Liu Qing turned to look at Sheyan County. The trip went surprisingly smoothly. The key was Zhang Xiu's excellent preliminary work.

"Youwei, you did a great job this time. With the help of the Damu tribe, the largest Qiang tribe, I don't think I need to personally take part in the subsequent subjugation work."

"What the lord said is absolutely true. With the Damu tribe setting an example, within a year, Xiu will have all the Qiang people in Shangjun join the lord's account!"

"And those from Shuofang County!"

Liu Qing directly organized a one-for-one event. At present, the war in the Central Plains was becoming increasingly tense and the military situation in Bingzhou was spreading. It was extremely inconvenient for him to stay in Bingzhou for a long time. After solving the problem of the Qiang people, Liu Qing planned to return to Wei County.

I don't know if Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shao have a winner. Every time the Yanzhou army reports, it's a confrontation. This Xu Rong is too stable.

Wasn't Dong Zhuo the attacking party?

The Qiang people were in trouble, and everyone except Zhang Xiu returned to Taiyuan. This operation involved nearly ten thousand troops. It was inevitable for Liu Qing to assemble such a huge force to deal with a weak enemy. Fortunately, the effect exceeded expectations. Not only did Zhang achieve

The key to the strategy of "showing the enemy with strength and winning with force" as mentioned by Xiu is not to waste every soldier or soldier.

When Liu Qing returned to Taiyuan, it happened to be September. Although the temperature had dropped a bit, there was still almost no rain.

In the early morning of the second day after returning to Taiyuan, Liu Qing took Guo Jiadianwei and Qian Ying to Longshan for inspection. At the foot of the mountain, civilians were working hard to dig out the foundation stones, and they were working in full swing.

"My lord, the road up the mountain is currently being built to prepare for future large-scale construction. Leveling work is also being done on the cliffs. Currently, there are thirty-two craftsmen and eighty-seven civilians participating in the process." Han Heng reported.

road.

"It's been half a month since I left Taiyuan. It took me half a month to repair this much! If it's going to be completed, it won't be until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse!"

"My lord, Governor Zang has mobilized as many manpower as possible."

"Zang Min behaves conservatively. I will order him to tease one hundred craftsmen and one thousand citizens again. I have high hopes for Longshan Academy. The main building must be completed within two years!"

"Here!"

Han Heng had no choice but to bite the bullet and accept it. He knew his lord's temper, and he just had to speak up if he had difficulties, but his lord didn't like to hear words like "impossible, don't want, can't."

After two years of completion, Liu Qing couldn't help but think about what the world will be like in two years' time.

"Fengxiao, what do you think the world will be like in two years' time?"

"My lord, the battle between the two emperors is difficult to end for a while, and the Yuan family seems to be no longer interested in Dong Zhuo, and is instead encroaching on the territory of other states and counties. Now that Yanzhou Mu Liu Dai has died, who will be next?"

Liu Qing quickly thought: "Liu Biao is herdsman in Jingzhou, and Yuan Shu has occupied Nanyang. This is an important town in Jingzhou, and Liu Biao categorically refuses to allow it. Moreover, Liu Biao is a Han Dynasty, so naturally he will not associate with the Yuan family. The battle between Yuan and Liu must have begun."

"

"My lord is wise! Not only Jingzhou, I'm afraid all the counties in Qingzhou, except for Liu Bei and Cao Cao's plain Jinan, the other counties have become vassals of the Yuan family. As far as I know, Le'an, Yangpei, Beihai

Kong Rong is from the Yuan family, as well as the prefects of various counties in Yangzhou, and has close contacts with the Yuan family. The combat prowess displayed by the Yuan family is completely inconsistent with his heritage. My lord must not take it lightly and underestimate the Yuan family."

"What do you mean by Fengxiao?"

"The population of Youzhou is only over two million. Gongsun Zan is a small but powerful person who can gather troops to compete with Zhou Mu. However, the population of the area under the jurisdiction of the Yuan family now exceeds ten million. My lord will not think that

Does the Yuan family have no soldiers?"

Ten million...Liu Qing couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He, the pastor of Bingzhou, had the least emotional value. The registered population of Bingzhou was only 660,000.

This gap is too...

Fortunately, Jizhou has a population of more than five million, and Jizhou is now controlled by Liu Qing.

"Then why didn't the Yuan family send a large-scale army to attack Dong and pacify him in one battle?"

Guo Jia was silent for a while, looking at the working people in a trance.

Liu Qing turned to Zhang Liao and asked, "Why?"

Zhang Liao shook his head cheerfully, expressing his ignorance.

Liu Qing looked at Dian Wei again.

Dian Wei scratched his head and said naively: "Maybe it's because my master is underdeveloped!"

Guo Jia suddenly said: "What Dian Wei said hit the point!"

Liu Qing:???

Guo Jia explained: "The name of the Yuan family is to challenge Dong, and to return the emperor to Luoyang. In fact, this is not the case. The emperor is in Rudu (Ruyang), which has many benefits for the Yuan family. It is by no means a simple order from the emperor.

My ministers, there is another purpose, which is more far-reaching."

"What?"

"Hold the Emperor to the throne!"

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