Xiao Ruxun's development was in full swing, but Narexuan was frowning.
"Your Majesty, yesterday, another 127 farmers and 57 soldiers went to Myanmar."
Lin Yuanshan stood in front of him and handed him a set of statistics that he didn't want to see.
"They left again?"
Narexuan asked with some disappointment.
"Yes, they left again."
Lin Yuanshan replied with certainty, "The land given by Marquis Zhennan's residence is real. Anyone who went there with at least one young man in their family got enough land. Some villages have been established. Marquis Zhennan even led the soldiers to build houses and cities before the people arrived. Now, a large settlement has formed around Bogu City. At least 10,000 households are settling down there. Marquis Zhennan didn't lie."
Narexuan sighed again.
"If I knew that Marquis Zhennan didn't plan to go back, why would I put in so much effort? I thought I could get at least half of the land, but I didn't expect to only get so little … "
After Xiao Ruxun pacified Myanmar, Narexuan, as the king of the vassal state who contributed the most, received an official position, a title of nobility, and material rewards. Xiao Ruxun even gave him the narrow strip of land south of Moulmein as a form of consolation. However, the vast expanse of Myanmar's land was accepted by the Ming Dynasty, and not a single bit was dug out. After that, Xiao Ruxun's summons even poached tens of thousands of Chinese from Siam in one go.
Many of the officials left and went to Marquis Zhennan's residence. Narexuan couldn't keep them.
"Is it because I didn't treat them well enough? Myanmar is poor and has just calmed down from the war. How can it be as comfortable as here? "
Narexuan asked, not understanding.
"It's hard to leave their homeland. In the past, they didn't dare to go back. Now that they can go back, most people are willing to go back. Not to mention, there are also land grants. There are no imperial court officials there, so many people are willing to go back. This is something that can't be helped."
Lin Yuanshan gave a simple explanation.
Narexuan looked at Lin Yuanshan and asked, "Why don't you go?"
Lin Yuanshan bowed deeply and said, "Your Majesty's kindness to this old minister is as heavy as a mountain. This old minister's family is indebted to Your Majesty for saving our lives. There is no reason for us to leave. In this life, this old minister will not leave Your Majesty."
Na Ruixuan felt warmth in his heart. He looked at Lin Yuanshan and sighed. He smiled bitterly and said, "I should have known that I wouldn't be able to keep them. Daming is too powerful. With Daming around, why would they take the initiative to seek refuge with me? However, if Myanmar develops in the future, we will need to cooperate with Siam in many ways. Minister Lin, at that time, I will need you to keep in touch with Marquis Xiao and earn some benefits for Siam. "
Lin Yuanshan smiled and said, "This old subject obeys!"
Similar situations occurred in various small countries in Southeast Asia. Unlike Siam, these small countries were quite cautious about whether or not to use the Chinese as officials. After all, the Chinese were foreigners and didn't have a sense of belonging. When they were summoned by the Ming Army, they immediately packed their luggage and dragged their families to board the warships of the Ming Army. They followed the warships to their new territory to live a new life.
At this time, the small countries all realized the importance of the Chinese immigrants. The important jobs were no longer done, the important technologies were not provided, the population was reduced, and the tax revenue plummeted. Many rich merchants also took the initiative to leave these small countries because of the shrinking local market. In a short period of time, all the small countries in Southeast Asia were faced with an economic crisis and political instability.
Na Ruixuan was talented and bold, and he was willing to use the Chinese to join the country's leadership. This also earned him the loyalty of a group of Chinese. Therefore, Siam was the only vassal state that didn't have all the Chinese immigrants. As for the Philippines, the Spanish authorities played some tricks, and the Ming Army didn't find trouble with them for the time being. After the first wave of immigrants, with the imminent arrival of the domestic refugees, Xiao Ruxun recalled all the warships and soldiers and began to prepare for the next heavy work.
According to the rough statistics, this batch of domestic refugees that arrived in Myanmar was about 30,000, and this was only a part of it. The ships couldn't bring all of them back. Soon, another batch of refugees would arrive, and the number of this batch would be about 30,000. In other words, this first wave of immigrants brought about 100,000 Han people to Myanmar. For Myanmar, which was poor and had no Han people at all, it was really a big improvement.
