Yuan Shao, the father of Fanghua in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 894 Population Dilemma
This time when Yuan Xi returned to Jicheng, he did not make any fanfare, but wanted to enter the city with the people when the city gate was opened in the morning.

As a result, when the team arrived outside the city gate, Yuan Xi was stunned by the continuous flow of people coming in and out. He saw people entering and leaving the city lined up in several lines, quietly waiting for the people in front to check their identities.

Outside a city gate, there were dozens of soldiers stationed, all holding booklets and checking them carefully, but even so, there was still a long queue of hundreds of people at the city gate.

Coupled with the vehicles transporting goods, Yuan Xi probably wouldn't even be able to enter the city in half an hour.

He asked Tian Yu: "Why are there so many people?"

Tian Yu smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid my lord has forgotten that half of the people in Yecheng have fled here."

"In addition, the Chinese New Year is approaching, which is a time for people from all over the country to visit relatives and friends. Now in Jicheng, the streets are crowded with people and it is very lively."

"By the way, because many nobles in Jicheng fled here and are in urgent need of shelter. In addition, this is where the envoy is sitting. Many Jizhou nobles want to find a way through the envoy. Now the housing prices in Jicheng have been very high. In just a few years, Within a few months, it increased several times.”

"There are even many people who have sold their houses, made a lot of money, and moved to live in other villages and towns."

Yuan Xi suddenly felt a toothache when he looked at the dark crowd. When he expanded Jicheng, he was still conservative.

Lu Lingqi saw the sinister smile on Yuan Xi's face and knew that he was having bad intentions again. She thought that it would be impossible for her husband to keep her eyes peeled without peeling off her skin.

Yuan Xi felt a little disappointed at first. When he was in Beixin City, when the people heard the news that he was coming back to the city, how often did they not support the young and old together to welcome him?

Do you want to sell your account?
If you want to be a Jingye, you have to spend some money to help with the construction, right?

Not to mention, Yecheng was subsequently captured. Those who escaped and the people in other counties in Jizhou were unwilling to stay under Cao Cao's rule and fled to Jicheng one after another. Just like when the Sili war broke out, people They all fled to Jingzhou.

Yuan Xi asked his soldiers to station outside the city temporarily, waiting for the people who were crowded at the city gate to leave first. Their army did not display any banners, so they looked like ordinary patrol soldiers. The people coming and going were eager to go out of the city to do business, so when they passed by, they were just After a casual glance, he walked over.

Before Yecheng was besieged, Yuan Shang asked many old, young, women, and children from Yecheng to take refuge in the north in order to get rid of their burdens. There were already a large number of these people, and they were originally arranged to go to Yijing, but the scale of Yijing was simply not easy. No less than these many people.

Every time the population increases, the difficulty of management increases. From water sources to food and other daily necessities, to city planning, to the relationship between people, there will be earth-shaking changes. These people come to Jicheng, he is not Not welcome, but the corresponding management manpower needs to be increased several times. Where can he find so many people in a short time?
Regarding Yuan Xi's question, Tian Yu spread his hands and said, "I can't figure out this problem. I have to ask Mr. Gong and Mr. Yu for advice."

He sat on the edge of the curb and talked to Tian Yu, while Lu Lingqi ran to the carriage of Mrs. Mi and her daughters, introducing Jicheng to them who poked their heads out curiously.

Because of the prosperity of Youzhou's salt and iron industry and commerce, Jicheng's living standards have improved rapidly, and almost half of Youzhou's wealthy households have gathered together. In addition, the existence of Youyi Xue Medical House far surpasses that of Jizhou. The prestigious nobles chose Jicheng, and it was also It becomes reasonable.

Lu Lingqi smiled and said: "Jicheng was very small before, but now this second city wall was built every year or so."

On this basis, he limited the scale of Jicheng's expansion to a relatively medium number. At that time, he did not want to carry out large-scale construction. After all, building a city was the most expensive. As a result, he did not count the consequences in Jizhou. question.

Coupled with the war in Jizhou, these people were afraid of being killed by Cao's army, so they simply went to Youzhou to take refuge. The most convenient and best-equipped city was naturally Jicheng, which Yuan Xi had worked hard to manage in the past few years.

Then he laughed self-deprecatingly. The situations in Jicheng and Beixin City were different. The people in Beixin City had been saved by him several times, while Jicheng had been in peace for a long time and had not seen war for a long time. Naturally, he would not have any objection to a team like his. How grateful.

However, it seems that the expansion of the city will also be put on the agenda. Although the current city gate passage can no longer meet the needs of travel, it will also be widened accordingly.

this is a good idea!

Yuan Xi heard from Tian Yu that the population of Jicheng had doubled in a short period of time, and he felt the pain in his teeth.

It would be good if the people and soldiers got along more calmly, and the people's indifferent attitude towards the Youzhou Army actually shows that the Youzhou Army has good military discipline on weekdays. Otherwise, the people's expressions would be mixed with more fear. and guarded.

Although Jicheng was the capital of the Yan Kingdom in ancient times and had a large population, after hundreds of years of abandonment, the number of people was greatly reduced and the city was dilapidated. Therefore, when Yuan Xi rebuilt it, he based it on the population of the towns around Jicheng. The growth rate has been carefully calculated.

