The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 592 The best of both worlds
"What the kings lack most is indeed population, but population can not only be introduced, but also reproduced." Dong Zhao said slowly.

"Although there are not many young and strong men under the command of the kings, there are many foreign women."

"If these women are allowed to have children, the population growth rate of the kings will be extremely terrifying."

Under Liu Bei's command, the standard configuration for young and strong Han people was basically one wife and four concubines.

In addition to marrying a Han woman as his wife, he also had four women of other ethnic groups as concubines to help with odd jobs and for childbearing purposes.

Although they were concubines, the lives of these foreign women were actually not bad, and were much better than before.

After all, in Sindhu, the status and living environment of women are extremely miserable.

To a certain extent, the Han people rescued them, and they were naturally submissive, so they were extremely grateful and loyal.

Although it's a bit stupid, it's acceptable considering his loyalty.

The same is true for Yuan Shao and his subordinates.

Even if it is not so exaggerated, having one wife and two concubines is still not a problem.

Not to mention the plight of Hu women, it was common for them to marry three generations of men, and there was no objection to this.

Although the offspring born still have some characteristics that are very different from those of the Han people, the difference is not that big and is acceptable.

"The key issue restricting their fertility is education," Dong Zhao said with a gleam in his eyes.

It is human nature to stick together.

The Han people of this era had actually only begun to form the concept of the Han nation, and it was Tian Ze who strengthened it.

As for the Han people in this life, Tian Ze’s definition is quite broad. As long as one’s appearance is not much different, one learns Chinese, wears Chinese clothes, and writes Chinese characters, one can basically be classified as a Han Chinese.

People like the completely civilized Wuhuan, Southern Xiongnu, Xianbei, Nanman, Qiang, etc. are all included.

However, the cost of education is too high, and we can only choose the fields and lakes around the Han Dynasty. We can forget about places like Sindhu and the southeast.

If you cannot assimilate completely, you are aiding the enemy. There are many negative examples like Goguryeo and Japan.

So Tian Ze simply made him a slave and put an end to it once and for all.

And now Liu Bei and others are facing the same problem.

As their population was even more scarce, they continued Tian Ze's practice but took a step back and chose to accept women from other races as concubines in order to quickly increase the population.

However, if a "bastard son" born in this way wants to confirm his Han identity, acquired education is also extremely important.

If birth control were relaxed, the number would be calculated based on the Han population alone.

The natural growth rate of the Han population under Liu Bei and other countries could even reach more than 200% per year.

As long as the state supports childbirth and provides protection, people will not have to worry about not being able to support their children and a decline in their quality of life after giving birth. Isn't it easy to sow seeds?
Those foreign women don't have many human rights to begin with, and they are used to it and enjoy it.

After all, having a child can improve their status, and the more children they have, the higher their status.

They are even working hard to learn Chinese characters in order to improve their status and treatment.

But in this case, educational resources in various countries become extremely scarce.

There are so many children, and there is no problem with their mother taking care of their daily lives, but the problems of language learning and education must be solved!
"Gongren, what do you mean?" Chen Gong understood immediately and his eyes suddenly lit up.

"Select students from each village who are trusted by the villagers and have certain talents to go to the seven countries to teach."

"It's a three-year term. After the three-year term is over, you can be directly promoted to village official, and you will be provided with certain additional assistance and rewards."

"If I can convince the village to relocate after three years, I will be promoted directly to village chief."

"And these students who come to teach will be exchanged for population from the seven countries at a certain ratio as teaching expenses."

"In this way, we don't have to sacrifice population, which solves both the relocation problem and the population exchange problem."

"And the education problem of the seven countries will be solved, and the population birth rate can increase significantly without any worries. There will be no loss in population, and they can even make a lot of money." "The best of both worlds!"

After hearing Dong Zhao's words, everyone present suddenly understood.

"Gongren is a talented person!" Zhang Zhao rarely praised Dong Zhao.

Dong Zhao's words were indeed mature and wise words for the country, and there were some hidden words in them that Dong Zhao had not yet said, but they all understood them.

When sending scholars to teach, it is entirely possible to mix in some personal ideas.

There is no need to use such despicable means as espionage. It is only necessary to publicize the prosperity and wealth of Da Qi, and the subordinate relationship between Da Qi and the seven countries.

In this way, a seed can be planted among the people of the seven countries, and the seven countries can be prevented from doing anything detrimental to Da Qi too early.

"In this way, most of the population problem can be solved. And once the population of each country explodes, the demand for materials will inevitably be greater."

"After all, young children cannot work. We can use this opportunity to solve the problem of large amounts of food storage," said Chen Gong.

With the unification of the country, domestic peace and population stability, excess food gradually became a problem.

Chen Gong and others have been gradually implementing measures such as replacing rice with mulberry trees, growing cash crops, and vigorously developing animal husbandry and industry and commerce.

However, in order to maintain stability and avoid chaos, the pace of advancement was not fast, so the food in the national treasury was almost uneatable.

"The most important thing is that the number of alien slaves under our rule is approaching 30 million!"

Speaking of this, Chen Gong's eyes were full of excitement.

In the past, there were less than five million foreign slaves in the country, so Chen Gong had to be very careful in calculating their use.

Now, we have 30 million slaves, and we can use them freely.

The construction of the railway in the Western Region, which had previously given him such a headache, now seemed like nothing.
The wooden tracks have been laid.

With so many slaves, railroads and waterways could go hand in hand.

If we could send another five million slaves over there, it would definitely be enough.

Five million in the southwest and five million in the northeast.

The remaining 15 million was divided equally among the states and counties, making them very wealthy.

Chen Gong had never been so rich before.

Previously, Chen Gong was worried that the people would not be able to support Tian Ze's water network plan, canal plan, railway plan, large-scale reclamation plan, and large-scale breeding plan.

Now, there is no need to worry at all.

The standard that Tian Ze gave to these 30 million aliens was that they should not all die within ten years.

Some of those who perform well and are proficient in Chinese and Chinese characters can be retained after the inspection and dispersed to various villages.

As for the management and logistics of these 30 million people.

The 1.5 million soldiers of the Great Qi now have no place to deploy their forces, so it would be easy to just look at the slaves.

The mountains of grain in the treasury can be used at will.

If the government had not been supporting the price of grain in Da Qi, the current price of grain would have fallen to dozens of coins per stone.

Over the past year, Da Qi has developed very rapidly.

Without external threats, the development of the Central Plains and the South was in full swing, and factories in the North sprang up like mushrooms after a rain.

Now with these 30 million slaves filling the gap, Chen Gong can foresee that the development of Da Qi will enter a faster fast lane.

(End of this chapter)