wild trail

Chapter 304 Two Years
Time passed slowly in Xia Kingdom's rapid development, and two years passed in the blink of an eye.

On the day of the winter solstice two years ago, Wang Lang officially established the Xia Kingdom's year name. From this year, Xia Kingdom entered the Taichu Year.

At the end of the first year of the first year, including the newborn population, Xia's total population had reached 8000, and the size of the army had also expanded to 4000.

Although the races are different, Wang Lang did not implement any discriminatory policies against these white people for the sake of long-term consideration. If there were only human beings in this world, he might still treat these people differently.

However, the reality is that there are not only intelligent creatures like humans in this world. Under this kind of pressure, the conflicts between races can be almost ignored, and the conflicts between species are the main contradictions.

In terms of agriculture, with the lack of digging of canals, the vicinity of the big river has become the granary of the Xia Kingdom. With the three crops a year, there are almost no people in the Xia Kingdom who cannot afford to eat.

And with the development of trade, as long as people are not too lazy, every household can save a lot of copper coins, and the grain grown by farmers will be purchased by the household department. After a quarter, at least four to five hundred copper coins can be earned.

This kind of income is basically the same as the monthly salary of a fifth-rank official in the Xia Kingdom. Under the policy of nationalizing land, no matter how powerful your rights are, you are not allowed to reclaim or purchase land without permission. This effectively prevents Occurrence of land merger events.

In order to be more on the safe side, Wang Lang added a clause to this land policy. If the individual who owns the land does not personally cultivate it for three consecutive quarters within three years, the land that has been allocated will be taken back by the state.

The impact of this policy is that the officials of Daxia suddenly became landless people, and the merchants who opened shops in the towns were also landless people.

Under this policy, the land in the Xia Kingdom can only belong to farmers. Wang Lang believes that it is useless for the land to fall into the hands of princes and nobles. Now that everything has just started, he will cut off this bad wind from the source.

Although the level of civilization in the Xia Kingdom is still very low, the common people live and work in peace and contentment. There is no big difference between the rich and the poor, and there are no class conflicts. It can be said that the happiness index of Xia Kingdom today is very high. s country.

In June of the second year of Taichu, Xiaguo's first large ship in the true sense was finally built. This ship was made of high-quality wood, and it was not comparable to the previous experimental product.

On the day the ship was launched, Wang Lang and civil and military officials came to the harbor in person to watch the historic launching ceremony.

If you want to move this big guy, you can't do it by paddling. This kind of warship is very similar to the movie Wang Lang once watched, the kind of ship in Pirates of the Caribbean.

There are no oarsmen on sailing warships, and the main source of power is wind and ocean currents.

Wang Lang has some understanding of this point. In the era of sailing warships, captains must be very familiar with the wind and hydrological conditions of the route. In many cases, if they miss the monsoon on the ocean, they will not be able to sail to their destination that year.In addition, the ocean will also generate ocean currents based on factors such as the monsoon. Just like inland rivers, ships can go down the current to reach relevant places downstream of the ocean current.

Because of the previous practice with experimental ships, the sailors composed of craftsmen skillfully raised the sails and adjusted the angle. Relying on the force of the crazy wind, the huge ships began to slowly drift towards the distance.

This day is destined to be recorded in the annals of history. After the maiden voyage of the first warship was successful, Wang Lang immediately dispatched [-] soldiers from the army to form the first naval force of Daxia. Familiarize yourself with the skills of sailing and ask them to draw the shape of the coastline.

Until September of the second year of Taichu, Wang Lang received the topographic map of the coastline drawn by the navy which took more than two months, but Wang Lang had never seen this terrain before. This time he was completely sure of the continent he was in. The world simply does not exist.

For this strange continent, Wang Lang named it Shenzhou to commemorate the world that he could not return to.

The navy went to the northernmost and southernmost ends of the continent and found that the climates in the north and south were very similar, and only the central region was warm all year round.

By the end of the second year of Taichu, the population of Xia Kingdom had exceeded the 6 mark.

Faced with such a large population and a vast national border, Wang Lang decided to build a new city in a suitable location to consolidate his territory.

In the construction of such a large-scale city, nearly [-] trees were cut down in half a year, and the tree line to the west of Yancheng retreated nearly three to four kilometers.

The powerful destructive power of human beings has brought catastrophe to the animals living in this jungle, the living environment has been destroyed, and everything that has no time to move away has become human food. Even the titan python, which once terrified people, has died in a pile. Under the bombardment of the grenade, his flesh and blood were instantly smashed, and he was completely at the mercy of others.

At this point, on the land of this continent, humans can be said to have no natural enemies, and all beasts can become delicacies on the human diet.

In addition to major national events, Xia Guo has undergone tremendous changes in the past two years in terms of people's livelihood. With the gradual understanding of this world, new ingredients are constantly being discovered. The appearance of iron pots also led to the birth of stir-fried dishes. Peppers and beans have also become delicacies in people's mouths.

In particular, the tofu made of beans is deeply loved by the people of Xia.

It can be said that Wang Lang single-handedly contributed to this. As a member of the once big foodie empire, he naturally didn't want his country to become like the western countries, where they ate rubbish.

The new ingredients not only enriched the tables of Xia Guoguo people, but also gave birth to a new profession, that is chef.

Some people who are particularly spiritual about cooking, except for some who were recruited by Shi Weitian, the rest became the royal chefs of the Xia Kingdom. In addition to being responsible for Wang Lang's diet, the most they do is to study various dishes. The practice of growing ingredients, with the backing of the trading station, the cooking skills of these chefs can be said to have improved rapidly.

For some dishes, Wang Lang can even taste the familiar taste, such as the dish of spicy tofu he is eating now.

Although Wang Lang is an emperor, he is not like those high-ranking officials in ancient times, who had to be served by a group of people for a meal. At this time, Wang Lang's family of eight were happily eating a sumptuous dinner.

Wang Lang's two concubines gave birth to a son and a daughter for Wang Lang at the beginning of the first year of Taichu. The boy was named Wang Ying, and the girl was named Wang Ying.

(End of this chapter)