At first, Zhu Chong just wanted to find a place for convenience to accommodate the population rewarded to him by the system, and then solve the crisis brought to him by the population one by one.
But after this visit to Jianshanao, Zhu Chong realized that he had oversimplified the problem.
He seeks convenience, but some people seek convenience even more than him, and this kind of convenience can be fatal in Jianshanao!
It is ancient times now and sanitary conditions are limited, so an epidemic can easily occur if we are not careful.
In addition to the problems caused by open urination and defecation, there are also housing problems.
Houses of this era were made of wood or thatched roofs, with no electricity but only fire, so fires were very likely to start.
In a place like Jianshanao, once a house catches fire, it is easy for the entire village to be burned down.
Jianshanao is mountainous and has little water. Although there are wells, the speed of drawing water is definitely not as fast as the speed of fire.
As for clothes and travel, there is no road here in Jianshanao. The road formed by so many people walking on it can't be called a road at all.
As for clothing, regardless of gender, age or status, most people are still wearing the same clothes they wore when they appeared in front of Zhu Chong.
Zhu Chong never thought about buying clean clothes for these people. Even if he had thought about it, he didn't have enough money to do so.
The most critical thing is the water source closest to Jianshanao, which is dozens of miles away. The water source in Jianshanao is only enough for drinking and irrigation.
So over the past few days, few people in the mountain village, regardless of gender, age or status, have taken a bath.
Of course, these are all small problems, but as the population continues to grow, small problems will become big problems, and these problems all need to be decided by Zhu Chong one by one, and many problems have reached a point where they must be solved immediately.
Zhu Chong was very puzzled by this. His biggest problem now was that he didn't know when the system upgrade would be completed.
Before the system upgrade is completed, the number of people under his command will only increase.
The capacity of Jianshanao is close to saturation. Zhu Chong began to think about whether to solve the current dilemma once and for all. He planned to build a large city that could accommodate tens of millions of people.
But where can one find such a place? Zhu Chong has been in Yunnan for almost a month, but he is not actually familiar with Yunnan.
To build such a huge city, Zhu Chong needs to consider things that are even more complex than the current problems.
Just planning the building array in the city was enough to give him a headache, and Zhu Chong also had to consider Old Zhu's feelings.
After much thought, Zhu Chong decided to ask Guanyin Nu. After all, that woman was his queen, and she was once a Mongolian princess. Most importantly, she was from this era, and she must have considered things more comprehensively than himself.
But when Zhu Chong went to look for her, he was told that Guanyinnu had gone to a wedding and was not on the mountain. Moreover, because there were so many weddings in recent days, it was simply unrealistic to find Guanyinnu.
Unable to find Guanyin Nu, Zhu Chong decided to visit Fei Ju.
Since he had helped Fei Ju so much, Zhu Chong thought it wouldn't be a big problem if he asked him to give some advice and suggestions.
Fei Ju was very surprised to see Zhu Chong in his own mansion.
Because between the two of them, it was always Fei Ju who took the initiative to seek a meeting with Zhu Chong, while Zhu Chong had never taken the initiative to visit him.
Fei Ju knew that Zhu Chong would not come to him for no reason. After thinking it over, Fei Ju cleared out his tent and met with Zhu Chong alone in it. His personal soldiers stood guard ten meters away from the tent and did not let anyone approach.
"Your Highness the Prince of Qin has come to visit us. Please forgive me for not welcoming you in person!" Fei Ju put on a professional smile and personally served tea to Zhu Chong.
"You are welcome, Lord Pingliang. I am sorry for coming here, but I do have something to ask you."
Fei Ju's heart was moved, but he remained calm on the surface. He bowed and smiled, "I see, Your Highness, you are too polite. If there is anything, just send someone to inform me. Why bother coming here in person?"
Zhu Chong was impatient with Fei Ju's empty talk and got straight to the point: "Marquis Pingliang should understand that the number of refugees coming to my fiefdom is increasing day by day, and Jianshan Ao is almost unable to accommodate them."
"This king sees that Yunnan and Yunnan are vast and sparsely populated. If the Pingliang Marquis were to wipe out the remaining Yuan forces in the future, they would need to repopulate the area. It just so happens that the people here are the best indigenous people for both the Ming Dynasty and Yunnan..."
When he said this, Zhu Chong stopped talking. Fei Ju, who was listening attentively, suddenly stopped talking. He looked at Zhu Chong in confusion and saw that the other party had a meaningful expression on his face. Fei Ju, who was old and experienced, knew what he meant.
But after thinking about it, Fei Ju frowned slightly, bowed to Zhu Chong and said, "Your Highness, Prince of Qin, it's not that I don't want to help."
"I am a military commander, and I have been granted the Emperor's grace to lead my army to Yunnan. All I can do is to marry into the common people under Your Highness's command, and to accept as many young and strong men as possible from Your Highness to fill the gaps in the military households, or to serve as civilian laborers in the army. It is really..."
After hearing what Fei Ju said, Zhu Chong knew that Fei Ju had misunderstood him, so he explained it more clearly.
"I'm afraid the Marquis of Pingliang has misunderstood me. My intention is simply to give these people a real home so they don't have to wander around anymore."
"After all, they have come from afar to seek refuge with me, so I have the responsibility to take care of their food, clothing, shelter and transportation."
"This prince has no intention of leaving them to Pingliang Hou. I just hope that Pingliang Hou can help this prince with some advice so that we can do something good together."
Doing good deeds? You must be kidding! If I really believe you, there must be something fishy going on!
Fei Ju didn't believe that Zhu Chong would be so kind at all, and he didn't believe that the purpose of looking for him today was just to ask him for help and advice.
Before coming to Yunnan, Fei Ju made inquiries from many sources and was basically certain that Lao Zhu had become suspicious of him.
The purpose is to alert the enemy and see what he will do next.
So when Fei Ju arrived in Yunnan, he used various methods to take the opportunity to meet Zhu Chong with Mu Ying. He found a random excuse to test Zhu Chong and see what kind of person His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin was.
The result was beyond Fei Ju's expectation. Zhu Chong seemed to be completely defenseless against him. He was persuaded by just a few words. He sent the common people who came to him to marry the bachelors in the army, and took the initiative to recruit his young and strong men into the army.
But Fei Ju did not take it lightly at all. The master behind him had been warning Fei Ju to treat Zhu Chong with care and to find out Zhu Chong's background.
But up to now, Fei Ju still hasn't figured out Zhu Chong's background, and he hasn't gotten any information from the civilians Zhu Chong sent into his military camp.
But Fei Ju was not blind. Seeing the increasing population in Jianshan Valley where Zhu Chong lived, he was certain that Zhu Chong had come to Yunnan for big ulterior motives. Perhaps he really had the same ambitions as his master...
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