In the Zichen Palace, the doubts in the eyes of the official Zhao Zhen and the important ministers of the imperial court were seen by Zhao Lei, although he knew these things that the Great Song Dynasty monarchs and ministers were puzzled about, but he did not take it to heart, although doing business in Europe is dangerous, it takes a lot of time, but as long as you complete a transaction, you will have no worries about food and clothing for a lifetime, this huge profit will definitely lure many businessmen who are in trouble or have an adventurous spirit, However, the main reason why Zhao Lei didn't take these things to heart was that the Great Song Dynasty had no way to reach Europe through the Silk Road. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ\\qb5//

"Not to mention the distance and huge risks, as long as there is money to be made, those merchants of the Great Song Dynasty will definitely flock away, but these countries are the biggest obstacle along the way, not to mention the others, Yuanhao of the Western Xia will never let the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty pass through the territory of the Western Xia, even if it is a detour, the Liao State and the Tu Fan are estimated to be not so easy to talk to, and other countries, the Great Song Dynasty has no intersection with them at all, whether they will let the merchants of the Great Song Dynasty pass is also a big problem, after all, the goods of the Great Song Dynasty are all sought-after items, they are too late to grab it, how can they let it go." Zhao Lei heard what Zhang Shixun said about those countries, and immediately said with a wry smile.

Zhao Lei's words overshadowed all the monarchs and ministers who dreamed of a bilateral trade exchange with Europe, you must know that although the Great Song Dynasty is now very single, except for the Liao State, it is the vassal state of the Great Song Dynasty, but all the countries such as Western Xia, Dali, Tufan, and Goryeo are just the nominal vassals of the Great Song Dynasty, in fact, no one will bird the Great Song Dynasty, which is economically strong, although there is a million troops militarily, but it is a weak country, and wants to use the channel to do business with Europe. It is estimated that the Western Xia and Heihan countries will not give face to the Great Song Dynasty.

After all, the Great Song Dynasty was not the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial court controlled the entire Western Regions during the Tang Dynasty, although it failed to compete with the Arab Empire for Central Asia, it was still the most powerful country in Asia, and the name of the Heavenly Khan was not blown. The merchants of the Tang Dynasty would be warmly welcomed when they arrived in that country, because all countries knew that if the merchants of the Tang Dynasty were not greeted with flowers and smiling faces, they would be exchanged for the iron hooves and swords and guns of the Tang Dynasty, and no country was willing to offend the powerful countries of the Middle Kingdom at that time.

But now, the Great Song Dynasty can't even handle the surrounding countries of the Western Xia, Tufan, Goryeo, and Yue-Li dynasties, let alone those countries in Central Asia and those countries in Arabia.

"The Silk Road can't be used, what about the sea! Guangzhou, Quanzhou, and Mingzhou have many merchants from various countries in the South Seas, and I heard from these merchants that they can reach Tianzhu, Baiyi Dashi and other countries from the sea. Will these countries be able to reach Europe? Ye Qingchen, the third envoy, was in charge of the taxation of the Great Song Dynasty, and he knew a lot about the merchants from various countries who came to the Great Song Dynasty.

"The White Food is the Abbasid dynasty founded by the Arabs. If the fleet of the Great Song Dynasty can reach the White Clothes and Great Food, it will not be far from Europe. Sophia explained to the eager Ye Qingchen.

"It's not so easy to get from the sea to the white-clothed food, you must know that although my Great Song Dynasty is not weak, it has always only toured in the coastal waters, and the only sea areas that can be controlled are the southern coastal waters and the East China Sea. In the South China Sea, there were fleets of Mayi, Boni and Tianzhu cruising, especially the Malay kingdom of Srivijaya established by the Malays during the Tang Dynasty, which served as an intermediary for the Tang Dynasty's overseas trade. Established a huge commercial empire centered on Palembang, Sumatra, controlling the Malay Peninsula and the Strait of Malacca, the navy of Srivijaya is even more powerful, it is said that there are nearly 1,000 warships, more than 200,000 sailors, such a huge naval army, and firmly grasp the trade routes, after the decline of the Tang Dynasty, they occupied large and small ports near the Strait of Malacca, and did not allow the Great Song fleet to pass through. Can only be in the port of Srivijaya country, so as to gather a lot of money, the Great Song Dynasty fleet only occasionally smuggled Malacca to the more western Tianzhu, white clothes and other countries, the Srivijaya Congress easily let this huge profit, let us pass through the sea area of Sriwijaya! "The privy envoy Chen Yaozuo controls all the armies of the Great Song Dynasty, and he is also very clear about the naval army, and the intelligence is more accurate than Ye Qingchen.

