Sweep the World

All the way to the sky, the Han people also figured out the route, and built a very reliable supply base along the way. Not only can ships go to the base to repair problems in time, but also get the necessary supplies in time, and the fleet is stable and stable. From the sea (the South 1 Sea) to the strait (the gulf, all understand), and then enter the inland river from the mouth of the Yangtze River.

The fleet actually stopped at the estuary of the Yangtze River. The main reason was that there were too many ships in the fleet. Once all of them poured into the Yangtze River, it would definitely block the waterways, which would not only cause great troubles, but also a lot of economic losses. .

Both the Yangtze River and the Big River (the Yellow River whose water has not turned yellow) can directly enter the inland waterway from the sea.

The two rivers have been fully utilized by the Han people, especially the Yangtze River most frequently.

Ships go to sea through the inland waterways of the Yangtze River at all times, and at the same time, ships continue to enter the inland waterways from the estuary. Every ship is loaded with cargo. Once the river is blocked, economic losses are really incurred every moment. It is not a joke to say hundreds of thousands of dollars every minute.

The central hub once had an issue about whether it was possible to expand the outlets of the Yangtze River and the Dahe River. The discussion was ended after only one opening. The reason is that there is no means to intercept the Yangtze River and the Dahe River at all.

Manual diversion can be done, but the amount of work will be extremely huge...large. It is impossible to figure out how much loss the river diversion will cause in which areas.

so? Expansion of the outlet to the sea is not impossible. No one can guarantee what the consequences will be. No one wants to reproduce the scene of Dayu's control of the water.

In fact, there is another way, which is to dig a channel in another place, and dig as much as you want. After the construction is completed, the two sides can be dug through from the inland, and a new river can be produced.

However, no one proposed the latter method even if it was thought of. The main reason is that the benefits generated by the current two estuary are too great. Once the location of the estuary is changed, whoever proposes it should be at least tens or even millions. People remember it.

Think about it for a moment. There are dozens of millions of people who hate themselves deeply. Even if their generation hasn't suffered any revenge for the hatred of so many people, how can the future generations be treated?

Furthermore, the beneficiary groups in the new estuary will be grateful, but individuals will easily remember hatred and will soon forget the kindness. It is really not worthwhile to bear such big consequences!

"Is this the famous Yangtze River?" Julian watched the extremely crowded river surface with too many boats coming in and out: "Sure enough, the sails are like forests, and the boat plates can form land!"

"It's like this for thousands of miles." Wang Meng didn't hide his pride at all. "You will soon see the most prosperous port today, the most populous city in the world."

Wang Meng was a Jiankang Order no matter how he said, and he still had a lot of affection for Jiankang, and he would pay special attention to Jiankang's changes.

In the past Jiankang, the residents of the city were close to two million. After the Han army went south and the small imperial court was destroyed, the residents of the city fled hundreds of thousands, and were later relocated by hundreds of thousands. The population of residents once dropped to just Under six hundred thousand.

Seven years after Yuanshuo, the settled population in Jiankang's city rose again steadily and slowly. It had recovered to 1.2 million before Wang Meng resigned, and it had rapidly increased to 2.27 million in the eleventh year of Yuanshuo. .

The sudden increase to 2.27 million is to include the surrounding population, especially the Jingkou side who has contributed the most.

Since Jingkou was designated as the main pier of the Yangtze River estuary, it is an exaggeration to say that one day has changed, but if people leave for a year and then go back, they will really not recognize what they once knew. At least the outskirts of the city are absolutely Not the outskirts of the city in my mind.

"Much...how much!?" Julian felt that he must have heard it wrong: "2.27 million?!"

Julian's expression is just a drawing board with "Watt ah yo what's going on". What he learned from Cicero, shouldn't the most populous city in Han be a city called Linzi? It is said that there are more than 1.8 million residents.

Now, Wang Meng said that Jiankang’s population has reached 2.27 million, so Julian thought about it carefully, how many cities have a population of more than one million in Han? It seems that there are four. Among them, Linzi is more than 1.8 million and Jiankang is 2.27 million. The two together have a population of more than 4 million, which is about one-fifth of the total population of Rome?

By the way, even the Romans don't even know their total population now. They have always been counted as citizens (including relatives and citizens who had ancestors), not civilians, slaves, and vassal races.

According to the current calculations of the Romans, the official population of Rome should be about 20 million, but according to the statistics of Europa scholars in the fourth century AD, the population of Rome is considered to be at least 180 million.

