The dog and the old gun would never have thought that as soon as they came to the Qi country, they would win the jackpot, just because they took one more look, they brought so much 'trouble' to themselves!

"You're from the Middle Plains?" Looking at the more than 20 people in front of him, Li Yuanji really didn't dare to imagine that they would come from the Central Plains.

"Yes, we came from the Central Plains." The old gun responded in a low voice, without the slightest nervousness or fear, in stark contrast to the reactions of the others around him.

Li Yuanji couldn't help but glance at the old gun, this person gave himself a feeling that was a little different, unlike ordinary people, there was a smell of perennial battles, but there was a little less bloody atmosphere, in short, this person felt very dangerous to himself, and some differences could be seen just from the appearance.

"It's a thousand miles away, to say the least, and you've just come all the way?" Li Yuanji asked pointedly.

"Of course not, since the family moved north, it was natural to prepare properly, but I lost my car, horse and luggage on the way." The old gun continued to respond calmly, and his tone was flat, making people feel as if this had not happened to him at all.

"No, it's not! No! The dog, who had already been frightened, heard the old gun's answer, for fear of angering this nobleman, shook his head again and again, as if he was afraid that the old gun would say something surprising, and hurriedly spoke: "We brought a lot of things when we came, but when we arrived in Fengzhou, we found that there were government soldiers blocking the road, stopping a lot of people who moved north, and then the old gun brother went to inquire, and those people were stopped and placed in Fengzhou, where the land given is not as much as Qi Guo, and there is no pasture, So the old gun brother took us to take a detour to Qi country, but this way was very difficult, and in some places the carriages and horses could not pass at all, so we could only take some dry food and continue to set off. ”

"Li Jing is blocking the way?" Li Yuanji squinted his eyes slightly, and his eyes were on the old gun again.

can evade Li Jing's interception with the old, weak, sick and disabled, this old gun will not be an ordinary person at all, his judgment is really correct, but he will never believe what the dog said, the real situation should be far from being as simple as he said.

"Yes! There was enough land to be granted, so many people stayed there. The old gun nodded, and gave the land in full, as long as it can be in full, it will be a year of drought in the dry land, and the people can barely guarantee their lives.

For most people, they don't need to run to Qi for a little more food, Fengzhou used to be the border, but now, there is still Qi in the north, someone picks out this matter, and the people will naturally have a choice in their hearts.

"What about you? Why not stay there like them? Li Yuanji continued to ask.

"There is pasture here, there is a lot of land, and you can live better than over there, why not come?" The old gun's answer was a bit unexpected, and even Ma Zhou had to stop and carefully probe this person.

"Ma Wu, take them to settle down!" Having got the answer he wanted, Li Yuanji instructed Ma Wu.

After the people left, Li Yuanji ordered Fang Chen beside him: "Keep an eye on him, this old gun is not simple!" ”

"No!" With a response, Fang Chen's flexible steps flashed away.

Fengzhou, the blind spot of surveillance, his own power has not had time to expand there, and Li Yuanji himself did not expect that Li Jing would actually play this hand with him?

But there's nothing surprising about it, Li Jing, as an official of the Tang Dynasty, isn't it normal for him to play this hand?

"Fengzhou is a necessary place to go north, Li Jing set up a card there to intercept, and the people behind me are afraid that it will not be so easy to come." The melancholy Ma Zhou said worriedly.

Since coming to Qi, Ma Zhou has begun to work hard to change himself, so that he can adapt to the position of Xiangguo as soon as possible, fortunately, the current population of Qi is not large, as of now, the Han people are less than 50,000, and the Turks have more than 300,000, adding up to less than 400,000.

After adapting to it for a few days, Ma Zhou got used to the life here, and the work here is said to be Xiangguo, but in fact, it is the work of the Guanzhong County Order, which is a blessing for Ma Zhou himself.

It's just that now, the population is stuck by Li Jing, not only in Fengzhou, but also in other states.

If you don't have a population, you don't want to develop agriculture, you don't want to develop the military and economy.

And the city that Qi is currently building can only be the only one, and it is basically impossible to develop outside the fortress, so Qi can only become a barrier in the north of the Tang Dynasty, and her role is only to buy some time for the Tang Dynasty when the nomads in the north go south.

Li Jing's heavy troops are more suitable to be used to defend against the Qi State.

"Lift a stone to shoot yourself in the foot, or it won't be long before Li Jing can't stop those people." Li Yuanji smiled, and after thinking about it, he found that this matter was not necessarily a bad thing for him.

