"Teacher, why is this?" The young carpenter looked at the resident hired by him and started working curiously. His level was not inferior to him at all. Although they had experienced it many times in the past, this time, as the leader, he still felt magical.

"Heavenly," Liu Yi glanced at the other party lightly and said, "Enter my sect and receive my wealth. As long as you don't betray the master's sect, you will have the ability to do things."

"Here!" Pu Yuan bowed and bowed with his disciples and retreated silently.

His eyes stayed on these people for a moment. After seeing them walking away, Liu Yi said to Zhou Cang beside him: "Report the work process in time, and... if these people have any abnormal movements, don't pay attention to it. They just need to finish their work. If they don't want to come back, don't care wherever they go."

"Uh..." Zhou Cang looked at Liu Yi in confusion: "Mr. Ting, why is this?"

"Just do it, I have my own reasons." Liu Yi smiled.

"Here!" Zhou Cang agreed and turned around and left to arrange the matter.

This is a test or test. When others ask for you or are controlled by you, it is difficult to see the other party’s thoughts. This time, Liu Yi gave these people the opportunity to escape from him. If they are willing to stay, Liu Yi will use it, but if they want to leave... then I’m sorry, the things Liu Yi gave will be taken back, including the magical power that can give weapons attributes and... that ten thousand yuan.

Regardless of whether it can pass the test, Liu Yi will definitely not give them the wages for building this Great Wall this time. With their abilities, they will definitely be worth this ten thousand yuan. If they had not been innately invincible, how could Liu Yi easily give this ability to others?

Of course, if it is bought by a noble family in Jingzhou or is directly a person, Liu Yi will not regain his abilities. After all, it is equivalent to using the money of the noble family to help Liu Yi work. As long as he does not commit suicide to provoke him, Liu Yi will not say much. Originally, the wealthy families of these noble families were asked to give birth to others in the name of accepting disciples.

For Liu Yi, the fortifications in Nanyang are actually not a big project. Now it is Liu Yi's plan to practice for these preparatory disciples.

As the only disciple of Liu Yi, Pu Yuan was the only one with a master's skill level and was also a disciple much older than Liu Yi. Liu Yi was not around, so he naturally became the leader among these people.

"You have also read the design drawings of your mentor. Li Kai, you are responsible for the excavation of mud, tiles, bricks, and foundations. Today, you will start working on the construction of the Yuanliang and woodworking frames." Pu Yuan took the drawings assigned to him by Liu Yi and began to assign tasks. He was a blacksmith and was responsible for casting. The construction of the city was not under his control, so he was just assigned tasks. After that, he had to cast weapons.

Yuan Liang was the carpenter who asked Liu Yi before. He was very active and had many ideas. Although he was not brought from Mocheng, he had been with Liu Yi for some time. In short, he followed Liu Yi when he built Yueyang City. His full name was Cen Yuanliang. If he traced it up, he would still be a famous general, but he could only get a little relationship. If he was really a descendant of the Cen family, he would not be able to come to be a craftsman. At this moment, he smiled and said, "Senior brother, why should you be so serious? Didn't we do these things often before?"

"This time it's different. If the teacher is not here, we will do it ourselves. Don't be embarrassed by the teacher." Pu Yuan said seriously.

In fact, Liu Yi is very awkward to Pu Yuan. After all, a person who can be his father at the age of time but calls you a mentor respectfully will make people feel uncomfortable.

Without Liu Yi around, Cen Yuanliang became more active: "Don't worry, senior brother, leave this matter to me. I used to see the momentum of my mentor's giving me money, so I can try it today."

Pu Yuan glared at Cen Yuanliang helplessly. He was the youngest, the most talented, and was valued by Liu Yi the most, but his temperament was too out of place.

"If you do something wrong, it depends on how you go to see your mentor." Pu Yuan said helplessly.

"If you have all the drawings like this, how can you make mistakes?" Cen Yuanliang felt that Pu Yuan was too cautious.

"Senior Brother, then I'll do things." Looking at the dull carpenter nodded at Pu Yuan, he turned around and left. He was not as erratic as Pu Yuan on weekdays, with a low sense of presence, but he was down-to-earth and hardworking, but he just didn't like to communicate with others, and he was a little stupid and often made mistakes.

"Let's go." Cen Yuanliang smiled and said hello to Pu Yuan. Everyone had read the drawings, but there was nothing strange about it. After following Liu Yi for so many years, just by looking at them, you probably know how to build the city wall.

Pu Yuan looked at his junior brothers who had already started to work with them and shook his head. They were all young people, so why didn’t they learn the steadiness of their mentors at all?

This time when Liu Yi returned to Nanyang, in addition to doing fortifications, he also needed to help restore Nanyang's productivity. Nanyang was also suffering and difficult. At the beginning, he was occupied by Yuan Shu. With Yuan Shu's character, how could he take care of the people's livelihood? Naturally, it would not be much better.

