When Chen Chu came to Linde Hall, Lu Su and Zhou Yu were waiting, and there was a commissar standing beside him. As soon as the three of them saw Chen Chu coming in, they saluted together and said, "Greetings to Your Majesty!"

"No need to be polite!"

Chen Chu sat down on the upper head and asked, "Is there a Feige from Bo Fu's flying pigeon?"

The messenger immediately reported: "Your Majesty, you just received a letter from General Sun Ce!" He took out two letters and presented them with both hands. Cui Ying walked down the steps to take the letter and transferred it to Chen Chu.

Chen Chu glanced at the two letters in his hand, opened one of them, read it once, and said with relief: "Bo Fu did not disappoint my high hopes! Li Pojun did a good job!" He raised his head and saw Zhou Yu, Lu Su and the other two showed curious expressions, and smiled: "Bo Fu and Li Pojun had defeated Yue Duo's main force a few days ago and occupied the two provinces in Youkan Province and its surrounding areas! Now there are seven provinces controlled by Xikushan, which is equivalent to 40% of the original Kushan territory, and have achieved our expected goal! Now we can move forward to the next step!"

"Your Majesty, I wonder what the current situation of the troops on both sides is?" Zhou Yu asked.

Chen Chu glanced at the letter in his hand and said, "At present, Li Pojun's Xizhen army has 150,000 troops, and its strength has returned to its former level, but its combat power is probably not comparable to that of the past. In addition to our navy, Bo Fu also has 60,000 expeditionary forces formed by non-Kulshan people. These people have direct support from our army's equipment, so that they have great combat power! It is worth noting that one-third of this expeditionary army has the blood of the Han people. I think it can be transformed into an imperial regular army so that we can directly influence the situation in the East and West Kushan! What do you think?"

Lu Su thought, "Yes, yes! But how should we do this logistics supply? If there is a direct supply from the empire, it is afraid that the price will be too high!"

Chen Chu nodded and smiled, "Since the direct supply cost is too high, let Xikushan bear it! We helped them defeat Yueduo, and they should pay some price!"

Chen Chu couldn't help but feel heartbroken, "If we let the servants in various places bear the logistics support of the local imperial army, what do you think?"

"No!" Zhou Yu said decisively.

“Why?”

"Your Majesty, although our army is almost impeccable in loyalty due to its sir and internal structure! However, once the power of logistics supplies is delegated to the local area, it is very likely to cause problems!"

Chen Chu couldn't help but think of the story of the governor of the Tang Dynasty, and secretly shouted and nodded, "What Gongjin said is extremely true! I won't mention this matter!"

Chen Chu glanced at the letter in his hand and ordered: "The letter ordered Bo Fu and Li Pojun to stop the attack and wait for the order on the spot! They have been fighting for so long, so it's time to rest!"

"Your Majesty, aren't you going to send an envoy to negotiate with Yue Duo?" Lu Su asked.

Chen Chu narrowed his eyes and smiled and said, "Now Yue Duo should come to ask us, not to find him! If he is smarter, I believe the messenger is already on his way to Youkan Province!"

Chen Chu said: "Now that East and West Kushan is about to stop the war, it is time to consider business affairs!"

Lu Su smiled and said, "Your Majesty, you should talk to the Queen Moon Concubine in person about this matter!"

Chen Chu smiled and nodded. He said with great anticipation: "The war is about to end, and it is a time when materials are extremely scarce. As long as it is operated properly, you will definitely make a fortune!"

Lu Su, Zhou Yu couldn't help but smile.

Chen Chu put down the letter in his hand, picked up another letter, opened it and looked at it, and frowned. Seeing this, Lu Su and Zhou Yu immediately realized that something must have happened.

Chen Chu said with some emotion: "I have said that Liu Bei is a cockroach! Now it seems that's true! Liu Bei is not only a cockroach, but also the king of cockroaches! Damn, I have never seen such a tenacious thing with such a life!"

