I, Altria, only want to rule China.

During the Han Dynasty, Vietnam was officially ruled by the Han Dynasty, so in Leah's opinion, this place should be taken back.

So under the pretext of reclaiming their homeland, Leah's army marched directly into Vietnam.

But the situation in Vietnam was very chaotic, extremely chaotic, and because of the language barrier between the people and the lower classes, the aristocratic families here had been inciting the people to resist the policies of the Wu State.

Therefore, those common people were turned into mobs by these aristocratic families. As a result, the Wu army stationed here started a massacre, with rivers of blood flowing, and almost all the men in Jiaozhi were killed.

It can be said that after seeing this report, Leah's brows were almost furrowed.

These common people being exploited by those aristocratic families is almost the same as the students here being exploited by others.

But since it has already happened, there is nothing that can be done. It is impossible for Leah to punish those generals, after all, according to the report above.

These people have become a mob. If they don't take drastic measures, they might be the ones to die.

As a result, now Leah not only has to consider the issue of sending officials to Jiaozhi, but also has to consider the issue of immigrating there.

The question is how many people are there in the entire Wu Kingdom?

The population barely reaches 100 million, which may seem like a lot in this era, but if you average it out to each province and prefecture, there really aren't that many people.

You know, with 14 billion people today, there are still "space" for houses, right? Although the price is a bit more expensive, it still shows that 14 billion people are still too few. Haven't you seen that the country encourages more births?

Let alone the fact that her current territory is larger than modern China, but her population is not as large as modern China.

It can be said that the current problem of the Wu State is that it occupies a large piece of land, but the population is totally insufficient! This is also the reason why Leah implemented Sinicization in the local area after she conquered a piece of land.

Otherwise, if the population of her Wu State was so large, wouldn't she just kill the locals and then move the people of Wu State there? It would be just like the Europeans massacring the Indians in later generations.

But Leah comes from a civilized society, so she naturally wouldn't do that. You know, she wants to build an industrialized society in the future, which requires a sufficient population to drive it forward. It can be said that she really needs a large population to work for her.

Now the lives of the people in Wu State are gradually getting better. It is not so easy to get them to immigrate. With food and drink at home, who would be willing to immigrate to a place like Jiaozhi that is full of smoke and miasma?

If Leah needed money or troops to fight, the people of Wu would certainly be willing to support her, but it would be difficult to ask them to leave their homes and migrate to Myanmar, Siam, Jiaozhi and other places.

No matter how the local authorities persuaded them, few people were willing to respond.

After all, once you go there, the hope of returning to your hometown in your lifetime is basically zero. In other words, unless a clan intends to expand, no one would be willing to go.

The people will only leave their homes if they can't survive. The problem is that the people of Wu State are living well in Wu State now, and they can survive without that little bit of money for settling down, seeds, farm tools, etc.

It is foreseeable that in the future, relocating people to more distant places such as Japan, Alaska, Malaysia, and the Philippines will definitely be more difficult than it is now.

Chapter 175: Frank France!

If not enough people migrate there in the future, what difference does it make whether Burma and Siam are annexed or not? And Jiaozhi, there is a large piece of land but no one is cultivating it? Is this reasonable?

Even though she sent various scholars to other places to teach, so many people were willing to go. That was because Leah promised them a lot of benefits, and the court would give them an official position after they returned. Otherwise, no one would go.

"Oh, it's so annoying." Leah let out a long sigh. There were so many trivial things in a country every day. If it weren't for her royal sister helping her deal with them, she could basically spend a whole day dealing with these political affairs.

Although she could delegate power, she was still a little worried, so she would always wait until the people below had done it before she watched it again.

We cannot ignore the current situation in Jiaozhi. Since most of the men there have been killed, we can only let some young and strong people from the Wu State go there. Whoever goes there first can pick the beautiful women there first.

As for land... there is plenty of it in Wu State now. It is not worth leaving home for that little bit of land. Therefore, the only things that can attract the people of Wu State at present are beautiful women and money.

Leah really doesn’t like treating women as a commodity, after all, she herself is a woman.

But she still didn't handle Jiaozhi well enough. It should be the same as with Goguryeo. We should not be impatient and should do things step by step.

Once the people below can communicate normally, we can move forward slowly.

But since Jiaozhi is in this state, shouldn't we take the opportunity to take over places like Myanmar and Thailand?

Leah thought about the feasibility of these things.

There will definitely be no problem in taking over these places, the main issue is how to govern them.

Forget it. There aren't enough people to be deployed there after we conquer them. Let's wait a few years until the population of Wu State increases. Although we don't plan to take these places.

But we can force them to build schools and learn Chinese and Chinese characters, just like Goguryeo did.

After thinking for a while, Liya decided to let the Wu army scare them first, and make them a vassal state of Wu first. When the time is right, she can annex them with justification.

After thinking it over secretly, Liya said to the ministers below: "Go and spread some news for me."

In the past few days, some rumors suddenly spread in Wu Country.

A bachelor who had never married chose to migrate to Jiaozhi in response to the call of Her Majesty the Queen, and as a result he picked a very beautiful young wife.

