The fiefdom far away in Oceania was busy with construction, while the Dayu soldiers and horses stationed in Dongwu in Annam were busy recruiting troops.

Now Dongwu Prefecture and Annan Prefecture have belonged to the territory of Dayu, if all rely on Dayu's soldiers and horses to maintain law and order, it is a bit stretched, and the local people are recruited to join the army, continue to expand the border army, in order to better maintain the peace of the border, as well as the use of poison soldiers.

The same was true of the armies that conquered the Western Regions, conscripting local civilians to serve in the army in order to use troops against the surrounding countries.

The expansion of the Dayu army made Tibet in the encirclement restless, and the Khan king of their country looked at the distribution of power and couldn't sit still, if the Dayu army in the Western Regions continued to attack westward. And Dongwu's army also attacked south, is it not long before his plateau country will be surrounded by Dayu's army in the center?

When people were panicked in Tibet like ants on a hot pot, they thought that Dayu would use troops against them next, but in fact, as long as they captured several Middle Eastern countries and surrounded this plateau region, they were afraid that the ducks in their hands would fly?

Rather than letting the soldiers and horses adapt to the plateau climate, it is better to attack the surrounding countries first, and then I am afraid that the plateau countries will take the initiative to surrender to the imperial court.

In the capital, after a few busy months, Li Chengli's factories were finally on the right track, and he could finally take a breath.

Now there are several brothers, except for the emperor who is staying in the capital with him, everyone else has been divided, and he is also busy with things in the factory, so the emperor has not divided him out for the time being.

On this day, he entered the palace and handed over the accounts of the various factories to the emperor, preparing to hand over the factories to the emperor.

As for whether the emperor put the factory in his own name or handed it over to the household department, it was not for him to worry.

Li Chengmu checked the profitability of these factories for a while, then put down the account book and said with a smile: "It's still the queen mother's discernment, and she hasn't buried your business talent, and it's been hard for the royal brother during this time." ”

"This is a matter within the minister's duty, I don't dare to say bitterness, the emperor is serious." Li Chengli replied, but his eyes were attracted by the world map hanging on the wall.

This wall of the imperial study room has not been hung with any pictures before, he raised his eyebrows and glanced at the emperor, what does this mean? The factory is already on the right track, is this trying to seal him out?

Don't blame Li Chengli for thinking too much, Li Chengmu, who has already sat on the dragon chair and become the honor of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, is no longer the little five of the year, he doesn't dare to look at him with old eyes.

Whenever he sits in that position, the first thing he considers when doing things is Dayu's long-term peace and stability, and brotherhood must be at the back.

"Brother Huang is very interested in this map?"

found that Li Chengli's eyes frequently fell on the world map, Li Chengmu didn't think much about it, the reason why he hung the world map in the study was mainly because Xia Jing and Li Jingfu went to Oceania, and they were worried about them, and looking at the map from time to time was conducive to alleviating the worries in his heart.

Li Chengli heard his question and nodded frankly: "The first time I saw this map, where is the fief of the two imperial brothers and the fourth brother?" ”

Since sooner or later it will be divided, in order not to arouse the emperor's suspicion, it is better for him to take the initiative to mention it, maybe he can get more benefits.

Sitting in front of the imperial case for a long time to review the folds and folds, I was tired, listening to his words, Li Chengmu stood up, moved his body, walked to the map, pointed to a place like a finger and said: "This is the fief of the four emperor brothers, with his back to Dongwu, and his fief is the closest to Dayu." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to another continent: "This land is the fief of the eldest and second emperor brothers, and each of them occupies half of it, as for how to divide it, according to the local terrain, the two of them can divide it by themselves." ”

Li Chengli's gaze shuttled back and forth between the two fiefdoms, "The fiefs of the eldest and second emperor brothers, except for the distance, seem to be larger than the fiefdom of the fourth brother, does the fourth know it?" ”

"Haha." Li Chengmu laughed out loud: "Are you afraid that the Fourth Emperor Brother will have an opinion if he knows?" ”

Li Chengli looked at him and wanted to say, shouldn't there be an opinion?

Li Chengmu pointed to another sea area of Yutu, "Brother Four Emperors has his back to Dong Wu and doesn't have to worry about the enemy sticking a knife in the back, if he dislikes the fief is too small, I allowed him, if he wants to expand the territory, he can expand to the south, there are many large and small islands on the other side of the strait, as long as he has the ability, these islands will be included in his fiefdom, I have no opinion." ”

Therefore, the competitiveness in Nanyang is large, and the size of the territory depends on ability.

If you have the ability, expand it yourself. If he doesn't have the ability, no matter how big the territory he gives, the fourth child won't be able to keep it.

