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Chapter 73: Victory
After the beginning of spring, it is time to select seeds.

Jincheng Luli was completely built. The inner wall was built using the rammed earth method according to the shape of Chang'an's outer wall. It was several meters high and several meters wide. It looked more like the city wall of Chang'an than an inner wall.

The inner wall is so wide and thick that you can ride a horse on top of it without any problem.

On the side of the mountain near Gaolan Mountain, a granary was built, storing full of corn. The sight of it makes people feel at ease, as it is enough to ensure the good corn harvest in Jinchenglu.

Ji Shaogong arranged for people to build a small warehouse along the narrow path up the mountain to store corn to last for several months.

If the Huns launched a large-scale attack, they would immediately take all the villagers to hide in Gaolan Mountain.

There were less than 5,000 acres of farmland in Jinchenglu, and it was temporarily unable to be self-sufficient. The grains that filled the granaries were all escorted by people sent by Guo Jie.

Guo Jie wiped out the entire family of the powerful man, divided up the gold cakes in the piggy bank, the grain in the warehouse, and the utensils in the courtyard of the house, and sent them to the official temple in Chang'an to exchange for the most urgently needed land, and to buy a title to atone for his sins.

It stands to reason that there is no money to exchange for food.

There is one more thing.

The land of the powerful.

The land cannot be moved without permission, lest the tyrants become the ones who annex the land and become the ones who were written into the bamboo slips of the purge by cruel officials.

The houses left behind by the powerful are fine.

Even if the houses left behind by the Yuan family of Yangdi, the Jia family of Nanyang, and the Qiu family of Kunchili were burned down, there was still land for reconstruction. They were all sold and exchanged for millet and sent to Jinchenglu.

Squeeze every last bit of value out of the powerful.

Guo Jie used the corvée soldiers transported by Wei Cao and once again used the military channel to transport a large amount of millet to Jinchengli. He no longer had to worry like before and had to bring a large number of executioners with him.

As the population increased, the amount of wasted corn increased greatly.

This time, Guo Jie was accompanied by Zhang Qian, Wei Guang and others as usual, as well as the pregnant Yi Shuo, who was also a very famous doctor in Chang'an.

Fifty oxen had been delivered to Jinchengli, and Gan's father began to train hundreds of Jincheng soldiers who had been released from their jobs. Injuries were inevitable in the battle with the Huns.

Yishuo can also treat the injuries of Jincheng soldiers.

The grace of saving life.

Plus there is Guo Jie's child in Yishuo's belly.

The aristocratic estates in Jincheng are completely marked with Guo Jie's imprint, and as time goes by, the imprint will become deeper and deeper.

Behind the rolling hills, gullies and the barren Loess Plateau.

Suddenly, a fertile land with green grass, rushing rivers and lush aquatic plants appeared.

Yi Shuo's eyes lit up. "My dear, is this the aristocratic Guo family estate you mentioned? What a beautiful place! I thought I was in the fertile land of the Wei River. It doesn't look barren at all."

Guo Jie carried his wife Yi Shuo off the wagon, and together they walked towards Jincheng Luli, saying excitedly, "This is the paradise for you and me, a pure land far away from the political turmoil of Chang'an."

He had already told Yishuo about the blood debt he bore, in order to avoid being exiled to Maoling and the future reckoning by cruel officials.

You must buy a title to atone your sins.

Create a body without any flaws.

He also had to stay in Chang'an, stand in line, and follow the steps of the cruel officials Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang to avoid being influenced by slander and clean up the people in Jincheng.

Guo Jie had worked in the system for many years and understood that human relationships would fade once one was away from it for a long time.

If you want to stay in power, you must always occupy a certain seat.

This is also the reason why many officials are greedy for power.

As long as you come down, you will be easily taken advantage of.

What's more, with the change of policies, officials no longer have their debts cancelled when they leave their positions, and everything in the past has nothing to do with them.

It has become a system of lifelong accountability for officials.

