When I heard the news, the entire Jinyang City suddenly became a sea of joy.
The rebels had been besieging the city for nearly a month. Although they did not enter the city, they still made the people in the city panic.
Seeing that the rebels finally retreated, everyone was overjoyed.
Only Li Guang felt a little bit of regret in his heart at this moment.
Although he now has the merit of defending Jinyang City, compared with Guan Fu and others' merit of burning grain and grass, it is really inferior.
The rebels walked quietly, heading south from Jinyang to Suiyang.
By the time Liu Deng returned to Jinyang, there were almost no traces of rebels in the country.
The whole city was celebrating, but after reading the paperwork on the table, Liu Deng really couldn't be happy.
The entire country has now returned to before liberation. More than a year of hard work has now been completely in vain.
The salt pond is completely finished, the iron foundry is completely finished, and the industrial area outside the city has now become a garbage dump. The only good news is that the Hutuo River Valley has not received any impact so far.
All the cement kilns are almost complete, and several cities near Jinyang have become a piece of white ground. The rebels who have gained nothing have burned several cities one after another with fire.
The crops waiting to be harvested near the city were also burned cleanly by Zhang Tu and the others. Although the battle was won, Liu Deng couldn't be happy about this tragic victory.
"Your Majesty, the battle is over, but the people nearby..."
Seeing Liu Deng's worried look, Chen Qi began to hesitate when speaking.
"If you have anything to say, just tell me how many copper coins are needed..."
After going through this battle, Liu Deng had now consumed less than half of the copper coins he had obtained through his crazy money-making.
In just a few days, the three armies were rewarded, the salt ponds were repaired, the ironworks were rebuilt, and the cement kilns were rebuilt. Each one of them cost money like water.
Adding up the huge numbers, even Chen Qi himself didn't want to think about it.
"People from all over the country are returning to their hometowns, but several nearby small towns have been burned to ashes. The people may not have enough food and clothing after they return..."
Chen Qi's voice became softer and softer. In order to avoid the war, the total number of people who took refuge in Jinyang City this time was no less than 300,000.
If so many people want to be resettled at one time, the cost is simply astronomical.
"You come with me!"
Liu Deng suddenly felt something in his heart, and it was a blessing in disguise. Unexpectedly, the small town near Feifu was completely burned to ashes. This may not be a good thing for the entire Dai Kingdom.
Although in the short term, he needs to invest a lot of manpower, material and financial resources, once he can complete his vision, it all seems to be worth it.
"Your Majesty, what are you doing?"
Liu Deng led Chen Qi all the way to the sand table, and then stared at the sand table without saying a word for a long time. On the contrary, Chen Qi didn't quite understand what Liu Deng meant and asked in confusion.
"Mark the nearby destroyed towns on the sand table!"
Liu Deng rubbed his temples while carefully recalling the vague knowledge in his mind.
Several cities near Zhengyang each have their own advantages. Now that they are completely destroyed, Liu Deng really wants to take this opportunity to settle their respective industries.
"promise!"
Seeing Liu Deng thinking hard, Chen Qi didn't dare to disturb him. He responded and quickly started working on the sand table.
There are about a dozen cities scattered around Jinyang, but most of them are small towns with a maximum population of only 30,000 to 50,000 people.
It is better to say that it is a city than a larger market town. Liu Deng frowned tightly while looking at the information on the documents.
"What do you think if we overthrow all the original sites and then rebuild the four cities in the southeast, northwest and northwest to defend Jinyang?"
After thinking for a long time, Liu Deng finally spoke.
"Big, big, big king..."
Chen Qi was stunned for a moment. Liu Deng's idea was so bold.
Building four cities at once is no small sum!
How much manpower and material resources have been invested in this, if it were the original Daiguo, it might be able to barely afford it.
But now after this war, Dai's food reserves have been greatly affected. In addition, there have been many casualties among the people. Now many people have lost their overnight wealth. It is really not good to carry out large-scale construction at this time. What a strategy...
"I know what you are thinking. There are hundreds of thousands of people affected by the military disaster near Jinyang. However, even if we don't build a new city, the people will still need relief. What if we provide work instead of relief?"
Liu Deng said after considering it.
"What does the king mean?"
Chen Qi still didn't quite understand why Liu Deng insisted on building the city.
After all, building a city on the original basis will save a lot of manpower and material costs.
Moreover, the most difficult thing about building a new city is that it is a time-consuming and labor-intensive project. It is not an easy task to feed hundreds of thousands of mouths.
Furthermore, there will definitely be many people who will not be able to move into new homes before this winter. What will happen then?
If someone accidentally froze to death in winter, then this would be a really big deal!
"I know that you are still calculating small accounts in your mind, but you also know that these small towns are not of much use to begin with. If we give away money and let the people struggle on their own, their situation will only get worse!"
"But would it be better if we built a big city?"
Chen Qi smiled bitterly.
"Of course, according to the king's prediction, after we build these four cities, their strength will be greatly increased. If this happens again, the people will naturally not have to be displaced! More importantly, we can Take this opportunity to spread our emerging industries around so that everyone in the entire country can have food to eat and clothing to wear!"
The more Liu Dengyue said, the clearer his thinking felt.
When later generations read the speeches of big figures in the news, they always thought it was a long speech. Now that I have studied it myself, I discovered that this is indeed a university question!
"What do you mean, your Majesty, to open up the industries around Jinyang?"
Chen Qi seems to understand a little bit!
"That's right! If we center the four new cities around Jinyang on one or more industries, and then concentrate the efforts of various places to develop a certain industry enough to affect the entire Han Dynasty, then what will happen in this generation of the country? Every common person will naturally have the opportunity to benefit!"
Liu Deng's eyes began to sparkle with a dazzling light.
