Today is a small dynasty meeting. In addition to Chen Dexing and Huang Zhishen, there are also Ren Yijiang, Lu Hu, Gao Da and Monk Liu. Ren Yijiang is the deputy prime minister and also serves as the latest Minister of Transportation. Lu Hu is the Minister of Army and Gao Da is the Minister of Navy. Monk Liu has now transferred to the Cabinet Office and served as the Minister of Colonial Affairs.

The Colonial Department is also a newly opened department, in charge of the colonial development of the Mingzhou continent, the Oceania continent (discovered a year ago), the African continent, the Pacific Ocean and the Atlantic Ocean. It is a government office with great reputation but very limited real power.

"In fact, it is also beneficial to use some black slaves. There are too many lands under our colony and too small population. Many things are wanted to be done but cannot be done. For example, the plan to establish the Governor's Office in Mingzhou, Northeast China and establish a fortress in Mingzhou, Northeast China is because no one goes to build a port and build a city, and I don't know when it will be realized."

After taking the topic, Liu Monk immediately talked about the stall in his hand. In his opinion, these colonies of the Ming Dynasty were too short of labor, and it was necessary to introduce some black slaves appropriately.

"If there were tens of thousands of black slaves in the Mingzhou Governor's Office in Northeast China, many things could be done. If we could build ports, fortresses, and reclaim some land on the east coast of Mingzhou, it would be easier for our people to settle down in the past, right?"

"In addition, there are still many indigenous people in Beimingzhou who are not convinced by the royal empire. They have attacked our strongholds along the Mayan Sea. The Mayan Coastal Governor's Office also wants to hire some mercenaries from Europa to suppress the indigenous people in Beimingzhou."

"Not only are there fewer people in Beimingzhou, but even fewer people in Nanmingzhou. Apart from having a stronghold in the Saltgrain Desert, there are no soldiers or soldiers elsewhere. If you want to ensure Nanmingzhou, you will need at least dozens of fortresses, so you have to hire people."

Monk Liu nagged for a long time. In fact, he was complaining that the court invested in Mingzhou in insufficient resources mainly because of the insufficient manpower. There is absolutely no shortage of gold and silver in Mingzhou! But if there is no one, everything is equal to zero. Now, the two large continents are worth only. The Ming Dynasty invested only tens of thousands of manpower, mainly people, officials, and relatives of military households who dug out gold and silver. Those who really do things for the court. There are only more than 3,000 people on the Mingzhou continent, including the Taoist Taoist people in the Heavenly Daoism.

In contrast, the Ming Dynasty invested more power in the Southern Fan and Tianzhu conquests and the Western Expeditions. The former had invested no less than 300,000 people, while the latter had more than 100,000 soldiers and nearly 200,000 people.

Huang Zhishen shook his head and said, "Mingzhou's affairs cannot be urgent, we have to take it step by step. The military has already formulated a plan to strengthen the Atlantic Fleet first. As long as the Atlantic sea power is controlled, Mingzhou will definitely be ours. Secondly, support Europa to fight against Mongolia. As long as Europa and the Mongols fight, they will not have the time to control Mingzhou's affairs."

The politics of the Ming Dynasty is now "small government, large army". Governments at all levels are not large in scale, with limited power, and are still under the control of parliament. However, the scale of the army is very large and is deployed globally. There are three large fleets that control an ocean, and they are still intensifying. The scale of the army is also huge, and several wars are being fought thousands of miles away at the same time. In this case, the government must listen to the opinions of the army on many things.

Gao Da, Secretary of the Navy, also said: "The Navy's idea is to use the Atlantic Fleet to circle Mingzhou first, and the development can be slowed down. After all, Mingzhou is not very useful except for gold, silver and saltpeter. It is better to use a method to prohibit foreigners from entering Mingzhou."

"How can Mingzhou develop the coolie if you don't let foreigners go? Who will do it?" asked Mr. Liu.

"Then don't make a big deal. There is no need to do it now, so I'll circle it first."

This is to regard Mingzhou as Manchuria. Chen Dexing thought, but if a piece of land is wrapped up and not developed, it will really be used immediately when it wants to use it in the future? It is a deserted area, can it develop if it can be said to develop?

Moreover, when this land in Mingzhou is really useful, who can guarantee that future people will not be eager for quick success or instant benefits?

"Mingzhou must be encircled, but it cannot be abandoned all the time. The development that should be done must be done." Chen Dexing paused, "Six Governor's Office can be established in Mingzhou: the Governor's Office of Beimingzhou, the Governor's Office of Zhongmingzhou, the Governor's Office of Mayahai, the Governor's Office of Northeast Mingzhou, the Governor's Office of Northeast Mingzhou, the Governor's Office of Southwest Mingzhou, and the Governor's Office of Southeast Mingzhou."

