Compared with the hot-water life of the people in the south, although Youzhou Prefecture is located in a remote place, the public security is stable and it is a place to live and work in peace and contentment.
In addition, General Zhenbei is based here, so this place has "stable" conditions that other places do not have.
No matter what the world is like, maintaining stability means ensuring development.
Youzhou also has "commerce development" supported by Cao Su's various policies. After a cold winter, the entire city began to enter a state of rapid development.
Although Qianyuan was an "imperial system", it was still a "city system" at the grassroots level.
The development of each city determines the prosperity of a region.
The large amount of land, residential buildings and villages outside the city can only be used as a basic category for the development of the city and do not play a decisive role.
Cao Su knew this very well, so when he took charge of Youzhou, he focused his main energy on the development of the city.
Youzhou Prefecture was the capital of the Yan Empire at that time. The city itself was very large and the population was relatively large.
After last year's "Tuxian Mountain Migration", the city of Youzhou Prefecture ushered in the first wave of explosive population growth.
This year, with the continued turmoil in the south, Youzhou Prefecture has welcomed more residents who want to settle the matter.
"In just the past half month, more than a thousand people have applied to settle down."
Zhongjin, who was appointed as the governor of Youzhou Prefecture by Cao Su, was very worried and exhausted because of the household registration issue.
He ran to the Zhenbei General's Mansion and asked Cao Su for instructions.
"Population is the basis for city development."
Cao Su attached great importance to this point, and after a little thought, he came up with an idea: "Is it possible to expand Youzhou Mansion again on the original basis?"
"Expanding the city?"
Zhongjin was slightly happy. He actually came to Cao Su to put forward this opinion.
Unexpectedly, Cao Su had a close connection with him and had already made plans in this regard.
There are always many maps in Cao Su's meeting hall.
There are city construction plans including Youzhou Prefecture, as well as topographic maps covering the entire north. Even larger, there are even territorial maps of the entire Qianyuan Empire.
Cao Su pointed to the south city of Youzhou.
The Nancheng area is an area that Cao Su has been focusing on developing, including the current Zhenbei General's Mansion, which is also located on the streets of Nancheng: "Many refugees are from the south. After entering the city, they have been living in Nancheng.
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"If Youzhou Prefecture wants to develop, the city construction must not rest on its laurels."
"If we go all the way south, it's not impossible to build another urn city outside of Nancheng."
"Of course, the premise is that there will be no more wars in Youzhou Prefecture in recent years. Otherwise, once the war starts, the messy Nancheng will become a breakthrough point for the enemy."
Cao Su has some own ideas about the development of Youzhou Mansion. He is now at the first level of Strength Realm, and he feels that Tongtian City is getting closer to him.
When he is in charge of Youzhou Prefecture, he will definitely not worry about the war in Youzhou Prefecture. As for being in turmoil like other states, Youzhou has no signs of this at present.
Various circumstances indicate that there should be no major wars in Youzhou Prefecture in the future, and it is feasible to expand the city.
Cao Su said in a deep voice: "But the manpower for this expansion cannot be provided by my old man from Youzhou Mansion."
"Since there are so many refugees coming from the south who want to enter Youzhou Prefecture, let them contribute. Whoever does a good job and works hard will get the first settlement certificate in your hand."
"Relief through work" has always been the guiding ideology of Cao Su's administration.
In response to the increasing number of refugees this time, Cao Su never gave up on this aspect.
Zhongjin immediately understood what Cao Su meant.
He reminded: "There are still some people who are not suitable for hard work. If they want to settle down, is there any way?"
"Of course it's a meritorious service."
"Since I, Mr. Cao, came to Youzhou Mansion, I have only wanted one thing - fairness. Under my rule, Mr. Cao, fairness will always be the first priority. If there are refugees who are willing to make meritorious deeds, of course they can also
To a certain extent, priority will be given to settling down.”
Zhongjin asked: "What merits have you accomplished?"
"If you can make contributions that are helpful to Youzhou Prefecture, for example, you can provide some important information, or you have special skills passed down from your ancestors and are willing to put them to use, all of these are fine. In all aspects of production and life, our Youzhou Prefecture is waiting for prosperity.
, recruiting talents from all walks of life without sticking to one standard.”
Cao Su conveyed his thoughts, and Zhongjin understood immediately.
He quickly saluted Cao Su and said, "I understand."
