The ancestor of the apocalypse is so cool after being reborn!

The fiefdoms as far away as Oceania were busy with construction, while Dayu's troops stationed in Annan Dongwu were busy recruiting troops.

Nowadays, Dongwu Prefecture and Annan Prefecture belong to Dayu's territory. It would be too difficult to rely solely on Dayu's soldiers and horses to maintain public security. Instead, he recruited local people to join the army and continued to expand the border army in order to better maintain border peace and control poisoning. Use troops.

The same was true for the army that conquered the Western Regions, recruiting local people to join the army in order to use troops against neighboring countries.

The expansion of Dayu's army made Tibet, which was surrounded by encirclement, restless. The Khan of their country could not sit still looking at the power distribution map. If Dayu's army in the Western Regions continued to attack westward.And Dongwu's army also attacked south. Will his plateau country be surrounded by Dayu's army in the center soon?

When Tibet was as panicked as ants on a hot pot, they thought that Dayu would use his troops next, but this was not the case. As long as they conquered several Middle Eastern countries and surrounded this plateau area, they were afraid that the ducks they had obtained would fly away. Already?

Rather than letting the soldiers and horses adapt to the plateau climate, it is better to attack the surrounding countries first. Then I am afraid that the plateau countries will take the initiative to surrender to the imperial court.

In the capital, after a busy few months, Li Chengli's several factories were finally on track, and he could finally take a breath.

Nowadays, among the brothers, except for the emperor, he is the only prince staying in the capital, and the others have been enfeoffed. And because he is busy with the factory, the emperor has not enfeoffed him for the time being.

On this day, he entered the palace and submitted the accounts of various factories to the emperor, preparing to hand over the factories to the emperor.

As for whether the emperor would put the factory under his own name or hand it over to the Ministry of Revenue, it was not his business to worry about.

Li Chengmu briefly checked the profits of these factories, then put down the account books and said with a smile: "Queen Mother is still very discerning and has not buried your talent in business. You have worked hard during this time, brother."

"This is an official matter. I dare not express my sorrow. Your Majesty's words are serious." Li Chengli replied, but his attention was attracted by the world map hanging on the wall.

There was no map hanging on this wall of the Imperial Study Room before. He raised his eyebrows and glanced at the emperor. What did this mean?The factory is on track. Do you want to entrust him with it?

Don't blame Li Chengli for overthinking. Li Chengmu, who has sat on the dragon throne and become the ninth-five-year-old, is no longer the Xiaowu he used to be. He doesn't dare to look at him with the same old eyes.

Whenever he sat in that position, his first consideration was the long-term peace and stability of Dayu, and brotherhood definitely came second.

"Is the emperor very interested in this map?"

Finding that Li Chengli's eyes frequently fell on the world map, Li Chengmu didn't think much about it. The main reason why he hung the world map in his study was because Xia Jing and Li Jingfu went to Oceania. He was thinking about them and looked at the map from time to time. It would help alleviate his worries.

Li Chengli heard his question and nodded frankly: "This is the first time I have seen this map. Where are the fiefdoms of the two royal brothers and the fourth child?"

Since the enfeoffment will be divided sooner or later, in order not to arouse the emperor's suspicion, it is better for him to take the initiative to mention it himself, maybe he can get more benefits.

After sitting in front of the imperial court reviewing the memorial for a long time, he became tired. After listening to his words, Li Chengmu stood up, moved his body, walked to the map, pointed to a place like a finger and said: "Here are the four emperors." My brother’s fiefdom is backed by Dongwu, so his fiefdom is the closest to Dayu.”

As he spoke, he pointed to another continent: "This land is the fiefdom of the First Emperor Brother and the Second Emperor Brother. They each occupy half of it. As for how to divide it, they can divide it themselves according to the local terrain."

Li Chengli's eyes went back and forth between the two fiefs, "Except for the distance, the fiefdoms of the eldest and second emperor brothers seem to be larger than the fourth one's. Does the fourth brother know?"

"Haha." Li Chengmu laughed loudly: "Are you afraid that Brother Four Emperors will have objections if he finds out?"

Li Chengli looked at him, wondering if he shouldn't have any objections?

Li Chengmu pointed to another sea area on the map, "Brother Four Emperors has Dongwu with his back and doesn't have to worry about the enemy stabbing him in the back. If he thinks the fiefdom is too small, I allow him. If he wants to expand his territory, he can expand southward. There are many large islands across the strait. Small or large islands, as long as he has the ability, I have no objection to incorporating all these islands into his fiefdom."

Therefore, the competitiveness in Nanyang is very high, and the size of the territory depends entirely on ability.

If you have the ability, expand yourself.If he didn't have the ability, no matter how big the territory he gave him, the fourth child wouldn't be able to hold it.

