Chapter 561

This was already his limit.

After all, he was only a Commandery Governor.

If not for the foundation his father-in-law Dong Zhuo had previously laid in Longxi Commandery, and the cooperation of Fan Jian.

If not for the fact that Jincheng Commandery had been completely crippled by the previous battle, he would at most only be able to implement this in Hanyang and Longxi Commandery.

Even Jincheng Commandery would not be possible.

Liangzhou still had seven other commanderies: Anding, Beidi, Wuwei, Wudu, Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang.

To implement sericulture among the Qiang tribes throughout the entire Liangzhou region would likely take at least another year or two.

Moreover, now a Huangfu Song had arrived.

Yang Ci letting Huangfu Song come to Liangzhou had only one purpose, and that was certainly to limit his development.

"Population..."

Duan Yu rubbed his chin.

Suddenly, he thought of something.

The Huang Jin Rebellion.

Yes.

It was the Huang Jin Rebellion!

The Huang Jin Rebellion only opened the prologue to the fall of the Eastern Han.

Its most fundamental root cause was still the massive number of displaced people and refugees.

After the Huang Jin Rebellion was quelled, there were still massive numbers of refugees in Qingzhou and Jizhou.

In Jizhou alone, Heishan had a million refugees.

And Jizhou was adjacent to Bingzhou; if... if he could find a way to move the refugees from Jizhou through Bingzhou, and then from Bingzhou into Liang.

Then perhaps that could solve the problem of the low Han population in Liangzhou.

However...

There was another problem with this.

That was how he would feed these million people for a year.

Liangzhou had land that could be used for farming, but the first year after these refugees entered Liang, it would certainly require a massive amount of money and grain to stabilize them.

The income from snow salt, the income from white paper, plus the income from sericulture for the coming year.

Plus the seed grain he had harvested in Jinyang; if sown next spring, by autumn there should be a large harvest of grain.

It seemed that settling a million people would not be a problem.

If it were truly feasible, then the problem of insufficient population in Liangzhou would be solved in one go.

As for the economy, there was snow salt, white paper, and silk; if he could develop two more projects, it would form a complete set.

Basically, the population and economic problems could be solved.

However, these still required specialized personnel to implement and manage.

Damn it, talent, talent!

Next year, taking advantage of the winds of the Huang Jin Rebellion, he must bring back more talent.

Jia Xu was too weak.

"Alright, let's stop talking about internal affairs for now; it's been difficult for you."

"Let's first talk about how to deal with Geng Bi and Huangfu Song." Duan Yu poked at the charcoal in the brazier beside him.

Jia Xu smiled slightly and said, "That is much simpler."

"Solving Geng Bi will only take three days, as long as the Marquis grants me one person," Jia Xu said confidently.

"Oh?" Duan Yu raised an eyebrow and asked, "Who do you want?"

"Liu Bai Tu."

"Good."

Duan Yu agreed almost without thinking.

He casually took a token from his sleeve and tossed it directly to Jia Xu.

"You handle the deployments for the Military Affairs Office; whoever you need, just go find Bai Tu. It's rare for me to have some peace, don't come looking for me if there's anything, and if that Geng Bi or whoever comes, you just arrange it."

Duan Yu waved his hand directly.

Throughout this year, he had almost not had a single day of rest.

Winter had arrived, the fighting was over, and it was time to rest.

From now until next spring, the main focus was to step up the system and welcome the great battle in the coming spring.

Dealing with people and scheming against people were things to be left to Jia Xu.

This was Jia Xu's strength.

After conquering territory, if one didn't enjoy it, why conquer so much territory?

"Alright, go get busy; dealing with Huangfu Song and Geng Bi is up to you."

Duan Yu waved his hand directly: "I won't keep you for a meal."

This morning, he heard that Cao Cao had sent him a troupe of singers and dancers from his hometown, over twenty people, and he hadn't had time to go see them yet.

After leaving these words, Duan Yu left first.

Leaving only Jia Xu alone in the study.

Watching Duan Yu disappear in a flash, Jia Xu looked down at the token in front of him.

His eyes blinked.

Why did it feel... like he had been tricked?

No... wasn't it supposed to be that he just needed to provide the ideas?

How did it suddenly seem like everything had been dumped on him?

Jia Xu suddenly felt like he had been tricked.

Talking about people's livelihood and the economy.

He wasn't good at these things to begin with.

So that was where he had been waiting for him.

"Sigh..."

Sighing, Jia Xu stood up and walked out of the Governor's Mansion, braving the cold wind outside.

Outside the Governor's Mansion, an old servant and a carriage were waiting at the gate.

Jia Xu, wrapped in a black robe, opened the carriage door.

Inside the carriage, several folded, brand-new clothes made of animal fur were laid out.

Jia Xu was stunned, then looked at the old servant driving the carriage: "Who sent these?"

The old servant bowed and replied: "They were just sent by the General, saying they were prepared for the two young masters and the Lady. They were all hunted personally by the General in Jinyang last year, and were just made into clothes this year."

Upon hearing this, Jia Xu smiled slightly, then shook his head and boarded the carriage.

The carriage started, the wheels crushing the snow, making a creaking sound.

Sitting in the carriage, Jia Xu held a bronze hand warmer for warmth.

From the time he met Duan Yu in Liangzhou, he felt that Duan Yu was different from everyone else.

Towards people, towards matters.

Duan Yu seemed to have a perspective he couldn't understand.

Hearing that Gao Shun had sold himself to bury his mother, Duan Yu had taken out five gold without hesitation.

One had to know, at that time, five gold was a huge sum for Duan Yu.

Yet Duan Yu had used five gold to buy Gao Shun.

But it was this kind of thing that others wouldn't do, that Duan Yu had done.

And looking at it now.

This investment of five gold had yielded returns far more cost-effective than a thousand gold.

Gao Shun's ability went without saying.

Looking at those people Duan Yu brought from home.

Chen Qingan, Liu Bai Tu, Tie Shitou, and Wang Hunu, which one of them couldn't stand on their own now?

In Yanmen Commandery, to fulfill a promise to Zhang Liao, he didn't hesitate to kill Wang Gai, the son of Wang Yun, in the street, and pursued Yufuluo outside of Daqingshan.

Afterwards, Zhang Liao was completely won over.