When Lu Shuang and the generals appeared in the teleportation array in the city square, the people on both sides erupted in deafening cheers to welcome their warriors back.

The Flying City was not attacked in this Yellow Turban Rebellion, and when the whole country was in dire straits with the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the Flying City stayed away from the flames of war, and even sent troops to assist the local counter-rebellion. Outside, when food production was reduced due to wars, natural and man-made disasters, Flying Sky City and its affiliated territories did not starve to death, but instead of starving to death, the total grain production increased month-on-month.

The sense of honor of the people of Feitian City is all glorious, they live and work in peace and contentment in the territory, and the territory is also prosperous and powerful because of everyone who struggles, and there is a strong army guarding them, so when they heard that the army of Feitian City returned triumphantly, the people of Feitian City and nearby came to celebrate.

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"Congratulations! Congratulations to my lord! ”

When he came to the City Lord's Mansion, Lu Shuang saw a group of civil and military officials, who had not seen them for more than half a year, and no one expected that this expedition would last from April to November.

"With the merits of the lord and the three leaders of the Yellow Turban and a few Qu Shuai, I believe it is enough to seal the marquis." Cao Lao congratulated.

"This is also inseparable from the efforts of all the generals and soldiers, with such elite soldiers, why can't you make meritorious contributions?" Lu Shuang was not proud and complacent because he was patted on the back, he was very clear about his positioning, and changed the topic and said: "Cao Lao, Huang Shi, how has the territory developed during my absence?" Especially in terms of population. ”

A big reason why Lu Shuang chose to go north was to increase the population of Feitian City. Before the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out, Lu Shuang had successfully extended his sphere of influence to Yizhou, and successfully established Zhenhai City there, forced a landing of one million people, and provided 100,000 A-qualified recruits for Feitian City. However, with the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the teleportation array between Zhenhai City and Feitian City could not be used, and it was impossible to interact with people normally, so there was not much contact in the past ten months. Later, due to the war, there were many homeless people, and Lu Shuang set his eyes on these homeless people, and sent a fleet to take away the homeless people who were willing to follow them everywhere.

"Returning to the lord, according to the strategy set before, the soldiers of Feitian City are divided into two routes, one is the lord you lead the various legions to the north along the coastline, and the other road is to go south to sweep the counties and counties where the Yellow Turban Rebellion in Yangzhou is more serious, and bring these displaced people back."

According to preliminary statistics, about 12 million people were transported this time, of which exactly half were transported from the north and south. Although there are many displaced people in the northern counties, it is not possible to transport them all back due to the limited transportation capacity and transportation distance. On the contrary, the army that went to Yangzhou County, although each county could not receive many displaced people, but the advantage was that the distance was close, and almost all the counties that could be reached by water in Wu County, Danyang County and Huiji County had passed, so the number of displaced people received was no less than that of going north. Cao Lao replied.

"Then what is the total population of our Flying City now?"

Lu Shuang was shocked, he personally led the army north, knowing that the Yellow Turban Army had attacked more than a dozen counties along the way, and each county could receive hundreds of thousands of displaced people, and he roughly calculated that there were indeed five or six million at that time. But I didn't expect Yu Wenchao and Zang Ba to be so powerful, after cleaning up the Yellow Turban Army in the three counties of Gaoyou, they were ordered to go south to the three counties in the northeast of Yangzhou and brought so many displaced people back.

"Back to my lord, now there are a total of 18 million people in the entire territory, including 3 million people in Yizhou." Cao Lao knew the situation of the territory well.

"Eighteen million? The population of the territory has been soaring since April, and will the food and security keep up during this period? "Lu Shuang is a little worried that the territory will not be able to bear the burden of increasing so many people at once, especially the problems of food and security.

