Chapter Seventy-Seven: Vitality Rises
The scenery in the big business is the same as in the past, these days, Zhao Yue and others have been busy, and finally wiped out the buildings and furniture that were smoked by the fire and cleaned up.
However, Zhao Yue didn't have time to see things and think about people, he needed to act quickly to increase Luoyang's productivity and restore the prosperity of the place, so that Luoyang could become his first city, take root in Sili in the form of a base area, and then swallow up the western territory of the former Great Qin.
According to Qin Feng, there were less than 5,000 people left in Luoyang, which used to be "100,000 households and one million people", and most of them were old, weak, sick and disabled, and there were very few young and middle-aged people who really had a labor force, and most of them went to other parts of Sili to seek development.
After Zhao Yue heard the news, she had a headache, after all, the first priority of development is Zhuangding. He had read so many history books, and since ancient times, population has been a prerequisite for whether a vassal state can become big. King Hui of Liang in "Mencius: King Hui of Liang" is a question that arises because of the population problem, and Mencius answers them one by one.
However, although the population is a problem now, Zhao Yue speculated in her heart that those people had lived in Luoyang for generations, and they ran away because they had taken refuge a year ago.
If he wants to devote himself to restoring Luoyang's vitality this time, those who already have a love for this place should come back and rebuild their own homes.
Thinking of this, Zhao Yue decided to let the Meng idiot take charge of recruiting soldiers and strong men in Luoyang and the surrounding areas.
Of course, he himself was not idle, these days, he asked Liu Zheng to take those children in the original city and gather all the children under the age of twelve in the vicinity of Luoyang.
Then, he asked the four-year-old Liu Zheng to be responsible for directing these children, and Qin Feng was responsible for assisting from the side, going to the suburbs near Luoyang every day to collect what could be eaten, and then distributing it uniformly, plus some points to the poor in the city, so that these people could also recover their strength as soon as possible and put into a normal life trajectory.
When he was busy, time was fleeting, and it only took about three days to come back with Xiao Tong Mengshi, and they also brought back a team of about 1,000 people under Yin in Henan for Zhao Yue!
Everything was as Zhao Yue expected, these people were all people who were reluctant to give up their love for Luoyang. They heard that Youmingjun valued Luoyang, which was destroyed in a year, and wanted to start an incident here, but at first they didn't believe it too much, but they saw that the age of the idiot was not like a liar, so they followed to find out.
You must know that in the Sili area, there are still about thousands of their relatives and friends, once they find out that Zhao Yue's governance of Luoyang is really political, they will persuade their family and friends to go back to Luoyang to live. At that time, Luoyang will really prosper again.
Zhao Yue was pleasantly surprised by this, and hurriedly ordered these people to reclaim the long-abandoned land around Luoyang, and then sow and cultivate it. He even asked the young men who had just followed him to post an appointment on the four city gates in Luoyang.
The text of the example reads as follows:
"I, Zhao Yue, was originally a plain-headed common man in Luoyang, but when I saw that the troubled times had begun, the century-old emperors of Luoyang City were burned, and I was uneasy, so I went to the mountains to seek sages and wanted to rebuild Luoyang City here. If the wanderers in the countryside have nowhere to return, they can enter my Luoyang to settle down, and we will definitely treat each other well. ”
In this list, nomads from all over the world flocked to it, adding a lot of vitality to the dilapidated Luoyang City.
At this time, although the whole Luoyang is still so dilapidated, the people walking on the street are no longer as sallow and unsteady as before; The whole of Luoyang began to radiate with the Han Imperial Palace and big merchants as the center, and the ruins of the past were cleared, the rubble was buried, and many new wooden houses were built.
These new houses are quaint and natural, living in harmony with the whole city, and looking up and down Luoyang, the morning air has become fresh and pleasant, and it is no longer mixed with the smell of charcoal.
Standing on the city wall, the boy looked out into the distance, the cultivated land that had been abandoned and grew grassy was cultivated by more and more strong men, and it also grew sporadic greenery, which was a young wheat seedling, which could be harvested only in autumn.
In Luoyang City, although there are still large areas that have not resumed their functions and construction, they can already see Zhao Yue as a clean and honest government and win the hearts of the people.
