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

Li Yuanji studied for a long time and determined how to complete the new task, then he called Cen Wenben over.

"Jingren, let me ask you, how many people are there in Jiaozhou, Yuezhou, and Yazhou now?"

Cen Wenben was stunned when he heard this, but then he started to think. However, to be on the safe side, Cen Wenben asked someone to bring the files from the three places directly.

"Your Majesty, Songping in Jiaozhou now has a population of 133,864 people, Shecheng in Yazhou now has a population of 101,342 people, and Yuecheng in Yuezhou now has a population of 156,930 people.

This is the record from last year's household census. From this year to now, Songping will have an increase of between 10,000 and 20,000 people, Shecheng will have an increase of between 5,000 and 10,000 people, and Yuecheng should have an increase of about 10,000 people."

Li Yuanji's face was full of confusion. He immediately opened the file and started reading it. After confirming that he had read it correctly, he frowned.

"I can understand that Songping in Jiaozhou has a population of more than 130,000. Yuecheng in Yuezhou has a population of more than 150,000, approaching 160,000. They are doing very well.

But tell me, why is it that Shecheng has only over 100,000 people, and is even stuck at the 100,000 mark? Has Shecheng not developed?

Tell me, Shecheng is not only the capital of Yazhou, but also the capital of Nanzhou Prefecture. But there are only so few people here. What do the people below do for a living? "

Li Yuanji was very angry. He had expected what would happen to Jiaozhou Prefecture. It could be said that Jiaozhou Prefecture had been making steady progress, and Wei Ye would write to him from time to time to explain the situation.

The reason for Yuezhou Prefecture is that when Wang Xuance was governing there, due to the situation at the time, Wang Xuance adopted the method he used in Lingnan, which was to concentrate resources first, develop one place first, and then use that place to drive the surrounding areas, and then radiate outward.

Because many parts of Yuezhou Prefecture are close to the sea, Yuecheng, Yuezhou, as the capital, and with the allocation of resources by Wang Xuance, various trades were gradually developed, and thus it developed.

This is also the reason why he chose Yuezhou instead of Liuzhou.

But Li Yuanji really didn't expect that Nanzhou Fushe City, a prefecture city, would give him such a big shock.

You must know that Nanzhou Prefecture was the first of the five Lingnan prefectures. With its unique timber trade, salt, and two seasons of rice cultivation, Nanzhou Prefecture had unique advantages.

However, now it is not only inferior to Jiaozhou Prefecture, but also to Yuezhou Prefecture. You must know that Yuezhou Prefecture was conquered after Linyi was destroyed.

Even if it could not compare with Jiaozhou Prefecture, Li Yuanji could not accept it, because Nanzhou Prefecture and Leizhou Prefecture were separated by the Qiongzhou Strait, and Leizhou Prefecture brought a lot of support to Nanzhou Prefecture.

But now there are only so few people, which makes it difficult for Li Yuanji to accept.

After all, Nanzhou Prefecture is so far away from the tasks he needs to complete, and other cities are even more difficult to choose, especially since there are economic requirements. If there were no economic requirements, he would definitely kick She City out.

Cen Wenben felt extremely bitter when he heard this. Although he didn't know why Li Yuanji suddenly cared so much about the population, he was very clear about the situation in Shecheng. For this matter, he even thought about proposing to Li Yuanji to change another city to the capital of Nanzhou Prefecture.

In other words, there were too many things happening later and the war was approaching, so Cen Wenben had to put this idea on hold.

“Your Majesty, I am indeed aware of this matter. The reason why Shecheng has a smaller population than other prefectures is that the surrounding areas of Shecheng, such as Yancheng, Chengmai, and Linggao, are all absorbing people.

The other three states all had such a situation, resulting in the population of Nanzhou Prefecture not being concentrated in one place, but being dispersed and almost all scattered around Nanzhou Prefecture. There were relatively few people in the center.

Today, there are more than 63,000 people in Yancheng, more than 52,000 people in Chengmai, and nearly 40,000 people in Linggao.

In addition, there is no seaside place in Shecheng, so materials and trade are almost all transferred through the port of Yancheng. Although there is a waterway in Shecheng, it is still not as convenient as Yancheng.

If Shecheng had not been the prefectural capital and had not concentrated resources several times, Yancheng would probably have developed better than Shecheng today."

"I thought about changing the capital of Nanzhou Prefecture two years ago, but the king was out on an inspection tour at that time, and when he came back, he led his army to Tubo. Now he has to prepare for a war again, so I put this idea aside."

