When the Huns were there, Cao Cao slowly took the Hetao area into his own hands through infiltration.
If the Huns are gone, will Cao Cao give up this strategic location?
The answer is undoubtedly no!
Liu Zhang firmly believed that if he withdrew his troops from Hetao, Cao Cao might send people to capture it.
Without the Huns, this place would be a terra incognita!
Moreover, in a sense, the Hetao Plain falls under the jurisdiction of Bingzhou.
Liu Zhang could use his achievements in annihilating the Xiongnu to forcefully occupy Hetao.
There was nothing anyone could say.
But once he gives up on his own initiative, Cao Cao will definitely send someone to occupy it.
When the time comes, Liu Zhang will have no choice but to move out of the Hetao because it belongs to Bingzhou.
So this is the only chance.
"King Qin, I understand."
"It's just...what should I do?"
Fazheng understood it very well and agreed with both hands and feet.
However, difficulties still lie ahead.
It doesn't disappear just because someone recognizes it.
Far away from Guanzhong and close to Bingzhou, there is almost no danger in the entire Hetao except the Yellow River.
Even if you spend money and food to build a city here, you still have to face an extremely long supply line.
It's fine in normal times, but once a war breaks out, problems will immediately arise in the food pipeline.
You can't hoard huge amounts of food and grass, right?
"Haha, Xiao Nao, don't worry!"
Liu Zhang smiled and was not frightened by the difficulties.
"Gu has already thought about it and mobilized the people to come to Hetao to build several cities!"
"From Beidi County to here, build cities along the Yellow River, relying on the waters of the Yellow River to connect the cities, ensuring that we can respond at any time!"
"Built the city..."
Fazheng exclaimed softly and frowned even more tightly.
"King Qin, can the water and soil here in the Hetao support the construction of a city?"
"No problem, it's just more difficult and takes a longer time."
Liu Zhang naturally knew the difficulties of building a city here.
But, that's not a reason to back down.
As long as there is enough money and food support, cities can be built in the Hetao sooner or later.
"How many civilians does King Qin plan to mobilize?"
Liu Zhang smiled and stretched out two fingers.
"Twenty thousand?"
Fazheng's face was full of disbelief.
If there were only 20,000 people, it would be impossible to build a city within ten or twenty years.
At that point, it won’t matter whether it’s built or not.
"Two hundred thousand!"
Liu Zhang glanced at Fazheng angrily.
"Takanao, do you look down on Gu? What can 20,000 people do!"
Fazheng looked embarrassed and quickly apologized to Liu Zhang.
"The King of Qin forgives me for being rude!"
"It's just... mobilizing 200,000 civilians, will it have too much impact on Guanzhong?"
If there are few people, Fa Zheng will be dissatisfied; if there are too many people, Fa Zheng will be troubled.
They moved all the people from Hedong County and Hongnong County, repatriated from Yizhou and Liangzhou, asked Liu Biao to flee to Nanyang, etc., as long as they were available, they all fell.
In the end, the population of Guanzhong failed to exceed two million.
A far cry from his peak.
In recent years, under Liu Zhang's governance, Guanzhong has dealt with floods and once again looked like a land of Longxing.
But the population cannot be replenished overnight.
At this time, if two hundred thousand civilians are selected, their vitality will definitely be severely damaged!
In the long run, the impact is even greater.
At this moment, Fazheng had the idea of asking Liu Zhang to abandon the Loop.
Two hundred thousand civilians are too many!
"What Xiaozhi said is absolutely true! If two hundred thousand people in Guanzhong are mobilized, I will not be able to bear the consequences!"
Liu Zhang's generous admission made Fazheng even more puzzled.
"King Qin, why...?"
"Xiao Zhi, I didn't say anything about mobilizing 200,000 Han people."
"Could it be that King Qin is planning to use the more than 300,000 slaves he just rescued..."
If we don't use our own people, then the only ones that can be used right now are the more than 300,000 people waiting to be disposed of on the banks of the Yellow River.
However, Fa Zheng did not agree.
"King Qin, I once promised these people that they would get rid of their enslaved life and go to Qin to live a good life."
"If we let them stay in Hetao to build the city at this time, will it damage the reputation of our Qin State...?"
Fazheng said it very tactfully!
To put it bluntly, the people of Qin are too arrogant in their words!
I had just escaped from the enslavement of the Xiongnu, and now I was about to face the enslavement of the King of Qin?
Fa Zheng's previous efforts were almost all in vain.
Liu Zhang smiled and shook his head.
"Don't worry, Xiao Nao, but how can I do such a thing like changing my order day and night?"
"Two hundred thousand civilians will be drawn from Liangzhou!"
"Liangzhou?"
Mr. Fa Zheng was stunned.
How many Han people are there in total in Liangzhou?
After just a moment, it dawned on me.
"What King Qin means is the Qiang people?"
"good!"
"I see...!"
Fazheng now understood completely.
There are as many as one million Qiang people who have surrendered. Not to mention 200,000 conquered, even if 500,000 are conquered, there will be no problem.
Even if these millions of Qiang people die, Fazheng will not frown.
He just has such a big prejudice against foreign races.
However, Fazheng thought of a new problem.
"King Qin, we have slaughtered all the strong Qiang people. Do they still have so much labor force now?"
The corners of Liu Zhang's mouth raised slightly, revealing a strange smile.
"Strong men are almost dead, but there are plenty of women, right?"
"woman?"
"Yes, mobilize Qiang women! Use women as labor force and let them build cities!"
This proposal really made Fazheng somewhat novel.
He never thought that he could still use women!
"King Qin, can a woman take on the important task of building a city?"
"Can you... try it and you'll know?"
In fact, Liu Zhang was not sure, but based on the experience of later generations.
It should be almost the same!
At most, it's just a little slower in time.
It wasn't very familiar at first, but once you get used to it, it gets better.
After all, there is a famous saying, who says women are inferior to men!
Liu Zhang personally created a platform for Qiang women to prove that they are no worse than men!
Fazheng nodded, and suddenly his eyes lit up.
"King Qin, I have an idea!"
"Oh? But it doesn't matter."
"King Qin, you can actually move 400,000 Qiang people here and divide them into two parts."
"Part of it is grazing, part of it is building a city, and they alternate every once in a while."
"In this way, it will not delay the construction of the city or the grazing, but it will also give the Qiang people some breathing space, so that they will not become resentful!"
When Liu Zhang heard this plan, he also felt enlightened.
But after thinking about it, I felt a little worried.
"Xiaozhi, aren't the 400,000 Qiang people too many to be managed easily..."
