Why is it still difficult for Lu Ren to absorb the population?

Don't look at the fact that there are more than 100,000 people in Yizhou now, but in fact, the main big growth was between the ninth year of Jian'an and the tenth year of Jian'an. And if that big growth is excluded, then Yizhou's current population base may be less than 100,000. Roughly calculated, it is about to be able to absorb 10,000 people every year.

The situation in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Samhan, and Wajima, which Lu Ren originally set as the goal of plundering population, is actually not very clear at the present point, and the fleet sent to these places has been reduced a lot because of one reason or another, and if it is reckless, it is no different from wasting time, manpower, and financial resources;

Secondly, Lu Ren's fleet seems to be very large, and there are now more than 100 large, medium and small ships of all kinds, most of which are actually used to maintain maritime trade with Jiangdong and Hebei. What's worse is that Gan Ning is now clamoring to go to the Mediterranean, and Lu Ren persuaded him for a long time, so that Gan Ning agreed to go to the vicinity of Ceylon first, and the deadline was set at two years;

Again, Lu Ren has been trying to find a way to transfer the population from the Central Plains to Yizhou first, mainly to ensure a certain Han population base, and the purpose of this may be a little confusing...... He wanted to avoid the overpopulation of foreign races, which would lead to the assimilation of the Han people in Yizhou by foreign races......

"Alas...... It's hard to do that! ”

Liu Ye looked at Lu Ren and shook his head constantly, and finally popped out of this sentence, and said with a smile: "Yihao, but are you worried about the lack of people?" ”

Lu Ren nodded.

Liu Ye said: "You have been collecting displaced people from Hebei and Xuzhou and transferring them here, and you have also thought of using the goods produced in Yizhou to exchange prisoners for Cao Gong, which is indispensable." It's just that the sea transfer is thousands of miles, and the time required to travel back and forth is often very long, and the sea population is limited after all, and now it is no more than three or five thousand per trip. Generally speaking, the displaced people in the north will move to the inland states of Qing, Yang, and Jing to seek food, and very few will actually move to the coastal areas. In this way, it is rare to be able to move here from the north twice a year to 4,000 people. ”

Lu Ren said: "Yes, this is indeed my mistake. ”

Liu Ye said: "A wise man thinks a thousand times, and there will be a mistake in the end, and Yihao doesn't have to mind." I have a plan here, do you want to listen to it? ”

"Oh!?"

Lu Ren hurriedly slapped the table vigorously, quieted everyone in the hall, and said loudly: "Ziyang has any good plan, I'll wait to hear it!" ”

Liu Ye saw that everyone's eyes in the hall were on him, and he coughed twice to clear his throat, and knew in his heart that this was an opportunity for him to gain everyone's trust.

At this moment, the hall was quiet, and Liu Ye did not immediately say his thoughts, but asked Lu Ren: "Yihao, you have been transporting people from the north to here, so why haven't you thought about recruiting people from the South China Sea, Shanyue and other places nearby?" ”

Lu Ren waved his hand again and again: "How could I not have thought about it? Are you and I just a decoration in Quanzhou, Hong Kong, Zhuya and other places? No, not long ago, we also recruited more than 2,000 people near Quanzhou. It's just that I have been delaying in starting in places like the South China Sea, Cangwu, and Shanyue, and I do have my own troubles. ”

Liu Ye said: "I would like to hear about it." ”

Lu Ren sorted out his thoughts and said: "These places can recruit a lot of people, but most of them are from the Shanyue tribe. The Shanyue tribe has been fighting with Sun Quan for several years, and they have hatred in the hearts of our Han people, but I am afraid that before anyone has recruited anything, we have already fought with Shanyue first.

"Well...... To be honest, I haven't started in Shanyue and the South China Sea, because I don't want to attract Sun Quan's attention. In case the news of Yizhou's gradual prosperity reaches Sun Quan, let Sun Quan leave his heart and send troops to attack after sweeping away the chaos in Shanyue, everything will be over here. Of course, now that I have been appointed as the pastor of Yizhou by the imperial court, Sun Quan will naturally notice it. ”

Liu Ye nodded, but then shook his head again: "Yihao's concern is certainly reasonable, but don't you think you are thinking too much?" ”

"Too much concern?"

Liu Ye said: "Exactly, Yihao, you are too worried." In fact, Sun Quan fought with the Shanyue tribes, although it could be peaceful, but it was difficult to govern, at best, it was just peace with him. If you want to really bring Shanyue, Nanhai, Cangwu and other places under your rule, you don't need to spend the last ten years, but I am afraid that it will not work at all. And in these ten years, how much can you do Yihao? ”

(Bottle press: According to the "Three Kingdoms Wu Shu?") According to the record of Lu Xun's biography, Lu Xun first served as the lieutenant of Haichang Tuntian, and then Sun Quan adopted Lu Xun's suggestion and asked Lu Xun to pacify the Shanyue Rebellion, which is not recorded in the book for many years. However, when Lu Xun returned to Jianye and Lu Meng to plot Jingzhou, it was already twenty-four years of Jian'an. If it is calculated according to Lu Xun's appearance in the ninth year of Jian'an and his eleventh year to Shanyue to quell the chaos, it looks like he has been fighting for 12 to 13 years before and after. ）

"Well...... this"

Liu Ye continued: "Yihao, you know who I am, even when I am in Xudu and Yecheng, I will pay more attention to the opponents that Lao Cao will face, so I have also heard a lot of news between Jiangdong and Shanyue. Now that I've lived in Yizhou for almost three months, I've carefully compared your ships here. In my opinion, the elite of Sun Quan's naval army is all in the Yangtze River and Poyang, and his warships are only suitable for river and water battles...... Gan Xingba, you have been galloping on the water for many years, do you think I am right? ”

Gan Ning is an expert in water warfare, and after pondering for a long time, he said: "I have fought a lot of river and water battles, but this naval battle has not really been fought yet, so it is not good to comment on it." But judging by the ship's performance, you do have a good point. The oars of the ordinary river war boats are numerous, and they are intended to take over the board as soon as possible and use the white soldiers, although they are all carrying huge crossbows and strong bows, but they are only to suppress the opponent. If this kind of tactic is really on the vast sea, I am afraid that it will be difficult to use it......"

