Wang Hongyu still has to eat the rice one bite at a time.

The silver of the Japanese Maori family, the rice and rubber of Annam, the fruits and timber of Southeast Asia, the fruits and cotton of the Western Regions, and the furs, oil, gas and gold of Siberia.

None of this is in Wang Hongyu's hands.

But it is clear that during the Xiaoice period, where there is food, it is suitable to take it first.

At present, with the relative stability of Longqing Wanli, the population has broken through the highest point of 80 million since the Han and Tang dynasties for the first time.

The actual population is estimated to have reached 150 million.

Although the actual area controlled by the Ming Dynasty was much higher than that of the Two Song Dynasty, the growth of arable area was not too much.

On the one hand, the desertification in the north is worse than in the Song Dynasty, and there is no longer the scene of the northern Qianmo Toyota in the Han and Tang Dynasties.

On the other hand, it was Yunnan-Guizhou and other southwestern places that did not improve slightly until the period of Sun Kewang. Wang Hongyu greatly developed the southwest ahead of schedule, which allowed the cultivated land to increase slightly.

In order to increase arable land, it is necessary to improve the utilization rate of wasteland.

Sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes and other American crops have been introduced and gradually bred and promoted, but these American crops did not have the huge yield in the early days after breeding. However, they are misaligned with rice and wheat, which greatly improves the utilization rate of mountains and hills.

For example, Fujian has been short of food since ancient times, but it has just supplemented the crops of the Americas, and there is no need to be hungry all the time for a while, and the economy will soon improve.

Guangxi, Guizhou, and the western part of Huxi are the same, there are not too many plains, and it just so happens that the crops of the Americas are most suitable for hills and mountainous areas, and in the past, there were toasts and bandits everywhere, but now they have become the main construction area for the construction of military tuns.

Not only is the grain enough to satisfy the local area, but there is also a large amount of processed products flowing out, and there are mountainous areas where military tuns are built, and without exception they are all rich.

Of course, Wang Hongyu is very pleased that the family of his eldest brother Zhou Dunji has been able to take charge of himself, especially Zhou Zhaoan is now integrating furniture, tools, transportation and other industries to open up markets in Southeast Asia and overseas.

But it's not enough.

This level is still far from dominating the world's industrial pattern.

A little slackness is a short-lived tragedy.

To be honest, the resources of the Ming Dynasty are not very many, silver has always been scarce, and the land has been developed to the point that there is no land to open up again.

If you don't go out, you can't dominate the pattern.

Military strength is the guarantee of economic development and industrial upgrading. Not within the scope of the pattern of influence of China since ancient times, there are many places where you still have to speak with strength. In the future, it will be included in the system and scope, and it is mainly to use money to talk about business.

Two of the three strongest new armies in their hands fought last year.

The Hunhe Army is stationed on Treasure Island, and it will definitely attack in the direction of the Wa Kingdom in the future.

The Shennong Army is in the Malay Peninsula, and now it is consolidating the new government of the Ming Dynasty in Malay.

Only the Yunnan-Guichuan soldiers and horses of the Southwest New Army, which was previously expanded and trained by Zou Wenqi, was stationed in Nanchang as a support force. The meeting brought together Hong Chengchou and the envoys from Esbanya from Hangzhou to participate in the military parade and security of the Yangzhou meeting.

It's time to look at the results of the New Army in the Southwest and discuss with Zou Wenqi the plan for the next expedition.

Wang Hongyu continued to implement the plan of military operations first in the south and then in the north. However, on the contrary, the reform and construction of the frontier should start from Shanhaiguan in the east to Jiayuguan in the west, and the dual-track management of the border army and the local government should be implemented simultaneously.

These areas are all areas that Wang Hongyu has not yet touched, and this time Wang Hongyu and the British Duke Zhang Weixian are ready to discuss with the Emperor of the Apocalypse to find candidates for civil officials and military generals in advance.

