Lina frowned and said, "If we start fighting now, the pressure below will be immense."
"They've already rested for more than half a year, how much longer do they want to rest? We are going to fight to sustain our war effort. In the hands of the plunderers, they may be worthless, but land is the most valuable thing." Qin Che stood with his hands behind his back, his expression indifferent.
During this period, he sent out many scouts to have the intelligence department investigate the situation in the western region.
The madmen are maintaining a perpetual war against the people of the South China Sea.
They couldn't spare the time to deal with the desert people.
Knowing that the east and north had fallen one after another, the southern district could not hold out for long and only sought peaceful coexistence.
But Qin Che would never admit to this.
We're determined to invade to the very end.
If you have no way out and want to negotiate, offer something tangible, and maybe I'll consider it.
Why should I talk to you if I don't bring anything?
Lina understood that Qin Che wanted land in the southern mountains.
There are many water sources there, with extensive tributaries, and a lot of plains. Although most of the area is still mountainous, the arable land area is definitely more than that of the new district.
If we can take it completely.
The cabinet won't say anything.
No matter how great the pressure from below, it can't compare to opening up a fertile land outside.
The ability to redistribute resources has also been developed.
Compression is also easy.
Much of the pressure on the cabinet stemmed from the fact that they had too many raider slaves in their hands.
These raiders are not easy to train.
Their culture is completely different from that of the desert people.
To change them at the cultural level, we must implement education and brainwashing.
Only when the culture gained a sense of identity could the emerging slave industry truly unleash its hidden vitality.
...
Two months later.
Qin Che, in the name of the military, declared war on the southern mountainous region.
The army entered the country and swept everything in its path.
The first and second mobile teams were all deployed to the battlefield to assist Li Xin in eliminating the psionicists.
There are no extraordinary individuals among the southern plunderers.
Shang Ke and Green Poison Forest were both killed.
They are already the strongest.
With the desert army deployed, the military has given a time limit; the war should be completely over in about two months.
Li Xin ordered that there should be no indiscriminate killing, and that the most efficient way to drive people away was to create a strong momentum. Later, Li Zhanhuo learned of this and reported it to Qin Che. Qin Che personally went to the battlefield command post and spoke with Li Xin alone, scolding him.
"Even if they're driven away, won't they just regroup somewhere else? Aren't they still here?"
Li Xin frowned and asked, "Then what else do you want?"
"Capturing them back as slaves is the best solution. The raiders have been living in the Garden of God for over a hundred years, severely impacting trade and the smooth flow of trade routes between the various regions. Only by eradicating this deep-seated problem can a new order be rebuilt from scratch."
"You let them all go. Let's see how you explain this to the cabinet."
Li Xin rolled his eyes: "I don't need to explain myself, but I feel that indiscriminate killing is unnecessary and does no good for the soldiers. Since the enemy has already surrendered, we should stop firing."
“You’re right, but we don’t have that prerequisite.” Qin Che sighed and patted his shoulder. “If we were fighting the South China Sea people, I wouldn’t stop you. Our cultures are inherited from the old world, and strictly speaking, we are the same kind of people, but the raiders are different.”
Li Xintian smiled wryly: "Yes, even in the military, there are many who hate plunderers."
"If you want to maintain a certain level of restraint, then don't go to the battlefield. Come back and rest."
"Okay." Li Xin did not refuse.
The removal of Li Xin from his post caused some discussion within the military, but it didn't last long before Qin Che suppressed it.
Letting those 'poor' plunderers go is not a bad thing, but Qin Che doesn't want to have it both ways.
They wanted to capture them and enslave them.
No matter where they are left, it's better to let the desert devour them; the old land is already undergoing industrial restructuring.
Countless sweatshops are being built, all of which require a workforce.
Let them linger on in sweat and heat.
The desert people cannot overcome this difficulty on their own; the raiders can help, but this will undoubtedly take a long time.
During this period, they can be gradually tamed.
Over time, people will unconsciously forget what their ancestors did.
First, there is social discipline; second, there is the domestication through slavery.
With Qin Che's pressure, the military's actions suddenly accelerated, sweeping through the southern mountainous areas before the winter snow arrived at the end of the year, and unifying them into the new district's administrative area.
Large numbers of prisoners of war were to be sent to the desert.
The same applies to plundering the people.
On the contrary, desert dwellers will continuously leave the desert and come to the mountains to participate in construction.
Qin Che returned to Tiger Leopard Peak, which had been renamed 'Leopard Court' three months prior. It was the secondary capital of Lingbi and the administrative center of the deputy ministerial office, and it was very prosperous.
After the first phase of the immigration policy, the second phase has just ended.
Millions of people live within the Leopard Court Territory.
The infrastructure has already expanded outwards, and this area has been leveled outwards.
They dug up several mountains, leveling a vast wasteland, and countless towns, fortresses, roads, and even canals were built around Leopard Court.
Although it is named 'Ting' (庭), it is actually considered a 'district' in the administrative planning.
The "district" within the new district, a district within a district.
There are naturally many people.
Qin Che plans to bring his entire cabinet team with him; a stronger administrative force will be more conducive to his rule.
Therefore, during the snowfall season, Savanyin, as the regent's wife, embarked on her first journey to the mountains.
She left some people in Lingbi, as the desert could not be left unmanaged, and entrusted these people to her elder brother, Sa Jingcheng, with the Glory Court in charge of assisting in the management of the cabinet affairs. All the documents were signed by the Regent himself, indicating that Qin Che had agreed.
Embark on the journey ahead,
Safanyin was quite nervous.
Having been separated from her husband for several years, Safanyin was finally able to see him again. She secretly vowed, with a sense of grievance, that she would never leave him again, even if he ordered her to.
This is so upsetting.
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