With a population of more than 20 million under his command, Yuan Shu still felt that he was stretched thin.

There is no way, the stalls are too big. The population of the seven states, namely Yangzhou, Jingzhou, and Yizhou, is relatively abundant, while the rest are extremely short of population.

The first is Jiaozhou, which has a superior geographical location and is connected to the three states and the southwestern countries. It is also the best place to travel to Guishang and further west by water. It has gradually prospered through Yuan Shu's development, and now it is even more prosperous.

It is highly sought after by aristocratic families. After all, it is more convenient than Yizhou to travel to the southwest countries. It is a transportation hub whether by water or land.

The same goes for Liangzhou. The number of Han people is smaller than that of the Qiang people, and the development of animal husbandry and breeding requires countless people, not to mention that this is the gateway for sending troops to the Western Regions in the future.

Not to mention the remaining Sili and Yuzhou. Dong Zhuo and Liu Bei, who suffered a thousand blows, defeated the two strongest states alive. Fortunately for the latter, Liu Bei left nearly a million

population, the former is truly a ruin, with no roosters crowing for thousands of miles.

And that's not all. In addition to the needs within Dachu, there are also needs from aristocratic families outside. Yizhou, Zhuzhou, and the southwestern countries, Yuan Shu's head was filled with excitement when he thought of this.

"Yuan Hao, how is the fertility rate today?" What should we do if the population is insufficient? Let the people give birth as hard as they can. Yuan Shu understands why early birth and childbearing were favored in ancient times, and why Liu Bang stipulated that singles should be punished. Although he will not do it so brilliantly, but

There is still room for shouting slogans and formulating some reward systems.

Now in Dachu, special departments have been set up at Yuan Shu's request. Every day when they have nothing to do, they go around shouting, "If you want to be rich, have more children and more trees."

A prosperous family, a strong country.", door-to-door propaganda. Similar articles were constantly published in newspapers.

Fortunately, the traditional thinking of the Han people is still excellent. As long as they can afford it, they can have as many children as possible, which saves Yuan Shu a lot of effort. I am not afraid that you can't afford it, but I am afraid that you will not have children. All kinds of welfare guarantees are provided, anyway, so

Too much food and money will just accumulate dust in the warehouse. At this point, Yuan Shu had to be grateful to the hard-working Japanese people in Yingzhou. It was their selfless dedication that allowed Yuan Shu's gold and silver reserves to continue to grow.

"Your Majesty, the average number of children per couple in our country is now more than four, and it is still growing. As expected, even if the newly admitted population is not counted, within ten years our country will have more than four children.

The population will double." Tian Feng confidently said.

Just kidding, there is enough money and food, coupled with improved medical and sanitation standards, policy support and inherent ideas, it would be strange if we can't even do this. Nowadays, it is because of the large number of new people and newly married couples.

With this data, otherwise Tian Feng could even guarantee that the average birth rate per couple would be more than six.

There were no entertainment activities in this era, so all you could do was create humans. Moreover, women’s status was low and they were often idle at home. How could the fertility rate not be high? You must know that 10 years after the unification of the Three Kingdoms, the Western Jin Dynasty conducted a census

, the population has more than doubled, and this is only a population change in 15 years. Of course, there are still many people who have been concealed due to war, but we can also see the terrifying birth rate of this era.

This is all thanks to Liu Bang, who was really shameless for the sake of population. Single women over the age of fifteen were taxed heavily if they were not married, and women who were not able to have children were taxed heavily. There were rewards for giving birth, which directly caused many families to regard women as

Losing money, they married into women in their prime and were reduced to fertility machines. Some women were able to have five or six children before they were twenty in order to be rewarded by the government, and some women committed suicide because they were unable to have children and could not afford the heavy taxes.

Naturally, Yuan Shu would not do such a very unethical thing, but it is still possible to make some small improvements, no punishment, only rewards, and cooperate with policy propaganda. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty was able to develop national power while completing the second task in a difficult situation like that.

It is not difficult for the population to double within ten years. With Yuan Shu's current medical and sanitation level and wealth, it is not difficult to double the population within ten years.

"Ten years? It has been almost ten years since I came to Jiangdong." Yuan Shu suddenly felt something.

"Yes, time really flies by. I still remember that when I first came to Jiangdong, it was still backward and remote, and Jinling was just a dilapidated small county, and the world situation was also turbulent. I didn't expect that within ten years, something would happen.

Such a big change." Tian Feng sighed softly.

The rest of the people also felt something about it and showed nostalgia. In just ten years, from Yangzhou, which was isolated in one side, to Chu, which now occupies more than half of the Han Dynasty and has strong national power, it would be difficult for them to imagine this expansion if they had not experienced it personally.

The speed and development are also too fast.

"It took me ten years to establish Dachu. I hope that in the next ten years, the land of Guishuang can be included in Dachu." Yuan Shu looked to the west and whispered with a slightly raised corner of his mouth.

"Your Majesty is wise and powerful, and this matter will definitely come true." Hearing this, Guo Jia stood up and bowed with a smile.

"It's rare that you, with your crow's mouth, can also say a kind word. I hope everything goes well." Yuan Shu chuckled.

Yuan Shu and others didn't pay attention, but Xun You and Jia Xu looked thoughtfully at Guo Jia, who looked as usual.

"It is imperative to take back the Yizhou and Zhuzhou fiefdoms, and the time is set to be five years from now. At that time, statistics on the population and development of these aristocratic family fiefdoms will be made, and additional population will be added based on the degree of development on top of the original population.

Increase a certain percentage as the upper limit of the population they can recruit at home and go to the southwestern countries." Yuan Shu said calmly.

Nowadays, as the household registration system in Dachu continues to improve, it is difficult for aristocratic families to find loopholes. In other words, they can find loopholes, but they are easily discovered, and they cannot afford the consequences of being discovered. Yuan Shu is unreasonable.

, even if they can't find direct evidence, they still dare to take action. After Yuan Shu's various methods, it is impossible for the aristocratic families to conceal a large number of people as before. All population allocations must be approved by Yuan Shu.

"In addition, according to the area and situation of the fiefdom they delivered, after they capture Shendu and Kushan in the future, the reward will be doubled. I will not treat them badly. As long as they serve me well and don't be cunning, they will never suffer."

Yuan Shu has been pondering this method for a long time, and has long been familiar with it. In foreign campaigns, he uses the power of aristocratic families to penetrate into the enemy's interior. After the battle is won, the fiefdoms near Dachu and the population will be nationalized, and at the same time, additional increases will be made based on the losses of the aristocratic families.

This can be said to be the best of both worlds. The aristocratic families help Yuan Shu attack the enemy and mobilize the population to develop the border, while Yuan Shu gives the aristocratic families unmanageable areas as fiefdoms and vassals.

The aristocratic families gained more fiefdoms and more people, and Yuan Shu effortlessly took back the surrounding land that had been developed and developed by the aristocratic families. At the same time, he did not have to worry about population resettlement and transfer.

Don't think that the aristocratic families are at a disadvantage. They are all population. As long as they are Han people, there is no difference for the aristocratic families. It is also a good thing for them that Yuan Shu gives more people. It is just that they have to spend more time recruiting and managing. The aristocratic families

There is plenty of time when you have nothing to do.

Naturally, the more fiefdoms, the better. As for being too far away from Dachu, it is not a problem as long as trade is not interrupted. They also wished they were farther away from Dachu, but Yuan Shu could not reach there at all.

Their world may last for hundreds of years and they may even become a new empire or even counterattack.

"Your Majesty is wise." Everyone said in unison.
Chapter completed!