The rumor that the navy had discovered Bozhou quickly spread in Jinling under the deliberate impetus of Bai Tu......

Almost "one state" of terra nullius?

The primitive wilderness is certainly not as good as the cultivated fields, and even less as the fertile fields with water conservancy facilities, but if it is given for free, no one will dislike it - no matter how low the yield is, isn't slash-and-burn cultivation fragrant?

If Yizhou makes people feel like an overseas Huangdao, and after all, there is a little less peace of mind after immigration, then Bozhou, which is so large, has no problem at all.

This is also why with Gan Ning's character, after discovering the area of Bozhou, they all became cautious, and even at the palace meeting, Lu Su and Jia Xu also persuaded Bai Tu to be cautious......

"With the area of Bozhou, and overseas, the choice of governor needs to be cautious." Jia Xu just mentioned it briefly.

And Lu Su said directly: "Yes, once the population of Bozhou expands to one million, if the Governor's Mansion has the heart of 'Zhao Tuo', I am afraid that it will repeat the mistakes of South Vietnam at the end of Qin!" ”

The two of them are talking about one thing, but Jia Xu won't point it out directly - what if the future governor of Bozhou hates me because of his limited power?

In contrast, Lu Su said bluntly that he could never be a governor with a person from a family or a serious tendency to seek personal gain.

Of course, because of Chu's current navigation technology, no one thinks that Bozhou should be abandoned.

With the area of Ganzhou, as long as it is properly managed, the Chu State can completely stand in an invincible position in [Bayi Chinese Network] - even if there is any earth-shattering reversal, Jingyang and Jingyang Prefectures are pushed sideways, they can completely retreat to Ganzhou and slowly figure it out.

Even if this unexpected situation is not considered, Bozhou, as an undeveloped piece of land, can make up for itself.

Bai Tu agreed with Lu Su and others, but there were minor corrections, in fact, Bozhou's shortcomings and advantages were not as obvious as they thought.

"The problem of sea exchanges, in fact, with the navigation technology of Chu now, and the ports of Youzhou and Zhouhu as relay stations, as long as the route is determined, Bozhou should not be as far as imagined...... Just like Yizhou, when I first found it, it took several months, but now it is only ten months to go back and forth.

It's just that on the land, although Bozhou is big enough, Xingba has also emphasized in the letter that most of the land found now is mountainous. ”

Bai Tu did not make it clear about the geographical weakness of Bozhou, after all, there is no evidence, and ...... Bai Tu didn't want to discourage everyone's enthusiasm either.

In fact, Bai Tu knows that in terms of fertile land, because there are many volcanic areas in Bozhou, under the buff of volcanic ash, it is indeed not dangerous about the fertility of the land, but ...... Seventy percent of the territory is mountains, and only one-twentieth is plains.

Historically, in the late 16th century, Toyotomi Hideyoshi conducted a comprehensive land inspection and found land with an annual output of 18 million stones......

It is equivalent to 1/44 of the Ming Dynasty in the same period, and it is not because of the small population and less reclamation, at this time, the population of Bozhou is one-tenth of that of the Ming Dynasty, that is, the per capita cultivated land area is only a quarter of the Ming Dynasty!

Perhaps the arable land in Bozhou is not "barren", but it is definitely "poor", and it is only because of the abundant fishery resources and the fact that the untouchables are easy to deal with, so the population can be supported......

Historically, almost all the farmers in Bozhou planted rice, but the vast majority of people could not eat rice in their lifetime, and rice and radish were luxuries in the eyes of the untouchables.

As for completely "relying on the sea to eat the sea", it is not realistic, when there was a great drought in Huainan, the general's mansion had this kind of experience - purely relying on fish and meat, people have no strength at all, according to the medical school, that is, in the absence of staple food, the consumption effect of fish is not good.

Gan Ning also mentioned to Bai Tu in the letter that Bozhou is mountainous, so Bai Tu mentioned it, but Bai Tu didn't say more.

After all, if the land is only "poor", it is not a defect now.

It is impossible for Chu to immigrate millions at one time, and it is tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people in the early days, far from touching the limit of cultivated land in Bozhou, and in terms of fertility per mu, the volcanic ash Buff in Bozhou is still very powerful, even after the population surges, with the farming technology of Chu State, intensive cultivation is promising.

More importantly, the "reclamation of cultivated land" was only the basis for ensuring the stability of the immigrants and the effective annexation of Bozhou to the Chu state, and it was the fishery, animal husbandry and silver resources that were really competitive.

"However, the land of Bozhou is long and narrow, facing the sea on both sides, and the fishery is promising...... Finally, there is a vast and sparsely populated place, and the state of Chu is lacking a horse farm, if the conditions are right, northern horses can be introduced in Bozhou in the future. Bai Tu emphasized.

It's not just grasslands that can herd horses, but also suitable mountain forests.

Although the initial introduction of breeding horses in Bozhou in history has been small and weak for a long time, but later history has proved that as long as the "breed" is well matched, the horses in the mountains and forests of Bozhou can also be herded with tall horses, and the Oriental horses during World War II have surpassed the Mongolian horses of the Chinese civilization in terms of size and charging power.

Although the population of Jingyang is not as dense as in later generations, with the development speed of the Chu State, it is obviously not cost-effective to develop animal husbandry on a large scale.

"There are also mineral deposits, I hope Bozhou can surprise us, the first batch of pioneers, the Ministry of Engineering will also produce a group of surveying bachelors." Bai Tu added.

In fact...... Bai Tu also knows, what are the mineral deposits in Bozhou?

There is no shortage of copper, iron and tin, not only because the area is small and small, but also because the mineral deposits are really sparse......

It's just that there is no shortage of it, but it is very rich - silver mines.

From the 16th century to modern times, one-third of the silver in circulation in the world originated in Bozhou.

Bai Tu is worried about a sufficient amount of precious metals, as a general equivalent to promote transactions, holding the Bozhou silver mine in his hands, he can basically support the silver standard with confidence and boldness, and is not worried that other princes will suddenly produce a large amount of silver and impact the Chu market......

Fishery, animal husbandry, silver mines, this is basically Baitu's psychological positioning of Bozhou.

"Yes, the Ministry of Civil Affairs can also send a group of bachelors in farming to help clarify the land situation in Bozhou." Lu Su echoed.

"However, now that the people of Chu are stable, the people are all grateful for the benevolence of the king, but this is ...... Only a small number of displaced people from the Central Plains are not enough to open up Bozhou, and if the people are to be migrated, the means must be carefully considered. Lu Kang said at this time.

Regarding Lu Su's previous hint that he must not use the family as the core to open up Bozhou, Lao Lu behaved very calmly.

The position of the governor is indeed not suitable for people from a family to serve, which is much more dangerous than Yizhou, and Lao Lu does not dare to say that no one will have the intention of separating overseas if he has the conditions.

However, to reclaim Bozhou, Lu Kang is really not optimistic, and only relies on the completion of reclamation by ordinary farmers!

Whether it is Bai Tu's character or the culture of the Chu State, it is impossible to forcibly relocate the people, and if they are voluntary, ordinary farmers are more eager for stability.

That is to say, the post of governor Lu Kang does not want to fight on behalf of the wealthy family at all, if the general trend of the Chu State has been achieved, and the wealthy family has not developed to the gate, in the absence of separatist ambitions, they will not specifically demand this position, but for the interests of Bozhou, they still have to fight......