Taking into account that Zhu Xia’s record of history is true and the myth becomes a myth, while Europa’s record of history is that myth is regarded as true.... To put it bluntly, Zhu Xia’s history is far more reliable than that of Westerners. Europa scholars’ arguments on history should be ignored. .

"You take the liberty to ask..." Kexias stared at Wang Meng, "Can you reveal the approximate population of the Han Empire?"

What kind of joke, in this age of relying on both hands to work, how can a country's population be revealed casually! ?

Even in the 19th century AD, the number of people in a country needs to be extremely confidential. Whoever snoops will prove who is planning an invasion!

The population of a country not only represents the labor force, but also the guarantee of how many soldiers can be recruited when a war breaks out. Can it be spied casually?

Wang Meng glared at Xiasi very badly, and almost drew his sword.

Julian laughed "hehehe", and quickly pulled the topic away and made a relief for Xias.

"Your Excellency is an envoy, please pay attention to your words." Wang Meng smiled on his face: "Otherwise... but it would be misleading."

Xias kept apologizing with an ugly smile.

The current population of Han is 25,277,629, including babies who are one year old, but minors account for more than 8 million.

With the promotion of childbirth, the population of Han will continue to increase in an explosive manner. I dare not say that there are millions of new babies every year. There will always be more than 500,000.

The census does not count slaves. The number of official and private slaves recorded in Han is now an exaggerated 12.27 million.

Not a fraction, it is the supplement and loss of slaves that are changing all the time.

The main reason is that the number of foreign countries and races around Han is really too small, but with the three continents, the African continent has also been discovered. It is believed that the number of slaves will increase every year, maybe in another three to five years, slaves The number should exceed the 50 million mark.

12.27 million slaves, the three countries of the peninsula contributed nearly three million, the grasslands contributed 1.2 million, the South China Sea and the Indochina Peninsula contributed four million, and the rest was contributed by the Western Regions and the three continents. .

Julian and Xiasi glanced at each other quietly, Wang Meng's reaction was a little big but not thorough, and it was worthy of their relief.

According to Roman and Sassanian deductions, the population of Han should be about 50 million. That is their inference from the number of Han troops they know. No one knows that Han has such a large population at all.

"The Han Empire can really pull out a million troops." Seeing that Wang Meng was far enough away, Kexias lowered his voice: "It's still an army that can be fully armed."

Xias talked about the data he knows. For example, nearly 300,000 (Army and Navy) expeditions to the three continents, nearly 200,000 to conquer the Western Regions, and the combined northeast and north is also 200,000 (not so many). ), why should there be more than 200,000 garrisons in the country, right?

In fact, how did Xias know that the Han people who have gone through the chaos are mainly young and strong, and most of them are men!

"The Han Empire has gained nearly 30 million people from the Gupta dynasty!" Julian was breaking his fingers: "There were 30 million Gupta, and those countries that were about to be wiped out by the Han should also have nearly 10 million people. Then the Han Empire There are so many colonies..."

Now there is the term colony? It really does. The Romans always regarded the territory of the vassal race as a colony, a place where goods were dumped and plundered at will.

"Even if the population of the Han Empire is not large, it is no different to us." Xias could not forget the horror picture he saw with his own eyes in the battle of the plains: "They have mastered the weapons of the gods, gunpowder!"

In recent days, the friendship between Julian and Xias has been heating up again and again. They want to start the reconciliation between the Romans and the Persians from the two of them~www.wuxiamtl.com~ and extend it to all the Romans and Persians. Rowing the sculls of the friendship boat happily together.

"After arriving in Chang'an, no matter who among us has the opportunity..." Julian found Wang Meng walking by, and did not deliberately lower his voice: "When you meet the Emperor of Han, you must raise that matter."

Last time, even though Julian felt it was late, he still found that Wang Meng had heard his conversation with Xias.

Afterwards, Julian carefully tested how much Wang Meng heard. Although he was not so sure, he guessed that Wang Meng only heard one tail.

"Yeah!" According to the records of the Han people in Persian history, Xias had his own opinion: "The emperor of Han should be very happy."

Now they are facing a very serious problem, that is, they don't know what the domestic thoughts of their ideas are.

After all, the two countries (nations) have been the absolute hegemons of each region for thousands of years. No matter how difficult the history is, they have never been anyone’s younger brother. Before the Han people showed their malice, the two countries also Did not lose to the Han army on the battlefield, before the moment of subjugation and extinction, who has no little pride?