When Xun Yu arrived in Jicheng, it was late October.

The stop-and-go along the way, although it took him a lot of time, also made him feel that he had gained a lot and it was worth the trip.

Perhaps because he had seen too much surprise along the way, when Xun Yu finally saw the towering south gate of Jicheng, he didn't show too much surprise. In his opinion, since Jicheng is the city north of the Yellow River and the foundation of the rise of Liu Yu's father and son, it is not surprising that the gate of Jicheng is built taller than the Luoyang City Gate.

Xun Yu could ignore the magnificence of Jicheng, but ten-year-old Cao Zhi couldn't suppress his excitement, he couldn't wait to take Chen Yi's hand and begged, "Mr. Chen, can you take me up to the watchtower at the top of the city gate to have a look?" ”

Chen Yi smiled and rejected the request of the talented young man in front of him, and then patiently explained: "Gongzi Cao doesn't have to worry, the city tower here is not the highest place, when you enter the city, you will see a tall tower that can pick stars, and when the time comes, I will take you up to that building, and you can overlook the whole picture of Jicheng!" ”

"You're talking about the Star Picking Tower?"

"This is the building."

"Great! This time I came to Youzhou, my biggest wish is to climb the Star Picking Tower to read a lot of books, I heard that there are tens of thousands of books there, if only Changyi could have one-tenth. ”

Children always speak openly, even if he will be a great talent in seven steps into poetry in the future, Cao Zhi, at the age of ten, he will not understand the world of adults intriguing, watching out for each other and calculating.

Chen Yi arranged for Xun Yu, Cao Zhi, and Cao Hong to live in the Yingbin Garden, and the accompanying guards were arranged to live in the barracks near the north gate. When they arrived in Jicheng, the matter of safety and security was at their disposal, and two hundred guards from Yanzhou could roam the city, but they had to abide by the laws of the city, and if they committed a crime, there was no diplomatic immunity at this time.

As one of the most important places to visit Wèn, Xun Yu visited the streets and alleys of Jicheng in the next half month. Yenching University, Youyan Academy, Xuanshui Workshop, Beicheng Livestock Market, Dongcheng Gold Market, Nancheng Shuxiang, Xicheng Cloth Workshop...... He visited many celebrities, including the great Confucian Zheng Xuan, the scholar Cai Yong, the famous scholar Guan Ning and Bing Yuan, the celestial master Xu Yue, the inventor of Ma Boiling San, Hua Tuo, and the writer of the treatise on typhoid fever, Zhang Ji......

Xun Yu was born in a Confucian family in Yingchuan, his grandfather Xun Shu is known as the "God King", he himself is also handsome, talk extraordinary, and Jicheng celebrities have established friendship, won the recognition and respect of the northern Shilin.

Liu He was not worried that Xun Yu would dominate Jicheng, and took the initiative to send some reporters to follow Xun Yu and record Xun Yu's public activities in Jicheng. Then it was published in the newspaper as the best propaganda for Youzhou. Liu He just wants to put on an open posture and welcome people with lofty ideals from all over the world to come to Youzhou to study and visit, except for some parts involving core secrets, the rest of the content is casually let people see. If the development of Youzhou can stimulate and promote the states and force all forces to make policy adjustments, it will be a good thing for both ordinary people and the Han Dynasty.

After visiting Jicheng, Xun Yu left Cao Zhi behind. He took Cao Hong to Macheng to continue the visit, and Chen Yi continued to accompany him all the way.

When he arrived in Macheng, Xun Yu saw the Tuntian model in Youzhou as he wished, and was fortunate to go to the resettlement camp for displaced people to have a look.

Youzhou is booming today. It is precisely because of the influx of millions of displaced people that Liu He has sufficient labor and military resources to bring Youzhou onto the track of benign development. Now the population of Youzhou has stabilized. It is impossible for Liu He to settle all the displaced people from all over the country in Youzhou, where land is limited, so there is a "Northeast Resettlement Plan" that has just been introduced.

Liaozhou, which was founded not long ago, is vast and sparsely populated. As long as we build with care, it will not be a problem to accommodate three million people in the next five years. If you want to occupy such a long-term land, the best way is undoubtedly to emigrate. The location of Liaozhou is very critical, if it cannot be occupied by the Han people for a long time, it will become a place where some other powerful ethnic groups will flourish in the future, and eventually endanger the safety of Youzhou and even the Han Dynasty.

When Xun Yu arrived at the resettlement camp, 50,000 displaced people had just been transferred here, and another 50,000 screened displaced people would be gathered from the western front of the border between Youzhou and Bingzhou. In the resettlement camp, these displaced people are mainly observed and taught, understand the rules of Youzhou, understand where they will go in the future, what they will do there, and how to do it.

In order to complete this year's resettlement task, Liaozhou Zhizhong deliberately rushed from Xiangping to Macheng to preside over the migration of displaced people with Liu Fang.

Xun Yu asked Liu Fang: "How many immigrants have migrated to Liaozhou from here?" ”

Liu Fang replied: "After the plague is over, 50,000 people have been transferred from Baishan City, Jining City, Guangning, Gaoliu, Pingcheng and Banshi to Liaozhou. ”

"How can hundreds of thousands of people migrate over long distances without accidents on the way?"

