Wen ...... Venda, you ...... You don't want to move some people from the Central Plains overseas like you did when you immigrated to Taiwan, do you? "Zhang Kuang and the three of them are not stupid people, so they naturally quickly guessed what Zhou Chong meant by 'another way'.

"Hehe, although my Ming Dynasty has a vast territory, but the population is also very large, so that the land per capita is not much, coupled with the serious problem of land annexation, especially in these years, natural disasters have continued, and countless victims are forced to be displaced every year, in other words, the land of Daming is no longer enough to feed so many people, so the only thing that can solve this problem is to expand outward, in order to add more land, it just happens that there are many terra nullius overseas, especially in Nanyang and other places, although the climate is hot, but most of them are rich in products, so in the future, every year of famine, my Ming will move people outward, anyway, I have at least hundreds of millions of people in the Ming Dynasty, so many people only nest in the current land of the Ming Dynasty, it is really a waste! Zhou Zhong also said with a smile.

If you want to solve the problem of land annexation on a fixed land, this is almost an unsolvable problem, otherwise there are so many dynasties in history, and countless talented people have emerged in each dynasty, but unfortunately none of them have succeeded, at most it is to alleviate the problem of land annexation. Zhou Zhong comes from later generations, compared to those talented people in history, he has an unparalleled broad vision, since it can't be solved in the land of the Ming Dynasty, then simply solve it on the land of others, anyway, now Europe has opened the era of great colonization, at this time if the Ming Dynasty does not intervene, I am really sorry for my crossing.

"Venda. Are you sure you want to solve the problem of land annexation by moving people? And I have so many people in the Ming Dynasty. Is there so much land overseas for our people to relocate? Zheng Jing said a little incredulously at this time. After all, he is an orthodox reader, and he is still a little unable to adapt to Zhou Chong's novel and advanced concept.

"Brother Minglun, if you want to completely solve the land annexation, it is not that there is no other way, but with the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, moving outward is the best and most suitable way, as for the overseas land, you don't have to worry, just one Nanyang Islands, even if you move all the population of our Ming Dynasty. can also feed, not to mention that in the extreme east of the sea, there are two vast continents, each land is much larger than the Ming Dynasty, and there is a sparse population, the Spaniards in Europe have begun to immigrate on those two continents, although my Ming is a little far away from there, but as long as I give me a few years, I will definitely be able to find a channel to those two continents, and then as long as I occupy there. Then I will no longer have to worry about the land! Zhou Zhong said very confidently.

Just one Nanyang is enough for the Ming Dynasty to immigrate for decades, not to mention the distant North and South Americas. Even if necessary, even Australia can be added, anyway, those places are now terra nullius, most places don't even have countries, rather than cheapen Europeans, it is better to let the Ming use it to solve the problem of domestic land annexation.

"This ...... Is there a land in this world that is even broader than the Ming Dynasty? Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing asked rhetorically almost in unison, with a somewhat skeptical look on their faces, and even Li Zheng, who believed in Zhou Zhong the most, had a little doubt in his eyes.

Whether it is Zheng Jing or Zhang Kuang, surrounded by Li Zheng, who has been well-informed in business for generations, their understanding of overseas is far from being comparable to Zhou Chong, although they have lived by the sea for generations, and they also know that the sea trade can bring huge profits to the Ming Dynasty, but they have always believed that the Central Plains is the center of the world, and it is also the richest place in the world, so they don't care much about overseas land, even if Zheng Jing and Zhang Guo have been to Taiwan and seen the richness of Taiwan with their own eyes, but they still feel that Taiwan is on the edge of the Ming Dynasty. It is also considered the territory of the Ming Dynasty, so I feel that Taiwan's richness is also a matter of course in my heart.

Regarding the suspicion of Zheng Jing and the others, Zhou Zhong smiled and said: "Brother Minglun, as the saying goes, hearing is false, seeing is believing, those two continents have already been discovered by Europeans, and among some of the priests of European craftsmen under my command, many people have been there in person, even the corn and sweet potatoes I dedicated to the imperial court, and even the peppers grown at my home are obtained from those two continents, so you don't have to doubt the authenticity of those two continents." ”

Hearing that high-yield crops such as corn and sweet potatoes were also found from the two continents in the east, this made Zheng Jing and the three of them dispel their suspicions, after all, Zhou Zhong had witnesses in his hands, and now corn and sweet potatoes were physical evidence, so it was naturally impossible to deceive himself about this kind of thing.