Chen Chuyang took the letter from Yang's hand and said to the two: "This is the letter forwarded by Bo Fu, a secret spy from the Indochina Peninsula!"

Zhou Yu and Lu Su were shocked, and Lu Su clasped his fists and asked, "Did Liu Bei rise again?"

Chen Chu glanced at the information in his hand and frowned and said, "It's not a rise yet! However, according to the current situation, I'm afraid the entire Indochina Peninsula will be controlled by Liu Bei! By then, it will be trouble! What's hateful is that our army can't send troops to the Indochina Peninsula at all!"

Zhou Yu frowned and said, "Even if you can send troops, you must be cautious! If you pass through land, you must pass through hundreds of miles of wild rainforest. This is even more terrifying for our army with northern soldiers as the main force than a million troops! In addition, even if you pass through this rainforest, logistics will be an extremely serious problem. It is difficult to transport logistics supplies from the Central Plains to the Indochina Peninsula, so you can only rely on the reserves of Jiaozhou, but the agriculture in this place has just begun! If you pass through water, there will be more problems!"

Chen Chu frowned and nodded, "This is indeed a big problem! It seems that it is necessary to expand the base of Ruoshui Island!"

Zhou Yu nodded thinking, "Ruoshui Island is not far from the Indochina Peninsula, it can be used as a starting base for the attack!" Then he smiled bitterly, "But this is a big project!"

Chen Chu thought, "This matter is not urgent, so he can only follow the steps step by step! First ask Bo Fu and his team about the feasibility of building a base in Ruoshui Island, and then proceed to the next step!"

"Your Majesty is wise!" Zhou Yu said with his fists.

"Zijing, has there not been much progress in the agricultural reclamation in Jiaozhou?" Chen Chu asked with a frown, his tone a little unhappy.

Lu Su hurriedly replied: "Your Majesty, it's mainly because of insufficient manpower and water conservancy facilities have not been completed yet!"

Chen Chu said seriously: "Developing Jiaozhou is crucial to our consolidation of the rule there! We must not slack off! This work must be stepped up!"

"yes!"

Chen Chu thought for a moment and said, "Let the Ministry of Revenue recruit 200,000 households to Jiaozhou in Yangzhou, Yuzhou and Xuzhou first!" The Qin Empire under Chen Chu also implemented an immigration policy similar to Emperor Wu of Han. However, unlike the time of Emperor Wu of Han, Chen Chu's immigration policy was carried out through the recruitment of volunteers, and generally did not adopt coercive measures. The hundreds of thousands of households who immigrated to Yingzhou were summoned in this way. Of course, in order to achieve the goal, the court generally granted quite generous treatment, such as exempting all agricultural taxes for five years, etc.

"Yes!" Lu Su said.

Chen Chu murmured: "The population in this era is still too small! It seems that it is necessary to implement policies to encourage childbirth!"

"Gongjin, Zijing, as our empire grows larger and larger, the manpower is getting more and more short of people! A policy of encouraging childbirth must be implemented!"

Lu Su and Zhou Yu looked at each other, and Lu Su clasped his fists and asked, "What does your majesty mean~~?"

Chen Chu thought, "It is not appropriate to give military merits! It seems that exemption from agricultural taxes is not appropriate! Let's do this, each household starts with the third child and is raised by the government! What do you think?"

Lu Su, Zhou Yu thought for a moment, and Zhou Yu said: "It seems feasible! It's just that some problems may arise!"

Chen Chuchao leaned against the backrest and smiled and said, "This is your business! Your cabinet came up with a plan for me. Don't worry about this matter, try to think carefully!"

"Yes!" The two of them agreed with each other with their fists.

At this time, Chen Chu and his two cabinet ministers did not know how great the impact this policy would have on the Qin Empire in the future!

Zhao Yun led a large army to the plains south of the Durant Fortress and set up camp. At this time, Ross's 200,000 reinforcements had entered the Durant Fortress, but the other 100,000 reinforcements stopped in the Deno City of Deno Province, hundreds of miles away from the Durant Fortress.
Chapter completed!