Three Kingdoms: Peak Summons

Chapter 1417: Ungrateful

Chapter 1415: Ungrateful

 “Five or six hundred thousand?”

Liu Xiu looked shocked and asked quickly: "Even the total population of Wuling County is only more than 200,000. How can Wuling Barbarians have such a large population? And how do they feed so many people?"

Liu Xiu couldn't help but be surprised. After all, the total population of the four counties in Jingnan is only more than 1.3 million, but there are nearly 600,000 foreigners living in his territory, but they are not under his governance. If these people are not included, If the unstable factors in the stock market are resolved, Liu Xiu may really not be able to sleep.

“My lord, the Wuling barbarians are the same as the Shanyue people in Jiangdong and the Baiyue people in Jiaozhou. They are all foreign tribes that live in strongholds in the deep mountains.

Most of them live an extremely primitive life of eating hair and drinking blood. Therefore, although the population is large, the average life span is extremely low, and because they are too poor, most of them are precarious.

If the lord can conquer the Wuling barbarians, as long as they can be given a mouthful of food and treated like the Han people, I believe they will die in the service of the lord. "Kuai Yue said in a deep voice.

"Conquering foreign tribes and transforming them into a nation is an act that will last forever. How can I miss it?"

Liu Xiu's eyes flickered and he smiled lightly and said: "Let's do this. After Han Shizhong is wiped out, I will personally lead the army to conquer the Wuling barbarians and use these barbarians to fill the population of Jingnan."

 “My lord is wise.” All the ministers said in unison.

The population of five to six million is not a small number. With the crude equipment of Wuling Man, Liu Xiu only needs to dispatch an army of 50,000, and the conquest can be completed in less than two years. Even if the population will be reduced by then, Jingnan's The total population will also reach nearly two million, so it is naturally impossible for Liu Xiu to give up.

“Do you have any other ways to increase the population?”

Liu Xiu asked again. Now he only wants to build up Jingnan, and then use Jingnan as a springboard for external expansion.

The governance of Bingzhou and Liangzhou by Qin Wen and Dong Zhuo made Liu Xiu truly realize that there is no real poor place, only incompetent rulers.

Qin Wen and Bingliang Prefectures under Dong Zhuo's command were notoriously poor among the thirteen prefectures.

 Ten years ago, the total population of the nine counties in Bingzhou was only 1.5 million.

Liangzhou is even worse. With ten counties and two vassal states, the total population is only 1.2 million, which is not even as good as the four counties in Jingnan.

 But what now?

 The total population of Bingzhou is about to exceed four million;

Liangzhou also has a total population of 2.5 million.

Qin Wen and Dong Zhuo caught up with a good opportunity and took advantage of the Yellow Turban Uprising to recruit refugees and use refugees from the Guandong region and Yellow Turban prisoners of war to fill the populations of the two states.

 After receiving supplements from the refugees from Guandong, Qin and Dong adopted appropriate policies, which led to great development in all walks of life in Bingliang and Liangzhou.

Since the Yellow Turban Uprising, warlords in various places have been fighting for their own power. All states and counties are fighting, so the population loss has been extremely serious. Only the two states of Bingliang have been peaceful and have not been devastated by the war, so that the total population has increased instead of falling. .

However, with the fall of Yang Jian, Yang Guang, Ma Teng, and Han Sui divided Liangzhou into three parts. This caused Liangzhou to become chaotic, and now the population has begun to decline.

Qin Wen and Dong Zhuo set a good example for Liu Xiu. He had just unified the four counties of Jingnan and was preparing to fight. Although Jingnan's foundation was weak, it was much better than Bingzhou and Liangzhou.

 At least the total population of Jingnan is larger than that of the original Bingliang prefectures.

In addition, the threat from Wuling barbarians is far less than that of Xiongnu and Qiang people.

Qin Wen and Dong Zhuo can turn waste into treasure by occupying such dangerous areas. Liu Xiu, who controls Jingnan and Nanjun, has a much better start than Qin Wen and Dong Zhuo. As long as they manage and develop carefully, there is no reason why they cannot develop. .

Liu Xiu was full of hope for the outside world, but he suffered from all the advisers under his command. They racked their brains and exhausted almost all available methods in order to increase the foundation of Nanjun. Nowadays, all the methods that should be used in Jingnan have been used, and policies such as encouraging childbirth and rewarding childbirth will not be effective for a while. There are really no other ways to expand the population.

Everyone looked at each other in confusion, and no one answered. However, Deng Yu stood up and said with a faint smile: "My lord, I have a method for you, but I don't know if my lord dares to use it."

When Kuai Liang, Cai Mao and others heard this, they instinctively had a bad premonition, but Liu Xiu was overjoyed and asked: "What method? As long as I have it, I will definitely adopt it."

Deng Yu glanced at Kuai Liang, Cai Mao and others with amusement, and said with a faint smile: "My lord, there are many tenants hidden among the Jingzhou aristocratic families. There are many tenants, such as Master Cai Mao's Cai family, which has more than 50,000 tenants, and there are also a few tenants. Thousands, if this population can be liberated, we will have nearly 200,000 more people in Jingnan."

 “Silence, traitor.”

As soon as Deng Yu finished speaking, Cai Hao couldn't wait to stand up and curse, and then said to Liu Xiu: "My lord, Deng Yu's words have ulterior motives and intend to plunge our army into civil strife. My lord must not accept it."

Liu Xiu's brows furrowed. He had been targeting the Jingzhou family for a long time. It was just because he relied on the Jingzhou family to make his fortune. If the Jingzhou family hadn't fully supported him in his fight against Qin Hao, he would have been killed. Qin Hao was destroyed, and the Jingzhou family also contributed a lot on his way to unifying Jingnan, so taking action against the Jingzhou family at this time would be a bit ungrateful and heart-warming.

Deng Yu glanced at Cai Mao and said calmly: "Master Cai's words are different. It is a general trend for the family to hand over their hidden household registration.

Look at all the states in the world, except for the three states of Jingyang and Yi, where else can aristocratic families dare to conceal their household registration?

 In addition, only when the overall strength of our army becomes stronger can the interests of the Jingzhou family be preserved. Otherwise, if Qin Hao sends troops to attack, wouldn't all the assets of the Jingzhou family be taken advantage of by Qin Hao? "

Of course Cai Mao understands these principles, but once his own interests are involved, that won't work.

There were many members of the Jingzhou family under Liu Xiu, so it was naturally impossible for them to agree with Deng Yu's opinions. However, these people all used words to attack Deng Yu, but Deng Yu smiled indifferently and ignored them, but this only fueled the arrogance of these people.

Looking at the noisy ministers, Liu Xiu couldn't help but feel irritated. Then he slapped the document angrily and shouted: "Shut up."

Liu Xiu's prestige was still very high. When he spoke, everyone fell silent and no one dared to continue speaking.

“Deng Yu is right, it is a general trend for aristocratic families to hand over their hidden household registrations, and no one can stop it.”

As soon as Liu Xiu said this, the hearts of all the officials present from Jingzhou aristocratic families suddenly became cold, and Liu Xiu's more ruthless trick was yet to come.

 “Where is Cai Mao?”

 “The end will be here.”

　　"The matter of asking the Jingzhou family to hand over their people will be left to you. If anyone dares to stop it..."

Liu Xiu's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he said coldly: "Kill the clan directly."

"this…"

 Suddenly, Cai Hao felt like the world was spinning, and his face instantly turned extremely pale.

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