Daming Crazy Emperor

On the Flying Dragon battleship, Taichang sat around with Yuan Keli, Cao Bianjiao, Song Yingxing and others, staring at the map on the table, without speaking for a long while.

The whole map of Siberia they are looking at includes the Hubei River Basin, the Yeni River Basin, the New Xijiang River Basin, and the original Nuer Gandusi.

Such a huge territory is more than twice as large as the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. It is really difficult to develop it.

Taichang didn't even know where to start.

He stared at the map for a while, and then slowly said: "Why don't we change the name here first, Siberia doesn't sound like the territory of Ming Dynasty, why don't we just change this place to Siberia?" Xingxing, what do you think?"

Uh, such a huge area is just one province!
The emperor's grandson Zhu Cihong couldn't help being surprised and said: "Grandfather, I'm afraid this place is bigger than dozens of provinces, so if we change it to one province, then the chief envoy here will have more power than the governors of several provinces." Much bigger?"

He is young, has no scruples, and comes whenever he dares to open his mouth.

Others dare not question the emperor's decision face to face.

However, there was a hint of approval in their eyes.

There is no way, this place is really too big. If it is really a province, then the power of the chief minister here is really scary.

Taichang smiled slightly and said: "Lang'er, this power is not calculated by the size of the territory.

Power is called power if there are people under it. No one can get power. No matter how big the territory is, a bare-bones commander has no one under his command. Isn't that fake?

At this moment, the primitive tribes scattered all over the Xibo Province are only a few tens of thousands of people dead. How powerful do you think the governor here will be?
If there are only this few people, the power of the chief minister here is not even as powerful as that of a magistrate or even a magistrate. "

Well, in terms of population, it is indeed pitifully small here.

There was also a look of surprise on everyone's faces.

No one, where does the power come from?

If the Xibo Province had the current population, the chief envoy's yamen probably wouldn't even have enough yamen servants.

However, if you want to develop this place, you need people, and what you need here is not just a little people.

Song Yingxing thought for a while, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, how are you going to solve the population problem? If we want to develop this place, no one will be able to do it."

This problem is really not easy to solve.

Because it's so cold here, it's frighteningly cold, and most people really dare not come here.

Taichang said helplessly: "Now we can only use the family members of the Southeast Camp to make up the numbers temporarily.

However, the 30 Southeast Battalion soldiers plus more than two million family members are less than 300 million people, which is still far from the population.

What can you do? "

Families of more than two million southeast battalion soldiers?

What about people?

It seems that I didn't see it!

Song Yingxing really attaches great importance to the population issue at the moment, because Taichang is going to hand over the preliminary development here to him.

There is no one here, how to develop?
He thought for a while, and then asked cautiously: "Your Majesty, where are the families of the southeast battalion soldiers? I don't seem to have seen them."

People are still in the southeast to announce the political envoy.

Taichang explained in detail: "At this moment, the families of the soldiers of the Southeast Battalion are still gathering at the major ports of the Southeast Chengxuan Political Commissioner, and I am going to send dreadnoughts and aegis ships to pick them up.

However, before that, we have to solve their food and housing problems.

I brought 3000 million shi of food this time, and there are 3000 million shi left. I have ordered [-] armed merchant ships to go to Wubei City for transshipment. I believe it will take three months at most.

The key issue now is where to live. When we take people over, we can't let them sleep in the open.

The capacity of dreadnoughts and aegis ships is quite amazing.

At the moment, there are 150 Aegis ships here, and five dreadnoughts and ten Aegis ships are docked in Wubei City. Aegis ships, that is ten dreadnoughts and [-] Aegis ships.

With so many Aegis ships and dreadnoughts transporting civilians, it is estimated that it would not be a problem to transport millions of people in one trip.

The problem is that we have only built one Hubei city that can accommodate 10 people, and the other two cities that can accommodate 10 people have not yet been completed, and the construction of Shenwu City has just started.

If we send dreadnoughts and aegis ships to pull them now, where will millions of people and more than [-] soldiers live? "

This is indeed a problem.

Song Yingxing couldn't help but suddenly said: "Your Majesty, do you mean that we build the city first?"

Taichang nodded slightly and said: "Yes, we have to build at least five cities before we can send dreadnoughts and aegis ships to pick up people, otherwise, the people who pick them up will have no place to live.

The winter here is not generally cold, and it is impossible to eat in the wind and sleep in the open. "

Song Yingxing couldn't help but fell into deep thought when he heard the words.

For the 30 southeast battalion soldiers and more than two million family members, at least 10 cities that can accommodate [-] people must be built.

The problem is that there are not many people who can use it now.

The soldiers of the Southeast Camp seem to be able to use more than 20, and the soldiers of the North Camp seem to be able to use [-]. Even if more than [-] captives are added, it is only about [-] people who will die.

How long will it take for such a small number of people to build more than 10 cities that can accommodate [-] people?
Song Yingxing frowned and pondered for a while, then asked: "Your Majesty, can we take over the families of the soldiers from the Southeast Camp in several batches?

After they come here, they can help at least a little bit, otherwise, it would be considered good if only this few people can build ten cities this year, and it is not known whether all the more than twenty cities will be completed next year.

After all, it is [-] to [-] miles from here to Dongnancheng to announce the envoy, and it takes about four months for the dreadnought and the Aegis to go back and forth.

And the thawing period here seems to be more than five months.

