"I'm afraid this Xijing City can accommodate 100,000 people, right?"

"More than that, enough for 200,000 people."

When Yang Bingwen's voice sounded, he was strolling on the city wall of Xijing City with Kim Hyun, who had gotten out of the carriage.

The two of them stopped in front of an arrow tower, and what they saw was a city that was mostly empty.

Compared with last year's fang market, there was only one square of the city, the current Xijing City has expanded several times, only the city wall is five zhang high, the top is four zhang wide, the bottom is six zhang wide, and the outline is a closed rectangle.

The circumference of the entire city wall is 20 li, with an area of 16,000 acres, which is enough to accommodate 200,000 people.

Despite its size, it is only the imperial city of Xijing City, not even the inner city.

As an imperial city, it is Changle Gate in the east, Anding Gate in the west, Yongning Gate in the south, and Anyuan Gate in the north.

Each gatehouse has three tiers, which are divided into a gate tower, an arrow tower, and a main building.

The gate tower is outside, the arrow tower is in the middle, the main building is inside, the wall between the arrow tower and the main building is the urn city, the whole city wall constitutes a strict defense system, and there is a wide moat outside the city.

The whole city is built on the central axis, and the planned roads are Zhuque Street in the north-south direction, and Chang'an Avenue in the east-west direction, supplemented by 12 square streets and 60 long alleys.

The streets are still dirt roads, but Yang can tell how wide they are.

"The drawings of the city construction, His Royal Highness revised it several times, overturned it several times, and finally decided the pattern of the entire city according to the characteristics of Xijing City."

Jin Xuan set off to walk around the horse road and explained to Yang Bingwen: "Zhuque Street is 60 zhang wide, Chang'an Avenue is 50 zhang wide, Fang Street is 20 zhang wide, and Long Lane is 10 zhang respectively. ”

"At present, only the imperial city has been built, and only four fang cities in the imperial city, including Chang'an Fang, Suzaku Fang, Changning Fang and Yongning Fang, have been built."

"The Qi Palace, which covers an area of 6,000 acres, and the six departments of 2,000 acres, and the yamen of the Governor's Mansion have not yet been built, let alone other markets."

While the two were talking, they also walked down the city wall and came to the Suzaku Fang in the four squares on both sides of Suzaku Street.

"Zhuque Fang is mainly a residential but there is also a yamen, Xijing City is composed of Zibo County and Linzi County, and the Yamen of Zibo County is established with Zhuque Fang."

On the brick street, there are rows of houses, among which are uninhabited, so Yang Byung-moon and Kim Hyun can shuttle freely, explaining the differences.

The dwellings in Xijing City are mainly laid out in the form of "three vertical and four horizontal", the pattern of the houses is orderly, the courtyards emerge one after another, the residential buildings are made of high quality, the carvings are exquisite, the structure is exquisite, and the layout is exquisite.

Although it is a dwelling, the whole building in the square has a steep ridge and cornices, carved beams and painted buildings, exquisite and elegant, the courtyard hall is reasonably arranged, the spatial landscape is rich in layers and infinite changes, forming a "labyrinth" building complex, which is a typical home garden with southern characteristics of the Ming Dynasty.

Yang Bingwen has come to many small courtyards, their layouts are different, but in general, they are elegant and beautiful, the shape is regular, the layout is flexible, the space is rich, and the level is gradual.

The dwellings of the whole Fang City contain profound cultural connotations in rich forms, which are the products of the combination of Daming architectural culture and Qi climate culture.

"These yards don't take up less than three points, right?" Yang Bingwen stood in a courtyard and couldn't help but sigh.

"It's really a three-point yard (184 square meters)." Jin Xuan nodded with a smile, and Yang Bingwen also smiled bitterly when he heard this: "This courtyard is placed in Daming, even some talents can't afford to live in it." ”

"That was before...... Jin Xuan let out a breath of turbidity and replied with a smile: "Anyway, there are so many timber from the wasteland, and the labor reform workers only eat grain, not waste money, and the cost of these yards is only a few stones of rice." ”

"That's ...... too" Yang Bingwen nodded slightly, which can be regarded as recognition.

