Liangzhou Jincheng Camp.

Since Duan Jiong led the Liangzhou army to be transferred to Jincheng last year, the imperial court has twice ordered reinforcements. After Duan Jiong's careful selection, the Liangzhou army has now increased from the initial 30,000 to 70,000, including 40,000 infantry and 30,000 cavalry. Half of the cavalry are Qiang people from Dongqiang.

Although the Liangzhou army is smaller in number than the You and Bing provinces, its combat power is far superior, making it the most powerful force in the Han army.

To the west of the Liangzhou camp lies a vast residential area, constructed in a tribal style, divided into dozens of settlements of varying sizes, where nearly 100,000 Qiang people live, helping the Liangzhou army with herding and horse raising.

These Qiang people were recruited from the Eastern Qiang to build water conservancy projects during the spring planting season this year. Since they came to the Han Dynasty, they have not only been able to eat their fill every day, but have also received a portion of their wages.

Seeing how well the Qiang people were doing in the Han Dynasty, they decided to stay and refused to leave, no matter how much the officials pleaded with them.

Seeing this, Fu Xie had no choice but to agree to let them stay.

After discussing it with Duan Jiong, Fu Xie arranged for them to stay near the Liangzhou camp, living with the families of the Liangzhou soldiers. Of course, this was also to make it easier for the soldiers to find wives, since there were quite a few young women among the Qiang people.

After finishing a day of training, Yang Feng and his soldiers rode out of the camp, humming a tune, and headed towards the Qiang people's residential area.

In order to enable these soldiers to contribute to increasing the population of Liangzhou in the future, Fu Xie and Duan Jiong, after some discussion, decided that all soldiers who were already married could leave the military camp and go home to have children after completing their training.

As long as the soldiers and the Qiang women are willing, each soldier can marry two to five women from other ethnic groups. The more children they have, the more rewards the government and the imperial court will bestow upon them.

Of course, this was also part of Liu Hong's rapid assimilation plan.

Upon entering the residential area, the soldiers jokingly led their wives, who had come to greet them, back to their respective homes.

Before long, Yang Feng arrived at a gathering place north of the residential area. An old man who was herding sheep saw Yang Feng approaching and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him.

"This old man, Yang Tu, greets General Yang!"

"Oh, old man, there's no need for such formalities!"

Yang Feng quickly dismounted and helped Yang Tu up.

Looking at the dozen or so fat sheep behind Yang Tu, Yang Feng couldn't help but praise, "Old man, you've raised these sheep very well! They're all plump and meaty; they're sure to fetch a good price!"

"Yes, it's all thanks to the benevolence of the governor and your Han army that I was able to have my own flock of sheep and live a better and better life. I'm content with my life!"

Yang Tu spoke with a smile, his eyes slightly moist.

Yang Feng laughed and said, "Old man, now that both of your sons have joined the Han army, it should be said that our Han army is the one that truly is..."

Yang Tu quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, yes, it's our Han army!"

"Alright, sir, you go ahead with your work. I need to go home now!"

"General, please wait!"

After bidding farewell to Yang Tu, Yang Feng led his horse toward a house in the settlement.

Inside the courtyard, two women were busy gathering hay. One of them, a young and beautiful woman, had a slightly protruding belly.

"Madam, you are pregnant now and should not move around too much. Let me take care of these things!"

"Oh, when you were about to give birth, you were still busy working. I've only been pregnant for a few months, it's nothing!"

The pregnant woman smiled, but her hands continued moving.

Another woman said, "Now that you are General Yang's wife, our lives are no longer as hard as before, so it's no trouble to rest a little more!"

The pregnant woman shook her head slightly: "The general is kind and took me in, giving me a home. I should take good care of it and not be lazy."

"Yes, General Yang is truly a rare and good person!"

Thinking of Yang Feng, a strange light flashed in the woman's eyes as she lowered her head and fiddled with her work.

The pregnant woman glanced at her, simply smiled and shook her head, without saying anything more.

Just then, Yang Feng also pushed open the door and entered the courtyard.

Hearing the noise, the two women looked up at the same time.

The two immediately put down their work and went to greet him with joy.

"My husband, you're back!"

"Hmm! How are you today?"

Yang Feng smiled and nodded, but his gaze was fixed on the woman's protruding belly, his eyes filled with happiness and satisfaction.

"Everything is fine!"

Yang Feng's wife gently rubbed her lower abdomen, then smiled and said, "Husband, you've had a hard day. Why don't you go back inside and rest?"

"good!!"

Yang Feng nodded, then handed the reins to another woman and asked, "Huh? Where's Yan'er?"

The woman smiled and said, "He went out early this morning riding the horse you gave him!"

"Haha, great! This kid has learned to ride a horse by himself at only six years old. He'll definitely become a brave general on the battlefield in the future!"

Upon hearing the woman's words, Yang Feng burst into laughter, his words revealing his extreme satisfaction with the young man.

The Yan'er that Yang Feng mentioned was none other than the little boy Yang Yan from back then, and the woman leading the horse was his mother.

It turns out that this year, when the Qiang people came to work in the Han Dynasty after the Han Dynasty launched a campaign against them, the people of Yangjiazhuang, led by the elder Yang Tu, all came to the Han Dynasty.

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