Chapter 884

All the way, the Chinese also explored the route, and built a reliable supply base along the way. Not only did the ship have problems, but also they could go to the base to repair in time, but also they could get the necessary materials in time. The fleet steadily went from the rising sea (South 1 sea) to the Haixia (Bay, we all know), and then from the estuary of the Yangtze River to the inland river.

The fleet actually stopped at the mouth of the Yangtze River. The main reason is that there are too many ships in the fleet. Once they all flow into the Yangtze River, they will definitely block the waterway, which will not only cause great trouble, but also cause a lot of economic losses.

Both the Yangtze River and the big river (the Yellow River whose river has not turned yellow) can directly enter the inland waterway from the sea.

At present, the two rivers have been fully utilized by the Han people, especially the Yangtze River.

All the time, ships go to sea through the inland waterway of the Yangtze River. At the same time, ships continue to enter the inland waterway from the estuary. Every ship is loaded with goods. Once the river is blocked, it is really causing economic losses all the time. It's no joke to say hundreds of thousands every minute.

There was once a topic in the center, that is, to discuss whether to expand the estuary of the Yangtze River and rivers. The discussion was ended after only one opening. The reason is that there is no means to intercept the Yangtze River and rivers at all.

Manual diversion can be achieved, but the quantities will be extremely large... It is impossible to calculate the losses in which areas the river diversion will cause.

So? It's not impossible to expand the sea. No one can guarantee the consequences. No one wants to reproduce the scene of Dayu's flood control.

In fact, there is another way, that is, dig a channel in another place as large as you want. After the construction is completed, dig both sides inland, and a new river channel can be generated.

However, even if the latter method was thought of, no one put forward it. The main reason is that the benefits generated by the two sea ports are too great. Once the location of the sea port is changed, whoever proposes it should be hated by at least dozens or even millions of people.

Think about it for a moment. There are tens of millions of people who hate themselves. Even if their generation has not been retaliated for the hatred of so many people, what can future generations do?

Then again, the beneficiaries of the new sea port will be grateful, but it is easy for individuals to remember their hatred and their kindness will soon be forgotten. It is really not worth bearing such a big consequence!

"Is this the famous Yangtze River?" Julian looked at the crowded river with too many ships going in and out: "it's really a forest of sails, and the boards can form land!"

"It's better to start thousands of miles." Wang Menggen did not hide his pride: "you will soon see today's most prosperous port and the most populous city in the world."

No matter what Wang Meng said, he was also a Jiankang order. He still has great feelings for Jiankang and will pay special attention to the changes of Jiankang.

In Jiankang, there were once nearly two million residents in the city. After the Han army went south and the small imperial court perished, hundreds of thousands of residents fled the city first, and then hundreds of thousands were recorded and relocated. At one time, the resident population fell to only 600000.

After seven years of Yuanshuo, the settled population in Jiankang city increased steadily and slowly. It had recovered to 1.2 million before Wang Meng left office, and rapidly increased to 2.27 million in the eleventh year of Yuanshuo.

The sudden increase to 2.27 million will take into account the surrounding population, especially Jingkou.

Since Jingkou has been designated as the main Wharf at the mouth of the Yangtze River, it's exaggerated to say that it changes one day. However, when people go back after leaving for a year, they really can't recognize what they once knew. At least the periphery of the city they see is definitely not the periphery of the city in their impression.

"More... How much!?" Julian thought he must have heard wrong: "2.27 million?!"

Julian's expression is a drawing board that says "Watt, what are you doing?". According to the news he learned from Cicero, shouldn't Linzi be the most populous city in Han? It is said that there are more than 1.8 million residents.

Now, Wang Meng said that Jiankang's population reached 2.27 million. Then Julian thought carefully. How many cities in Han with a population of more than one million? It seems that there are four, of which Linzi is more than 1.8 million and Jiankang is 2.27 million. Combined, the two have a population of more than 4 million, almost one fifth of the total population of Rome?

By the way, in fact, even the Romans do not know their total population. They have always only counted the number of citizens (including relatives and citizens of their ancestors), not civilians, slaves and vassal races.

According to the current calculation of the Romans, the official population of Rome should be about 20 million, but according to the statistics of European scholars, the population of Rome was considered to be at least 180 million in the fourth century.

