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Chapter 773: 337: Strategic Adjustment_2

Chapter 773: Chapter 337: Strategic Adjustment_2

If Chu State really dares to have such an idea, would Zhou Country directly abandon He and Long counties, or even Shuofang County in the North, and then concentrate all their strength back to Guannei County, and compete with Chu State to their last breath?

Zhou Country’s two counties in Guandong have become forbidden territories, and whoever moves around them will trigger this hornet’s nest.

It can be seen from Liang State, which is stationed nearby with a heavy army, that they only take advantage of the situation a little bit and do not go deeper into it.

Lu Yuan would not go away at this critical moment, occupying this small advantage that nobody else has.

Therefore, he only thought about this matter and did not take it too seriously.

However, even though Lu Yuan has given up his plan to attack the four counties of Hexi, Longxi, Henan, and Nanyang in Zhou Country, there are still places for them to gain benefits in these four counties.

For example, in He and Long counties, next year after Huang Xuan consolidates the military and political affairs of Hanzhong and stabilizes the region initially, perhaps he can dispatch a troop to attack He and Long, cooperate with the barbarians, and jointly attack Zhou Country.

In doing so, Lu Yuan is not interested in taking territory and continuing to expand to the Northwest.

What he covets is the population of He and Long counties in Zhou Country.

Although the population of He and Long counties in Zhou Country has suffered heavy losses due to years of war and snow disasters, and a large number of refugees flee every year, it can be imagined how serious the loss is given that Hanzhong County has received 300,000-400,000 refugees from He and Long counties.

However, even so, there are still more than 2 million people remaining in He and Long counties.

With so many people, if they can be captured in timely manner and brought back to Chu State, it would undoubtedly greatly enrich the local population of Chu State.

These people are all descendants of the Three Emperors, and their culture, beliefs, and customs are similar to those of the people of Chu State, so there is no obstacle to integration.

At the beginning, when people from Zhou Country were captured and resettled in Dongting and Xichuan counties, it only took three to five years for them to be completely assimilated by Chu State and become Chu people.

At this moment, it would not take much effort for Chu State to fully accept and utilize the population brought from He and Long counties.

Lu Yuan does not need much, just capturing and returning 500,000 people can further develop Xichuan County and turn it into a western granary.

Even regarding abducting people, he doesn’t actually have to do it himself.

He can directly reach a trade consensus with the barbarians, let them abduct the people, and Chu State can directly trade food with them.

In this way, without spending any troops or costs but merely using the surplus grain in Chu State, a large number of people can be obtained for nothing.

When the trade becomes stable and deepened, perhaps by then grains can be directly exchanged for the population of the barbarians with no problems.

After all, in the clans of the barbarians, hundreds of thousands of people starve and freeze to death every year, and they cannot be supported by staying in the clan.

Rather than letting them starve and freeze to death for nothing, it is better to send them to Chu State, where they can exchange precious grain for the tribe and allow them to survive.

In such a win-win situation, Lu Yuan believes that the barbarians should be very willing to do so.

Moreover, this trade in population and food has another benefit.

Through food, Chu State can indirectly influence and control the Snowy Plain Barbarians, and through this trade, they can continuously weaken the barbarians.

The cold disaster is getting worse day by day, and each year’s snowstorm will be greater than the previous year.

No matter how many people the barbarians send out and how much grain they exchange, the population of the tribe will inevitably decrease.

When they become weak to a certain extent, Lu Yuan can call for the recruitment of a large number of barbarian tribes under the name of a spiritual woman, and perhaps directly assimilate them to become Chu people and use them for himself.

“This matter has great potential and can be regarded as a long-term national policy for dealing with Zhou Country and the barbarians. It is worth paying continuous attention to.”

After thinking about all these things in his heart, Lu Yuan immediately communicated with Huang Xuan through his divine thoughts, and then instructed this avatar to handle the matter.

As the chief administrator of the three western counties, Huang Xuan is responsible for managing affairs pertaining to Zhou Country and the barbarians, so this matter is just right for him.

Since Huang Xuan is his own avatar, they can communicate at any time and there will be no delay or misunderstanding.

If it were entrusted to others, people’s hearts are unpredictable, and Lu Yuan would not feel at ease!

It has to be said that besides the rapid cultivation, the divine powers of the Yellow Turban Strongman of the Taiping Dao Book are the most satisfactory to him.

Not only has it solved his lack of manpower, but it can also communicate thousands of miles away, with mutual understanding, loyalty and reliability. There won’t be anyone better than this.

…

Just after explaining the matter of dispatching troops in He and Long, taking the opportunity to abduct people, and opening a trade with the barbarians, in just a few days, as the civil officials who hurried to Hanzhong County to prepare for the various levels of government came to their position.

After the various levels of government slightly sorted out the political affairs, the household registration atlas, wealth income and expenditure of Hanzhong County were also quickly sent back to Baling via the Han River courier.

“So, Hanzhong County now has 326,000 households and more than 1,615,000 people.”

“According to the current taxation of Great Chu, it can provide a yearly tax of 6,110,000 silver tales, and the various expenses in the county need about 1,100,000 silver tales.”

“The remaining 5 million silver tales can all be sent to the court?”

Lu Yuan flips through the household registration account book, then looks up at the Han Zhongjun official sent by the Hanzhong Government, and asks aloud.

“Your Majesty, that’s true.”

The attending official below is a young man who, facing the King of Chu alone, is unavoidably nervous but still steadied himself and said, “However, Hanzhong County has just suffered violence and various prefectures and counties have suffered losses. There are some casualties and fugitives among the common people, so the actual number of registered households should be less than the entry.”