The unsealed land has indeed effectively stabilized people's hearts, as long as the Central Plains is not sealed.

But the map also brings more shock and questions.

First of all, the map represents Wen Yi's ambition to create an empire that has never been seen before.

There is no happiest person more than the army and those who want to change their fate through military merit, and if the emperor is ambitious, they will have the opportunity to make meritorious contributions.

Xun is equivalent to earning a first-mover advantage for his descendants, and if he can get a knighthood back, it will be a step to the sky.

There are already countless people gearing up to make a move.

Then there is the confusion, they can understand that the Central Plains, Lingnan, Indochina Peninsula, and Dongning Island are designated as unsealed places, and even the Korean Peninsula, Sakhalin Island, and the Strait of Malacca are not sealed.

The Central Plains is the center of the world, the natural conditions of Lingnan and the Indochina Peninsula are too good, after the completion of the transformation is the main grain producing area, Dongning Island is the land of Longxing.

The Korean Peninsula, Sakhalin Island, and the Strait of Malacca were important sea communication routes that had to be in the hands of the imperial court.

Why should the source of the river (the source of the Yellow River), the Western Regions, and the North Sea be listed as unsealed places? Could it be that the imperial court could still rule these places directly?

Not to mention anything else, it takes a few months from the Central Plains to Dawan, and there is still a desolate desert in the middle.

What surprised them even more was that places such as Luzon, Ryukyu, and Unu Island were not within the scope of the 'unsealed land'.

In other words, these lands can be used for subdivision in the future.

Not to mention the Unu Island, they know the situation in Luzon too well, and it is simply a treasure.

Although it is far from the Central Plains, there is convenient water transportation, and it is much easier to govern than the Western Regions, right?

If the two sides are reversed, and Luzon and other islands are listed as unsealed lands, and the North Sea, the Western Regions, and the source of the river are separated, they can understand.

Dividing the desolate and difficult places is only good for the imperial court, and there is no harm. But now it's the other way around, what does our majesty think?

Is it really to take care of the heroes under him?

Xie Daoyun and Li Yuan's mother and son also had the same doubts, and they didn't hide anything from Wen Yi, and said:

"Externally, we must say that it is to take care of the heroes and give them fertile land as much as possible without affecting the imperial court, but we must know the actual situation in our own hearts."

Xie Daoyun asked, "What are the secrets of these places?" ”

Li Yuan also looked at it with the same curiosity.

Wen Yi said: "Of course there is, let's talk about Beihai first." ”

"The enemies of the Central Plains Dynasty often came from the northern grasslands...... The North Sea is the last habitable fertile place in the North, capable of feeding millions of people. ”

"If we establish a prefecture and county here directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, we can attack the north and the south and nip the danger in the north in the bud."

Xie Daoyun himself is a master of military affairs, and although Li Yuan is young, he has already begun to receive formal education, and this simple strategic planning can be understood by them at a glance.

If Beihai can really feed millions of people, the imperial court's control of this place can indeed minimize the threat of nomads to the Central Plains Dynasty.

It's just that they still underestimate the severity of the climate in the North Sea, and wanting to develop this place is far from being as simple as Wen Yi said.

At the very least, we must go to the Americas to get back those hardy and high-yielding crops before we can transform the North Sea, otherwise it will not be so easy to feed millions of people.

But at the moment, Wen Yi didn't tell them this.

"The importance of the Western Regions lies in two aspects: one is that the resources are abundant, I told you about industrialization, and if you want to realize industrialization, the resources of the Western Regions have become crucial......"

"The second is the gateway to the West...... Although it is possible to go there by sea, land is also very important. Therefore, we must also control the Western Regions. ”

"The location of the Dawan Kingdom (Fergana Basin) is the most fertile piece of land within a radius of thousands of miles, which is equivalent to Guanzhong in the Western Regions."

"If it's developed, it can feed millions of people...... Plus the Yili River Valley (the name of the Han Dynasty for Ili) - Xichang...... It can be connected into a line that gives us complete control over this place. ”

Xie Daoyun and Li Yuan nodded again, all they knew about Dawan Country was that it was rich in famous horses, but they didn't expect this place to be so fertile, it could indeed be occupied.

Wen Yi continued: "As the name suggests, the headwaters are the source of most of the freshwater resources in Middle-earth. ”

"If you look at it, more than 10 major rivers such as the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Nu River, the Lancang River, the Brahmaputra River, and the Ganges River all originate here."

"Water is the source of all things, and whoever masters this place will master the lifeblood of Shenzhou......"

Seeing that both of them looked puzzled, Wen Yi knew that this concept was too unfamiliar to them, so he explained:

"For example, if you dig another channel in the upper reaches of the Yellow River and change the direction of the Yellow River, imagine what kind of changes will happen downstream."

Xie Daoyun and Li Yuan both gasped, and the consequences were unimaginable.

Although it is not easy to dig another river, it is not completely impossible, and once it succeeds, the loss of the Central Plains will be immeasurable.

Li Yuan said with a resolute face: "These places must be in our hands, no matter how difficult it is, we can't lose them." ”

Xie Daoyun was not so optimistic, and said: "These places are more desolate than the other, and it is not difficult to fight down, but it will be very troublesome to govern." ”

"It's troublesome enough to have one such place, and now there are three, and I'm afraid that one bad one will cause serious consequences."

Wen Yi said: "I naturally know what you said, if you want to develop these places in a hurry, it may take dozens or hundreds of years. ”

"And we have to take a long-term view, and if it is not convenient to rule now, it will not be possible in the future."

"Remember that little steam train? After years of research, most of the supporting structures of the steam engine have been built, and the practical steam engine will soon be built. ”

"By that time, trains and ships will be a reality...... When steel production came up, trains to the North Sea, the Western Regions and the source of the river were built. ”

"By that time, it would only take half a month to travel to these places...... It will no longer be difficult to rule these places. ”

"If we seal these places off now, and then want to come back when the train is built, it will become impossible."

"So we can put it aside for the time being, but we must take the righteousness in our hands in advance and plan for the future."

In order to make the key personnel more aware of the importance of the steam engine, Wenyi used a mini steam engine to make a small train and a small steamer.

Xie Daoyun and Li Yuan had naturally seen these two things, and when they heard Wen Yi mention it at this time, they immediately thought of that kind of future.

There is no opinion on the North Sea, the Western Regions, and the source of the river as unsealed lands.