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    "The land in South Korea is barren and cannot be cultivated by the people. The land in North Korea and China is fertile, but the population is sparse. Therefore, His Highness King Qi of the Tang Dynasty issued an order to move all the people of South Korea to North and China. The people in the states must do  Get ready!" In front of the notice board in front of the gate of Sixi City Governor's Mansion, a scribe read out the content of the newly posted notice in Baekje dialect, while many people in the city gathered below.

    At first, these people thought that the governor wanted to recruit workers on behalf of businessmen, so many people wanted to see what the conditions were like. If it was good, they were willing to do it, but they did not expect that what they heard was an order for them to move.  , and it was issued directly by the Prince of Qi, which made the people below immediately start to make noises, shouting that the government would not give them a way to survive. If they move to North Korea and China, what will happen to their fields here?

    Seeing how noisy the crowd below was, the clerk who was reading the notice couldn't help but snorted coldly and shouted: "You bunch of untouchables, please be honest with me. There are still many conditions below that I haven't read yet!"

    Although this scribe is also from Baekje, he is now an official of the Tang Dynasty. He is usually the most cruel to the people, so the people in the city are most afraid of them. Now his shout has scared many people into shutting up.  I didn¡¯t dare to say another word.  Seeing this situation, the scribe finally nodded with satisfaction and began to explain the content behind the notice to the people below.

    It turns out that the relocation of the government has also given benefits. For example, as long as the common people in South Korea now have fields, they will be given double the fields after moving to North Korea and China.  This compensation moved the hearts of many people who owned land outside the city.  As the notice says at the beginning, the land here in South Korea is barren.  It is simply incomparable to North Korea and China. If the barren land can now be exchanged for double the fertile land, then this is obviously a very cost-effective deal.

    It is also true that many people have the above-mentioned plan, so as long as they have land, most people have calmed down and carefully considered whether they can measure more land at home.  However, some were unwilling to do so. A commoner dressed as a businessman shouted: "Sir, we are in business. We don't have much land at home, but we own a few shops. So what?"

    This businessman asked the thoughts of many people. After all, this is Sixian City. Not everyone owns land, and a considerable number of them make a living by doing business.

    The clerk snorted coldly and said: "What's the hurry? I'll talk about you next. It doesn't matter if you don't have land. All shops, houses and other properties that cannot be moved will be converted into land according to the price.  After North Korea and China, you will also be given double the amount of land. This land belongs entirely to you. If you don¡¯t want to cultivate it, you can sell it to others. In this way, you will make a lot of money!"

    Although the scribe said nicely, most of the businessmen still looked sad.  They are not farmers, and even if they have land, they do not know how to cultivate it.  It is even more impossible to hire people. After all, the labor force in Sanhanzhou has been almost exhausted by the Tang people, so the allocated fields will eventually have to be sold, but there will definitely be many people like them who will sell their fields.  As a result, the price of land will inevitably plummet, and it is still a question whether anyone will buy it.

    Seeing the dissatisfied expressions of the businessmen below, the scribe snorted coldly and turned around to report to the governor's office at the back. Despite his arrogant appearance in front of ordinary people, in fact he was just a small scribe.  The order given to him was just to read the notice to the people. As for the people's reaction after hearing it, it was not within the scope of his consideration.

    Sixi City is the capital of Nanhan Prefecture. The highest official of a prefecture is still the governor. The current governor is temporarily held by Lu Hong. However, all political affairs are discussed and handled by Lu Hong and Wang An. Now they are in the governor's office.  In the study, but today there is one more person in the study, it is Li Min who has just arrived in Sixi.

    "Your Highness, the land in South Korea is barren, and we have promised double land compensation, coupled with the threat of the army, I believe that even if the people of South Korea have complaints in their hearts, they will obediently move to North Korea and Central Korea.  !" Lu Hong said with a proud look on his face. This relocation plan was jointly planned by him and Wang An. Now that he can see it being implemented normally, he is naturally very happy.

    Although Li Min agreed to the relocation plan, he was still a little worried and said: "But in addition to farmers, there are also some businessmen, craftsmen, monks, etc. in Nanhan Prefecture. These people do not own much land. Although their land is  The property is converted into fields, but these people must be dissatisfied. If they are forced to relocate, will it cause civil unrest?"

    However, Wang An smiled after hearing this: "Your Highness is overly concerned. We have already investigated before. South Korea is a poor place, and the proportion of merchants and craftsmen is not large. Even if these people want to make trouble, I'm afraid they can't achieve anything."  Climate, as for the monks, Your Highness need not worry, we have reached an agreement with the leaders of the Buddhist and Taoist sects to print for them free of chargeThere are a large number of Buddhist scriptures and Taoist books. In addition, craftsmen from the Tang Dynasty will be invited to make statues of gods, and a lot of additional land will be allocated to them. Therefore, not only will they not object, but they will help us calm the hearts of the people.  "

    Hearing Wang An¡¯s explanation, Li Min finally felt relieved. Either Wang An or Lu Hong was a pillar of talent. Now that the two of them are working together to handle this matter, it is indeed watertight. All aspects are included in their calculations.  Thinking of this, Li Min couldn't help but feel proud. With two talented people assisting him, what else could be difficult for him?

