"Wang Zheng, little sister, eat some food, eat some food quickly. It's a rare opportunity for you to come back, so eat more."

Luo Wu picked up two palm-thick slices of bacon and put them into the bowls of Wang Zheng and Luo Xiaomei respectively.

This is bacon that has been marinated with spices and salt and then smoked. After being roasted and washed, it can be directly cooked and cut into pieces and eaten. It is very fragrant, but a piece of more than half a pound is enough for an average person to feel full after eating it.

There was a big table. Starting with Wang Zheng, there were six boys aged thirteen to five. Starting with Luo Xiaomei, there were five girls aged sixteen to three. They were all Luo Wu's children, three of whom had the same mother as Luo Xiaomei.

Wang Zheng passed the meat in the bowl to a boy named Luo Can next to him. The boy happily took a bite of the bacon and said incoherently, "Thank you, brother-in-law."

"You're welcome."

Wang Zheng stretched his chopsticks towards a plate of fried bacon with garlic sprouts, picked up two garlic heads and a small piece of bacon and put them into the bowl, and said to Luo Wu with a smile: "There shouldn't be a shortage of food and drink at home, why do my brothers and sisters seem to be so greedy?"

It's a bit uncomfortable to continue maintaining it, after all, resources are limited.

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The Jiangnan that Wang Zheng and others mentioned is not the Jiangnan in a broad sense, but only the area south of Yuzhou. The Ba people were originally scattered on both sides of the Yu River and the Yangtze River.

If it were in the past, it would have long ago invited various attacks from the Central Plains. After all, a tribe that could muster an army of nearly 100,000, and located in the heartland of the Tang Dynasty, was something that the Central Plains dynasty would never allow.

Wang Zheng sat beside the table, tapping it lightly, pondering for a while, and said with a smile: "This should be considered a difficult problem that His Majesty has given me.

Wu Zheng smiled and said, "Old Luo and the elders of the Ba people don't want the Ba people's disciples to go out, and there is nothing I can do about it. However, in the past two years, they have loosened up a bit, and some people have begun to move back to Jiangnan."

Wang Zheng nodded. "That's good. Many of them originally came from Jiangnan. Now they should be able to settle down quickly if they move back."

The population of the Tang Dynasty was so small that it was not yet at the point where family planning could be implemented, nor did it have the conditions. Therefore, migration outward naturally became the best option and the only option.

After lunch, Luo Wu arranged a room for Wang Zheng to take a nap. After returning to the room, Luo Xiaomei said to Wang Zheng, "Dad seems to be asking you for money. Don't bother with him. In recent years, he seems to have really regarded himself as the chief of the Ba people."

Luo Wu said with some embarrassment: "They all have families and businesses, I'm afraid no one is willing to move away. Besides, many of them have only been here for a short time. Moving again will not only be troublesome, but the family assets may not be able to support it."

Doing so will not only help manage the border areas well, but will also dash the hopes of many people who want to raise children to provide for them in their old age. Gradually, these people will naturally become less obsessed with offspring, and the population will be controlled to a certain extent in disguise.

Wang Zheng persuaded them and then said, "If the land supply is really tight, then we can go to the borderland or Nanzhao, which is also a good choice. The climate and terrain there are not much different from here, so it should be easy to adapt to."

Luo Wu went on to say with some worry, "In recent years, there have been many children in the homes of the Ba people. Each of them is like a bottomless pit. I don't know how much food they take up every year. Now the land seems to be a little tight.

Originally, I thought that as long as the Ba people were enlightened through education, they would leave the Daba Mountains and completely integrate into the Tang Dynasty. Now it seems that although there have been some results, it is still far from what I expected.

"Then have fewer children."

Luo Wu also understood that he couldn't do much with the limited power in his hands. He was now in a dilemma. If he dismissed them, he would be reluctant to do so. How glorious it would be to be the patriarch?

Last year we bought some staple food from Yuzhou, and we will have to buy some more this year depending on the situation. If food wasn’t cheap now, things would be a bit troublesome.”

On the contrary, it was my father-in-law who had lost himself a little bit. It was true that it was easy to lose oneself with hundreds of thousands of Ba people in his hands. I don’t know what Wu Zheng was thinking, and he actually let the situation develop like this. "

However, Li Zhi was not too worried. After all, Wang Zheng used to have a million soldiers under his command, but Li Zhi was able to endure it. A mere 100,000 untrained soldiers were not taken seriously by Li Zhi.

"Of course, we have no shortage of regular meat, but we don't eat this kind of good stuff with spices very often. There are many people in my family, and these guys can eat a lot every day. It's not easy to feed them."

In fact, as long as the reproduction rate is slowed down a bit, if a couple has three or four children, the pressure on the country will not be so great.

Wang Zheng shook his head and explained, "There is no need to relocate the whole family. Just move out the half-grown children over 16 or 17 years old, or newlyweds. There will be some free space. When they go out, put down roots, and have a good life, more people will naturally move out."

Under the current circumstances, it is not difficult for a couple to raise ten or eight children in their lifetime. If they do not move out one after another, there will never be enough land.

Wu Zheng came over in the evening. After a good meal and a few drinks, Wang Zheng asked him directly, "The population here has exceeded the warning line, but not many people go to the borderland. What do you think?"

Wang Zheng pondered for a moment, then continued, "South of Jiangnan is Nanzhao. You might as well contact Ping An and the others to see if you can arrange for people to go directly to Nanzhao. If possible, prepare for continuous migration."

Wu Zheng nodded and said, "That's no problem, but Nanzhao is mostly primitive jungle with many snakes and insects, plus there are ravines everywhere, so it's very difficult to develop. It's OK for Junior Brother Ping'an and his team to take it slow, but if they increase the migration efforts, we may not be able to cope with it."

Wang Zheng pondered for a moment and said, "It doesn't matter. I'll ask Yuzhou Huangzhuang to support you. As long as the craftsmen and doctors can keep up, the other issue is just a matter of money. I think His Majesty will support you in this regard. You don't have to worry about it."

Wu Zheng nodded and said, "That's no problem. As long as Junior Brother Ping An responds, I will naturally cooperate. Don't worry, sir."

Wang Zheng nodded, and then chatted with Wu Zheng about some specific conditions here.