"The king, the minister thinks that since my Wu State has established its rule in Dian County, Qianzhong County, and Jiaozhi County, we should build an official road, like the new Lingnan Road, from the Wu Kingdom itself to the southwest border."

Deng Xi stood up and bowed towards Qingji.

As soon as these words came out, Ji Ran, Hu Yong, Shen Xi, and the ministers who were left couldn't help but glared angrily at Deng Xi.

Deng Xi, this is a big taboo!

How easy is it to build an official road?

This official road includes straight roads and galloping roads, and the project is huge, time-consuming and laborious, and it will definitely make Wu pay a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.

Moreover, in places such as Dian County, Qianzhong County, and Jiaozhi County, the three southwestern counties are not as good as the six counties in Lingnan.

The six counties in Lingnan still have spiritual canals, and the water network is dense, and the official roads are difficult to repair, so it may not be impossible to take the waterway.

And the three counties in the southwest can be said to be full of lofty mountains and mountains, and there are not many smooth roads!

How to build?

How much manpower is needed to build it?

The point is how much labor to exhaust to death?

"No!"

Dazai Jiran was the first to retort, "King, Deng Xi's words are wrong."

"How easy is it to build an official road from the three southwestern counties to the mainland of my Wu country?"

"A vast territory of five or six thousand miles, with high mountains and long roads, must cost a lot!"

"Not to mention financial and material resources, the first thing is manpower!"

Ji Ran said bitterly, "You can see it from this map."

"In the past, for the sake of the spiritual canal and the construction of the Lingnan New Road, how many deaths and injuries did my Wu Kingdom have to serve? There are no less than 5,000!"

"Then, if you want to build an official road directly to the three southwestern counties, it will be more difficult, and how many laborers will die? I'm afraid there are more than 10,000 people!"

"Such a huge project cannot be completed without the participation of 100,000 people, and it will take more than ten years to complete!"

After a pause, Ji Ran said again: "King, please cherish the people's power and your people!"

"Thinking of all the beings of the Wu Kingdom!"

This is a headache for Qingji.

If there is no official road from Wu to the three southwestern counties, will the Wu army set off from Jinling City and will not be able to reach the three southwestern counties in less than half a year?

At least three to five months!

By that time, the daylilies were all cold.

Moreover, this is destined to be a bottomless pit!

It's just that Ji Ran is right, as the king of a country, Qingji can't be compassionate to the people.

Although, at that time, most of the people who were responsible for the construction of Lingnan New Road were prisoners, prisoners of war, or Baiyue people.

However, at this time, Wu also had to recruit the Dian people, the Ailao people, the Luo Yue people and the Pu people to build official roads, so that their corpses could be piled down and mourn all over the wilderness.

I believe that it will not be long before the rebellion will break out again, and it will be difficult for Wu to pacify.

Qingji was also unwilling to let Wu fall into an endless melee for the sake of the three southwestern counties.

"The king, this is a candidate for servitude, and the minister has found it for the king!"

Deng Xi smiled slightly: "The minister was ordered by the king to go to the South Seas to open up sea trade routes, and only brought back some valuable things such as spices, pearls, and agate."

"However, the minister's team also brought back a lot of Nanyangs."

"The land of the South Seas, the vast sea, is full of islands."

"There are several islands as vast as land!"

"The natives above, there are Luo Yue people, Dongshan people, Wu people, etc., and they also live a life of slash-and-burn cultivation and drinking blood, which can be used by my Wu country, as slaves, and pay labor for the Wu country for a lifetime!"

「……」

Does this sound like a word?

Outrageous!

The ministers and doctors of Wu State present felt that Deng Xi was too cruel for a while.

Serving as slaves with natives?

It seems, it's not impossible!

This kind of thing is acceptable to the monarchs and ministers of the State of Wu.

Even in the state of Wu, which has transitioned to the feudal era, there is still slavery, and Qingji cannot abolish slavery.

The "Wu people" in Deng Xi's mouth, Qingji knows, it should be Malays......

According to Deng Xi's description, the caravan he led arrived at Zhuya Island (Hainan Island), Borneo, Java Island and other islands.

The natives who live there are not known how many, and Wu may not be able to capture them all as slaves, as laborers, and work as coolies for Wu all their lives.

"My lord, I think what Dr. Deng said is very true!"

Ran Geng then stood up and said, "The year before last, the minister was ordered by the king to lead a caravan to the east, and arrived at Jizi Korea, and then all the way to the east, that is a large number of islands, dotted islands!"

"During the year, the minister and his party discovered an island settled by the mountain people, called "Yizhou", and went all the way to the east, and saw several other unknown islands."

"Those islands are like long worms, and they seem to be the legendary three immortal islands of Penglai, Abbot, and Yingzhou. However, the minister found that the people living on the island are still the uncivilized natives!"

"How many natives there are, the minister doesn't know. However, I believe that there are more than 100,000 people, and there should still be them!"

"Good!"

Qingji finally nodded convincingly.

Ran Geng led the caravan to the east and arrived at Yizhou Island, which should be the "bend" of later generations.

And those islands like long worms, aren't they plaster countries?

Seriously, Qingji doesn't care about using the natives of those foreign lands to act as tired slaves.

"Yizhou Island was merged into Minzhong County, Zhuya Island was merged into Nanhai County, and the indigenous people of the rest of the islands were ...... Catch!"

Qing Ji squinted his eyes and said, "The next time you sail, there will be one to catch one!"

"The king is wise!"

The ministers all shouted after the mountain.

At this moment, Qingji could already predict how many natives would be brought back by boats and boats like the Wu people and little piglets.

The accumulation of primitive capital is always very bloody!

……

The suburbs of Jinling, outside the ten-mile long pavilion.

The sun is setting, the small bridge is flowing water, and the orange evening flame shines on the ground......

At this time, on the edge of ancient times, Qingji led his concubines and sons to see off Wu Hong.

Gongzihong, who is fourteen years old, still has a childish face, wearing a crimson battle suit at the moment, with a cloth belt to tie his hair, and he is only wearing simple leather armor and carrying a full burden.

In Gongzihong's waist, there is also a broadsword pinned to him, and he holds a spear in his hand, like a warrior.

Gongzihong, what is this going to do?

Yes.

At this age, Gongzihong will be sent to the army for training.

"Woooooooo

is worried about her son's mother.

As Gongzihong's biological mother, Mrs. Rumeng couldn't help crying, pear blossoms brought rain, standing beside Qingji and wiping her tears.

Qingji couldn't help but glance at Rumeng, frowned, and said, "What are you crying for?"

"Wu Hong just went to enlist in the army, not to send him to death, or to the battlefield! What is there to cry about?"

For the appearance of such a dream, Qingji is quite dissatisfied.

However, Rumeng is just blaming Qingji for being too "ruthless"!

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