The two walked out of the courtyard and walked in the empty Vermilion Bird Workshop, looking at the empty Fang, Yang Bingwen also asked curiously: "How many of these houses have you prepared?" ”

"There are about 2,000 houses in four square cities, and it is not a problem to accommodate 10,000 immigrants." Kim Hyun responded, and at the same time said:

"But according to what you and I just inferred, I'm afraid these houses will be idle for two or three years."

"It's not going to ......" Yang Bingwen shook his head:

"My father deduced that the first batch of immigrants should be relocated in the winter of the sixteenth year, according to the number of acres of fields in the sixteenth year you just mentioned, almost thirty or forty thousand immigrants can come to the Qi country, and Xijing City can accommodate at least 10,000."

"When I set out this year, the country was flooded in the south and drought in the north, and the people were seriously affected, and in many places there was even a situation of eating tree bark and grass roots."

"Didn't the imperial court provide disaster relief?" Jin Xuan stopped and looked at Yang Bingwen with a frown, but Yang Bingwen shook his head:

"It can be said that there is no relief, but it can also be said that there is no relief."

As he spoke, Yang Bingwen explained, and as soon as Jin Xuan heard the policy of the imperial court, he knew that His Royal Highness the King of Qi was driving the people out.

"Long pain is better than short pain, Your Highness did the right ......"

Kim Hyun has changed a lot from a few years ago, and if he had been a few years ago, he would definitely argue with reason, but now he is no longer so idealistic.

In the original Ming Dynasty, in addition to the six provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Guangzhou, and Shaanxi, they were actually more or less densely populated.

This drought is enough to reflect many things, since there are tractors, it is necessary to reclaim the cultivated land that can be cultivated, and then immigrate to the real side, and the imperial court must make a choice, and it cannot be fame and benefits.

"What happened to Chengde and the prince?"

Letting go of the people's livelihood, Kim Hyun began to ask Yang Bingwen about Sungde and the crown prince Zhu Ciran.

The last time he heard about the two of them was last year, and now a year has passed, and he doesn't know what has changed.

He is still more concerned about the relationship between the two, after all, in his heart, Chengde is a close friend, and Zhu Ciran is a disciple.

"I heard that Banzai let the prince study in the Metropolitan Inspectorate, but after two years of study, it didn't have any results, and I think it's the same, after all, the prince is only twelve years old."

Yang Bingwen exonerated Zhu Ciran, but Jin Xuan frowned: "I'm afraid it's just that the prince is playful." ”

Obviously, as Zhu Ciran's former teacher, Jin Xuan knows Zhu Ciran's character very well, and if there is no strict teacher's supervision, then Zhu Ciran's casual personality is estimated to be unable to learn anything.

"It's true that it's a bit casual and playful, but the prince is often close to the people and often sympathetic to the people, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune."

Yang Bingwen smiled and walked out of the Vermilion Bird Workshop with Jin Xuan, and Jin Xuan could only sigh when he heard this: "It's okay to be casual, it's better not to toss like long live......

Jin Xuan's sense of Zhu Youxiao is really not good, after all, when Zhu Youxiao was busy with domestic and foreign affairs for silver, Zhu Youxiao was busy repairing the palace.

The cost of the three major halls and the Dading Palace, the Midsummer Palace is close to eight million taels of silver, and these eight million taels of silver are huge sums of money that can save many people now, not to mention a few years before the apocalypse when the financial difficulties occurred.

In Jin Xuan's view, Zhu Ciran's only advantage is that he has a soft temperament, so after he took Zhu Ciran to see the people's livelihood and suffering, Zhu Ciran can understand the people's difficulties, which is similar to her uncle Zhu Youzhen.

It is not a good thing for the king to have a soft temperament, but for the people, it is a great thing for the king to be soft and not toss.

seemed to realize that they had said too much, and then the two tacitly did not mention politics again, but simply discussed the issue of Qi State.

