Crown Prince of the Empire, I quit!

As Qin Ming's communication with them ended.

Several representatives of large families quickly left with their men and went back to secretly prepare to escape.

Watching their departing figures, Chang Baishan walked to Qin Ming and whispered:

"Your Majesty, I always feel that a group of outsiders entering Daqian is not very reliable."

"It's unreliable, but their number makes me very excited."

Qin Ming sighed slightly.

In fact, before coming today, he didn't want to accept too many people.

The original intention was to have them surrender to Daqian and then stay here to do things for him.

But after listening to their thoughts and situations, and knowing that there were so many of them.

Qin Ming couldn't help but feel a little moved.

In any place, there are 600,000 people.

If we can find more local nobles like this in the future, perhaps we can quickly replenish the population of Daqian.

But the big problem is how to make sure they can find a job to make a living after they go there.

According to Qin Ming's idea, he could only open a factory and then, after occupying several major shipping routes of the Yan Dynasty, engage in longer and wider maritime trade.

"Ah, there are indeed a lot of people. I really don't know what's going on in the Yan Dynasty to support so many people."

Chang Baishan muttered to himself.

"It's important to pay attention to bloodlines, to keep branching out from top to bottom, and then naturally there will be more people in the end."

Qin Ming shrugged.

At the same time, news suddenly came from the intelligence station on the sea.

"It's bad, Your Majesty! The Four Pillar States have gathered two hundred thousand troops and are heading towards Daqian from the west coast!"

"General Cao and General Ye sent a letter asking if you will withdraw your troops!"

"Ok?"

Qin Ming raised his eyebrows.

The Four Pillars of the Yan Dynasty were very shady in their actions. While fighting on the front line, they actually sent out a group of troops from the rear, preparing to steal from Daqian.

They probably also understand that compared to the fierceness of the front-line troops, Daqian in the rear should be in a weak state now.

If we send troops directly there, we might be able to force Qin Ming to withdraw his troops while also inflicting heavy damage on Daqian.

Wu Tianxing had previously told his men that they would be fine if they could hold on for a month or two, and this was what he was referring to.

But they didn't expect that Qin Ming's intelligence network was not only on the ground, but also had been laid out in advance on the sea.

Just happened to capture the traces of their army leaving the country.

But now that they know the news, they are unable to take any action.

The reason is also very simple.

Qin Ming's troops had just taken control of these routes and built fortresses to protect them.

The Yan army couldn't attack in a short time.

With more time to consolidate their defenses, they could hold it permanently.

But if I leave now, everything will be over.

The fortresses built by Heifu earlier will be occupied by the Yan army, and there will be no chance to fight back.

"Tell them there's no need to withdraw."

"Send a fast ship back to the court and have the Queen and the teacher build cannons and arrange troops for defense."

"This time we must completely annihilate the Yan army!"

Qin Ming has already made cannons and nitro explosives.

As long as the enemy ships dare to come over, he is confident that he can sink them all if he is prepared.

It is best to do it in the near-shore area and not give the other party any chance to dock.

"Yes!"

Following Qin Ming's arrangement, the troops staying at sea quickly took action, and a speedboat loaded with a steam engine quickly headed towards Daqian.

As they came here, they were drawing sea charts along the way.

Now this less familiar route has been figured out.

In less than ten days, the speedboat arranged by Qin Ming returned to the court and informed Chen Shimao and Guan Yue of all his instructions.

"How could such a terrifying dynasty exist? They have millions of troops stationed on the east and west coasts, and they still have enough to arrange for surprise attacks!"

During the time that Qin Ming was away from the court, Chen Shimao had been helping him manage Daqian.

Although he is getting older, he is more passionate about what he does than in his early years.

Nothing can give scholars greater motivation than governing a country.

It is precisely for this reason that during the period of his rule, Chen Shimao even looked a few years younger than before.

"Mr. Chen, the weapon factories can quickly produce a batch of nitro explosives, cannons, howitzers, and other weapons, but what about those 600,000 civilians...how are we going to accommodate them?"

Guan Yue's focus was on the nobles who had defected to the Yan Dynasty and the people under their command.

Although construction has been going on, the manpower of the construction corps under Qin Ming's command is always limited.

In addition, due to the poor environment in the north, the construction progress has always been slow.

"This will likely require at least three civilian factories. By then, we can enlist the assistance of the nobles who have defected to Daqian, so that they can have a chance to make a living in Daqian."

Chen Shimao sighed solemnly.

The imperial court was very rich and they earned huge amounts of silver through overseas trade.

But money is money, and infrastructure cannot appear out of thin air.

So they still have a long way to go.

At this time, Guan Yue suddenly said:

"How about...use them all as labor first, and let the imperial court take care of all the logistics, such as food and fodder."

Guan Yue, who manages the factory in Beijing, is very experienced in this area.

Human resources can only realize their value when they are used.

Hearing this, Chen Shimao nodded slowly.

"Do you want to build the factory first?"

"Yes, I want to open up all the civilian factories and transform some of the factories in the capital into military factories."

Now all of Daqian’s technology is concentrated in the military factory.

In contrast, the control over civilian factories that produce silk, farm tools, bicycles, salt, etc. is not very strict.

Guan Yue understands the current situation of population shortage in Daqian.

In order to accommodate more people, she plans to try to completely open up civilian factories.

This way, it could accommodate the countless people coming from the Yan Dynasty.

By then, the material output of the entire Daqian will increase several times.

"We have the ability to do this...but we can never use up all the things we make."

Chen Shimao raised a very important issue.

The products produced by existing factories are sufficient for the people of Daqian to use, and there are even large quantities that need to be sold overseas.

If we continue doing this, where will we sell the products that are several times more in value?

"Yan Dynasty route."

Guan Yue stared at him seriously with her big eyes, and slowly uttered four words.

"You want to activate it now? Time is very tight. Can His Majesty react in time?"

Chen Shimao frowned slightly.

Just now, he actually wanted to reduce the factory's profits so that he could sell more of all the products.

But Guan Yue is very courageous.

They even want to activate the extremely dangerous Yan Dynasty route, which is still at war and has not been officially opened.

It is still unknown whether Qin Ming will win the battle.

"Well, I believe him."

Guan Yue gently played with a bracelet on her right wrist.

This was the bracelet Qin Ming had made for him when they were in Lingnan, after the textile factory had just been built and the first piece of silk had been produced.

"Makes sense."

Chen Shimao has unlimited trust in his students.

Guan Yue believed it, and he naturally supported it.