A few boring months passed just like that.
After the incident involving Prince Fu, the royalists no longer dared to act recklessly. They went to work honestly every day, fearing that they would be the next to be exterminated.
After this period of development, the water conservancy in the capital region was successfully dredged, and agriculture and economic trade began to recover rapidly.
Zhao Hao finally had the extra manpower and resources to develop Liangzhou.
Letters have also arrived from the Western Regions. Jia Sixie has discovered many vegetables, fruits, and green plants suitable for cultivation in the Central Plains and the desert. After studying the growth patterns and habits of these plants, Lu Junyi and his group will return.
Meanwhile, in the northwest desert region, there were still remnants of the Xiongnu who had migrated earlier, as well as other Hu tribes such as Jiankun Hujie, who had united and were gradually showing signs of rebelling against the Han court.
Meng Tian led his army to wipe out the remnants of the barbarian tribes. Now, the entire area east of the Ertis River, except for a few areas occupied by barbarians in northeastern Liaoning, has become Meng Tian's territory.
The population of the northern desert region has quadrupled in recent years. The people on the grasslands are well-fed, live in peace, and are united, so they are naturally willing to have more children.
However, this has led to a shortage of qualified educators. Zhao Hao has no immediate solution and can only conduct open recruitment to see if anyone is willing to teach the local people in the northern desert to read and write.
The population of Bingzhou also increased significantly under the influence of Zhao Hao's various reform measures.
These aristocratic families and nobles, as long as they didn't cause trouble, could have developed their power long ago thanks to the fertile land of Bingzhou.
Zhao Hao made a rough guess: without sweet potatoes, potatoes, and corn, Bingzhou could only support a population of about 15 million. After accounting for normal deaths, given the current trend, it would probably reach that limit within two years.
Therefore, Zhao Hao promulgated a policy that would provide preferential compensation and rewards to people from Bingzhou who went to work in Youzhou, Jizhou, Liangzhou, or even Qingzhou.
After defeating Dong Zhuo, I obtained two million-population summoning cards. I used one in Qingzhou and the other in Sili.
However, Zhao Hao's reforms and expansions have expanded to too many areas, which the local people simply cannot handle. If the people of Bingzhou can go out and explore, they can naturally boost the development of other prefectures to a certain extent, thus improving the economy and commerce without relying solely on the blind efforts of officials.
Secondly, aside from local farmers who own land and work hard at it, Zhao Hao also hopes that these people can get used to moving around instead of staying in one place all the time.
In the near future, he will not only continue to immigrate, but also plant his dragon flag all over the world. He has no need for the old Qin people who stick to the old ways.
Therefore, apart from Liangzhou, half of Jizhou and Youzhou, as well as Qingzhou and Sili, are slowly reviving, following in the footsteps of Bingzhou's rise.
Liangzhou, however, was truly too barren. The land had been ruined by the rebels of Xiliang, and its rivers were impassable.
Now, manpower needs to be mobilized to repair the river before local agriculture can be restored, and then commerce and trade can be promoted.
Although commerce in Qingzhou is not particularly developed, thanks to the efforts of Yue Fei and his civil and military officials, it is now a unified force. Agricultural harvests are almost catching up with Bingzhou. At least for now, even if Qingzhou is besieged from all sides, its grain reserves are enough for Yue Fei's army to hold out for three years.
Zhao Fan, a young general from Qu'a, is 29 years old.
Command: 76, Martial: 97, Intelligence: 72, Politics: 70, Charisma: 81
Personality traits: 1. Sweep 2. Bloodbath 3. Charge into battle 4. Hero 5. Valiant
Zhao Yu is 25 years old.
Command: 69 Strength: 82 Intelligence: 77 Politics: 76 Charisma: 90
Personality traits: 1. Beautiful Shadow 2. Hero 3. Supportive 4. Helper
Before long, Zhao Fan returned from the south, and Zhao Yu had already moved into the Prime Minister's residence to show their closeness.