    There are two main reasons why Wang An and Lu Hong proposed to relocate all the people of South Hanzhou. The first reason is that in addition to the recruitment of Tang merchants, the population of the three Hanzhous has been greatly reduced, and each state has a lot of land.  In contrast, the land in South Korea is barren and not suitable for farming. Therefore, if the people in the state can be moved to the other two states, the most reasonable use of manpower and land resources can be made.

    However, if you want to move all the people in the entire state, it is not an easy task. Not only will it cost a lot of manpower and material resources, but if it fails, it will also cause civil unrest. After all, it is difficult to leave your homeland.  Everyone wants to move.  Therefore, if they just wanted to make rational use of resources, Wang An and Lu Hong would not propose this plan yet. The key is the second reason.

    Li Min gave up the throne of the Tang Dynasty and chose to develop on his own, and now he has achieved certain achievements. He has occupied Taiwan and Sanhanzhou, which can be regarded as his own territory. However, these two places have their own territory.  The disadvantage is that most of the people living in Sanhanzhou are foreigners. Li Min does not trust the people here at all and will definitely not give them good development conditions.  However, there are also advantages here, that is, there are many iron ore and coal mines in the Andong Protectorate and even the local area, which is very suitable for the development of the steel industry.

    " Taiwan is located overseas and has huge development potential, but it has a sparse population and limited resources on the island. Especially the very important steel industry, which currently has no conditions for development, the needed steel must be purchased from Datang.

    Regarding this situation, not only Wang An and Lu Hong saw it very clearly, but even Li Min himself understood that the steel and other resources he needed now could be purchased from Datang, but this was not a long-term solution. As a **  To gain power, he must establish a sound national industrial system, of which steel is the top priority.

    Wang An also mentioned to Li Min at the beginning that he wanted to build a steel plant here in Sanhanzhou. After all, there are coal and iron mines here, and it is also close to Dengzhou. A steel plant that can meet Li Min's needs can be built in a short time.  However, Li Min was very distrustful of Xiaobangzi's ancestors. He was afraid that the advanced steel production technology would be learned by Xiaobangzi's ancestors, which would bring trouble to his own rule, so Li Min refused.

    However, Wang An did not give up. After jointly taking charge of South Korea and Lu Hong, after understanding the situation in the three states, he finally formulated a relocation plan to move all the people of South Korea to the other two states.  , and strictly prohibited them from returning to Nanhan Prefecture. The vacated Nanhan Prefecture only allowed Han people to enter and exit, and moved craftsmen from the country to build a steel factory, which became Li Min's first steel base.

    Li Min was shocked at first when he heard Wang An and Lu Hong's plan. Building his own steel plant was something he had wanted to do for a long time, but due to various reasons, he had not been able to find a suitable place. Unexpectedly, Wang An  An and the others actually wanted to artificially create such a place.

    However, if he thought about it carefully, Li Min immediately discovered that Wang An and Lu Hong's plan was indeed very clever. Nanhan Prefecture was the closest to Dengzhou, and it was backed by the Andong Protectorate. It was very convenient to relocate craftsmen and transport materials.  Moreover, the coastline is long and narrow. As long as your navy is strong, this place will not be lost. Therefore, as long as all the people in the state are relocated, it will indeed be a very good steel production base.

    Another point is that South Korea, which is the original Baekje, has just experienced a war, and many young and middle-aged people in the state were killed and injured. In addition, after recruiting workers, only the old, weak, sick and disabled were left, so  Not afraid of any trouble at all.

    It was precisely because of the above considerations that Li Min finally agreed to the relocation plan.  And when the news spread throughout South Korea through government agencies at all levels, the reaction of the people was just as analyzed by Wang An. Although most people were dissatisfied, there was nothing extreme considering that they had twice the land.  In response, a small group of people had a tough attitude and refused to move no matter what. However, what awaited them was enforcement by governments at all levels.

    Of course, there are also a handful of people who want to take advantage of this opportunity to encourage the people to rebel. Unfortunately, for the people who have just gone through a war, no one is willing to pick up swords and guns again, not to mention that since Li Min ruled here, he has recruited  Many workers have provided enough food for many families, and these workers are equivalent to hostages in Li Min's hands. If anyone in their family dares to cause troubleIf so, the lives of those who went out to work would definitely be at risk, so no matter how those people instigated, there were only a few responders in the end. Even if they reluctantly launched an uprising, they were quickly extinguished by Li Min's army, leaving no suspense at all.
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