Although Xiao Yujue's father was driven out of the capital early on and became a vassal king in a remote state.
But he was a bastard who could not inherit the title, a nobody who was not loved by his father and mother, and he had been living in the Imperial College in the capital with his brothers since he was a child.
As time went by, she gradually got together with real rich and powerful men like Xie Chengyuan.
And he also became one of Xie Chengyuan's good friends.
The fact that Xie Chengyuan was interested in Xiao Yujue and wanted to be friends with him must be because the other person had some good qualities that were worth his attention.
Otherwise, how could a hidden boss like Xie Chengyuan befriend a real playboy?
After the Xie family got into trouble, Xiao Yujue wanted to do something to help the Xie family.
But he was an unappreciated bastard with very limited abilities, and he couldn't even find out any news about the Xie family.
He was even put in solitary confinement by the emperor for a long time because he had been close to Xie Chengyuan for many years.
I don’t know that Xiao Yujue was being guarded by the emperor’s men.
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Even those dandy young men who were on good terms with Xie Chengyuan were all locked up in the ancestral temple by their parents for various reasons, for fear of being liquidated by the emperor.
The reason Xiao Yujue was released was because the old emperor was assassinated by Xiao Yujue, and the people guarding him were naturally withdrawn.
He was freed.
Before he could find out the news about the Xie family being exiled, he learned that Xiao Yuqi was actually going to abandon the capital and head directly south.
Even many aristocratic families and high-ranking officials in the capital were controlled by Xiao Yuqi and moved south with them.
As for the officials and nobles who were not taken away, needless to say, they were all pawns abandoned by the new emperor.
Even Xiao Yujue's other brothers and sisters got the news early, and while he was in confinement, they fled the capital to look for their biological father.
After all, he is of royal blood.
He had no forces or subordinates to accompany him as he fled back to his father amidst the mountain bandits and rebels everywhere.
He could only use his royal identity to gather all the dandy disciples who had a good relationship with Xie Chengyuan to form a new force.
He barely managed to win over the civilians and nobles in the city who had not fled, and tried his best to defend the capital.
Perhaps these people have no backbone in their hearts, and they have already panicked and don’t know what to do.
The appearance of Xiao Yujue and his group of playboys brought the people together and gave them a backbone, instead of them running around like headless flies.
They actually made some achievements.
After hearing Xiao Yujue's explanation, Shen Shuli and Xiao Yan were even more shocked.
The two of them had never expected that the young man would have such thoughts.
Even Xie Chengyuan was surprised that these playboys he had made friends with could actually behave like this.
He is very proud of these brothers!
"This is not the place to talk. Why don't we go somewhere else to have a good chat?" Xie Chengyuan said at the right time.
Xiao Yujue naturally had no choice but to respond. He immediately walked to the city gate and asked the defenders to open the gate and let the army enter the city.
The soldiers guarding the city looked quite respectable, but they were actually just ordinary people in costume.
They had no formal training at all.
Normally, they are trained by the guards from the homes of Xiao Yujue's brothers.
When he saw the powerful momentum of the more than 300,000 troops in front of him, he was so scared that his legs went limp.
They all knew Xiao Yujue and knew that he was the emperor, so naturally they did not dare to disobey his orders.
All three city gates were immediately opened and leaned against the city wall to welcome the army into the city.
Xiao Yujue really trusted Xie Chengyuan and Xiao Yan very much, and brought them directly into the palace without any precautions against them.
He also handed over the entire imperial city's military defense to four generals, Xiao Yan, Xie Jiuchong, Pingxi Hou and Gao Fei, and asked them to replace all of them with his men.
Anyway, the guards in the palace are all makeshift teams. They look quite real, but they actually have little combat effectiveness against a real army.
If the emperor's uncle's army could protect the entire capital, he would be happy to see it happen.
Xiao Yan immediately discussed the military deployment of the capital and the imperial palace with Xie Jiuchong, Pingxi Hou and Gao Fei.
The original makeshift team was also replaced.
