Li Jiancheng was very pleased that Li Yuanba could think of these two questions.

He glanced at Li Yuanba and said, "You haven't been here for a day or two in the Ryukyu Islands, and you must have some understanding of the environment on the island, the land here is fertile, and the climate is also very suitable for crop growth, so as long as someone is willing to farm, the food problem will definitely be properly solved!"

"Then why are the indigenous people of the Ryukyu Islands, after so many years, barely able to solve the problem of food and clothing!"

Li Yuanba was indeed very surprised by this question, the climate here is very suitable for farming, but why are the local residents, except for those who are still of some status, all look like skinny ghosts.

"Yuanba, do you think they are like the people of our Datang, even if they are poor, they can squeeze out a few copper coins, and it is not a problem to buy a grain seed?"

Li Jiancheng shook his head slowly and said, "No, it's not!" The inhabitants of the Ryukyu Islands were nothing more than slaves of those who were in high places, not only looted by them, but also exploited. Most of the grain they grew went into the pockets of their masters, and when it really came to them, there were only a few mouthfuls of grain left! ”

"So bitter?" Li Yuanba exclaimed, "But I don't think that's the case under the rule of the eldest brother?" ”

Li Jiancheng said with some self-deprecation: "Yuanba, do you think that I am as inhuman as those Ryukyu natives?"

"Huh? Big brother, I didn't mean that! Only then did Li Yuanba react, with Li Jiancheng's lenient temperament, he would never let his rule return to the form of a slave society.

"Okay, I see what you mean, in fact, it's a specific population issue!"

Li Jiancheng waved his hand and said, "As long as the population on the island increases, then everything else is easy to say."

"Where am I going to get so many people?"

Yes, this time Li Yuanba was a little dumbfounded, the Ryukyu Islands were already sparsely populated. The main prerequisite for the development of the Ryukyu archipelago is that it needs a large population to support it.

And if you want Ryukyu to become a densely populated place, the only option is to immigrate from the Tang Dynasty to Ryukyu.

"It's hard to say, you just go to the people of the world and ask him to promise you that you can immigrate from anywhere in Datang?"

Li Jiancheng smiled faintly, "After all, nominally, the Ryukyu Islands belong to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the development of the Ryukyu is also beneficial to the Tang Dynasty." Isn't it? ”

Li Yuanba was dumbfounded when he heard it, feeling that his eldest brother was such an abacus.

"Let's wait until I return to Chang'an, let's see what the second brother says, after all, no matter what I say now, it's our personal remarks, and we are all the people of the Tang Dynasty!"

In the end, Li Yuanba sighed, this kind of thing always has to come up with a charter.

Li Jiancheng heard this. But he smiled calmly and said: "Yes, it's a bit early to say these things now, but in terms of management, let's first put the overall structure of the Nanyang Metropolitan Protectorate." Let's build it and give it a try, after all, this is also a long-term project, and it won't be effective in a short time! ”

"Father, Fourth Uncle! You're finally here. Sitang's little stomach is almost hungry! ”

At this stall, the Li Jiancheng brothers also came to the dining hall, and the little girl Li Sitang was standing at the door. When he saw Li Jiancheng and Li Yuanba, his ruddy little mouth immediately pouted.

"Yo, who made our family Sitang unhappy?" Li Yuanba took a few steps forward, gently pinched Xiao Sitang's fair face, and said, "Look at this little mouth, you can hang two oil bottles!"

"Humph!" Li Sitang wrinkled Qiong's nose, snorted twice, and said, "Fourth uncle, it's not you?" I said go and call my father to eat, you can run faster than a rabbit, but it took you half a stick of incense to come back, hum ......"

"You Nizi, you don't lose your hunger if you eat less!" Li Yuanba glared at Li Sitang angrily, and said, "Look at you, I've only been here for a long time, look at you, it seems that you're fat again!"

"Huh?"

Li Sitang was taken aback by Li Yuanba's words, and hurriedly began to look himself up and down, left and right, and after a while, he said angrily to Li Yuanba:

"Fourth uncle, you hate it, where is Sitang fat?"

"Hahaha, look at you in a hurry!" Li Yuanba laughed out loud and said, "Okay, let the fourth uncle come and see, what are the good meals and dishes today?"

The voice landed, this guy really didn't treat himself as an outsider and walked into the dining hall, it was really a good table, and it was still a popular dish in Chang'an City, including braised iron lion head, squirrel sea fish, braised pork ribs, and called flower chicken......

In a word, all of them are fresh dishes, and it can be seen that Li Jiancheng's chef has also put a lot of thought into it.

"Yo, big brother, are you going to see me off? So many good dishes were prepared. Li Yuanba sat on a chair and looked at Li Jiancheng and laughed.

Li Jiancheng took Li Sitang's little hand and sat down, and said, "Don't arrange me, how can I drive you away?"

"Hey!" Li Yuanba grinned and said, "Seriously, I really don't want to leave!"

"Fourth uncle, then you live here, when is the place of residence annoying, how about you leave again?" Li Sitang blinked with a pair of good-looking big eyes and looked at Li Yuanba expectantly.

"Fourth Uncle doesn't want to stay longer!" Li Yuanba sighed with emotion, "But it doesn't matter if it's Chang'an, Dengzhou, Persia and other states, there are still a lot of troublesome things to deal with, so you can't stay here for a lifetime, right?" ”

"That's why I want you to think about the structure of the Metropolitan Protectorate in advance, so that when you deal with the affairs of the Ryukyu Islands, you can solve one less thing!"

Li Jiancheng said slowly: "In this way, even if I go to Chang'an, I can rest assured about the affairs of the Ryukyus!"

"Father, I don't want you to go to Chang'an! If you're going, Sitang should follow! ”

Hearing Li Jiancheng's words, Li Sitang's small mouth immediately flattened, and it seemed that he was about to cry immediately.

Li Yuanba looked at the little guy's pitiful little appearance, and quickly changed the topic and said:

"Big brother, didn't I say it before? The second brother has promised me, he will only imprison you, he is the king of a country, if he doesn't keep his promise, won't he lose his trust in the people? ”

When he said this, Li Yuanba paused before continuing: "Big brother, if you want to establish a capital in the Ryukyu Islands, there is really no good way to do it for a while. Big brother, do you have any good suggestions? ”

Li Jiancheng also knew that Fang Cai's own words aroused the sadness of the little girl, and after hearing Li Yuanba's words, he immediately reversed himself, and directly said a few suggestions that he had already thought of before. (To be continued.) )