64o The country is small and the people are widowed

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"General, my subordinates are back." Soon, 6 Hai boarded the flagship of 6 Tong and saluted 6 from afar.

"6 Captain Hai, do you see the lord of the Ryukyu Kingdom?" 6 Yuan asked.

"General, when his subordinates led people to the Ryukyu Palace, there was a war there, and a Japanese general led more than 30 Japanese soldiers to storm the palace of the Ryukyu lord.

When his subordinates and others rushed there, a Ryukyu general named Cao Wu had already led people to pacify the Japanese slaves, but the lord of the Ryukyu Kingdom had already fled.

I told them to find the lord of the Ryukyus as soon as possible, and then met with the shogun and left the 500 soldiers he had brought with him in the palace for the time being. ”

6 Hai truthfully reported the situation of the trip.

"Well, in that case, let's wait. Let the people who have already entered the city control the entire city as soon as possible, from today onwards, this is our territory. ”

At this time, there were only more than 60,000 people in the inner city, and there were hundreds of merchants who stayed here temporarily, which was too small, and only 3,000 soldiers were sent from 6 Yuan, and they quickly firmly controlled the whole city.

Half an hour later, the Ryukyu royal palace finally sent people to contact 6 Yuan, informing them that the Ryukyu lord had returned to the palace and hoped to summon General 6 Yuan.

"Let's go, let's take you to see this Ryukyu lord."

6 Yuan smiled slightly, and led a group of people into the inner city and into the palace.

"This is the Ryukyu King's Palace? I don't know, I thought we came to a rural landlord's old fortune's house, haha. ”

When they came to the palace of the king of the Ryukyus, the admirals of the White Dragon Army who followed 6 from afar looked at the shabby palace and couldn't help but joke in a low voice.

"It can't be helped, the Ryukyu Kingdom is just an overseas projectile land, what kind of magnificent palace do you expect them to build?

You don't see this Ryukyu capital, it's only a little bigger, I think there are at most 10,000 people, there is no population, and the king of the Ryukyus can't build a luxurious palace if he wants to! ”

Someone next to him immediately chimed in, and he felt a little pity for this Ryukyu lord in his tone.

"Alright, shut up and be quiet."

After hearing the whispers of the generals behind him, 6 Yuan turned his head and said coldly, which immediately made everyone shut their mouths.

In the Ryukyu Palace, the corpses and blood all over the ground have been cleaned up at this time, but there are still a lot of blood remnants in some crevices on the ground.

Moreover, the entire palace was filled with a heavy smell of blood, but at this time I didn't care about it.

6 Under the guidance of Cao Wu, he soon came to the court hall of the Ryukyu Kingdom, which was similar to the hall where the Ming Emperor convened his ministers.

"The lord of the Ryukyus, this is our 6 generals, the commander of the navy under the command of the Ming Dynasty Zhongyong."

When the generals of the White Dragon Army entered this hall from 6 distances, they saw a slightly chubby middle-aged man sitting in front of him, wearing a gorgeous costume full of exotic characteristics, not an imperial robe, but a royal robe with the characteristics of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

6 Yuan and others don't need to guess to know that this must be the current lord of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Shang Ning.

Then, 6 Hai took the initiative to stand up and introduce the identity of 6 Yuan to Shang Ning, and none of them had the slightest intention of paying respects.

Obviously, 6 Yuan thought that with their status, the current lord of the Ryukyus was not qualified to accept their worship.

At this time, Shang Ning took the initiative to get out of his seat, came to 6 Yuan, and said politely: "I feel loyal and brave, thank you to General 6 for leading the heavenly soldiers to save us from the sea of fire!" ”

Shang Ning looked enthusiastic, and he didn't care about those small details at all, in fact, how could he not notice it, but he also understood the reason and didn't force it.

"The lord of the Ryukyu Kingdom is polite, you are my Ming vassal, and it is only natural that the imperial court will send troops to help you expel the Japanese slaves."

6 Yuan's face was cold, and he said calmly.

"Also, the lord of the Ryukyus country, there will be something important to talk to you about, I don't know?" Immediately, 6 Yuan made such a request to Shang Ning.

6 Far from this, he planned to get straight to the point with Shoning, and made their request to Shoning to retain his title as lord of the Ryukyus, but he would no longer exercise power over the people of the Ryukyus in the future.

