"Nanyang Victory!"

With the arrival of an ocean-going clipper, the battle situation in the South Seas came back so clearly for the first time, and the excited cries suddenly spread all over the Xia Kingdom, and in just a few days, it almost spread throughout the entire Xia Kingdom, and even the army that was fighting with the Turks in Mobei also got the good news.

Originally, because of the shipping problem, the people of Xia were panicked for a while, although the Xia country was fighting with the Turks in Mobei at the same time, and fighting with various countries in the South and Western Oceans, but compared with Mobei, which had little maritime interests, the Xia people were more concerned about the war in the South and Western Oceans.

After learning the news of the opening of the Nanyang shipping route, even though the war with Pandia, Ceylon, Zhuyuan and other countries in the Western Ocean was still going on, all the workshops related to ocean trade in the Xia Kingdom still began to prepare.

The workshops in the counties began to resume production, the shipyards continued to build large ocean-going merchant ships, and the various products produced for navigation were also transported to the ports in large quantities until the shipping routes were completely opened for sale, and the merchant shipowners who had been parked at the docks in various places began to organize sailors to clean their ships and prepare them for the sea.

While the people of Xia Kingdom cheered, a luxurious carriage in Zhenhai City slowly drove into the palace, and two old ministers came down at the palace gate, one was Liu Xin and the other was Yang Ku, and the two changed to a small car specially prepared for the two at the door, and then walked towards the palace.

"Your Majesty, great joy!"

As soon as the two entered the tiger's den hall, they found that there was not only Wang Ze here, but also Wang Ze's father Wang Yong, and the two were playing chess at this time.

Hearing the voice of Yang withered Liu Xin, Wang Ze, who had already received the military report, was in a good mood, and immediately said to the two with a smile on his face: "The two gentlemen came just in time, I am looking for you for something!" ”

As he spoke, he was about to fool the tide of the imminent defeat.

However, Wang Ze's words were quickly interrupted by Wang Yong, who was very dissatisfied: "Da Lang, it's almost noon, let's invite the two gentlemen to have lunch with us and then talk about national affairs!" ”

Being reminded by his father, Wang Ze turned his head and glanced at the newly made mechanical clock in Sword Casting City, only to find that it was really noon, so he beckoned the kitchen to prepare food.

After lunch, Wang Yong went to play with a few precious grandchildren, and Wang Ze, Liu Xin, and Yang Ku returned to the tiger's den hall.

"I don't know what Your Majesty is looking for me?" Although he also had something to do, Liu Xin still asked Wang Ze about it first.

"In the past, because of the remoteness of Nanyang, we only set up one Luhan County in addition to Yizhou County!" Wang Ze stood beside the increasingly huge sand table with his hands behind his back, looked at the map of Nanyang and said to the two of them, "After more than 30 years of experience, we already have more than 1.5 million Han people in Nanyang, and it is time to set up counties in various places!" ”

In the past, although there were many Han people in Xingzhou, Borneo and other places, it was only because it had been at the forefront of the wars between the Xia Kingdom and other countries for a long time, so it had been under military control, and now the three major powers in Nanyang have gone to the second, leaving only one Zhenla country, the threat has been greatly reduced, and the conditions for setting up counties in the local area have been fully mature.

Liu Xin and the two of them heard Wang Ze's words, and after glancing at Yang Ku, they nodded together, and then Liu Xin said: "According to Your Majesty's words, we can set up a county in Borneo and a county in Xingzhou in Nanyang, and now there are still hundreds of thousands of Sri Buddha dead in Jinzhou (Sumatra), but there are also more than 200,000 people in the local area, and the conditions for setting up a county have also been met!" ”

Wang Ze nodded, and added: "These places are all our territories that we have been experiencing for twenty or thirty years, and the establishment of counties is fully mature, but I also want to unify Coral Island (Bali) and the large archipelago to the east to establish a county!" ”

"Your Majesty, although there are more than 30,000 people on Coral Island, the large archipelago to the east is a wild land, although there are a few settlements to settle some people, but there are many islands here, and the people are too scattered to manage!"

Yang Ku has always been known for his straightforward admonition, and he is very optimistic about Wang Ze's ideas, at this time, although the Xia Kingdom has extremely high shipbuilding capacity, but limited by the level of productivity, it is still impossible to connect all the islands together.

Liu Xin glanced at Yang Ku, and then said to Wang Zejin: "Although what Your Majesty said is not bad, but the time for those islands in our country is still too short, and now all the local Han people add up to less than 50,000 people, it is better to wait for the conditions to be ripe in the future and then set up counties!" ”

"Don't think I'm a great accomplishment, two gentlemen!" Wang Ze said with a smile, "I set up a county east of Coral Island, just to develop this archipelago of spice production as soon as possible, and to incorporate them into the territory of our Xia Kingdom, so that this place can be developed as soon as possible, and in addition, the large area of Yanfu Island south of this island can also be occupied as soon as possible!" ”

"I don't know why Your Majesty values that Yan Fuzhou so much!" Yang Ku frowned and said, "Although this land is extremely extensive, it is hot and dry all year round, and there will be big storms from time to time, and there are a large number of poisonous insects and monsters in its land, not even cattle, sheep and horses, and even Kunlun slaves who are good at living in the wilderness can't adapt to it, it's really not a good land!" "Let's read the book

In the past, many expeditions of the Xia Kingdom had explored Yanfu Island (Australia), but because they landed in the north close to the tropics, they encountered land with a relatively harsh environment, and the local poisonous snakes, poisonous spiders and other animals caused many casualties.

