My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 214 Post-War Summary Meeting (Part )

After getting encouragement from Lu Yi.

Zhao Nong continued.

"In terms of population, in addition to the 7,000 servants, maids, refugees, and local people of Jiuyuan at the beginning, the rest are the 3,500 captives that the captain brought back from Hutuo's camp, including 2,000 men and 1,500 women."

"The grain is mainly from last year's autumn harvest and the grain purchased from the Zhen family. Now there are a total of 50,000 dan left. Originally, according to the monthly supply quota of 1.5 dan for auxiliary soldiers and 1 dan for the elderly and weak, plus some meat and vegetables, it could barely last for half a year. But now the population has increased by half of the original 7,000 people, so it can only last for four months!"

"However, Master, the captain brought back nearly 20,000 dan of grain from the Hutuo tribe. In addition to the dead and injured horses left behind by the Hutuo soldiers outside Luwu City, I pickled them all according to your rules. The grain is roughly equivalent to the previous reserves and can still support us for another half a year."

"However, this year, due to the Xianbei invasion, we are unable to plant crops and the land around Lvwu has been abandoned. This year, we are destined to have no harvest. Therefore, we must purchase food and seeds for 10,000 people next year within half a year."

"Zhao Nong, you have been busy recently. Sit down first."

"It's not hard, it's not hard. It's my blessing to serve you, Master!"

Lu Yi was generally satisfied with Zhao Nong. After comforting him, he looked at Qian Sang, who was temporarily in charge of money and materials behind Zhao Nong.

"How much supplies and money are left in Luwu?"

"My Lord, including the spoils you brought back from the camp of the old thief Hutuo, there are currently more than 6000 million in various goods in Luwu. We have all the supplies for defending the city, but we didn't expect to have such a large population increase in supplies such as clothes and cloth, so they are a little insufficient and need to be replenished."

"Although we have a lot of money now, our trade routes have been cut off by the Xianbei. If the Xianbei do not retreat, we will have nothing to lose. In the short term, we may have a lot of money, but in the long run, I'm afraid it will be difficult to maintain!"

Upon hearing this, Qian Sang immediately stepped forward and answered.

Qian Sang and Zhao Nong had the same background. They were also servants who were pardoned and promoted to high positions.

But he is more inclined to study.

After learning that Lu Yi would give priority to promoting those who could read and write, he studied hard every day for more than a year after regaining his freedom.

He was already able to master some basic literacy skills, and because he was young and had a flexible mind, he also showed great interest and talent in numbers.

Now he is also regarded as a confidant by Lu Yi, who has been training him to be like Zhang Jia of Zhang family.

Although Zhang Jia is related to him and is a very reliable person, he is still a member of the Zhang family after all.

Although it is unlikely that Zhang will break with Lu, necessary preparations should still be made.

Moreover, Zhang Jia is old. If something unexpected happens to him, Lu Yi will not be able to find a better replacement in a short period of time. Therefore, he has high hopes for Qian Sang, who looks very smart.

However, it seems that Lu Yi has done a good job in training him during this period. After he reported some information about money and goods like Zhao Nong, he actually went a step further and took the initiative to make suggestions to Lu Yi.

"Qian Sang, your advice is very pertinent. It seems that you have grown a lot during this period of time!"

After hearing this, Lu Yi looked at him with a hint of surprise, then nodded with satisfaction and motioned for him to return to his seat.

"Four headmen, are the people of Jiuyuan Pavilion in good condition?"

After understanding his own exclusive private power, Lv Yi looked at the four village chiefs under his name as the head of Jiuyuan Pavilion. Jiushan Village Chief Xinshan, Jiuquan Village Chief Jiangquan, Jiuyuan Village Chief Zhangsou and Jiuhe Village Chief Wanghe, the four village chiefs looked at each other and recommended Jiuhe Village Chief Wanghe, who was the most important because of Lvwu, to answer.

"My Lord, the people of Jiuyuan Pavilion have always been safe. After they followed your call and moved into Lvwu, you protected them from the Xianbei people. Not only did you not collect their food, but you provided them with meals every day. Therefore, every household is grateful for your kindness. Every household has young men serving as soldiers, and women and children carrying food to repay your kindness!"

"only……"

Wang He was a short and stocky man with a simple and honest personality. Upon hearing what was said, he immediately told Lu Yi everything that had happened. However, he was too simple and honest to hide anything, and immediately revealed all the concerns of the people of Jiuyuan.

"It's just that every household's house was destroyed because of the defense against the Xianbei. When the Xianbei retreat in the future, they will need to rebuild new houses. This is a heavy burden for the people, so in their spare time, every family has some complaints about this..."

"I understand..." Lu Yi nodded and motioned for them to return to their seats.

Although Jiuyuan Pavilion Chief was Lu Yi's official identity, Lu Yi only regarded it as a layer of protection and did not take it seriously.

Besides...

His future cannot be limited by a mere pavilion chief.

Emperor Gaozu of Han was originally just a small pavilion chief in the Qin Dynasty, but he eventually defeated many warlords and established the Han Dynasty which lasted for 400 years.

Although Lu Yi might not be able to achieve the same level as Emperor Gaozu, ruling a certain area was the lowest requirement he could set for himself.

The number and weight of the people in Jiuyuan Pavilion have become increasingly smaller compared to Lu Yi, who has a large number of private soldiers and private people.

And in the foreseeable future, it will get smaller and smaller.

Lu Yi has no plans to expand the number and scale of Jiuyuan people in the future, because not only will they be paying taxes to the court in vain, but too large a number will also attract the attention of those with ulterior motives.

Therefore, it is sufficient to maintain the most basic level of around one thousand people.

For the remaining nearly 10,000 people, Lu Yi did not plan to arrange household registration for them in Jiuyuan Pavilion.

Although this was just a matter of talking to him as he had already completely controlled the financial power of Jiuyuan County.

A population of 10,000 is already the size of a small county. If he stubbornly reports this to the court, it is estimated that after the Xianbei Rebellion is quelled, the court will immediately upgrade Jiuyuanting to a county and parachute in a new county magistrate to squeeze Lu Yi's forces.

At this point, these 10,000 unregistered people who were not recorded in any books of the imperial court became Lu Yi's exclusive private property.

They no longer had to bear the heavy and harsh taxes of the court, but only had to offer their loyalty and a portion of the profits to Lu Yi.

In return, Lu Yi will provide them with shelter, and on this basis will go a step further and build a rope ladder for them to cross classes.

As long as their loyalty and devotion to Lu Yi are strong enough to stand the test, they can cross the class barriers that are a hundred times more solid than those in Lu Yi's previous life and complete the class leap.

Many of them will grow along with Lu Yi in the future.

Not only can you become famous in the world, but perhaps you can also go down in history.

(End of this chapter)