12dz Chapter 649 Tamil Kingdom.
Chapter 649 Tamil Kingdom.
Ye Kun laughed out loud.
Xiahou Chang was very nervous and asked, "Your Majesty, did I say something wrong?"
"I am laughing at your knowledge. This big island is rich in gems. I call it Ceylon."
Ye Kun nodded and said with a smile: "However, on this island, there is a unified dynasty that has existed for hundreds of years. It is called the Tamil Kingdom. We are a diplomatic ally and have trade relations with it."
Xiahou Chang smiled and said, "The Tamil Kingdom, isn't it very powerful?"
Ye Kun shook his head: "In front of our muskets and cannons, all the armored warriors are like paper. But this large island of Ceylon has a complex terrain, with high mountains and dense forests. It will take several years to completely control it."
Xiahou Chang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Then why don't we just occupy it and start the migration?"
Ye Kun sighed, "That's what I said, but it's very difficult to do it. First of all, we don't have enough population. There were too many deaths in the war among the princes. Now we have no one to send people overseas."
Speaking of insufficient population, Ye Kun wanted to kill Xiahou Chang.
If this grandson had known the current situation and surrendered earlier, the population would be several million more now.
The Battle of Guanzhong, the Battle of Chang'an, and the Battle of Central Plains were all fought against Xiahou Chang, and they were very brutal.
All together, the death toll exceeded one million.
Xiahou Chang smiled awkwardly: "Your Majesty, I heard that the national population has exceeded 50 million..."
"It's over 50 million, but many of them are newborns and children who need a growth process."
Ye Kun sighed: "Do you know how difficult it is to develop a population of 50 million? I have introduced millions of young women from other ethnic groups from overseas, which has made a great contribution to the population prosperity; our midwives are spread across every town and larger village to ensure the safety of newborns and mothers.
There are also two million male foreign laborers who undertake most of the engineering work, reducing the pressure on domestic men to serve. How much money did I spend to achieve the current situation? "
Introducing a large number of people from overseas is Ye Kun’s masterpiece and something to be proud of.
However, Ye Kun is also continuously immigrating overseas.
In the Jiaozhi and Yunmian areas, Ye Kun's immigrant teachers, doctors, agricultural technicians, various craftsmen, transportation technicians, as well as soldiers stationed in farms and farm couples, totaled half a million.
To develop Australia Island, Yu Guinong took away 130,000 people from Lujiang County...
In order to develop Yizhou Island, Xiao Dequan relocated more than 20,000 members of the Wujun clan.
Liaodong, Jizui Peninsula, and Fuso Long Island have more than 50,000 immigrants, and the number is still increasing.
In the Xiongnu steppe, more than 40,000 Han people immigrated, plus the garrison, a total of more than 60,000;
There were more than 200,000 immigrants from the thirty-six countries in the Western Regions.
As for the current Indian Peninsula, the total number of immigrants and garrisons is about 50,000 to 60,000.
There are complaints among the people about Ye Kun's immigration actions.
There are four brothers. Two of them stayed in their hometown, one immigrated to Jiaozhi, and one immigrated to Izu Island. How could people not have any objections?
People who immigrate abroad will have a high mortality rate due to unfamiliar climate and environment.
Of the 130,000 people that Yu Guinong brought to Australia, more than 10,000 died on the way. After landing, they suffered from acclimatization problems and more than 20,000 more died.
But if he doesn't immigrate in this way, he won't be able to accomplish his ideal goal.
Xiahou Chang said: "I think today's young people have grown up a lot. The mixed-race children born by the foreign women who immigrated here a few years ago are now five or six years old. In ten years, they will all be in the labor force."
"Ten years later, I will indeed have no shortage of people, but not now. Our population cannot support our overexpansion."
Ye Kun pointed at the island of Ceylon and said, "This place is huge, twice the size of Izu Island. The Tamil Kingdom on it probably has a population of one million. How many people do you think are needed to maintain the rule after it is conquered?"
Xiahou Chang has always been a ruthless person. He whispered:
"Attack with 30,000 troops, kill the men and keep the women. The whole island can be controlled in one year. Then immigrate 30,000 women from China and marry them to the 30,000 soldiers. Soldiers can take native women as concubines. After 20 years, the island will be full of Chinese blood."
The two sisters Xiahou Zhu and Xiahou Jie were shocked when they heard this.
This old man is so cruel, he is simply a devil.
Ye Kun shook his head and asked the Xiahou sisters to go and rest first.
Xiahou Chang whispered, "Your Majesty, if you want to achieve hegemony, you must be ruthless and use powerful generals like Qin Erwu. Otherwise, with such a large global territory, when will you be able to completely control it?"
Ye Kun sneered: "Lord Xiahou, even if there are a million wild boars in the mountains and dense forests, you can't kill them all. What's more, they are all human beings.
You know, after I unified Kyushu, I continued to fight bandits in the mountainous areas of southern Fujian and Baiyue for four or five years. So far, there are still some small gangs of bandits active in the mountains in the south. According to your thinking, we need more than 100,000 people to complete the rule of Ceylon Island. "
The bandits in the mountains are really difficult to fight.
Even though Ye Kun now has high-quality guns and cannons, he cannot completely ban them.
In areas with complex terrain, the troops often cannot find any trace of the bandits after searching the mountains for days and nights.
In the past few years, Ye Kun used the militia and mobilized the local people to carry out a thorough encirclement and suppression of the bandits. Only then did the mountainous areas where bandits were rampant gradually become stable.
However, attacking the island of Ceylon by force would be more difficult than suppressing bandits in the south.
When it comes to suppressing bandits, the logistics are easy to solve; there is no disadvantage in terms of water, soil and climate.
If you launch a large-scale attack on the island of Ceylon, the first problem you will encounter is that you won't be able to adapt to the local climate and water there.
Therefore, Ye Kun first took the Indian Peninsula, adopted a peaceful approach to the island of Ceylon, made money through trade, and then slowly thought of a solution.
Xiahou Chang sighed: "Your Majesty, you really think far ahead."
"In fact, you are not convinced in your heart and think that I am too soft-hearted." Ye Kun rolled his eyes:
"Do you know how much I have spent in the past few years to capture Jiaozhi and Yunmian? When I captured Jiaozhi, I also took every step carefully. I first built a sanitary town and used mosquito nets, alcohol toilet water, and various mosquito repellent herbs to ensure the safety of the soldiers. After the soldiers got used to the climate and familiar with the situation, I moved forward step by step.
If we had rushed forward and sent a million troops, at least half a million would have died of illness."
Not to mention Jiaozhi, most areas of Jiangnan used to be filled with smoke and miasma.
Without mosquito nets, mosquito repellent, snake antidote and other necessary medicines, stepping into the deep forest would mean your life or death is uncertain.
Today, the environment in Jiaozhi and Yunmian has improved a lot through large-scale burning of mountains, clearing of swamps and building of sanitary towns.
The latest immigrants have safe places to stay, and most of them can survive and gradually adapt.
Xiahou Chang grinned, clasped his fists and said, "This old minister dare not doubt the emperor's judgment."
Ye Kun smiled and said, "Liu Ai went to the Tianzhu Peninsula to take charge of the overall situation. He specifically asked your son Xiahou Jun to go to Tianzhu to lead the troops. When your son goes there, he will know how severe the bitter heat, poisonous insects, and miasma are in the south.
Like Yu Guinong, they have no rivals in the Nanyang Continent. But there are many things they cannot deal with.”