After listening to the causes and consequences, Li Yuanji almost understood in his mind that the population of Shecheng was small because although a lot of resources were concentrated there, not too many people were concentrated there.

Just as Cen Wenben said, if resources had not been concentrated in Shecheng, Yancheng would probably have become the boss of Nanzhou Prefecture through maritime trade.

Li Yuanji thought for a moment and then made a decision.

"Since you have this idea, then it is easy to do. Just implement it and replace the capital of Nanzhou Prefecture with Yancheng!
All resources began to change immediately and tilt towards Yancheng. At the same time, the population of Shecheng, Chengmai, Wenchang, Qiongzhou and other places all concentrated in Yancheng.

You should inform everyone about this matter. The population of Yancheng must reach 200,000 as soon as possible! This is my absolute requirement!
At the same time, all trade in Shecheng will be concentrated in Yancheng, and factories will also be moved to Yancheng, so that the economic and trade volume of Yancheng will reach more than two million taels of silver as soon as possible!"

Li Yuanji did not blame Cen Wenben for not bringing it up earlier, because Cen Wenben was right. He had not been able to take it into consideration before, and now he had to prepare for the Western Expedition and the war with Li Er, which could be said to be two tough battles, and he should not mess around with it.

But now he has no choice, he must complete the mission, and no one can stop him from earning contribution points.

Having made his decision, Li Yuanji did not hesitate at all. He had to develop Yancheng as soon as possible.

He has looked at the economic scale of these three places. Yancheng could originally reach about 500,000 taels. This time, by concentrating on Yancheng, he will definitely be able to break through soon.

Jiaozhou could also reach about 1.3 million taels, and Yuezhou was even more exaggerated. It was completely a latecomer and its economy reached more than 1.7 million taels.

The reason for choosing Shecheng was because Shecheng had also broken through the million-level, which was also an important reference factor in his choice.

Now Shecheng can't be relied upon, so Yancheng is chosen instead, but it just takes some time. As for Yuezhou, Li Yuanji is not worried at all. Whether in terms of population or economy, it will definitely be the first of the three places to meet the requirements.

And with Yuezhou's development at this rate, Yuecheng will probably become the third super city after Hikang and Panyu.

Jiaozhou can only be said to be average, but it has more hope of meeting the requirements than other cities.

Cen Wenben listened to Li Yuanji's firm and resolute words and felt Li Yuanji's decisiveness. He wanted to persuade him, but he couldn't.

He had said what he needed to say, and he believed that Li Yuanji would definitely be able to think of those things, but now Li Yuanji insisted on doing so. In Cen Wenben's eyes, there must be a reason why Li Yuanji had to do so.

When Li Yuanji saw that Cen Wenben had written it down, he continued speaking.

"Yuecheng and Songping, you go down and make a plan immediately. In the future, resources will be prioritized to these two places and Yancheng. We must make sure that the population of these three places reaches 200,000 as soon as possible and the economy exceeds 2 million taels of silver.

Yuecheng is not bad, the difference is not big, and it can be done by concentrating a little more.

After Yancheng absorbed the surrounding areas and Shecheng, it was almost able to achieve the same goal, except for Songping.

Tell Wei Ye directly that this is what the king said. No matter what method he uses, he must meet this requirement, and the shorter the time, the better.

As for sea transportation, make good use of the river transportation connected to the Red River estuary in Changzhou. You can find a way to provide support here. I just want the result! "Li Yuanji knew very well that the hardship of doing these things now must be great, but he couldn't control it. How to arrange it was for Cen Wenben to consider, and how to do it was for Wei Ye to consider.

In short, Li Yuanji was very clear about this requirement, and he would definitely be able to do it as long as he tried.

This is enough for Li Yuanji, the rest depends on Cen Wenben and Wei Ye.

At this moment, Cen Benwen felt extremely heavy in his heart. He already had a lot of things to do, and they were all important things, and now there was one more thing.

Looking at Li Yuanji's tough attitude, it is obvious that if the task is not completed, even Wei Ye, who is related to Li Yuanji, will probably be punished.

What else can he say? This thing can be done, but it is somewhat difficult and requires changes in other aspects to be achieved.

Cen Wenben had no choice but to follow Li Yuanji's arrangements.

The only thing to be thankful for is that the places arranged by Li Yuanji are all feasible. If Li Yuanji had really arranged a place that was difficult to achieve in theory, Cen Wenben would definitely have a good talk with Li Yuanji.

"Your Majesty, this is fine, but it will take at least a year, or even two years, to meet your requirements."