Deputy Prime Minister Ren Yijiang spread his hands and said with a wry smile: "No one, what does it mean to be a bare Governor's Office? If these Governor's Office are to be truly operational, a Governor's Office must have at least tens of thousands of people who eat imperial grain, including officials, soldiers, Taoists, medical officials and craftsmen. These tens of thousands of people cannot be bachelors. They must also have families, servants, and logistics. Moreover, there must be castles, ports, towns, and mercenaries and slaves used for us. This slave is really indispensable."

In a Governor's Office, at least tens of thousands of people eat imperial grain, plus family members, merchants, and indigenous troops hired. In the entire Mingzhou, these people alone cost 200,000 to 300,000! How much infrastructure does so many people need? How much food does it have to be eaten? How much land should be reclaimed?

How can no one be a slave and farming to build a farm?

All use Han people? Don’t dream now. How many Han talents are there now? How many places can we go to? Now the Han people who go to Mingzhou are either digging gold and silver or becoming masters. Who will farm? Who is willing to be coolies? Even if they are distributed to them, they will not farm themselves. At most, they will be farmers who operate the land. If they want to be coolies, they have to pay more than digging gold. Who can afford it?

Therefore, the problems Chen Dexing is facing now are the same as those when the Europas entered the Age of Discovery!

The world is too big and the population is too small, and the coolie is far from enough.

Chen Dexing shook his head, it seemed that these ministers of his own could not give any constructive opinions.

"Since you have no good idea, let's listen to the opinions of the human resources specialist."

A specialist in human resources issues? What kind of talent is this? Several ministers shook their heads and expressed their lack of understanding.

"Xuan Selasi. Solomon!" Chen Dexing waved his hand. A yellow-robed guard quickly walked out of the gate of Zichen Hall in Jiangdu Daming Palace. On the corridor outside the door, there was a trembling black-faced white man, and two yellow-robed guards stood behind him with a horizontal knife in his hand.

This "human resources expert" from Ethiopia never dreamed that he would sell fifteen white female slaves to the court of the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, and also regarded a heavenly envoy who was equivalent to the cardinal as a white female slave, and even said many almost insulting words in front of others...

Will he be burned to death? Will he be beheaded? Will he be sawed from his butt? Will he... Selassi Solomon thought about all kinds of terrible death sentences, and he was pushing and shoving into the conference hall of Zichen Hall. It was not the kind of hall where the emperor was high and the civil and military ministers were arranged on both sides, but a conference room with long tables and a circle of chairs, and a small piece of transparent glass was inlaid on the window. The sunlight shot in directly through the glass on the window, and the interior was very bright.

"Kneel down!" Someone roared in Selasi. Solomon's ears. The black slave trader quickly knelt down and crawled on the ground, not daring to look up. Although he was a "white nobleman", in the Kingdom of Zagvi in ​​East Africa, such a "white nobleman" who believed in Judaism was not worth anything. Any governor was the object that he, the slave trader, had to try his best to flatter. Now, any one in this conference hall is more noble than the king of Zagvi, especially the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, who was the real king of the world and the king of all kings. He was a cruel man who could make the Kingdom of Zagvi with a slight movement, and he could destroy the country and the seeds.

"Solomon, raise your head." A familiar and majestic voice sounded in Selassi. Solomon's ears. This was Chen Dexing's voice. Solomon raised his head tremblingly. As soon as he met Chen Dexing in a dragon robe, he immediately felt a dazzling light. This is the king of the world that he could not look directly at! He quickly lowered his eyes and stared at his "white" hooked nose.

"This is a slave trader. He used to sell black slaves to Baiyi, but now he sells white slaves to the Ming Dynasty."

Chen Dexing pointed to Solomon who was kneeling and said to the ministers in the hall: "He has a specialty in art. His family has sold slaves for generations. He is the most familiar with slaves. We might as well ask him for advice. You can ask any questions you have. I will ask the first question first."

Several ministers looked at each other and turned their very unfriendly eyes to the slave traders kneeling on the ground. There were white female slaves in their families, so they naturally knew that there was a slave trader business. Although they all liked to raise a few white female slaves to play with each other, they had no good impression of the slave traders who sold them... Human trafficking is always not a good person!

Chen Dexing asked: "Selaxy, my Mingzhou continent needs labor, and there are a lot of cheap labor. Is there any way for you?"

"Use a black slave." Selassi Solomon answered without thinking.

"How to get a black slave?" asked Monk Liu.

"Buy it. If you want to transport slaves to Mingzhou, you need to buy it from tribes along the West African coast."

"Will they sell their people to us?" Liu Monk was stunned.

"It's not their own, it's the slaves they captured from other tribes." Selassi Solomondao, "give them some swords, support them in wars, and let them trade slaves for weapons. Tens of thousands of strong slaves a year are easy to get."

Chen Dexing said again: "But I don't want the black slaves to exist in Mingzhou for a long time."

"Then don't let them reproduce." Selasi Solomon, "only import male black slaves, strictly restrict female black slaves. This is what the people of Dashi Chinese do. Sometimes they even use castrated black slaves." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!