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Chapter 1595: Disposal of the Kunlun Slave Land!
After the Lantern Festival, the Ming Dynasty began to use troops in the south. The plan of the Ministry of War was to connect the north and the south. At that time, the territory of the Ming Dynasty would greatly exceed that of Daqian.

The people's attention also shifted from Daqian to gold mining and land reclamation.

At present, in addition to the land reclamation arranged uniformly by the imperial court and local government, the Ming Dynasty also has two other methods.

The other is the contracting system, which contracts an area to an individual or team to speed up the reclamation of forests and wastelands.

The other is for individuals to sign a wasteland reclamation order and pay a certain fee to reclaim a private land of no less than [-] acres in the wasteland.

Land belongs to the state, but reclaimed land has a hundred-year right to use it.

Within a hundred years, whether you dig out gold or oil under this land, it will be the legal income of the user.

However, an appropriate usage fee is required every year.

Of course, population can be used for free. One population can be exempted from ten acres of fees. The larger the population, there will be rewards.

Some large families will sign land reclamation orders and obtain hundreds of acres of land for free without dividing their families.

Because there are so many people, you can also enjoy subsidies from the local government.

The gold rush has been going on for several years, and every year thousands of rich people make their fortunes by searching for gold. The news spreads throughout the country, and it is unknown how many young people are attracted to go to the West to search for gold.

In addition, joining the army in the Ming Dynasty was also a popular option.

Because after the territory is conquered, according to the size of the territory, a large piece of permanent military land can be allocated according to merit. If it is not needed, the court will take it back according to the price.

If you want, you can hand it over to the Military Affairs and Farming Department to take care of it every year. You only need to pay a certain management fee and you will have stable income every year.

This is equivalent to having a long-term stable income. Even if you retire, you can still enjoy the benefits brought by this land.

Of course, you can also choose to take over the land and run it yourself.

But [-]% of the people will be handed over to the Military Affairs and Farming Department.

Therefore, after the Lantern Festival, there was a wave of soldiers all over the country.

Countless young men flocked to the recruitment office.

It's a pity that the number of soldiers recruited this time was 20, and Ming Dynasty officially had one million soldiers.

These millions of soldiers were spread across the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty, and they were still very few.

The latest population data from the first seven years shows that the population of Ming Dynasty has officially reached 2000 million.

After capturing the south, the population should exceed 700 million, or even 3000 million.

This undoubtedly greatly increased Ming's ability to resist risks and war potential.

However, there are traces of Daqian merchants on this land. When Li Xin went to sea, it was this land he came to.

"Your Highness, why don't you include the land of Kunlun slaves into your territory?" Xiao Liuzi would come to Qin Mo's base outside the palace every now and then to serve him. Back then, he was always one step behind, so Qin Mo didn't like to take him.

Now he has matured, with a small beard on his chin, which makes him look quite stylish.

"It's not the right time yet. That piece of land is too big for us to eat at the moment. Even if we eat it, we won't be able to control it effectively for a while.

There, some tribes are cannibals, and there are poisonous insects, snakes and ants everywhere, and swarms of beasts. Although various resources are abundant, too many resources are needed for development.The best way is to establish a base somewhere and then encourage private businessmen to cultivate local areas and establish plantations.

There are at least 3000 to [-] million Kunlun slaves in that land, so I haven't figured out how to deal with those people yet.

There are also many merchants in Daqian, and the countries in the Western Regions often plunder Kunlun slaves there.

Although these Kunlun slaves are simple-minded, they have excellent physical fitness and are extremely hardworking workers. "

It's not that Qin Mo is discriminatory, but that the development of this continent is too limited, and it is too difficult to educate these people.

There are rich resources here, but there is no moral ethics, so Qin Mo thought about it and decided to circle the resource-rich place as a backup.

Leave those places where birds don't poop to others.

As for the Kunlun slave women, they are indeed not in line with the aesthetics of the Ming Dynasty. Even slaves would look down upon them.

And the Ming Dynasty was a country that prohibited slaves, so even if they entered the country, they would most likely have to live as laborers.

"What a pity. I heard that diamonds are abundant there. If they were developed, they would definitely make money!" Xiao Liuzi said.

"Then you go ahead and develop it. The court won't prohibit it. If it happens, the fiefdom below you will also have a stable source of income." Qin Mo said.

"It's possible, but Your Highness, we don't have enough manpower, and guns are too difficult to obtain. Even if we get them, they will be eliminated by the imperial court. I feel unsure!" Xiao Liuzi said.

"Even if the guns are eliminated by the imperial court, those savages cannot compete with them." Qin Mo smiled and shook his head. The Ming Dynasty did not prohibit guns, but it also did not allow private ownership of a large number of guns.

Hunters, those who have signed a land reclamation order, are allowed to possess firearms, but firearms and ammunition are strictly controlled.

Even if those who cultivate overseas hold it, they will be eliminated by the imperial court.

Qin Mo knew very well that if they went to the Kunlun slave land to cultivate land, even if they established a kingdom there, no one would care about it, so what the court had to do was to curb this kind of thing.

Such a vast land cannot be supervised by the imperial court.

"Having said that, Your Highness, the risk is too great, ordinary sailing ships are too slow, and the imperial steamships are not open to the public.
Steamships are considered strategic weapons, so they are not open to the public for the time being. The navy itself does not have enough.

This reminded Qin Mo that the next ten years should be a period of peace, allowing shipyards to properly build small and medium-sized steamships for foreign trade.

It is necessary to encourage people to go to sea and let a large amount of wealth and resources flow back to the Ming Dynasty.

When private ships are saturated, internal combustion engine ships will be launched, and then private shipbuilding qualifications will be opened.

Thinking of this, Qin Mo quickly wrote a cheat sheet and sent it to the palace, "Go on, what else do you want!"

"Your Highness, Xiao Liuzi is either here to make a request, or..."

"Stop farting, has someone asked you for help?" Qin Mo glanced at him, "When did you become so unhappy?"

Xiao Liuzi smiled coyly, "Your Highness is still wise, but some friends around me want to go to sea, but they are suffering from insufficient ships, and the risk of going to sea alone is too high, so I want to ask the court if they can give more places.

Furthermore, there are really too few guns. We don’t dare to ask for openness when the court controls guns. We just want to ask if we can hire the navy of the court to develop overseas, even if we share the profits of the court, it is feasible.

The Bohai Sea Navy used this method to protect those merchant ships before! "

(End of this chapter)