In the 3880th year of the Xia calendar,

in the winter snow, hundreds of sleds were struggling to move in the snow, and on the sleds were some young officials.

Not long ago, the news that the emperor of Datong had conquered Qianzhou was transmitted back to the southern states, and the whole country was excited. This news made many remnants of the former Chen who were hiding in the mountains and fighting guerrilla warfare come out and surrender on their own initiative, not to mention those who still missed the previous dynasty in their hearts, who were directly silenced, which was of great significance.

Lin Jiang also said in the letter that the capital of Datong would still be built in Qianzhou, so Tian Xiong and others immediately began to prepare. Even if the mountains were closed due to heavy snow, some capable young officials were sent to Qianzhou to help. Forget about these old bones, and talk about it after the spring.

When the ministers rushed to Qianzhou, Lin Jiang had already cleared all the monsters in the capital. This time, as before, a large number of human women who had given birth to monsters were left behind, with a number of no less than 50,000 or 60,000. Some women were already very old, and how to deal with these people gave Lin Jiang a headache.

What gave Lin Jiang a headache was the logistical supply of the army. With two million troops, at least double the number of auxiliary soldiers, even if a large number of soldiers died in the war, there were still several million people.

The spoils of war of the demons were a lot, but they were mainly cattle and sheep. The human race couldn't stand it. Eating beef and mutton for half a month in a row made the whole army bleed from the nose. If they were to exploit the human race who stayed in the north, it would not be appropriate.

For ordinary mortals, they had no conditions to flee to the south at that time. What was wrong with them? As for the nobles who stayed, they made many contributions to the Datong Army in this war. If they really wanted to continue to attack, it would be a bit embarrassing.

Fortunately, young officials from Fengzhou arrived one after another. Lin Jiang pushed all these things to those young officials. If they didn't solve this problem, what was the point of them being officials.

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Time came in the spring of the 3881st year of the Xia calendar in the blink of an eye. After several months of purges in winter, most of the remaining demons in the 18 states in the north were eliminated.

According to the war report, the Datong Army wiped out nearly two million monsters, including four or five hundred thousand young and strong monsters, and the rest were the old, weak, women and children. There were also more than 100,000 monster-killing orders. Especially last winter, the monsters were defeated, and the ordinary human race in the north launched a desperate counterattack. Many monsters were killed, and they have not even been counted. The

former monster vassal army was disbanded, but Lin Jiang turned them all into laborers to repair the capital city, the imperial palace, and the shabby infrastructure of the 18 states in the north. Of course, Lin Jiang did not abuse them, and he would give them all the guarantees they should give.

After the beginning of spring, officials and supplies from various states in the south began to arrive one after another, especially those supplies that had long been stored in the Dengzhou area of ​​Mizhou, but they could not transport them because of the heavy snow. Now they are desperately transporting supplies because no one knows whether the monsters will counterattack.

At the end of April, news from all sides was sent to Kyoto. After Lin Jiang integrated the news, he called the ministers to discuss and said, "Last year, my Datong army swept across the 18 states in the north and killed millions of monsters. Now we have basically eliminated the monsters in the 18 states, but our own casualties are also very large, and the loss of troops is almost 800,000. In fact, we have no ability to advance again."

The loss of troops includes those who died in battle, were seriously injured and unable to fight again, were accidentally missing, and were attritional, etc. The two million troops were almost half lost, not including the loss of those auxiliary troops.

This is the strength of the monsters, and this is only a small part of the monsters. There are more monsters in the fairy country, and they are more elite. It can be said that it is not enough to fill all the people in Lin Jiang's hands.

"As for the Great Wall Corps, after our support, they have reopened the Great Wall line, and several cut parts have been reconnected, but their counterattack failed and they retreated back to the mountains."

"The Qingjiang Corps is divided into two parts, one is to act with our Datong Army, and the other is to act alone, and they have not gained a firm foothold in the Immortal Kingdom." "

The battlefield of the Zhou Dynasty is divided into two parts. One is to go upstream along the Qingjiang River and fight a water battle. The Zhou Dynasty navy successfully destroyed the monster navy, but not long after, the Zhou Dynasty navy was also destroyed by the monster. The other part is to move west along Lingyun Mountain. The Zhou Dynasty mobilized millions of troops before and after, but also won first and then lost, and has retreated to Lingyun Mountain."

