The discussion among the generals in the hall was enthusiastic, and Liu Zhuo was not easy to interrupt, and when everyone gradually calmed down, Liu Zhuo coughed lightly, and the hall was immediately quiet.

"Ladies and gentlemen, war is not just about fighting, but before the war, we must work out a detailed battle and make all the preparations before the war. Therefore, the next step is that Yuan Hao, Ziliang and others will work harder, hehe. ”

"The lord works hard, and we will obey the lord's orders."

"Okay, let's put this matter aside for a while, let's first straighten out the internal development potential of Youzhou in recent years, so that we know it in our hearts. Ziliang, let me tell you about some of the main situations in Youzhou in recent years. ”

"No, my lord."

Liu Ye took out a booklet, flipped out a page, looked at it, and said, "Let me first introduce to you the situation of this war against Wuhuan." There were three major battles, in which more than 60,000 Wuhuan cavalry were annihilated and more than 50,000 Wuhuan war horses were captured. After the current enemy was annihilated on each battlefield, the entire Wuhuan tribe was comprehensively cleaned up. After Chen Zhi led 10,000 soldiers to annihilate Zhang Chun's troops, starting from the west of Youzhou, he completed the cleanup of all Wuhuan tribes within the Great Wall, and after Zhao Yun led his troops to complete the annihilation of Zhang Ju's rebels, he started to the north from the vicinity of Feiru, and then crossed the Great Wall and completed the cleanup of all Wuhuan tribes. In the western Liaoning region, Zhang Liao led his troops to the north, responsible for cleaning up the Wuhuan tribe in the northwest of Liaoning. Liaodong is relatively complicated, because there are several cavalry of Wuhuan Luoyi who went south to plunder Liaodong, causing some major clans in Liaodong to almost perish and suffer heavy losses. In order not to alarm Qiu Liju, the army led by Guan Yu had to be patient, and only after Qiu Liju crossed the Great Wall did they begin to encircle and annihilate this Wuhuan cavalry, and then turn back to complete the operation of clearing the Wuhuan people. In short, this operation captured about 80,000 men over the age of 14 and under 40 years old, about 200,000 women, a number of property, and more than 100,000 war horses available in Youzhou. ”

When Liu Ye said this, Liu Zhuo took over the topic: "Everyone, if there are still capable warriors among these Wuhuan men, we can give them a chance to zuihou, and those who can't fight can only be slaves." This war against the alien races in the east made them pioneers, and the credit was big enough that not only could he give the Han surname himself, but even their families could be stained. Hehe, the Han people have a surname of Zhan, so give them this surname. As for the women, they are divided into three, six, nine, and so on, and one part of the upper haode is distributed to you, or as a concubine, or as a maid, as you arrange, and the second part is reserved for the soldiers as a reward, and whoever has made a meritorious service will be rewarded. Again, the arrangement is used for miscellaneous work or other purposes in the service team, in short, it is useful. In addition, after our cavalry has been trained, they will participate in the war in batches, and the cavalry of Youzhou will lead these Wuhuan people to fight, and the ratio of personnel, I think it will be in the ratio of two to eight, and a group of Youzhou cavalry will fight a few battles and then change a group of people, so that the casualty rate of the cavalry will be reduced, and at the same time I will train the actual combat ability of the cavalry in Youzhou, killing two birds with one stone. Next, please continue to talk about the population development of Youzhou. ”

Liu Ye continued to introduce according to the requirements of the lord: "In the first year of Zhongping, our lord led 500 Ding soldiers to fight against the Yellow Turban Army for nearly a year, and Youzhou captured more than 200,000 prisoners of the Yellow Turban Army, including combatable soldiers. Because the name of the lord's benevolence spread all over the world, in the second year of Zhongping, there were about 400,000 displaced people who entered Youzhou, and the Central Plains was relatively calm in the third year of Zhongping, and the number of displaced people who entered Youzhou decreased slightly this year, about 300,000, and about 300,000 people in the fourth year of Zhongping, so that the cumulative population of Youzhou in the past few years has about 1.2 million people. Some of the people are arranged in the land of western Liaoning, and most of the people are arranged in the land of eastern Liao. Prior to this, the population structure of Youzhou was as follows: Zhuozhou had 630,000 people, Guangyang had 280,000 people, Daijun had 120,000 people, Shanggu had 510,000 people, Yuyang had 430,000 people, Youbeiping 50,000 people, Liaoxi 80,000 people, Liaodong 80,000 people, Xuansu 40,000 people, and Lelang 25,000 people, totaling more than 2 million people. If we add the 1.2 million displaced people in Youzhou in the past four years, the number of Han people in Youzhou today has reached more than 3.2 million. At the current rate of influx of displaced people, the population of Youzhou will continue to increase, and the situation is gratifying. Of course, now that the situation in the Central Plains is gradually stabilizing, the number of displaced people flowing into Youzhou may not be as large as before, but there are still some people. ”

, it's not that I don't know, but I'm shocked, and before I knew it, the population of Youzhou had increased by half.

However, after Liu Ye introduced the population changes in Youzhou, most of the people below are still a little cloudy, and there are more people to eat, so I don't understand why so many people are doing.

Liu Zhuo looked at the expressions of the people in the hall and knew that these people had not reacted yet, to be exact, they had not calculated the accounts, and it was time to explain it to them.

"Ladies and gentlemen, don't underestimate the increase in population over the years. Think about it, our Youzhou is vast and sparsely populated, especially in Liaodong, and you can't see a single family after walking for a few miles, if you only rely on the original 2 million people in Youzhou, excluding the old, weak, sick, disabled, women and children, how many army soldiers can we recruit? You can't take all the men in, can you? Hehe, what are we going to eat and drink in that case? There must be people who grow food, and there must be all kinds of craftsmen. Therefore, population is a grand strategy, a very, very important strategy, and the most fundamental strategy to strengthen the war potential of Youzhou. I have already begun to lay out this strategy in the first year of Zhongping, and today is the first time to summarize it and explain it to you, so that everyone can know the importance of this strategy. Let's not talk about anything else, in front of us, take down the original residence of the Wuhuan people, do we have to arrange people to go over, no one lives in these places and can't keep them. In the next step, we will expand to the east, and should we arrange people to cultivate the land that has been laid down. If we want to continue to develop, if we want to continue to expand the territory of Youzhou, we need to have enough population to fill it, and all of this is based on having a sufficient number of people to support it, you understand now, right? ”

At this moment, all the people present suddenly realized,, and this saying, mud, never considered this aspect. After the lord's explanation, I now understand that the population is too important, and it is not ordinarily important. Hey, our lord has arranged this strategy in the first year of Zhongping, and when we understand that the cucumber dishes are cold, why is the gap between people so big......