Sun Chuanting is already the first choice in the northwest, and now he will learn something new in Yunyang first, and in a few years he will be able to go to the northwest to regain the lost territory.

There is also Lu Xiangsheng, this is really a unique character and ability, and he also experienced and learned it in Guizhou first, and then sent to the right place.

But just one Sun Chuanting and Lu Xiangsheng is far from enough, at least Xuanda, Jizhen, and Shanhaiguan must have a candidate for a feudal official like Sun Chuanting.

This matter is not in a hurry, it is estimated that it will take a few years for it to be implemented, and it must be gradually implemented after Tianqi and Wang Hongyu completely control the situation in the Ming Dynasty, but no

You can wait too long, because the little cold season will not wait.

Wang Hongyu knows very well that the Xiaoice River has just begun, and the north of the Yellow River will be even more arid and cold in the future, and the frost-free period will be shortened every year, such as the north of Beijing, Shanxi, north-central Shaanxi, and most of Gansu will have nine droughts in ten years, and snow will fall in autumn.

In these areas, there are only more than 100 days of frost-free weather a year, and only wheat, wheat, beans, buckwheat, potatoes, millet, rapeseed and other cold-tolerant crops with a short growth period must be grown.

Although Wang Hongyu has greatly increased productivity, there are still problems with food to meet the needs of the local people, let alone provide military rations for the Ming Dynasty, so these areas must implement collective ownership in advance.

All the land occupied by the nobles, local tyrants, landlords, and ordinary people should be nationalized, and collective ownership units at the township, county, regional, and provincial levels should be implemented in order to strengthen the ability to resist natural disasters.

The military action of first the south and then the north cannot be changed, and the inland will also have to reduce grain production because of the deepening of the small cold season, and the grain problem will mainly rely on Southeast Asia to supplement the south and the south to supplement the hinterland.

Wang Hongyu's Southwest New Army had not yet participated in the battles against the Netherlands and the Wa Kingdom, and Wang Hongyu had long been prepared to use the Southwest New Army as the main force to occupy Southeast Asia.

He and Zou Wenqi, the commander-in-chief of the Southwest New Army, inspected the New South Army and inspected their training in hand-to-hand combat, firearms, and chariots.

I found that it was really distinctive, although the firearms were inferior to the Hunhe Army and the array combat was slightly weaker, but the tank tactics were very powerful, and it really reached the stage of hand-to-hand combat, maybe it was even more powerful.

Wang Hongyu asked Wang Zheng and Li Tiezhu to combine a steam engine and a Ming Dynasty chariot, and then made a lot of meticulous improvements. This kind of shield wheel axle and guard plate are wrapped with iron plates, and the guard plate has a disassembled type to a hinge lifting type, and there is a drainage guard plate that can change the angle on the side, and the roof has a telescopic guard plate. It can be partially enclosed or fully enclosed.

There are lookout holes and gun holes on the front guard plate that can be shielded; There are also several large iron cones on the outside of the guards, which can be used to ram enemy chariots or fortresses. Look at the book

At this time, the steam engine had been preliminarily built, and there was an early steam engine at the rear of each chariot as the power, and there were artificial carts and animal power pulling carts in the water plate as backup power.

In fact, animal power is generally used to act, and in wartime, it is mainly manpower, disguised as an ordinary chariot.

Then at the critical moment, start the steam engine and drive in, and all the staff will be thrown into battle without pushing carts, and the enemy will be directly defeated.

This armored fighting vehicle has strong weapons and equipment, and its anti-strike ability far exceeds that of Jiannu's future shield vehicle, but it is heavy and not suitable for walking in muddy places, nor is it suitable for walking on rugged mountain roads, and it will be difficult to walk an inch when encountering obstacles such as trees.

However, like an ordinary shield car, it can be disassembled and moved, and the charioteers can carry it through the mountains and forests, and it only takes an hour to assemble it, so it can be used in the southwest.