Li Yuanji waved his hand and interrupted Cen Wenben directly.

"I don't care about that. It must be achieved by the time I return from my western expedition. This is my bottom line."

This time is what Li Yuanji expected, and it will be reached when he returns from the Western Expedition. He can also exchange these contribution points for other technologies to facilitate the battle with Li Er.

If he had waited until the battle with Li Er was over, why would he hold on so tightly?
Cen Wenben estimated in his mind that from the current preparations to Li Yuanji's departure for the Western Expedition, to the end of the war and return, it would take at least more than a year, which was also within Cen Wenben's estimation.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will go down and start making arrangements."

Li Yuanji nodded with relief. Fortunately, there were people like Cen Wenben around, otherwise these things would be enough to give him a headache.

"Jingren, the current situation is special. I don't want to do this, but this is the only way.

Xuan Ce will be back this month, and Da He will be back around next month. When they come back, they can help you share the burden. You've been working so hard now."

Li Yuanji had to comfort those who needed to be comforted. He was very clear about how tired Cen Wenben was, and he was even clearer about the help Cen Wenben had given him.

The reason why Wang Xuance was transferred back was that Luzhou Prefecture and Songzhou Prefecture had basically gotten back on track. Now that the central government had many affairs to deal with, Li Yuanji had to transfer him back.

Ning Chun is of no use to Yu Minghe. Now Yu Minghe is using his firearms advantage in the eastern part of the grassland to continue resisting Li Simo's attack.

In other words, the Xueyantuo tribe did not continue the attack but went back. This in turn involved most of Li Simo's army, giving Yu Minghe a chance to catch his breath on the grassland. Otherwise, Yu Minghe would probably have been driven back to Dongyi Prefecture.

Under such circumstances, Ning Chun would not be of much use there, so Li Yuanji simply transferred Ning Chun back.

When the time comes to march west to conquer the Harsha Dynasty and the surrounding countries, people will be needed to govern them. After all, it is a reserved retreat route, and he must pay attention to it.

Even if this retreat is not used, it is still important.

After Cen Wenwen left, Li Yuanji immediately came to a courtyard and opened the system to look at it.

Now that he has 360,000 contribution points in his hands, he must spend them. Only by spending them can he increase his strength.

As for the longevity pills, Li Yuanji has no interest in them at all now. Even if he eats a hundred pills, it will not affect his exchange for other ones, but Li Yuanji still does not have that idea.

Li Yuanji looked at it for a long time and decided to exchange it for more advanced firearms. The contribution points he had were not even enough to make up a fraction of them.

As for the use of the steam engine, the research institute has already made a breakthrough, and the rest is just a matter of time. If he comes to exchange it again, it would be a waste of contribution points.

Moreover, steam is used too widely. Some people cannot afford to exchange it, and those who can afford it are not of much help for today's preparations and wars.

After thinking for a while, Li Yuanji decided to exchange what he wanted to exchange before.

After finding what you want and clicking to redeem, only 10,000 contribution points are left out of the 360,000 contribution points, and 350,000 contribution points are gone in an instant.

Li Yuanji did not have time to feel sad. After exchanging the money, he went straight to the research institute.

Came to the research institute and found Duan Shilin.

"Shilin, this time I have something important to give you. You need to arrange some people to specialize in this."

Listening to Li Yuanji's words, Duan Shilin immediately became interested, because Li Yuanji's words meant that they would be given a new technical system, which was also a new challenge they would face.

Then Li Yuanji took out a stack of information and put it on the table. Duan Shilin picked it up and took a look: Electromagnetic induction principle technology.

Looking at the new vocabulary and new technologies that had never been seen before, Duan Shilin became interested.

What Li Yuanji exchanged this time was electromagnetic induction. Nowadays, there has been development in all aspects, but this aspect is still lagging behind. Li Yuanji must improve it.

If people like Duan Shilin could develop electricity, the world could truly get rid of the era of oil lamps.

In particular, the telephone and telegraph, which Li Yuanji valued most, will be available in advance.

Now, the span of his fiefdom on the east and west sides is too large, and although the span from north to south is not as large as the east and west sides, it is not small either.

Communication within the fiefdom became a very important issue for him. Even with carrier pigeons, the transmission of messages was still a bit slow.

Especially in the later battle with Li Er, if the research institute could have developed telephones and telegraph machines in advance, it would have been much more convenient to fight.

With the advantages of firearms, it was easier to command and coordinate the army's equipment.

These are all things that Li Yuanji values ​​very much.

Only with this technology can Li Yuanji see hope. (End of this chapter)