Chapter 368 – Small reunion
In the big tent.
Zou Shikai carefully asked, “Prince Fu, in the future, will you accept any more immigrants from State of Zhao?”
“Come here.”
An Zheng, who was writing a report with his head lowered, replied without raising his head.
Zou Shikai was stunned as he did not expect An Zheng to answer his question.
“But …” If Prince Fu continued to accept refugees, it was likely that there would be trouble. The State of Zhao, South Korea, and Zhuo Nation are all closer to the West Qiang than us. Therefore, the number of refugees entering our great swallow will probably increase. ”
An Zheng raised his head and looked at Zou Shikai. After a moment of silence, he asked, “How is the population of the great swallow compared to ten years ago?”
Zou Shikai replied, “Ten years ago, we happened to have fought a great war with the Youguo. Most of the young and strong men had joined the army. However, at that time, the population of the State of Yan was no less than 20 million. Five years ago, although there was no great war and it seemed like they had rested for a few years, the population was not as large as it was ten years ago. Because of the war, too many people died in those few years. Now … I’m afraid there’s not even twelve million people left. ”
An Zheng acknowledged: Let’s not talk about the southeast region, only the southwest area has so many wastelands. If we were to reclaim the land, how many people can we support?
Zou Si Kai said, “Our southwest’s land has always been fertile. If all of them are reclaimed, it will not broblem to support ten million people. ”
An Zheng asked: “Then how many people does the Southwest have right now?”
“The majority of the population of the State of Yan is concentrated in the vicinity of the capital. In fact, most of the border regions were wastelands. The Southwest Wars are not a lot, but I’m afraid they don’t even have a million people. ”
An Zheng said: “The future war will probably be even more chaotic than ten years ago, or even five years ago, or even a year ago. But because of our trade with the plainspeople, there is still some grain left in the treasury. In the homes of the big families, there were also quite a lot of food stores. I have already written to the imperial government to allocate more food and seeds. By next spring, they would be able to harvest some of the coarse grain with a short cycle. At the very least, they would be able to starve to death. “The season is right now. We will be able to reclaim more wasteland, and by next summer we will be able to harvest the wheat. At that time, we will have more grain to store up.”
“So the refugees still have to take it. As long as we abide by the rules, we can give them the land. He told them to clear the wasteland on their own and then collect half of the grain before returning to the country. Thus, within the next year, the grain in the southwest will be self-sufficient. In another year, we’ll be able to support other places. ”
An Zheng put down the pen in his hand and handed it over to the janissary: “Use the fastest speed possible to send it to the capital.”
The janissary hurried away with the imperial report in his hand.
An Zheng stood up and said, “I predict that the number of refugees that will pour in from Zhuang Nation and State of Zhao this month will exceed at leasundred thousand. The reason I killed people was because I wanted to avenge my brothers who had died. Second, to establish the rules. Let those refugees know that as long as they follow my rules, they will be able to eat their fill and dress well. And from among these refugees, a portion of the able-bodied men will be drawn to form a team, and will be responsible for maintaining order. ”
Zou Shikai’s eyes lit up. “What you mean is, we should let the refugees govern the refugees.”
An Zheng nodded his head: “Our Southwest only has a little more than 50,000 troops, it is not enough anyway, so we can’t spare that many people to guard them. Letting the refugees govern the refugees would save them a lot of trouble. After that, we’ll assign some elite soldiers to be instructors and train those able-bodied men. We might need them in the future. ”
Zou Shikai: “I’ll immediately make the arrangements. There’s still plenty of food in Fengcheng. We can still gatheortion of it.”
An Zheng: “Go.”
Zou Shikai turned around and left.
A tiredly looking Du Shoushou walked in from outside. He glanced at An Zheng, then sat down on a stool and said, “I’m so tired that I killed fat grandpa. It’s been two days and two nights since I last slept. It’s fine if you just don’t want to sleep, but you have to stare with wide eyes. ”
An Zheng: “Stop pretending, I haven’t slept for almost seven days. Even the soldiers who followed you out couldn’t cultivate, so wasn’t they the same as you? ”
Du Shoushou: “You’re so boring, can you really die just by praising me?”
