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Chapter 1549

A Northern Luzon County could no longer meet the needs of the imperial merchants who had made a fortune. It has gradually formed a plantation class. It has repeatedly yelled at the meetings of the Citizens and Senate that the empire should further loosen the land of Zhongnan and Myanmar County. It should not only accelerate the infrastructure construction of Zhongnan and Myanmar County, and promote the export of agricultural products by these two counties with closed traffic to improve transportation, but also introduce more measures to encourage the development of cash crop planting in these areas, such as reducing the tax rate of the slave trade and encouraging slave owners to sell slaves to these areas. Of course, this has been firmly resisted by anti-slaveists, but this shows the desire of planters in these areas.

Now a land that is several times larger than that of Northern Luzon, Central South County and Myanmar County will appear in front of you, and the natural conditions there may be better than these places. Except that it is far from the empire's land, all other conditions are met. How can you not seize such an opportunity? The only obstacle is the damn "Interim Regulations on the Management of the Empire". As long as this shackle can be untied, the rich new continent will open its heart full of gold coins to everyone.

"Wufeng, I heard you are interested in opening up the land of the empire in the inland land of the New World?" When the breathing gradually calmed down, the jade man's soft little hand gently stroked Wufeng's naked chest. Wufeng's eyes flashed in the darkness. He did not expect that even Situ Yutang would ask this question. He had already noticed that he seemed to be impulsive on this question during his lunch break at the three Shi family's daughters. Now Situ Yutang's inquiry proves this question. When he was admiring Yao Lian's piano skills in the afternoon, Situ Yuzhen also asked himself indirectly. It seemed that this was extremely storm, and the New World really touched the hearts of many people.

"Yutang, the land of the New World has always been open to the people of the Empire. The Empire has long issued policies to encourage immigration to the New World. The Empire even gave passenger transport companies that opened New World routes to encourage the smooth flow of this route. Is there anything wrong with this?" Wufeng didn't want to pretend to be crazy and said with a sigh: "If you ask what I said at the State Council this morning, I can also answer you clearly. Yes, I intend to change the current New World land policy."

At this time, Situ Yutang didn't care that she was too explicit. The family forces behind her and their allies were about to get angry about this issue. She needed an accurate answer to this question, "Are you planning to adopt the policy in Northern Luzon and Zhongnan County?"

"Well, I have this idea. I plan to do this within the sphere of influence that the empire is currently under control. If civil forces can continue to land outside the sphere of influence with their own strength, I plan to give them better policies. The empire will also promise to protect the security of their land beyond the sphere of influence that is controlled by the empire. Of course, those lands will also belong to the territory of the empire. However, there must be a boundary. Lands that have been classified as sphere of influence by other countries need to be confirmed by the imperial diplomatic department." Wufeng's fingers played with Situ Yutang's smooth body, and it was still so delicate and tender, just like water. As before, there was almost no change. Although there was no less passion, the warmth accumulated from the marriage seemed to have taken root.

"Oh, do you think this policy is too radical?" Situ Yutang asked softly after a long silence.

He was stunned for a moment. Wufeng did not expect Situ Yutang to ask such a question. Is he worried that the adjustment of the empire policy would be too large and he would be adjusted back later, or is it true...? After a long time, Wufeng was convinced of the true meaning of the other party's words. The flowing eyes in the dark night made Wufeng feel a little warm. He was used to thinking about problems alone, and this time the other party gave him a surprise.

"No, the situation is imminent. I think maybe the monarchs of the countries in the Western Continent may give them better policies for adventurers and merchants in China. We cannot fall behind. Although we have certain advantages now, if we want to transform these advantages into victory, we cannot relax at all. Even if some of the benefits of the empire are obtained by merchants, after all, it is still in the empire and is always better than being taken by those people in the Western Continent? I just hope to use sufficiently generous policies to attract the power of the people. This is my starting point." Wufeng stroked Situ Yutang's smooth hair, and the palace bun was a little loose after a while of clouds and rain. The hair net passed down from the Western Continent played a good protective role.

