Chapter 300: Unification and Merger of States
As for saying that the people have no place to live, it is simply a simple thing, Cao Xuan immediately took matters into his own hands, and asked Ma Jun to gather hundreds of craftsmen, and then Cao Xuan chose a piece of flat land and demonstrated how to build a house on the spot.
Now that cement has been invented, Cao Xing is not ambiguous, and directly ordered that this kind of civil house must be built in accordance with this process, in fact, it is very simple, first lay a good foundation, and then cement and bricks.
However, Cao Xing's cover is to build a three-story building. Houses made of water are certainly not as advanced as the reinforced concrete of later generations, but they are far more stable than the two- or even three-story houses of this era built of wood.
For example, the house on the ground floor covers an area of nearly 150 square meters, but it can be divided into two families at the bottom floor, with a staircase up and down the stairs in the middle, and the layout of the second and third floors is the same as the first floor, so that a family of six can be accommodated.
When Cao Xing's decree was introduced, Fengyun and others were amazed, which solved a big trouble, but Cao Xing also knew that the reason why the people had to move to the county seat from the suburbs was because they saw that the county seat was good to make money.
However, the people's method of building houses may not be as mature as Cao Xing, so the real estate company was established.
Since Cao Xing became the governor of the state, he promulgated a series of policies, which have greatly enriched the lives of the people and gradually increased their productivity. It can be described as a rich political achievement.
However, it didn't take long for the problem to come, this problem came from the outside, that is, now Cao Xing's name is already the state pastor, but he is not prepared for external expansion, and he ignores those county guards whose assistants are in other places, such as Zhu Zhai and Zhang Yang, and let them develop freely.
Hearing Cao Xing's series of measures, it is unknown what these county guards think in their hearts, but the people under their rule are a little panicked in their hearts, looking at the people around Bianyun County, every family has a good life to live, and they also want to live this kind of life, so they all hope that Cao Xuan will quickly divide the entire state into the bag.
However, Cao Xuan was not in a hurry for all this, as if he didn't care about other places at all, which made everyone a little confused, and there were some scholars who were willing to take the world as their own responsibility, so they came to Bianyun County thousands of miles away, and wrote to Cao Xing, and Cao Xing quickly accepted the entire merger of states, and the people also complied.
If Cao Xing's attitude towards everyone's request is to smile, he just said plainly, under his Cao Xing's rule, he has always been based on the law, so if he Cao Xing takes over those places, he will definitely state the law, and the people must not violate the forbidden area of these laws, and if they are touched, they will be severely punished by the government.
Hearing this news, the people also hesitated for a moment, under Cao Xing's rule, the rule of law is indeed very strict, as for the relationship like human relations, it will be talked about from time to time, but it is very rare, when there are special circumstances, it will be dealt with as appropriate, but in normal times, the law is above all else.
Although there is some harshness, but the people have expressed their willingness to accept it, but even now, Cao Xing is still not in a hurry, and did not make any statement, in fact, he released these words, not only to give a preventive shot to all the people in Bingzhou, his real target should be those families who are already panicking at the moment.
Cao Xing's succession to the state pastor, for the family of the state, it is tantamount to a five-thunder news, now Cao Xing has a firm foothold in name, and militarily it can also be said to be the most powerful warlord in the state, and it is only a matter of time before the entire state is taken, so now these families have only two choices, one, either compromise with Cao Xing and give up a large part of the interests, these families usually do nothing in the place, just shout five and drink six to squeeze the people, you can eat and drink well.
Cao Xing now asked them to correct it immediately, and a small number of families could only accept it helplessly in the end, but most of the families could only snort coldly in the end, the world is so big, and there is not only one place in the state, if they are not left here, they will naturally move elsewhere.
When all these families expressed their attitude, either leave or stay, Cao Xing was in a good mood, and at this moment he could also start the progress of his incorporation, first of all, Zhu Zhai, the county guard of Yunzhong County, in the face of Cao Xing's arrival, it can be said that there was no resistance, and he immediately wrote a letter to Cao Xing, expressing his willingness to surrender.
Cao Xing smoothly occupied Yunzhong County, with the beginning of Zhu Zhai, and other Shuofang County, Wuyuan County, Shangjun, etc., all expressed their willingness to surrender. And the people are also very welcome, so Cao Xing's occupation of these counties will not be done at all.
Cao Xing strictly enforced the laws and regulations, while promoting his new policies to these processes, and at the same time repairing the Yongdao Road, which lasted half a year, and almost the entire state had fallen into Cao Xing's hands.
The combined population of the eight counties of the state is as high as one million, and while he is now transforming the state, he has not relaxed his military on the other.
