Lide listened to the whole meeting and felt that there was basically no problem.
Everyone in the lord's mansion has been assigned their own tasks, especially Fang Shisan may have to go to the front line a few days after he comes back.
Listening to He Yue's analysis one by one, Yunyang's soft power is already higher than other surrounding territories, but its hard power still needs to be further strengthened. In particular, there is room for improvement in the number, training and equipment of the army. Considering that the Tiancheng Territory will be crusade soon, Yunyang needs to enter the state of preparation in advance.
At the end of the meeting, Fang Shisan raised his hand and asked He Yue a question.
This is the question everyone wants to know:
"Master Shoufu, the frontline army and I have always wanted to know one thing. To you, what does it mean to conquer the Tiancheng Territory?"
Fang Shisan folded his hands together, put them on his lap, and added in a gentle tone:
"Our soldiers stationed on the eastern defense line also heard some news from within Tiancheng. Under the long-term turmoil, those who survived could no longer be called human beings. They didn't have the courage to resist the nobles, but drew their knives at the weaker people. People, mutilating their own compatriots, biting each other like vicious dogs. Although I am in favor of the Eastern Expedition, I want to know how we will treat those natural people in the end."
Fang Shisan was not opposed to attacking Tian Cheng, this could be seen from her performance during the meeting.
Because from a strategic point of view, once Tian Cheng fell into the hands of others, it would be tantamount to locking Yunyang's main way to enter the Central Plains.
But because there were some past events between He Yue and Tian Cheng, Fang Shisan simply asked this question first. Otherwise, it won't be long before there will probably be rumors that He Yue's strategy for the Eastern Expedition is actually a public revenge. This kind of rumor has no effect at first, but if the Eastern Expedition falls into a stalemate in the future, all the pressure will be on He Yue's head.
He Yue froze for a moment, then took out the chalk she had just put away, wrote a number on the blackboard, and said:
"My consideration is actually very simple. On the one hand, only Tiancheng can fight around us; on the other hand, from the perspective of internal affairs, there is a potential hidden danger in Yunyang—underpopulation. According to the latest statistical data, Yunyang's The resident population is only about 2 million. The main reason is that during the civil strife not long ago, the other Yunyang princes exhausted their manpower, resulting in a large number of casualties and fleeing. killed a lot of people."
He Yue let out a breath, and the other party Thirteen said:
"So some time ago, I opened the border between Yunyang and Tiancheng, allowing Tiancheng's people to come over. I originally wanted to absorb more people, but I didn't expect that it would harm our people instead. After that, I discussed with the lord, and the current To them, we are just a neighbor, maybe a neighbor who is easy to bully, and only by knocking down Tiancheng Territory, can we carry out a round of cleansing for them."
Fang Shisan's tone was still very gentle:
"Then... how many people are there in Tiancheng Territory?"
He Yue shook her head:
"I don't know now. Lord Tiancheng probably hasn't counted for a long time. When I was still in Tiancheng Territory five years ago, I did the last census. At that time, there were about 3.7 million people. The area of Tiancheng Territory is about only our cloud One of the reasons for the poverty is the large number of people and the lack of farmland. Considering the loss in the past five years, I estimate that their current population is about the same as ours, which is about 2 million people."
Although the number of people is about the same, Tiancheng does not have as many fields as Yunyang. If Tiancheng's territory is won, the excess population can be moved to Yunyang, and then some factories and farms can be built in Tiancheng.
Fang Shisan was slightly taken aback when he heard the number reported by He Yue.
In five years, 1.7 million people died, and this was under the circumstance that a large-scale war had not yet broken out. From this we can see what kind of internal chaos Tiancheng has become. On average, one out of every two people was silently "consumed" in order to satisfy the pleasures of the nobles, and ordinary people seemed to be no different from the cattle and sheep in the pasture.
Bai Huang patted the table angrily, and said indignantly:
"It's almost half dead, don't the royal family care? After all, they are also citizens of the Kingdom of Eternal Heaven. Could it be that they are really being killed and wiped out?"
He Yue raised the amount with her hand, and replied helplessly:
"The royal family can't control it... This is the end of the enfeoffment system."
Bai Huang clenched his fists tightly.
He Yue glanced at her, then asked Lide if there was anything to add.
Lide didn't talk much, he just stood up, looked around the people present, and said with a smile:
"In the past year, we won Yunyang, made allies, and obtained the qualifications to compete. From now on, we will also face a more complicated situation."
He paused and continued:
"In all fairness, if the world was a little better and there were more people who were human, we wouldn't have to be so tired. As long as we take care of our one-acre three-point land, we can live a happy life. But the problem is this world There is no way to live for kind people at all, and many people are doing the right thing, but what they gain is loneliness and pain.”
Lied paused again for a moment.
He raised his head, looked at the gray sky, and then at the people present.
His tone is relaxed, with an inherent confidence:
"So we are either changed by the world, or we have turned the world over again. It is a pity that we all think that Yunyang is taking the right path now, and we don't want to become like them. In this case, we should not put Treat yourself as a territory of the Eternal Heaven Kingdom, but turn the Eternal Heaven Kingdom into my Yunyang's thing. The meeting is over."
After speaking, Lid got up and went back to the room, and Alaya left with him.
The others also returned to their posts. After a short rest, Yunyang's war machine began to roar again.
After returning to the room, Li De wrote a letter to Xiao Hei. It was agreed with each other at the Potian meeting that Li De would deliver the steel and hand it over to the blacksmiths of West Qin and Nan Chu for forging. Now Lide intends to increase the supply of steel, please help them forge some common military equipment, try to make up for the lack of weapons and equipment.
At the same time, Lide also sent a letter to Lord Lingwu. Although he didn't know if that woman cared about the current situation of chocolate, Lid decided to briefly report to her. At the same time, Li De also asked if the Lord of Lingwu had any equipment that had been eliminated and was temporarily idle. Yunyang could consider buying a batch.
The best weapons and equipment cannot be obtained by buying them, but the equipment eliminated by Lingwu is definitely more than enough for Tiancheng.
After the two letters were sent, Lide breathed a sigh of relief, seeing that there was still plenty of time today, so he started teaching chocolate arithmetic problems.