The difference between the navy and the navy is one word, Zhao Lei has seen that the Song people are very lacking in marine awareness, and they don't realize the importance of the ocean at all! Zhao Lei thought with a sigh in his heart.

"I heard that the Zhuyuan Empire of Southern Tianzhu is very dissatisfied with the control of the sea trade routes by the Three Buddhas, and is leading the naval army to attack the Three Buddhas, maybe the Three Buddhas have disappeared now." Zhao Lei's exclamation was not over, and Ye Qingchen immediately refuted Chen Yaozuo and said.

"If Sriwijaya is destroyed, then we will have to face a more powerful Tianzhu naval army, and the sea passage is not so easy to walk." Chen Yaozuo was unceremonious in the face of Ye Qingchen, and retorted directly.

"Okay, don't talk about it." The official Zhao Zhen saw that Chen Yaozuo and Ye Qingchen's words were getting more and more angry, and immediately stopped them majestically and said.

"Zhao Aiqing! What do you think? The official Zhao Zhen turned his head to Zhao Lei and asked.

Zhao Lei has been recalling the memories of the world situation in this era in his mind at this time, but after thinking about it, he can't think of anything at all, these are the histories of other countries after all, and Zhao Lei has no need to contact and learn from them, so he doesn't know anything about these things.

Since there is no advantage of foresight, Zhao Lei can only judge how to choose based on what he knows now, thinking about the purpose of the Great Song Dynasty now, Zhao Lei thought about it, first signaled to the official family to take Sophia down, and then said to the official Zhao Zhen: "Qi Qi Guan, the minister has something unclear, I want to ask the third envoy Lord Ye!" ”

"Ask!" The official Zhao Zhen looked at Zhao Lei, who was calm and confident, and of course understood that this kid must have a plan in his heart, so he immediately ordered him to say.

"Lord Ye! I heard that in the past two years, since the launch of the sores and pox vaccines, the population has increased rapidly, and the population has increased by tens of millions in just two years, is there such a thing? Zhao Lei looked at Ye Qingchen and said indifferently.

"Not bad! In the past two years, the household has been rich in grain and silver, although some places have been affected, but most places in the Great Song Dynasty are happy with a bumper harvest, and the imperial court has exempted many places from agricultural taxes, and has adjusted a lot of unreasonable taxes. The income of the people has increased greatly, more people have been able to feed more children, and the mortality rate of these children has also been greatly reduced, so the household department shows that the population of the Great Song Dynasty has increased very quickly, and has reached 113 million, which is still shown in the old table in March this year. By March next year, I'm afraid that number will increase! Ye Qingchen was in charge of the three divisions and household departments, and he knew these things very well, so he opened his mouth and talked eloquently.

"An increase of one ** in two years, Xia Guan wants to ask Lord Ye, if after twenty years, how many people will the Great Song Dynasty have? What was the population of the Great Song Dynasty after fifty years? How many people will be in the Great Song Dynasty after a hundred years? Zhao Lei asked Ye Qingchen with an unfathomable smile.

Hearing Zhao Lei's words, Ye Qingchen immediately began to calculate the increase of one ** in two years, how many people will be in the Great Song Dynasty after twenty years, and how many people will be in a hundred years. After the calculation, Ye Qingchen's face turned pale, and he looked at Zhao Lei in shock, and the Great Song Junchen above the main hall, at this time, Ye calculated the result. They all looked at Zhao Lei with a shocked face.

"What does Zhao Aiqing mean by this?" After the official Zhao Zhen came up with a terrible number, he looked at Zhao Lei in disbelief and asked.

