After Prince Regent Li Hui and the loyal army captured Seoul.
North Korean officials are overjoyed.
The people of North Korea are overjoyed.
Other areas decided upon the announcement and expressed their submission one after another, leaving no local rebellious forces at all.
In just three to five days, the situation in North Korea was stabilized, the traitors were purged, and solid rule was established.
Then!
Li Hui put most of his energy into the construction of the King's Manor.
The first is the Incheon Plain in the south of Gyeonggi Province, which occupies an area of about 800 square kilometers. The plains account for about two-thirds, the hills and mountains account for one-third, and the available arable land area is just over 1 million acres.
Then there is recruitment, crazy recruitment of farmers and workers, at least 500,000 people need to be recruited. If 800,000 are recruited, one million will not be too much. Anyway, the more people, the better.
Then there are the vigorous large-scale construction, such as the construction of high-standard farmland, the construction of pasture farms, the construction of castles and bastions, the construction of various factories and the construction of Incheon Port, etc. Hundreds of thousands of projects were started almost at the same time, which has a great impact on the economy.
The demand for manpower is endless. In addition, the workers are given a salary of no less than 100 cents per day, two meals a day, free work clothes, and warm work sheds to live in. Therefore, the young and strong people in North Korea are all
It has generated great attraction, including some young Koreans on Jeju Island, who also choose to return to their homeland and work for the King's Manor. After all, there are more opportunities here. If you perform well, you will have the opportunity to become a villager of the King's Manor. This is undoubtedly
It is very attractive to them.
But such a large-scale construction consumes hundreds of thousands of silver dollars every day, as well as food, meat, steel, cement, sand and gravel, machinery and equipment, tractors, diesel, etc... It consumes huge amounts of money every day.
resource..
The total construction cost of the King's Manor is expected to be no less than 100 million silver dollars.
And all of this is paid for by Xujiazhuang - you must know that there are now 1,100 collective manors in the area south of the Ming Dynasty, which are under intense construction, but the budget of each manor is only a little over one million silver dollars, which is less than the investment of the King's Manor.
The intensity was nearly a hundred times worse.
The importance given to the King's Manor will also be given a higher priority in resource supply.
It can be said that in order to pave the way for his son Xu Jiayuan and to make his life better in the future, Xu Yuan still took out the money without blinking an eye, reflecting the mountain-like fatherly love.
But this project and approach immediately brought about many chain reactions.
For example, in the White Castle, Fang Qingyan, Xia He and other women were quite dissatisfied. This Li Shujing clearly became Xu Yuan's concubine in the end, but the son she gave birth to was the first to have a king's manor. Is this appropriate?
Is this fair? Is it a bit too biased?
Faced with the women's dissatisfaction and protests, Xu Yuan could only say: "Don't worry, you don't have to worry. I have arrangements. Every child will receive good arrangements. There will definitely not be only one king's manor, but
How to arrange the specific arrangements must be kept secret and cannot be disclosed for the time being. At least we must wait until the king's manor in North Korea is completed and the operation has achieved certain results, proving that it is a successful model. Then we will promote it for three years. Give me a three-year observation period.
We will see how to promote it more appropriately after three years."
What's more, Xu Yuan has no money now and is about to become a pauper. He has no way to build a new king's manor and has to save for a while.
"Okay, anyway, all three of my sons must have a king's manor, and it must be bigger and better." Fang Qingyan said.
"Husband, the little Qijiahan I gave birth to for you will definitely be able to be a king in the future, right?" Xia He said.
"Husband, since Li Shujing's child Jiayuan can be the king of North Korea, is it possible for my child Jiahua to be the king of Japan?" Ono Tamako asked.
"Japan is larger than North Korea. Although there are not many plains, it is no problem to build two king's manors. My child is old, can he be allocated one?" Ono Noriko asked.
"Don't ask any more questions."
Xu Yuan shook his head: "This kind of thing should not be made too public, otherwise it will arouse opposition from countless forces. I can only guarantee that as long as they are my children, when they grow up, they will only be treated better than Jiayuan, not as good as Jiayuan."
Yuan Chai, my promise will always reassure you, right?"
"That's pretty much it."
"Can."
"Thank you, husband."
Fang Qingyan and the other women said, and they were immediately relieved.
The problems within the family were solved in this way.
It's just that Xu Yuan can't easily deal with external forces by coaxing them and making promises.
For example, Hou Jin, who was next to North Korea, found out about the huge changes that had taken place in North Korea and learned that the entire North Korea had basically fallen into the hands of Xu Jiazhuang.