However, compared to any state or county in the country, Myanmar Town, which occupied an area about twice the size of North Korea, only had a population of 100,000. It was extremely pitiful. The current population of Daming, according to Xiao Ruxun's estimation, had already exceeded 100 million, or even close to 200 million. The numbers on the surface were the numbers after concealing a large number of households to avoid taxes. It was really like a small city hiding thousands of families.
Myanmar Town was different. The number on the surface was the actual number of people. Compared to the entire territory of Myanmar Town, Xiao Ruxun was confident that he could let more than three million people settle here without being troubled by hunger. However, there were only 100,000 Han people now. The number of Han people was less than one-twentieth of the original Myanmar people who settled in the east of Assam, and even that group of people could only be fed on the land.
After Xiao Ruxun introduced high-yield crops such as corn and potatoes in Myanmar, with Myanmar's unique geographical conditions, he would be able to feed more and more people.
Xiao Ruxun was trying his best to recruit farmers who had lost their land along the coast to settle down in Myanmar, replenishing the population. With Bogu City as the center, he was gradually expanding outwards, but the population growth was still very slow.
Of course, there was no need to worry about this for the time being. Not to mention that most of the people were young and strong men, there was a high possibility of sustainable development in the future. Just the old and backward infrastructure in Myanmar alone made Xiao Ruxun very uneasy. The current 100,000 people were just enough for Xiao Ruxun to handle. If the population grew explosively, there might really be trouble.
The infrastructure was very, very bad. It was not just bad, it could even be said that there was no infrastructure at all.
There was no need to talk about how the city was like. The land used for farming was messy, with slash-and-burn farming. There were a lot of abandoned land, and the planning of the residential areas was very unscientific. There were pieces of land here and there, scattered and scattered. It was impossible to form an effective population settlement, which resulted in radiation reactions. Water conservancy and public health facilities were also nonexistent. No wonder there were floods so often.
The rainfall in Myanmar was very heavy, and there were a lot of rivers and lakes, which had a lot of water storage. It was very easy to cause floods. This was very similar to some places in Sichuan and the Yangtze River Basin. The ancestors of China had built a lot of water conservancy facilities to ensure that floods would not harm the country, but the Myanmar people did not have this awareness!
The living conditions were too good, and the natural advantages were too great. This caused this group of people to only know how to use military force, and never knew how to develop production.
Therefore, the first thing that the Han people did when they came to Myanmar was to pick up the tools and build their own homes with the soldiers.
The construction of water conservancy and basic public facilities became very important. Xiao Ruxun asked the army to dig stones everywhere to build water conservancy projects. He recruited relevant technical personnel from the Han people who had migrated here. Those who knew about water conservancy, tools, carpenters, and blacksmiths worked together to discuss a feasible plan. On the basis of the messy waterproofing facilities that the Myanmar people had built, they built some simple and necessary river embankments to ensure the safety of the original Han settlement around Bogu. After that, they talked about other things.
Some facilities needed to be purchased from China, or directly from Siam. There were enough people. The army and the young men who migrated here could gather tens of thousands of people. It was not difficult to build a project, but the problem was that there were not enough technical personnel and tools. Most people had to borrow the weapons of the army to open up the wasteland and cut down trees. A large number of farming tools and equipment that were ordered from China still needed some time to be delivered.
Among them, Ye Mengxiong also helped. He packaged some things that were not of use in the warehouse and sold them to Xiao Ruxun at a low price, including some weapons and a large number of farming tools. He also helped Xiao Ruxun find some talents in water conservancy to help Xiao Ruxun build water conservancy projects in Myanmar. He also helped to find some doctors. Some young doctors who liked to travel around were packaged and sent to Myanmar. Of course, it was the generous treatment that Xiao Ruxun proposed that attracted them.
Talents were the most important at any time. If it was in modern times, Xiao Ruxun would not get anything. But thankfully, the officials only cared about the Four Books and Five Classics, and only cared about the Jinshi who could read. Other than the Jinshi, they did not care about the talents from all walks of life. Their treatment was low, and their status was low. When they heard that Xiao Ruxun offered them generous treatment, and that they could even become technical officers in the Marquis Zhennan's Mansion, they packed up their luggage and left with their families.
If there was no water conservancy in Myanmar, it would not be able to develop. Similarly, it would be fatal if there was no medical treatment. Now that the rainy season in Myanmar had passed, the most basic water conservancy should be done before the next rainy season to ensure that there would not be a flood. It was also necessary to do the most basic medical treatment to prevent the people who were not acclimatized to the climate from getting sick. If that happened, a large number of people would die, and Xiao Ruxun would not even have a place to cry.