After that, he left the General's Mansion in a hurry and went on to work as the governor of Youzhou Mansion.
The prefect and the city lord are the two administrative systems that Cao Su is considering recently.
In Cao Su's eyes, the current top-down bureaucracy of the Qianyuan Empire is relatively complicated. The city lord is more like a chief official of a city in the traditional sense, but he has great power. Politics, economy, and military are all controlled by the city lord.
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It can be said that for some stronger city lords, the entire city almost becomes his fief.
This kind of "city-lord system" is an important reason why the Qianyuan Center is weak and unable to suppress bandits today.
However, in the early stages of the development of the empire, through such a "city lord system", the overall strength of the empire can be maximized. Some talented city lords gave full play to their initiative and built many world-famous super cities.
These super cities later became benchmarks for the world, guiding the empire forward.
From Cao Su's point of view, such a system was too testing of human nature. The establishment of the post of "prefect" was his bold innovation in the city master system.
And Youzhou Prefecture is his pilot project.
The prefect took away part of the "administrative power" from Cao Su and mainly managed the daily affairs of the city.
The city lord can still have a higher appeal, and at the same time, the main focus is on military, public security and other aspects, which is also a way to reduce the burden on the city lord.
A bit like the difference between the first-in-command and the second-in-command, Cao Su also considered setting up a "state counselor" to manage financial power.
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In the south of Youzhou City, the official road is covered with flowers.
Many refugees were turned away by the gates of Youzhou Prefecture. The mighty Zhenbei Army, wearing black armor, was guarded by only a few hundred people, but it frightened the large number of refugees.
"What does Youzhou Mansion mean? You won't be allowed to enter, but you won't be allowed to leave!"
Some of the refugees were muttering and not in a good mood.
Since they arrived at Youzhou Prefecture a few days ago, they have been turned away by Youzhou Prefecture officials, who asked them to wait outside the city.
This wait has led to now.
Now that the dry food I brought is almost gone, if I don’t go to the city and find some way to find some work, can I still survive?
So many refugees were anxious, and several people came to the city gate to cause trouble.
The only answer to them was the shining long sword.
The Zhenbei Army looked at them indifferently and did not respond.
"What does this mean?"
The refugees' faces were pale and very angry.
"Is it because the evil dragon is doing evil? I heard that in the past few days, an evil dragon has been causing trouble in Funiu Daze in the northeast. Now the whole Youzhou Prefecture is talking about the evil dragon. How can anyone care about our life and death?
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Some people in the crowd expressed dissatisfaction.
This dissatisfaction is deeply seductive and resonates with many people.
"I didn't expect to come all the way to Youzhou Mansion. I thought it would be a good place to settle down, but I didn't expect that Youzhou Mansion is also like this. This court is finished. The world is so big that there is no place for me and others."
The refugees were wailing, and more than a thousand people gathered outside the city. They were soon ignited with anger and dissatisfaction.
But they didn't dare to offend the Zhenbei Army.
The Zhenbei Army was no better than the government troops they had seen before. Each of these Zhenbei Army had strong aura, tall stature, and the slightest smell of unwashed blood on their bodies.
If you rashly provoke the Zhenbei Army, wouldn't that mean death?
"Let's go, you can't get into Youzhou Mansion. The idea that Youzhou Mansion is a paradise is all lies."
Among the crowd, some refugees did not want to wait any longer and were ready to leave.
Someone set an example of leaving, and many people began to follow suit and left here.
At this time, there were some strange noises in the Zhenbei Army.
Then an ugly-looking young official, escorted by many Zhenbei troops, came to the south outside of Youzhou City.
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Among the refugees, there was a dirty middle-aged man.
The man's face turned sallow, but he didn't expect that an official from Youzhou Prefecture actually came forward.
They are just some refugees. How could Youzhou Prefecture come forward to do something like this?
"My name is Zhongjin, and I am the governor of Youzhou Prefecture."
Although the ugly man has a gentle face, what he says is always unconvincing and even a little scary because of his ugly appearance.
Zhongjin spoke calmly and quickly expressed what Youzhou Prefecture wanted.
In fact, it was Cao Su's intention to build a new city outside the south of the city.
The new city requires many refugees to work together to build it. Youzhou Prefecture will provide food and housing. Those who do well will be given priority to settle down, and they will also receive rewards and wages.
"What? Build a city?"
