Lushun Peninsula, Li Family Army Lord Manor.
"My lord, after this period of time, there has been a continuous influx of people. In addition to the frontline troops in the Golden State and Fuzhou Guards, they have been rescuing the serfs enslaved by the Manchu Tartars. The population of our territory has already exceeded the 300,000 mark!”
An advisor reported to Li Shengbing excitedly.
The population broke through the 300,000 mark!
This was the total population of the territory, including the system population.
However, on this narrow Lushun Peninsula, it was extremely rare.
Moreover, most of these people were rescued from the hands of the Manchu Tartars.
The Han people controlled by the Manchu Tartars only had a population of a few million. The loss of 200,000 to 300,000 people was a huge blow to the Manchu army.
This was because these 200,000 to 300,000 people were all serfs of the Qing Dynasty.
Where did Manchu's productivity come from?
That was to exploit the Han serfs!
It could be said that the loss of 200,000 to 300,000 serfs made the problems of food and armaments, which were already difficult to be self-sufficient, even worse.
In the short term, it would not be obvious, but as time dragged on, they would realize that the Manchu Empire's losses would be disastrous!
Of course, it wasn't as if the Manchu Qing Dynasty didn't have a way to deal with it. They went south to plunder people from the Great Ming Dynasty, which was also a way to make up for it.
To Li Sheng, weakening the Qing Dynasty's war potential wasn't the most important thing.
Most importantly, if two to three hundred thousand people entered his territory, the strength of his territory would increase by too much!
Because the current industrial base of the territory was basically the state of craftsmanship, which consumed the most labor force.
The serfs rescued from the hands of the Manchu Dynasty were basically young and middle-aged laborers.
As for the old and the young?
There were very few serfs under the rule of the Manchu Dynasty!
The Manchu Tartars would not feed these old, young, sick, and disabled people for nothing.
Because of this, the replenishment of large amounts of labor had a huge increase in the scale of the various industries in the territory.
Three hundred thousand people had gathered on the small Lushun Peninsula.
In this era, the population was already extremely dense.
A large number of people and labor would improve the development of Lushun Peninsula.
However, at the same time, it gradually revealed that there was a lack of territory. The population and labor force were starting to be consumed internally.
To put it simply, the value created by a person's labor force would begin to decline after reaching its peak. No matter what, it would not be able to go up.
There were many reasons for this, but the most important reason was that the territory was too small.
Lushun Peninsula was only a little over 1,000 square kilometers, and its resources were extremely limited.
In addition, the territory was developing its industry and needed large amounts of raw materials.
As the minerals that were easy to mine on the surface were mined, the poor ores that were difficult to mine were left behind.
Other people could dig out rich ore areas with a single hoe, but you needed to wave dozens or hundreds of hoes.
Naturally, the production efficiency would drop.
Industries were interconnected. If any link went wrong, it would lead to problems in the entire industry chain.
Li Sheng had seen all the problems in the territory.
Because he had the reference targets of the later centuries, he could easily make a clear judgment.
The solution was simple and crude, which was to expand the territory.
They would definitely take down the Golden State Guard and Fuzhou Guard, as well as the entire Liaodong Peninsula.
However, their current strength was limited. They could not defend themselves, so they could not expand north.
Since they couldn't go north to snatch territory from the Manchu Empire, they could only expand overseas.
With this thought in mind, Li Sheng would be able to completely stop the Manchu army and gain a firm foothold in the Liaodong Peninsula, forming a confrontation with the Manchu Tartars.
They began to organize their forces and manpower to expand overseas.
Overseas colonization was naturally on the agenda.
Of course, there was a prerequisite for all of this.
That was to stop the Manchu army's violent counterattack and completely block them outside the Lushun Peninsula, blocking the South Pass defense line.
After the incident at Lushunkou, the good and bad aspects began to show.
The good thing was that there were more sea merchants from the outside world. The sea trade increased greatly, and the trade volume expanded rapidly. This injected new motivation into the various industries in the territory.
The bad thing was that more and more people and forces with malicious intentions turned their attention to the Li family army and the small Lushun Peninsula.
Liaodong was not big, but the situation here was very complicated.
The water inside was bottomless.
It could be said that there were wolves everywhere around the territory!
The biggest one was the Manchu Dynasty!
If he wanted to gain a firm foothold here, there was only one prerequisite, and that was to withstand the retaliation of the Manchu Empire!
For this day, Li Sheng had been frantically preparing since the first day he established his territory.
Territory strength and military power were two aspects.
In addition, he also put in some effort in terms of intelligence.
He secretly established an intelligence organization with the system personnel as the backbone. The intelligence organization was spread throughout Liaodong.
Naturally, it was so that in Liaodong, he would be able to know at the first moment if any force moved.
Although the information was too deep and too secretive, due to time constraints and business problems, he could not obtain it.
However, he could still obtain some general information.
For example, the Qing Dynasty was furious and began to mobilize soldiers, gather armies, recruit farmers, transport grain, and so on. It was obvious that they wanted the army to send out information, and it was easy to obtain it.
With such a huge movement from the Qing Dynasty's base, where else could their target be?
Naturally, it was the Li Family Army on Lushun Peninsula and Li Sheng himself!
Before the Qing army arrived, Li Sheng could already feel the immense pressure.
However, not only did he not panic, he was actually secretly looking forward to it.
This was because his plan to expand the First Guard had been completed. The elites of the First Guard had all been armed.
At this moment, he was in the South Pass, undergoing crazy training. He had already formed the initial stage of combat strength.
At the same time, as the scale of the industry increased.
He had also prepared sufficient battle resources.
The strategic warehouses built in the territory were all filled with strategic resources.
In addition, everyone in the territory was working overtime.
They had sufficient resources and soldiers.
Li Sheng was absolutely confident that he could hold on and fight the Manchu Empire.
As long as he could keep the Manchu army outside the South Pass, then the following time would be advantageous to him.
Moreover, he had prepared a naval fleet, which was a backup plan that could control the initiative of the war.
It could be said that they were well-prepared and were waiting for the arrival of the Qing army!
He believed that this battle would be the foundation of the Li Family Army!
After the battle, the Li family army would have a solid foundation, and they would have the strategic advantage of being invincible in Lushun Peninsula.
Once this foundation was established, it would be the beginning of the Li family army's true rise!
They would become a new force that no force in the world would dare to underestimate!
Li Sheng was looking forward to this battle!
They were looking forward to the arrival of the Qing army!
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