The army guarding the capital were all the first batch of soldiers from the island, and there was not a single soldier who originally belonged to Xiao Yuqi.
After all, this is the capital, so they naturally have to be cautious.
Xiao Yujue brought Xie Chengyuan and Shen Shuli to the emperor's bedroom, and also gathered all the playboys together.
These dudes were originally unpopular in their respective families.
They were all abandoned by their families, and were poor creatures left behind to guard the ancestral home.
As for whether these incompetent bastards can hold on and survive, it depends on themselves.
If you can hold on.
When they return in the future, they will still have a share of their ancestral property and a house.
If they can't, they won't feel bad.
In their hearts, they never thought about the life or death of these abandoned people.
Xiao Yujue had already asked someone to prepare a table of food. In their eyes, this food was already a decent meal put together with great effort.
But in the eyes of Shen Shuli and Xie Chengyuan.
These meals are not as good as what they usually eat.
But the two of them didn't dislike it at all.
Especially Shen Shuli.
She was very moved by what these passionate young people did!
To this end, she specially took out some strong liquor brewed with spiritual spring water and grain to add to the fun.
The meal took two full hours to finish.
By the time it was over, Xiao Yan's four generals had already arranged the military defenses of the entire capital.
He also got a clear picture of the situation of the people in the capital.
After dinner.
Xiao Yan found Shen Shuli and gave her a brief account of the situation.
"Ari, the people here have basically run out of food and ammunition. If it weren't for the end of the natural disaster, they barely managed to gather a batch of grain seeds and harvested a batch of grain two months ago. I estimate that more than half of them would have died."
"And the grain they harvested was not enough to plant in the surrounding fertile fields. They were reluctant to eat a single grain of rice and continued to plant the grain. Only then did they barely fill up the fertile fields around the capital."
"In order to survive, the people have to go deep into the mountains every day to pick wild vegetables and fruits. They have gone 300 miles deep into the mountains. The people rarely go out of the mountains and live in the mountains."
The people are still very wise.
A group of young and strong men who were skilled in martial arts were organized together to collect food in the mountains. They only kept the daily rations and then sent the food out.
There was a group of people who were specifically responsible for receiving the food and then passing it on to deliver it into the city.
There is also a group of people who are specifically responsible for the food in the fields.
Their food comes from the crops picked by the people living in the mountains.
Fortunately, there are not many large wild animals in the deep mountains. They are either hunted by hungry people or frozen to death in blizzards.
The people have entered the mountains and have not encountered any danger so far.
Only then did they dare to live in the mountains.
What Xiao Yan meant was that he wanted Shen Shuli to distribute a batch of grain to the people so that they would have food to eat before the next harvest.
Shen Shuli naturally had no objection.
Immediately order the army to distribute the food to the people based on the number of people.
And let the people pass the message to each other, asking those in the deep mountains to come down immediately.
Shen Shuli even went to all the fertile farmland areas near the capital and secretly irrigated them with diluted spiritual spring water.
It not only shortens the growing period of grain, but also doubles grain production.
Xie Chengyuan, Xiao Yan and four other generals spent a week settling various affairs in the capital and solving the people's problems with food, clothing, housing and transportation.
In addition, civilians who were willing to join the army were recruited into the army, and Xie Chengyuan was responsible for training them.
The four generals Xiao Yan, Xie Jiuchong, Pingxi Hou and Gao Fei each led 50,000 soldiers and were divided into four routes.
Deal with and resolve all unsafe factors such as bandits and rebels within a thousand miles of the capital.
Lihai City has not yet been completed.
Shen Shuli naturally didn't have time to stay in the capital for a long time, nor would she be in a hurry to start the capital's infrastructure.
She took advantage of this free time and flew back to Lihai City alone by helicopter to continue working on infrastructure and mining construction.
Xie Chengyuan, Xiao Yan and three others stayed in the capital for a month and finally eliminated all the hidden dangers around the capital.