Houjin's senior officials panicked and immediately sent a message to Wakda, the liaison representative who stayed in Harbor City, asking him to lodge a protest and negotiate. Xujiazhuang could not directly rule the Korean Peninsula, otherwise Houjin's interests would be seriously damaged, and he would never
Accept this situation.
In the conference room.
Zhao Jinfu, the rotating consul, asked Wakda: "What losses will you have? Xujiazhuang did not build the king's manor on the land of Liaodong."
"But with the King's Manor, our Eight Banners Army will not be able to capture young slave workers in the future, and will not dare to invade North Korea again. We have lost the source of slave workers, and it will be difficult to extract more gold from the Laogou Gold Mine.
Cutting down more trees will actually harm the interests of Xujiazhuang and the owner of the village!"
Wakda said with a worried look as he was only thinking about Xujiazhuang.
"You are quite willing to consider for us, but there is no need for such good intentions. From now on, the people of North Korea will be the people of Xujiazhuang. No one can be arrested or killed. Your plundering and development path of Houjin can be stopped. North Korea
There are not that many young men and women who have become consumables for you. This path is unsustainable. The intelligence investigated by our intelligence department shows that this year your army of Hou Jin captured a total of half a million North Korean young men, but
In the process of burning, killing and looting everywhere, about 800 young Jurchens died in battle, and more than 400 died or were injured due to illness. In late June, another uprising of 100,000 people broke out among the slave workers. You only killed 1,500 people in order to defeat 100,000 people.
The slave laborers were slaughtered...the total of these losses is close to 3,000, so the number of young Jurchens available now will never exceed 25,000. If you go to Korea to plunder next year, even if 3,000 are killed by the loyal king's army, some of you will die.
We are in such danger that we can no longer bear any big losses, am I right?"
Zhao Jinfu looked at him and asked.
Wakda's face suddenly turned pale. Xujiazhuang's intelligence was so powerful that he actually knew everything about Daikin's situation.
"Zhao is in power, and Dajin's labor force is insufficient. If we don't plunder the population, there is only a dead end! Please give us a way to survive for the sake of our allies!"
With a plop, Wakda had no choice but to kneel on the ground, put down his pride and backbone, and begged bitterly.
"Of course there are ways, and there are far more than just one."
Zhao Jinfu said: "For example, by offering higher wages, improving the working environment, recruiting poor Korean people, not beating or scolding, having enough food, working no more than ten hours a day, and taking one day off a week, as long as these regulations are strictly followed,
It can recruit tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of North Korean workers."
"This can't be done. The cost for us to cut down trees and mine is very high. If we improve the working conditions, no matter whether we cut down trees or pan for gold, it will be unprofitable. The ones who should be hungry are us Jurchens. We can't do this.
We can do it." Wakda said with a bitter smile.
"Then cooperate with Guan Ningjun and contract all the land, forests, and gold mines to Guan Ningjun for development. You can just sit back and collect the rent. Guan Ningjun has sufficient labor force and is capable of helping you develop Liaodong.
You don’t have to do anything to earn millions of silver dollars every year.”
"No, no!"
Wakda shook his head like a rattle: "The Guan Ning Army has the intention to destroy us. Once it makes a lot of profits and enjoys the sweetness in the process of developing Liaodong, it will definitely not want to pay rent and dividends, but will kill us all.
They eat this piece of food alone, and we dare not do anything to attract wolves into the house."
"Then there is only one last option. We can build eight family manors in Borneo in Southeast Asia to accommodate the old and weak women and children of your Jurchen tribe. They will be under the management of our Xujiazhuang. Each family manor can accommodate at least ten thousand people.
It can accommodate up to 30,000 people. You are fully allowed to place all the elderly and children in family manors, leaving only the young Jurchens and women in Liaodong. This will reduce the consumption of food and other materials and allow you to carry out development lightly. In winter,
You Jurchens are still young and strong, and you can go to Borneo to reunite with your families and breed a new population."
"In this way, your food consumption will be reduced by at least 50%, and all kinds of expenses will also be reduced by 50%. You can also spend the winter in the warm Nanyang. When the snow melts, you can return to Liaodong and recruit people to continue the business. This should be very good.
There is a solution. If you are still unwilling to agree to this plan, then there is really nothing we can do. Of course, you can continue to go your own way, plunder if you want, kill if you want, but the Zhongwang Army will not be polite. Guan Ning Army
You won't be polite either, as long as you have the strength and confidence, you will still be the overlord of Liaodong."
