Seventeen years of Yuan Heng.

Li recounted the days.

If nothing else, there should only be two or three years left before the drought and hunger in Guanzhong.

But of course!

With the current strength of Datang, it should not be a big problem to quell this famine.

This year, Li Chengqian also had an understanding of the population of Datang.

As of this year.

The number of registered households in Datang is already close to five million.

All I can say is......

Leaving the Yuan Shengshi, it is estimated that it is not too far away.

Of course!

There's a problem here too.

That is, among the people, women are quite independent, and they have a lot of right to speak, which may lead to late marriage and late childbearing in the future.

Yes!

Compared with the fifteen-year-old male at the beginning, the female listens to marriage at the age of thirteen.

Nowadays, the age of marriage is getting later and later.

Men are at least twenty years old, and some are even thirty years old.

Females, at least fifteen or sixteen years old.

Of course, this is normal.

It's just that......

It seems that it is not for nothing that these seventeen or eighteen years old, or even those who did not get married until they were twenty years old.

After listening to the report of the head of the household, Li Chengqian thought about what his teacher had said.

All I can say is......

The next thing is to ask the head of the household, whether it is better to have more or less population.

Hubu Shangshu replied: "Back to Your Majesty, since ancient times, the more people in the register, the better. The more people there are, the more taxes can be collected. ”

Li Chengqian said: "But once there are more people, the less land the people can get." Nowadays, many people in Guanzhong have long since left much land to divide. ”

Tobe Shangshu: "There is such a problem, but it is just ...... The imperial court could move these people who could not get the land to Kuanxiang for resettlement. ”

Li Chengqian pondered for a while, it is better to carry out another population migration.

Merely......

Where are you moving to?

Soon......

Yao Yuanchong and Zhang Renqing also returned to Chang'an.

Li Chengqian happened to find the two of them to ask what the situation was on the Persian side now.

Yao Yuanchong and Zhang Renqing also told Li Chengqian everything they saw along the way.

On the Persian side, there are some places that are suitable for growing wheat.

As for whether you say life is good......

Or if the people of the Tang Dynasty passed, would they not be used to life.

Then there must be some gap.

For example, the water over there is quite precious.

Of course! You say that there is no water at all, and that's not true.

It's just that......

Indeed, far from the river, the only thing you see most often is a patch of yellow, and a sky full of wind and sand.

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The two of them have also stayed there for a long time, and as people who have come over, it can only be said that the two of them have adapted well.

And then there's ......

The aristocracy over there is really not bad at all.

When they take refuge in the summer, they bring water to the roof and let the water form a curtain to cool down from the heat.

Of course!

This is definitely a loser's behavior.

It's just that......

It's really hot over there, too.

This Datang also uses ice cubes to cool down in summer.

All I can say is......

Half a pound and eight taels.

Li Chengqian then asked the two of them if it was possible for Datang to take root there.

The two of them didn't dare to say 100%, but as long as they worked hard, they could only say that it was not a big problem.

Compared with Datang, it is a relatively desolate place.

If you really want to say it.

Then Liaodong and Jiaozhi must be better than that place in Persia?

Not necessarily, but each has its own way.

Li Chengqian asked, "You say, if I want to control some of the people in the pass, is it feasible to move there now?" ”

The two looked at each other.

This is a man who has left his homeland.

Yao Yuanchong said: "You can try it, but the people of Datang may not be willing." ”

Li Chengqian felt that this was the case, and if he really did this, he would definitely be scolded.

And......

Who will go there to be the king has not yet been determined.

This matter can only be put aside for the time being.

Then let the two go back to rest and rest, after all, it was hard to come back all the way.

As for Pei Xingjian......

Pei Xingjian can't come back yet.

Seventeenth year of Yuan Heng, February.

Liaodong's fleet reached Guangzhou.

Subsequently......

The Guangzhou Shipbuilding Division also sent the news back to Luoyang.

All I can say is......

Li Chengqian couldn't help but be a little surprised after reading it.

Did the slave find the New World?

But there is one thing to say.

Teacher, how did he know that there was such a land in such a distant place?

Teacher, he has been?

That's obviously impossible.

So......

March.

The flotilla arrived in Yangzhou, and then in April, the flotilla returned to Liaodong.

I heard that the fleet I arranged was really back, although it took a bit of a long time to come back, almost two and a half years, but when the news reached Li Zhi's ears, Li Zhi couldn't help but be a little excited.

It means that the place really exists!

Subsequently......

Outside Liaodong City, Li Zhi personally met with these crew members.

Since they were sorted out in Guangzhou and Yangzhou when they came back, the crew's clothes looked good.

Of course!

After two and a half years of overseas wandering, they still looked more or less malnourished.

Especially on this ship, there is certainly very little meat.

It wasn't until the crew handed over the tattered clothes they had changed into to Li Zhi that Li Zhi understood what they had experienced along the way.

But......

One thing to say, it was okay when I came back, anyway, it was quite calm along the way.

The only danger to your life is to enter some of the wildling's islands, where you can sometimes be attacked by the wildlings.

To this end......

They have already paid the price in blood.

There were a total of 255 people who went out this time, and when they came back, there were still 175 people, so they can only be said to be okay.

Of course!

This is obviously all the credit of Li Chong, if Li Chong had not told them in advance that there would be such a thing as scurvy, then it is very likely that the number of people who came back at this time would be less than one-third.

Now more than two-thirds of them are definitely because of Li Chong.

On the one hand, Li Zhi arranged for people to pick up the wind and wash the dust, and on the other hand, he also learned about the current situation of the land from their mouths.

The captain can only say......

The land over there is vast and sparsely populated, and if you eat it, it's okay, there are all kinds of vegetables and plants, and the people over there have already mastered some agriculture-related planting skills, but they are not very clever, if it weren't for the fact that they didn't bring women on the ship, and they don't look down on those wild people, maybe they would have stayed there and not come back.

After that, after talking about the costumes of the chiefs and the customs of the people, the captain also took out all these things, such as corn, pumpkins, potatoes, etc.

Of course!

Originally, when he came back, someone also suggested that he should find a small island to hide half of the gold, because maybe after he returned, His Majesty might be greedy for ink.

But this idea was quickly rejected by the captain, because there was no need.

And......

One hundred and seventy-five people, who knows if anyone will tell His Majesty in the future, and when the time comes, it will be him, the captain, who is unlucky.

When he saw the ship full of gold, Li Zhi's eyes were also completely red.

Of course, it's not that they want to get rid of their gold, but that ......

This is a place he must take!