Meng Tian said helplessly: "Back to Your Majesty, Wang Junshou followed the Marquis of Tongwu to fight Qi when he was young, and he was seriously injured, and then followed his father Mengwu to the Northern Expedition, fought bravely, and served as the general of the left, and his hearing has not been very good since then." When the emperor built the Great Wall and inspected the northern land, he did not let him continue to serve in the army, and gave him the post of Jiuyuan County Warden. ”

I nodded, frowned, and said, "I see, I still don't know enough about these old ministers. However, although he has contributed to Daqin, he is from a military background, and he does not know the art of educating the people and governing the country at all. ”

Meng Tian was speechless, after all, he was his father's brother on the battlefield, what could he say.

Yu He arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, Wang Ke's assessment over the years is acceptable, it may indeed be that he is old, Your Majesty should not be angry." ”

I calmed down and ordered: "Since his political performance is still passable, there is no need to move him for the time being, and he will be replaced when there is a suitable candidate." The meritorious court can be rewarded, but it can't be used as an excuse to miss the national affairs! ”

After turning the page of this matter, everyone discussed it for a while, and Li Si proposed a solution: "Your Majesty, there are many widows in various places after years of war, and marrying widows is also a relatively common phenomenon, after all, how can there be so many perfect girls who can marry, and most families can't afford this money, so the minister thinks that they can move to the north to live, if there are soldiers who are willing, they can be married." Although the number of such a small number is small, many of the soldiers are family, which is enough to make up for some of them, I wonder what Your Majesty thinks? ”

I pondered for a while, there was no better way, the population base of Great Qin was here, so I had to agree: "Then so be it." However, it should be noted that although they are widows, they must be confirmed of their virtue, and if they are divorced, immoral, or lazy, they must not be sent to the northland, and they must be old enough to have children, otherwise they will cause chaos. ”

"In addition, if they already have a family, the imperial court can provide a part of the subsidy, so that they can take their wives and children to live in Jiuyuan, where the land is vast, which can be called the south of the Yangtze River, and living there may not be inferior to other counties. The original land was doubled and replaced with the new Qin land, and the remaining land was owned by the imperial court and contracted by the government to the head of Qian. ”

The last thing Jiuyuan lacks now is land, which needs to be reclaimed urgently, and there is still a lot of available land even if it is twice replaced.

Everyone agreed.

After the affairs of the northern land were dealt with, I let Meng Tian retreat, and then said, "Call Zhao Tuo." ”

Everyone had different thoughts, and the reclamation system that had been implemented in Lingnan all thought that I was going to reduce the Qin army in Zhao Tuo's hands again.

After Zhao Tuo came in, he still had that sturdy figure, and he bowed down with great energy.

I also smiled and motioned for him to sit down, and said, "How is General Zhao lately?" ”

Zhao Tuo arched his hand and said sincerely: "Back to Your Majesty, the Lingnan Qin Army has the control of the supervising army, the military discipline is strict, the morale is high, and it has won many battles, and it has now advanced to the Pingxiang area, and there are dense forests in front of it, and the march is a little slow, which is all due to Your Majesty!" ”

I nodded and said with a smile: "General Zhao is still a good leader in the army, and he also knows how to govern the family." I heard that General Zhao's wife is quite smart, her husband and son are very attentive, and I also heard that she played a great role in the rebellion of the rebels. ”

When Ren was in turmoil, Mi Yi did not play a role, but reminded Zhao Tuo when he later reported it, but there must be a reason for the temptation, and it does not matter whether it is true or false.

Zhao Tuo was stunned for a moment, I didn't know why I suddenly paid attention to Qi Yi, I didn't have time to worry about it, and hurriedly replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Humble Jing has been wandering alone for many years, and has met with ministers in Lingnan. ”

I smiled and waved my hand, "I just asked casually, it's okay." ”

Without trying anything, I changed my words and said, "How many cantonment troops does the Lingnan Qin army have now, and how many special battle troops does it have?" ”

Zhao Tuo replied respectfully: "Back to Your Majesty, the army of cantonment is about 400,000 people, because Lingnan is mostly a small-scale tribe, and there is not much of a threat, so the army of the special battle is very small, only more than 70,000. ”

I nodded and continued to ask about shipbuilding: "How are the ships in Panyu Shipyard doing, it's been two years, and they can be shipbuilding, so there should be some well-built ships, right?" ”

"Your Majesty is wise, in the past two years, the Panyu Shipyard has had twelve ships, the largest of which is twenty-two zhang long and five zhang wide, which is larger than all the ships of the Lingnan Naval Division!" Zhao Tuo had 70 warships under his command that Sima mistakenly took the place where the merchant was located, but they were all small boats that only sailed on inland rivers, and the longest was only 12 zhang, and no matter how big they were, they could not sail on inland rivers.

"Very good." Fifty meters long enough to sail in the near sea, I got up and beckoned: "Come near." ”

Everyone gathered around the map, and I pointed to the Indochina Peninsula and said, "General Zhao should know that this is the birthplace of Champa rice, have you ever heard the people who brought back Champa rice to tell you about the terrain and climate here?" ”

Zhao Tuo nodded slightly, and responded: "Back to Your Majesty, according to the report of those people, it is still a deep mountain and dense forest from Pingxiang to the south, but after traveling thousands of miles, it suddenly becomes clear, there is a big river plain in the south, where people mainly live in the plain area, and the food is sufficient, which is very suitable for rice planting!" The people who went to look for Champa rice met with no obstacles, but for the sake of caution, they did not make contact with them, and returned with rice seeds. ”

I moved my finger down: "It should be here, there are fertile plains with a radius of 4,000 miles, rich in rice, I want to form a fleet to occupy this place!" There are three advantages: first, the resistance of Daqin from Lingnan to the south will become greater and greater, and the supply of grain and grass will become more and more difficult, occupying the dense forests there will not be too much benefit to Daqin, it is better to directly cross the thousands of miles of deep mountains to reach the plain of the Qinnan Peninsula, so that the barbarians in it will be attacked by the enemy, and sooner or later they will surrender! ”

Second, the rice produced from the Qinnan Peninsula can be transported by sea through the Qinnan Ocean and the East China Sea, and then through the Great River and Deshui to all parts of Daqin. A ship can transport nearly 50,000 stone of grain at most, not only is there no obstruction from mountains and rivers, but the consumption on the road is much lower than that of land transportation! ”

"Third, I envision going here in the future." I pointed to the Indian Peninsula: "Kunlun South Peninsula marches!" It is also a rare plain suitable for farming, and the area is more than six times larger than the Qinnan Peninsula! It is almost equivalent to the area of Great Qin. The climate should be similar to that of the Qinnan Peninsula, and occupying there Daqin can also have one more granary. However, the fleet is too far away to reach the Kunlun South Peninsula, and it needs to be docked for rectification on the way, and the Qinnan Peninsula can play this role! ”