An Zheng laughed, “I reckon that Xiao Liu’er and the others will arrive in another half a month. When the time comes, you can relax. I have already sent someone back to inform them to gather half of the Heavenly Awakening Sect’s men. Let Lang Jing and Zhong Jiuge sustain the operations of the sects in the capital, while the others come over. ”
Du Shoushou was immediately amused: “This is the best news I’ve heard in the past few days.”
An Zheng patted his shoulder: “Persevere. But after a few days, they might be even busier than before.”
Du Shoushou asked: “I saw that you have been drawing and writing these past few days, what are you doing? Furthermore, he is planning to call Xiao Liu’er and the others over, it definitely isn’t a small matter. ”
An Zheng said: “There are three thousand Buddhist countries in the Western Regions, but even the smallest Buddhist country haeleportation formation. That was all prepared by the Buddhist Sect, the monks of the Golden Crown could use the teleportation circle to reach any country. In other words, with those array formations, the experts of the Great Thunder Lake Temple can quickly arrive and provide support. ”
“But our State of Yan?”
An Zheng pointed to the map: “There are only two teleportation array formations. One is in the capital, and the other is in the Eastern Plains’s White Stone Tower. Furthermore, it was a small-scale teleportation array. It could only teleport a few dozen people aime. “I’ll have to go out of my mind to earn money in the near future. After I earn that, I’ll build even more teleportation arrays.”
Du Shoushou sighed: “That means you’re burning money huh … Maintaining a teleportation array would require a large amount of spirit stones. Moreover, the further he got, the more spiritual stones he would need. I heard that from the capital to White Stone Tower City, teleporting ten people would cost at least eighty Golden-Rank Spirit Stone s, which is something even State of Yan can’t do. ”
An Zheng said: “It is true that the consumption will be huge, but it has a great deal to do with the fact that there are no Charm Magicians in State of Yan. Those two teleportation arrays had been built with the help of the Shamans on the prairie. However, the shaman’s understanding and utilization of spirit stones and runes are far inferior to that of the charm magicians of the Central Plains. ”
Du Shoushou: “Then what do you plan to do?”
An Zheng said: “Youguo, there are a few Symbol Masters.”
Du Shoushou: “The heck... You can’t be planning to go to Youguo, right? ”
An Zheng shook his head: “For the time being, I don’t have the time to go to some Youguo, but if I do not go, it doesn’t mean that others will not be able to. Each and every one of the charm magicians were extremely capable, but their fighting strength was so weak that it was a complete mess. The Youguo s would definitely be heavily protected, but as long as they wanted to seize the opportunity, they might be able to. I have already written to General Fang Zhiji, hoping that he would find a chance to capture two of them. I have been watching for a long time, and I don’t believe that divinity didn’t make a mistake. ”
Du Shoushou said: “Although we are very rich, but to build a teleportation circle on a large scale is not easy. Even with our Heavenly Awakening Sect’s wealth, I am afraid we cannot afford it. ”
An Zheng: “A nation is a nation, and one’s home is one’s family. It is important to differentiate them clearly. The Heavenly Awakening Sect can exert as much strength as he can, but not all of us Heavenly Awakening Sect can do it. For the time being, the treasury does not have that much money to spend, but the items collected after the fall of the Empress Dowager Su, the items from the Wind and Rain Tower, and the items from the houses of the ministers who stole the family a few days ago, if we gather all of them, we should be able to build a medium-sized teleportation circle. ”
“The drawback of State of Yan is that they really don’t have the money to createleportation circle. There was no problem for a medium-sized teleportation array to be able to teleport hundreds of people at once. But what truly affects a country is a large teleportation formation that can teleport an army. ”
Du Shoushou said, “We can’t afford to build it.”
