Chapter 400

“Right!”

Su Xuan saw this, nodded with satisfaction, and then, thinking of something, looked at Guo Jia again: “Guo Fengxiao! The war in Taking Jiaozhou has temporarily come to an initial end! But the war in Annan has only just begun!”

“Once the cleanup here in Taking Jiaozhou is initially finished and Huang Zhong and Gan Ning are free!”

“You, Yuanzhi, and Zijing should plan carefully and formulate a plan to conquer Annan as soon as possible, and take Annan completely as soon as possible!”

“The climate there is suitable for planting rice three times a year; it is too important to us!”

“In addition, we now have a coastline and a port, so this vast ocean has naturally opened up to us completely!”

“This must be utilized!”

“The resources in the ocean are also extremely rich; just the sea fish alone are countless;”

“We can set up many excellent ports along the coast, build several shipyards there, and constantly produce high-quality sea-going ships. Whether we organize official personnel to go out to sea to catch fish or sell them to the people so they can make a living by fishing, both are possible!”

“We can also open cannery factories in coastal areas to pickle sea fish and seafood into cans;”

“Whether for sale or for our own consumption, they are a very good meat supplement!”

“Right! Sea salt factories can also be opened!”

“Let the Ministry of Works send professional personnel to survey and see where is suitable for sun-drying salt!”

“.....”

Next, Su Xuan also shared many of his thoughts on the development and utilization of Taking Jiaozhou.

Guo Jia and the others listened very carefully.

From time to time, they would click their tongues in wonder, feeling surprised by Su Xuan’s ideas.

It has to be the Lord!

Without having been to Taking Jiaozhou or the seaside, he already understood the ocean so well.

He had even thought ahead about how to utilize the resources in the ocean and how to develop them.

My Lord, you still say you can’t foresee the future?

That you aren’t a heavenly being descended to earth?

“Also, connect the cement roads and railways leading to the Taking Jiaozhou coast as soon as possible!”

“Only then will it be more convenient to transport supplies, personnel, etc., between the two sides!”

“Shorten the distance between the two places and accelerate the development of Taking Jiaozhou!”

“If you want to be rich, build roads first! This is an eternal truth!”

“Once the railway is connected, we might even be able to easily eat fresh and cheap sea fish and seafood!”

Su Xuan added.

Once the railway was connected, he even had plans to go to Taking Jiaozhou to take a look himself.

“That is indeed true!”

Xi Zhicai and the others nodded in agreement.

The connection of railways and cement roads was too important; this could be seen from the development here in Jingzhou.

“Connecting the transportation between the two places, and even opening up the main roads of Taking Jiaozhou’s commanderies and counties, is not a small project!”

“Fortunately, this time, General Gan Ning and General Huang Zhong captured no less than 240,000 troops in total;”

“All of these can be sent to the engineering teams or mining areas to accelerate the construction of roads and bridges!”

Xi Zhicai couldn’t help but sigh.

“Not only that!”

At this moment, Cheng Yu couldn’t help but speak sinisterly: “Don’t forget, the subsequent reforms and governance will inevitably touch the interests of most of the Taking Jiaozhou scholar-clans and powerful families. By then, we will certainly be able to capture a large group of people!”

“In addition, a large portion of the Taking Jiaozhou barbarian tribes participated in the war against our army this time and must be punished to serve as a warning to others!”

“Therefore, we will be able to capture a large group of people from these tribes by then, and they can also be sent to the engineering teams and mining areas!”

“Furthermore, when we implement minority policies in Taking Jiaozhou, I’m afraid another group of these barbarians will be captured! These are also people!”

“Adding it all up, getting a million people into the engineering teams and mining areas shouldn’t be a problem!”

“Hiss!”

Xi Zhicai and the others felt their scalps tingle and looked at Cheng Yu: “Don’t be so ruthless, right? Wouldn’t a million be too many?”

“You have to know, the entire Taking Jiaozhou, including the numerous barbarians, probably only has two or three million people, right?”

A million people—that would account for one-third of Taking Jiaozhou’s total population.

I have to say, it really has to be you, Cheng Yu!

Currently, Su Xuan has two great ‘poisonous strategists’: Cheng Yu and Jia Xu.

In the past, they all felt Jia Xu was more poisonous, but now it seems everyone underestimated Cheng Yu.

Is this old guy actually the most poisonous one?

“Shouldn’t it be more?”

Cheng Yu stroked his beard and pondered: “The number of barbarians is not as small as you imagine! I think the total population should be around four million.”

“So, a million sinners is actually not much!”

“Besides, with these million people, Taking Jiaozhou can complete its development and construction in the shortest possible time and start producing as soon as possible!”

“I am also doing this for the Lord’s sake!”

“In addition, this is all being done according to our plan! These people are all people who should be captured!”

“Only by capturing all these people can Taking Jiaozhou’s New Policy and reforms proceed smoothly and get on the right track as soon as possible;”

“If you can’t bring yourselves to do it, you might as well let me!”

He was still worried that he wouldn’t be able to earn enough merit!

“Ah, this...”

Guo Jia raised his eyebrows slightly and glanced at Su Xuan: “I have no opinion! As long as the Lord agrees, handing it all over to you, Zhongde, is also fine!”

As everyone knows, Guo Jia is a lazy person.

“Forget it, you brat!”

Su Xuan rolled his eyes: “Don’t think about being lazy; it was hard enough for me to arrange something for you to do!”

“The person in charge of Taking Jiaozhou this time can only be you; at most, let Zhongde be your deputy and come with you to handle it!”

“In addition, Zijing and Yuanzhi are also your helpers this time!”

“Now that the place has been taken, you should also set off to preside over the work there as soon as possible! Don’t think about hiding!”

If he didn’t make this kid work a bit more and develop good habits, it would be even harder to command him in the future.

“Alright!”

Guo Jia heard this, and although he was a bit helpless, he knew this was already the Lord’s greatest concession.

At worst, he would just arrange for Cheng Yu, Xu Shu, and Lu Su to do most of the work when the time came.

A superior lets others do the work, right?

Although he wasn’t the highest superior, he was about to be in charge of Taking Jiaozhou’s New Policy reforms and development affairs, so he was considered a superior and naturally had the right to assign tasks to subordinates.

“Thank you, my Lord!”

Cheng Yu was happy and bowed to Su Xuan.

Great! Now, he could earn a great merit again!

“As long as you’re happy!”

Su Xuan shook his head with a smile, remembered something, and then instructed Cheng Yu: “Once the matter of the sinners in Taking Jiaozhou is finished, the issue of dealing with the indigenous people in Annan will probably have to be handed over to you, Zhongde!”

“I can only rest assured if you handle this matter!”

“There is no need to be as polite to those indigenous people in Annan as we are to the barbarians!”

“Just capture them all and send them to the engineering teams, mining areas, or the Ministry of Agriculture, and let them build roads, bridges, mine, and farm! Make the best use of everything!”

“We will definitely be migrating people to Annan in the future!”

“But currently our population is limited, and the number of migrants probably won’t be too high. The land there cannot be left empty, so we will have to use some indigenous people for farming!”

“This method of farming can be called ‘Sinner Farming.’ What do you think?”

He certainly wouldn’t let those monkey-like indigenous people of Annan integrate into the ranks of the Han people.

They weren’t worthy.

Tian Feng and the others looked at each other; they could see that their Lord looked down on those indigenous people of Annan and didn’t treat them as human beings at all.

— Author's Notes —

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