703 was undoubtedly a passionate year for the empire. The entire empire was like a huge construction site and was tossing wildly. The start of the two canals digested prisoners of war from the Japanese land and Maqihan, so that after the dredging project to rectify the Fanjiang River channel was started, there was no extra free labor. The Ministry of Agriculture and Water Resources had to recruit migrant workers from all over the country to carry out this project, which made Minister of Agriculture and Water Resources Zhan Huacai extremely depressed.

However, all this is far from the power of the Empire on the New World. In August 703, the Latin Fleet was officially established in the Port of Sabana in the New World. The Port of Sabana became the main port of the Imperial Latin Fleet, and Mangadishu and Abusa also became the other two ports stationed in the Fleet. The three main battleships from the South China Sea Fleet and the two-handed main battleships of the East China Sea Fleet formed the main ships of the Latin Fleet. At the same time, various types of ships from the Yuhang Shipyard and the South China Sea Shipyard also entered the New World continuously and formed the Latin Fleet in the shortest time.

On December 27, 703, this is a memorable day. The Navy's large-scale exploration and mapping ship "Chickenburg" bypassed Cape Solomon and Cape Hope at the southern end of the New World and entered the Southern Storm Ocean, marking that the Imperial Navy finally completed the survey of the southernmost end of the New World. On January 18, 704, the "Chickenburg" arrived at the Port of Hoodma under the leadership of Captain Dress to receive supplies. This is the southernmost colonial point of the Leeds Kingdom on the New World, which also marks that traveling around the New World is no longer a legend. On March 29, 704, the "Chickenburg" arrived at the Port of Gellyub and completed its legendary tour of the New World, which is forever recorded in history.

The sailing of the "Chirubo" almost touched the hearts of all the senior officials of the empire. Perhaps it was because of the Tang Empire's aggressive offensive on the New World. The three maritime powers of the Leeds Kingdom, the Famini Empire, and the Barolz Kingdom abandoned their past grudges and joined forces to make efforts on the New World. The Leeds Kingdom was exploring south along the west coast of the New World. The Barolz Kingdom tried its best to search the middle of the Storm Ocean while advancing towards the mainland. The Madei Islands and the Galapagos Islands became the objects of the Barolz Kingdom. The Famini Empire focused on exploring the hinterland of the mainland and constantly approaching the Great Lakes area.

The actions of the powerful people in the Western Continent also made the empire's senior officials notice the crisis's gradual approach. Although the empire has tried its best to expand into the new continent, the new continent is too far away from the empire and the time is too short. Although the empire's newly introduced policies have set off a frenzy of land purchase and immigration in the empire, facing the infiltration of the powerful people in the Western Continent, everyone understands that that day will come sooner or later.

Everyone admired the decision made by His Majesty the Emperor a year ago. It was His Majesty who fought against the opposition to forcibly determine the land policy of the New World. The extremely generous policy made the land ownership certificate jointly issued by the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Commerce of the Empire and the Ministry of Commerce robbed and emptied within a month. These blank ownership certificates were directly issued to merchants willing to expand on the New World. They could directly fill in all land outside the sphere of influence that the Empire had established and within thirty miles along the coastline. The Imperial army would protect their property rights, provided that they must have enough personnel to confirm their control, and the land that each person can control is limited to 80 hectares as the maximum limit.

As a result, the poor farmers and slaves of the empire became the most popular prey. As long as you get dozens of people to go to the new continent, you can immediately become a landlord with thousands of hectares of land, and it is a fertile land that can grow a variety of cash crops. Farmers with a little assets are more willing to find a living on land that is already under the control of the empire. After all, there are not many risks there. If you pay a small registration fee, each person can get more than fifty acres of land. The land outside the sphere of influence of the empire is the best place for wealthy families and adventurers to explore and compete.

Sikkim Port immediately became the most lively port, and Western Samoa also flourished. Thousands of immigrants who wanted to immigrate to the New World were crowded into these two places, waiting to board the cabin to go to the New World, and to open a shipping company from Sikkim Port and Western Samoa to Mangadishu. Asab's shipping company quickly changed from two to thirteen, but it still could not meet the needs. At its peak, there were as many as tens of thousands of immigrants who poured into Sikkim City every day. Countless ships sent them from East Samoa, Moro, Yuhang, and Quanzhou to put them down, and then returned to the next group of hopeless people.
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