well utilized, and caravans from all over the country have come and gone frequently in the Hexi Corridor, which has made the development of the western region still see hope.

In addition to Yumen Pass, they entered the Western Regions Province, a province marked in advance by Ming Jian on the map, a desolate scene.

The war has greatly reduced the population of this region, and many of the local aborigines have fled to Central Asia, while the Han Chinese, although some have escaped, are still unable to make ends meet.

The main reason is that the policy of the Western Regions has not come out, and the people's hearts are unstable.

"Ying Xiang, you see that a large area of land down here belongs to our Great Song Dynasty, but unfortunately, the population is too small, and in the short term, I am afraid it will be difficult to develop." Ming Jian pointed to the bottom of the plane and sighed.

Yue Yunleng said: "Official, this matter is not clear to the young general, the young general is okay to fight, and the young general does not know anything about this." ”

Ming Jian smiled: "Hehe, you kid, you don't know how to decorate anything else in your head?" Just fighting, and no one will govern after the fight, so aren't you fighting in vain? Ying Xiang, you have to study more in the future, but don't always think about war. ”

Yue Yun muttered: "What's the point of reading, there are so many literati in the Great Song Dynasty, and I am not one of them." ”

Seeing this, Ming Jian also knew that there was no way to take Yue Yun.

The plane arrived in Gaochang City, and after putting it away, Ming Jian entered the former palace.

Wang Gui, who got the news, hurriedly ran over, and after saluting, Ming Jian immediately asked: "King of the West Sea, you have given me another surprise this time, such a big Western Regions actually let you fight down with thousands of men and horses, how has it been in the past few months?" ”

Wang Gui hurriedly said: "If you go back to the official's house, everything is fine, those princes and nobles are all entertained with good food and drink, but they are not allowed to go out for activities, the Khitans sent 2,000 men and horses to assist our Great Song Dynasty in governing the Western Regions, and the ministers gave them a piece of pasture and allowed their herdsmen to graze." The minister was worried about the invasion of Khorezm and the Turks, so he gave the Khitans this opportunity, I don't know what the official's opinion is? ”

Ming Jian nodded and said, "The Khitans are now our allies, and this matter can be continued." However, we must send people to keep an eye on them secretly, and they are not allowed to interfere in the government affairs of the Western Regions. ”

Wang Gui said: "The minister obeys the order." ”

"I have decided to give a million Riben women to the Western Regions, you send someone to meet them, and then hand them over to the governor of the Western Regions, and tell him to use these women to attract Han people and others to settle in the Western Regions,"

Ming Jian said.

Wang Gui listened, and said with great joy: "The minister obeys the order, in this way, the Western Regions will not be worried about attracting people, but the Western Regions are vast, and this million people may not be able to fill much, although the minister is a military general, he can't make any good suggestions, but the minister has an idea in his heart, and wants to tell the official family." ”

Ming Jian smiled: "Say it." ”

Wang Gui hurriedly said: "Official, can we carve out a region, first develop this area, anyway, this development is not a matter of one or two years, the previous Silk Road, can be used as the development direction of our Great Song Dynasty, along this road, the population will be arranged nearby, the commercial market will be greatly developed, and the pastures and farms will be developed, so that manpower and material resources can be saved, and the Western Regions can be developed, right?" ”

Ming Jian listened to Wang Gui's words, and couldn't help but praise him: "King of the West Sea, your suggestion is good, it seems that during this time, you have turned over a lot of information." This suggestion is good, you go and tell the governor of the Western Regions, and you will do what you have in mind. The topography of the Silk Road was first investigated, a map was drawn, and then construction was carried out according to the map. ”

Wang Gui said: "The minister obeys the order." ”