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Lu Ren's words made Shi Xie breathe a sigh of relief, and then bowed to Lu Ren; And Lu Ren himself also knows that he can't chase Shixie too fiercely, otherwise once there is a backfire, I am afraid that it will be difficult to clean up the matter. Therefore, Lu Ren and Shi Xie can be said to say goodbye to each other in a very harmonious atmosphere, and they will have a good talk here after three days.

Not to mention how Shi Xie took a group of people back to discuss, Lu Ren returned to Guangzhou with a group of his own people, and told Liu Ye and Deng Ai, who stayed in Guangzhou just in case, about the conversation with Shi Xie, whether it was Liu Ye, Deng Ai and Minchan, they didn't understand why Lu Ren suddenly had the idea of sending the protons sent by Shi Xie to Brunei.

Lu Ren had already prepared for this, and explained to a few people with a smile while holding a wine glass: "You must not think that I am full and have nothing to do to send a piece of land to Shixie." Let's put it this way, we currently have four areas that can be called the core areas of Yizhou, Quanzhou, Guangzhou, and Zhuya, but correspondingly, our personnel and labor are quite tight. In addition, we have areas such as Jeju Island, Wado Island, and Luzon to take care of, and the personnel and labor situation is even tighter. In addition to these, we still have several business points to take care of, such as Youbeiping, Nanpi, Xuzhou, and Wujun, which one can relax for half a point? ”

Pouring down a glass of wine by himself, Lu Ren continued: "In general, our line is too long, and there are too many places to take care of, but our personnel and labor have not been able to keep up. Yizhou itself is easy to say, how can it be said that there are already 300,000 people now, but how much is Quanzhou? Less than 50,000! Because Guangzhou is the main stronghold for Jingzhou refugees, the situation is slightly better, but it is only about 70,000. I won't talk about it on the other side of Zhuya, it's just 10,000 people. Tell me, what do you do with just that little population and labor? ”

These words made Liu Ye frown. In fact, strictly speaking, the number of 300,000 in Yizhou was not small at that time, and there were 60,000 households based on a family of five. At that time, the average county, and it was still a large county, at best, was only about 10,000 households, with a population of 50,000 or 60,000.

But as Tong Lu Ren pointed out, Lu Ren's battle line was a bit long. According to the route of Zhuya, Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Yizhou, the sea distance in a straight line is more than 1,000 kilometers, and although Guangzhou and Quanzhou are in good construction, they are at best the scale of a large county. Coupled with some things that Zhuya, Guangzhou, and Quanzhou themselves have to do, the existing population figures of these three places are indeed too lacking.

And the displaced people who have settled in Yizhou, you can't let them move back to places like Guangzhou, right? If that were to happen, it would be easy to provoke a popular uprising, and it would be ...... Yizhou has to do the most kinds of things, and with the current 300,000, Lu Ren still feels that it is not enough.

After a pause, Liu Ye asked Lu Ren, "What is the general's intention to send the protons sent by Shixie to Brunei?" ”

Lu Ren shrugged his shoulders: "To put it bluntly, it's actually very simple, that is, let the Jiaozhou Shijia take a group of Jiaozhou people to Brunei to help us carry out development work in Brunei." Ziyang, you should understand that although Shixie is not very good, after all, the Shi family has been governing in Jiaozhou for many years, and the people of Jiaozhou always have some confidence in the Shi family. It is better for them to take a group of people to Brunei than for us to take a group of people captive in Jiaozhou and send them to Brunei, and then force these people to do this and that in Brunei, right? The difference between active development and passive labor is very large. ”

Deng Ai thought for a while and said: "But master, Brunei is located in the middle of the South Sea Spice Islands, geographically speaking, if Brunei is managed properly, it is likely to spread out and then control the entire Spice Islands, is it a mistake for the master to do this?" ”

Lu Ren turned around and smiled at Deng Ai and said, "Shizai, do you know that I almost wanted to give him Malacca?" ”

"Malacca? How can that give!? ”

Deng Ai and Liu Ye were stunned, but they saw Lu Ren close his eyes and slowly muttered, "Didn't I say it just now, was it an idea that I came up with on a temporary basis?" The words were all on my lips, and I thought about it and took it back. The geographical location of Malacca is too important, it can be said that it is an important gateway for our trade and coastal defense with India and the Arab region, in case of any accident, not only the maritime trade route will be blocked, but also the spice islands will also fall into crisis, so I changed my mind to give Brunei to the Shijia. As you know, the Spice Islands are the ones I focus on the most, Malacca, and the rest of the world is just normal. ”

Liu Ye said: "Having said that, I still can't figure out why the general handed over Brunei to the Shi family. ”

Lu Ren said: "Actually, it's very simple, I give Brunei to them, just let them divide the land and defend themselves." Moreover, the Shi family is also as business-oriented as me, and I can save a lot of things by having them help me develop Brunei. The most important thing is that Shi Xie is an old scholar, and his mind is full of ideas about how to use the metaphors of sages to educate the world, which is actually very important to me. ”

Lu Ren actually didn't say something here, that is, Shixie and his children are both traditional scholars, and they belong to the standard Chinese lineage in terms of humanistic concepts and ideological inheritance. Dividing such a group of people to Brunei, whether they take the route of keeping to themselves or taking the route of ambitious expansion, can spread the cultural influence of the Chinese family.

