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Xun Yu smiled and said, "The names of these seven cities are in line with the celestial phenomena. They will surely be famous in Yunzhou in the future."

Fan Qingyue nodded and said, "The construction team is currently repairing the fortifications. It is expected that all the work will be completed in half a month."

After hearing this, Li Mufan hesitated for a moment and shook his head slightly.

"Northern Yunzhou is seriously injured and will not go south for the time being."

"Let Aqiang leave a dozen backbones to continue the repairs with the Sky Fox Clan. The construction team will immediately go south to Yunlan and select a site on the plain to build ten large cities and twenty small cities!"

"Hiss!"

Everyone took a breath of cold air when they heard this.

This king is really bold and wants to build thirty cities in one breath!

Fan Qingyue was about to speak, but someone stood up and said, "King, I think this is inappropriate!"

Looking closely, the man who spoke was about thirty years old and had a handsome appearance. It was Kou Zhun, a famous prime minister of the Northern Song Dynasty.

He just bowed and said: "The kingdom has just been established, and the people cannot live and work in peace, but you want to build a large-scale project. This will waste people's money and labor. Please think twice!"

Everyone looked at this person in a daze. This family business was built by Li Mufan alone. In the hearts of all officials and people, he is like a god.

Now this person actually jumped out to accuse the king. He is really courageous.

Li Mufan was not angry, but smiled and said, "What Kou Aiqing said makes sense, but you only know one side of the story."

"Now that Beiyunzhou is seriously injured, the demons will not attack in the short term, the elves are powerless, and the tribes in Nanyunzhou are in trouble."

"It is time for us to show our strength, how can we look back and forth?"

Kou Zhun hesitated and said, "That being said, the king's project is really huge!"

"The money and food required are countless. Now the trade routes are blocked, the autumn crops have not been harvested, and the treasury has long been unable to make ends meet..."

Li Mufan laughed and said, "Don't worry, my lord. I didn't make any money from my trip to the Dragon Bone Tower, but I still made a lot of money."

As he said that, he took out five storage rings and handed them to Fan Qingyue, saying, "Qingyue, there are 1 billion spirit stones in it, rush them into the treasury first."

Everyone gasped again when they heard this.

1 billion spirit stones, it's simply an astronomical figure!

Kou Zhun opened his mouth and said with a happy face: "In this case, I have no objection."

Li Mufan nodded to him: "Then it's settled, let's continue."

Fan Qingyue smiled and said: "I'm done here, please ask Lord Xun to report."

Seeing Li Mufan's eyes looking at him, Xun Yu stood up and bowed: "Your Majesty, all the lords, in my opinion, my Ming country has now entered a relatively stable period."

"There are more than 4.7 million people in the country and 800,000 foreigners."

"The territory reaches the desert in the north, Tianhu in the south, Yunqin in the west, and the Lost Mountains in the east."

"When Lady Cuihua was pregnant, she drew a picture of the mountains and rivers of the Ming country. According to her, the country's area is 4.5 million square kilometers."

Li Mufan calculated slightly and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

The area of ​​the old country Huaxia is about 9.6 million, and now it is almost half.

Xun Yu added: "Generals are recruiting troops. Currently, the country has 70,000 troops, 300,000 insect troops, and 20,000 foreign captive troops."

"I estimate that the number of troops can be increased to 100,000 within half a year."

Li Mufan sighed slightly. The regular army's strength is still stretched to the limit.

Sure enough, Xun Yu continued, "Although the territory is not small, the problems we face are even bigger."

"First, the population is insufficient. The population of Liyang, Linjiang, Qingshi and other cities is less than 300,000, and other cities are even worse."

"Second, a large amount of land is barren and no one is farming."

"Third, there are not enough troops to cope with multi-line operations."

"Fourth, there is no tax revenue."

"Fifth, the trade route has not been completely opened up. The trade with the Sky Fox Clan and the Elf Clan is only superficial, and the sea trade is even more distant."

"The last point is that there are not enough local administrative officials and lack of effective governance. At present, the people are mainly governed by the aristocratic families, which is even worse in the countryside."

"I understand that now the rural people only know the family head, not the court."

Hearing this last point, Li Mufan sighed in his heart.

He knew this stubborn disease when he was a young king, so even if the Zhao family bullied the widow of the martyr, he only punished them lightly.

The reason is that he is afraid of causing a backlash from the aristocratic families and causing unnecessary trouble to the rare stable situation.

However, for the parasitic families, especially the Zhao family, he would give them an explanation sooner or later!

Now that many problems are in front of him, he finally understands the saying: governing a big country is like cooking a small fish.