"Erchen respects the holy oracle" Yinzhen was very pleased when he heard this, and hurriedly got up and replied, although Kangxi did not mention anything about national integration, but allowed to try in the navy, which at least shows that Kangxi is not resistant, and with this word, he will no longer be entangled in the promotion of Han members in the navy, it seems that he is also deeply touched by the corruption and degeneration of the children of the Eight Banners, and he is also worried about it.

Kangxi stretched out his finger and pointed at the osmanthus cake and said, "You fill your hunger first." At present, it is urgent to occupy Nanyang, occupy and develop Australia, and divide the overseas seals, but the old fourteenth said, but it led to the rectification of the flag affairs, but this matter is very tricky, and there is no suitable selection.

The old fourteen have a lot of ideas, act resolutely, not only have money, but also run the navy, a number of royal family relatives, noble ministers have asked him, by him to rectify the flag affairs, the most ideal, however, he has enough errands, the Navy Nanyang War has just begun, and he has to take care of the occupation of Australia, it is really impossible to be distracted.

The eighth child is blindly only aware of the heart, rectify the flag affairs, can only be more and more chaotic, the fourth is a good selection, but unfortunately far away in Guangdong, thinking of the fourth, Kangxi couldn't help but be bored, how to treat the fourth, he has not made up his mind, for Li Guangdi's speculation, he also agreed, but mutilating the flesh and blood brothers is a heinous crime, there is no evidence, how can the fourth confess? It's just a disgrace to the royal family.

"Your Majesty, Li Guangdi and other ministers of the study are waiting to see you outside." Li Dequan came in and bowed.

Kangxi stopped and said, "Call in." So saying, he sat back.

Seeing the audience of the ministers in the study, Zhang Tingyu followed, carefully glanced at Kangxi's face, saw that he looked peaceful, and saw that the fourteenth master was eating osmanthus cake, so he completely relieved his heart.

After Li Guangdi, Xiao Yongzao, Zhang Pengxi, Song Zhu, Wang Luo, Ma Qi and other six people came in to greet the ceremony, Kangxi ordered to enter the seat to enjoy the tea, and as soon as everyone sat down, he said: "Nanyang Karopa, it can be conquered and consolidated before winter, and the occupation and development of Australia will be implemented this winter, what do you think?" ”

As soon as they heard that Australia's occupation and development would be implemented this winter, they were slightly stunned, and they immediately wrung their eyebrows and thought about this matter because they thought about the future at all.

≡ Zhu took the lead in saying: "Australia has a vast territory and pastures, and the servants think that it is most suitable for the Eight Banners and the Mongolian cavalry to go, but if the cavalry goes, it is best to set the time after the beginning of spring, otherwise the supply of grain and grass will be unsustainable." ”

Xiao Yongzao then said: "Australia has a vast territory and abundant pastures, and the servants suggest that the herdsmen cavalry from various Mongolian departments can be sent to accompany them, one is to promote Australia in the future and attract more Mongolians to immigrate to Australia, and the other is to reduce the number of troops sent to Australia accordingly." ”

Kangxi listened to the slight chin of the head, Australia has a vast territory, long-term garrison, cavalry is the most suitable, there are pastures, and the migration to Mongolia can be said to be counted in one fell swoop.

Yinzhen, who told a big lie, is the old god listening, Australia must exist, don't worry, the problem is, you have to send a ship to explore the route quickly, this problem should not be big, if you remember it well, you can reach Australia from Karopa along the coast to the southeast.

He is not worried about the pastures in Australia, since it is called a country on the back of sheep, can there be pastures? He is even less worried about gold mines, Australia is rich in mineral deposits, it is famous, it is impossible to be without gold mines.

Wang Luo opened his mouth at this time and said: "Australia is a vast territory, if you want to fully occupy Australia as soon as possible, you must have tens of thousands of troops, the supply of grain and grass is too far, I wonder if the Fourteenth Master can organize a large-scale sea ship to go south?" ”

Seeing that he was asked, Yinzhen paused slightly, and then said calmly: "Considering the supply of grain and grass and the transfer of troops, it is best to control the soldiers and horses sent to Australia within 30,000, and there are many sea ships engaged in Nanyang trade in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong provinces, and there is no problem in transporting 30,000 soldiers and horses with grain and grass supplies." ..., considering the time problem, it is better to emigrate with the army for three or five thousand people, so that after three or five months, you will be self-sufficient. In addition, a large number of exploration and mapping personnel must be dispatched to survey and map, record routes, and explore mineral deposits. ”

"Aren't there indigenous people in the area? Why do you still need to emigrate 3,000 or 5,000? Zhang Pengxi glanced at Xiao Yongzao and said in a deep voice: "Sichuan and Taiwan immigrants are still difficult to satisfy, Australia is far overseas, how can anyone be willing to drag their families to go?" ”

Zhang Pengxi's words were tingling, and Xiao Yongzao asked: "Fourteenth master, aren't there still aborigines in Australia?" It is completely possible to plunder and cultivate in large quantities of captives. ”

"How can you farm, if you are indigenous?" Yinzhen explained lightly: "The reason why you only need to immigrate three or five thousand is that you plan to use the labor of the natives. After a little hesitation, he continued: "As for how to attract people to Australia, it can only be the policy of the imperial court, and the wasteland will always be allowed to be used as a business, and no one will be allowed to send a single party for ten years, and free farm tools, ploughing cattle, seeds, and half a year's rations will be provided. However, the announcement of this policy will have to be postponed a little bit so as not to impact the sale of Luzon. ”

Hearing the last sentence, several ministers in the study room glanced at Yinzhen quite strangely, the fourteenth master is really unscrupulous, you can tell this later, how can you say it in front of Kangxi?

Seeing this situation, Kangxi smiled slightly: "The old fourteen sold Luzon in order to lend money at low interest, which is a move to benefit the country and the people, not for his own selfish interests, and this matter will be discussed later." Regarding the immigration to Australia, Lao Fourteen's proposal is good, and the imperial court will not care about Australia's taxes for ten or even twenty years. The significance of the occupation of Australia was to open up the overseas territory of the Qing Dynasty, and the imperial court's profit in Australia was heavy on mineral deposits. ”

Kangxi said, glanced at the crowd, and said very proudly: "A fist-sized dog's head gold was found in the hands of the Australian aborigines, and it is predicted that there may be a big gold mine in Australia." ”

Seeing Kangxi's expression was very complacent, all the ministers in the study room were happy, Kangxi wanted to vigorously mine gold mines in Australia?

The Qing Dynasty did not lack gold mines, but since the founding of the country, in view of the former Ming Dynasty's competition for mining profits, the Chinese envoys went out in all directions, and the people were violently punished, so the gold and silver mining was banned, and it was very strict, and the punishment for illegal and unauthorized mining was also very severe, resulting in extremely low gold and silver production, and the highest annual output of gold was less than 2,000 taels. As a result, there was a shortage of gold in the Qing Dynasty, and gold was particularly valuable.

The reason why the gold and silver mines are banned, the main reason is that they are afraid of gathering all living beings, but the gold mines in Australia are different, there is no need to worry about these, you can make a lot of special purchases.

(To be continued)