These conversations were recorded by the officials who followed them, and they would be sent to the capital for Zhu Youzhen to read after Yang Bingwen returned to Yingzhou.

However, due to the long distance, I am afraid that by the time I send it back, it will already be March of the fifteenth year of the Apocalypse.

The two continued to talk about the Qi country, but they didn't know that in Europe, which was also the other side of the ocean of the Qi country, a full-scale war broke out completely because of the intervention of the Ming Dynasty.

In October of the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, that is, in November 1633, due to the abundant supply of saltpeter from the Ming Dynasty, the Catholic League led by Spain defeated the Protestant princes' army in the Czech region.

However, King Louis XIV of France could not tolerate Spain's resurrection as the hegemon of Europe, so in August, France formed an alliance with Denmark, Sweden, the Netherlands, and England to attack the Spaniards.

Due to the lack of baggage and the inability to support logistics, the Spanish army was defeated and withdrew from the Czech region.

Danish forces were victorious in the northwestern part of the Holy Roman Empire, and Sweden landed in Pomerania in December with French financial assistance.

Although four years later than Sweden's entry into the war, the Swedish army, led by King Gustav Adolf II, defeated the forces of the Holy Roman Empire at Brydenfeld and captured Pomerania.

At the same time, the French army, under the leadership of Prime Minister Richelieu, also sent troops directly to fight with Sweden against the Catholic League, which also represented the beginning of the Thirty Years' War in a Europe-wide melee phase.

Not only that, but fourteen years after the apocalypse, the Swiss-French forces occupied Mainz in March, and Augsburg and Munich in April.

Wallenstein, the commander of the Catholic League, fought the Battle of Lützen with the Swedish and French forces in May, but the two sides did not develop as in history, and this time the Catholic League army relied on sufficient gunpowder to draw with the Swedish and French forces, and King Gustav II of Sweden did not die on the battlefield, and the war entered a stalemate.

However, although the land was in a stalemate, as Xu Xiake led the fleet away, British and Dutch warships searched for Spanish merchant ships at sea like hyenas, and for a time Spain's shipping lanes were seriously threatened.

Since silver and gold from the Americas could not flow into Spain, and Spain could not use gold and silver to trade with the Ming Dynasty, Felipe IV was ready to negotiate with the Ming to trade in the Americas, but he had not yet decided whether to do so.

For a time, these various pieces of information were collected by Xu Xiake's Beizhen Fusi Jinyiwei who was left in Europe and sent to Daming through carrier pigeons.

The carrier pigeon arrived in South Kunlun with the news, and then went to Xiaoxiyang, and finally arrived at the West Harbor in Luchuan through Xiaoxiyang, and then sent to the capital at an expedited speed of 800 miles.

It seemed to be a very short process, but it took more than five months, and by the time the news was delivered to Zhu Youjian, it was already October of the fourteenth year of the Apocalypse.

"It's okay to trade in the Americas, but if you can't win at sea, how can your shipping lanes be secured? Could it be that he wanted the imperial ships of the dynasty to cross the Western Ocean to give him saltpeter? ”

Being in the October Carrier Palace, Zhu Youzhen frowned and looked at the various information that Jinyiwei had collected from Europe, and for a while, even he was a little confused.

Denmark and Sweden delayed their entry into the war, France entered the war early, Spain did not lose the Battle of Lüzen, and Gustav II did not die in battle.

How much impact can a good military general have on the battlefield? There is no need for others to say this, Zhu Youzhen also knows that after all, he is the most capable general of the Ming Dynasty.

Historically, it was the death of Gustav II, as king and commander in the Battle of Lützen, that caused Sweden's line infantry to lose their offensive ability, and Wallenstein was also suspicious because of his defeat and self-respect.

Now that Gustav II is not dead, and Wallenstein can barely confront him, the situation in Europe is interesting.

Spain could still maintain its war advantage on land, but if the saltpeter in the shipping lanes was interrupted, its gunpowder production capacity would be reversed to six years ago.