Now, there was no need to worry about food and water, and there were not many people. The rations for tens of thousands of people were arranged by the army cooks in the army. Those who worked would have three meals a day, and those who did not work would have two meals a day. Those who worked would have one meal and two meals, and those who did not work would have one meal and one meal. In short, they would not treat everyone unfairly.
Xiao Ruxun did have food in his hands. The food he got from Siam, the food he got from the other tribes, and the food he got from the treasures in Mangyingli. He did not lack food at all. According to the current temperature in Myanmar, in the south, Xiao Ruxun had already begun to instruct a group of young and strong people to plow the land according to the opinions of a group of old farmers.
The temperature here was not below 20 degrees Celsius, and there was plenty of water. It was not a problem for the crops to be harvested three times a year. The old farmers cried and said that they had never seen such a good place. If it was like this in their hometown, they would not have to come here.
Xiao Ruxun asked a group of old farmers who had left their hometown and learned that they had originally lived in Guanzhong and wandered to Shandong, then to Zhejiang, and then to Myanmar by boat. Their hometown had suffered a cold disaster. It was abnormally cold in September, and the wheat had not grown well. The grains were shriveled, and the harvest was greatly reduced. Everyone cried and complained that God was blind and did not take care of them. In the end, they had no money to pay taxes, so they could only sell the last piece of land to those cunning landlords and fled with their remaining money.
In the 22nd year of Wanli, the northern region had begun to show signs of a major cooling, and the food production was very serious.
The severe cold that could not be felt in Myanmar was sweeping across the Daming North. The Han people living south of the Great Wall felt it, and the nomadic people living on the grasslands further north felt it even more so. It was abnormally cold. There was not enough water and grass, and the livestock could not be raised anymore. They were getting thinner and thinner. If this went on, everyone would starve to death. What should they do? Rob the motherf * cker!
Rob who?
The Han people!
A new storm was brewing in the south. But the people living deep in the palace, whether it was the Emperor or the Cabinet, did not pay attention to this terrible storm. Of course, they were used to it. Every time the weather turned cold, the border army would automatically start to guard the border and increase the number of troops. They knew that once the weather turned cold, the nomadic barbarians would come south to plunder.
Back then, Xiao Ruxun had beheaded more than three thousand barbarians in one battle and built a temple outside the Great Wall. For two whole years, not a single nomadic cavalry dared to cross that temple and launch an attack on the Great Wall. And as time passed, the deterrence of the temple continued to decline. In the foreseeable future, the nomads, who were forced by the bitter cold to the point where their lives were threatened, would have no choice but to overcome the fear in their hearts and head south once again.
This was their fate, and also the fate of the Central Plains Dynasty. If the Central Plains Dynasty could not completely wipe out the nomadic people, they would not be able to avoid the annual border war. It was the same for the nomadic people. If the weather was not warm, they would not be able to avoid the fate of risking their lives to attack the Han people's territory.
Modern scientific research proved that when the average temperature of the Earth's surface dropped by three degrees Celsius, the moisture in the atmosphere would decrease by 20%, which would lead to severe droughts. A change of one degree Celsius would be reflected in the northern agricultural boundary of the Great Wall. In other words, a change of one degree Celsius would determine whether the land within a width of two to three hundred meters was suitable for farming.
When the temperature was high, the northern agricultural boundary of the Han people would expand to the north, and the Han people would also be able to expand to the north. The people would also be able to settle down there, and the food production would naturally be able to supply the army. The military camps would also be able to meet the needs of a part of the army. However, when the temperature dropped, the northern agricultural boundary of the Great Wall would move south. The land that could not be farmed was worthless, and could not be settled down there. The people could only move south, and the power of the Han people would shrink to the south. The bottom line of the Han army would also continue to shrink to the south, and defending the Great Wall would become a very difficult task.
In the end, the territory of many dynasties would shrink to the south. It was not only because of the weakening of the military power, but also because of the drop in the temperature, which led to the migration of the Han people to the south. There was no need to defend the land that had no value. However, the Great Wall built by the Qin Dynasty was suitable for the climate of the Qin Dynasty. It might not be suitable for the Daming Dynasty. It was warm at that time, and the agriculture of the Qin Dynasty could expand to the Hetao region.
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