In other words, we can pick up people once a year.

It is not known whether all the families of the southeast battalion soldiers can be brought over before the thaw next year. "

When Taichang heard the words, he couldn't help but be stunned.

Take over in batches?
He thought for a while, and then asked: "Will it take four months to take over in batches?
No matter how many ships we send there, it will take about four months to go back and forth. "

Uh, this.

Song Yingxing was also stunned when he heard the words.

Seeing this, Yuan Keli said calmly, "Your Majesty, in fact, we can not only transfer them in batches, but also pick them up in sections.

Don't Dongfan now have five dreadnoughts and fifty Aegis ships?

We can send a telegram and order them to go to Dongnancheng immediately to announce the appointment of the Political Envoy.

Dongfan is only about [-] miles away from Dongnancheng to announce the Political Commissioner, and it doesn't take a month to make a round trip.

In this month, we can still order the five dreadnoughts, ten Aegis ships and sixty dragon warships docked at Wubei City to rush to Dongfan. If it is not enough, we can also mobilize hundreds of armed merchant ships.

In this way, as soon as the dreadnoughts and aegis ships that departed from Dongfan picked up the people, they could be dragged here to continue to Wen Guogong's mansion.

And Dongfan is only more than 1 miles away from Wen Guogong's mansion, and it can be reached in about half a month.

If calculated at this rate, it would take us less than a month and a half to bring over 20 family members of the southeast battalion soldiers to Duke Wen's mansion.

And in the follow-up, because the two fleets are going back and forth at the same time, this time can be shortened to about a month.

Our side can also divide the [-] Aegis ships and [-] armed merchant ships into two batches, and take turns to pick up people from Wen Guogong's mansion.

Calculated in this way, in about three months, the first batch of soldiers from the Southeast Battalion will be able to arrive here.

And in the future, more than [-] family members of the soldiers of the Southeast Battalion will be brought over every month.

And these people can help build the city after they come, so that we can build the city faster and faster. "

It's a good idea.

Taichang couldn't help being overjoyed and said: "Okay, let's do it like this, Li Qing, you are in charge of this matter, and you can send a telegram later."

Song Yingxing thought for a while, and then added: "Your Majesty, in fact, we don't need to build all the cities on the west bank of the Hubei River.

After all, what we want to develop is the entire Xibo Province, not just the west bank of the Hubei River.

We can definitely send people to Yeni River and even Xinxijiang and Xindongjiang to investigate, and build some cities in those places.

In this way, the journey is shortened a lot.

If we put the first batch directly in the Xindongjiang River Basin, then the first trip will not need to be delayed for three months, and almost two and a half months will be enough. "

This method is also good.

Taichang nodded again and again: "Well, you are in charge of the development plan here anyway, if you think where the city should be built, just send the dragon warship and the wolf tooth warship to investigate."

Unexpectedly, Cao Bianjiao said cautiously at this time: "Your Majesty, it seems that we haven't settled the border between Xibo Province and Tsarist Russia.

Should a few cities be built on the Ural Mountains?

In this way, if we go to war with the European Continental Alliance, we don't have to worry about them coming to the interior of the Western Province.

After all, the plains are beyond the Ural Mountains. If they rush in, it will be very troublesome for us to encircle and suppress them. "

Uh, I really forgot about this question.

Sooner or later, they will go to war with the Continental Union.

If the European Continental Alliance does not fight with them near the coastline, gathers heavy troops to Tsarist Russia, and pulses directly from the Ural Mountains, then it will be in big trouble.

At that time, all the elites will be transferred to the west of Europe by him. There are only 20 veterans of the North Camp and 30 soldiers of the Southeast Camp left here, and they may not be able to withstand the crazy onslaught.

Taichang thought for a while, and then said solemnly: "Have you sent someone to investigate the Ural Mountains?"

Cao Bianjiao nodded without hesitation and said: "Wei Chen has sent people to investigate, there are only three large mountain passes over there, and almost all other places are continuous high mountains, there is no way to pass people."

Taichang then asked again: "Where are the approximate locations of the three mountain passes?"

Cao Bianjiao quickly pointed to the map and said, "It's roughly here, here and here."

Very good, there also happens to be a tributary of the Hubei River nearby.

Taichang thought about it carefully, and then said decisively: "In this way, when the family members of the second batch of southeast battalion soldiers arrive, you will lead your 30 elite troops to rush directly to the west of the mountain pass, build a city there, and block the mountain pass. live.

As for the materials for building the city, I will order the Spike Warship to deliver them to you nearby through the tributary of the Hubei River, and you can just use the chariot to pull them. "

When Cao Bianjiao heard this, he couldn't help being surprised and said, "Your Majesty, are we planning to start a war with Tsarist Russia?

After passing the Ural Mountains, it is their territory. If we run to build a city, they will definitely not agree. "

But Taichang said confidently: "Don't worry, they have to agree if they don't agree, because now their main force is going to Africa, and the entire European Union probably won't be able to mobilize many people.

As for Tsarist Russia, it is not bad to have 10 people staying behind.

Do they dare to do it when they see 30 fine riders?
We just want to take this opportunity to include the Ural Mountains in the territory of the Siberian Province.

After all, most of the mineral deposits are in the mountains, and we cannot let the European Union acquire the mineral deposits of the Ural Mountains! "

It turned out to be the case.

Cao Bianjiao hurriedly cupped his hands and said, "I understand."