Li Chengli did not expect that the emperor would answer like this, and looked at him in surprise: "If the fourth brother has a strong army, then his fiefdom may be larger than that of the eldest and second emperor brothers."

"Not necessarily."

"how do I say this?"

Li Chengmu pointed to the northern area of ​​Oceania, "There are many islands in this area."

As he spoke, he pointed to the southern region of Oceania: "Across the ocean, there is a large area of ​​land here. If the Second Emperor Brother and Ding'an are ambitious enough and strong enough, they can expand their territory to these places. I also allow them to expand overseas at will. The territory, as long as they can swallow it, will belong to them by writing a memorial and filing a case."

After listening to the emperor's words, looking at the large landmass on the map, my heart became hot. If he also enfeoffed it, would the emperor also not restrict him from expanding his territory?
Beyond Dayu, the sea is vast and the sky is high. He really can't just focus on the dragon chair on the high platform. If he is given enough space, Li Chengli feels that he is no worse than Li Chengmu.

"I'm afraid it won't be easy to run this wild land well in the short term."

Li Chengmu nodded in agreement: "Yes, so instead of staying at Yu's house and worrying about it, it is better to show your strength outside. The world is so big, and if you want Yu's dragon flag to spread all over the world, it will take the unremitting efforts of countless generations."

"Dragon flags are planted all over the world. Ahem." Li Chengli did not expect that the emperor's ambitions were so lofty, and he was so shocked that he almost choked to death on his own saliva.

"Brother Emperor, are you okay?" Li Chengmu asked with concern when he heard the cough.

"It's okay." Li Chengli waved his hand, looked up at the map again, and said sternly: "Opening up territory will definitely require large-scale troops. After our Dayu experienced natural and man-made disasters in the late Huiyuan period, the population dropped sharply. Even if the world is at peace now, I think I don’t know how many years it will take for the population to return to the level of the early Huiyuan period. Where will the army come from?”

After listening to his words, Li Chengmu sighed: "This is also a headache for me. At present, I can only use the stupidest method to encourage fertility. When the national strength recovers a little, I am ready to implement fertility incentives nationwide."

"Fertility reward?" This new term was the first time Li Chengli heard of it.

Li Chengmu sat down again and took a sip of tea: "Yes, fertility rewards. Of course, this policy is only for the people of Dayu, and the areas captured later are not the reward objects of this policy."

When he implemented this policy, he only wanted Dayu's population to increase rapidly so that he could easily rule the world. He did not want foreigners to rise and cause trouble in the world.

Li Chengli frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and said: "This policy of yours is a long-term solution, and currently our land area is growing rapidly, and we are facing a population shortage. This problem cannot be solved now. The population problem cannot be solved If it is solved, it will slow down the expansion of Dayu."

Li Chengmu only felt heartbroken. He had been deliberately avoiding this question, but he didn't expect that the fourth child would poke his pain.

Seeing that he was not as high-spirited as before, Li Chengli suppressed the smile in his heart and asked: "If what I expected is correct, it should be my turn to divide the feudal lords next, right?" Li Chengmu looked at him in surprise, and he took the initiative to mention Li Chengmu did not expect the enfeoffment.

He calmed down his surprise for a moment and pointed to the map behind him: "The world is so big, where does the emperor want his fiefdom to be?"

Li Chengli didn't know which place was better, so he asked: "Your Majesty, where do you want to entrust me to?"

this problem
Li Chengmu glanced at him, then stared at the world map for a moment, stood up, walked to the world map, pointed at two places and said, "Here, and here."

"Africa and South America have large land areas. The only disadvantage is that they are too far away from Dayu. It is not easy to cross the ocean and come back. The emperor can choose one of these two places.

When you reach the fiefdom, if the emperor wants to expand his territory, you can!But you should always remember that the area of ​​the vassal's fiefdom can never exceed the area of ​​Dayu's land.This restriction applies to all feudal lords. "

"what?"

Li Chengli didn't expect there were restrictions, "What about the two royal brothers and the fourth child just now?"

"The reason why I didn't mention it just now is because their territory is expanding. According to the terrain around them, it is difficult to exceed the land area of ​​Dayu."

What Li Chengmu didn't say was that this was something he suddenly thought of just now, because the area of ​​both Africa and South America is not small. If there are no restrictions, the vassal fiefdom will be larger than the area of ​​the mother country. Wouldn't it be a joke?
Li Chengli didn't know what Xiao Jiujiu was in the emperor's heart. He was thinking about the difficulties he might encounter when enfeoffing the emperor. The first was military strength.

How to conquer a region without force.

"Your Majesty, before the enfeoffment, can I recruit soldiers and craftsmen from various places?"

Li Chengmu's heart bleeds when he hears about this matter. Population is currently Yu's flaw. The previous vassal kings have taken away a large number of Yu's people when they were enfeoffed. Can he refuse to agree to this last one?

