Chapter 504 The broad road
The situation in the southeast of Yizhou is very complicated.
Near the border, each small tribe is independent of the others and is scattered and undeveloped.
Two relatively nearby and slightly more established countries were the Shan Kingdom and the Pyu Kingdom.
The Shan State was close to Yizhou and had a population of nearly one million. It had always been on good terms with the Han Dynasty and, with the support of the Han Dynasty, it had been struggling to resist the invasion of the Pyu State.
The Pyu Kingdom was located in the southern part of the Shan Kingdom. It had a core population of over one million and many vassal states around it, with a total population of several million.
Further south were the kingdoms of Fugandulu and Linyi, both with populations of several hundred thousand, and Funan, with a population of over one million.
When the aristocratic families under Liu Fan infiltrated and investigated these countries, the first thing they paid attention to was the population, followed by the military and political systems.
Because according to their investigation, these "big countries" in the southeast do have a large population, but their combat power...
At least from their perspective, the soldiers under their command can be considered elite compared to the soldiers of these small countries.
The so-called tens of thousands of standing troops and horses, if it is a head-on battle, it is estimated that Wu Yi can defeat it with an army of 30,000.
"What a fertile land! How could it support so many useless people?" Liu Fan was speechless after reading the information presented by Zhang Song.
He had just come out of his self-doubt and finally got rid of the obsession of thinking himself a waste.
After getting this piece of information, Liu Fan finally came out of his shadow and felt like he was back to normal.
Judging from the situation, if nothing unexpected happens, I will be able to rebuild a new "Great Han Kingdom" here in just a few years.
"Perhaps it is because of such fertile land that these wastes are produced." Huang Quan said meaningfully.
"The soil in these places is extremely fertile. It is common to have two crops a year, and there is no shortage of food. So they don't have to worry about not having enough to eat."
“Not having a sense of crisis is not necessarily a good thing, because then you will lose the spirit of progress.”
Zhang Song reminded him, "My lord, although these tribes are weak, they are very good at mountain warfare. It will be difficult to destroy them."
"Moreover, the local language, culture and customs are very different from those of the Han Chinese. They are also very lazy and may be difficult to educate."
This is not a big place, you just need to conquer a piece of land and manage it.
The reason why Zhang Song and others looked down on these countries and even didn't want to call them countries but called them tribes was because they were too bad.
It would be fine if it was just the national system that was rotten, and it would be a little backward, but the key is that the local people are rotten to the core.
They just muddle through, eat and wait for death, and have no idea of development at all. As long as they don't starve to death, they are happy. Their ideas and concepts are so backward that it is difficult to describe.
Even if non-violent non-cooperation is achieved, it will probably be difficult to manage.
"It's okay." Li Yan said nonchalantly.
"This area in the southeast of Yizhou, apart from Shentu in the west, is larger than Yizhou, and the population is probably at least eight million."
"We can't control these people, but there are people who can."
When Liu Fan heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Zheng Fang, what do you mean?"
"Pack up and send them back to Da Qi." Li Yan said.
"Da Qi is now constructing water conservancy projects and roads in various places, and there is a shortage of people everywhere."
"Although these people are useless, they are just right for doing this kind of physical work. I don't believe that even a whip can't beat them."
"We can use these people to exchange for a certain number of Han people from His Majesty. Even if the ratio is five to one, that would be millions of people."
"Moreover, we can send only the men away and keep the women as wives and concubines of our Han people to have children. In this way, if everything goes well, in more than 20 years, we will have a population of tens of millions."
!!! After hearing what Li Yan said, everyone was stunned.
Although what Li Yan said was extremely exaggerated, if you think about it carefully, it may not be impossible!
Two million Han people, plus three or four million barbarian women. There is no shortage of food in these areas. If they encourage childbirth, it seems that it will not be difficult to produce tens of millions of Han people in twenty years.
They were very familiar with the various policies of Da Qi. Before leaving, Tian Ze even gave them a development strategy. They were well-versed in things like encouraging childbirth and providing welfare protection.
"If we can take over Sindhu, we will be able to have a population of 20 to 30 million under our rule in 30 to 40 years." Liu Fan muttered to himself, with a gleam of light suddenly flashing in his eyes.
"This king will revive the Han Dynasty once again!"
At this moment, Liu Fan suddenly felt what it meant to take a step back and see a broader world.
Previously, he was hiding in Yizhou, where he was constrained everywhere and could not do anything.
Other princes were able to carry out reforms at least, but he could not even control the army and could only stand still.
Now that he had been sent to this place after being defeated in the war, he suddenly felt that he was truly like a fish entering the sea or a bird soaring into the sky.
This is where I will rise to power!
What is standing in front of you?
Are a group of barbarians worthy of being my opponents?
He also personally witnessed two battles in the past two days.
After all, the "mini map" is on him.
I witnessed with my own eyes how Wu Yi bullied those barbarians like chasing away rats.
Although these people were quite strong, they had no idea how to coordinate with each other, and their weapons were extremely backward.
If they were to fight guerrilla warfare, they might still have a headache, but with the "small map", wouldn't it be easy to beat these guys? It was much easier than suppressing bandits in Yizhou.
The Yizhou army, which was used to fighting high-end games, had always been beaten when fighting with the Qi army. But now that they came here, they could easily beat these barbarians and finally regained their confidence.
No matter how bad our team is, we are still the king's team.
The biggest difficulty in dealing with these barbarians may be finding them.
Looking at Liu Fan who was full of fighting spirit, Huang Quan nodded slightly.
My lord has finally come to his senses.
After their horizons were opened by Tian Ze, they had already realized that with such a person around, it was not a good idea to stay in the Central Plains and it would be far better to start anew.
Look at Lu Bu, he started out with just over 300,000 Han people, but now the population has exceeded three million.
There are no fewer Han people than Hu people.
Especially Han children, their number accounted for almost half of the population under rule.
This area in the southeast of Yizhou is much richer than the poor north and the western regions covered with yellow sand.
The land is fertile, the population is abundant, and the enemy's combat effectiveness is weak. It is obviously a place where a king will prosper.
As long as Liu Fan comes out, he will be unstoppable.
In less than 20 years, his strength will be several times greater than that of Yizhou. If he is given 50 years to open up the southeast of Yizhou and Sindhu, he can even create a new Han Dynasty.
Liu Fan's heart was filled with excitement when he realized that a smooth road had been paved under his feet.
Huang Quan took the opportunity to advise: "My lord, His Majesty's talent cannot be lent to you forever. I'm afraid it will only last for half a year. Can we?"
Upon hearing this, Liu Fan said without hesitation: "Ziyuan, organize the troops. Within half a year, I will conquer Shan and Pyu."
"Yes!" Wu Yi said.
(End of this chapter)
