The general trend of the world will change because of a big war, but it will not completely settle down because of this.

The heroes are exhausted, and the strategists are racking their brains, all planning how to protect what they have and strive for more in this great change brought about by the rise of Qingzhou.

The Qingzhou side, which has a great advantage, is also not easy.

In Wang Yu's words, the process of competing for the top of the world is like a marathon, at the beginning, or even the advantage of halfway, it is not enough to rely on, there are too many outstanding people among the competitors, and if you relax a little, the previous advantage will be lost.

Therefore, the shogunate of Qingzhou did not have much concept of this New Year.

Before Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone was busy preparing for Zhang Jaw; On Chinese New Year's Eve, everyone was busy until late at night for Xu Shu's trip to Hedong; The next morning, they were confronted with tens of thousands of soldiers, as well as people and merchants who came from all directions.

And after these busy, the meeting on the fifteenth day of the first month will start again, plus the preparations for the new year......

From the beginning of the Lunar New Year, there was only a lot of mourning in the Qingzhou shogunate, and everyone realized that for themselves, the three years of Zhongping would be a busy and hard year.

It's also interesting to say, the princes are worried, the staff are hard, and the heroes are helpless, but in fact, they are the ones who are really qualified to profit from the troubled times. The people who are really suffering from the troubled times, especially the people of Jizhou, are elated around the New Year in the third year of Zhongping, and they do have the meaning of the New Year.

In the area of Plains City today, the fierce and murderous atmosphere of the battlefield has completely dissipated, and it has been replaced by a joyful atmosphere.

In fact, since the news of the war spread, the surrounding people have begun to flock to Gaotang. Those who have been in troubled times for a long time. Some people who are already accustomed to it know that before the war, they must try to avoid it, but after the war, it may not be. After a fierce battle, a large amount of supplies are often left on the battlefield, which is a good opportunity for the poor people to make a fortune.

Of course, there are often risks involved in such opportunities, but for those who don't even know where to go for their next meal. Who cares about risk?

What's more, this time it was the Qingzhou Army that won the victory, never pulling strong men, and looting the army of the civil champion Hou!

Rushing to this army. There will certainly be no risks, but the opportunities are numerous.

At the very least, there can be a chance to work hard. Including the initial siege battle, near Gaotang City, there were three large-scale battles before and after, and tens of thousands of people were lost! You can't just leave so many corpses there.

It's winter now, but it's time for spring and summer. Nearly 100,000 corpses are piled up like that, and it would be hell if there is no large-scale plague.

As a result, the body was buried, burned, or transported away for disposal. It has become a very sought-after job.

Those who participate in the work, the Qingzhou Army will pay according to their work, which is the first layer of income; Second, if you put some effort into it. Bring some of the corpses of Hu Lu to their own land to be buried, or get some burned ashes back and scatter them in the ground. It's also very affordable.

According to the old farmers, the land that has been treated in this way must be the most fertile field in a few years. With the corpse of the Yuan army's soldiers, everyone may not be happy to go, but with the corpse of Hu Lu, there will be no problem. In the original words of the prince, this can be regarded as giving these white-eyed wolves a chance to atone for their sins, isn't it?

The biggest selling point is the horse, the dead horse!

A dead horse can shave off at least a few hundred catties of meat, and more than 100,000 people of the Qingqing, Youyou, and Montenegrin coalition forces have opened their bellies to eat, and they have not eaten 10,000 horses until around the New Year. This is a good thing, and of course the rest should not be wasted, and it must be handled properly.

There was not only meat on the horse, but also skin, so much leather, that the army had neither time nor so many specialized craftsmen. Zhang Yan took his share back from the camp very carefully and mobilized the whole army to tann leather, but Wang Yu had no intention of letting his soldiers do this kind of thing.

After tasting Wang Yu's hot pot, Gongsun Chan simply entrusted these trivial matters to Wang Yu to deal with, although he had some objections to this, but after all, he was helpless. Those trivial matters seem small, but the amount of work involved is not small at all, haven't you seen Zhang Yan's 50,000 army mobilized after it was launched, is it still busy?

Wang Yu's countermeasure was very simple, directly mobilizing the masses.

Merchants pay money, the people contribute, money, grain, salt, all kinds of commodities can be taken out to trade horse meat, horse skin, and then how to deal with it, it is up to the merchants themselves to use their brains.

The order was given, the cheers were thunderous, and everyone went to work with the greatest enthusiasm.

Even though it's winter, it's not cost-effective to walk around with so much horse meat, not to mention that with so much leather, it's not just a matter of building a shed.

The merchants simply used local materials, anyway, there were many manpower, and the market was large, so they opened some restaurants, some opened leather workshops, and others also had tailor shops, shoe and hat shops, and so on.

For a while, there were countless markets outside Gaotang City, and it seemed that overnight, it had changed from a nameless small city to a bustling city like Luoyang and Chang'an.

