As for Lin Hai, any area that is not under the effective jurisdiction of another court and borders him should be considered his. Well, at least this should be done when expanding the territory in the early stage of the map, so that it will be convenient for future claims.
Lin Hai ignored the bewildered crowd and spoke directly, "We must seize the opportunity now, while peace still reigns among nations, military expansion is restrained, and the channels for purchasing grain are relatively open, to expand the area under our effective jurisdiction. The first step is to wipe out the bandits south of Qinghe County and up to Mengyang, freeing the population from the mountains and old forests and restoring production and life in these areas."
Well, now everyone is relieved. At least Lin Hai didn't shout out that he wanted to seize the territory of any big country. It seems that he is not seriously crazy.
"As for our legal basis, don't worry." Lin Hai pulled out the land reclamation certificate issued by the Ministry of Revenue from his pocket and said, "Everyone can take a closer look. The Ministry of Revenue's original statement is that the land reclamation and development will be based on the original Shangba County, and it must not conflict with other land reclamation sites or the borders of other countries."
At this point, Lin Hai smiled. Those officials from the Ministry of Revenue who had never been to the southwest would never know how many concessions they had made after accepting that little bit of silver. "South of Qinghe County, or even south of Qiongdu to the borders controlled by other countries, we are the only pioneering area. Therefore, there is no problem in assigning the above areas to Qinghe County."
"What if the Imperial Ministry of Revenue sends new people to open up new land further south?" Wang Liang asked a question that everyone wanted to ask.
Lin Hai stared into Wang Liang's eyes and smiled, "There are bandits in Qitian Village who kill without blinking an eye. It's normal for the pioneering area to be attacked by bandits."
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