"Let's say for the time being, before winter, our people must at least be on par with the Turks, otherwise it will be far from being able to control so many Turks close to the army." Ma Zhou voiced his biggest concern.

What they want is not to colonize, but to completely turn this place into their own territory, so that the Turks must digest it.

The plan formulated by Ma Zhou and Li Yuanji was to divide, encroach, and assimilate, and in twenty or thirty years, completely turn these Turks into their own.

And the method is also very simple, that is, a large number of Turkic women are betrothed to the Han Chinese, so that the Turkic men cannot marry wives and have children, and then exploit their lives through a large amount of labor, and if they resist, they will be suppressed by force.

The advantage of this method is that there are no future troubles, and after a few decades, all the people here are Han Chinese, and the disadvantage is that it takes too long, and there may be some unstable factors in the middle.

But there is another premise, if you want to carry out this plan, you must have enough Han Chinese to use the people to suppress those Turks.

"Yes, our task now is to seize the time to cultivate more farmland, stock up on more food, and then wait for the arrival of immigrants!" Looking at the north, Li Yuanji was not in a hurry at all.

In the next two years, there will be a major drought and waterlogging in the Tang Dynasty, and the grain production will be reduced to the point of despair, and the news of Qi is spreading in the Guanzhong region of the Central Plains, even the people who have no intention of moving north at the moment will have to make a choice next year.

……

In the face of Li Shimin's attack, Li Yuanji was not idle, let alone sat still.

Li Jing likes to stop immigrants, so let him be, stop as many as he wants, and he can't ask for it.

But on the other hand, the matter of immigration still cannot be slowed down, and the fact that this road is not open now does not mean that there is no other way to go.

It's still the big tent, it's still the hot pot, Cui Shi really did what he said, for more than a month, he had to eat hot pot every day, even if he was sweating hot, and he hadn't eaten enough, Li Yuanji had some aftertaste of the food of the Tang Dynasty.

The land of the family has been demarcated, and all of them have been arranged to the Saiwai Plain, and it is impossible to give them near the pass, which the family also expected, so there is no entanglement.

"After the New Year's Day next year, our Zheng family will send people over, hoping that His Highness can build a fort and garrison in the agreed place at that time." Zheng Shanqi said with a smile on his face, this trip has been fruitful, and there is no reason to be dissatisfied.

Although the new cultivated land is not near the Yellow River, but hundreds of miles away, as long as there are military forts and cities, the impact is not great.

"Of course, the outer city is almost complete now, and when this side is ready, this king will send people to build a city outside the fortress, and it can be built before winter." The construction speed of concrete is unimaginable to ordinary people, a city, a total length of eleven miles, under the pouring of a large amount of concrete, in just over a month has been completed half, if it were not for the speed of cement can not keep up, the city has already risen.

However, this does not matter, Li Yuanji has found new limestone nearby, and is stepping up mining and construction, and in a few days, the cement workshop nearby will be able to supply cement directly, and the construction speed will be even faster.

In addition, a lot of limestone has been found in other places, and it is currently being mined intensively, and the Turkic captives are the main force of mining.

"His Royal Highness Zheng Jiaxin!" Looking at Li Yuanji, Zheng Shanqi said with a slight smile, you can trust it when you have interests, but who are you when you have no interests? The principles of the family were vividly carried forward by Zheng Shanqi.

"This king still has a business, I wonder if you have any plans to cooperate?" The sons and daughters of the family have already done what they should do, and they should go back to report the situation here, and then make full preparations, and develop here after the New Year's Day next year, taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Yuanji decided to take another path.

"Oh? I want to hear about it! ”

"Qi needs a large population, and Fengzhou also needs a large population, what are the conditions given by this king and the conditions in Guanzhong? You all know in your hearts, but when people move north alone, they will have to go through all kinds of difficulties, and there is no guarantee of safety. So this king thinks that in this matter, we can cooperate. Li Yuanji stated his purpose.

"What kind of cooperation is it?" Cui Shi frowned slightly, this matter is not easy to do, but it is not too late to listen to the conditions before deciding.

"It's very simple, you are responsible for finding people, and sending people over, the river and land are with you, each person sent, Ding Nan for ten acres, twenty acres for a family of five, forty acres for a family of ten, Ding Nan is full of 5,000, and another 10,000 acres will be awarded." There is nothing that can be taken out, the cattle, sheep and horses themselves are not enough, and it is impossible to give them to them, so there is only land left, endless land and pastures, of course, the corners of Li Yuanji's mouth rose slightly, giving them a second choice: "Or, you can also use this in exchange for ......"