He, the king, will become symbolic, and the scribes brought from far away will join the small court of the Ryukyus, and in the shortest possible time, find out the real situation of the Ryukyu country and assume their responsibilities.

This is also the way to deal with the lord of the Ryukyus country when he came from afar.

6 Far from wasting much time on the Ryukyu Kingdom, he would soon leave the castle and head south to the area around Ryukyu Island.

Before leaving, he wanted to see the scribes he had brought with him, control the entire Ryukyu Kingdom as quickly as possible, and then move the people to expand the Caspian harbor.

"Absolutely." Hearing that 6 Yuan was going to talk to him alone, how could Shang Ning refuse at this time!

Immediately, Shang Ning ordered to retreat left and right, leaving only him and 6 Yuan in the main hall, and then 6 Yuan said their request.

After Shang Ning heard it at first, he was naturally very angry.

He thought that this time the White Dragon Army came and helped them defeat the Dongying people, and he would be able to be the master of the house again, but who knows, Li Zixiao still only plans to let him be a puppet!

Don't look at the Ryukyu Kingdom at this time, the territory is small, the population is not large, it is simply poor and white, and it is a wild place overseas, but it is obviously not very willing to let the lord of the Ryukyu Kingdom, Shang Ning, give up here.

No matter how small the territory is, no matter how small the population is, he is still the lord of the country!

However, the meaning of 6 Yuan is very clear, if you are smart, you will be honest and rich in the future.

Nominally, you are still the lord of the Ryukyus, but you don't care about anything, and our lord will never treat you badly for this.

If you don't know how to lift, then we can drive away the Dongying people, and we can follow the example of the Dongying people, should you be a puppet or a puppet.

And at that time, you won't want to get any compensation from our lord.

Shang Ning was unwilling to return, but in the end he still sighed and agreed to the request of 6 Yuan.

The lord of a small country like him is not qualified to talk about conditions when facing a behemoth like the White Dragon Army.

"Very well, Lord of the Ryukyus, thank you for your cooperation, and then I will send someone to send 10,000 taels of silver and 1,000 koku of grain for the daily expenses of your royal family.

In addition, here is a list of the people you need to appoint to the top of the country. ”

6 Yuan continued, and took out a piece of music from his arms, put it in front of Shang Ning, and said in a deep voice.

The list on this piece of music is all a few scribes brought by 6 Yuan this time, and Shang Ning needs to make them officials, and then they can rightfully take charge of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

"Okay, I remember." Shang Ning finally responded expressionlessly.

Among the civil officials brought by 6 Yuan this time, it was for a middle-aged man named Chen Taihe, as a civil official specially selected by Li Zixiao, his ability and loyalty are beyond doubt.

The next day, the lord of the Ryukyus state, Shony, issued a summons to inform the people that the Celestial Empire had sent troops to help them drive out the Japanese slaves, and that they would no longer have to be exploited by the Japanese slaves in the future.

Secondly, Shang Ning reappointed Li Taihe as the minister of state, and the minister of state was fully responsible for state affairs in the future.

After the Ryukyu lord Shangning issued this summons, the people in the city celebrated one after another, and it was really the people of Toei who were unpopular with them before.

As for who Shang Ning appoints as the minister of state later, ordinary people will not care about this, and only a few officials and men in the city will care about this.

And these officials and masters had already sent people to 6 yuan here to show their loyalty on the night of the White Dragon Army's entry into the city yesterday.

Therefore, after Shang Ning's summons went out today, there was not even the slightest voice of opposition in the entire city, which made Shang Ning even more disheartened and did not dare to resist.

Immediately afterwards, Chen Taihe's first order as the Minister of State of the Ryukyus was grain.

That's right, it is to distribute food to ordinary people, Chen Taihe has a life, but all the people in the city can go to the government office to receive ten catties of food.

According to Chen Taihe, this is their loyal and brave uncle's reward to you, no money, everyone has a share, but you must go to the government office to collect it in person, and the time limit is one week.

As soon as the news went out through the government office, the people of the whole city were happy.

Although it is only ten catties of grain, it is enough for ordinary people to eat for half a month, and the most important thing is that these ten catties of food do not cost money.

For ordinary people, who doesn't take it, who is a fool!

So, in the next two days, the people in the city organized groups one after another to go to the government to receive food.

