Seeing the people of Cochin in front of him, Zhao Rui didn't have any compassion in his eyes, but was surprisingly excited.
The people here are really miserable. Their living conditions are dozens of times worse than those of slaves.
Not only could they not guarantee food, clothing, housing and transportation, they would also have to face exploitation by the nobles, and they would have to sacrifice their lives in war.
To put it bluntly, these people are simply pigs kept in captivity by the royal family of Cochin!
Such a country is the easiest to conquer. You don't need to give anything. You only need to give the people the most basic respect, and they can surrender wholeheartedly.
What excites Zhao Rui the most is that the people here don't have any assets, which means they can allocate them at will.
You only need to find a suitable place, build relatively concentrated villages or towns for them, and then allocate surrounding land to them, so that they can be properly resettled, and their household registrations can also be counted in the process.
"Ziyun, prepare your will!"
Ziyun immediately took out a scroll from his body and spread it out on the ground.
"From now on, all people in Jiaozhi must implement the Great Commercial Law and hand over their household registration. The Great Chamber of Commerce will distribute money, grain, land, cattle and various materials according to head count!"
"At the same time, officials at all levels are being recruited locally. As long as they are literate and have skills, they can come and sign up!"
Ziyun has written many similar decrees, and even if Zhao Rui doesn't say it, she knows how to write them.
Zhao Rui didn't explain too much, and just asked Ziyun to issue this memorandum and the Great Commercial Law.
The people of the entire Cochin Kingdom have long since become callous. They don't care who their master is! It won't be long before this land becomes the territory of the great merchants.
"Your Highness, do you really want to guard this place?" Dai Qisi frowned slightly: "If we send a large army to guard such a poor place, it will only be a waste of food, grass, soldiers and horses!"
Zhao Rui returned to the store and spread a map on the ground.
"My beloved, what do you think should be done?"
Dai Qisi raised her finger and pointed at the main river, and slowly slid down.
"What we want is this river. As long as we can get the land along the coast, we can form a naval army and sail down from Dashang territory! Continuously build docks on the river bank, and use the docks as the benchmark to form military camps and territories.
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"After that, we will gradually incorporate a large amount of surrounding land into our Dachang territory."
Zhao Rui sat cross-legged on the ground, holding his chin and thinking for a while.
"This is the best choice, but there has never been an easier time to dominate the land beneath your feet than now! Of course, your strategies can be synchronized."
Although Dai Qisi was still a little confused, Zhao Rui was already so determined that she couldn't say anything more.
But she couldn't help but draw a few circles on the map.
"A large area from southern Xinjiang to the Cochin Kingdom is covered with primitive jungles. These places are still in an uncivilized state. If we want to completely rule them, we are afraid that we will have to invest a lot of manpower and material resources. I wonder what your highness has in this regard?"
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Zhao Rui chuckled, suddenly grabbed Dai Qisi's chin, and gently lifted it up.
"So that's what you're worried about! Don't worry, we don't need to worry about this. We can just leave it to the local people. It's still the same as before. Our big merchants will send out craftsmen, and all manpower and material resources will be dispatched from the local area."