Chapter 902 Food Upgrade

April thirteenth.

It is a sunny day in spring, the weather in Lin'an City has turned warm and the environment is comfortable and pleasant.

After the news of the full-scale southern expedition was conveyed, Lu Fei and Luo Xin led the troops out today, their goal was to pacify the Merchant Council in the shortest possible time.

According to the plan, after clearing the cities on the offensive route, they will start a decisive battle with the merchant council around Fuzhou, Guangzhou, Nanchang, and Dali.

After all, these four cities are the most valued cities by the current merchant council. Once these big cities are captured, the merchant council will no longer have a place to stay.

On April 21st, Lu Fei's Huben First Army first arrived in Shaoxing, and Luo Xin arrived in Huizhou on April 25th, and the all-out war against the merchant council officially started...

Qingzhou.

Xiao Ming outlined two offensive routes on the map of the Great Yu Kingdom, which are exactly the directions Lu Fei and Luo Xin are now attacking.

Niu Ben's decision was not made on a whim, but after a close discussion with him.

To him, the Merchant Council at this time was just a puffy person. The reason is very simple. Cao Kun did not have a solid industrial base, which meant that he could not continue to provide weapons and ammunition for his soldiers. Second, he did not have a mature tax. In terms of the endowment system, King Qinglong's failure to pay food will only aggravate this financial crisis. Third, the Merchant Council seems to have gathered a large number of soldiers in a short period of time, but these soldiers lack training and are just a mob.

So in the face of such a merchant council, they must not have a chance to breathe for a moment, and they will soon disintegrate on their own.

"I don't know how those wealthy families will feel when they know that the imperial court will distribute their land to the common people and sell it." Pang Yukun stood behind Xiao Ming.

After the Changjiang Business Zone was finalized, it quickly aroused extensive discussions in Qingzhou, and many businessmen had already moved to Songjiang, Lin'an and Suzhou to build factories.

There are also many merchants in the houses, manors, and shops that the imperial court hangs out for consultation and purchase, and everything is going according to his plan.

"It must be heartbreaking. When they realize that they will never be able to get their things back, there will be a problem with the Merchant Council." Xiao Ming smiled, confident and firm.

Pang Yukun nodded, "As the saying goes, where misfortunes and blessings lie, the Merchant Council is a big problem, but it gives us a reason to completely eliminate the wealthy families in the south. In this way, the reform will be more thorough in the south."

"That's right, that's why I want to establish the Yangtze River Business District. After I occupy Guangzhou, I will also establish the Guangzhou Business District, so that the industry and commerce of the Great Yu country will continue from north to south." Xiao Ming looked at the map, a big pair of big The blueprint for the future of Yu country emerged in his mind.

He has longed to unify this country for too long, and now he finally sees hope that the unified Da Yu country will play a more powerful role under his leadership and become one of the world's forests.

Pang Yukun's eyes were slightly warm. He recalled the past nine years. After this year, he has been with Xiao Ming for ten years.

In the past ten years, Qingzhou's industry and commerce have grown from nothing to strong, and the Great Yu Kingdom has also radiated increasingly strong vitality in the hands of this emperor.

Now he is very fortunate that he has followed the right person. It is precisely because of Xiao Ming's identity that he can witness the day of the reunification of the Great Yu Kingdom, and in the future, he will accompany Xiao Ming to witness the Great Yu Kingdom reaching the top of the world.

Xiao Ming's eyes were always on the map. He didn't notice Pang Yukun's expression, but continued to ask: "By the way, how is the population migration during this time?"

Speaking of this Pang Yukun's concentration, when he went south, he promised to migrate 5 million people to Kanto, "So far, Xiaguan has migrated 700,000 people from Chu, and if the entire south is captured, 5 million should not be Disaster."

"Seven hundred thousand? Well, it's already pretty good." Xiao Ming expressed satisfaction.

In fact, he is very worried about the situation in Kanto now. Although he has left Qi Guangyi in Kanto, sometimes Qi Guangyi is powerless in the face of the vast area and sparsely populated Kanto.

From time to time, the barbarian cavalry would bypass the city and attack the people of Kanto, robbing them of their harvests. After one million slaves were converted into Kantoians, they were very weak in such a large land.

Because of this, he had to immigrate five million, so that the six cities equally divided the population of one million, and he could organize an effective militia team to plunder the barbarians.

And he has begun to consider handing over some of the eliminated weapons to the militias and guards, so that they can exert more power.

In addition, the immigrant population is also for the industrial construction of Kanto. Without sufficient population, it is difficult for the industry to develop in this era, and Kanto is also an important place for agriculture and resources.

"It's all because of this war, otherwise these people are reluctant to migrate. Many people who migrate now call this "Crossing Guandong." Pang Yukun laughed.

Xiao Ming nodded slightly, even though he created this war, it is unavoidable, and sometimes it is inevitable to sacrifice the interests of some people for the victory of the national strategic level. Although this is cruel, the imperial court also Just do it hard.

Because compared to this, it is more important for a country and a nation to survive in the world, otherwise, if Kanto is lost, more people will suffer.

"This word is not bad, let's add this word to the publicity of the Secret Guard." Xiao Ming said lightly.

Looking away from the map, Xiao Ming continued: "The soldiers in the south are fighting bloody battles. The only thing we can do now is to provide them with high-quality weapons, ammunition and food. Pang Shoufu, how is this military canned food now?"

"Back to the emperor, except for the first batch of glass cans, now all we send to the south are iron cans. In order to strengthen the logistics supply capacity of the army, the Qingzhou government has now built a total of six military food factories. The officer also gave them the food recipe provided by the emperor."

Xiao Ming is now relieved. For him, military food with long-term quality is very important, because it can not only reduce the logistical pressure of soldiers, but also is a necessary condition for fleet expeditions.

In the contemporary West, which can colonize Asia thousands of miles away, in addition to warships, this canned food also plays an important role.

In addition to the canning, Xiao Ming also handed over the process of compressed biscuits to the military food factory. In fact, the process of biscuits and compressed biscuits is very simple. The biscuits are nothing more than sugar, flour and eggs mixed and baked.

Compressed biscuits are nothing more than crushing the biscuits and compressing them again to form tighter biscuits.

In addition to compressed biscuits, next to compressed biscuits is instant noodle food. This military food can also be easily realized at present. After all, simple instant noodles are just boiled noodles and then fried.

Xiao Ming does not seek to achieve modern results, as long as the soldiers can fill their stomachs on the battlefield, it is enough.