Mrs. Mi looked at the city wall, which was only over a foot high, and wondered, "Why aren't the walls of Jicheng built higher?"

Yuan Xi was indignant, no, we can't let these people get an advantage for nothing, we have to let them bleed!

"But it looks like it's a mistake. It's useless to build it higher. It's estimated that the third city wall will be built soon."

"Moreover, if there is an invasion by the foreign barbarians in the North, it will be of no use if the city wall is a few feet taller, because the Youzhou cavalry is good at attacking with attack, and shrinking in defense will only increase the arrogance of the barbarians, and beat them head-on until they are stunned. Dare to come again is the only way to get it done once and for all.”

"Moreover, there are a large number of rivers and water systems around Jicheng. Cavalry who are not familiar with the terrain will only fall into the trap of the water network. Only we, the Youzhou cavalry, can quickly and maneuverably move troops from the rivers." "So Jicheng At the beginning of the planning, Bian made maximum use of the surrounding waterways, which is the outermost city wall."

After hearing this, Mi Zhen suddenly said: "I see, the person who came up with this method is really amazing."

Lu Lingqi smiled and said, "My husband came up with it."

"Although his counselors are very powerful, the counselors said privately in the army that my husband is also a powerful counselor."

Mi Zhen felt the same way, "Just like Cao Mengde?"

"It's the same as in a trading company. The shopkeeper must be more knowledgeable than the clerk. If he doesn't have the skills of a counselor, it would be difficult to make the counselor willing to use him for his own purposes. I'm afraid it would be difficult, right?"

Mrs. Du laughed at the side and said: "It seems that there is nothing that you can't do. I heard that he is also very good at business. Does Mr. Yuan teach everything?"

Hong said weakly on the side: "I'm afraid that all of them are self-taught. Moreover, when I was in the Yuan family's inner house, I only heard about General Meng's Yi, but no other miscellaneous knowledge was taught."

While the women were talking, a team of more than a dozen people came over and shouted at Yuan Xi and others: "Whose subordinates are you?"

"How come the army marches with female relatives? Don't you know the military orders?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked strange. Was it Yuan Xi's fault?
Yuan Xi was also confused. He had been away from Jicheng for a long time, and he didn't display a flag. It was normal for the generals of the Youzhou Army not to recognize him. But why didn't he remember this military order?
He turned to Tian Yu and asked doubtfully: "When did the military order change?"

Only then did Tian Yu react and said with a wry smile: "I was negligent. I thought this was not a big deal to you, but in the end I forgot about it."

After Tian Yu explained, it turned out that recently Jicheng had attracted not only Jizhou gentry people, but also many Jizhou soldiers. When Jushu, who was in charge of Jicheng affairs, recruited the Jizhou soldiers, he found that these soldiers were closely related to the Jizhou gentry. In order to be close to each other, when they were fleeing together, they collected property to protect the nobles from fleeing.

This is actually understandable. After all, in order to save lives, it is a matter of mutual consent. However, after these Jizhou soldiers arrived in Youzhou, Zhao Yun, who was in charge of military affairs, was still in Heishan. As a result, the Jizhou army was not integrated in time and could only be temporarily resettled. These Jizhou soldiers were still doing the same thing, almost becoming the bodyguards of these nobles, and a lot of chaos occurred in the process.

This was also a headache for Jushou, because there were too many things going on during this period that he could not take care of, so he could only issue temporary military orders to prevent soldiers from getting involved with the nobles. This is how the temporary rule of not having female dependents in the army came about. Come.

After hearing this, Yuan Xi felt his tooth hurt again. Taking over Yuan Shang's inheritance seemed to be a great benefit, but the benefits were not easy to get, and there were quite a few problems!
He stood up and said with a smile: "Despite the military order, we came back from outside. There was no such rule in the army at that time. After entering the city, I will definitely find someone to discuss it and come up with a proper solution."

The leader was a senior officer. He looked at Yuan Xi suspiciously and said, "You sound very loud. Could you be lying to me?"

"Are you in charge?"

"Looking at your young age, I'm afraid you are not a descendant of any big family in the Jizhou army?"

"I'm telling you, don't bring those bad habits here, or else our Youzhou Army won't kill you!"

Tian Yu on the side couldn't help but feel extremely funny, "You don't even know either of us, why are you speaking so loudly? Can you speak on behalf of the Youzhou Army?"

The leader was actually quite young. He was unconvinced and said, "Why, are you using your official position to pressure me?"

"Let me tell you, our Youzhou Army has a right to travel all over the world. Don't think that you can fool me by threatening me with a few words. Tell me your name and the military department you belong to. I have to report this matter according to regulations."

Before he could say anything, he was hit hard on the back of the head, his iron helmet was banged, and someone behind him heard angrily: "I'll pay you back!"

"Why does your kid get into trouble every day?"

The Chief was angry and turned around and said: "Who dares to hit me? What crime should I be punished for attacking a soldier?"

As a result, he turned around and saw the person coming, and said in shock: "Brother, why are you here?"

Yuan Xi took a closer look and immediately became happy, "Sun Li, when did you become the eldest brother?"

"Are you younger than others?"

The person who came was none other than Sun Li. He pulled the long man aside with one arm, rushed to Yuan Xi, hugged Yuan Xi's thigh, and said with tears in his eyes: "Brother, you are back, you miss me so much!"

(End of this chapter)