In fact, Zhao Yun's branch wasn't as closely connected to Zhao Hao's branch as Zhao Fan's.
Zhao Fan had worked hard in the south with his younger brother Zhao Fan in his early years, and now that Zhao Hao had invited him, Zhao Fan traveled a long distance to join him.
His younger brother had suffered mistreatment under Liu Biao's rule, and he had long wanted to leave. However, Zhao Fan coveted wealth and status, so he had no choice but to go to Jinyang alone to reunite with Zhao Hao.
Liu Yu and Liu He were quite satisfied with Zhao Yu. The Zhao family had good genes, and judging from Zhao Yun's handsome appearance, it would be strange if his sister was not good-looking.
Zhao Yu wasn't particularly fond of Liu He, this young master, but in this era, women's marriages were arranged by their parents and matchmakers. Zhao Yu's parents had died early, so her eldest brother, Zhao Hu, had become her father.
Since Zhao Hu did not object, Zhao Yu agreed to the marriage.
Fortunately, after spending some time with Liu He, Zhao Yu realized that although Liu He's abilities were average, his character and morals were quite good, and the two began to conceive a child.
Zhao Fan was a handsome man, and when he met Liu Chong and his daughter, Princess Liu Caiwei, they immediately took a liking to each other.
In this way, Zhao Hao formally formed marriage alliances with two powerful members of the Han imperial family who held real military power. Their relationship would then be unbreakable; they would share both glory and ruin.
It's a pity about the historical Fan family sister-in-law; who knows where she's wandering in this life. Her future husband has already fallen for someone else's love, and her brother... well, let's not talk about him.
Now, the only relative Zhao Hao can rely on is Zhao Fan from afar. But this fellow is greedy and lecherous, truly a mediocre person. Zhao Hao can't bear the humiliation of using him for a marriage alliance.
In the future, it seems that other methods will be needed to win over local celebrities.
Pei Qian, courtesy name Wenxing, was 30 years old.
Command: 63, Martial: 42, Intelligence: 85, Politics: 87, Charisma: 76
Personality traits: 1. Agricultural administration 2. Transportation 3. Law 4. Capable official
During these two arranged marriages, Zhao Hao witnessed the arrival of many talented newcomers.
But among them, only Pei Qian of the Pei family in Hedong, who had fled to Jingzhou in his early years to avoid trouble and returned to seek refuge after hearing that Zhao Hao had swept across the land, has a passable ability.
Liangzhou was a region inhabited by both Qiang and Han people and needed to be governed. With Pei Qian's arrival, some of the vacancies in Liangzhou could be filled.
July, 1944.
When Tao Qian, the governor of Xu Province, died of illness, some people suggested that Liu Bei, the prefect of Xiaopei, should succeed him as governor of Xu Province.
However, under Zhao Gao's manipulation, Tao Qian's eldest son, Tao Shang, was exiled to the south of Xuzhou, where he joined Cao Bao, Chen Deng, and others to lead troops to resist the menacing Yuan Shu.
As a result, Tao Qian's second son, Tao Ying, inherited Xuzhou.
In this life, Que Xuan, who led the rebellion in Xuzhou, is quite different from the original historical trajectory. In this life, because Qingzhou has changed hands and is surrounded by powerful figures, he has not committed such a rebellious act.
On the contrary, because of Zhao Gao's arrival, they formed an alliance and together supported Tao Ying to take the throne.
In reality, both of them intended to sideline Tao Ying, which would benefit their own illegal profits in Xuzhou!
Seeing Xuzhou fall into the hands of treacherous people, Liu Bei and his men in Xiaopei City were about to lose their temper.
And then a familiar face appeared before Liu Bei!
"Lord Xuande, Chen Gongtai has a plan that may be used to quell the treacherous officials in Xuzhou."
"Lord Xuande, would you be willing to carry out this plan?"
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