Li Chengli felt a little anxious when he saw the emperor lowering his eyebrows and saying nothing. He didn't ask for any extra care for him, he just wanted to be treated equally with the other vassal kings.

"emperor."

Li Chengmu raised his eyes to look at him, cleared his throat, and said: "Well, the first two emperor brothers brought more than 2 people and nearly 3 people to Oceania, while the fourth emperor brother brought less than 1 people. , but there are 2 soldiers and horses of the imperial court stationed in his fief. These soldiers and horses are seconded. If you want to transfer the fief to either of these two places, I allow you to bring troops there."

"These 2 people include your existing 1 private soldiers. You recruit another 1 people. It's up to you to choose who will make up these people. But the only requirement is that all the people who follow you to the fiefdom must be voluntary. . In addition, I will dispatch five thousand soldiers and horses from Dongwu to follow you to the fiefdom."

Li Chengli was overjoyed when he heard the last part. Dong Wu's soldiers and horses were all troops that had been tempered in many wars, and their combat power was not comparable to that of his private soldiers.

The combat power of five thousand soldiers and horses may be stronger than the combat power of his remaining 5000 men.

Li Chengmu saw him beaming with joy and silently clicked his tongue in his heart. It might be a misunderstanding.

Dongwu had five thousand soldiers and horses, how could he be willing to give him an army that had been tempered by battles.

As Dayu expanded his territory, military strength was too precious to Dayu. How could he be willing to let his army bring him fiefdoms?

These five thousand soldiers and horses are newly recruited soldiers in Dongwu.

Give him a quota of 2 people, of which are from Dayu and from Dongwu. Even if he reaches the fiefdom, there will be no trouble.

As long as they arrive in their fiefdoms, marry wives, take concubines, and work hard to create humans, I believe that in the near future, the other side of the ocean will also be ruled by the Han people of Dayu.

Li Chengli didn't know the emperor's little calculation, and after getting the emperor's order, he returned to the palace and began to prepare for enfeoffment.

Recruit craftsmen, people and soldiers who are willing to follow him to the fiefdom, purchase supplies, and prepare ships.

If voluntary recruitment is not enough, they go to various Yahang shops to buy people. Speaking of which, the loyalty of slaves in Yahang shops is higher than that of ordinary people.

Dayu was in pain and happiness everywhere, especially in Yaxing, a place not far from the capital.

The imperial court entrusted several vassal kings one after another. Each vassal king would patronize their yag shop before going to vassal. All the slaves in the yak shop, no matter men, women, old or young, were packed away. Riding on the east wind of vassal king's vassaling, they also made a lot of money. It’s a lot of money. I’ve made more money in the past two years than in the past ten years.

Having experienced several vassal princes becoming vassal, Yahang also knew how to observe the situation in the court. They had already guessed that the last prince would be vassal sooner or later, so they made preparations in advance. Due to the previous shortage of stocks, Yahang went to various places in Dayu to buy in advance. Many slaves came back.

Opportunities are reserved for those who are prepared, and Yaxing was well prepared in advance. The number of slaves sold to the Three Princes' Mansion this time was nearly 6000. It can be said that if this transaction is completed, they will not starve to death if they do not open for at least three years.

The beginning of autumn every year is the hurricane season in coastal areas. To be on the safe side, it is not suitable to go sailing before the beginning of winter.

Among the vassal kings, Li Chengli had the most preparation time. It can be said that he prepared the most complete supplies. He revised and revised the list of supplies, subtracted, subtracted, and added. When they were loading on the ship before going to sea, they found that there were too many supplies. In the end, there were no supplies. The method added two more sea-going ships.

The fleet set off from Jin Port and went all the way south. When it arrived in Nanyang, it was escorted by the Nanyang Navy. The fleet docked at Champa Port and picked up the five thousand soldiers and horses transferred from Dongwu.

When he saw the general with five thousand soldiers and horses, he didn't react yet, because the general was from Dayu. After the fleet had sailed for some distance, Li Chengli asked about the situation of the army.

The general explained the situation of the five thousand soldiers and horses one by one, especially their identity as Dongwo people.

"what?"

Li Chengli's head was buzzing when he heard the news. At this moment, he just wanted to curse: "Damn! The emperor has learned bad things! He has learned bad things! He has also learned to play tricks on me!"

The general was shocked when he saw his reaction: "Your Majesty, don't worry, these 5000 troops are loyal and reliable. They will never betray you overseas!"

He has Dayu soldiers and horses, but he is still afraid of the newly recruited Dongwu soldiers?Li Chengli covered his forehead. He was angry that he had been tricked by the little emperor.

Leaving their homeland, Dongwu's soldiers and horses can't turn the world upside down.