Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 191: Unintentionally, Guangdong and Guangxi Became the North

When the matter of the Pyu Kingdom was settled, Cen Wenben immediately talked about other matters.

"Your Majesty, General Liu Rengui has sent back a military report that the army has already entered the northern part of Luzon Island and encountered almost no resistance. The letter said that the population can be relocated to Luzon.

At the same time, he also wrote in a letter saying that the land in the southern part of Luzon Island was equally fertile, and he wanted to lead his army to capture the southern part of Luzon Island as well.

This is the letter that came back."

Li Yuanji took the letter and started reading it. After reading it, he found that the main points were similar to what Cen Wenben said.

“What is the population ready to migrate today?”

Cen Wenben did not hesitate at all and said immediately: "Fifty thousand people have been prepared in advance, and another fifty thousand are being organized. Among them, young men and women account for a relatively large proportion. The first fifty thousand people can set off at any time."

Li Yuanji pondered for a while and looked at Cen Wenben.

"Let's mobilize a large ship immediately and have the navy escort them over. Also, the people in the academy have been studying for so long now, so select some of the more capable ones and send them over together.

After the people from the academy arrive, they will be responsible for teaching all the natives on Luzon Island to speak our language.

Then send another order to Liu Rengui, asking him to maintain normal development first. If there are people who are unwilling to cooperate or resist during the development, they should be killed directly.

In addition, we should encourage our people who migrate there to have more children and give priority in allocating land to them. At the same time, you must be prepared for the follow-up and migrate at least 500,000 people from Luzon Island.

At the same time, Luzon Island was officially renamed, with the northern part as Luzhou Prefecture and the southern part as Songzhou Prefecture. The division of states and cities within the two states must be completed as soon as possible.

This place is a granary, so the arable land must be developed as soon as possible. Not only grain, but also cotton, needs to be planted on a large scale here, so the reclamation of wasteland must be carried out as soon as possible.

Those natives must be mobilized, and all the young and strong who resisted, as well as the captives, must be used to reclaim the wasteland. Such good labor force cannot be saved.

By the way, speaking of this, from now on, all criminals will be subject to the labor reform law, that is, after being sentenced, they will all be assigned to various places where manpower is needed and let them do the work. In addition, prisoners of war will not be killed easily in the future, and all of them will be used for work.

You must implement these things and do them well. "

Liu Rengui wanted to control the entire Philippines, and he was happy to do so. Since there was no difficulty in fighting now, he might as well do it together. After all, whether the northern part was developed or all of them were developed together, there was no difference.

Luzhou Prefecture and Songzhou Prefecture now have natural geographical advantages, and there will be almost no enemies there. Only when navigation technology is gradually mastered by people will they face greater danger. But now that it has become his fiefdom, no one can do anything about it.

Cen Wenben felt heavy-hearted after hearing this. The reason for this heaviness was not because of anything else, but mainly because of the population. According to what Li Yuanji said, at least 500,000 people would have to be relocated, and this population was extremely scarce in Lingnan nowadays.

Guangzhou Prefecture has a large population, but that is only relatively large compared to other states in Lingnan. It will take at least 10 to 20 years to completely solve this population problem.

Nowadays, the number of births in various parts of Lingnan is gradually increasing, which can be said to be a surge compared to before. However, if this increase is to fill the population shortage, at least we have to wait until they grow up, which will take at least more than ten years. Cen Wenben is really having a headache.

"My lord, everything else is fine, but the population issue is, isn't it too much to relocate 500,000 people? There is also a shortage of population in various parts of Lingnan now.

I know that Your Majesty wants to assimilate Luzhou Prefecture and Songzhou Prefecture as soon as possible, but this cannot be solved in a short time. I suggest that relocating 300,000 people will be enough. As time goes by, it will be completed in ten to twenty years.

Your Majesty, don't forget that Zhenla, Funan, Tang Ming, and even Pyu will probably need people in the future. Your Majesty is also planning to incorporate Japan into your fiefdom. When the time comes, they will need population to squeeze out the local people. We don't have so many people here.

Unless we can migrate people from within the Tang Dynasty, we really can’t migrate too many people out.”

In Cen Wenben's eyes, the money, food and supplies accompanying the migration are trivial matters. The biggest difficulty they face now is that their population is scarce. How can they migrate more people?
Li Yuanji frowned after hearing this. In Li Yuanji's eyes, population migration was a must, especially in Luzhou Prefecture, Songzhou Prefecture, and Japan. If these places did not squeeze out the local indigenous population, it would be difficult to develop, let alone rule.

