Yuan Shu didn't have time to pay attention to how Liu Bei and Yuan Shao felt now. At the end of this battle, for Yuan Shu, it was only one step away from dominating the world. As long as Yuan Shao is defeated again, everything will end as he has planned from beginning to end.

After the new land of the two states, Yuan Shu immediately began the work of governance and arrangement. As a normal thing, he first counted some local conditions, and when he learned about the population of these two states, Yuan Shu's face suddenly darkened. At that time, there was an urge to send Cao Cao and Lu Bu back from Jinling and cut them down.

The entire land of two states has a population of less than two million. Especially in Qingzhou, the young and strong are simply outrageous, there are not even two young and strong among the ten households, and the rest are old, weak, sick and disabled.

The Central Plains fought repeatedly, and Lu Bu and Cao Cao forcibly recruited soldiers one after another, Yuan Shu expected that the situation in Qingxu and Xu Prefecture might not be good, but he didn't expect it to be so bad, it was not much stronger than Liangzhou, it was simply ten rooms and nine emptiness.

"Cao Mengde and Lu Fengxian, two idiots, don't do this to kill chickens and take eggs, are they all short-sighted to this extent?" Yuan Shu couldn't help but tear the fold in his hand in half directly, threw it to the ground, and said angrily.

One of the purposes for him to choose a decisive battle with Cao Cao instead of relying on the advantage of the foundation was to avoid consuming the strength of Qingxu Erzhou, but the result was actually like this, which really made Yuan Shu angry.

Guo Jiashi Shiran stood up: "Your Majesty, are you still not clear about the situation that Lu Fengxian and Cao Mengde faced at that time, Your Majesty?" When disaster comes, it's good to keep the territory, how can they care about this? It's better to kill chickens and get eggs than to sit still! ”

"Fortunately, although the population of Xuzhou is smaller, it can barely be maintained, and the population of hundreds of thousands of people who are slowly transferred from Jiangbei will be able to recover the original scene within a few years. However, Qingzhou's young and strong people are indeed too few, and our population gap is too large. Tian Feng frowned.

"Yangzhou and Jingzhou can't be drawn?" Yuan Shu frowned.

"The population of Yangzhou and Jingzhou is very large, but this short period of time has been continuously exporting population to other states, and the development is extremely rapid, not to mention the lack of population, the young and strong are extremely scarce, even women and Shanyue people are used as two, and they must not be transferred again." Tian Feng said resolutely.

"What about Yizhou and Liangzhou?" Yuan Shu hesitated, and then saw Tian Feng's self-evident expression, and said, "When I didn't say it." ”

Yizhou is now an important border trade town, plus various road construction, and the population gap is not small. And Liangzhou is even more so, the development of animal husbandry and contact with the Western Regions, without a sufficient population is impossible.

"Now there is no population everywhere, but we can't just let Qingzhou go down like this! You can't beat Cao Mengde's 200,000 young men back! Yuan Shu said worriedly.

Cao Cao's 200,000 soldiers and horses are basically the foundation left by Yuan Shu, and after the world is unified in the future, this is the foundation of Cao Cao's expedition to the west, and Yuan Shu will definitely not be able to move. The reason is very simple, it is very easy to put the population down, and it is really too difficult to pull it out.

Under Yuan Shu's command, especially Yangzhou and Jingzhou, no one who is used to a good life is unwilling to suffer. It is difficult to stay in the homeland, let alone go to an unknown place, except for these homeless old subordinates, how many people are willing to go with Cao Cao.

These 200,000 soldiers are basically the last "Yu Ze" of the Yellow Turban, most of them are young and strong people who are alone, and the whole family is not hungry, and some of them have family members who have been repatriated by Yuan Shu.

"Your Majesty, there is no hope at home, maybe we can recruit people from abroad." Jia Xuhu said.

"Abroad?"

"Dongying, the countries of the Western Regions, and the countries of the Southwest can all do it."

"Forget about the Dongying people, they are too short, and now we are short of labor, let them continue to work for a few years." Speaking of Dongying, Yuan Shu instantly felt a little disgusted in his heart, and said directly.

"Although the southwestern countries admire our Han culture, after all, we have not yet sent troops to the Western Regions, so it is difficult to deploy." Xun Yu Dao.

"Then there are only the Southwestern Kingdoms?"

Tian Feng said with a slight hesitation: "The southwestern countries do have a large population, but now the families are staring at it and snatching food from their mouths, I'm afraid..."

"I'm afraid of what? Can they still turn the sky upside down? Yuan Shu said angrily.

Regardless of whether it is definitely impossible to let Qingzhou go, Yuan Shu will never tolerate this happening.

Of course, Yuan Shu said that he was angry, and the bad situation in Qingzhou really made him a little angry.

Taking a deep breath and forcibly suppressing the anger in his heart, Yuan Shu said in a deep voice: "Forcibly recruit a part, and the rest of the families can donate at will." Write them all down and they will be compensated accordingly. ”

If it wasn't necessary, Yuan Shu didn't want to owe the family favors. After all, for a "sincere" person like Yuan Shu, the debt of favor is the most difficult to repay, especially for the old foxes of the family, it is strange to ask for it back without being doubled.

"The affairs of the Western Regions are also on the agenda. Also, didn't we have an alliance with Baiyan? Buy more slaves from them. Yuan Shu said.

The population of Baicheng is quite a lot, a population of nearly 10 million, otherwise the families would not be so coveted.

"Although the hundred vehicles are in awe of us, they are not small in their wariness. Because of the families, the price of slaves has risen dramatically and is almost in short supply, and it is difficult for us to recruit a large number of slaves. Tian Feng frowned.

The strength of the families lies in this, one by one shrewdly to death, taking advantage of the matter has always been a dead face, not giving an inch, taking advantage of loopholes, looking for opportunities to be better than one by one.

Now that the importance of population has been clarified by Yuan Shu, the families are also clear, and naturally they will not let go of any opportunity to obtain population.

Not to mention the hundred times, even the vast majority of the slave traders in Kushan were mastered by these families. If it weren't for the fact that they would not have aroused the vigilance of Kushan, they would have bought a large number of slaves.

After all, the two countries of Baicheng and Kushan are both populous countries, and they are extremely hierarchical. Slaves were servile and adaptable, and with a little training they were a good group of laborers.

As soon as he mentioned this, Yuan Shu's head grew again. The greed of the families cannot be curbed at all. I had stressed several times before that I tried not to touch Guishan and Baicheng, but these people still couldn't help but play the edge ball.

But this is normal, if these families are really honest and obedient, Yuan Shu will feel worried, the family is so united and so contradictory.

"Your Majesty doesn't need to worry, these families are measured. Moreover, with the supervision and control of top families such as the Lu family and the Huang family, they dare not mess around. Guo Jia saw Yuan Shu's thoughts at a glance and comforted.

"I'm not worried about that, but I'm afraid it's going to be a bit of a problem for us to get the population." Yuan Shu frowned and said, "Is there any request for the Hundred Vehicles Dynasty to come in?" ”

"Yes." Tian Feng nodded: "They saw that our armor and weapons were more sophisticated before, so they wanted to buy a batch." ”

"Then exchange your ordnance for them." Yuan Shu said directly. He is crazy about the population now, and now Dachu is developing very well, especially Jingzhou and Yangzhou. But because of this, it is extremely difficult to relocate. No way, no one wants to deviate from a good life, let alone a homeland.