With Tao Qian passing away from illness and handing over the seal of the State Mud before his death, Xuzhou was finally settled and half of the country was owned by Liu Bei.
However, the Xiapi Guangling area in the south is still a mess.
In order to connect this large area of territory together, Cao Cao also took great pains to fight out from the wolves and personally led the southern expedition.
Historically, he held the emperor hostage to order the princes, and used Liu Xie to fight the princes around him as he wanted.
But now that Liu Yu is the emperor, he can't do anything wrong and can only find a way out by himself.
This way out is south of Xuzhou.
Of course Chen Mu knew what he was thinking, but he just laughed it off and let it go, because he knew very well that as long as that strategy was successfully implemented, in the end Cao Cao would be in vain with no results.
Cao Cao, who lacks strategic vision, will inevitably be like Liu Bei in history, wandering around and unable to find a good home.
In late October, Chen Mu continued to handle his own government affairs in Donghai Kingdom.
It was winter when Xuzhou was captured. Due to Tao Qian's lack of good governance over the years, fields in many places in Xuzhou were barren, people's livelihoods were in ruins, and wild animals gradually overflowed and eroded human settlements.
Wild animals such as rhinos, tigers, black bears, crocodiles, elephants, antelopes and elk have spread and inhabited many rivers north of the Huaihe River in Xuzhou, occupying the original farmland.
Don’t be surprised. In ancient times, elephants, rhinos, antelopes, elk and other creatures did exist in Henan, Anhui, Jiangsu and other places. Elephants are Asian elephants. According to historical records, they were still found in Henan until the Song Dynasty, and they disappeared completely after the Song Dynasty.
Because Tao Qian did not govern Xuzhou, the people withered away. Many counties around the county were destroyed due to war or other reasons, and no people lived there. Over the past few years, a large number of fields became barren and overgrown with basil weeds.
Once there is more grass and the natural ecology is restored, herbivores will be attracted, and then carnivores will follow, slowly encroaching on areas where humans gather.
Especially near rivers, not only humans need water, but animals also need it more. As a result, most of the rivers in Xuzhou have been invaded by wild beasts, and many villages along the river have also been attacked by wild beasts.
Although to a certain extent, this is a kind of restoration of natural ecology, allowing tigers, wolves, and black bears and elephants that originally lived in the mountains to begin to appear on the plains.
However, the scope of human activities will become smaller, which is very detrimental to development.
Of course, some people may say, is the proliferation of wild animals a bad thing? Is it not good for humans and animals to live in harmony?
It's really not good.
Never bring modern environmental awareness to ancient times.
Modern people want to protect these wild animals from being harmed because modern people's technological level has developed to a very high level and continues to turn the wild into human homes. The habitats of wild animals are becoming less and less. Many animals
It became extinct and completely disappeared from the face of the earth.
In ancient times, due to the low level of population, productivity, economy, and technology at that time, even in places such as Henan and Hebei that have been developed for the longest time, there were still many virgin forests and plain wilderness that were not cultivated.
Even though the Han Dynasty already owned a large territory, with footprints all over the country, it began to show signs of exploring the world.
However, the population at this time was only one-twentieth of that in the new era. A county has a radius of one thousand square kilometers, and often only the county seat and the surrounding hundred or so square kilometers are the scope of human activities. The other hundreds of square kilometers are all wilderness.
There are hordes of wild beasts in the mountains, and there are countless wolves, tigers and leopards in the deep mountains and old forests.
When the People's Republic of my country was founded, villages were surrounded by hundreds of tigers. It can be seen that during the Han Dynasty two thousand years ago, there were only a lot more large beasts in the wild than before the founding of the People's Republic of China.
Therefore, in later generations, these ferocious beasts must be protected animals, but at this time, wild animals are overrun, and there are more ferocious beasts than people. Even around the county town, sometimes when walking on the road, in a small mountain forest next to it, it is possible for a wild animal to worm its way into the forest.
Two tigers came out to eat people.
Therefore, in this era when we don't even have enough to eat, it is actually very ridiculous to pay attention to protecting animals and maintaining the natural environment.
Chen Mu now wants to relocate the refugees on a large scale, give them land, allow the people to develop stably, and turn Xuzhou into a paradise, but he still has to worry about the people being attacked by wild beasts.
But there is nothing we can do.
After all, this is not the age of firearms. If you want to kill large beasts such as tigers and wolves, you often have to sacrifice human lives. If you don't want to waste human lives, you can only improve step by step and don't rush.
To this end, Chen Mu thought of several ways. The first was to concentrate the population and reclaim the land around the city.
Then drive or hunt some herbivores and drive some wild animals into the mountains and forests.
Tigers and jackals will not attack humans unless they have to. When the nearby natural environment is no longer suitable for them to live, they will naturally migrate away.
Finally, there are various measures, such as exempting taxes, encouraging childbirth, absorbing refugees, re-cultivating fields, improving medical standards, etc.
After the war there will be a great epidemic.
The main reason for the heavy population loss in the late Han Dynasty was the rampant plague. Qingzhou was relatively good and strictly implemented epidemic prevention measures. After every war, the corpses of the enemy and ours were buried together and a monument was built.
But Huainan and Guanzhong are in chaos. It is common for thousands of people to die in a war. The corpses are not collected, and the plague is rampant. People from these places often move around, carrying the plague virus with them.
, and then spread on a large scale, causing constant plagues across the country.
Therefore, after arriving in Xuzhou, Chen Mu immediately ordered Xuzhou to implement strict epidemic prevention and population control, and reorganize and compile household registrations. Foreign residents, especially those in Huainan Pass and middle-affected areas, should be quarantined and observed, and should not move around in crowded places without permission.
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When handling these government affairs, Chen Mu deliberately asked Chen Deng and his brother-in-law Qin Qi to study on the side, which was also another way of training.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Government orders were issued one after another, and the two counties of Langya Kingdom and Donghai Kingdom gradually restored order and slowly got better.
However, these are just in their initial stages and will take time to settle. This does not mean that the issuance of the decree will immediately restore Xuzhou to its original state.
All I can say is that the path we are taking is definitely the right one. As for when it will get better, we definitely can’t rush it, we have to do it step by step.
On the other hand, Cao Cao's side was progressing smoothly. By November, it was said that he had captured Xiapi and was now marching into Guangling with such overwhelming momentum that he had the momentum to capture Huaibei and other counties in one fell swoop.
When Chen Mu learned that Cao Cao had begun to march towards Guangling, he didn't care in his heart and just hoped that Cao Cao could continue to be dragged in Xuzhou.
Zuo Rong has more than 10,000 troops and has raised many desperadoes. Although he is not a difficult opponent, it will probably waste a lot of Lao Cao's time. At least before the end of this year, he will definitely not be able to conquer Guangling so quickly.
To get it, it would take so long to travel.
Sitting in the main hall of the Prefectural Shepherd's Mansion, Chen Mu read the intelligence sent by the Military Intelligence Department. His penetrating gaze did not stay on the intelligence for a few more seconds. Instead, he looked outside the hall and looked at the falling snow in the courtyard.
Quietly lost in thought.
The guards from the Military Intelligence Department around us are already used to it.
Every time Siming was thinking, he would be like this, staring at a certain place with his eyes distracted and motionless.
Sometimes I can be in a daze for a whole day and I don't know what I'm thinking about.
But today there is something unusual.
After their commander was in a daze for a while, he suddenly walked out of the hall slowly, looked at the heavy snow, and looked up at the northwest sky.
That is the direction of Luoyang.
Zhong Yao, don't let me down.
Chen Mu looked at the vast white sky and earth and said to himself in his heart.