Thinking that there is a vast land outside waiting for the people of the Ming Dynasty to reclaim, this makes Zheng Jing and the three of them feel a little enthusiastic for a while, even if a big landlord like Zhang Kuang knows that the migration of the people from the Dao is harmful to his family, but as a scholar who takes the governance of the Qi family as his own responsibility, he also insists that he can bring happiness to the people of the world, and some small sacrifices made by his family are nothing.

Taking advantage of the excitement of Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing, Zhou Chong suddenly smiled and arched his hand: "Brother Minglun, Brother Fang Shi, now the great tomorrow disasters and man-made disasters continue, land annexation is becoming more and more serious, and the people's lives are miserable. ”

Zhou Zhong took the initiative to say that he wanted to invite Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing to be officials, which made the two of them also very moved, and at the same time looked at Li Zheng next to him, and he didn't have to guess to know that Li Zheng must have told Zhou Zhong about their ambitions, so he took the initiative to ask them to be helpers.

"Wenda, I think you have learned from the shrike about my and Brother Minglun's ambitions, after seeing those victims on the way to the exam, Brother Minglun and I couldn't sleep at night, always thinking about what to do for those victims, but our ability is limited, even if we exchange all the money on our bodies for food, we can't save a few people, plus after the failure of the imperial examination, Brother Minglun and I feel that instead of wasting time to study hard, it is better to do more practical things while we are young, even if we are a small official, we can also do something within our power for those disaster victims!" Zhang Jing said in a deep voice, and for his words, Zheng Jing next to him also nodded in agreement.

It can be seen that when I saw the migrated victims on the road, Zhang Jing and Zheng Jing were greatly touched, and even their outlook on life changed, and now they want to do something practical for the victims, this change is really a good thing in Zhou Chong's view, after all, most of the readers in this era are buried in the book, but they don't care about what happens around them, and they don't even understand the world.

"Good! Since the two brothers are willing to help me, then the three of us will join forces to make a career for the world to see! Zhou Zhong is also very confident, although Zhang Jing and Zheng Jing are still only two scholars, and they do not have any experience in governance, but they are still young, as long as they are given a few years of experience, they will definitely be able to become their good assistants in the future.

However, as soon as Zhou Chong's words fell, he heard Li Zheng next to him say with some dissatisfaction: "Don't just talk about yourself, after I am admitted to the Jinshi, I will not take the Jinshi of that Laoshizi, and then I will go to Wenda to be an official with Brother Minglun and Brother Fang Shi, I don't want to miss such a famous thing!" ”

Hearing Li Zheng's voluntary words, Zhou Zhong naturally dared not to refuse, and promised to leave him a good position at the moment, but the premise is that Li Zheng will be promoted in the next township examination, otherwise just the identity of a showman, I am afraid that he can only be a small official, although a small official may also be promoted to an official, but Dingtian is only an eight-grade master, so it is better to take the examination to raise a person.

Speaking of Zhou Chong, he also felt very speechless about the rules of the Ming officialdom, such as the so-called origins of Xiucai, Juren, and Jinshi, he actually disdains it, in his opinion, a Jinshi is not necessarily better than Xiucai to be an official, some nerds who have been admitted to the Jinshi are not as good as even the knowledge of a small official, so it is really a very unreliable thing to let these people lead a party, so he has always used people without looking at their background, as long as you have the ability to assume this position.

However, although Zhou Zhongzhong didn't care about the background of the officials, he didn't dare to say these words openly, because now the entire officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is mostly the so-called Jinshi people, these people control all aspects of the Ming Dynasty, if Zhou Zhong does not abide by the rules of the officialdom, then he will become difficult to move an inch in the future, and even if his true identity is announced, it will not be useful at all, after all, the huge class of scholars does not dare to provoke even Zhengde.

Zhou Chong's purpose of coming to Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing was achieved, and at the same time, this also made Zheng Jing and the two of them let go of a matter of their hearts and began to actively prepare for entering the Governor's Mansion as officials. This matter is really nothing to Zhou Chong, his governor's palace is short of people, and with his relationship with Zhengde, it is a trivial matter to recommend one or two people to be officials.

However, Zheng Jing and Zhang Jing both told Zhou Chong in advance that they did not want to be some idle officials in the Governor's Palace, but wanted to go to various counties in Taiwan to be some low-level petty officials, such as the lord Bo, the county and the like, so that they could better contact the people at the bottom and accumulate some experience in politics, so that they could better help Zhou Zhong relocate the people in the future.

Just when Zhou Zhong was recruiting helpers for himself, a big event happened in the port of Malacca, which was far away in the South Seas. (To be continued......)