Cao Xing conscripted 50,000 troops at one time, after all, the land of Bingzhou is so large, it really needs people to defend, so Cao Xing has nearly 90,000 horses in his hands.
First of all, Cao Xuan asked Xu Shu to lead the troops, and he has been stationed in the area of Changshan County and Zhao County to prevent the sudden attack of Yuan Shao and others, as for the remaining 60,000, it is led by Cao Xing, Zhong Qi and Chen Hu, and the three of them are led together.
At the same time, Cao Xing also set up two departments, one is the Ministry of Industry, as the name suggests, is in charge of engineering equipment and construction, there is no doubt that the highest official of the Ministry of Industry, that is, Ma Jun, after all, Ma Jun is a skilled craftsman in this era, if it is not used, it is too much of a loss, and the other is the medical department.
This term was first created by Cao Xing, there is no doubt that the gathering is the doctor, led by Zhang Ji all the things inside, in peacetime, Zhang Ji brings together everyone, to teach everyone, and even everyone can study the mystery of medical skills together, if it is in wartime, then there are some people, will serve as the duty of military doctors.
After solving all this, Cao Xing was ready to act, and now not all of the states are in his hands, because there is still a county that has not expressed its position, and it is nothing more than the territory where Shangtang Zhang Yang is stationed.
Although Zhang Yang was beaten by Cao Xing last time, he was miserable, but the relationship between Zhang Yang and Cao Xing is delicate, Zhang Yang always felt that if he wanted to bow down like Cao Xing like this, was there something wrong, his arrogant self-esteem made him unable to let go of his body, so he decided to fight Cao Xing to the end.
But it's a pity that when Cao Xuan personally led an army of 50,000 to Shangtang County, Zhang Yang completely collapsed, just resisted for a moment, Zhang Yang ran away directly with his men, the direction of their escape was in the east, if Cao Xuan didn't guess wrong, it should be to go to Yuan Shao.
Regarding Zhang Yang's escape, Cao Xing could only smile and say nothing, saying that after all, Zhang Yang was just an insignificant little person in history.
Next, Cao Xuan led the army and entered Shangtang County, so far all the prefectures were divided into Cao Xing's hands, and the nine counties and eighty-one counties of the prefecture have all been unified.
Until this moment, Cao Xing's power has taken a step further.
However, when Cao Xing held the entire annex state, new problems reappeared, and Cao Xing's office was naturally located in his hometown of Bianyun County, but now because of the difference in geographical location, it is necessary for Cao Xing to move his place of governance from Bianyun County to Shangtang County.
The reason for the relocation is very simple, although Cao Xing is a native of Bianyun County, Bianyun County has also undergone great changes after Cao Xing's transformation, from an inconspicuous county town to an economically developed area.
But then again, even so, the current Bianyun County is still not half the size of Shangtang. What's more, if Cao Xing has been staying in the north, then he will only have to play with the Xianbei people for the rest of his life, if he wants to advance into the Central Plains, he must move the governance office to Shangtang, for this proposal, Feng Yun and others also unanimously agreed, after all, due to the current situation, everyone can only do this.
It's just that Bianyun County is also an important border town, and there will be Xianbei invasions from time to time, not to mention that Cao Xing's foundation there is very heavy, and he must not allow the slightest mistake, so he must send a general to be stationed in Bianyun County.
Cao Xing's eyes looked at everyone with burning eyes, and the generals only pondered for a moment, when suddenly a person stood up and took the initiative to ask Cao Xing, Cao Xing looked at it calmly, and the person who stood up was none other than Zhong Qi.
Cao Xing also has to admit a problem at this moment, that is, he still has relatively few generals, and those who can support the overall situation are nothing more than Chen Hu, Zhong Qi, Hu Che'er and others, but Chen Hu belongs to Cao Xing's generals, and he cannot be called at will at this moment, so this burden may only fall on Zhong Qi's body.
Zhong Qi was also one of the people who followed Cao Xuan at the beginning, and he had nothing to say about his loyalty, so Cao Xuan immediately allocated 15,000 men to Zhong Qi and asked him to assist Bian Yun County, and the main task was to guard against Xianbei.
And Zhong Qi also patted his chest and assured Cao Xing, so that Cao Xing could rest assured that Bian Yun County would be handed over to him for defense.
After arranging all this, it was already the end of 192 AD, and it was about to be the time for the New Year, and Cao Xing was also ready to take a break.
On this day, Cao Xuan stood on the head of Shangtang City, looking into the distance, and now he finally held the entire state in his hands, but Cao Xuan knew that his territory was almost bordering Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, so the next road would be more dangerous and the opponent would be more powerful.
Thinking of this, Cao Xing took a deep breath, and there was only one thought in his heart, since he was born in troubled times, then let the storm come more violently.