As long as you are not dead, even if you are retired, you will still be arrested and imprisoned if there are problems with the past policies.

The Han Dynasty also had a system of lifelong accountability for officials.

As long as the culprit is found, it will be useless to retire and return home. They will still be arrested and punished. "Greetings, my lady."

Ji Shaogong came with many villagers to greet them. Seeing that Guo Jie had finally married and his wife Yi Shuo was pregnant, a rare smile appeared on his calm face, and a hint of relief appeared on his face.

Yi Shuo and Guo Jiezi were in charge of Jinchengli.

People's hearts will no longer be unstable.

Ji Shaogong could finally relax a little.

Guo Jie's Jiashe mansion was close to the narrow path of Gaolan Mountain. Whenever he encountered a crisis, he could quickly rush to the mountains of Gaolan Mountain to hide.

But.

The Xiongnu's harassment had its benefits, as no one competed with Guo Jie for the fields in Jincheng.

Anyway, with the natural barriers of the river and the dangers of Gaolan Mountain, there is no need to fear the attacks of the Huns.

Unless a Hun army of more than 10,000 people attacks.

By then, the Han border troops were there to resist, and the people in Jinchengli had already hidden on Gaolan Mountain, eating hot meals while watching the battle below.

"Mr. Guo, please come."

After Yi Shuo and a dozen maids settled in the Jiashe mansion, Ji Shaogong took Guo Jie along a narrow path and walked all the way to the top of Gaolan Mountain.

Overlooking the Golden City.

Everything in Jinchenglu is in full view.

"Mr. Guo is truly far-sighted."

Ji Shaogong said with a hint of excitement, "I never thought that Jincheng was actually a river valley. It's worthy of what Mr. Guo said, that it could build a thousand-year foundation for an aristocratic family."

Guo Jie once went to Lanzhou for study and visit. Accompanied by the leaders of the Housing and Urban-Rural Development Bureau, he stood in the Gaolan Mountain Scenic Area and looked at the entire terrain of Lanzhou.

Today, revisiting the old place has a unique flavor.

Guo Jie looked at the flat fields on both sides of the river and couldn't help feeling excited.

Lanzhou, also known as Jincheng, is a river valley basin, also known as the Lanzhou Basin.

In the middle of the Yellow River is a large area of flat land, large enough to build a northwestern central city, and the arable land is enough to feed hundreds of thousands of people.

Xianyang and Chang'an, the capitals of Qin and Han, had populations of only a few hundred thousand.

A county with a population of over 10,000 is considered a large county.

The land in Jincheng can support the population of dozens of large counties.

The Jincheng River Valley, starting from Chaijia Gorge in the west and ending at Sangyuan Gorge in the east, are all dangerous gorges like Hangu Pass.

There is a river valley in the middle and mountains to the north and south.

On the north side close to the Xiongnu are Hutou Cliff, Anning North Mountain, Jiuzhou Terrace, Baita Mountain, Xujia Mountain, and Sangyuanxia North Mountain.

On the south side close to Dahan are high mountains such as Xigunan Mountain, Xiguoyuan Mountain, Gaolan Mountain, etc.

Jincheng is a river valley surrounded by continuous mountains.

"The Hun army can't get in at all."

Ji Shaogong pointed to the steep path between the hills and ravines to the north of the river and said excitedly, "The hilly roads to the north are so steep that only one horse can fit on horseback. The roads are so winding that it's impossible to ride a horse at a gallop. One can only walk like a merchant. If we set up beacons to block the mountain roads, the Jincheng River Valley will be completely safe."

Guo Jie laughed, there is actually another benefit.

Jincheng is the throat leading to the Western Regions. After Zhang Qian opened up the Western Regions, the Silk Road had two routes, one north and one south.

The northern and southern Silk Roads intersect in Jincheng.

Its prosperity is second only to Chang'an, the capital of the Han Dynasty!

(End of this chapter)