After the Lantern Festival, the Ming Dynasty started to use troops to the south. The Ministry of War’s plan was to connect the north and south. At that time, the territory of the Ming Dynasty would greatly surpass Dagan.

The people's attention has also shifted from big efforts to gold digging and land reclamation.

At present, in addition to the unified arrangement of land reclamation by the imperial court and local governments, the Ming Dynasty also has two other methods.

The other is the contracting system, which contracts an area to individuals or teams to accelerate the reclamation of forests and wastelands.

Another way is to sign a land reclamation order by individuals and pay a certain fee to reclaim a piece of private land in the wasteland of no less than 100 acres.

The land belongs to the state, but the reclaimed land has a hundred years of use rights.

Within a hundred years, whether you dig gold or oil under this land, it is the legal income of the user.

However, an appropriate usage fee is required every year.

Of course, the population can be used for free, and a population can be exempted from the cost of ten acres. The more people there are, there are rewards.

Some big families will sign land reclamation orders without separating the family, thereby obtaining hundreds of acres of land for free.

Because there are many people, you can also enjoy subsidies from local governments.

The gold rush has been going on for several years, and thousands of rich people have already come to the forum every year. The news has spread across the country. I don’t know how many young people have attracted to the west to search for gold.

In addition, joining the army in the Ming Dynasty was also a popular one.

Because after conquering the territory, a large piece of permanent military land can be distributed according to the size of the territory. If not, the court will recover it according to the price.

If you want, you can hand it over to the Military Farming Department every year, and you only need to pay a certain management fee, and you will get stable returns every year.

This is equivalent to having a long-term and stable income, even if you retire, you can still enjoy the benefits brought by this land.

Of course, you can also choose to accept this land and operate it yourself.

But 99% of the people will be handed over to the Military Military Farming Department for management.

So after the Lantern Festival, a wave of soldiers appeared across the country.

Countless young men flocked to the recruitment office.

It’s just a pity that the number of recruits this time was 200,000, and the Ming Dynasty officially owned one million troops.

These millions of soldiers still seem very rare in the vast territory of the Ming Dynasty.

The latest population data in the first seven years shows that the population of the Ming Dynasty has officially reached 20 million.

After conquering the south, the population should exceed 27 million, or even 30 million.

This undoubtedly greatly increased the Ming Dynasty's ability to resist risks and war potential.

However, there are traces of big businessmen on this land. When Li Xin went to sea, he came to this land.

"Your Highness, why don't you include the Kunlun slave country in your territory?" Xiao Liuzi would run to Qin Mo's outside palace base every now and then. He was always one step slower back then, so Qin Mo didn't like to take him.

Now he is mature, with a poked beard on his chin and looks quite stylish.

"It's not the time. That piece of land is too big. We can't eat it yet. Even if we eat it, we will not be able to form effective control for a while.

There are some tribes that eat people, and there are poisonous insects, snakes and ants everywhere, and there are flocks of beasts. Although there are abundant resources, development requires too many resources.

The best way is to build a base where to set up, and then encourage private businessmen to go to the local area to cultivate and build plantations.

There are at least 20 to 30 million Kunlun slaves on that land, so I haven't figured out how to deal with those people yet.

There were many merchants in Dakan on that land, and the countries in the Western Regions often robbed Kunlun slaves there.

Although these Kunlun slaves are simple-minded, they have excellent physical fitness and are extremely labor-intensive workers."

It’s not that Qin Mo discriminates against it, but that this continent is developing too limited, and it is too difficult for these people to educate them.

There are rich resources here and there is no moral ethics, so Qin Mo thought about it and decided to circle the rich resources and use them as a backup.

Let those places where birds don’t poop, just give them to others.

As for the Kunlun slave women, they are indeed not in line with the aesthetics of the Ming people, and even slaves are despised.

The Ming Dynasty was a country that prohibited slaves, so even if they entered the country, they would most likely be able to live in the form of labor.

"What a pity. I heard that diamonds are abundant there. If they are developed, they will definitely make money!" Xiao Liuzi said.

"Then you go and develop it. The court doesn't prohibit it. If it is done, your fiefdom will have a stable source of income." Qin Mo said.

"Yes, yes, but Your Highness has insufficient staff and the guns are too difficult to get. Even if they get them, they will be eliminated by the court, and they are unsure!" Xiao Liuzi said.

"Even the guns eliminated by the imperial court, they are not something that those savages can compete with." Qin Mo smiled and shook his head. Daming couldn't help but guns, but he was not allowed to own a large number of guns.

Hunter, the person who signed the land reclamation order, can possess firearms, but the guns and ammunition are strictly controlled.

Even if the people who cultivate overseas are held, they will be eliminated by the court.

Qin Mo knew very well that he would go to Kunlun slave town to cultivate, even if he established a country there, no one would care about it. So what the court had to do was to curb such things.

Such a vast land cannot be supervised by the court.

"With that being said, your Highness, the risk is too great, ordinary sailing ships are too slow, and the steam ships of the court are not open to the public...

Steam ships are considered strategic weapons, so they are not open to the public for the time being, and the navy itself is not enough.

This reminds Qin Mo that the next ten years will be a period of peace, and shipyards can appropriately build small and medium-sized steamships for foreign trade.

We must encourage the people to go into power and let a large amount of wealth and resources return to the Ming Dynasty.

After the private ships are saturated, the internal combustion engine ships will be on board, and the civil shipbuilding qualifications will be opened.

Thinking of this, Qin Mo quickly wrote a copy and sent it to the palace, "You continue to say what else is required!"

"Your Highness, Xiao Liuzi is either here to make a request, or..."

"Stop farting, has anyone asked you for it?" Qin Mo glanced at him, "When did you become so unhappy?"

Xiao Liuzi smiled shyly, "Your Highness is still wise. Some friends around him want to go into the sea, but they are suffering from insufficient ships. In addition, the risk of going to sea alone is too high, so I want to ask if the court can give more places.

Furthermore, there are too few guns. The court controls guns, so we dare not seek to open up. We just want to ask if we can hire the imperial navy to explore overseas. Even if we share the profits of the imperial court, it is feasible.
Chapter completed!