Chapter 25: The Khitans Join
Not to mention whether he can go back, Zou Yu is a little moved to occupy Fuyu City, after all, returning to the Central Plains, is also facing troubled times, people from all walks of life are brains like dogs, there is no safety at all, even if you want to take refuge in Li Er, you have to wait a few years for Yang Guang to get out of class, and you have to stay up until the change of Xuanwumen, in this place in Liaodong, occupy the city, wouldn't it be better to be the emperor of the soil, even if the Central Plains is unified in the future, there is no problem in taking the city to surrender to Cheng, and being a rich man.
"Even so, if you want to hold Buyeo City, it is still very difficult, it is impossible for Goguryeo to let a Sui Dynasty army occupy this place, if you let it go, it is equivalent to sticking a knife in your back." Zou Yu shook his head and said.
"It's really a bit difficult, and Goguryeo is very likely to hit us first." Li Keshi agreed.
"Are you for or against?" Zhang Zhongjian asked.
"Of course I agree, it's a big deal to abandon the city and flee when the time comes, at least it's better than living outside." Li Keshi said.
"In my opinion, there may not be no chance to hold on." Zou Yu wants to occupy it for a long time, which will be crazy to use his brains, but he has some ideas.
"Oh, what can Xiao Yu do?" Zhang Zhongjian's eyes lit up and asked.
"First of all, if all the rich households, officials, and landlords in the city are confiscated, we will not only get a lot of materials and food, but there will be no resistance to the redistribution of land, and the people will definitely support us, and if we reduce taxes, no one will want to return to Goguryeo rule." Zou Yu analyzed.
"Yes, I think so too, I have to pick out all the people who don't belong to Buyeo City, and the rest of the people, all the families are here, as the winners, of course I don't want to lose again." Zhang Zhongjian agreed.
"Well, all possible threats have been removed, it should be very stable, and we will have enough manpower to not be vulnerable in front of the Khitans." A hint of murderous aura flashed in Li Keshi's eyes, and he nodded.
"Don't kill those people, we can let them go to the mines."
He knew that Zhang Zhongjian, Li Keshi and others were full of murderous spirit, but if they really wanted to occupy the city, they were in short supply, so he hurriedly suggested.
"Not only the Khitans, Xi people, and Murwei people, we can all fight for some, although there are more tribes, although it is difficult to manage, but we can check and balance each other." Zou Yu continued.
"Okay, that's it! I took people to raid the house, first grabbed it to do coolies, and swept the snow! Zhang Zhongjian went out with a knife in high spirits.
"What the hell!" From the moment he opened the door, a cold wind blew in, Li Keshi couldn't help but scold, to be honest, although they are all northerners, they are still a little unaccustomed to the land of Liaodong.
"Pick a good day, I'll go to the Khitan, if I can help, I just fall into favor." Li Keshi continued.
"That's what really helps." Zou Yu said with a smile.
"Even if it is a charcoal in the snow, it depends on how the harvest is."
As he was talking, Su Ding walked in with joy.
"Looks good." Li Keshi said with a smile.
"Unexpectedly, there are 300,000 stones of various grains in the granary, enough for the whole city to eat for more than half a year." Su Dingfang said incredulously.
"This should be a compulsory expropriation, preparing for a big war, and it is too late to send it out, of course, it is also possible that local officials will continue to collect it in name, but only a small amount will be sent." Li Keshi guessed that he still knew a lot about the small actions of these local officials.
The occupation of Buyeo City, not only the grain harvest, but also many materials, such as iron ore, cloth, salt, etc., greatly supplemented their shortcomings, after all, there is a lack of materials, even if there is meat to eat, it is not fragrant after eating for a long time.
Raid the rich households, dozens of landlords and officials, the harvest is also not small, especially grain, as the most important hard goods, can be without coins, but absolutely can not be without food, especially the rich households in this small town, there is not much gold and silver, all grain and cloth.
Inform the whole city that the land will be redivided in the spring, taxes will be reduced, and people will be arranged to help the poor, clear the snow, and repair the houses that have collapsed because of the snow, which soon won the hearts of the people, and the people of Fuyu City began to take the initiative to help.
With skis and snowboards, it is very convenient to go out, in the incredible eyes of the Khitan people, Li Keshi led people to send food, of course, not for free, changed them a lot of sheepskins, and also said that several small tribes were mobilized to help them relocate to Fuyu City.
Because of the living environment, the Khitan people are not as centralized as the Central Plains, although they are divided into eight tribes, but in fact the population flow is relatively large, and it is difficult to count, even if they are alone, I am afraid that they do not know how many people they rule.
The political structure is probably tribal, and slaves are still circulating among the tribes, which may be prisoners of war, or Han Chinese, Goguryeo people, and more of course, the Yan people, Xi people, etc., in short, in the slave group, the composition is quite complex.
The small tribe that took refuge in it, said to be a tribe, the largest one is only about a hundred people, this is the limitation of the nomads, living by water, many times in those sparsely populated places, it can be said that it suddenly disappeared and no one knows, just like the few Tatar tribe stations that they wiped out.
After accepting a few small tribes, with examples, it is much easier to persuade others together, which is also because under Zou Yu's proposal, Fuyu City dug cellars vigorously and spent the winter underground, and everyone knew that there was still this kind of life, especially the common people, many people cried, lamenting that their former relatives died too unjustly, and they were actually frozen to death.
The Khitans were also very happy, although the cellar was not as spacious as the tent, but it was much warmer, and the cattle were brought into the city, and the city was warmer than in the wilderness, and at least the cattle, sheep and horses would not freeze to death.
During this period of time, Zou Yu has been designing how to develop Buyeo City, no matter what Zhang Zhongjian and others think, since he decided to use this place as a base, he doesn't want to give up.
Fuyu City is vast and sparsely populated, land is not lacking, the most fertile and best land is used to grow food, this is certain, but also the people's favorite, but also to collect taxes, as for the Khitan people, Zou Yu decided to carry out a combination of agriculture and animal husbandry, with about 10,000 acres as a unit, to establish pastures, while planting, not only can produce grain, and after harvesting grain, you can also use poles to feed cattle and sheep, and at the same time livestock manure can also fertilize the land, so that a virtuous circle can be formed, as for the land is barren, you can replant some easy-to-grow weeds, Weeds are easy to survive and don't take much effort.
Delineating the area, enclosing it with stakes, and replanting trees in the future, not only can it increase greenery, but as long as the animals are used to it, they can come back automatically, which is a lot easier, you can put more energy into planting, and the harvest will increase a lot.