Once the Han people come in, they will be able to quickly assimilate the indigenous people, making the rule more stable and allowing development to be faster.

Li Yuanji thought for a while and had no choice but to speak.

"Let's do as you say for now. As for the population, I'll think of a solution later."

Li Yuanji was indeed thinking that if he wanted to increase the population, the most important thing now was to fill Lingnan with the population of the Tang Dynasty. However, the biggest problem in entering Lingnan from outside was the road, because the road was difficult to travel. Besides the road, there were wild beasts and diseases.

Thinking of this, in Li Yuanji's eyes, the problem of roads was the most urgent one to be solved. The wild beasts were actually not that bad, and as for diseases, they were not difficult to solve either. They were already very experienced in this area. The only problem was the roads.

They are all fleeing and becoming refugees, so those people in the Tang Dynasty would never come to Lingnan.

Some people have entered now, but it is all because of publicity, secret snatching of people, and the tacit approval of the court, otherwise there would be no such effect.

Li Yuanji made up his mind at this moment that the road problem must be solved. Once the road problem is solved, not only the population increase can be solved, but it can also drive the development of Lingnan, which is also very important.

At this moment, Cen Wenben's voice came again.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. Many people are very interested in our sailboat and want to buy it. There are merchants from the Tang Dynasty and merchants from other countries. Do you want to sell this sailboat?"

Hearing this, Li Yuanji didn't even think about it.

"Sell! Why not? Today's sailboat is just the first one. It will be improved again in the future. Don't worry about the technology leaking out. It will be difficult for them to copy such a sailboat. By the time they make such a sailboat, we will already have a better one.

As for the price, a large sailing ship costs 200,000 guan, a medium-sized one 150,000 guan, and a small one 80,000 guan. This is the lowest price. When you tell them, you can add a little bit to it appropriately, especially for foreign merchants. An additional 50,000 guan will be fine.

In addition, after the order is negotiated, a new shipyard can be built in Guangzhou to speed up the manufacturing process and increase the quantity. At the same time, when new large ships are available, they can also be produced more quickly. "

Want to buy a sailboat? Li Yuanji really hopes that these people will buy more. Compared with the original large ships, sailboats can be said to be very subversive and can be said to be overwhelming in all aspects. It is normal for these people to want to buy them.

As for wanting to study the craftsmanship after buying it, it is not that simple. If these can be made with just the blueprints, then why did he spend so many contribution points to exchange for the craftsmanship?
The Tang Dynasty, which only had basic technology, could figure it out in a certain amount of time, but Li Yuanji was confident that by the time others figured it out and conducted trial manufacturing, he would have a more advanced ship by the time they were fully built. Cen Wenben was also very happy after hearing this. He was thinking about who would buy these sailboats, and then thinking about the money and food that would come in again, Cen Wenben was excited.

Even if it was just a small sailboat, the transaction price was 80,000 strings of cash, which was a lot of money.

How much is the annual tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty now? It is just over 2 million guan. If ten large sailing ships are sold, it is directly the annual tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty now. Of course, this does not include food and other things, only money.

The tax revenue of the Tang Dynasty did not exceed 10 million until the Kaiyuan period. Although the tax revenue reached a peak again after the Anshi Rebellion, the inflation rate at that time was too severe to be taken into consideration.

Cen Wenben originally thought that this technology could not be leaked, and he was still worried, but Li Yuanji said that there would be more advanced ships in the future, so he immediately put aside his worries.

"Your Majesty, I will take my leave and implement these."

After discussing the business, Cen Wenben had no intention of staying any longer and immediately got up and left. Li Yuanji also smiled helplessly.

Li Yuanji sat on a chair and opened the item exchange column, looking at the buildings. The next focus would be to open up roads, which was extremely critical. Although there was maritime trade, the only place that could be revitalized was the coastal areas. For the development of other places, roads became particularly important.

After looking around, Li Yuanji's eyes almost hurt.

"None of these things are cost-effective. If we want to exchange them, the steel industry needs to be upgraded again."

Li Yuanji was helpless. It was not enough to exchange those machines as a whole. The production processes of the parts and components also had to be exchanged. Otherwise, it would be difficult. There was still a long way to go if he wanted to replace manual labor with machines.