Zhao Jinfu said nonchalantly.
Family manor?
Put all the family members of the Jurchen clan into the hands of Xujiazhuang?
Not to mention greatly reducing their burden, they can go to Nanyang to spend the winter every year in the future and return to Liaodong in the early summer of the next year.
Then you can focus on development without any baggage, and you won't be hindered by anything. Even if you don't have slave labor, your income won't be so low that it's not enough.
The only shortcoming is that the dependence on Xujiazhuang has greatly increased. All family members have become Xujiazhuang's hostages. From now on, they can only be dogs forever, with no possibility of turning over and taking charge.
Honestly!
In the past, Wakda would not have even considered the "Family Manor" plan and directly rejected it decisively.
But this time, he was actually inclined to agree to this plan.
After all, what's wrong with being a dog in Xujiazhuang?
Moreover, the Jurchens don't actually like the bitter cold land in Liaodong, and they also yearn for a warm place. If they can have a home in Nanyang and stay in Nanyang for five or six months every year, that would be very good.
Cats feel much better during the six months of winter, doubling the enjoyment of life.
The most important thing is that after getting rid of the burden of family members and greatly reducing the burden, you can go into battle lightly and regain your mobility. Even if North Korea in the east cannot continue to plunder, the Mongolian tribes in Mobei in the northwest and the savage Jurchens in the northeast still have manpower.
The availability of resources does not mean that the road is blocked. If it really doesn't work, it would be fine to offer higher wages, stop torturing and killing people, and recruit a group of workers. It's just that the earnings will be less.
Can.
Wakda thinks this plan is acceptable.
However, he did not have the right to make a decision. Instead, he used the telegraph station system in Xujiazhuang to send the contents of the negotiation to Shengjing on the same day.
soon.
Dai Shan, the Great Khan of the Later Jin Dynasty, had a discussion with Dorgon, Amin, Yue Tuo, Man Dahai and others in the Dazheng Palace.
In particular, the solution of "Family Manor" proposed by Xujiazhuang was discussed in focus.
"Xujiazhuang has evil intentions and we will never agree to it!"
Amin, who had previously committed a crime and would have been imprisoned until death, was released the year before last and now returned to Baylor's position, but his character remained tough, saying: "The family fell into the hands of Xujiazhuang. In the future, we want to
We can do whatever we want, live if we want, die if we want, it is no different from being a slave, but we are a tribe of tigers and wolves, we would rather starve to death than become other people's hawks and dogs!"
"Er Beile, if we don't adopt this plan, this year's North Korean slave labor will be exhausted, and we will have no one available next year. It is very likely that the tribesmen will have to work in person, but it will be difficult to feed themselves, and then they will plunder. Once they suffer heavy losses, it will be huge.
Jin Ke is finished, Guan Ning's army will destroy us immediately, the Jurchen clan is on the verge of extinction." Yue Tuo had to say.
"We can send the elderly and disabled tribesmen to their family manors for recuperation first. If Xujiazhuang keeps his word and the tribesmen live a good life, then we can send some of the children there next year to reduce our burden. Otherwise, we will really be
The Guan Ning Army was exploited and died. They have long been hoping that we will be in trouble and then take away Liaodong's resources." Dorgon said.
"Compared with Guan Ning's army, it is better to cooperate with Xu Jiazhuang. And if Xu Jiazhuang wants us to perish, there is no need to cooperate at all. All we need to do is nod and agree to Guan Ning's army sending troops. We are Xu Jiazhuang's pawns to restrict Guan Ning's army.
As long as the strength of Guan Ning's army is increasing, Xujiazhuang will not watch us decline." Daishan's seventh son, Man Dahai, who is fifteen years old, analyzed.
"My son is right. It is better to be a useful chess piece than to destroy the country and destroy the clan."
Daishan nodded happily: "As the fourteenth brother said, first send the elderly and disabled people to Nanyang for recuperation. If the life there is comfortable, the supplies are sufficient, and the safety can be guaranteed, then we can send more
The family members have passed, hey, no matter what, before our Jurchens are young and strong and do not exceed 200,000, becoming Xujiazhuang's eagle dog is a helpless act, and we can only continue to endure it!"
"yes!"
Yue Tuo, Dorgon and Man Dahai all nodded.
Amin could only accept this result helplessly. Who made the Jurchens decline to an extremely dangerous situation? They have long since lost the confidence and capital to be arrogant and tough.