Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

The Western Regions are too far away from Handan, the ruling center of Zhao State, and the cost of controlling this place is too high.

It was at this time that Zhao Dan stood up from his seat.

"Okay, let the widow say a few words."

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For Zhao Guo, Zhao Dan is the big boss, and all Zhao Guo ministers present are Zhao Dan's wage earners.

The big boss said that I would like to say a few words, so what should the wage earners do?

Of course, just shut up, sit upright, and listen with ears pricked up.

Zhao Dan stepped forward, walked in front of Li Mu, and took the baton from Li Mu's hand.

"Misters, this map, I named it the whole world map. This is how our world looks like."

Zhao Dan's tone was very affirmative, beyond doubt.

Because what he said was the truth, this map was originally drawn by Zhao Dan based on his own memory.

"The widow is very clear in his heart. During this period of time, there has been a trend and public opinion that as long as all the vassal states can be wiped out, then it is enough, because the entire China has already been conquered by us, and we no longer need it." continue to expand abroad.”

When Zhao Dan said this, he deliberately paused, looked around at the people in the hall, and then said: "If I remember correctly, there are also supporters of this view among the noble families here, right? But I want to tell you Waiting is, this kind of thinking is completely wrong!"

"Look at this world, Zhu Qing!" Zhao Dan's baton struck hard on the sheepskin map hanging on the shelf, and made a crackling sound with the wooden frame behind the sheepskin: "This world is so vast. , so vast that even if the widow wiped out the other six countries and unified the Central Plains, the territory of the widow's Zhao country is not even half of this world!"

Zhao Dan moved the baton to the north and crossed the desert all the way to the north: "This is the Mobei Plateau, and it is also the old nest of the Huns. As long as they occupy this place, the Huns will always be under the rule of the widows, and they will never be able to give birth again." Any rebellious heart!"

Zhao Dan moved the baton to the west and walked west along the Western Regions: "Here, here, and here, they are all the territory of the Seleucid Kingdom. This country has a large population and rich products, but their king is because of a marriage. The original queen and prince were abolished. Its civil strife is already doomed. I only need to conquer the Western Regions first, and then I can wait for the civil strife in the Seleucid Kingdom, and then take advantage of the vacancy to destroy the kingdom. Let the glory of China shine in the Western Regions!"

After a pause, Zhao Dan glanced at the ministers present again, and said in a deep voice: "Your family may feel that the current Central Plains is sparsely populated, even if it is not conquered, the existing land is enough for all The people of the State of Zhao can rest easy, right? But have you ever thought about it, what if ten years or a hundred years later?"

"The widow can tell you that as soon as the war is over, the population of Zhao under the widow's rule will increase by at least 20% in at most 50 years, and the population will double in at most 200 years, and at most [-] years. There will be not enough land!"

"In this case, why don't we continue to forge ahead and lay down a large piece of land for our future generations, a piece of land that is enough for them to survive for hundreds of thousands of years?"

"Central Plains? Kyushu in the world? That's too small for me!"

As soon as Zhao Dan's voice fell, the hall was completely quiet.

All the ministers showed thoughtful expressions on their faces, apparently digesting Zhao Dan's words.

Zhao Dan's words continued: "If I remember correctly, every Qing family present here has a lot of industries, right? Iron and steel smelting, wool spinning, lacquer gardens, coal mines, salt drying and selling salt, each of them has It takes a lot of population, right?"

Zhao Dan suddenly emphasized his tone: "Let the widow speak more clearly, in fact, you all need a large number of slaves, right?"

Where there is power, there will be those who use power for personal gain. This is an inevitable rule in officialdom throughout the ages, and Zhao Guo is naturally no exception.

According to the surveillance guard's secret investigation, except for Li Mu, all the other important ministers of Longtai are secretly supporting their family business. After all, if they want to rely on the country's salary to maintain their luxurious life, it is really a matter of life. very difficult thing.

To put it bluntly, these great nobles present here are also the largest group of merchants, the largest asset holders, and the largest factory owners in Zhao Guo except for the monarch Zhao Dan.

With the continuous development of Zhao Guo, the industries that Zhao Dan mentioned just now are all labor-intensive industries.

But the problem is that labor-intensive industries inevitably require a lot of labor, but the most scarce labor force in this era is the young and middle-aged labor force. After all, this is the most important group of people who join the army and go to the battlefield, and the death rate is naturally the highest.

There is a contradiction between supply and demand, what should I do?