Li Chengli didn't expect the emperor to answer like this, and looked at him in surprise: "If the fourth brother is strong, then his fief is only bigger than the eldest and second emperor brothers." ”

"Not necessarily."

"What do you mean by that?"

Li Chengmu pointed to the northern region of Oceania, "There are many islands in this area. ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the southern region of Oceania: "Across the ocean, there is a large area of land here, if the second emperor brother and Ding'an are ambitious enough and strong enough, they can expand their territory to these places, and I have also allowed them to expand their territory overseas at will, as long as they can swallow it, write a fold and come back for a case." ”

After listening to the emperor's words, looking at the large land in Yutu, his heart was on fire, if he also divided it, would the emperor also not restrict him from expanding his territory?

The sea outside Dayu is wide and the sky is high, and his eyes really can't just be on the dragon chair on the high platform, if he is given enough space, Li Chengli feels that he is no worse than Li Chengmu.

"If you want to run this wild land well in the short term, I'm afraid it's not easy."

Li Chengmu agreed with the head: "Yes, so, instead of staying in Dayu's internal friction, it is better to show your fists and feet outside, the world is big, and if you want Dayu's dragon flag to be planted all over the world, it takes the unremitting efforts of countless generations." ”

"The dragon flag is planted all over the world. cough cough "Li Chengli didn't expect the emperor's ambition to be so ambitious, so shocked that he almost choked to death by his own saliva."

"Brother Huang, are you alright?" Hearing the cough, Li Chengmu said with concern.

"It's fine." Li Chengli waved his hand, looked up at Yutu again, and said: "Expanding the territory must be a large-scale use of troops, our Dayu has gone through natural disasters and man-made disasters at the end of the Huiyuan Dynasty, and the population has decreased sharply. ”

Li Chengmu listened to his words and sighed: "This is also a headache for me, and I can only use the stupidest way to encourage childbirth at present." When the national strength recovers a little, I am ready to implement fertility incentives across the country. ”

"Fertility incentives?" This new term is the first time Li Chengli has heard of it.

Li Chengmu sat down again and took a sip of tea: "Yes, fertility reward." Of course, this policy is only for the people of Dayu, and the areas conquered later are not the reward objects of this policy. ”

He implemented this policy only to let Dayu's population grow sharply and rule the world conveniently, not to let the alien race rise and cause chaos in the world.

Li Chengli frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said: "Your policy is a long-term plan, and at present, our land area is growing rapidly, and we are facing a shortage of population, and this problem cannot be solved now." If the population problem is not solved, it will slow down the speed of Dayu's expansion. ”

Li Chengmu only felt congested, he had been deliberately avoiding this question, but he didn't expect the fourth child to poke at his sore spot.

Li Chengli saw that he didn't have the same high spirits as before, suppressed the smile in his heart, and asked, "If what you expected is correct, it should be the turn of the ministers to divide the seals next, right?" ”

Li Chengmu looked at him in surprise, he took the initiative to mention the matter of separation, which Li Chengmu did not expect.

Restrained his surprise for a moment, he pointed to the map behind him: "The world is so big, where does the imperial brother want his fiefdom to be?" ”

Li Chengli didn't know which place was good, so he asked rhetorically: "Your Majesty, where do you want to divide the ministers?" ”

This question

Li Chengmu glanced at him, stared at the world map for a moment, stood up, walked to the world map, pointed to two places and said, "Here, and here." ”

"Africa and South America, the land area is large, the only drawback is that it is too far away from Dayu, it is not easy to come back from the ocean, these two places, the royal brother can choose one place.

When it comes to the fiefdom, if the royal brother wants to expand his territory, he can! But you always remember that the area of the feudal king's fiefdom can never exceed the land area of Dayu. This restriction applies to all vassal kings. ”

"Huh?"

Li Chengli didn't expect that there would be restrictions, "Then the two imperial brothers and the fourth brother just now"

"The reason why I didn't say it just now is because of their territorial expansion, according to the terrain around them, it is difficult to surpass the land area of Dayu."

What Li Chengmu didn't say was that this was something he suddenly thought of just now, because the area of both Africa and South America is not small, and if there is no restriction, the fief of the vassal king is larger than the area of the mother country, won't it become a joke?

Li Chengli didn't know the little Jiujiu in the emperor's heart, and he pondered in his heart the difficulties that he might encounter when he went out, first of all, the troops.

How to conquer a region without force.

"Your Majesty, before the separation, can the ministers recruit soldiers and craftsmen in various places?"

Listening to this, Li Chengmu's heart is dripping blood, the population is currently Dayu's hard wound, the previous few vassal kings have taken away a large number of Dayu people, this last one, can he not agree?

