"Teacher, why is that?" The young carpenter curiously watched as the people hired by him began to work, and that level was not below him at all, although they had experienced it many times before, but this time, as the leader, it still felt magical.

"Oh my God." Liu Yi glanced at the other party lightly and said: "Enter my door, accept my wealth, as long as you don't betray your master, you will have this ability, go and do things." ”

"Whoa!" Pu Yuan took all the disciples and bowed and retreated silently.

His eyes stayed on these people for a moment, and after seeing them go away, Liu Yi said to Zhou Cang beside him: "Report the work progress in time, and ...... If there is any change in these people, don't pay attention to it, they just have finished their work, and if they don't want to come back, they don't care where they go. ”

"Uh......" Zhou Cang looked at Liu Yi puzzled: "Tinghou, why is this?" ”

"Just do it, I have a point." Liu Yi smiled.

"Whoa!" Zhou Cang agreed, turned around and left to arrange this matter.

This can be regarded as a temptation or test, when others ask for you or are subject to you, it is difficult to see the other party's thoughts, and this time, Liu Yi is equivalent to giving these people a chance to break away from him, and those who are willing to stay, Liu Yi will reuse them, but if they want to go...... I'm sorry, what Liu Yi gave will be taken back, including the magical power that can give weapons attributes and ...... That ten thousand dollars.

Regardless of whether they can pass the test or not, Liu Yi will definitely not give them the salary for the construction of this Great Wall this time, with their ability, it is definitely worth this ten thousand dollars, if it is not for the invincibility of this invincible position, how can Liu Yi easily give this ability to others?

Of course, if he is bought by a family in Jingzhou or is directly a person from someone else, Liu Yi will not take back his ability, after all, it is equivalent to using the family's money to help Liu Yi work, as long as he does not provoke himself by dying, Liu Yi will not say much, originally asked these wealthy families to come out, it was in the name of accepting disciples.

The fortifications in Nanyang are actually not a big project for Liu Yi, and now they are used to train these preparatory disciples, which is also Liu Yi's plan from the beginning.

Pu Yuan, as the only one among Liu Yi's disciples who has reached the master level, is also a disciple who is much older than Liu Yi.

"You have also seen the design drawings of the master, Li Kai, you are responsible for the excavation of masonry and masonry and foundation, and you will start working today, and you will start working on the Yuanliang and carpentry frames." Pu Yuan took the drawings handed over to him by Liu Yi and began to assign tasks, he is a blacksmith, responsible for the casting of this piece, and the construction of the city is not in his charge, so he just assigns the task, and he has to cast weapons when it is over.

Yuan Liang is the carpenter who asked Liu Yi before, he has a lot of thoughts, and he has a lot of ideas, although he was not brought out from Mocheng, but he has been with Liu Yi for some years, counting it, he followed Liu Yi when Liu Yi built Yueyang City, his full name is Cen Yuanliang, if he traces it back, it is still a famous general, but it is the kind that can pull a little relationship, if it is really a descendant of the Cen family, it is impossible to run to be a craftsman, but at this moment he heard the words and smiled: "Senior brother, why should I be so serious, these things, didn't I often do them before?" ”

"This time is different, the teacher is not here, we will do it ourselves, and we must not be ashamed of the teacher." Pu Yuan said solemnly.

In fact, Liu Yi is very awkward to Pu Yuan, after all, a person who can be his father at an age can respectfully call you a teacher, which will make people a little uncomfortable.

Without Liu Yi by his side, Cen Yuanliang was a little more active: "Senior brother, don't worry, this matter is up to me, I used to see the momentum of the teacher giving money, and today I can also try it." ”

Pu Yuan glared at Cen Yuanliang helplessly, he was the youngest, the most talented, and Liu Yi valued him the most, but this temperament was too out-of-the-box.

"If you do something wrong, it's up to you how you go to see your teacher." Pu Yuan said helplessly.

"This kind of thing, the drawings are all there, how can it be wrong?" Cen Yuanliang felt that Pu Yuan was too cautious.

"Senior brother, then I'll go and do something." Another carpenter who looked at some wooden ones nodded at Pu Yuan, turned around and left, he didn't jump out like Pu Yuan on weekdays, his sense of existence was very low, but he was down-to-earth and hardworking, but he didn't like to communicate with people very much, and he was a little stupid and often made mistakes.

"Gone." Cen Yuanliang said hello to Pu Yuan with a smile, everyone has seen the drawings, and there is nothing peculiar, I have been with Liu Yi for so many years, just by looking at it once, I probably know how to build this city wall.

Pu Yuan looked at the juniors and disciples who had begun to work with each other, and shook his head, they were all young people, why didn't they learn the stability of their teachers at all?

This time Liu Yi returned to Nanyang, in addition to doing fortifications, he also needed to help restore the productivity of Nanyang, Nanyang This place is also considered to be a lot of disasters, it was occupied by Yuan Shu at the beginning, with Yuan Shu's person, how can he take care of the people's livelihood? Naturally, it won't be much better.

