Glazed at the guard general, Li Yan looked around, and fortunately, they were all his own people.

"Just pay attention to these words, and never say them out loud.

As for your concerns, it is not a problem. The court has long considered and countermeasures, so now you just need to immigrate well. You must make these moving people willing. I don’t want to cause trouble everywhere because of the source problems here, because of the problem here, this group of people will cause trouble everywhere in the future.” Li Yan taught a lesson.

"Yes, I will remember it!" The guard saluted respectfully.

No matter how large a proportion of the people are unwilling to move, and before the part of them is completely out of food at home, they all set out one after another under the arrangement of Fuyu City and march towards the Central Plains in the southwest direction.

The huge machine of Datang started to work with all its might at this moment, and the states cooperated to swallow the millions of immigrants.

In accordance with the will of the court, the immigration route was planned and distributed to various state roads. The heads of various places were personally waiting to pick up people in the agreed place. Any official who dared to fail or delay would be severely punished.

In this way, Li Yan's opportunity came.

The first stop for the people who fled to famine is Youzhou City, the capital of Hebei Road, which will be distributed to Hedong Road, Hebei Road and Henan Road. At the same time, the leaders of these three places are also gathered to wait for people to pick them up.

The governor Chai Shao comes from Hedong Road, Liu Hongji comes from Hebei Road, and Li Daoyan, the governor of Qizhou, came from Henan Road.

Because the imperial ruling of Henan Road is in charge of Luoyang, he said that there is no shortage of people in the central region, but Henan Road is a food-producing land, so how can we not share the burden?

So Li Erchen ordered Qizhou (that is, Shandong region later), and appointed Jiaodong King Li Daoyan as the governor of Qizhou, and ordered him to resettle a group of people.

Li Daoyan is a son of the royal family, and his father is the old prince Li Shentong. He once saved Li Er's life, so Li Daoyan is the emperor's loyalty.

The three of them gathered in Youzhou City. As the host, Liu Hongji was entertaining the others. They were all military generals, and the most talked about was about war. If these local governance matters were not ordered by the court, no one would want to worry more.

The few people thought that the victims would arrive and everyone would go back according to the number of people, but they didn't expect that Li Yan would arrive first than the victims.

Li Yan smiled and performed the tribute of sons and nephews to the three elders. Chai Shao was his uncle, Li Daoyan was his cousin, and Liu Hongji was also one of the first generals to follow Li Er.

"Huh? Why is it Xiao Liu? Why are you mingling with these victims?" Chai Shao took the lead in asking.

Li Yan did not explain, but pointed to the brigade behind him and said, "Uncle, two uncles, Xiaoliu was ordered to escort the victims who went south this time. Let's set up the food and drinks of these people before reminiscing about the past."

Li Daoyan said: "Resettlement? Where can I use it so troublesome?

The city has prepared enough food and drink, so that they can go to the city to eat and drink in batches, and then your uncle and I ordered the population and took it away. This kind of thing will be delayed for one day, so Lao Liu will have to worry about one day. There are so many people who eat and live in a small amount."

"To be honest, it's Xiao Liu, I have something to ask for three elders.

Then, as my cousin said, let’s arrange for the people to have dinner first.”

Then Liu Hongji ordered his subordinates to greet the people who were following, and he personally led Li Yan and Chai Shao and the others back to the Governor's Office.

"Tell me, is it that you kid causing something again?" Chai Shao asked bluntly.

Li Yan said awkwardly: "Uncle, that's all the embarrassing things that Xiao Liu did when he was a child. Now he is already an adult who has gone to the fiefdom and has stopped making trouble."

Li Daoyan smiled and said, "Yes, I heard that Xiao Liu has been busy building roads in Shu in the past two years and is no longer a child.

No, you should be in Shuzhong, why did you run to the Northeast? You are still mingling with the victims?"

"This is what my nephew asked you. I ran thousands of miles away, just for these victims. I have too short of people to build roads in Shu. These grassland men are strong laborers..."

Before Li Yan could finish his words, Li Daoyan interrupted and said, "Hey, you kid, this is a big deal?"

It is a great thing for you to build a road. If you lack people, just say a word. Uncle, I have a tenant who has a strong worker and I will send it to you. Why do you have to travel thousands of miles to choose from the crowd of people?"

one thousand???