The yellow-faced man was stunned. He was not here to build a city for Youzhou Mansion. He also shouldered an important task entrusted to him by the young master. He had to lurk in Youzhou Mansion.
I originally thought that by bewitching some refugees, it would have an impact on Youzhou Prefecture.
I didn't expect these refugees to be so helpless. They would rather wait outside than provoke the Zhenbei Army.
"no!"
The yellow-faced man was sweating profusely.
But some of his new "friends" beside him had already started cheering.
"Old Wang, great, we have a chance to enter Youzhou Mansion!"
"Old Wang, why do you look so sad? Aren't you just doing some physical work? You already have food and shelter. It doesn't matter if you spend a little effort. Aren't you quite strong? You should be able to bear it.
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Some of my new friends are also refugees at the lowest level, and most of them used to be farmers.
There was a bright smile on everyone's face, and the previous dissatisfaction with the Zhenbei Army disappeared in the blink of an eye.
Lao Wang couldn't help but smile bitterly. If he had known better, he wouldn't have mixed with the refugees, and he would have just taken the caravan route.
But if it's in the caravan, the evil dragon...
Soon, Lao Wang, like his friends, was given some tools for work.
Shovels, hoes, ropes, axes, everything.
In addition to the official road, there used to be a moat in the south of the city.
If you want to expand the city, you must first build the moat.
These more than a thousand people, under the command of Zhongjin, began a vast project.
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Overlooking Youzhou Mansion from an altitude of hundreds of feet.
I saw that the south of Youzhou Prefecture was particularly lively. Amidst the rising smoke, the slogans of the poor working people rang out, and then pieces of large wood and rocks were being transported up and down.
Among the clouds, a stream of light quietly appeared. After observing the lively scene of Youzhou Mansion, it fell into Youzhou Mansion.
This stream of light was still obvious at first, but after falling into the city, it quickly disappeared and appeared in the streets and alleys after wandering left and right.
Finally, he turned into an ordinary figure wearing a bamboo hat and walked into a teahouse.
Youzhou Prefecture is very lively, and the teahouse is full of wanderers.
Jianghu people like to be lively, so there are some storytellers in the teahouse who perform live performances.
A pot of tea, a nap, and a little relaxation by listening to the scholar perform a storyteller.
At this time, there was an old man in the tea house.
The old man wore a tattered square turban and an old cloth robe that was green and white. Although the clothes were withered, he was full of energy.
I saw him shaking his head, beating the bronze drum in front of him several times with the bamboo stick in his hand, and singing: "I am sleeping in a tent of grass, and my heart returns from the dream of turning into a butterfly."
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The old man sang one verse after another, and the singing sounded better than what he said.
"A few days ago, three major sects joined forces with the major sects in the north and sent their best disciples to the northern Liaoning region to explore the ancient city of Mihe."
"This ancient city of Mihe is also very famous in history..."
The old man did not tell the story of "the evil dragon went crazy" today, but talked about the "ancient city of Mihe".
The incident of "the ancient city of Mihe turned into an ancient city of blood evil" caused a stir in the world.
In terms of impact, it is wider than the "evil dragon trouble" near Youzhou Prefecture. The radiation range reaches the land where Youliao and Hebei merged with the five states. There are even Jianghu people in Yuzhou and Lingzhou who rush to Liaozhou.
, to explore the ancient city of Mihe.
I heard that in the ancient city of Mihe, in addition to a large amount of blood evil energy that can affect people's minds, there are also some magical treasures.
Someone picked up a "mountain-breaking ax" left over from ancient times in the ancient city of Mihe. It was said that he learned the three-style "mountain-breaking ax" from it, and his martial arts improved greatly.
Going north to Liaozhou, it is a good choice to stop and adjust in Youzhou Mansion first.
Further east and north, there is no place more suitable for adjustment. Even further to the northeast, the road is very barren and the conditions are even more difficult.
Therefore, people from all walks of life gathered in Youzhou Prefecture, which brought a lot of popularity and vitality to Youzhou Prefecture.
The figure wearing a bamboo hat entered the tea house, and an enthusiastic waiter came to greet him.
"Sir, what would you like to drink?"
There was a crisp voice under the bamboo hat, which did not hide her "feminine voice". She put the long sword beside her and said in a deep voice: "A pot of fine tea."
Not many people came to Youzhou Mansion to drink fine tea, so the waiter was stunned for a moment.
Then he smiled and said: "Okay, just wait a moment!"