Ming Zuo

The opening of sea lanes made it possible to develop Nuergandusi.

Otherwise, everything can only be a fantasy.

There are thousands of mountains and rivers away, and people can be exhausted just by walking, let alone develop and control that area.

Not to mention, there are two powerful forces in the middle, the Ming Dynasty and the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and it is completely impossible to reach the past only from the land.

The advancement of sea passages and navigation technology allowed Nuer Gandusi to establish a connection with Xia Guo.

Only when you really come here, experience it, and manage it, you will find that this place is not the barren land in people's impression, but contains massive wealth.

Of course, the resources here can be turned into wealth, thanks to the advancement of navigation technology.

It is difficult to transport the resources here to turn them into real benefits only by land.

Among other things, the boundless primeval forest here provides sufficient materials for the construction of Xia Kingdom.

Without the timber brought in from Nuer Gandusi, the Xia Kingdom's navy would have no way to start, let alone so many warships taking shape and launching into the water one after another.

Only by sea can these timbers be transported with minimal cost.

Xia Guo has introduced laws.

Every sailing ship returning from Nurkandus, as long as it tows three whole logs, will be exempted from taxation.In addition, the navies who came and went were also doing the same thing, so that Xia Guo obtained an endless supply of timber.

In addition to wood, fur is also the hard currency of this era.

With the addition of medicinal materials, minerals, fish, etc., Xia Guo's development of Nuer Gandusi not only did not cost money, but also brought huge benefits.

Now Zuo Menggeng finally proposed the idea of ​​establishing a political power in the Nuer Gandusi area.

"The area over there is too vast and sparsely populated. If an administrative organization is to be established, a large number of immigrants must be required."

After unremitting surveys, the Xia Kingdom Center already has detailed data on how big Nuer Gandusi is.

Of course, the area in this data is not limited to Nuer Gandusi, but also includes the farther north.

Everyone knows that it is very vast over there, and its territory has far exceeded the territory of Ming Dynasty.

However, on such a vast land, the current counted population is only [-], including the Northward Legion that Xia Guo immigrated in the past.

But in the country of Xia, such a small population is not even comparable to a city.

"In such a big place, even if all the population in the country is relocated there, I'm afraid it won't be filled."

Huang Daozhou scratched his head a little, and realized for the first time in his life that such a trouble exists when the land is too big.

"Although agricultural reclamation can be carried out there, it is still too bitter and cold in the final analysis. There are too many people, but it is not easy to feed. My opinion is that moving [-] people from the country is enough to complete the control."

After several years of subtle influence, the local aborigines have fully integrated with the Northward Legion.

These aborigines don't have much concept of country and nation. After the arrival of the Northward Legion, they were very friendly to them and greatly improved their lives. Therefore, they have recognized the rule of the Northward Legion.

Among them, more pioneers like Lian Shanhai have emerged to actively integrate.

This is the fundamental reason why Xia Guo dared to bring Nuer Gandusi into the rule.

"If the population is only [-], it will greatly ease the pressure of survival in the Lianghuai area. This is a good idea."

Dang Huanchun rushed back from Huai'an and attended the meeting.

After Li Banghua returned to the center, he took over the government affairs in the Lianghuai area, and he was very clear about the local situation.

"Over the years, the local living conditions have always been maintained at a very dangerous limit. After our governance, it has improved a little bit, but it has not achieved a qualitative change. Once a major disaster occurs, countless people will definitely be affected. From here If [-] people are relocated, the living pressure of the common people will be much less.”

Only Zuo Menggeng knew that the Lianghuai area would soon enter a period of frequent disasters.

Wars, floods, droughts, locust plagues, and plagues, under multiple impacts, completely destroyed the Lianghuai area.

According to historical records, by the end of the Ming Dynasty, the surviving population in the Lianghuai area was only one-tenth of the original population.

Sometimes it is recorded that all the way north, from Huai'an to Xuzhou, there was not a single living person in sight.

As the poorest and backward area in Xia Kingdom, the best way to change the status quo is to carry out population migration.

If [-] people are relocated from here and enriched to Nuer Gandusi, it will be a good thing to kill two birds with one stone.

On this point, everyone in the center has no different opinions.

"How should the administrative level of Nuer Gandu be determined?"

Hou Xun asked a crucial question.

As a newly occupied land, what kind of status it will have in the country of Xia affects everyone's hearts.

Zuo Menggeng had already thought about it.

"The place we are currently occupying is actually only a part of Nuer Gandusi. There are many other places that do not belong to the territory of this place. But there is no doubt that the territory is vast, far beyond the mainland. In view of its particularity, we A provincial administration is proposed."

When they heard that a province was going to be established in Nuergandu, everyone couldn't help but look sideways.

Xia Kingdom's current territory only has three provincial divisions: Shandong, Lianghuai, and Songjiang.Now there is one more out of thin air, and the territory is bigger, the impact can be imagined.

"There is a problem. Nuergandusi has been developing and expanding its territory. If a province is established, how should the regions be divided?"

The regions of the other three provincial units are all fixed.Only Nuer Gandusi has been expanding. Will this new province have ever-expanding divisions?

Zuo Menggeng thought about it and put forward a proper opinion.

"The extent of the extreme north is not yet known. There is no limit to the divisions there. After the rule is consolidated in the future, it can be re-divided."

This proposal was quite approved by everyone.

Nuer Gandusi has great particularity and cannot be referred to with local examples.

Huang Daozhou asked: "Then the new province will be called Nuergandusi Province, or should it be renamed?"

"Nuer Gandusi has a strong bright color, which is not in line with our country's tradition. It is better to rename it."

Jiang Wei has a firm attitude and has won the support of many people.

Another slave, Gandu Sisheng, was also very awkward when he called.

Since it was everyone's opinion, Zuo Menggeng followed suit.

He thought about it and had an idea.

"The forest over there is boundless, and they are all talented people who have been around for thousands of years. If that's the case, how about naming the province Jilin?"