In addition to the armor and equipment captured on the battlefield, there are many damaged cotton clothes and cloth armor, these things will naturally not be put in Wang Yu's eyes, after deducting the share given to Zhang Yan, he also waved his hand and handed it all over to the people to pick it up. The direct consequence is that Wang Yu's prestige among the people has risen again, and a side effect is that the popularity of Gao Tang City has skyrocketed.

All kinds of decisions, in fact, are unintentional by Wang Yu, the rise in prestige, the effect is relatively long-lasting, but the popularity or something will undoubtedly dissipate over time.

But after Tian Feng arrived, he keenly found the opportunity, and he directly proposed to Wang Yu to demolish the Gaotang City Wall, and take this opportunity to expand this small port city into a capital that is not inferior to Puyang and Yecheng.

Wang Yu began to be a little surprised, this kind of face-saving project of building Xiongcheng should not be Tian Feng's style, and it was not until he talked with Tian Feng in detail that he sighed again, the wisdom of the ancients really cannot be underestimated.

Although he does not know the concept of urbanization, Tian Feng has a very thorough understanding of the role of a metropolis with a large population in promoting economy, politics and urbanization.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty once ordered the world's powerful rangers to settle in Chang'an, although there was an intention to restrain these heroes who flouted the king's law and did whatever they wanted, but it did not mean to increase the population of Chang'an and increase the advantages of the capital.

The human body is the greatest wealth. This point of view is the one that Wang Yu and Tian Feng can talk about the most.

Tian Feng believes that since Qingzhou's strategic focus in the next few years is on development, it is necessary to establish a central capital. Rather than allowing the population gathered by the war to come and go, it is better to take this God-given opportunity to plan the expansion of Gaotang City.

The geographical location of Gaotang is excellent, the nearby terrain is a flat river, and the official roads built in the Han Wu era extend in all directions. It is bordered by the Great River in the east, and not far from the south is the tributary of the Yellow River - Luoshui, which runs through several counties of Jizhou from east to west. A few hundred miles east from Gaotang Port is the estuary of the Yellow River, which can also echo the sea trade that Wang Yu has been planning.

It's a shame not to take advantage of such a place and such an opportunity.

As for the cost of building the city wall, Tian Feng thinks that it is not a trouble, and his opinion is that there is no need to build a city wall.

Wang Yu is not trying to divide the Qing and hope for many years, or to temporarily build a political and economic center, and there is no need to mobilize the people. Moreover, Gaotang is at the junction of Qingdao and Hebei, which belongs to the hinterland of the entire force, and the risk of being attacked is very low.

The most important thing is that Tian Feng is well versed in Wang Yu's temperament, as soon as there is a war, this lord will go to the front line in person, and if there is no Xiongcheng to protect the city, the root is not important.

Anyway, thirty miles to the north is the Plains City, even if there is really a surprise attack by the enemy's light troops and breaks through the outer defense line, everyone can just hide in the city.

Wang Yu thought deeply of Tian Feng's suggestion, and immediately issued an order to show Tian Feng as the assassin of Jizhou and take full charge of the civil affairs of Jizhou, which of course also included the expansion of Gaotang.

Will Tian Feng complain about his hand-shaking shopkeeper in private, Wang Yu is not going to pay attention to it, anyway, those who can work hard, as long as it is not a military and political grasp, he is still very generous in delegating power.

In short, with Tian Feng's leadership, the expansion of Gaotang suddenly developed from disorderly to orderly, although the overall scene is still chaotic, but those who are interested will find that the work related to the construction of the city has actually been carried out in an orderly manner.

In the midst of a thriving scene, there are also some elements of disharmony.

Among the many businessmen who are optimistic about Qingzhou, the Wei County Guan family is the most far-sighted group, in addition to the Mi family, who has half of the official and business status, Guan Ning, the eldest son of the Guan family, is the first group of businessmen to enter the arms of Qingzhou and start a monopoly with Qingzhou in the sea salt trade.

Shopping malls are like battlefields, and they all pay attention to taking the lead and taking the lead step by step.

Guan Ning's keen sense of business opportunities allowed him to win many opportunities, one of which was that before the news of the construction of the city in the Tang Dynasty spread, he built several large shops in the most central area of the new city, that is, next to the old city wall.

According to Tian Feng's plan, the old city will become the center of Qingzhou's political harmony in the future, including the general's mansion, the county guard yamen and other institutions, as well as many great Confucians, including Taishan Academy, will be invited here, either to join Taishan Academy, or to give lectures on their own.

In short, the great development of Gaotang will bring unlimited business opportunities, and the biggest business opportunities are undoubtedly these shops closest to the central area. What Guanning preemptively occupied is undoubtedly a prime location.

Among the many envious eyes, Guan Ning did not show too proudness, and always had that professional smile on his face that greeted the world, but the festive atmosphere in the smile was unobstructed.

However, on the morning of the third day of the Lunar New Year, a clipper boat came from upstream and brought a letter from the old head of the Guan family, Guan Ning was like a shop being robbed, and he was immediately stunned, and his expression when he entered the cabin was like a mourning concubine, which caused many speculations.