"We have set up transit stations along the way, where food, medicines, clothing, bedding and other supplies are stored, so that the displaced people will not starve to death or die of disease during the migration. In order to ensure the safety along the road, the Xiao Cavalry Guard, the Zhenbei Army, and the Duliao Army were responsible for the sectional escort, and the Hu people in the north were now unable to protect themselves and were unable to go south to provoke. The displaced people have already formed groups before departure, and they will be resettled in groups when they arrive in Liaozhou, and there are displaced officials from Liaozhou in these groups, which can ensure the internal order of the displaced people. ”

"These homeless people have nothing but a mouth, and when they come to Liaozhou, how do you settle them?"

Han Heng replied: "We have set up the first resettlement areas in Yangle, Liucheng, Changli and Xihe in Liaoxi County, and before the displaced people arrived, houses had already been built in the resettlement areas, and the houses were equipped with charcoal for heating, as well as food and daily necessities for winter. After the displaced people arrive, the person in charge of each township will bring the displaced people who have been divided into groups to the corresponding location, and then determine the person in charge of the group, that is, the future village head, with the displaced people officer of each group. After this winter, the townships will begin to open up land and land in designated areas. According to Liaozhou's policy, no land rent is collected for the first three years of land reclamation, and seeds and cattle are provided by the state, and after five years of continuous cultivation on a piece of land, the land belongs to the reclamation person. ”

Han Heng's answer was clear and focused, and Xun Yu was very inspired after hearing it, and he felt that after returning home, he could propose to Cao Cao to build a land to move the farmers who had no land in Yanzhou to Runan and Jianghuai, which could not only balance the population distribution, but also effectively control it.

After visiting the camp for displaced people, Xun Yu proposed to take a look at the camp of the Xiao Cavalry Guard, Chen Yi thought that there was no large-scale cavalry in Yanzhou, even if Xun Yu, a civilian official without soldiers, would have a look, so he agreed to Xun Yu's request.

Zhang He, the commander of the Xiao cavalry guard, had a more mind than Chen Yi, he felt that even if the number of cavalry under Cao Cao was limited, if Xun Yu discovered the training method of the Youzhou cavalry, after he went back to report to Cao Cao, it was possible to conduct some countermeasure training against the Youzhou cavalry. Chen Yi had already agreed to Xun Yu, but Zhang He didn't want to refute his face, so he gave orders to each battalion to let the soldiers put away all the unique skills at the bottom of the box when they practiced, and hide some weapons and equipment unique to Youzhou, so as not to let Xun Yu see the real combat power level of the Xiao Cavalry Guard.

Although Zhang He has repeatedly emphasized, it is okay for the soldiers of the Xiao Cavalry Guard to let them risk their lives to charge, but it is difficult for them to pretend to be wasteful. When Xun Yu entered the camp, he happened to see several cavalry teams conducting offensive and defensive exercises, galloping war horses, cold and shining war knives, and desolate and distant charges...... All of this qiē mixed together made Xun Yu feel like he couldn't breathe.

Xun Yu thought that in order to gather a cavalry force in these years, Cao Cao asked people everywhere to help, first bought horses from Gongsun Du in Liaodong, and after Gongsun Du was driven to Lelang, Cao Cao found a way to buy horses from Ma Teng and Han Sui in Liangzhou through Bingzhou. After Yuan Shao lost the territory of Jizhou, the trade route through the annexation of the state was also cut off, and Cao Cao found a way to go through Jingzhou and Yizhou to bypass Longxi to buy horses from the Qiang people. After so many years, Yanzhou finally gathered 3,000 cavalry. Cao Cao also let his brother Cao Chun train and lead the cavalry, saying that he wanted to train a force comparable to the Youzhou cavalry.

After seeing the training of the Xiao cavalry guard today, Xun Yu felt that Cao Cao couldn't train a force as powerful as the Youzhou cavalry, because the war horse alone limited Cao Cao. There are nearly 70,000 war horses in the horse farms in Youzhou, and the Hu people in the north are still raising horses for Liu He every year.

When Xun Yu thought that Liu He might mobilize the galloping army in front of him to cross the river and head south in the future, his heart couldn't help but sink. Xiao Caiwei is only one of the five armies in Youzhou, Liu He now not only has the five armies of Youzhou, but also the three battalions of Jizhou, as well as the Shenxi army in Luoyang, as well as the troops brought over by Wen Chou when he surrendered to Chengcheng, and the troops brought out by Duan Xuan from Hedong......

If Liu He wanted to use his troops to emulate the glorious martial arts of the past, who would be able to stop him? Xun Yu now suddenly wanted to thank the great drought and plague in the north. If it weren't for the drought and plague that slowed Liu He's pace southward, where was his soldier pointing at this time?

With a heavy question in mind, Xun Yu returned to Jicheng happily, and then quickly left with Cao Zhi. Chen Yi originally wanted to accompany him to the south, but was rejected by Xun Yu. Chen Yi saw that Xun Yu suddenly became depressed, and it was inconvenient to say anything, so he only sent the prepared gift to Cao Hong quietly, and asked Cao Hong to bring Xun Yu back to Yanzhou.

On the way out of Youzhou, Xun Yu asked Cao Hong how he felt about his visit to the north, and Cao Hong, who had been following Xun Yu silently, sighed and said meaningfully: "Youzhou is so prosperous, but it may not be the blessing of Mengde......

Xun Yu nodded and acquiesced to Cao Hong's statement. (To be continued......)