Now, Zhao Yue goes out every morning to go out to the big business, and the places that can be seen are all inhabited huts and smooth roads. He even felt for a moment that Luoyang was not burned at all, but was consistently prosperous.
At the same time, Zhao Yue will often discuss what to do next with the idiot in the main hall of the big business.
Every day, the idiot went to the fields to instruct the people in farming, and he also instructed the laborers to continue to clean up the burned school yards and military buildings for recruitment.
He always can't hide the appearance of being dusty, and he has long been out of touch with the master who lives in seclusion on Songshan Mountain.
Right now, he was sitting in the seat under the hall, hurriedly took a sip of tea, and said to Zhao Yue with an anxious face: "Young master, the tragic situation in Luoyang has been alleviated this time, and the team of thousands of people has begun to cultivate the fertile land. ”
After hearing this, Zhao Yue smiled happily and nodded frequently. For the first time, he felt a sense of fullness above being human.
Looking back, he was a soldier who didn't understand anything, followed the orders of the general, spent every day waiting for orders, and always felt that the days had been very long.
And now, as a parent, he is responsible for the rise and fall of the entire power; There are many things to think about and a lot to be busy with every day. The cumbersome and grand management aspect made his life instantly fulfilling, and he was always inadvertently stunned: how many days have passed?
The thoughts in Zhao Yue's mind now are all about how to make Luoyang better, make the people's lives more happy, so that the reputation of Great Qin can be revealed as soon as possible, and the Qin State can be noticed by the world again!
The idiot who was sitting in the hall put the teacup on the table next to him and continued: "Young master, although everything seems to be in order, but with the increasing population of Luoyang, I am afraid that the food we can use now will not be able to support the harvest of new grain, and the group of children you are looking for will not play any substantive role at all, I don't understand why the young master focuses on them all day long, is it because Liu Jian was the son of the young master's old friend." ”
Zhao Yue was noncommittal about the words of the idiot, and he naturally had another plan in his heart.
Liu Xian is now young, only four years old, and the group of dolls together is not older than twelve years old. But think about it from a different perspective, what about now, ten years from now?
That's going to be a group of heroes who are good at fighting and fighting very well!
Because they have been trained since childhood, they will not be as ignorant and ignorant as they were when they joined the army, and no one feels this more deeply than Zhao Yue, who started as a soldier.
Because they have followed Great Qin since childhood, they will be loyal to Great Qin, unlike other Han people, it will take a long time for them to adapt to the atmosphere of the Qin Dynasty.
Zhao Yue did not mention his life experience when he posted An Min, let alone half a word about the Qin Dynasty, precisely because of this consideration. Of course, there are also concerns about other princes, even now the eyes of all the princes are not on this Luoyang City, which is like a rotten land.
Regarding the issue of military rations mentioned by the idiot, Zhao Yue came and went in the fields and the city all day long, and he was very busy, and he was also aware of this situation. But the new forces have just started, and the surrounding princes will not take him seriously at all, and it is already good if they don't even send troops to come to the conquest, who will help?
If he can't survive this difficulty, I'm afraid he can only be like Sun Ce and take refuge with other forces.
In that case, the idea of reviving Great Qin would gradually become a dead letter, and when he wanted to put it into practice, there would never be anyone around him willing to assist him.
Zhao Yue leaned on the back of the chair, looking at the people who came and went in the courtyard outside the hall, and the people who were busy everywhere, tapping her fingers with a little contemplation, but suddenly thought of that person!
"Pan Yu, Pingshui met in Pingyu City, but he is also a friend from the same Yuedan Review, he is an official under Yuan Shao, one of the two heroes in Hebei, at this time!"
Thinking of this, Zhao Yue's eyes were a little distracted, with a somewhat stiff smile on her face, she thought quickly in her head, and said in her mouth: "Yuan Shao received Han Fu Jizhou, there is a lot of money and grain, if Pan Yu is allowed to lobby from it, he must be able to borrow grain and grass." It's just a matter of interests, if there is nothing to say, Pan Yu probably won't help with this......"
Zhao Yue frowned, thought for a while, and finally thought of a way: he expected Pan Yu to be a gentleman, and he only needed to tell him that this grain, grass and money was to save the people of Luoyang in the midst of fire and water, and Pan Yu would definitely be willing to do his best to help!