Shirley, who was on the side, picked up and said, "I don't understand marching and fighting, but I seem to have heard something out of your words." That tactic lies in whether the ship is fast enough, and if the ship is not fast enough, it will be difficult to engage the enemy. I'm not boasting, but the three medium-sized 'seagulls' that were built last month have stern propeller construction, which is more than twice as fast as a boat of the same size with full oars......"

Gan Ning immediately jumped up and shouted, "What? Why don't you tell me when the new ship is built? Transfer it to me right away! ”

"No, it's still on trial!"

"Isn't that right? Let me take it out as a sea trial! ”

"Stop, stop!!"

Lu Ren slapped the table a few times to make them stop arguing, and then asked Liu Ye: "Ziyang, what you said seems to be far from the matter of recruiting people, right?" ”

Liu Ye said: "No, no, no, I just want to remind you, not to mention the ten-year period, at least you don't have to worry about Sun Quan so much within five years, you just have to worry about it boldly." In land warfare, you have no soldiers and no generals, so you are naturally not Sun Quan's opponent, but if you really talk about naval warfare, you can be said to respect you.

"And I expect that Sun Quan intends to win the Central Plains, and there will be no troops and warships in the coastal area...... It can also be said that he didn't dare to adjust even if he wanted to, Lao Cao intended to go south after pacifying Hebei, Liu Bei in Jingzhou was also ambitious, and Sun Quan had to station heavy troops along the Yangtze River. The remaining soldiers and horses still have to pacify the Shanyue tribes, where will he have to take care of you? And Yizhou has been in the past few years, recruiting more people and horses to build more warships, and the city defense has become both a naval battle, how dare Sun Quan peep here? ”

Lu Ren nodded silently, in fact, Lu Ren also expected a lot of what Liu Ye said, but on an occasion like this, it is better to let Liu Ye play a little.

Liu Ye took the time to take a sip of tea, moistened his throat and continued: "Yihao, you may still be worried...... In fact, when we go to recruit people, we don't necessarily have to directly play the name of Yizhou, but we can use a plan to hide the sky and cross the sea. ”

"Hiding from the world? Ziyang means ......"

Saying that, Lu Ren suddenly realized: "Oh, I understand! Dispatch a few capable people to build a village near Quanzhou to recruit people in the name of the wealthy family, so that you can avoid Sun Quan's eyes and ears! ”

A hint of pride flashed in Liu Ye's expression: "That's right!" If the name of Yizhou is directly played as in the past, it will be easy to attract Sun Quan's attention, and second, the people will not know what to do, and they will be discouraged if they hesitate in their hearts. In the name of the wealthy family, recruiting people can completely avoid these anecdotes, and there are many wealthy families in the Shanyue area who are forced to recruit young and strong people as a trilogy, one more and one less, and how many people will notice? ”

Gan Ning said: "This is the end! When I went to the vicinity of Quanzhou to recruit people a few times ago, many people wanted to come, but when they heard that it was overseas Yizhou, they retreated. ”

Lu Ren thoughtfully took out the map and looked at it for a long time, and discussed with Liu Ye: "How about setting up a few manors near Quanzhou first?" The small city of Quanzhou can be regarded as my own hands, most of which are in my hands, and it is not far from Yizhou, so it is very convenient to transfer money and grain. If you have money and food to supply these estates, you shouldn't be afraid of not being able to recruit people. ”

Shi Tao interjected: "Lord, at that time, we can use the name of doing things to bring some people to Yizhou first, teach those people to see the wealth of Yizhou, and then take them back to the public to spread the legend, naturally there will be people who are willing to move to Yizhou to live." ”

"Hmmm......"

Liu Ye saw Lu Ren smiling, and pointed out a place on the map: "Yihao, if you are worried that the Shanyue tribe is not easy to control, you might as well do something about this place." ”

Lu Ren glanced at it and said in surprise: "Jiaozhou!?" ”

Liu Ye said: "To be exact, it is the eastern counties of Jiaozhou. Jiaozhou Shixie can also be regarded as a virtuous party, it is located in the west of Jiaozhou, near the address of the governance office can be said to be more than ten years without war and incursion, although the people are not rich, but it can also be said that the people are happy, the east of Jiaozhou is not. In the early years, there were many people who avoided the eastern part of Jiaozhou in order to avoid the Yellow Turban and Dong Zhuo's rebellion, and they were scattered here to barely survive. And because of the remote location, Shi Xie and Sun Quan can't take care of this area...... Yihao, this is actually a good place left by God for you. ”

In fact, Liu Ye didn't know at this time that Lu Ren had actually started in Jiaozhou a few years earlier. It's just that out of many considerations, Lu Ren didn't dare to make things bigger...... (To be continued.) )