After more than a year of construction, and with the support of concrete, the city wall of Chengde is now largely complete. It only takes 20,000 soldiers to defend it and block the attack of 100,000 Xianbei troops.
The post-disaster reconstruction in Zhao County is in full swing. The affected people have basically moved into new homes and entered temporary workshops to work. Countless merchants and wealthy households have also gone to purchase goods, and the local economy has recovered rapidly.
The imperial edict summoning shipbuilding craftsmen spread throughout the Han Dynasty. After waiting for so long, the court finally took notice of them. The craftsmen from Jiangdong and other coastal areas were overjoyed and packed their bags to head to Luoyang.
Among them, the happiest were the Lu and Zhu families of Jiangdong, who were skilled in shipbuilding. They keenly sensed that in the coming decades, the imperial court would definitely vigorously develop maritime construction, so they began to make various preparations.
Within the Great Han territory, officials in other counties and prefectures also began to busy themselves preparing for this year's autumn harvest.
The Imperial Guard also sent people to various places to recruit new trainees.
While the entire Han Dynasty was developing steadily, an army of the Han Dynasty was slowly advancing across the boundless Gobi Desert.
At the front of the army, the three leading generals were Huang Zhong, Lü Bu, and Dong Zhuo.
The army was small, with only 12,000 men, but the supply train following behind and the soldiers from various counties and kingdoms escorting the supplies numbered a total of 300,000.
These 300,000 men were able-bodied young men recruited from ten counties in Liangzhou by Duan Jiong, Xun You, Tao Qian, Zhong Shao, and others over several months.
In addition to transporting grain, fodder, armor, and arrows, these people had another important task: to build post stations along the way to establish a trade and supply route from Dunhuang to Shanshan.
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