All those who committed the most serious crimes were strangled, and all those who committed less serious crimes were exiled.
The original army of 300,000 was expanded to 500,000 with the addition of civilians.
They can't stay in the capital for long.
After leaving 150,000 troops in the capital, Xiao Yan's four generals led 350,000 soldiers to continue the expedition to the northern border.
They must first take back all the territories that originally belonged to Dayong.
When Shen Shuli returned to the capital, Xiao Yan had already led his army northward.
After she once again irrigated all the fertile fields in the capital with the diluted spiritual spring water, she went to catch up with the army and replenish their resources.
General Xie Jiuzhong, the Zhenbei General, was already familiar with all the cities in the northern border.
Xiao Yan took the initiative to give up his position and let him lead the army to recover the northern territories one by one.
Powerful countries other than the Northern Barbarians have already occupied important territories in the north.
If they were not unfamiliar with the situation in Dayong, they would have continued their attack on the capital long ago.
Moreover, they were hampered from continuing their conquest by a three-month blizzard.
But they also occupied almost the entire northern territory.
Therefore, it is not easy to recapture all the lost cities.
But they had ten Land Kings provided by Shen Shuli. In order to avoid wasting time, they had to fight quickly and not give the other side a chance to delay.
It took a month.
The General Zhenbei led his army to kill all the enemy troops within the territory to commemorate the people killed by them.
And all lost land will be recovered.
Shen Shuli and Xie Jiuzhong discussed and decided to let him continue to guard the northern border and left him an army of 200,000.
As well as enough food and other supplies to sustain these soldiers and the people of the northern border for a year.
So that they can store food better.
In order to store perishable supplies such as meat, eggs, milk, vegetables and fruits, Shen Shuli built a huge underground ice storage near the army's base.
It was filled with a lot of ice that was stockpiled before the blizzard was about to end.
It will probably take two to three years for the northern border to be rebuilt.
Moreover, this place is too far away from Lihai City, and Shen Shuli doesn't want to keep running here, so this cold storage must be built early.
There are few people in the northern border, and no one organizes the people into a force. There are also powerful foreign enemies invading and oppressing the people.
As a result, the fertile farmland here is basically in a state of abandonment.
Shen Shuli used the space to deep-plow all the fields in the northern border, composted the soil, which was not very fertile to begin with, and replanted a batch of high-yield crops, watering them with diluted spiritual spring water.
The rest is up to the Zhenbei Army.
Xiao Yan left 200,000 troops in the northern border to resist foreign enemies and rebuild the northern border.
He only led an army of 150,000 and continued to recover lost territory in the northeast direction.
The 300,000 troops on the island have been diluted to the point where only a few are left.
Among these 150,000 troops, only 30,000 soldiers came from the island.
The other soldiers joined in one after another along the way.
A large number of troops also need to be stationed in the eastern border to guard the border.
The number of these 150,000 troops is too small.
Shen Shuli left a lot of Lingquan medicinal wine for Xiao Yan, asking him to train the newly joined soldiers, and he also had to recruit a large number of soldiers.
Another three months passed.
Lihai New City is finally completed!
Not only was the house completed, but the simple interior decoration was also completed.
All the decoration materials provided by the organization are the most environmentally friendly, and you can move in directly after leaving them alone for a day or two.
Shen Shuli didn't want furniture or anything like that.
We plan to let the people here find carpenters to build it with wood.
Anyway, after experiencing various natural disasters, the people did not have much belongings left, so they were not in a hurry to use furniture such as cabinets.
But the stove, range hood, sink and other equipment are necessary in the kitchen.
There was no natural gas or liquefied gas in this era, but Shen Shuli was ready to let the people use honeycomb coal to make fire and cook.
In order to prevent gas poisoning, the organization designed a special house with the kitchen on an extra-large sealed balcony on one side.
Don't worry about safety issues.
In order to allow the people to adapt to the new housing layout, the houses are basically facing north and south, and there is a main hall with an east-west room on each side as the main house.
