The most arrogant in history

This time, Ye Qingyang also leaned towards Wu Qiong and whispered, "Your Majesty, I also feel that we have too many projects. Should we slow down and do it step by step?"

Ye Kun rejected all objections:

"Some things, although not suitable now, have to be done first. If it really doesn't work, we will start from Zhuojun to the south, and build a 200-mile long one first, and give it a try. With experience and technology, and skilled workers, we will continue to advance southward until we reach the Yellow River."

Step by step, Ye Kun can't wait.

Life is short and there are many things waiting for you.

Wu Qiong finally agreed and nodded, saying, "We can afford a two-hundred-mile railway, so let's give it a try. The Ministry of Water Resources and Transportation and the Ministry of Industry will provide the technicians and equipment, and the Ministry of Revenue will recruit the laborers, and I'll take the money."

A large project like building a railway requires cooperation from many parties.

When it comes to actual implementation, there are a myriad of issues to deal with.

The Ministry of Revenue reported the population situation to Ye Kun:

"Your Majesty, our population continues to increase. In the two months since you went on the expedition, about 90,000 young and strong laborers have been added to Jiaozhi; more than 40,000 people from the Western Qiang have migrated to Yizhou and Hanzhong; tens of thousands of young and strong people have been sent from Tianzhu and the Western Regions of Rome...

In the iron and coal mines, the laborers who had learned simple Chinese were sent to dig the Han Canal. The female workers were sent to the textile factories in the Jianghuai area.

Ye Kun nodded: "The more people the better, to help us build. Let's do the same for the Goguryeo people I brought back this time, so that they can slowly integrate into our great Chinese nation."

The Jianghuai region is a big pool that can accommodate many people.

Wu Qiong always worries about the world first, frowning and saying:

"Your Majesty, our total population is already 30 million. Do we really need so many people?"

In ancient China, at its peak, the population was only 60 million.

According to the current trend, with millions of immigrants arriving every year and two million newborns, the population will reach 60 million in less than ten years!

If so many people don’t have enough to eat, they will rebel.

"Of course." Ye Kun nodded:

"Immigration is a two-way process, not a one-way process. If we want the Donghua Peninsula and the Dahuachang Island in the East China Sea to belong to China permanently, we need a large number of immigrants. The same is true for Jiaozhi. We need a large number of Han people to completely assimilate."

The Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Water Resources and Transportation, and the Ministry of Agriculture all need people, the more the better.

Qin Chou smiled and said, "Those young and strong men are very obedient and work very well. We have recruited a lot of workers from our large farms, and they work very hard."

Ma Zhengyang smiled and said, "We used 50,000 foreign laborers to dig the Han Canal, and the results were very good. Our Han laborers are basically skilled workers, either in charge of supervision or in charge of logistics. Everyone gets along well and cooperates perfectly."

"That's right, isn't this great?"

Ye Kun smiled and said, "When the immigrant population reaches three or four million, it will be enough. In the future, coal mines, iron mines, cement plants and textile factories will not have to worry about workers."

He Kangju laughed and said, "It's just that it's too difficult to educate these foreigners. Some of them are very stupid and just can't learn Chinese."

"Take your time, you will learn it eventually."

Ye Kun looked at He Kangju and said:

"In a year, we will take over Fusang in the East China Sea, which is what we call Dahua Changdao. At that time, half of you He family members will immigrate there, take charge of the overall situation, and expand your branches and leaves there. I promised He Quan that I would make him the owner of the island."

He Kangju clasped his fists to express his gratitude.

Yu Guinong looked at Ye Kun and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Ye Kun saw it and asked, "Master Yu, have the disciples sent by your Yu family to Southeast Asia found the Australian continent in Southeast Asia?"

The South China Sea Expedition reached the Australian continent last year.

This summer, hundreds of people came back, reported on the situation there, and brought back some products and plant seeds.

Yu Guinong stood up and said, "We found it a long time ago. Three hundred of us, the Yu family members, have already stayed there and started construction. I was just about to apply to the emperor to send another group of people over..."

Ye Kun nodded:

"I also promised you that I would let you be the emperor of Nanyang Island. Let's put it this way. From now on, we will call that place Nanhua Island, and it will be your fiefdom. Within three years, all the Yu clan in Lujiang County will move there.

Then, you return Lujiang County to me."

When Jiangdong was annexed, Yu Guinong took over Lujiang County, which was equivalent to being the local emperor of Lujiang County.

It governs seven or eight counties and hundreds of thousands of people.

Until now, Lujiang County is still in the hands of Guinong!

Now, Ye Kun supports Yu Guinong to go to Australia and establish himself as king, so naturally he has to take Lujiang County back.

Yu Guinong was overjoyed and stood up to thank him:

"Your Majesty, rest assured. Our Yu family has gone to Nanhua Island and sworn to be loyal to the Han Chinese. At most, I can only be the King of Nanhua, and I will never dare to claim the title of emperor. There is no two suns in the sky, and no two masters on earth. The majesty of the Han emperor cannot be challenged by anyone!"

"That's fine, I will make you the King of Nanhua. But there are a few things we must discuss first."

Ye Kun nodded and said, "First, you must ensure that the Chinese language and Chinese characters are promoted on Nanhua Island, so that Chinese civilization will always occupy an absolute dominant position. Second, the name of Nanhua Island will never be changed, and it will always belong to the vassal state of China. Third, except for Nanhua Island, you are not allowed to covet or occupy other islands privately."

Australia was given to Yu Guinong, but there were also the South Pacific Islands.

Ye Kun hopes to try his best to see if he can control the South Pacific Islands and incorporate them into China's permanent territory.

The navy is now growing stronger and stronger, and it seems not difficult to control the South Pacific Islands by using Jiaozhi as a springboard.

Ye Kun would be satisfied if he could swallow up the Jiaozhi Peninsula, Tianzhu Peninsula and the Nanyang Islands in the south.

Australia Island is too far away. Even if we control it now, it will still become independent in the future. Giving it to Yu Guinong will save me the trouble.

Yu Guinong was very satisfied with having such a big Australia, and he immediately said:

"Your Majesty, rest assured. I will do what you said. I will resign from my post as Minister of the Nine Departments and return to Lujiang County to build ships and prepare for immigration."

The temptation of being an emperor is too great.

Once he went to Australia, Yu Guinong would be the emperor of Australia and could do whatever he wanted.

Ye Kun nodded: "You are allowed to resign, but as for the matter of immigration, other Lujiang citizens, except for the children of your Yu family, shall not be forced. How many people are there in Lujiang County now?"

"There are still 180,000 people."

"Then you can only bring 100,000 at most, in batches." Ye Kun thought for a moment and said:

"The country is still uncivilized, so your gold and silver will be useless. I suggest you buy more tools and some practical equipment to bring over. As for technicians, I will also support you, but you have to exchange them for money."

Yu Guinong was rich, so Ye Kun agreed last time to sell the Australian Island to him for 100,000 taels of gold, but he only received 50,000 taels of gold.

Yu Guinong smiled and said, "Your Majesty is right. Even if I give you another 50,000 taels of gold, I will have no more money."