A certain retired soldier from the former military governor's office whose name is unknown, chose to settle in Myanmar in response to the call of Her Majesty the Queen. As a result, he discovered a jade mine in the land allocated to him by the government, which was bought by the court for tens of millions of taels, and he immediately became the richest retired soldier in Wu State.

Especially after Wu State announced in the latest issue of "Wu State Newspaper" that it was about to start building a passenger steam train line that would run through Jiaozhi, Siam, Myanmar and other places, the bachelors and some old perverts in Wu State could no longer sit still.

According to the plan announced by the court, Wu State will take five to ten years to build railways in these places. If the speed of steam locomotives can be increased, it is estimated that it will only take two or three days to travel from Siam to Chang'an.

In this way, the worry of not being able to return to your roots after death will no longer exist.

Then, the people of Wu State discovered that the officials in the government had changed.

When they were begging everyone to go to Jiaozhi, these officials made promises and promises, and they were almost kneeling down to beg for mercy.

Now everyone is scrambling to go to Jiaozhi, and as a result these officials have words like "Go if you want to, go if you don't want to go" written on their faces.

As a result, a large number of people were coaxed and deceived into going to places like Jiaozhi and Myanmar.

Fortunately, the Myanmar today is not the future.

Of course, it cannot be said that they are lying. This should all be their own will. As for whether this place is as good as what the newspapers say, that depends on one's own opinion.

In short, Liya will definitely repair the railway, and she will never lie about this!

Then this year passed, and then another five years passed, and it was 5 AD.

The biggest thing in the past five years is the way to deal with electricity, which has been perfectly solved.

Although we cannot say that every household has access to electricity, most cities have installed various wires and poles, except for the countryside where electricity has not yet been fully popularized.

This time, the Wu State also welcomed a new national envoy.

The Franks and some other countries that split from the Western Roman Empire five years ago, among whom there were even people from Britain.

This really surprised Leah. To be honest, she didn't know what the situation was in Britain. After she left Britain, what was it like there? Was it unified?

In fact, Leah's feelings towards Britain are a bit complicated. She doesn't know how to describe it. But now she is the Emperor of China, so what Britain is like really has nothing to do with her anymore.

In order to show these countries the power of Wu State, Leah also arranged for them the same military formation and artillery exercises that she had arranged for the Roman Empire before, which really shocked them.

These Western European countries immediately asked Leah for trade and the idea of ​​purchasing firearms.

After all, after the fall of the Western Roman Empire, the Eastern Roman Empire said that it had an obligation to reunite the divided Western Roman Empire, and these kingdoms that had already established their own territories did not want to be trampled under the feet of the Eastern Roman Empire.

So they formed a group and came to Wu State. They had already found out that the Roman Empire had become so powerful because it had come into contact with a country in the east called the Longwu Empire.

As for these people's idea of ​​buying firearms, Leah agreed directly and said she would sell them as long as they paid.

She would not feel guilty about selling firearms to these countries, making it difficult for the Roman Empire to recover these territories.

In Leah's opinion, the more chaotic Western Europe is, the better. A unified Western Europe is not what she wants.

As for whether the Roman Empire would bear a grudge against the Wu Kingdom from now on, it didn't matter. Even if they did, they still had to hand over the money obediently.

These countries that obtained a large number of firearms from the Wu State returned happily, but the envoy from the Franks, Utola, did not return with his delegation, but only wrote a letter.

Utola asked his delegation to deliver the letter to his Majesty the King. In the letter, he introduced to the king everything he saw in Wu State.

Chapter 176: Organizing the United Nations?

"She was an extremely young, beautiful, and majestic female emperor. During the official audience, she wore a red dress with extremely complex patterns and a crown with a curtain made of pearls. According to the people of Wu, this pearl curtain, called "Yu", was to prevent anyone from seeing the emperor's face.

change."

"Her decree can be spread to any place in the entire Longwu Empire within three days. No one dares to stop the order of Her Majesty the Empress, not even the generals who hold military power."

"In fact, Wu State has nearly one million troops under the command of their emperor. They will only obey the orders of the emperor. No general can mobilize them privately."

"In addition, the etiquette of Wu State is very complicated. It is difficult to learn without the guidance of a professional. The etiquette of prostrating, kneeling, bowing, rising, bowing, etc. needs to be used in different occasions. Compared with Wu State, the so-called etiquette of the nobles of the Roman Empire is just like a group of peasants in the countryside entertaining themselves."

"The people of Wu State seem very friendly. They look at us with a hint of curiosity. Sometimes they even take the initiative to greet us, ask where we are from, and introduce us to the local scenery."

"Whether it is from the perspective of land area, military strength, government system, people's livelihood, education, industry, commerce, etc., the Wu Kingdom far surpasses the Roman Empire, or the entire Western Europe!"

"If possible, Western European countries should take the initiative to form an alliance with Wu State. Once we form an alliance with Wu State, if the Roman Empire wants to fight us, we will have to consider the opinions of our allies."

"I have inquired about the information of international students from the Sassanid Empire. If possible, we should also send students to Wu Kingdom to learn everything about Wu Kingdom. In addition, Your Majesty, you should learn from the Emperor of Wu Kingdom and increase investment in education and research and development."