Later, Zhang Xiu occupied several years, which was a relatively peaceful period. However, as Cao Cao conquered Zhang Xiu twice, the situation in Nanyang began to get worse every year. As the war broke out, Cao Cao later had some resentment towards Nanyang, a place where his son and general died.

Later, when he was defeated in the Battle of Chibi, most of the military logistics of Jingzhou fell on the people of Nanyang. Hou Yin's rebellion was not because the people were suffering from labor service for a while, but because they had accumulated for a long time and had reached the point of overwhelming burden before they rebelled.

In addition to the previous Nanyang Battle and the subsequent plague, Nanyang's current population has been rebuilt according to the previous household registration, with a total of 380,000 people!

Nanyang's 36 counties are one of the largest counties with the largest population in the Han Dynasty. The data at the peak of the population was 520,000 households, with a population of about 2.4 million. This is recorded in actual data. From the beginning, Yuan Shu occupied Nanyang to the present, in less than 30 years, the population of Nanyang has shrunk to less than 20% of the past. If it is spread out, the population of this county has just exceeded 10,000!

As a result, there are also great reasons for the Battle of Nanyang. Incomplete statistics, the war and the plague, at least half of Nanyang died. This is the reason why Liu Bei’s timely relief was made. If you want to restore the population of Nanyang, don’t think about it in a short time. But after such destruction, the families in Nanyang have basically disappeared. Although it is a bit unkind to say this, the fields that have been vacant... are all official, and the soil and climate here are particularly suitable for farming. There are fewer people and fewer people. In the past, such a large land was raised to more than two million people, but now, with the same area, the people raised to be less than 20% of the previous ones. Nanyang will be another large granary in Liu Bei’s hands.

However, it is too early to say this now. There are still a large number of plague patients in the isolation area. What Liu Yi needs to do now is to restore the normal operation of each county first. This requires the cooperation of Ma Liang, Yiji and the cooperation of the people.

After Liu Yi returned to his temporary camp, he kept writing things while brushing his brush. Xiao Huan quietly helped Liu Yi deliver blank paper in time.

Now Nanyang is almost like a piece of white paper, empty cities, and Liu Yi doesn’t want to let people in for the time being. Do you know if there are any germs or the remaining evil and filthy aura of the epidemic.

However, if Nanyang wants to resume production, these cities must resume operations as soon as possible. People should not stay in the isolation area. They will have to farm normally after the spring next year. The grain from Jingnan has also been sent. It is not difficult to survive this winter, but they cannot count on funding from other places every year. Nanyang itself is not a place that needs funding.

"Xiao Huan, go and invite Ji Chang and Mr. Ji Bo." Thinking about some things, Liu Yi suddenly looked up and looked at Xiao Huan, thinking for a while and said, "Please invite General Yun Chang too."

"Here!" Xiaohuan bowed and walked out quickly.

Guan Yu and the other two came very quickly. After all, in Nanyang, Liu Yi has a low voice. Only under Guan Yu, sometimes Guan Yu has to listen to him.

"What's wrong with Bo Yuan looking for us?" Guan Yu sat opposite Liu Yi, and Ma Liang and Yi Ji also sat down, looking at Liu Yi and said in confusion.

"I just calculated that with the current population of Nanyang, it is not enough to plant all these lands after the beginning of spring next year." Liu Yi said straight to the point.

"I have sent people to post the list articles everywhere, but not many people are willing to move here. In addition, I have also walked to Cao Wei for remarks, hoping to attract some refugees, but I am afraid there will not be too many." Ma Liang thought to himself.

After all, in terms of living conditions, Nanjun, Jiangxia and Jingnan are the key areas of activities in Liu Yi over the years, and people's livelihood are very rich. Who would be willing to come to open up the land?

"I know." Liu Yi nodded and said, "So, I want to implement military camps in Nanyang!"

"Military camp?" Guan Yu raised his eyebrows and said.

"Yes." Liu Yi groped his chin and said, "In addition to the necessary defense and garrison, the soldiers in the army go to the fields to work during the busy farming season and train during the slack farming season. Half of the food produced in this way is used as military funds and half as personal ownership."

The military camp method was already in place in the pre-Qin period, so it is not surprising that everyone is not surprised. As for commercial and other things...basic production cannot keep up, so don’t talk about any business. At present, the most important thing in Nanyang is to restore basic production and then talk about other things.

"This matter needs to be reported to the king." Ma Liang and Yiji also felt that this method was feasible. After all, Nanyang has a population of less than 400,000, but they have to support the 50,000 border defense army on Guan Yu's side. I'm afraid that they can only follow the old path of Cao's army, and set up more corvee and heavy taxes. However, in this way, the people's hearts that have finally been obtained will be in chaos again. However, this issue involves the army, and even Guan Yu cannot make a decision without passing Liu Bei.

"Okay." Liu Yi nodded and said, "It's better to send a few people who are good at this. After all, for military camps, we only know a rough idea. How to implement them is still necessary to do it."

"Well, I'll write a letter." Guan Yu nodded and said.
Chapter completed!