Chen Taihe, on the other hand, retained the original government officials of the Ryukyu Kingdom with the fifty Jiangbei civil officials he brought with him, and was assisted by the White Dragon sergeant to maintain order.

They set up five food collection points in front of the government, but all the people who came to collect food had to register their names and residences in detail, preferably as a family.

The reason why Chen Taihe did this was to buy people's hearts on the one hand, and on the other hand, he also planned to take this opportunity to find out how many people there were in the entire city at this time.

Although, Chen Taihe can check the population registration records of the Ryukyu Prefecture Yari.

However, after a check by Chen Taihe last night, it was only found that the last time the population of the Ryukyus Kingdom was registered was 15 years ago.

How can this be done, according to the style of Jiangbei officials who were taught by Li Zixiao, once they obtain new territory, they must investigate the land, population and other important information there as soon as possible.

Therefore, with Chen Taihe's order for food, and fortunately, 6 Yuan brought several large ships of grain this time, and Chen Taihe did not lack food in his hands, so he dared to do this.

For the very few wealthy aristocratic families in the city, they may disdain to show up and personally receive the ten catties of grain.

But for this kind of people with heads and faces, since they live in the inner city, then they absolutely can't hide it, and these people are too easy to count.

Three days later, a young scribe walked up to Chen Taihe's desk and placed a thick book on Chen Taihe's desk.

"Your Excellency, this is the details of the population in the city that we have compiled and counted.

According to statistics, there were a total of 12,376 households in the city at this time, with a total population of 64,382 people. ”

The young scribe said to Chen Taihe.

"There are only about 64,000 people in the entire inner city?"

After Chen Taihe heard the words of the young scribe, he also stopped the brush in his hand, took the thick book on the desk, turned a page and looked at it, frowned slightly, and said.

"Yes, my lord, there are fewer people in the city than we expected.

If we count according to the current 64,000 people, if we mobilize all the strong men over the age of 16 and under the age of 50 in the whole city, there will be almost more than 23,000 people.

However, this number was not enough to support us, and in half a year, the city was expanded into a large seaport like Haizhou Port.

According to our previous prediction, if we want to complete the expansion of the port in half a year, we need to mobilize at least 40,000 young people.

And now, we are short of more than 17,000 people. The young scribe continued.

"Well, what about Jimin, you guys did a good job, the data is very detailed. Within half a year, the task of expanding and completing the port is the death order of General 6, and we must complete it.

This is also the first task to be completed after we take over the Ryukyu Kingdom, and no matter how big the difficulties are, we can only overcome them by ourselves. ”

Chen Taihe said in a resolute tone, and then he picked up his pipe, slowly loaded it with tobacco powder, and fell into deep thought.

The young scribe immediately stepped forward, lit a fire for Chen Taihe, and stood aside and waited quietly, as Chen Taihe's 'secretary', he knew Chen Taihe's habits too well, and Chen Taihe was thinking about a solution at this time.

"Before I came, the lord came to me and explained to me in general, for the positioning and direction of the Ryukyu Kingdom.

The whole of Ryukyu Province, and the castle is the most important, and we want to make it a large port city, not just a naval base.

And if you want to build Licheng into a large port city, the only thing that is lacking now is the population, and 60,000 people are simply not enough.

It is not feasible to transport the people here from the Ming Dynasty for the time being, and it seems that we can only concentrate all the population of the Ryukyu Kingdom in the inner city.

After concentrating manpower and completing the task of expanding Hong Kong in half a year, we will find other ways to gradually increase the population of the city.

Well, that's it, as for the villages and small cities in other parts of the Ryukyu Kingdom, there is no need for them to exist at all.

Those villages and small cities remained on other islands, and they could only fall prey to the plundering and killing of the pirates. ”

Chen Taihe was smoking a cigarette while talking to himself, and at the same time he had a preliminary plan to solve this population problem in his heart.

"Jimin, you have re-estimated that at this time, the entire Ryukyu Kingdom will have about how many people there will be."

Immediately, Chen Taihe turned his head, looked at the young scribe, and asked.

"My lord, after the records we saw in the books at the palace, we re-budgeted.

At this time, the total population of the entire Ryukyu Kingdom was about 120,000, and the error should not exceed 10,000.

If you recruit 16 to 50 men in the entire Ryukyu Kingdom, you can get almost 40,000 strong men. ”

The young scribe had already understood what Chen Taihe meant at this time and said to him.

(End of chapter)

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