Li Yan suppressed his smile and explained: "Uncle, Shu is a mountain and road construction, and the number of people is not a thousand people. I plan to invest 200,000 strong labor..."

Cough cough cough cough cough... Li Daoyan was choked very hard.

"How many? Are you crazy? You brag to the sky, 200,000 people? Do you know how much consumption it is? Can you afford money and food?"

"This is just now. I have discussed with my father and prepared to go to the north and south with a double line, so I have to increase at least 200,000.

Why? Uncle, let go, let go quickly..."

"Don't move, I'll see if your kid's brain is in water? Do you know what you are talking about? Are you bragging to the uncle here?"

Li Daoyan pinched Li Yan's face with both hands, looking left and right.

Chai Shao smiled and persuaded the two who were fighting. Since Li Yan said that His Majesty had agreed, it should not be a nonsense.

Li Yan then explained: "The country of Tianfu in Shu is itself a key grain production land. At that time, Emperor Gaozu of Han used Shu as his granary and defeated King Xiang in one fell swoop and won the world.

But the people in Shu were not doing well. The local output was not transported because it was surrounded by mountains, so they did not lack food. What they lacked was a road connecting with the outside world."

Chai Shao pondered: "I remember that Zhuge Wuhou led his army to the north to attack Cao Wei six times, which shows that the grain produced in Shu was not a problem to support 200,000 labor.

But you can just draw the strong laborers from the local area, why are you eyeing this victim?"

Li Yan retorted: "That's very different. Local people are all labourers who can farm. If they are transferred to build roads, they will delay the production of grain. Even if they are used in slack farming, it will affect the progress of road construction.

So I need a group of strong workers who keep building mountains and roads all year round.

The people in the northern grasslands immigrated to the Central Plains and could not farm. So they were just right, so they were asked to concentrate on opening mountains and moving stones to work. The people in Shu were responsible for supporting them, and each had their own division of labor. They could greatly speed up the construction of Shu Road, and everyone was happy."

"Hey, let alone, it sounds very well-intentioned. I didn't expect that after a few years, Xiao Liu transformed from a playboy into a capable little prince. It's not bad, and he has made progress!" Li Daoyan praised.

Liu Hongji said curiously: "You can just ask Your Majesty for it. Anyway, where are these victims assigned? Why do you have to go there in person?"

Speaking of this issue, Li Yan felt a little embarrassed, "I want a lot of people, and I'm afraid other places will not accept it by directly transferring it. After all, there are so many state roads in the Tang Dynasty, and many officials are staring at these Hu people and strengthening labor."

"Isn't it just 200,000, no, I've been able to survive for 400,000. It is said that there are three million people who have passed the grassland this time. What's there to compete for?" Li Daoyan said disdainfully.

"No, my nephew wants a million people..." Li Yan's voice was so low that he almost didn't have the courage to open his mouth.

How many???

Li Daoyan seemed to have not heard it clearly, and he exclaimed as if he couldn't believe his ears.

The three generals present all looked at Li Yan with strange eyes.

Chai Shao calmly analyzed and said: "A preliminary statistics show that there are three million people in the grassland, but the maximum number of people who agree to immigrate south is only two million. You kid want to eat half of the food in one place? Do you really dare to open your mouth?

You have shortage of people in the construction of roads in Shu, and you, Li Yan, support the country and strongly seek people. This is reasonable, but if you are so scheming, how can you deal with other state roads? Boy, if this matter is not successful, you will offend all the people first.

This is not the reality that you can afford to have a million mouths in Shuzhong. What do you want to do?”

Li Daoyan also frowned and scolded, "Just praise you for being big, and you are in a blink of an eye. Are you thinking about this bad idea yourself, or are there any tricks that bastards can give you?"

Li Yan explained: "I thought it myself, because I have calculated that after a war in the northern grasslands, there was a scarcity of labor and labor. Most of the people who immigrated this time were old, weak, sick and disabled.

What I want is a strong labor force that can work, but I can't break up other people's families and only requisition for strong labor, right? This is not a wartime catching strong men.

So I need to calculate their family's wife and children, and 400,000 strong labor. To roughly calculate, at least one million people can keep so many strong labor."

"That's impossible! The officials of the states have received imperial edicts from the court and have reported them in advance. You can't have to leave so much.