Without the saltpeter of the Ming Dynasty, Spain would not have been able to produce a large amount of gunpowder, and it would never be able to defeat the Protestant Confederate army in terms of firepower.

As long as the Ming Dynasty did not intervene, Spain would be defeated by the armies of France, Denmark and Sweden in succession, as in history, and suffered vicious events such as internal peasant uprisings and Portuguese independence, and finally suffered defeat at the Battle of Mashausen and the Battle of Reims, and had to sign the Peace of Westphalia to end the Thirty Years' War.

These things are short to say, but in reality it took fourteen years.

In general, half of the Thirty Years' War in Europe has been fought, and if the Ming Dynasty helps Spain, Spain may win the Thirty Years' War, and then the Thirty Years' War will be extended, and a second Thirty Years' War will break out in Europe.

If Da Ming does not support Spain, then at most he will rely on his current advantage and be defeated a few years later than in history.

Neither Zhu Youzhen wanted Spain to win or lose miserably, what he wanted was a crushing victory for Spain and ceding its interests in the United States to Qi.

However, a crushing victory is a crushing victory, and Zhu Youzhen's demands on Spain are staged.

At present, Spain is in a stalemate in the war, and what Zhu Youzhen wants to do is to let Spain continue to lose, and then a sense of crisis will erupt, and then cede the North American colonies to the Ming Dynasty.

Only by accomplishing this goal will Zhu Youzhen help Spain and let it regain its dominance of the European battlefield.

As long as Spain is used well, let it dominate the European battlefield, and then sell some warships and artillery eliminated by the Ming Dynasty to Spain, so that it can defeat the naval fleets of Britain and the Netherlands, so as to obtain sea power in the Atlantic, then Zhu Youzhen can then negotiate with Britain, France, the Netherlands and other countries, and get colonies in North America and Central America from them.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen could turn to support Britain, France and the Netherlands, and at the same time let Britain and France encourage Portugal to become independent.

Once this thing succeeds, then after Portugal's independence, Zhu Youzhen can negotiate with Portugal to obtain Portuguese overseas colonies, and then penetrate South America.

After that, Britain and France continued to suppress Spain and the Holy Roman Empire, so that Spain had to withdraw from South America.

As a condition, the Ming Dynasty would sell all the obsolete warships to Spain, and at the same time cut off the funding of Britain, France, the Netherlands, and Portugal, so that Spain would lose the American colonies as a condition for winning the war.

Without the Americas, even if the war in Europe was won, Spain would at best become a feudal farming and pastoral state.

Although Catholicism can win for a short time, the Protestant alliance will not always admit defeat, and a second war over religion will break out.

As long as the Ming Dynasty and the vassal states did not directly send troops to intervene in the European war, those European monarchs would not think about global politics, and at most stay in the stage of European politics.

By the time they had finished the Second War of Religion, the Qi kingdom and the vassal domains had already gained a foothold in the Americas and southern Levivia.

At this time, even if Europe reached a nominal alliance, it was not enough to pose a threat to the Ming Dynasty's vassal system.

The implementation of the whole plan will take decades, and it will take about twenty years to complete the recovery of the American colonies belonging to Qi from the European colonizers.

Of course, if Zhu Youzhen is not happy, he can also choose to lead his troops to sweep through the Americas after taking office, so that Spain can eat Yellow Lotus, and he can't say anything about his suffering.

However, after facing the military strength of Qi, it is very likely that European countries will realize the military strength of Qi and the Ming Dynasty, and then choose an armistice and form a European Union.

The reason why Zhu Youzhen wanted to come step by step was to boil frogs in warm water, so that European countries felt that the Ming Dynasty could not eat the Americas, so they did not directly use force to prevent them from feeling the military pressure of the Ming Dynasty.

If they felt the military pressure from the Ming Dynasty, coupled with the economic pressure that already existed, then it would be a little strange for them not to stop fighting.

A soft knife is the most painful to cut meat......

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen also realized that if he wanted Spain to cede its colonies in North America and Central America, Qi had to show decent military strength.

