The original intention of conquering the new land was to eliminate the constraints of the major families on the royal power. How could Zhao Ji allow such a thing to happen?
Moreover, the large-scale loss of people from Zhao's homeland will definitely lead to a decline in the royal family and clan's control over their homeland.
Zhao Ying wanted to eat the big cake made by the royal family in one bite.
In order to have a piece of this cake, the overall interests of the royal family were ignored.
This Zhao Ying!
Damn it!
Ying Wuji didn't think he was a bloodthirsty person, but he was still very angry with Zhao Ying.
Zhao Ji narrowed his eyes and said, "If it were you, would you kill him?"
"Kill! Must kill!"
Ying Wuji cursed: "Damn it! This old thing is simply a cancer of the Zhao family! Last time, the tomb was barely protecting the interests of the royal family, but this time it has no shame at all."
Zhao Ji asked again: "How to kill?"
Ying Wuji grinned: "This..."
Zhao Ying had a very high prestige among the royal family, otherwise it would not have been his two sons who took the punishment on his behalf last time.
It is indeed difficult to kill him.
Zhao Ji shook his head, skipped this matter directly, and asked another question: "According to your estimation, how many households are needed to make full use of the new land?"
Ying Wuji thought for a moment and replied, "If there were no new farm tools and only the farmers were counted, there would be at least 300,000 households!"
Three hundred thousand households!
With an average of seven people per household, that's 2.1 million people.
Zhao Ji frowned, this number was similar to his estimate.
But now, the people of Wei and Han turned a deaf ear to the order to relocate. Let alone 300,000 households, there are not even 300 households now!
He stared at Ying Wuji with burning eyes: "What if there are new farm tools?"
He knows it very well.
Since the preparations for the reform began, Ying Wuji has been in touch with the Mohist Guild and has been researching new farm tools.
It’s just that Zhao Ji has never paid special attention to it.
Because in his eyes, as long as iron farm tools can be popularized, productivity will be greatly improved. His figure of 300,000 households was calculated based on the performance of iron farm tools in the past. It seemed unnecessary to do anything fancy.
But now, the effect of the relocation order is not optimistic.
Zhao Ying suddenly caused trouble again.
He now urgently needed to find out the true efficiency of the new farm tools.
Ying Wuji pursed his lips and spread out his two palms: "If there are new farm tools, 100,000 households will be enough!"
"What!"
Zhao Ji's eyes lit up in shock: "Are you serious?"
One person plowing the land of three people, isn’t this too exaggerated?
Ying Wuji smiled and said, "One hundred thousand households is still a conservative number. If the aging population of the people who move there is not that serious, eighty thousand households will be enough!"
"hiss……"
Zhao Ji took a deep breath. If it weren't for the fact that his son-in-law was always prudent in his work, he would have even been thinking about sentencing him to the crime of deceiving the emperor.
The new land is so vast, yet they claim that only 100,000 households can cultivate it?
Ying Wuji grinned: "But I still suggest that we have more people. With the policies in place in the new land, it is very likely that a group of cultivators will emerge and become a source of soldiers. If we take them out of the agricultural population, the pressure of farming will still be a bit great."
Zhao Ji rolled his eyes at him.
This kid just talks nonsense.
If so many people could be mobilized, Zhao Ji would like to move everyone to the new land while ensuring the stability of the Zhao family's homeland.
But the problem is that under the current circumstances, it is already quite difficult to gather enough people for farming.
You suggest more people.
Is your suggestion useful?
However, the number of "100,000 households" really made Zhao Ji breathe a sigh of relief.
When Zhao Ning comes back, he plans to use violence to create a gap between Wei and Han. Although this will challenge the bottom line of both the Wei and Han families, he will not be able to achieve his goal without a challenge.
The pressures faced by 300,000 households and 100,000 households are simply not on the same level!
It just seems so now.
Before violently tearing the hole open, there is probably one more thing to do.
That is to eliminate the little tricks of this old man Zhao Ying.
Although Zhao Ji looked down on Zhao Ying's character, it was undeniable that this old man was not stupid. He had calculated that the reform was imminent and he would not make things too difficult for him, so he made trouble on the tomb plate.
This time it has undoubtedly touched the bottom line.
But this old man must have a backup plan, and it might be quite despicable.
There will probably be a big battle at tomorrow's court meeting.
Zhao Ji's face looked a little gloomy, but after thinking about it, he realized that it was all tomorrow's matter.
And I should be able to handle it, so I won’t make things difficult for this unfortunate son-in-law!
He stood up and patted Ying Wuji's shoulder with great satisfaction: "Well done! I will find a way to get these 100,000 households for Xindi. By the way, Xiao Lizi just said that you brought a cart of gifts, show it to me!"
"Hey! All right!"
Ying Wuji responded with a smile, but his eyes unconsciously glanced towards the back of the palace.
Zhao Ji knew what he was thinking, so he clapped his hands: "Let them all in!"
"yes!"
The accompanying eunuch responded and hurried to the back of the hall.
After a while, a dozen gorgeously dressed and beautiful women entered the hall together.
Among them, most of them are princesses of Zhao Ji.
I have to say that the genes of this handsome old man Zhao Ji are still very strong, and all of his princesses are very beautiful.
It is because of being kept in captivity for such a long time that she does not have the high and mighty feeling that one would expect from a royal woman. Instead, she has a more delicate and pretty feeling.
When the princesses arrived, their eyes fell on Ying Wuji. Each one of them was more curious than the other, and they couldn't help whispering to each other.
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