Lin Jiang continued, needless to say, the remnants of the Immortal Kingdom are too weak and useless, but Lin Jiang did not expect the Zhou Dynasty to fall. In

both battlefields, they won first and then lost. I don’t know what they are doing. It doesn’t look like acting, after all, many people really died.

"Your Majesty, do you mean to stop going north?"

"Yes, but this is temporary. The two million troops are the accumulation of Datong for ten years. Now more than half of them have been lost. Datong needs to continue to recuperate.

And if we continue to go north, the food route is too long. We must manage the 18 states in the north. I have asked people to ask the people who stayed. It is estimated that there are only 40 to 50 million mortals in the 18 states in the north, which is less than the number of people in the two prosperous states in the south. So the task in the next few years is to recuperate."

Lin Jiang said that Datong's advantage over the monsters should be national strength, so it is right for Lin Jiang to play to this advantage. There is no need to fight to the death.

Lin Jiang made a plan and let everyone implement it. Those who should immigrate should immigrate, and policies to encourage childbirth should be introduced. Lin Jiang does not need to worry about these things.

Lin Jiang personally appeased Yun Shuai from the Qingjiang Corps and gave him extremely generous treatment, including allocating a fertile land in the 18 states of the north to them, about the territory of a prefecture, so that they can recuperate and do not have to pay taxes, but it is considered a temporary loan.

Yun Shuai wanted to fight back to the fairyland, and Lin Jiang also gave strong support. He provided weapons, horses and food, and helped them train soldiers, but he would not send a large army north again. He could not support it.

Yun Shuai did not have many troops and horses, and could not fight a big war at all. He could only send a few elite troops north to explore some information.

The efficiency of Datong was very high. In the summer, they began to migrate to the 18 states in the north, especially some states that had surrendered to the Datong Army before. They had not experienced any war and had a large population. There were already contradictions between people and land, which could just alleviate these contradictions.

In this process, Lin Jiang also completely split up the old nobles headed by the five major noble families. Basically, he did not kill their people, and many of them were promoted because of this. However, the places where they were to take office were far away from each other, at least more than ten thousand miles apart, and they would not be promoted again. No matter how well they did, Lin Jiang would keep them where they were, in fact, splitting them up.

After another two years, the North became more and more prosperous, especially since the huge garrison logistics no longer had to be transported by the South, which made the entire Datong Kingdom begin to rejuvenate.

The previously lost troops had long been compensated. Datong had at least 700 to 800 million people, and the loss of hundreds of thousands of troops was really nothing. The recruits were just as good as before except for their combat experience.

The martial arts academy continued to produce masters, with hundreds of innate warriors graduating every year. Together with the innate warriors produced by other channels, Datong would have thousands of innate warriors appearing every year.

Datong was becoming more and more prosperous, but the ministers in the court were becoming more and more anxious, because up to now, Lin Jiang's harem had not been established, and these ministers had sent Lin Jiang many women, tall, short, fat, thin, and even handsome men. Many people thought that Lin Jiang was going to force himself on them, which made Lin Jiang roll his eyes in anger.

To say that Lin Jiang is really as chaste as a virgin is not true. He still needs to satisfy his physiological needs occasionally, but Lin Jiang has never thought of leaving offspring here, not even a harem, because most of the harem is used to balance the power in the court. Lin Jiang knows that he has to go back to sleep, so he can leave this opportunity to others.

The ministers' advice became more and more intense, and even threatened to die. Lin Jiang finally came up with a big move, summoning the ministers and said, "The ministers with the title of marquis and above in the court must send a boy aged five to ten to the palace within one year."

"Your Majesty, what are you doing..." "

Find a stepson"

"Ah"

When Lin Jiang said this, the ministers were stunned. They could never have imagined that Lin Jiang would do this. Finding a stepson, does that mean that the throne will be passed to the stepson in the future.

"Your Majesty, there is one thing I have never told you, and I want to tell you now." "

Prime Minister, please speak up if you have anything to say,"

Lin Jiang said to the prime minister. He was the military advisor before, and now he has become a formal person, so he should be called the prime minister.

"Your Majesty, come closer and listen ."

"Okay, what do you want to say?"

"Your Majesty, when I was young, I worked as a traveling doctor for a few years. I got a secret recipe that specializes in treating infertility, and it also guarantees the birth of a son with a high probability. Your

Majesty, otherwise..." "Get out of here,"

Lin Jiang cursed before he could finish. What does the old man mean? You are the one who is infertile. What's the point of doubting his ability? I really want to be a tyrant and kill him.