In Lu Ren's view, Zheng He also did this when he went to the West, but one was that the Ming Dynasty's seclusion made Zheng He's personnel in the Nanyang region unable to get support in the later period, and the other was that the power in Europe had extended at that time, so that those who stayed behind by Zheng He were greatly impacted, and even Yizhou was occupied by the Dutch more than two hundred years later.

Now that I have thrown a seed of the first line of China to the center of the South Seas many years in advance, I can give appropriate support here, and there is no threat or influence from the outside world, so that this seed can grow up with peace of mind. If this seed grows over time...... Hehe, do you know what is the sense of identity in cultural inheritance? And at this point, Lu Ren even hopes that the people who are thrown to Brunei will be expansive.

"As for the concern that the Spice Islands may be endangered by the Shi family......

Smiling and looking at Liu Ye and Deng Ai again, Lu Ren showed a very sinister smile on his face: "You might as well think about it, I threw the children of the Shi family to Brunei, which is surrounded by the sea, and it seems that it is not easy to attack, but the same sea is also a cage for them." All I will offer them is help in agriculture, crafts, and commerce, and I will not really offer them a single thing about the voyage, but I will only buy them some merchant ships for trade at a cheap price.

"If they dare to have any different intentions, they will find that if they want to expand outward, they must have sea supremacy, and if they want to have sea supremacy, they must have the corresponding shipbuilding capability and naval warfare capability. In other words, for at least a few decades, this sea power has been firmly in our hands. It's not cost-effective for us to fight with them, but if it is to fight with us...... Hehe, I don't need to say more about this, right? In short, with this as a premise, it will be fine for me to throw the children of the Shi family to Brunei for a long time, but if I leave them on the territory of the mainland, I am afraid that there will be hidden dangers. ”

Liu Ye is a smart person, he pondered for a while and then understood, nodded and said: "General Gaojian, I am convinced!" ”

Deng Ai on the side also figured out some things, and a sudden look appeared on his face, and he couldn't stop nodding to Lu Ren. As for Minchan, who is also in the seat...... She doesn't think much about it.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Lu Ren asked Minchan to go back to rest first, and let Deng Ai go to work on things here in Guangzhou, and he called Liu Ye and said: "Ziyang will accompany me for a walk in the city, and we will talk while walking on the way." ”

The two went out and rode their horses together, Lu Ren looked at the scene in the city, and said to Liu Ye again: "Seriously, I didn't think about killing the Jiaozhou Shijia at all, Shixie must have a clear name in the world, if I kill him, I will easily fall into a bad name, if he didn't propose to negotiate with me this time, the result made me come up with such an idea of throwing the children of the Shijia to Brunei, I think I will be at most at peace with Shixie."

"Now that I think about it carefully, with Shi Xie's style of doing things, it is ugly to say that he is just a local wealthy family with an official position. is similar to Liu Biao in the past, just trying to defend himself without thinking of making progress. Ziyang, you might as well think about it, we actually just fought a big victory, and Shi Xie hurriedly sent someone to give gifts to negotiate peace, such a person can avoid the war, and unexpectedly get a piece of territory from me that will not be war...... If I'm not mistaken, as long as the political affairs of the Shixie family improve a little, so that Shixie can taste some sweetness, maybe they will be grateful to me or something. ”

Liu Ye's face became very weird, and he moved his mouth a few times but didn't speak, as if it was not good to say it in front of Lu Ren.

Lu Ren smiled: "Does Ziyang want to say that I am sinister?" It doesn't matter, in these times, I can't do things that are sometimes insidious. ”

Liu Ye was told by Lu Ren, smiled and arched his hand to Lu Ren embarrassedly.

Lu Ren shook his head slightly, and then said with a smile: "In fact, from a practical point of view, Brunei is blocked by the sea, the migration of the population is not easy, and the local indigenous people have not yet been civilized, even if the children of the Shi family want to do something to me, it is simply impossible to raise the population for decades to increase the army, this is the reason why I can really throw the Shi family to Brunei with peace of mind......" (To be continued. )