As the cold wind from Siberia moved south, Qingzhou City became much colder overnight, and then heavy snow fell from the sky, dyeing the streets and alleys white. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

It's just that even so, the soldiers in the Qingzhou battalion are still carrying out daily training, but the difference is that the current soldiers are practicing crawling forward in addition to practicing the traditional array.

"Your Majesty, the military workshop has delivered 5,000 Falcon rifles to us, and according to Song Changping, it will be able to complete the installation of 60,000 people by next autumn."

Niu Ben and Xiao Ming inspected the barracks in the heavy snow, and it had been a month since they last returned from Dengzhou, which was also his normal inspection of the army at the end of the year.

"This progress is satisfactory, but thanks to Li Chuyuan and the Dutch, this arms trade has given the military workshop sufficient funds." Xiao Ming said with a smile.

Although it cannot be compared with the production efficiency of millions of rifles per year in European countries during World War II, he is already very satisfied with the current firearm production efficiency of the Dayu Military Workshop, after all, this is the first time that the military workshop has tried to produce breech-loading rifles.

Niu Ben looked excited, and the breech rifle produced this time was finally named the Falcon rifle, and the effect of equipping the army surprised the generals.

In contrast, the traditional queue shooting is still necessary, but equipped with a Falcon rifle, they can take a more flexible way of fighting.

"This time the battle between Li Chuyuan and the Merchant Council is really cheap for us." Niu Ben laughed, "But Your Majesty, although we have received a lot of silver from Li Chuyuan, if the war continues until next autumn, I am afraid that the destruction in the south will be greater." ”

"There's no need to worry about this, there isn't much industry in the south, and the prosperity is only agriculture, and besides, I have my own considerations." Xiao Ming's eyes were deep.

Niu Ben was a little puzzled, he looked at Xiao Ming and waited for an explanation.

After a deep sigh, he said, "Do you remember the imperial court's decree last year to move the narrow township to the wide township?" “

"Of course, I remember that after this decree was issued, the southern wealthy families deliberately obstructed it, causing little effect." mentioned this Niu Ben was indignant, and in his opinion, this was simply bullying.

However, he was also very aware that the south had a weak concept of the royal family, and had always disobeyed the orders of the imperial court.

"That's it, if you don't let them beat each other to pieces, how can I take the opportunity to move the people to Kanto?" Xiao Ming said lightly.

Niu Ben suddenly realized that the current Kwantung region is sparsely populated, and the people who rely on the six cities cannot completely control the Kwantung region, not to mention that there is now another country called Tsarist Russia in the north.

According to the previous statistics of the imperial court, more than half of the population of the Great Chongqing Kingdom was concentrated in the south, and during the Northern War, many people fled to the south for refuge, which made the population of the south even larger.

"The emperor is thinking far-reaching, so it is indeed necessary." Niu Ben said.

Xiao Ming nodded, now a large number of secret guards have been monitoring the war in the Chu State, generally speaking, the two sides are still in a state of gearing up, and there are occasionally some small frictions, he doesn't want to take action at this time to consume his strength.

"That's right, the fundamental reason why the dynasties lost control of the north is that they did not let the Han people multiply in these lands, the most terrible weapon for me is not the musket or the cannon, but the weapon of multiplication, if you want to completely control the Kanto, you have to move the people over and have children, and when every inch of the Kanto is full of Han people, the power of the Great Chongqing State can really take root there."

Niu Ben was stunned for a moment when he heard this, he sighed, "The emperor's words made the last general suddenly realize, thinking about it so carefully, it seems that in the past, it was the foreign races that occupied our land and multiplied so that they became more and more powerful, and now we should also return the other with the way of others." ”

Xiao Ming looked at the soldiers who were training and smiled, why could Europeans occupy most of the world's land in the Age of Discovery? They relied on the migration of their own civilians, and in this way, after centuries of reproduction, became the pattern of the modern age.

Therefore, he already had a grand plan in his heart, which was to move the Han people to have children and multiply in the next place.

With the concept that the people can have as many children as they can in this era, he believes that as long as the living standard is improved, the population of Dayu will definitely grow explosively.

discussed this issue with Niu Ben obscenely, and Xiao Ming returned to the palace after the inspection.

At this time, he drafted a decree to reward childbirth, and since the implementation of the decree, all families of the common people who have three or more children in Dayu will be exempted from taxes for one year.

If the fourth one is born, the government will give the hardware dragon a subsidy, and the fifth one will give the hardware dragon, and so on.

After deciding on this matter, Xiao Ming called Pang Yukun and Fiji over, and he first explained the necessity of the birth plan and then began to discuss this decree with the two.

"The three starting points are a bit low, the emperor, in fact, most of the people's families in the Great Yu Kingdom will have more than three heirs, because for them, the heirs are labor, and at the same time, they are also the foundation to avoid being bullied by other heirs. Pang Yukun said.

Fiji nodded, "Pang Shoufu is right, Your Majesty, this can also reduce the burden on the treasury, after all, there are too many places to use money now." “

Xiao Ming thought for a while, and finally nodded, "Just do what you say, in addition, after the year, you will start to prepare for the south, and when you copy the merchant council and the home of the southern wealthy family, the treasury of the imperial court will be abundant." “

Pang Yukun and Fiji glanced at each other, and it was obvious that there was no such thing as wooing the wealthy family in the plan to go south this time.

In the past, the imperial court compromised with the wealthy clan because of its lack of strength, but now they can deal with it, and most importantly, the wealthy clan in the south is more hostile to the royal family, which can be seen in the matter of the last time the narrow countryside moved to the wide township.

The two of them knew this problem well, and when Xiao Wenxuan was in the seat, a group of officials with the background of the southern wealthy families strongly advocated the exemption of taxes from the southern wealthy families.

When this proposal was rejected, these southern tycoons simply resisted taxes and evaded taxes, which also led to the emptiness of the treasury of the Great Chongqing State.

In the eyes of the two, their emperor must hate these southern wealthy families more than them, and it is not surprising to have this decision.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers will prepare for this when they go back." The two of them bowed and said.

Xiao Ming nodded, he looked at the heavy snow that was still falling, and he was ambitious in his heart.

Now that Chongqing's industry is developing steadily and the construction of railways is showing a good momentum, the only thing lacking today is the market for dumped goods.

And in order to feed more and more people in the Great Chongqing Kingdom, he can't wait any longer, and this unification of the country is the first step.