At this time, Budugen had already wrapped his wounds, his spirit had recovered a little, and he was allowed to eat.

Hearing Ming Jian's inquiry, he hurriedly said in stiff Chinese: "Your Majesty, Xianbei now has a population of about 150,000 households, except for the minister's department living outside Yanmen County, the Kebineng department is close to Youzhou and Liaodong, and the Suli department is also active in the Youzhou area. ”

150,000 households, that is, more than 500,000 people, which is also in line with the current situation of nomads, the northern desert is too poor, Xianbei people, like other nomads, do not understand agricultural production, only know grazing, so the population growth is very slow.

However, these 500,000 people should not be underestimated, almost all the nomads are soldiers, and they are all strong warriors, in the event of a war, they will quickly form cavalry to compete with the enemy.

The Han regime has never been able to eliminate the nomads, and it must be said that it has a lot to do with this.

Ming Jian suddenly thought of the method he had experimented in the dungeon space, by encroaching on and compressing the living space of the nomads, strengthening the connection between the Northern Desert and the interior, and finally making the nomads submit.

Isn't it possible to do the same now?

Although this time is longer, I am still less than 20 years old, and some time is spent with nomads, five years is not enough, then ten years, ten years is not good, then twenty years.

With the development of the Han Dynasty, the population will become more and more, and when the time comes, it will encroach step by step, compressing the living space of the nomads to see where they can fly.

If they want to fight back, it is just right, and it will be easier to catch them all at that time.

Thinking of this, Ming Jian immediately called Li Yuanfang.

"Yuan Fang, immediately send a decree to Zhuge Jin, the assassin of Bingzhou, and order him to send someone here to build a city immediately, well, this is the first place we occupied after the expedition, and it will be called Hancheng in the future." These Xianbei captives should be used as coolies, but give them good food and drink, and as long as they do not run away, do not abuse them. ”

Ming Jian gave orders to Li Yuanfang.

Li Yuanfang should go down.

Within a few days, Zhuge Jin arrived, and he came non-stop after receiving the holy decree of Ming Jian.

saw Mingjian and put forward his own opinion.

"Your Majesty, now that the population of Bingzhou is sparse, I'm afraid it won't be able to support the construction of a city, not to mention the need to build a road, I'm afraid that there will be a shortage of manpower and material resources."

Zhuge Jin complained vigorously.

Bingzhou is the least populated, and it has been repeatedly invaded by nomads, and most of the people do not want to live on this land.

Ming Jian laughed and said, "Aiqing doesn't have to worry, there is no one, I will give it to you." There are nearly 80,000 Xianbei people here, as long as they take care of food and shelter, they can build a city for us. In addition, I will continue to send troops to capture the nomads, and when the time comes, let them all build cities for us. ”

These more than 80,000 Xianbei people are from the Budugen tribe who came over these days, and their leaders have all been arrested, so naturally they cannot be spared, and they have all been recruited.

However, Ming Jian did not commit any offense against them, which made the hearts of Xianbei people stable, although they didn't know what the future would be, at least it was safe for now.

Although most of them are women, children, the old and weak, there is no problem in building a city, and it should be possible to provide food and shelter when the time comes, and let them do what they can.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Zhuge Jin was overjoyed and said that it was really good to use the enemy to build a city without moving his own roots.

The construction of Seoul soon began, and after some measurements, the length and width of the fortress were 3,000 meters.

And the Xianbei people were also treated preferentially by the Han army during this time, not only did not kill them, abused them, but also gave them good food and drink, and raised them one by one for nothing.

So when the Han army asked them to work for the Han to build a city, most people had no objection.

In the beginning, they had to be trained, after all, they didn't know how to build cities.

In addition to brute force, the accuracy of the construction workers must be achieved, and for this reason, Zhuge Jin brought hundreds of mature construction workers from Bingzhou to guide these Xianbei people.

The army is repaired normally, and by the way, it monitors the Xianbei people, and if there is a slight change, it will definitely lose its head. In addition, waiting for news from the Jinyi Guard, they are now spying on the movements of the Xianbei and the Huns.

Another half a month has passed, and there is still no news from the Huns, which makes Ming Jian feel inexplicable, although the desert is big, but it is impossible for them to hide it without a trace, right? Unless, they fled to the depths of the desert or even dived westward!

"Could it be that the Great Han Tianwei has become so powerful? The Huns heard the sound and fled? ”

Ming Jian thought secretly.

Since there is no way to fight, there is no way.

Ming Jian waited for the construction of the city to be completed with peace of mind, and then advanced forward for about fifty miles, and a city of fifty miles was enough to deal with the current nomads.

After more than two months of this leisurely life, Jin Yiwei finally sent back the news.

"Your Majesty, there is news of the Huns, they fled all the way west, and now they have fled to Beihai!"

Li Yuanfang reported the news of Jinyiwei's spying back.

Beihai is Lake Baikal in modern society, and the Huns fled so far that it can be seen that they felt palpitations for revenge on the Han Dynasty.

"Haha, so they're scared of me? Hmph, these eggless guys have completely lost the face of their ancestors! ”

Ming Jian couldn't help but ridicule the Huns, in history, the Huns and the Central Plains regime have been-for-tat, until the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, they were afraid, but the Huns are still the overlords of the grassland. Now it seems that the Huns have indeed lost their name.

Li Yuanfang said with a smile: "Yes, Your Majesty, now that the Huns have fled, and the Xianbei people have also fled when they hear the news, it is difficult for us to find their large troops to fight with them, I don't know what your Majesty's countermeasures are?" ”

Ming Jian said: "My countermeasure is to build a large number of cities, cut off their nomadic routes, and compress their living space. When the entire desert is a city of the Han Dynasty, no matter which nomadic people it is, there is only one way to die! ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Li Yuanfang sighed that such a project will definitely take a long time and the investment will be very large, but I have to say that this is the best way.

Half a year later.

The outer city of Seoul has been completed, and the tall walls stand over the grassland.

The construction of the inner city was about to be slow, and Ming Jian immediately ordered the army to advance fifty miles and build two small auxiliary cities in front of Seoul.

At the same time, 50,000 Xianbei people were dispatched to go.

Now the Xianbei people have adapted to this kind of life, although they are very tired from working every day, they have food and shelter, and their wives and children are still around, so they still have no complaints.

However, the number of Xianbei women far exceeds the number of Xianbei men, and many Xianbei women choose to live with the soldiers of the Han army, which is not oppression but voluntary behavior, which makes Ming Jian feel very gratified.

No matter what era, it is an era when the strong are respected, and the Han is now strong, and it is normal for a Xianbei woman to marry a man from the Han family.

In this way, the relationship between the Han and Xianbei people eased a lot.

The scale of the two auxiliary cities is far inferior to that of Seoul, the length and width are only 300 meters, their role is to guard, and after the two auxiliary cities are repaired, the Han army can safely find a new base, and the safety of Seoul will not be a problem.