This force cannot make Spain feel fearful, nor can it make them feel indifferent, it can only make them feel pressure, and it cannot be overloaded.

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen, who was standing at the window of the carrier hall, picked up another booklet.

This is the document sent by the thirteenth year of the Qi State Apocalypse, although Zhu Youzhen has not received the fourteen-year book, but he can probably judge the current situation of the Qi State.

"According to the number of machinery, by the end of next year, there should be at least 500,000 mu of arable land, and it should not be a problem to feed 1780,000 people."

"The output of gold and silver mines and coal mines has also stabilized at about 60,000 taels, and it is still a little difficult to raise the army, and we need the support of the Qi Palace."

Zhu Youzhen calculated the situation in Qi State, and then turned to Wang Chengen and ordered:

"In the name of the Qi Palace, on the first day of the sixth month of the fifteenth year of the Apocalypse, the army of Qi was recruited from Shandong, Henan, North Zhili, South Zhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi and other two capitals and four provinces."

"For the time being, it is set as five battalions of soldiers and horses, and recruiters will be distributed with 100 acres of fields."

"At the end of the fifteenth year of the Apocalypse, the soldiers and horses went first, and at the end of the sixteenth year, his family moved to Qi with his family."

"The slave and maid receive the order...... Wang Chengen first responded, and then asked: "Your Highness, why don't you continue to use the soldiers and horses of the national dynasty to garrison the Qi country?" ”

"Right now, if you recruit five battalions of soldiers and horses, then counting his family, I'm afraid there will be at least eighty or ninety thousand horses, can the Qi country withstand so many people?"

"Besides, according to the annual salary of fifteen taels of soldiers and horses, and the food expenditure of five taels, the palace must spend at least 300,000 taels of silver."

"I'm afraid that the income of your Yulu and Qi Kingdom can only last for about seven years......"

Wang Chengen was a little worried, but Zhu Youzhen shook his head and said, "Seven years is enough." ”

"The gold and silver mining in Qi has not yet been on the right track, and when the local area is on the right track, the income of three or four hundred thousand taels of silver a year is not much."

"Counting my Yulu, as well as the trade between the Qi Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty, I can almost break even."

Zhu You's calculations were very clear that they would not emigrate until the end of the sixteenth year, and they would not arrive in Qi until April or May of the seventeenth year, and even if they used a steamer, they would arrive in Qi as soon as February.

After the second batch of industrial zones of the Ming Dynasty was put into operation in the fifteenth year of the Apocalypse, the number of tractors that Qi could obtain would also increase, and by the seventeenth year, Qi should have no less than one million acres of arable land.

According to the situation of 100 mu per household, there is still a shortage of more than 500,000 mu of cultivated land.

But it's okay, because the mechanical progress is not enough, and Daming still has manpower available.

"Let Yang Wenyue send 100,000 labor reformers to Qi to reclaim farmland next year, and send 200,000 labor reform workers to Qi next year."

"Tell Kim Hyun to let the labor campers first solve the trees and stones, and then use machinery to plough the roots, so that the reclamation can be faster."

Zhu Youzhen explained to Wang Chengen, and Wang Chengen also responded to all his orders.

After doing all this, Zhu Youzhen asked about the ticket draft: "How is the ticket drafting?" ”

"There were 30,000 votes in favor, more than 20,000 votes against, 630,000 abstentions, and 140,000 officials who did not decide whether to abstain or approve or oppose."

Wang Chengen's response made Zhu Youzhen's brows stretch slightly, but then he couldn't help but be a little worried.

630,000 abstained, which shows that there are 630,000 Enxue students who want to stay in Daming, so they can't do anything in favor of abolishing Yan Shenggong.

630,000 officials who have received Yanshan's education, if they leave, will their brother be able to fight them?

Can his eldest nephew, who is loose by nature, be able to command the group of nascent generals in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies?

Thinking of this, Zhu Youzhen walked to the window with his hands on his back and frowning.

He looked at the heavy snow in the capital, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

"It seems that we have to speed up the entry of Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting into the cabinet......

(End of chapter)