On the other side, after Cen Wenben went down, the first thing he did was to gather the foreign merchants together and start to negotiate the goods transaction agreement. Cen Wenben thought that he would have to talk some nonsense, but he did not expect that these merchants would be so proactive and start placing orders one after another.

Almost everyone is buying any goods that are available here, especially cement, snow salt, sugar, wine, sewing machines, which are the first choice of these people, followed by cloth, clothes, tea, glass, porcelain, ironware, and wood.

When these merchants came here, they were stunned. They had never imagined everything that was presented here. They even thought that this was the center of the Tang Dynasty, otherwise how could this place be so different.

Not to mention the foreign merchants who came from the sea, even the noble families and merchants who came from the Tang Dynasty were equally shocked. Everything they saw here had never appeared in the Tang Dynasty, but only here.

Almost everyone who came here was greatly shocked, especially those who came from the Tang Dynasty, who were even more shocked, because everyone knew very well what kind of place Lingnan was. However, such a place had changed into this state, how could those people not be surprised.

Even those aristocratic families, after coming to understand the situation, made a unified decision. They all immediately wrote to their families to explain the situation here and seek support. For no other reason, they all wanted to seek closer and more cooperation with Li Yuanji.

Among them, the people from the Yang and Wei families laughed the happiest, because their two families had the best relationship with Li Yuanji. After all, Li Yuanji's harem consisted of people from the Yang and Wei families. Even so, they wrote letters back to their family as soon as possible.

Almost all of the first wave of people came to inquire about the situation here. After finding out the situation, the family sent more people here.

Today is the happiest day for Cen Wenben. Looking at the transactions recorded in the book, Cen Wenben just laughed like a fool.

In the palace, Li Yuanji was having dinner with Yang Qingwan and Wei Gui. Wu Mei and Wu Shun were also pulled together by Yang Qingwan and the other two girls. Li Yuanji felt more and more that Yang Qingwan really treated Wu Mei and the other two girls as her sisters, which was really out of line.

Just then, a maid came to Li Yuanji.

"Your Majesty, Chief Cen wants to see you in the palace, saying there is good news."

After hearing this, Li Yuanji had to put down his chopsticks and rush to the main hall.

When he saw Cen Wenben, he wanted to say a few words, but seeing him smiling like a silly roe deer, Li Yuanji suddenly became curious.

"Jingren, what's wrong with you? Are you having a cramp?"

Cen Wenben, who was originally full of joy, suddenly froze in his smile and looked at Li Yuanji with a dark face.

"My lord, this joke is not funny at all."

"Haha, Jingren, don't mind it. It's rare to see you so happy. What's the matter? Tell me so I can be happy too."

Li Yuanji laughed and immediately started talking about business. Cen Wenben handed the memorial to Li Yuanji. Li Yuanji opened it suspiciously. After a while, his eyes suddenly widened. After reading it, he became very excited.

"Jingren, did we really sell so many things this time?"

Li Yuanji was excited but also a little bit unbelievable, because the goods sold this time were really quite a lot, and the transaction amount directly reached several million guan. Although Li Yuanji believed that he could make such a fortune, it was still a little hard to believe that he did it all of a sudden.

Cen Wenben did not tease Li Yuanji at this time, but nodded with a smile.

"My lord, you are not mistaken. There are indeed so many transactions, but many of them have been completed. The goods need to be rushed. There are not enough in the warehouse now. It is estimated that it will take about three months to complete all of them.

As for the payment method, it is half and half in cash and grain, so it will take about half a year to complete all these transactions.

Currently, only 300,000 guan can be delivered directly, and the rest will be completed in the next six months."

After hearing this, Li Yuanji lost his excitement. He thought that these millions of strings of cash could be obtained in one go, but it turned out to take another half a year. If it were obtained in one go, he would have no idea how good the development would be if he spent the money.

Although it is not that exciting, fortunately it can be completed in half a year. At least something is better than nothing. Moreover, these 300,000 strings of cash will be enough for various prefectures to develop after being distributed.

"Okay, I'll leave this to you. Also, Jingren, you must be more cautious in the future. It's just a small amount of money, and you're so excited. We will have more money in the future, so don't be blinded by what you have in front of you."

Cen Wenben's mouth twitched. He didn't bother to pay attention to this person and just took his leave.

(End of this chapter)