But after being integrated into modern community housing, the main room was converted into a dining room, and the large balcony outside becomes the kitchen.
Opposite the dining room is the living room and large balcony.
On both sides of the living room are the east and west wing rooms.
Some people have large families and do not want to split up the family business, so they can choose a larger apartment.
In a large house, the east and west rooms and east and west wing rooms will be increased successively.
And there is a bathroom in every house.
Although the whole family lives in a large flat, the privacy and sound insulation are very good, so it is definitely not awkward for the whole family to live together.
The people are arranged to stay in the houses by drawing lots.
Families with more people will draw a bigger house, and families with fewer people will draw a smaller house.
The smallest building type is a one-bedroom, one-living room apartment, suitable for the elderly and singles.
In addition to residential areas, commercial areas, campus areas, park squares and other buildings.
The organization also built a palace for Shen Shuli.
The regulations of the temporary palace are the same as those of the imperial palace.
It was built specifically for Shen Shuli, and it is far away from the high-rise building area. This area is basically a high-end villa area, so there is no chance for the high-rise building area to peek here.
The buildings in the palace also incorporate the features of modern high-rise buildings.
The offices of the three dukes and six ministries in ancient times were built not far from the imperial palace.
It is the tallest administrative building in the city with 50 floors, and can be seen by all citizens when they look up.
Shen Shuli didn't want to change too quickly, so she retained the ancient three officials and six ministries, but made relative adjustments to the professions of each department and divided the positions more finely, trying to get closer to the modern system.
All departments have both ancient and modern names to deepen officials' impressions and facilitate reforms.
The appointment and removal of new officials was based on an assessment system, which required all educated people in Lihai City to take the exam, and those who passed the exam could be temporarily appointed.
Fortunately, there are quite a few officials in Lihai City.
Because many high-ranking officials were brought from the capital by Xiao Yuqi and were settled in Lihai City.
Among these officials, there are inevitably some who are not worthy of their positions, and some who still miss their former masters.
But it doesn’t matter. Shen Shuli only needs to let officials from various departments share some affairs and restore order in Lihai City as soon as possible.
Anyway, the government has no money, so even if these officials want to abuse their power for personal gain, they have nothing to gain.
The industrial zone of Lihai City has also been completed.
For example, various brick kilns, porcelain kilns, pottery kilns, timber mills, textile mills, garment factories, steel mills, processing plants, food factories, power plants and other factories have been built.
A large number of workers are needed to start work.
The ownership of these factories all belongs to Su Yunhai, and Su Yunhai pays the wages of all the workers.
All the factories were built on a large scale and required a large number of workers. Almost every household in Lihai City could find a suitable job.
If the people have a way to earn money, their lives will soon become prosperous.
Students in Lihai City also have schools to attend.
The courses are all based on the island's curriculum.
During the construction of the island, Shen Shuli selected a group of scholars to go to the island for training and study.
It took several months to complete the apprenticeship.
At least there is no problem teaching children in kindergarten and elementary school.
As for courses at the middle school, high school, and university levels, a group of senior teachers need to be trained.
After transferring all the people to Lihai City, Su Yunhai began to prepare to rebuild the shipyard.
The shipyard was originally far away from Lihai City, and there was abundant space there for expansion.
Su Yunhai chose to expand directly. In the future, the two shipyards, Haidao and Lihai City, would be enough.
There is no need to build shipyards elsewhere for the time being.
Shen Shuli is the only one working on the mining area, and she has to deal with other things every day, so it will take at least two months to complete.
The days go by.
Xiao Yuqi and his army were getting closer and closer to Lihai City.
With an army of 150,000, Xiao Yan has recaptured all the cities in the northeast, east, and southeast regions.
These areas are all coastal areas, and are basically suffering from internal wars, which are very easy to pacify.
Gao Fei led an army of 100,000 to garrison the eastern region.
The southern region is the area around Lihai City. There is no need for too many troops here, and Xie Chengyuan will be in charge.
