Now there were no officials who opposed Xiao Ruxun's policy of foreign contacts and business. The benefits it brought to Daqin were too great, far better than the silver mines of Japan obtained through the war.
But it should not be said that Japan was rich in silver. Although it was only a small island country, it had a population of ten million, all of whom were excellent labor forces.
Xiao Ruxun, who needed more labor forces to develop the wasteland of Southwest Lingnan and occupy and develop the unclaimed land around Daqin, could not help but think of Japan. The population of this small island country was really a great temptation.
It was estimated that Daqin now had more than 100 million people, but the development of the vast traditional underdeveloped areas such as the southwest, northwest, Liaodong, and Lingnan was far from being in place.
Not to mention the other areas, the development of Guizhou, Jiangxi, Yunnan, and Guangxi was not in place. It was not known how many tribes were still in a primitive state. There were still many emperors who had not been reclaimed. The agricultural potential was far from being fully tapped.
Xiao Ruxun felt that when high-yield crops were gradually popularized, it would not be a problem for Daqin to have another two or three hundred million people. After the Great Voyage and the Industrial Revolution, it would not be a problem for the population to double.
Although Xiao Ruxun now had the world's largest population and labor force, he still felt that the population was not enough.
They were short of people, very short of young men.
In a short period of time, Daqin also needed a large number of people to serve the infrastructure in various places. Xiao Ruxun could recruit able-bodied men, but the able-bodied men had to cultivate the land. The use of people's labor force could not be excessive, and the farming season could not be neglected. There were many restrictions, so he naturally had the idea of robbing foreign people.
Kunlun slaves?
The distance was too long and it would cost too much money. If they did not want to do it themselves, they needed to use Europeans as intermediaries. It would make too much money for them, and it would be troublesome in the future.
Korea was a lovely vassal state. It was the bonsai country that Daqin showed to the outside world. It called on all countries to come to Daqin and become the bonsai of Daqin's vassal state. They could not be touched.
The people of such countries were lazy, cunning, and not good candidates for labor.
Therefore, the Japanese, who looked no different from the Chinese and had the same hardworking qualities, were the best choice.
Men were used to do hard labor in various places, contributing to the cause of Daqin's great reconstruction of the world. Women were used as wives for bachelors or soldiers who had no wives in the army. They gave birth to children and replenished the population. It was the best choice.
It just so happened that Xiao Ruxun had never forgotten to completely solve the problem of Japan. He just put it aside for the time being and planned to deal with them when he had the time and energy.
Although the war seven years ago had split Japan in half, there had not been any major military activities since then. Wu Weizhong was only responsible for monitoring and adjusting the situation. He was not responsible for starting another war, and the Ming court would not allow him to start a war on his own.
The time limit of limiting Japan's development through war reparations had passed. The Tokugawa Clan and the Toyotomi Clan did not dare to fight under the pressure of China. They focused on development and each had accumulated a good amount of power.
According to the reports of Wu Weizhong and the Black Water Intelligence Spies, the western Japan controlled by the Tokugawa Clan and the eastern Japan controlled by the Toyotomi Clan were developing well.
After many years, these two wolves had licked their wounds. Their wounds had almost recovered and they started to bare their teeth again in eagerness.
A year ago, if it wasn't for Xiao Ruxun clearly supporting Wu Weizhong and increasing his garrison by ten thousand, who knew if the two wolves would have taken the chance to ruin things.
Coincidentally, Xiao Ruxun did not have any other restraints.
As the Emperor, he had great power, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers were eager to fight.
Azure Dragon Camp and Vermillion Bird Camp had been asking for war for a long time. Jiang Dahai had always complained that there was no place for the navy to be used.
A qualified leader needed to give his subordinates space to play. Xiao Ruxun would not allow the situation of weapons and weapons to be stored and horses to be released to the mountains to appear in Daqin.
Even if there were no enemies in the surrounding areas, no matter how peaceful the interior was, the armaments of Daqin could not be relaxed. Not one could be missing.
Xiao Ruxun's original plan was to deal with Japan after dealing with the Southwest Chieftains, and completely eliminate Japan.
He would clean up their Emperor, Shogunate, generals, and warriors. Then he would take the laborers and bring them to Daqin to do hard labor. The women would be taken to be the wives of the peasants who could not find wives. The vacated land would be given to the meritorious officials of Daqin.
Xiao Ruxun had decided long ago that he would not give land to meritorious officials in Daqin. But he also knew that the officials had money in their hands. If they were not allowed to buy land and add houses, they would not know how to spend it. They could deal with it for a short period of time, but after a long time, problems would appear.
And Daqin would inevitably take the path of expansion and occupying colonies. The colonies would mainly be concentrated around the trade routes. These colonies would be directly managed by the central government.
But there were still many ownerless lands in the world. If there were more colonies, and the central government did not have enough power to manage them, then what would be done?
It was very simple. In the name of rewards, the ownerless lands would be given to meritorious officials. The officials would then choose suitable descendants to go out to sea and manage those lands.
At the same time, they did not encourage sea merchants to occupy ownerless lands to plant or manage anything.
None of these were encouraged.
In this way, the ownerless lands would be occupied.
Xiao Ruxun, who was familiar with the subsequent historical process, knew very well that even if one day in the future, these places might embark on the road of independent countries. But these places left behind Chinese descendants, language, culture, and traditions. The colonies and the suzerains could completely form an existence similar to the British Commonwealth.
Even if there were no practical benefits, and there were intrigues between them, but as the suzerains, they could obtain an important right to speak and manipulate public opinion.
It was very important to be proficient in manipulating the world's public opinion. It had the magical effect of reversing black and white and blinding the eyes and ears. This was the experience that China had learned after suffering a lot.
China had a large population, but the land it occupied was very small. As a result, it was restricted everywhere.
The Europeans did not expect that their great voyages and colonies would bring so many conveniences. They just did it out of necessity. Even if those colonies got rid of their control and became independent countries, would the long-term effects of colonization be so easily eliminated?
Independence, independence was quite limited.
Occupying the colonies also had the effect of transferring domestic contradictions to the outside world. This was also a way that Xiao Ruxun left for future generations to avoid the possible population trap in the future. It was another way for Huaxia to jump out of the cycle of reincarnation.
However, for a long time, the vision of the people living on the land of Huaxia had been limited. Their ancestors had lived on the land for generations, and they had a natural confusion and fear of the sea.
This did not mean that the vision of the descendants of Huaxia was not broad enough. It was just that Huaxia was so big that they thought they did not need to look outside.
However, no matter how big the land was, it was never too big, because human desires were always infinite.
If Xiao Ruxun wanted to broaden their horizons, she would need to do it herself, and Japan was the best choice to do so.
While cutting off future troubles, he could also harvest a wave of labor and female population to fill in the shortage. In this way, it was a good business with little capital but great profits.
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