Zhao Lei looked at the official Zhao Zhen and the ministers in the palace with a smile on his face and said: "The population of the Great Song Dynasty is now hundreds of millions, if the current population growth rate is followed, twenty years is enough to double, and then there will be 200 million people in the entire Great Song Dynasty." According to the minister's knowledge, all the fertile fields of the Great Song Dynasty have been opened, that is, those barren lands. There are also many people farming, if the population of the Great Song Dynasty really increases to 200 million people, I don't know what the imperial court will use to feed these extra people, if the imperial court can't support these people, then the Great Song Dynasty will be affected, I don't know if the officials and adults have thought about this problem. ”

Zhao Lei's words are all nonsense, if the official Zhao Zhen and the ministers of the main hall hadn't thought of this serious problem, they would have been shocked like that.

"Is there a way for Zhao Aiqing to solve this problem?" The official Zhao Zhen was a little annoyed that Zhao Lei said these nonsense, and said in a deep tone. There is a tendency for Zhao Lei to pull out and cut it directly if he doesn't answer.

"Yes! The best solution to this problem is colonization! Zhao Lei said calmly.

"Colonize! What is Colonization? Hearing an unfamiliar term, Prime Minister Wang Zeng asked Zhao Lei curiously.

At this time, Zhao Lei pulled out the world map he had already contributed, pointed to Hainan Island and Taiwan Island in the south of the Great Song Dynasty and said: "Officials and lords, please see, this is Liuqiu and Qiongzhou, these two islands are the two largest islands in the south of the Great Song Dynasty, with a vast area and rich land, enough to feed millions of people, but because they are far away from Middle Earth, these two islands have a population of less than 300,000, and the imperial court can move the landless poor people of the Great Song Dynasty to these islands, and plant the people and imprints of the Great Song Dynasty on the islands. This is called colonization! ”

"These islands are only capable of transporting millions of people, where are they enough to divert hundreds of millions of people in the Great Song Dynasty?" Ye Qingchen still didn't understand the meaning of colonization, and asked Zhao Lei suspiciously.

"Qiongzhou and Liuqiu can't live too many people, but there are many islands in the South Seas, Mayi, Boni, Srivijaya, Java, these are vast and sparsely populated places, if the Great Song Dynasty takes these places, will it be able to divert more people soon! And look here. Zhao Lei pointed his finger to a place on the world map and said: "This is a huge island with an area no less than the Great Song Dynasty, as far as the minister knows, this place has no other forces to participate except for some indigenous people, there is no country, no army, some are just ignorant tribes, the population is very scarce, as long as my Great Song Dynasty can defeat Mayi, Boni, Three Buddhas, Java and Tianzhu Water Army, I can land 6 This island, then these places will be colonized by the Great Song Dynasty, enough for the Great Song Dynasty to divert the people." ”

"What Lord Zhao means is that the Great Song Dynasty is going to fight for control of the South China Sea." Privy envoy Chen Yaozuo looked at Zhao Lei and asked solemnly.

"Not bad! If you want to open up the channel of communication with Europe, the 6 roads will definitely not work, the Great Song Dynasty has no strength to take the Western Xia, and the Liao State and the Tu Fan will not let the Great Song Dynasty take the Western Xia, so the only way is to show the navy and open the sea channel, which must be confronted with the Mayi, Boni, Sanfo, Java and Tianzhu Navy, once we defeat the navies of these countries, we can control the entire South Seas, and then these countries will be the fat on the mouth of the Great Song Dynasty, and you can eat as much as you want! Zhao Lei said solemnly to the monarchs and ministers above the main hall.

Zhao Lei's words have led the Great Song Dynasty monarchs from the navy to the navy, hoping to arouse the maritime consciousness of the Great Song Dynasty monarchs, but Zhao Lei's kindness is destined to be in vain, because Zhao Lei's words brought only shock to the Great Song Dynasty monarchs.

Hearing Zhao Lei's words, the official Zhao Zhen and the monarchs and ministers above the hall all looked at Zhao Lei with shocked expressions.

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