Since the people of the nearby prefectures have basically been relocated to Lihai City, 50,000 troops are enough for defense.
Even if the enemy is given ten years, they may not be able to breach the walls of Lihai City.
So there is no need for so many troops to guard it.
Moreover, the military region also has many powerful weapons that are ahead of their time.
There are forty tanks, eight fighter jets, and powerful machine guns and other armed forces placed on the four walls alone. They are all tough guys. Even if there is an army of one million, they cannot break through the walls of Lihai City.
Xiao Yan is leading a large army to clean up the western border area, and there is a chance that he will run into Xiao Yuqi's returning army.
Xie Chengyuan’s main task in the near future is to fly a helicopter through the surrounding deep mountains and forests to search for the people taking refuge in the mountains, as well as those hidden villages hidden in the deep mountains that cannot communicate with the outside world.
Whenever he met someone, Xie Chengyuan would bring them all back to Lihai City.
Today, the population of the entire Lihai City has reached more than two million.
The residential area of Lihai City can accommodate at least five million people.
At least half of the houses are vacant.
Moreover, the houses that the people move into are all obtained by lottery, so basically every real estate project has people living in it, but there are also many vacant houses, which can be said to be very evenly distributed.
The factory area is far away from the residential area.
In order to facilitate people's commuting, Shen Shuli and the organization ordered a batch of electric buses for free transportation.
If someone feels that the commuting time is too long and doesn't want to bother with it, they can pay to apply for a dormitory in the factory.
If half of the population of a family works in the factory, they can also apply to settle in the dormitory building in the factory area.
But you have to give up the house in the residential area.
If people save enough money, they can buy a house in a residential area as their own private property.
Although the houses in Lihai City are now provided for people to live in, people need to pay rent per person and it is not free.
And once the people have won a house, they cannot change it at will.
If you have money, you can just spend money to buy the house you like and live there permanently.
Let’s get back to the topic.
After Xiao Yan cleared the four areas, he returned to Lihai City and rested for half a month.
Then he led his army to the west.
The western continent is vast and the enemy is powerful, so it requires a lot of resources.
That's why Xiao Yan left this place to be recovered last.
What a coincidence.
As soon as Xiao Yan arrived in Zhuzhou Prefecture, he encountered Xiao Yuqi's army.
The people of Zhuzhou Prefecture have been transferred to Lihai City.
The city is currently empty, and Xiao Yan plans to spend the night here with his army.
Xiao Yuqi's army arrived at Zhuzhou Prefecture three days earlier than Xiao Yan.
He immediately noticed that something was wrong with Zhuzhou Prefecture.
Not only did all the military defenses he had previously deployed disappear, but even all the civilians in the city disappeared without a trace.
The silence in the city was eerie.
This made Xiao Yuqi alert, and he immediately sent his army to the surrounding provincial capitals and counties and villages of all sizes to investigate the situation.
The situation reported by his subordinates made his hair stand on end!
Because there is no one anywhere else!
Not even a dog in sight!
Xiao Yuqi felt that the situation was too tricky, so he immediately ordered people to investigate all the surrounding prefectures.
Zhuzhou Prefecture, Zezhou Prefecture, Lianhai City, Yinghai City, and even the more distant Xiangzhou Prefecture and Huaihai City were all explored!
The situations are all the same!
All of them have mysteriously turned into empty cities!
Xiao Yuqi was furious. He didn't know what had happened here during the more than a year that he had been away fighting.
But Lihai City must have been cleared out by the mysterious forces!
There is a high probability that it has become a ghost town!
He didn't dare to lead his army back to Lihai City in such a dignified manner.
In order to protect his own safety and the safety of the army, Xiao Yuqi immediately sent people to other places to investigate the situation.
But there is no similar situation in other state capitals and everything remains the same.
These places happened to be the ones that Xiao Yan's army had not yet had time to clear out, and they happened to belong to the western region.
But this also shows that the strange situation in Zhuzhou Prefecture and the surrounding empty cities must be aimed at him!
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