In the fourth year of the Qianyuan Dynasty, His Majesty the Great Emperor officially implemented the reform, and completely swept away the remnants of the nobles of the Six Kingdoms, and changed the world to the county system. The prime minister and Shang Shutai began to govern the country together.

At the same time, after harvesting a large number of old nobles, Daqian also had enough money and grain to start the construction of Chidao on a large scale. According to Wang Luo's plan, he is going to build five to six gallop roads in the world to connect the world together.

At the same time as the construction of the channel, it will also dredge the waterways in various places and connect the canals. The scale of the whole project is extraordinarily huge.

After Daqian decided to move the capital, the construction project of Luoyang, the capital of Shenyuan, was strongly supported, and the scale of Luoyang was also the largest city in the entire Zhuxia.

The shape of Luoyang City is roughly the same as that of Jinling City, but the area is twice as large. It took more than ten years to build Jinling City, and now the establishment of Luoyang is estimated to be about ten years.

Qianyuan Palace.

Wang Luo groaned: "Brother Cheng, there are many virtuous ministers in the court, and the southern land is full of miasma, and the road is dangerous and abnormal, or let others go!" ”

Wang Cheng shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, the younger brother knows that this trip to the south is dangerous, but the younger brother is a descendant of the royal family, if even the younger brother is not willing to go, then how many people are willing to go?" Even if the imperial court promises a big reward, will they sincerely explore the south? ”

Wang Luo knew very well what those nobles and scholars in the court thought, in the eyes of these people, Lingnan is still a wild land where birds don't, remote, difficult roads, and all kinds of miasma, and now it seems that it is not worth spending a lot of manpower and material resources to conquer.

What's more, there are still large swamps, mountains and forests, and wastelands that have not been developed in the original Chu State. What are you doing to develop Lingnan?

However, the royal family is very clear that the distance between Lingnan and the Central Plains is not as far as imagined, in fact, if it can be connected to the canal and build a gallop road, the time to go to Lingnan is about the same as from Luoyang to Jicheng, Zibo and Huiji.

In the books left by the ancestors, it is recorded that Lingnan is rich in products. At the same time, the ancestors also encouraged the descendants to open up Zhuxia.

Wang Luo sighed and said, "No, those nobles rarely have a long-term vision. Unless you see the benefits, you won't go. ”

Wang Cheng smiled and said: "Brother Huang, the development of Lingnan is also a thousand-year-old plan for the expansion of Zhuxia, and now this world is established by my Wang family, and this is the duty of my Wang family." ”

"Besides, we have the protection of Haotian and the ancestor King Wen, and it is not easy to die, and it is not so dangerous to go to Lingnan."

Wang Luo was silent for a moment, and finally agreed, allowing Wang Cheng to lead ten Wang clansmen and 20,000 vine armor troops and caravans to Lingnan together.

Jinling City, Wang Luo personally saw off Wang Cheng, Jinling City was crowded with people, and many noble families were very surprised that the emperor sent his younger brother to lead the army to open up Lingnan.

At that time, the state of Chu opened up the south and occupied a lot of places, and later the Huai State annexed the state of Chu and also opened up the south, but the Huai State did not continue to conquer the land of Baiyue in order to dominate the world.

In that year, the Huai State conquered the land of Baiyue and recovered a large number of Shanyue people. These are also the main manpower of the current Great Qian's southern expedition.

The south is humid and hot, and the northerners can't stand the environment here at all, and the biggest difficulty in conquering the land of Baiyue is that they are not adapted. If soldiers from the north come, it is estimated that at least 30% of the troops will be lost due to disease along the way.

As Wang Luo's youngest brother, Wang Cheng is proficient in military strategy, and his internal affairs and power scheming skills are not weak, so it is the best choice for him to lead a large army to open up Lingnan.

For the development of Lingnan, Daqian has long had a strategy, and the land of Baiyue is not as strong as the Central Plains, and the strength of the Fang State in it is not strong. However, most of these countries are scattered in the form of tribes. A lot of it is in the mountains and forests.

The most powerful Fang country may have a population of one million, but the vast majority of Fang countries are more than 100,000 people. These countries are naturally not monolithic. The use of large armies for conquest also needs to be treated differently.

Some of these 100 Vietnamese countries have close contact with the big cadres, are greatly influenced by the big cadres, and are willing to cooperate with the big cadres, that is, good friends, and the big cadres can be imperceptibly controlled through trade, recruitment, and other means. When the production is not enough, it can be annexed by itself.

For the kind of Fang country that does not resist but is not close, it also uses various methods to win over, and uses a large army to deter. Let them stand on the side of the big cadres, and as for Fang Guo, who is finally hostile to and resists the big cadres, they will resolutely crack down.

The whole development plan is to unite and unite, to win over the centrists and fight the opposition. To put it simply, treat, behead, and accept as a dog!

Wang Cheng's army marched south, and the road they took was a waterway, and the speed was not slow. At the same time, the army was staffed by a large number of physicians. At the same time, all the soldiers selected were from the South.

But even so, there are still many soldiers who are not accustomed to the soil and water. The army traveled south by boat, passing through many Baiyue countries that had good relations with Daqian along the way.

Daqian made friends with these countries, sold grain, cloth and some iron tools to these countries through trade, and then bought furs, tendons, timber, ivory rhino horns and other things. And every once in a while, the population is conscripted from these places.

It can be said that these Fang countries have basically been controlled by the Great Qian, and as long as the Great Qian is willing, they can be easily annexed. It's just that Da Qian didn't do it. Instead, it is taken subtly, little by little.

The Hundred Yue Monarchs in these Fang countries are naturally also aware of it, but they know very well that Daqian is powerful, if they obey, they can still have some benefits in the future, and if they resist, it will be a thunderous blow immediately, and the clan will be wiped out.

After Wang Luo collected the intelligence of these Fang countries, he passed the news back to them and let them dispose of it. Some of those who have assimilated are similar, and they can consider sending people to organize households and people, abolish the country and set up counties, and some of those who have not yet been assimilated need to be strengthened.

The Wang clan has plenty of experience in recovering and assimilating these barbarians.

Daqian is a state of etiquette, and the heavenly kingdom will naturally have admired barbarians to take refuge. As for those who do not take the initiative to take refuge, they can be persuaded to take refuge.

With such a prosperous culture and national strength, will there be barbarians who are unwilling to come to work? Wang Cheng felt that there should be none. If so, then it must be that they do not realize that they have not seen the prosperity and strength of the Great Cadres with their own eyes.

Wang Cheng has the obligation to let them tell them about the strength of Daqian. I am full of martial virtues, but I still like to use culture and education to transform barbarians and let them return to their hearts.

Persuade them to use the noble Zhuxia script and language, abandon their writing and history, erase their memories, assimilate their population, and of course if they refuse, then subdue them with virtue. Presumably, these barbarians will gladly accept it in the end.

(End of chapter)