Considering that the history recorded by Zhuxia is true, romance becomes a myth, and the history recorded by Europa is regarded as true... To put it bluntly, the history of Zhuxia is far more reliable than that of Westerners, so the arguments of Europa scholars on history still ignore it.

"Take the liberty to ask..." keshias stared at Wang Meng: "can you reveal the approximate population figures of the Han Empire?"

Are you kidding? In this age when everything depends on both hands to work, how many people in a country can be disclosed casually!?

Even in the 19th century, how many people in a country need to be extremely confidential. Whoever spies will prove who is planning an invasion!

The population of a country not only represents the labor force, but also the guarantee of how many conscripts can be recruited when war breaks out. Can we spy casually?

Wang Meng glared at kesias very badly and almost drew his sword.

Julian "ha ha" smiled and quickly pulled the topic away to help keshias.

"Your Excellency is an envoy. Please pay attention to your words." Wang Meng smiled: "otherwise... It will be misunderstood."

Keshias kept apologizing with an ugly smile.

The current population of the Han Dynasty, including infants at the age of one year, is 25.277.629, but minors account for more than 8 million.

With the progress of encouraging fertility, the population of Han will continue to increase in an explosive way. I dare not say that there are more than 500000 new babies every year.

The census does not include slaves. The number of official and private slaves recorded in the Han state has reached an exaggerated 12.27 million.

Not a fraction, but the supplement and loss of slaves are changing all the time.

The main reason is that the number of foreign countries and ethnic groups around the Han country is really too small. However, with the A3 continent and the African continent, I believe that the number of slaves will increase every year. Maybe in three or five years, the number of slaves should break through the 50 million mark.

Of the 12.27 million slaves, the Three Kingdoms of the peninsula contributed nearly 3 million, the grassland contributed 1.2 million, Nanyang and Indochina contributed 4 million, and the rest were the contributions of the western regions and the a'san continent.

Julian and keshias looked at each other quietly. Wang Meng's reaction was big, but they didn't study it deeply. It was worth their relief.

According to the inference of Rome and sassanne, the population of the Han country should be about 50 million. That's their inference from the number of Han troops they know. There is not so much population in the Han country at all.

"The Han Empire can really pull out millions of troops." Keshias saw that the king was far enough away and lowered his voice: "it's still an army that can be fully armed."

Kexiyas told us about the data he knew. For example, nearly 300000 troops (land and Navy) were expedited to the A3 continent, nearly 200000 troops were collected from the western regions, and 200000 troops were also collected from the northeast and North (not so much). Why should there be more than 200000 troops stationed in China?

In fact, kexiyas didn't know that the Han people who survived the chaos were mainly young and strong, and most of them were men!

"The Han Empire got nearly 30 million people from the Gupta dynasty!" Julian was breaking his finger: "there are 30 million Gupta people. The countries that are about to be destroyed by the Han people should also have nearly 10 million people. Then there are so many colonies in the Han Empire..."

Is there a colony now? Really. The Romans always regarded the territory of the vassal race as a colony, a place where goods were dumped and plundered at will.

"Even if the Han Empire has a small population, it makes no difference to us." Keshias could not forget the terrible picture he saw in the decisive battle on the plain: "they have mastered the weapons and gunpowder of the gods!"

Recently, the friendship between Julian and keshias has been warming up again and again. They want to promote the reconciliation between the Romans and Persians to all the Romans and Persians, and happily paddle the Twin Oars of the friendship boat together.

"After arriving in Chang'an, no matter who of us has the chance..." Julian found that Wang Meng came over without deliberately lowering his voice: "when you meet the emperor of Han, you must put forward that matter."

Last time, although Julian felt a little late, he still found that Wang Meng heard his conversation with kesias.

Julian was very careful to test how much Wang Meng heard. Although he was not so sure, he guessed that Wang Meng only heard one tail.

"Uh huh!" According to the records of the Han people in Persian history, kesias has his own view: "the emperor of the Han Dynasty should be very happy."

Now they are facing a very serious problem, that is, they don't know what domestic will think of their ideas.

After all, the two countries (nations) have been the absolute overlords of each region for thousands of years. In history, no matter how difficult the times are, they have never been anyone's younger brother. Before the Han people showed malice, the two countries have not lost to the Han Army on the battlefield. Who is not a little proud until the moment of national subjugation and extinction?