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Chapter 181 Advance or retreat, make plans early

After experiencing this assassination attempt, Yun Xi knew that Ying Tianchen, King Jin, and the person above were in a situation where they would fight to the death, so she had to make plans early.

This space land came at the right time.

That night, Yun Xi thought a lot and decided to have a frank talk with Ying Tianchen tomorrow.

Whether to advance or retreat, there must be a rule.

There must be a plan for advancing and a plan for retreating.

The next day.

Ying Tianchen accompanied Yun Xi and Yun Yan for breakfast, and he no longer looked injured.

The complexion is the same as usual.

Yun Xi suspected that the effectiveness of her space well water had increased a lot.

After dinner, Yun Yan suggested leaving.

He stayed at the palace yesterday, and it seemed better than home, but he couldn't sleep well. He wanted to go home early.

Before Ying Tianchen could persuade her to stay, Yun Xi said, "Second brother, don't leave yet. I have something to discuss with Tianchen. You can listen too."

Hearing that there was something important going on, Yun Yan was no longer in a hurry.

The three of them came to the study. Ying Tianchen asked, "What does Xier want to say?"

Yun Xi organized her words and decided to get straight to the point.

"I want to ask about your future plans."

"What are your plans for the future? Is it about our marriage?" Ying Tianchen thought she was asking about the plans for the marriage.

Yun Xi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "No."

"Yesterday's assassination incident made me think a lot. I think no matter what happens, we can't just sit there and wait for death. We have to make plans early. Whether we advance or retreat, we have to make arrangements early."

Ying Tianchen understood what she meant and was deeply touched, but also a little worried.

He asked tentatively, "Xier, if I want to go in, will you support me?"

Yun Xi didn't even think about it, "Of course, we are now in the same boat, we will prosper together and suffer together, so I will naturally support you."

Ying Tianchen showed his beautiful white teeth, and his heart seemed to be soaked in honey, so sweet.

"Xi'er, thank you."

"In fact, I never thought about entering before, but I found that it is useless to give in blindly. All under heaven belongs to the king, and there will be no peace anywhere.

It was fine before, but now that I have you, I have to strengthen myself. I don't want that position, but I hope you can become the most noble woman in the world and not be controlled by others."

If someone else said this, Yun Xi would think that the other person was just speaking sweet words, but she could feel Ying Tianchen's sincerity.

Staring at the other person's gentle eyes, I was drowned in them for a moment.

Yun Yan, who was standing by, looked at this and that, and suddenly felt that he was so redundant.

This is obviously a very serious and cautious topic, but how come it becomes so romantic in the mouths of these two people?

"Ahem, um, little sister, do you have any plans?"

Yun Yan didn't want to interrupt the two of them, but he was really almost overwhelmed by this wave of dog food.

Yun Xi came back to her senses and slapped her forehead, "Yes, yes, we have to come up with a preliminary plan and start preparing now."

Then she told him the plan she had been thinking about all night.

"First, we need to prepare our troops."

Regardless of whether they rebelled in the end, soldiers and horses were the guarantee of their safety. And they couldn't be less.

"I have prepared some private soldiers, but not many, only 20,000. If we want to protect ourselves and have the ability to resist King Jin and his men, this is definitely not enough."

Yun Xi nodded. The imperial court had a million troops, so even if they didn't, they would have to mobilize hundreds of thousands of troops to deal with them.

But if they really want to attack them seriously, the number of troops on the other side will completely crush them.

The 20,000 private soldiers of the Southern King are totally not enough.

But having these 20,000 private soldiers is also an unexpected surprise.

"It's indeed not enough, but you have to solve this problem. What I can support you with is logistics. I will earn more money for you."

"The most expensive thing about maintaining an army is money. It would be great if Xier could help solve this worry." Ying Tianchen said.

After a pause, he sighed again, "However, there are not many people in our area who are willing to join the army. Even if we have enough money to support the soldiers, we probably can't form an army of 100,000."

"What's the reason?" Yun Xi asked.

"The population is too small." Ying Tianchen said.

Jiaozhou is a vast place with a sparse population, with a total population of only about 300,000 to 400,000. It is the state with the least population in the entire Daqian Dynasty.

The population is small, so there are not so many men willing to join the army.

The population of other places is as small as 800,000 or 900,000, and as large as millions or even tens of millions. Recruiting soldiers is much easier than in Jiaozhou.

In ancient times, population was the most important criterion for measuring whether a place was prosperous.

Therefore, Jiaozhou was not a good place in the eyes of the world. Many people thought it was a poor and remote southern barbarian land.

Let's get back to the topic. Next, whether it is for conscription or for the development of Jiaozhou, the issue of population growth is what they should put first.

Yun Xi thought for a moment and said, "I have a few ideas. Let me tell you about them."

Ying Tianchen and Yun Yan both looked serious.

Yun Xi explained what she was thinking, "First of all, what we are actually doing is to vigorously develop the economy. Only when the economy develops well can we attract more people to come to our southern land.

Secondly, it is to strongly encourage childbirth. To be more precise, the government has certain subsidy policies for newborns. For example, rewards of fine grains, free medical treatment and so on. "

In fact, ordinary families in ancient times rarely thought about contraception, and every family wanted to have many children and grandchildren.

But many poor families do not have enough food to eat or warm clothes to wear, and they give birth to many children, but many of them die young.

In addition, medical conditions were poor in ancient times, and many children either starved to death or died of illness.

Yun Xi felt that if the government could provide some help in terms of living and medical care, the child’s survival rate would definitely be greatly improved.

“But this will put a lot of pressure on the palace. All the children in Jiaozhou will be raised by the palace. How much food will be consumed every day? Is it that much?” Yun Yan expressed his opinion.

Yun Xi nodded, "Yes, so this matter cannot be entirely left to the palace, we have to solve it from the root."

"How to solve it?" Yun Yan asked curiously.

Yun Xi said, "It means growing more crops and high-yield crops."

Then, Yun Xi talked about the idea of ​​growing three crops of rice.

"Three seasons?"

The two were very surprised.

Nowadays, people only grow rice for one season a year. No one has ever grown it for two seasons, let alone three seasons.

Yun Xi said, "I have paid attention to the environmental and climatic factors of rice growth. I think we can try to grow three crops in the south."

Although Ying Tianchen and Yun Yan usually follow whatever Yun Xi says, they both think this statement is a bit far-fetched.

Yun Xi didn’t think that the two of them would agree on three-season rice right away, but she was very confident.

After all, she grew up in the countryside in her previous life and knew how to grow three seasons of rice.

And now she has the omnipotent space well water to back her up, which makes her even more confident.

But she still didn't say anything definite. "So, next spring, I'll use a part of the land for experiments. I'm confident that even if I can't grow three crops of rice, I can grow two crops a year. The grain yield will double."

Seeing her confident look, Ying Tianchen and Yun Yan also became excited.

It seems like two seasons should be possible.

"If this is true, then there will be fewer people starving to death in Jiaozhou in the future." Ying Tianchen said.

Yun Xi thought that if there were high-yield crops, such as sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, the entire Daqian would not have to worry about people starving to death.

Alas, these crops are not available yet.

Should she send someone to the Western Regions? Perhaps they could gain some results.