An Zheng said, “I can build it... The money you have on you is more or less equivalent to half of the large teleportation circle. ”
Du Shoushou: “Where do I have one? F * ck! I really do have it! ”
Only now did Du Shoushou remember that he had really plundered quite a few things from the Immortal Palace. Before he came out, he would place almost anything he saw into his spatial magic tool. Just those fist-sized Night Pearls alone contained several hundred of them. These things were not of much significance to cultivators, but to those rich people who could not cultivate, they were priceless treasures.
An Zheng said: “When I get back, I will let Tan Taiche take care of it. I will sell all the things we brought out from the Immortal palace to the Da Xi Empire. Use the money that you got from Da Xi to build the teleportation circle and fight against Da Xi. ”
Du Shoushou sighed: “I don’t know why your heart is so strong. Using the State of Yan’s national power to fight against Da Xi, you’re just like an ant fighting an elephant.”
An Zheng said, “The situation is complicated. This huge monster called Da Xi may not be able to stomp this ant, State of Yan, to death.”
He pondered for a while, then said, “If there is a chance, I still have to go to the Immortal Palace. That place is a gold mountain. In the future, I will need to plunder most of the money I have to spend to build the teleportation circle. ”
Du Shoushou: “Can I still go in?”
An Zheng: “We can’t afford to provoke a fight between deities, but we might have a chance to sneak in. “It’s not that we want to take over the immortal palace, it’s just that we have to follow the flow of things from the immortal palace …”
As the two of them were talking, there was a wave of chaos outside, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps. An Zheng turned his head around, and saw a black figure pouncing towards him, bringing with it a burst of fragrance. A young girl’s body that was brimming with the aura of youth hung on his body like a little monkey.
Gu Qianye jumped up and hung it on An Zheng’s shoulder. Then, she turned around and landed on An Zheng’s back, “A mount that we haven’t seen for a long time, did you miss me?!”
An Zheng sighed: “Can’t you be more reserved?”
Gu Qianye jumped down from An Zheng’s back, and then, with a single step, he arrived in front of Du Shoushou.
She grabbed onto Du Shoushou’s ear. “Damn fatty, I don’t think I did.”
Du Shoushou cried out in pain, “Ye-zi, you came here like a storm. You missed us so much, you came here half a month earlier than expected.”
Gu Qianye said: “Who’s thinking of you, I’m thinking of my present. Didn’t the two of you bring me any gifts after you came back from the Western Regions? ”
She stretched out her hand. “Hand it over!”
An Zheng took out the Nine Revolutions Exquisite Pagoda and shoved it into her hands: “Go and play with it.”
“What the hell is this?”
“An immortal artifact.”
“What the hell is a celestial item? Have you never considered a girl’s feelings when you give them to her?”
Du Shoushou laughed: “You’re still not satisfied, do you believe that the value of this thing is greater than the entire State of Yan? If the people who are currently fighting in the Immortal Palace were to know that the Nine Revolutions Exquisite Pagoda is in the State of Yan, they would immediately rush over and tear the entire State of Yan apart. ”
Gu Qianye’s eyes widened, “So much money.”
Du Shoushou: “Just look at that greedy and lecherous eyes of yours … Let’s put it this way, if we sell this, no one can afford it. ”
Gu Qianye nodded, “Mn … That makes me feel a lot better. ”
An Zheng turned his head and saw Qu Liuxi walking in from the outside with Oldman Huo on her arm. The little girl’s eyes were filled with warmth when she saw An Zheng. It was the joy of being reunited after a long time, and there was no need to say anything. An Zheng nodded at Qu Liuxi, and Qu Liuxi nodded at him as well.
Old Huo sighed: “I really don’t know what’s going on between you two, can’t you be more enthusiastic?”
Qu Liuxi: “Be warm, I’m afraid I will hurt your eyes.”
Old Huo shook his head: “With your personality, how hot can you be?”
Qu Liuxi supported him over to An Zheng’s side, quietly touching An Zheng’s hands, then his face blushed red.
Old Huo covered his eyes.
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