The first lord of the poor family

Chapter 542: Methods to control enemy countries

In addition, Lin Hai's biggest wish is to head to the Nanyang waters immediately after the construction of the big ship is completed.

We need to find crops like corn and sweet potatoes as quickly as possible.

Plant these high-yielding crops in the South and they can grow almost year-round.

What's more, Daxia is now dredging the canal, which can transport excess food from the south.

In order to increase the opportunities for people to make money, cement highways can even be built.

The method of firing cement is not complicated.

What's more, now that we have explosives, mining stones is very convenient.

Building a cement road from south to north will make it faster to transport goods by horse-drawn carriage.

In Lin Hai's view, the Turkic people must be allowed to change from herding cattle and sheep to confining them.

Let all their people move to the territory of Daxia so that they can be managed better.

After all, the Turks are too ferocious, and the vast area on the grassland makes it difficult to manage these herdsmen.

If you give them enough development opportunities over time, they may rebel.

Daxia now possesses many secret weapons, which can catch the enemy by surprise.

But as time goes by, by the time they understand these weapons and are able to discover the weaknesses of these weapons.

It is not that easy to defeat these Turkic cavalry easily.

As for the vast grasslands of Turks, the people of Daxia can graze cattle and sheep.

She grazes sheep every summer and returns with herds of cattle and sheep in winter.

and harvesting hay and corralling the animals during the cold winter months.

At the same time, these excess cattle and sheep are slaughtered and used to cook hot pots in winter.

It kills two birds with one stone.

The Turkic people will no longer have a chance to rebel, and the entire Turkic grassland will become the pasture of Great Xia.

Moreover, such a vast grassland has become a deserted land, making it difficult for surrounding enemy countries to attack.

They had no access to supplies on the grasslands.

Once entering the territory, they will be attacked by Daxia cavalry.

Nothing good will ever come of it.

When the enemy countries figured this out, they would not bother to occupy the grasslands.

After all, the surrounding enemy countries are very poor, and war must be fought to support the war.

Without continuous supplies, sending troops without authorization is a dead end.

Lin Hai told Gong Yanwu his thoughts.

Gong Yanwu was shocked when she heard this.

"You said you want to build a cement road? What is cement? I have never heard of it?"

Lin Hai patiently explained to her: "Cement is made by firing limestone and clay.

After adding water, it can be solidified, and then mixed with small stones to form concrete.

The roads built with this kind of stuff are very smooth and extremely hard.

The carriage was running on the road very fast.

The most important thing is that even if it rains, you don't have to worry about getting the carriage stuck.

Build a road on the grassland for our army to patrol.

As long as the surrounding enemy countries dare to invade, they can quickly dispatch troops there.

Quickly surround the enemy and annihilate them! "

“How much labor does it take to build such a long road?

Can we in Daxia really afford it? "

Gong Yanwu was still very excited, but she always felt that it was not easy to complete such a huge project.

“Don’t forget, we defeated all these enemy countries.

You can get a lot of prisoners.

Of course, it is impossible to kill all these people or make them slaves.

Instead, let them become common people of Daxia and give them wages to work.

Only large projects like building roads can use so many people.

Although road construction is very tiring, we can give them more wages.A strong laborer who works well can support his family.

Having said that, the main reason why the enemy countries desperately want to attack our Daxia is that they are all bitter and cold places.

His people did not have enough to eat, and many people froze to death and starved to death in winter.

As long as you provide them with a way to survive, they will naturally not rebel! "

After hearing this, Gong Yanwu felt that it made sense.

Let all their people go to work and feed the whole family.

Naturally, not many people think about attacking Daxia every day.

"I agree with what you said, but to use so many people to work, you must have a lot of money and food.

Where can we find so much food in Daxia? "

"Don't worry, I have already planned for this. First of all, our big boat can catch a lot of fish in the sea.

Can supplement a lot of food.

In addition, we need to develop southward and conquer all the small countries in the south.

The weather there is as warm as spring all year round, so food can be harvested.

If food can be harvested all year round, it can completely make up for the consumption in the north.

And many high-yielding crops can be obtained there, as long as the people across the country have fields to cultivate.

The food we produce is definitely enough, we can’t finish it! "

According to the statistics of the imperial court, there are now only more than 4000 million people in Daxia.

Even if the statistics are not accurate enough, there won't be much difference.

The current situation is that there are fewer people and more land, as long as there are enough livestock and good policies.

By distributing the fields to the people, a large number of fields can be sorted out within a few years.

The food grown cannot be eaten in several years.

For the people captured by the enemy, we must firmly control their food.

Once they leave Daxia, they will quickly starve to death due to lack of food.

Only Zhongzhong followed Daxia and obeyed the court's arrangements.

Only then can we live a stable and prosperous life.

Lin Hai also planned to completely tame all the Turkic people in a few years or more than ten years.

You can also recruit troops from these foreign races.

Continue to expand Daxia's territory.

Lin Hai carefully explained to Gong Yanwu how to rule these enemy countries in the future.

Gong Yanwu opened her eyes and thought that Daxia was the largest country.

I didn’t expect the world to be so big.

In addition to Daxia, there are even hundreds of small countries.

“If I go by what you said, there won’t be a shortage of food.

Do you want to occupy all these lands?

In the future, won’t our territory be vast and boundless? "

Gong Yanwu suddenly became interested in expanding her territory.

You must know that expanding territory is the greatest achievement of every emperor.

With such a good opportunity, it would be a waste not to acquire those lands.

Especially what Lin Hai said was very tempting.

Especially in the south, where the temperature is high, food can be grown all year round.

However, in ancient times, there was a lot of miasma in the south, and the hot weather was prone to plague.

This is also the biggest shortcoming of the South.

It needs to be transformed and the fields leveled out.

It requires a lot of manpower, material resources and time.

But for Lin Hai, it's not impossible as long as he puts a little more thought into it.

(End of this chapter)