Of course none of them can only plunder the population.

This is why slave plunder and trade have been in full swing in various borders of Zhao State in recent years. After all, Zhao people cannot be slaves.

Like those foreign slaves, after buying them, they will use them to death, and when they die, they will throw them away, and just buy another one.

But to be honest, the tens of thousands of slaves captured by the slave hunting group every year are completely a drop in the bucket for Zhao's ever-expanding industry.

"I can give you a solution today. I can say with certainty that as long as this solution can be solved, labor will not become a problem that plagues Zhao in the next 500 years!"

Zhao Dan's baton moved westward slowly along the Hexi Corridor, then passed through the Western Regions, suddenly went south in the area under the jurisdiction of Governor Pactria, crossed the mountains of Afghanistan, and stopped on a river.

"The name of this river is the Indus, and the name of this place is India!"

"India is very rich in products, and there are quite a lot of people. According to the information I received, the population of the entire Indian region is at least as large as that of the country of Zhao! And the king of this place, King Ashoka, has just made up his mind to stop expanding. It is the best time for my Zhao country to go south!"

"As long as the Western Regions and Bactria can be conquered, the warriors of the widows can go south along this area to conquer India. After conquering India, our country of Zhao will have an endless labor force. Your factories No matter whether it is the lacquer garden or the lacquer garden, from now on we will no longer need to worry about the problem of labor force, we only need to develop and keep developing!"

Zhao Dan became excited when he said that, and said to the ministers of Zhao Guo in front of him with some joy: "Masters, this place called India will become the foundation for Zhao Guo to take off. As long as India is owned, then this place will be It will become the best guarantee for Zhao Guo's eternal achievements!"

Zhao Dan's words are full of unparalleled confidence, because he clearly knows what kind of virtue India's San is, and he also knows that India in history is known as "the jewel in the crown of the British Empire". It is not an exaggeration to not fall into the biggest cornerstone of the empire.

The most wonderful thing is that due to the prevalence of Buddhism and Brahmanism, asan people have always been resigned to exploitation.

In the 21st century before Zhao Dan traveled, there were still one billion submissive untouchables in India, which is enough to explain everything.

As long as you take this damned place and exploit it to death, then Zhao Guo's hegemony will last for hundreds or even thousands of years, absolutely no problem!

Chapter One Thousand and Nine Our Goal Is the Sea of ​​Stars (First Update)

After listening to Zhao Dan's idea, the eyes of many ministers of the Zhao State present shone with light.

You must know that the customs of Zhao State, or the Shandong countries, are different from Qin State. Although the social status of merchants in Zhao State is not high, at least there is no direct legal discrimination like in Qin State.

In fact, it is not uncommon for great nobles to participate in business in the Zhao Kingdom, but these are generally controlled by their relatives, and the great nobles themselves will not come forward.

But even so, as the big bosses of their own industry, these big nobles still know their own industry very well.

As the Zhao State continued to conquer countries over the years, the original industries of various countries were either annexed by these great nobles, or bought by the nobles at low prices, or obtained from Zhao Dan through rewards.

But although the industry exists, the population is a big problem.

Zhao Dan is very strict about the sale and purchase of population.

After all, Zhao Dan is very clear that the aristocrats of the family are the easiest place to hide the population. Once the population is taken away by the aristocrats of the family by the way of serving officials and concubines, then there will be a crisis of labor and military resources in Zhao State up.

On this point, Zhao Dan received the full support of Zhao's military and the general support of Zhao's people, so even if many nobles were dissatisfied, they still did not dare to disobey Zhao Dan's order "Zhao people cannot be slaves".

Under such circumstances, the expansion of the industries of the great nobles was inevitably curbed.

Now when they heard that there are so many people in this distant "India" country that can be used as labor force, these important ministers of Zhao State are naturally moved.

Exploiting their own people, to be honest, these big nobles still have a little bit of guilt and embarrassment, but if they want to exploit Indians of other races thousands of miles away, it can be said that there is no psychological pressure at all.

For Zhao Dan, there is no more psychological pressure.

How did Western countries develop in later generations?That was not by exploiting the whole world, making black Africans slaves, and making America and Asia the destinations for dumping goods. Even the Qing Dynasty was reduced to a semi-colony, and the customs management rights of the Qing Dynasty were even obtained by the British.

What a ridiculous thing this is, but others have the final say on the customs, import and export of goods and tax collection in one's own home!