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Chapter 658 Cannon fodder Princess 25
Mining iron ore is a big project, and the problem of shortage of manpower is immediately reflected.

There is no way, as many workers as can be gathered. Anyway, the various mining tasks will be implemented first, and there is only a small number of troops at present, and there is no shortage of equipment temporarily.

The mining work is slow and the output is small, and Lin Xiaoman doesn't mind.

Anyway, it can be mined and smelted.

Compared with weapons, there are still food and population issues.

The cultivation of sweet potatoes and corn has been very successful. Lin Xiaoman believes that next year there will be a bumper harvest. The key now is the population problem.

The recovery of the population is definitely a slow process. Although Lin Xiaoman has formulated a series of policies to encourage children, but within 10 years, there will be no effect.

Just when I was worrying about the population, the population came to my door.

The governor of Youzhou next door sent someone to ask them for help.

In Youzhou, there was a catastrophe, a lot of people died, conscription, and a large number of young and strong men were lost. There were only a group of old, weak, sick and disabled left on the border of Youzhou. Well, the refugees came here.

Further west of Youzhou is Muzhou, and Muzhou is the border state capital. Since the end of last year, several border states have been harassed by Hu people.

But now, the Hu people have captured several county towns in Muzhou, and they have already hit under the city walls of Fucheng.

The Hu people came in menacingly, and the people in the captured county were fleeing all the way, but they were afraid that the capital would be captured and the flames of war would burn on themselves, and more than half of the people in Muzhou that had not yet been occupied also chose to pack up their burdens and run away as soon as possible.

Muzhou is adjacent to Baizhou, Youzhou, and Anzhou. Baizhou is full of mountains and sparsely populated. Wild animals often appear on official roads.And Anzhou is also fighting, and the people in Anzhou are running with their families behind them.

Therefore, the refugees from Muzhou flocked to Youzhou, and at the same time, many refugees from Anzhou chose Youzhou.

There were millions of refugees pouring into Youzhou at once.

There are too many people to arrange it at all.

The prefect of Youzhou has sent several emergency SOS letters to the court, but no one paid any attention to him. The neighboring Baizhou and Minzhou also looked on coldly, and no one helped.

Therefore, Youzhou begged them to come to Tongzhou.

When Lin Xiaoman and Yang Hanmo put together, they almost understood.

If refugees cannot be properly resettled, they can easily become a disaster, and besides the problem of refugees, there are also barbarians!
Although Youzhou is poor and white, the Hu people don't know it!What if the Hu people came to attack Youzhou blindly?
Youzhou does not set up Jiedu envoys, plus they have been conscripted. According to Yang Hanmo's speculation, the entire Youzhou may not have 1 soldiers and horses, and all young and strong men have been conscripted. If someone really encourages refugees Rebellion, or the barbarians are coming, Youzhou is completely at the mercy of others.

But now the court is very chaotic. I heard that their four elder brothers each brought 10 soldiers and horses to form a 40-strong Northern Expedition Army to attack Beiqing.

But until now, the army of the Northern Expedition has been blocked outside the Beiqing Gate, and it is said that even a single county town has not been defeated.

Now Dagan's troops are either fighting Beiqing or have already fought against the Hu people in the western region. There are still some soldiers around the capital, but they are all to protect Jingzhou and cannot be sent abroad.

If the Hu people really occupy Muzhou, the court will probably be powerless, and when the time comes, Youzhou, which is Muzhou's neighbor...

Therefore, all the officials in Youzhou must be in a panic now.

Now is definitely a god-sent opportunity, the best time to swallow Youzhou, millions of refugees, if they can settle down, they will be able to gain a firm foothold, maybe next year, he will be able to come directly to Southwest Mexico just like Beiqing country.

Of course, just thinking about it, with Emperor Wu Sheng still alive, Yang Hanmo didn't have the guts to rebel against his own father.

But after the old man dies, he will definitely not be able to take the throne. With the current situation, when the new emperor ascends the throne, he will definitely not be able to control the overall situation, and his affairs will definitely be chaotic. At that time, he will declare independence!

Daqian southwest is his territory.

The ideal is beautiful, but the reality is...he doesn't have many soldiers.

After some discussion, Yang Hanmo went to Youzhou with [-] soldiers. As soon as he withdrew the troops, Lin Xiaoman immediately arranged for the militiamen.

Because of the household registration system, the census of Tongzhou has been preliminarily completed. Currently, Tongzhou has a recorded population of 17. Lin Xiaoman, who has read the household registration data, knows that before the snow disaster last year, Tongzhou had a population of more than 60.

Hey, sin.

Although there are only 17 left, but at least they have escaped the calamity of conscription. There are still [-] to [-] young and strong men.

It's not a busy time for farming, Lin Xiaoman came to a big military training for all the people.

Veterans lead recruits, practice!
It doesn't require how powerful it is, if you can stab, slash, and kill enemies, it's OK.

Because there were no soldiers, Lin Xiaoman thought about all kinds of mechanisms, bed crossbows, city defense equipment, refugees and so on. For Lin Xiaoman, they were all labor.

One month after Yang Hanmo went to Youzhou, the northernmost county of Tongzhou began to have an influx of refugees. Because Lin Xiaoman had already made plans and preparations, a kind of officials began to resettle refugees, implement them in villages, and allocate fields. Applying for household registration... Various tasks have been carried out in an orderly manner.

There are too many people, Lin Xiaoman is fully activated, and various measures are adapted to local conditions. There is a weaving workshop there, a dyeing workshop nearby, a paper workshop there, a pottery workshop there, an oil workshop there, a carpenter workshop there, There will be a blacksmith workshop there, a dyeing workshop there, and a small breeding workshop there...

Let's start the manufacturing industry!

Self-sufficiency, strive to be able to export next year!

The manufacturing industry developed like a raging fire, Lin Xiaoman was so busy that he became a spinning top, and with the influx of people, food began to be in short supply again.

But it doesn't matter, they have salt, as Lin Xiaoman guessed, there is a shortage of table salt, and many states can't buy table salt.

Several prefectures near them, that is, Fengzhou, are rich and have nothing to lack. Baizhou, Minzhou, and Zezhou have all started to run out of salt.

The other prefectures are too far away, limited by traffic, Lin Xiaoman quietly arranged for people to smuggle salt within the three Lin prefectures, and exchange salt for food. This deal is very profitable.

Relying on the salt they collected, their food problem was temporarily solved again.

Those who can do more work, Lin Xiaoman arranged all the strong men without wasting a single manpower. During the busy time, it was December, and Lin Xiaoman found quartz sand in the west of Tongzhou.

Glass making has entered into planning, and related experiments are underway. Yang Hanmo has returned from Youzhou, and Youzhou has basically been settled. The officials in Youzhou have basically taken refuge in him.

Yang Hanmo also brought two big news.

The Northern Expedition Army led by their four elder brothers finally invaded Beiqing and took down a few counties. Then, I don’t know how Su Beici managed it. Suddenly, tens of thousands of troops from Beiqing appeared in After entering the territory of Xinzhou, he captured two counties in Xinzhou in one fell swoop, and will soon reach the capital of Xinzhou.

Once Xinzhou falls, Beiqing's army will be able to drive straight into the capital. This is definitely a counter-kill. The Northern Expeditionary Army immediately transferred 20 people to quickly support Xinzhou.

(End of this chapter)