Li Chengli saw that the emperor lowered his eyebrows and was silent, he was a little anxious, he didn't ask for extra care of him, he just wanted to be treated equally with several other vassal kings.

"Your Majesty."

Li Chengmu raised his eyes to look at him, cleared his throat, and said: "Ahem, the first two imperial brothers brought more than 20,000 people, nearly 30,000 people went to Oceania, and the fourth imperial brother brought less than 10,000 people, but his fief was stationed with 20,000 soldiers and horses of the imperial court. The 20,000 soldiers and horses are seconded, and if you want to divide them into either of these two places, I will allow you to bring 20,000 men with you. ”

"The 20,000 men include your existing 5,000 private soldiers, and you recruit another 10,000 people, who this 10,000 people are composed of, you choose, but the only requirement is that all the people who go with you to the fiefdom must be voluntary. In addition, I will send 5,000 soldiers and horses from Dongwu to follow you to the fiefdom. ”

When Li Chengli heard the end, he was overjoyed, Dongwu's soldiers and horses were all troops that had been tempered by war, and their combat power was not comparable to his private soldiers.

The combat power of 5,000 soldiers and horses may be stronger than the combat power of his remaining 15,000 men.

Li Chengmu saw that he was overjoyed, and sighed quietly in his heart, it was okay to misunderstand.

Dongwu has 5,000 soldiers and horses, how could he be willing to give him the army tempered by battle.

With the expansion of Dayu's country, the military strength is too precious to Dayu, how can he be willing to let his army bring him a fief.

These 5,000 soldiers and horses are newly recruited soldiers in Dongwu.

Give him a quota of 20,000 people, of which 15,000 are Dayu people and 5,000 Dongwu people, even if he goes to the fiefdom, he can't get out of trouble.

As long as they arrive in the fiefdom, marry wives and concubines and work hard to create people, I believe that in the near future, the other side of the ocean will also be the world of the Han people.

Li Chengli didn't know the little abacus in the emperor's heart, got the emperor's will, and began to prepare for the division of the seal when he returned to the palace.

Recruit craftsmen, civilians, and soldiers who are willing to go with him to the fiefdom, procure supplies, and prepare ships.

Voluntary recruitment is insufficient, so they go to various tooth shops to buy people, to say, the slave loyalty of the tooth shop is higher than that of ordinary people.

All over Dayu, especially not far from the capital, he was in pain and happy.

The court successively divided several vassal kings, and each vassal king had to patronize their tooth shop in front of the domain, and the slaves in the tooth line, regardless of men, women, and children, were all packed and taken away, and they also made a lot of money in the past two years, which can be said to be much more than in the previous ten years.

After experiencing several vassal kings, Yaxing also knew to observe the situation in the imperial court, they had already guessed that the last prince would sooner or later be a vassal, they made preparations in advance, due to the previous inventory shorting, Yaxing went to Dayu in advance to buy a lot of slaves back.

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, Yaxing is fully prepared in advance, this time sold to nearly 6,000 slaves in the Three Kings' Mansion, it can be said that this transaction is completed, they will not starve to death for at least three years without opening.

Every year after autumn, it is the hurricane season in the coastal areas, and for the sake of safety, it is not suitable to sail at sea before the beginning of winter.

Several vassal kings belonged to Li Chengli The preparation time was the most sufficient, it can be said that he prepared the most complete materials, the list of materials was revised and modified, subtracted and added, and when they were loaded on the ship before going to sea, they found that there were too many materials, and in the end there was no way to add two more sea ships.

The fleet set off from the port of Jin, went all the way south, and arrived in Nanyang and was escorted by the Nanyang navy, and the fleet docked at the port of Champong and received 5,000 soldiers and horses drawn from Dongwu.

When he saw the general of the 5,000 soldiers and horses, he hadn't reacted yet, because the general was a Dayu person, and when the fleet sailed for another distance, Li Chengli asked about the situation of the army.

The situation of the generals and the 5,000 soldiers and horses was explained one by one, especially the identity of the Dongwu people.

"What?"

Li Chengli's head buzzed when he heard the news, and at this moment he just wanted to say rudely: "Damn!" The emperor has learned badly! Bad learning! I've learned to play with me! ”

The general was startled when he saw his reaction so big: "Lord Wang, don't worry about these 5,000 people, they are all loyal and reliable, and they will never dare to betray you overseas!" ”

He has 15,000 soldiers and horses, and he is still afraid of the newly recruited 5,000 Dongwu soldiers? Li Chengli covered his forehead, he was angry that he was put on the spot by the little emperor.

Separated from his homeland, Dongwu's soldiers and horses can't turn the sky.

(End of chapter)