Later, Zhang Xiu occupied it for a few years, which was a relatively peaceful period of time, but later with Cao Cao's two expeditions to Zhang Xiu, the situation in Nanyang began to be worse year by year, and the impact of the war, after Cao Cao occupied it, he was more or less resentful of Nanyang, a place where his son was a general.

Later, the battle of Chibi was defeated, and more than half of the military logistics of Jingzhou fell on the people of Nanyang.

Coupled with the previous Battle of Nanyang and the subsequent plague that spread throughout Nanyang, the current population of Nanyang, according to the previous reconstruction of household registration, is a total of 380,000 people!

Nanyang 36 counties, is one of the most populous counties in the entire Han Dynasty, the previous population of the heyday of the data, is 520,000 households, the population of about 2.4 million, this is recorded by actual data, from the beginning of Yuan Shu to occupy Nanyang to the present, less than 30 years, Nanyang population shrunk to less than two percent of the past, evenly, this county, the population is just over 10,000!

This result, the battle of Nanyang also has a lot of reasons, incomplete statistics, the war plus the plague, Nanyang at least half of the dead, this is still the reason for Liu Bei's timely relief, if you want to restore the population of Nanyang, don't think about it in a short time, but the so-called not broken and not standing, after such a devastation, Nanyang's family is basically gone, although it is a bit unkind to say this, but the vacated fields ...... That's official, and the soil quality and climate here are particularly suitable for farming, and there are fewer people and fewer people, so much land used to feed more than two million people, but now, with the same area, the people who are fed are less than two percent of the previous ones, this Nanyang will be another big granary in Liu Bei's hands.

However, it is too early to say this, there are still a large number of plague patients in the quarantine area, what Liu Yi needs to do now is to restore the counties to normal operation first, which requires the cooperation of Ma Liang and Yi nationality, and the cooperation of the people.

After Liu Yi returned to his temporary tent, the brush kept writing, and Xiaohuan quietly helped Liu Yi deliver the blank paper in time.

The current Nanyang is almost like a blank sheet of paper, empty cities, for the time being, Liu Yi doesn't want people to live in, the ghost knows if there are any germs, or the evil breath of the epidemic remains.

But Nanyang wants to resume production, these cities must also resume operation as soon as possible, can not let the people stay in the quarantine area for a long time, after the spring next year, they will have to farm normally, and the grain from Jingnan has also been sent over, it is not difficult to survive this winter, but you can't count on other places to fund every year, and Nanyang itself is not a place that needs funding.

"Xiaohuan, you go and invite Mr. Ji Chang and Mr. Ji Bo." Thinking about something, Liu Yi suddenly raised his head, looked at Xiaohuandao, thought for a while, and said, "Invite General Yun Chang too"

"Whoa!" Xiaohuan bowed and walked out quickly.

Guan Yu and the three of them came quickly, after all, in Nanyang at the moment, Liu Yi's right to speak is not low, only under Guan Yu, sometimes Guan Yu has to listen to him.

"What is Bo Yuan looking for me?" Guan Yu sat opposite Liu Yi, and Ma Liang and Yi Yuan also sat down separately, looking at Liu Yi and wondering.

"I just calculated, with the current population of Nanyang, after the spring of next year, it will not be enough to plant all these lands." Liu Yi got straight to the point.

"I have sent people to post posts in various places, but I am afraid that there are not many who are willing to move, and in addition, I also walked in the direction of Cao Wei to speak, hoping to attract some displaced people, but I am afraid that there will not be too many." Maleonn pondered.

After all, in terms of living conditions, Nanjun, Jiangxia and Jingnan have been Liu Yi's key activities over the years, and they are very rich in terms of people's livelihood.

"I know." Liu Yi nodded and said, "So, I want to implement the military camp in Nanyang!" ”

"Juntun?" Guan Yu raised his eyebrows and said.

"Hmm." Liu Yi groped his chin and said: "In addition to the necessary defense garrison, the officers and men of the army work in the fields when the farm is busy, and train when the farm is slack, and half of the food grown in this way is used as military funds and half as personal ownership. ”

The law of the military tun already existed in the pre-Qin period, and everyone is not surprised, as for business or something...... The basic production can't keep up, let alone talk about any business, the most important thing in Nanyang at the moment is to restore the basic production, and then talk about others.

"This matter needs to be reported to the king." Ma Liang and Yi also think that this method is feasible, after all, at present, Nanyang, which has a population of less than 400,000, has to support the 50,000 border troops on Guan Yu's side, and I am afraid that they can only follow the old path of the previous Cao army, and set up more conscription and heavy taxes, but in this way, the people's hearts that have been won with great difficulty are afraid that they will be chaotic again, but this problem involves the army, even if it is Guan Yu, and it cannot be decided without going through Liu Bei.

"It's fine." Liu Yi nodded and said: "It's best to send a few people who are good at this aspect, after all, for Juntun, we only know a rough idea, and how to implement it still needs some special people to do it." ”

"Well, I'm going to write a letter." Guan Yu nodded.