For example, if I am in Hebei Road, if I give it to you privately, I will face impeachment from the court and runs from my colleagues." Liu Hongji asserted.

Li Yan actually started to laugh.

"What are you laughing at? You can still laugh?" Chai Shao scolded.

"What I laughed at is that all your thoughts were clearly calculated." Li Yan explained, covering his eyes.

"What do you mean? You mean, someone has expected today? Who? Doctor Du?" Li Daoyan asked.

Li Yan stopped laughing and explained, "It's not my brother-in-law, but a helper my father found for me. Chu Suiliang, this time I asked me to come to the Northeast to escort the people, and he also gave the idea."

Several people said in surprise: "Chu Suiliang? That disciple of the great scholar Yu Shinan? Humph, what if you have the wisdom of a strategist? Isn't it embarrassing to use such a stupid move?"

"Uncle, don't draw conclusions first.

The good advice Mr. Chu gave me is not to compete with you, but to let me escort the people and win the hearts of the people, so that more people will be willing to follow me.

By the way, when I met a state road, I asked if I thought there were too many people in my index and could not afford to support me, so I would help me share the burden. In this way, everyone would be happy and no one would offend me. We in Shu can still get the people."

Hiss... Li Daoyan opened his eyes wide and stood there on the spot.

The other two were also analyzing the good strategies Li Yan said. After thinking about it carefully, it was really feasible. Although it might not necessarily get a million people, it is undoubtedly possible to successfully win more immigration for Shuzhong.

Chai Shao said to Li Yan with a stern face: "You kid, you can do things with a serious matter if you have a counselor around you. You dare to come and tease us a few. It's really a fight!"

"Yes, you have planned everything, why do you want us to ask for something? Isn't this kidding with us a group of generals who only know how to dance with swords and guns?" Liu Hongji also said with a wry smile.

Li Yan smiled and pretended to be embarrassed and said, "No, I should ask for the elders, because you are the first local officials who feel that they can't afford to support so many people under their rule, so they should take the initiative to give them to me."

"Nonsense, we don't lack food here. There are only a few disaster victims, every household is divided into..." Liu Hongji had not finished speaking, but was already pulled by Chai Shao.

Then he suddenly realized and exclaimed: "Okay, it turns out that you are looking for us to fight Qiufeng? Even some of our people are going to take away?"

Li Yan laughed: "Yes, Hebei Road, Hedong Road, and Qizhou are all grain-producing land. I know that several of them will fulfill the imperial decrees and share the worries of the country with due diligence and will not let these victims of famine fleeing.

So I just called the front station to ask for personal favors. If several elders complained, then other state roads do not want people, I am afraid that they will want to throw out the troubles in their hands faster."

"Then you guys throw bricks and jade, let us do bait and fish for state roads that don't need disaster victims?" Chai Shao asked back.

"How dare you? At most, I just want my uncle and two uncles to help throw some hard work as bait for the people. Even if I want to fish, I have to let the three elders teach me how to fish first."

Li Yan slapped this flattery too deliberately, and the three of them were disgusted. Chai Shao snorted coldly and said to the other two: "Brother Liu, King of Jiaozhou, do you think this kid dares to fight Qiufeng with us, should he beat him up?"

"Who should do it?" the two looked at each other and asked at the same time.

"What else can I do? Let's do it together! This little brat has gained abilities..."

After a fight, it seemed like the complaints of the three of them. In fact, Li Yan knew that it was his uncle Chai Shao who came forward and decided on this major matter, but he couldn't help in vain. As a junior, you should be taught to be a bitch. Who would make you dare to command the elders?

"Report to the General, His Highness the King of Shu's personal guards," a person at the door reported to Liu Hongji.

Soon a personal guard came in and reported that there was an armed fight in Youzhou City due to the price increase in food and drink.

In an instant, the air in the living room of the General's Mansion became cold. This breath was not emitted from Li Yan, but Liu Hongji. Youzhou was under his rule. The court repeatedly ordered not to raise prices on the victims. Now, in front of so many people, isn't it a slap in the face?

"Bastard! Come and check with me. I will catch the profiteer. I will kill him with my own hands!" Liu Hongji cursed angrily and strode out.

"Wait a minute, you have to find out first. After all, an armed fight is not a matter of one party. If the Hu people are restless, wouldn't it be that they accidentally hurt the people of Youzhou..."
Chapter completed!