The harsh environment, the dense number of poisonous insects, the desolate interior, and the fact that no mineral deposits have been found have discouraged many Xia expeditions.

At present, the Xia State has set up two penal colonies in the northernmost part of Yanfuzhou, and exiled those Han people who were more seriously convicted, most of whom relied on farming and grazing cattle and sheep for a living, and because they were far away from civilization, their lives were quite difficult.

Wang Ze looked at Yang Ku and Liu Xin's unhappy expressions, and later generations knew the wealth of this land, and they wanted to be born as Australians, but when this land was first discovered, it was known for being barren and desolate.

He smiled and said: "The two gentlemen don't know, although most of this land is extremely desolate, but it is extremely fertile in the southeast and southwest coasts, and there are very few people in the local area, so it is very suitable for us and other Han people to settle down, and there are a large number of copper, iron and gold mines in the land, although they have not yet been discovered, but they are definitely rich mines, these are the foundation of a strong country!" ”

"Since this is the case, the land is enough to establish a country, and please take it as soon as possible, so as not to be taken advantage of by others!" After all, Yang Ku has been with Wang Ze for so many years, and after hearing Wang Ze's introduction, he has no doubt about Wang Ze's words, and he suddenly began to worry that someone might claim to be the king.

"Haha, don't worry, sir!" Wang Ze shook his head and smiled, "Before General Mi Ke traveled, I explained to him that as long as he defeated the Charentra Kingdom, he would lead the fleet to continue to explore this continent, so as to prepare for us to open up this place in the future!" ”

"In that case, follow Your Majesty's orders!"

Seeing that the two no longer objected to their opinions, Wang Ze asked again: "I don't know what the two gentlemen came to me for today?" ”

Hearing Wang Ze's question, the two remembered that they hadn't said anything yet, so Liu Xin stepped forward and said: "I received the news of the Nanyang victory before, and the ministers were of course very happy, but about General Cao and General Fang after breaking through the kingdom of Charentra, they divided a large number of indigenous countries to establish a state, and we have quite doubts about this!" ”

"I wonder what the doubts of the two gentlemen are?" Wang Ze was also stunned, "If it is said that the indigenous people should establish their own countries, I specially explained it before they left!" ”

"Your Majesty!" Liu Xin shouted, "The main thing is that I have some differences with Yang Fuzheng, after all, the Chalientra Kingdom is thousands of miles away from Zhenhai by sea, although this move is instructed by Your Majesty, but after all, it has the meaning of mercy and natives, why doesn't Your Majesty personally canonize these countries?" ”

Yang Ku also stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, these natives are foreign races after all, and the local area is extremely rich, why don't Your Majesty slaughter their people, and then migrate to the Han people to open up the land?" ”

"It turns out that the two gentlemen actually think like this! It is not my wish to canonize the alien race and establish a country, and this land of Nanyang will still be in the hands of our Han people after all! But our population is still too small! ”

Wang Ze said and picked up a mahogany wooden pole and pointed to the huge sand table and said to the two of them, "You see, from Luhan all the way to Jinzhou Haitou (Shahuang), how many thousands of miles can this Nanyang go from east to west? The land is extended, the islands are vertical and horizontal, and the vastness is so vast that I am afraid that there are thousands of miles in circumference.

Not to mention that we currently only have 1.5 million people in Nanyang, even if the other 16 or 7 million people in our Xia Kingdom all migrate to Nanyang, they only occupy a small part of the coastal plains, and the rest of the large land is still dense forests!

It's just that the number of natives on the other islands is small, but this Java island is vast, and the indigenous population is extremely large, if you want to forcibly kill, these natives only need to hide in the jungle, no matter how many troops we send, it is useless, and the harsh environment will make us suffer heavy losses, which is one of the reasons why I want to win over the indigenous tribes to destroy the kingdom of Charentra! ”

"And I asked Cao An and Fang Lei to support so many indigenous tribes to establish their own countries, which is to encourage them to get out of the jungle, and it will be more convenient for us to attack in the future. In addition, after the establishment of so many indigenous countries, there will inevitably be a lot of contradictions, and if we provoke them from the side, they will fight among themselves, so we only choose to occupy some land along the coast with better conditions, and use it as a base to slowly pass through, and this is the right way! ”

"I see, but the two of us are thinking shallowly!" Liu Xin and Yang Ku thought about it, it was indeed Wang Ze's arrangement that was better, and it was the best policy to plan slowly.

"In fact, Cao An and Fang Lei's trip to Nanyang this time is only temporary, where do they have too much energy to do this!" Wang Ze has long been ventilated with generals like Cao An, as long as they lead their troops to fight well, they will also have a share in the future feudal princes!

Therefore, the generals of the Xia Kingdom have too much thought to engage in wind and rain, and they are even more well-behaved than the little white rabbit in front of Wang Ze, for fear that they will be accidentally disqualified from dividing the princes.

Liu Xin and Yang Ku were relieved at this time, and suddenly a captain on duty outside the door was surprised: "Your Majesty, the merchant fleet in Nanyang is back!" It's time to get to the town harbor marina now! ”