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Chapter 981 Part 1 Prosperity (The new book Hengdao Sixteen Kingdoms has been released, please read it)

In the 13th year of the prosperity of the Great Qin Dynasty, the Supreme Emperor Yang Zheng died at the age of 73.

Posthumously titled Emperor Wu and temple named Taizu, he was buried in Huangling, next to the mausoleum of the Yellow Emperor.

From Bohai Sea in the east, Linyi in the south, Hezhong in the west, and Yanran in the north, countless cities dressed up in mourning for this great monarch.

Thousands of veterans across the country swung their knives and killed themselves, saying that they would follow Emperor Wu.

An old era is completely gone, and a new era is coming one after another.

Yang Xu ruled the Great Qin for [-] years, the country is peaceful and the people are safe, and the prosperous age has already arrived.

The population of the country has exceeded 4000 million. The trauma of war since the end of Han Dynasty has been completely erased, and the people live and work in peace and contentment. There are thousands of households in any small town in Guanzhong and Central Plains.

With the prosperity of the canal, there are as many as 47 large cities with a population of more than [-].

The Yangtze River, Huaihe River, and Yellow River, the three main arteries gather the largest population and the most prosperous cities.

The rule of inaction that Daqin has been promoting has made the people burst into unprecedented vitality.

With the emergence of a large number of talents, the empire's culture and technology have also made many achievements. In terms of literature, it has perfectly inherited the legacy of Jian'an. Lu Kang's two sons, Lu Ji and Lu Yun, have become leaders among them, and a large number of famous works have been handed down to the world. Various forms of literary and artistic works such as legends and romances began to appear among the people, which greatly enriched the cultural life of the people.

In terms of technology, Taixue has cultivated talents for decades and began to work hard. Farming technology, bridge construction, breeding technology, etc. have been greatly improved, especially the level of shipbuilding. After more than 20 years of research and improvement on the shipbuilding techniques of the Shan and Romans, the [-]-dhu seagoing ship that can sail thousands of miles has finally come out.

This ship is replenished once and can sail for two months without going ashore.

If it is equipped with auxiliary ships such as grain ships and vegetable ships, it can sail on the sea for four to five months.

The grain boat stores grain and tea, and vegetables are grown directly on the vegetable boat. Taixue also invented a water boat, which is extremely exquisite. Fresh water flows from the bow through the bamboo tube to the filter at the stern. The flow of fresh water.

This method can preserve fresh water for half a year to eight months without rot.

In addition, most of the crew members have the habit of boiling water to make tea, and the voyage distance of Daqin has been greatly increased.

In the 16th year of Shengxing, Daqin's fleet set out from Nanjing Jianye, bypassed Jiaozhi and Jinlan, and crossed the vast South China Sea to reach Tianzhu.

The opening of the new sea route has greatly broadened the horizons of Daqin, bringing the Nanyang countries into the Qin people's field of vision.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, in order to find Tianzhu, the Western Han Dynasty sent four waves of envoys, but all of them ended up without any problems due to the long journey. …

However, the current emperor Yang Xu did not have much interest in overseas territories.

Most of the fleets sent are for "friendly visits". As long as Daqin is recognized as the suzerain, everyone is a family...

The emperor was not interested in the land, but he was very interested in the local products. Spices and vegetables such as pepper, nutmeg, eggplant, etc. were brought back, which enriched the dining table of the Qin people.

It's just that high-yielding corn, sweet potatoes, etc. still haven't been found.

As a last resort, Yang Xu could only look across the ocean. In the 19th year of Shengxing and the third year of Tianzhi, he organized two large-scale voyages, and finally found the corn, sweet potatoes, peppers and other crops that Yang Zheng mentioned.

At the beginning, these things did not adapt to the water, soil and climate of the Central Plains.

However, the Agricultural College has rich experience and keeps cultivating new seeds. In just two years, corn and sweet potatoes have grown wildly on the land of Huaxia.

But it is very effective to feed pigs and chickens and ducks.

Sprinkle the seeds in the ground, don't worry about anything, the mountains and plains are full of sweet potatoes in autumn...

The introduction of corn and sweet potatoes allowed the people of Daqin to eat meat.

There are also two kinds of grain reserves in the national granary.

Therefore, the population continued to rise. By the 13th year of Tianzhi (300 AD), the population of Daqin had reached 5000 million.

The Great Qin court encouraged people from the Central Plains and Guanzhong to move southward, and the area south of the Yangtze River was extensively developed. New big cities such as Changsha, Yuzhang, Hepu, Guilin, and Zangzhang (now Guizhou) began to emerge.

The two prefectures of Jiaoguang and Guangxi in the south of the Lingnan became hotspots for population migration, with abundant products, summer-like seasons, and free tax for three years, which was also very attractive to the people of the Central Plains.

Northern Liaoning, Southern Xinjiang, Western Regions, and Monan also benefited from population growth.

Especially in northern Liaoning, although it is bitterly cold, but twelve months a year, only three or four months of labor is enough to feed the whole family. Laughing with children and grandchildren is simply a fairy life.

The key point is that the imperial court still has subsidies. If there is any problem, as long as you show your Daqin household registration, the local government will be very enthusiastic to solve it.

Many people who were tired of the hard work in the Central Plains moved to Liaodong and Liaobei on their own initiative, and the Bohai Kingdom actually became the most populous of the five major vassal states of the Great Qin Dynasty.

Gein Bohai State's geographical location is really good.

The leather goods and medicine trade in the north has to go through the Bohai Sea, and the slave trade in the Japanese country in the south has to go around the Bohai Sea, and then enter Liaodong and Hebei...

Coupled with the rising oil from the black soil of Bohai State, it is difficult for such an area to be underdeveloped.

The population of Han people in both Han and Xia countries has also exceeded one million. The tents that used to be everywhere have disappeared, replaced by pavilions, and Qinfeng buildings are flooding the whole of Central Asia.

After more than 30 years of development, both Han and Xia have become giants in Central Asia.

Xia Guo is more of grassland blood. Half of Yang Yi's Qiang blood has attracted a large number of Qiang people and grassland tribes. There are 13 fine cavalry, known as the "Black Dragon Army", with extremely powerful combat power. Once 7000 cavalry rushed for three thousand miles, and wiped out [-] Slavic barbarians in World War I, shaking the entire Central Asia and the West.

The name of Xia Wang Yang Yi was also spread throughout the West, and he was called the Angry Lion King.

Yang Min, king of the Han Dynasty, put more emphasis on Wenzhi.

Under his governance, Hezhong became the most prosperous area in Central Asia, and even the entire West.

The culture of the Han Dynasty is developed and inclusive, and it has become a holy place in the minds of scholars, believers, and businessmen from all over the world. Under the influence of the Han Dynasty, Chinese language has become the fashion of the upper class dignitaries. If they can’t speak Chinese, they will be ridiculed as bumpkins .

Tea-drinking, storytelling, and opera, which arose in the Han Dynasty, were also popular among high-level officials in Sassanid and Rome.

Every year, a large number of adventurers enter the Han Kingdom, trying to live a stable and prosperous life.

But what stumped them was the Daqin household registration.

There is a proverb circulating in Central Asia: Even if a beggar obtains the household registration of Daqin, he can be treated like a king in other countries...

(End of this chapter)