"I have to admit that the Empress of Wu is an extremely outstanding monarch. Not only does her vision surpass that of all the monarchs in Western Europe, she also possesses virtues and qualities that the monarchs in Western Europe do not possess."

"As the Emperor of Wu said, education is the foundation of a long-term plan. The monarchs of Western Europe have always only considered the present, but have never thought about the long term like the Emperor of Wu."

Utola folded the letter, sealed it, handed it to his delegation, and watched them leave. He stayed in Wu State, intending to continue observing the country.

After thinking about it, Utora went to visit Merlin again. After he and Merlin sat down together, Utora talked to Merlin about his ideas.

"Mr. Merlin, I think we should sit down and talk calmly about the world situation. There are dozens of countries, big and small, in the world now, and there are wars and conflicts from time to time. This is simply too bad."

Merlin looked at Utora in bewilderment. When did he lose his composure?

Again, isn't it a good thing that those chaotic countries are willing to fight? If they don't fight, who will they sell the artillery, flintlock rifles, grenades and other things that the Wu army has eliminated before?

To sum up, Merlin had no idea what the other party wanted to say.

Merlin thought for a moment and asked, "I wonder what Mr. Utola wants to say?"

Seeing this, Utora said, “I think we should unite.”

"I'd like to hear more about it." Merlin smiled and nodded.

Utola thought for a moment and said, "For example, the Frank Empire and the Longwu Empire united to create an organization and asked all countries in the world to join this organization."

"For example, if there is a conflict between two countries in the world, this organization will mediate. If a country disobeys, this organization has the right to send troops to teach it a lesson."

"Of course, everything here is based on the fact that the Longwu Empire and the Frank Empire can gain enough benefits. Mr. Merlin, what do you think?"

If Leah were here at this moment, she would definitely look up to this guy. Isn't this the prototype of the Five Constant Virtues of later generations? Someone over there has brought it up now.

Merlin still had a smile on his face, but he was a little confused inside.

Utola did not notice Merlin's strangeness, but became more and more excited as he spoke: "That's right, we should create such an organization. In this organization, the Dragon Empire and the Frank Empire will become the two poles of the world. All other countries have to do is obey. The world's wars will be greatly reduced because of this organization.

The Wu Empire and the Frankish Empire were also able to obtain many benefits that were originally not easy to obtain.

But Merlin is not stupid. The more he listens, the more familiar this pattern seems to him.

Isn't this a big country controlling the small countries around it? Isn't this the model that their Wu State is following now?

In order to prevent Wu from attacking them, the surrounding small countries took the initiative to pay tribute to Wu with some local specialty resources every year.

As the suzerain state, Wu State has the right to mediate disputes among neighboring small countries and then gain benefits from them.

Now Utorati's model is an enlarged version, spread from the Eastern continent to the whole world.

Thinking of this, Merlin smiled slightly and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Utola, the organization you are talking about is called the tribute system in China. If you are interested, you can learn more about it."

"In fact, during this thousand years, many vassal states of China have lived in peace under the management of the tribute system."

"As for what you said about Wuguo and Frank becoming the two poles of this organization and being able to obtain many benefits that were not easy to obtain before, I'm sorry to say that all this is still based on the strength of Wuguo and Frank."

"As you can see, our Longwu Kingdom has the power to deal with everything around us, whether it's Goguryeo, Myanmar, or Japan. The organization you mentioned is not very good."

If such an organization is established, then when Leah wants to invade the surrounding small countries in the future, it will give people a reason to criticize her.

After hearing what Merlin said, Utora couldn't help but feel a bit annoyed.

To be honest, if Wu State was not too strong, he could have proposed this to other countries and excluded Wu State, but what if Wu State was involved?

Does their joint organization dare to challenge the Longwu Kingdom? Maybe the Longwu Kingdom will get angry and directly defeat them, and then their organization will be in name only.

Chapter 177: Five Big Gangsters!

Thinking of this, Utola began to think secretly again, why not bring the Roman Empire and the Sassanid Empire into the game?

As for the centuries-old feud between the Roman Empire and the Sassanid Empire...Utola felt that as long as such an organization could be established, everyone would benefit enough, and the centuries-old or thousands-year-old hatred would be bullshit.

Therefore, the biggest problem is actually the problem of Wu State.

Thinking of this, Utola simply said: "As Her Majesty Nanali of the Sassanid Empire said, in the Sassanid newspaper, the Far East belongs to the Wu Kingdom. The Frankish Empire is absolutely willing to recognize the Wu Kingdom's position in the world, and is even more willing to recognize the Wu Kingdom's interests in the Far East."

"According to the history I know, whether it is Myanmar, Japan, or Goguryeo, they were originally vassal states of the Longwu Empire. Therefore, the military actions taken by the Longwu Kingdom against these places are the Longwu Empire's own problems, and no one in the world has the right to interfere. If the Longwu Empire can destroy these countries in the Far East, then of course these will also belong to the Longwu Empire."

Merlin raised his eyebrows and said, "That's good, little guy. You're very smart!"