"Due to the care of the Lord God, the grain in the farmland was ripe and harvested in early February this year before the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, so the initial outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the first four months of receiving displaced people did not put much pressure on the food reserves of Flying Sky City. However, as more and more displaced people were received, the pressure on grain became greater after August, but fortunately, when the fallow was over in July, Lao Fu and Huang Shi arranged for the appropriate workers of the right age among these displaced people to start sowing and cultivating and fishing, relieving some of the pressure on grain. ”

"In addition, although the agricultural tax of our Flying City is thirty and a half, because the farmers' cultivated area and output are relatively large, the farmers can still have a lot of grain left after paying taxes and their own expenses, so it can be said that the strategic reserve grain established by our Flying City is not enough for the surplus grain in the hands of the farmers. During this period, we were able to make up for the food gap after receiving millions of displaced people by buying grain from farmers, and farmers were able to sell some of the old grain that had been backlogged for years. Moreover, since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the territory has harvested grain twice, and the strength of the whole territory to deal with this increase in displaced people, as long as you are careful and proper, you can survive this winter smoothly. ”

"With regard to law and order, if there are so many displaced people all at once, it is inevitable that there will be a decline in law and order. After discovering the problem, the old man and Huang Shi and the head of the Criminal Department, Zang Jie, made arrangements in time to organize the displaced people they received into households and increase the number of city defense troops to facilitate management. However, the valley where Flying City is located has a large population and does not accept many people, and most of them have moved to nearby islands to enrich the population of local towns. Most of these displaced people were also homeless, and they had nowhere to flee on an island where they could work for food and shelter, and with the city guards strengthening their patrols, they had nowhere to flee on the island, and gradually law and order stabilized. ”

After listening to Cao Lao's words, Lu Shuang nodded, they will encounter many difficulties every step they take now, and the key is how to solve these difficulties.

"What about the situation in Yizhou? Does Yizhou also have a population of 3 million? Lu Shuang glanced at the civil and military officials in the lower hall and noticed a face that he hadn't seen for a long time, "Zhou Bai, what's the situation in Yizhou now?" ”

"Lord, I haven't seen you for a long time, I miss it very much." Zhou Bai hadn't seen Lu Shuang for a long time, Yizhou and Feitian City were too far apart, and the teleportation array couldn't be used, so he was almost out of contact for most of the year.

"Zhenhai City had a population of nearly one million before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, but it only increased to three million after the Yellow Turban Rebellion ended. There are two main reasons for this, one is that the population of Yizhou is too small, and the deeper it goes, the more sparsely populated it becomes, and even a large area of uninhabitable primeval jungle; The second is that the population of Yizhou is mainly concentrated in the west plain, and the west plain is a long and narrow trend from north to south, Zhenhai Town is located in the north of Yizhou, and there is just a heavy city in the south (about the location of Hsinchu), and the army of Zhenhai City lacks heavy siege weapons, so it focuses on the development of the northern part of Yizhou. ”

"After several months of hard work, the northern part of Yizhou is now under the control of Zhenhai City, and the northern basin has been cleared and is now suitable for farming. Among the current population of 3 million, there are more than 400,000 soldiers, 300,000 fifth-order soldiers, 70,000 sixth-order soldiers, 30,000 seventh-order soldiers, and less than 10,000 eighth-order soldiers. There are 1.4 million farmers, most of whom are junior farmers, although the water conservancy, farming technology, and farming tools here are not as good as Feitian City, but the climate is very suitable, and the grain produced at one time can meet the grain consumption of Zhenhai City for a year. In addition to farmers, there are 600,000 fishermen, miners, and lumberjacks, as well as tens of thousands of other occupations, and the rest are the old, weak, women, and children who are really unable to work. The difference between the population and the territory recruited by the forced landing here in Yizhou is that the entire tribe joins together, including some who cannot work. ”

After listening to Zhou Bai's general explanation, Lu Shuang expressed his recognition of his work, after all, no one expected that the Yellow Turban Rebellion would suddenly break out, causing the communication between the two sides to become a big problem. Moreover, at that time, Lu Shuang also took 100,000 recruits from Yizhou, which reduced the number of highly qualified young people in Zhenhai City.

Now that the Yellow Turban Rebellion is over and the teleportation array is reopened, Lu Shuang has a further plan for Yizhou, which is the development of Yizhou. Move some of the remaining population in Feitian City or the island to Yizhou, where the climate is ideal for farming and planting, and the abundance of fruits, fruits, and fisheries can lead to the development of commerce, economic income, and the transfer of mature technology and experience.

Another step is to gather the main army of Feitian City or support large heavy siege weapons to attack some cities in Yizhou, and then radiate their influence to the surrounding areas.

In short, this piece of meat in Yizhou is to be eaten, although it can't be swallowed in one bite, but Lu Shuang has to eat the delicious part to his mouth first, and then gnaw the hard bones little by little.