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It is a bright spring day, and the weather in Lin'an City has warmed up at this time, and the environment is comfortable and pleasant.

After the news of the all-out southern expedition was delivered, Lu Fei and Luo Xin led their troops out today, and their goal was to wipe out the merchant council in the shortest possible time.

According to the plan, after clearing the cities on the offensive route, they were to fight a decisive battle with the merchant council around Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Nanchang, Dali.

After all, these four cities are the most important cities for the Merchant Council at present, and once these large cities are taken, the Merchant Council will have no place to stay.

On 21 April, Lu Fei's 1st Army of the Tiger Ben first arrived in Shaoxing, and Luo Xin arrived in Huizhou on 25 April, and the all-out war against the Merchant Council officially began......

Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming outlined two offensive routes on the map of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, which was exactly the direction in which Lu Fei and Luo Xin were attacking now.

Niu Ben's decision was not made on a whim, but after a close discussion with him.

For him, the merchant council at this time was nothing more than a fat person, for the simple reason that Cao Kun did not have a solid industrial base, which meant that he could not continue to provide weapons and ammunition for his soldiers, secondly, he did not have a mature tax system, and the promise of the Green Dragon King's non-payment of grain would only aggravate this financial crisis, and thirdly, the merchant council seemed to have gathered a large number of soldiers in a short period of time, but these soldiers were untrained and were nothing more than a rabble.

Therefore, in the face of such a merchant council, they must not be given a moment of respite, and in this case, they will soon collapse on their own.

"I don't know how those wealthy families will feel when they know that the imperial court will distribute their land to the people and sell it." Pang Yukun stood behind Xiao Ming.

After the Yangtze River Business Zone was finalized, it quickly caused extensive discussion in Qingzhou, and many businessmen have moved to Songjiang, Lin'an, and Suzhou to build factories.

There are also many merchants in the mansions, manors, and shops that have been hung out by the imperial court to consult and buy, and everything is going according to his plan.

"It must be heartbreaking, and when they realize that they will never be able to get their stuff back, something will go wrong with the merchant council." Xiao Ming smiled, his tone confident and firm.

Pang Yukun nodded, "As the so-called misfortune and blessing lurk, although the merchant council is a big disaster, it gives us a reason to completely eliminate the wealthy clans in the south, so that the reform will be more complete in the south." ”

"That's right, that's why I want to establish the Yangtze River Trade Zone, and when I occupy Guangzhou, I will also establish the Guangzhou Trade Zone, so that the industry and commerce of the Great Chongqing Kingdom will continue from north to south." Xiao Ming looked at the map, and a blueprint for the future of the Great Yu Kingdom appeared in his mind.

He had been longing for the unification of the country for too long, and now he finally saw hope that the unified Dayu Kingdom would exert more vitality under his leadership and become one of the world's forests.

Pang Yukun's eyes were slightly hot, he recalled all the things in the past nine years, this year has passed, and he has been following Xiao Ming for ten years.

In the past ten years, Qingzhou's industry and commerce have grown from scratch, from existing to strong, and the Great Chongqing Kingdom has also radiated stronger and stronger vitality in the hands of this emperor.

Now he is very glad that he is with the right person, it is precisely because of Xiao Ming's identity that he can witness the day of the reunification of the Great Chongqing Kingdom, and in the future, he will accompany Xiao Ming to witness the Great Chongqing Kingdom to the top of the world.

Xiao Ming's eyes were always on the map, he didn't notice Pang Yukun's expression, but continued to ask, "By the way, how is the population migration during this time?" “

Referring to this, Pang Yukun's spirit was concentrated, and when he went south, he promised to move five million people to Kanto, "So far, Xiaguan has migrated 700,000 people from Chudi, and it should not be difficult to fight down the entire south, five million." “

"Seven hundred thousand? Well, it's already pretty good. Xiao Ming expressed satisfaction.

In fact, he is very worried about the situation in Kanto now, although he left Qi Guangyi in Kanto, but in the face of the vast and sparsely populated Kanto, sometimes Qi Guangyi is also very powerless.

From time to time, the barbarian cavalry would bypass the city and attack the people of Kanto to rob them of their harvest, and it was very weak for a million slaves to be distributed over such a large land after turning into Kwantung.

Because of this, he had to emigrate five million, so that the six cities could divide the population of one million equally, and he could organize an effective militia to raid the barbarians.

And he has already begun to consider handing over some of the obsolete weapons to the militia and the guard so that they can exert greater strength.

In addition, the immigrant population was also for the industrial construction of the Kanto, and without a sufficient population, it was difficult for the industry of this era to develop, and the Kanto region was a heavy place for agriculture and resources.

"It's all because of this war, otherwise these people would not be willing to migrate, and now many people who migrate call this Guandong." Pang Yukun said with a smile.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, although this war was created by him, but this is also unavoidable, and sometimes for the victory of the national strategic level, it is inevitable to sacrifice the interests of some people, although this is very cruel, but the imperial court can only do it with a hard heart.

Because compared to this, it is more important for a country and a nation to survive in the world, otherwise if Kanto is lost, more people will suffer.

"That's a good word, break through the Kanto, let the secret guards add this word to the propaganda." Xiao Ming said lightly.

Looking away from the map, Xiao Ming continued: "In the south, the soldiers are fighting bloodily, the only thing we can do now is to provide them with high-quality weapons, ammunition and food, Pang Shoufu, how is this military canned food now?" “

"Back to the emperor, in addition to the first batch of glass cans, now we send to the south are iron cans, in order to strengthen the army's logistics supply capacity, now the imperial court Qingzhou Mansion has built a total of six military food factories, in addition to canned food, the lower officials will also give them the food formula provided by the emperor."

Xiao Ming was relieved that military food that had a long shelf life was very important to him, because it could not only reduce the logistical pressure of the soldiers, but also be a necessary condition for the fleet's expedition.

In the contemporary West, which can colonize Asia from far away, in addition to warships, canned food also plays an important role.

In addition to the canned food, Xiao Ming also handed over the process of compressing biscuits to the military food factory, in fact, the process of biscuits and compressed biscuits is very simple, biscuits are nothing more than sugar, flour, and eggs mixed baking.

Compressing biscuits, on the other hand, is nothing more than crushing the biscuits and compressing them again to make a tighter biscuit.

In addition to compressed biscuits, the compressed biscuits are followed by instant noodle food, which is also a military food that can be easily achieved at present, after all, simple instant noodles are just noodles cooked and then fried.

Xiao Ming does not pursue a modern effect, as long as the soldiers can fill their stomachs on the battlefield.