I have three hundred soldiers, all of whom can warm wine and kill Hua Xiong

After Wei Chu led the Eighteen Cavalry of the Tiandao Guards to leave the Western Regions, they went straight to Long County, the seat of Liangzhou.

After meeting up with Cai Yan and others in Long County, Wei Chu thanked the guests behind closed doors and signed in with a group of women for three days and three nights.

Three days later, Wei Chu met Cai Yong.

Seeing that Wei Chu was still in high spirits, Cai Yong nodded enviously.

"Risheng, you young people have the best energy. Like me now, I feel exhausted even three times a day at most."

"three times a day?"

Wei Chu keenly grasped the key points in Cai Yong's words.

"My father-in-law, where did you get this woman? You have just been appointed as the governor of Liangzhou. You won't imitate others who bully men and dominate women so soon, right?"

Cai Yong glared at Wei Chu, then lowered his voice and said to Wei Chu: "After the Duan family in Long County was harmed by Ma Teng and others, a widow was left behind. Because I had some friendship with the Duan family, I often Help this widow."

"The other party is a person who knows how to be grateful. After a while, she was attracted by my literary talent, so the two of us..."

Cai Yong didn't finish his words, but looking at his slightly wretched look, Wei Chu knew that Cai Yong had captured the widow.

"My father-in-law, we..."

Before Wei Chu could finish speaking, Cai Yong waved his hand towards Wei Chu.

"Risheng, you finally came back, let's discuss business."

When Wei Chu nodded, Cai Yong looked shocked and said, "After I came to Liangzhou, I first conducted a census and registration."

"After successive turmoils in Liangzhou, the current total population is about 26. Among them, Wudu County governs Bian and Ling seven counties, with a total population of 6. Longxi County governs Didao, and Ling 3 counties, with a total population of [-] People. Anding County..."

After hearing Cai Yong's words, Wei Chu's expression gradually became serious.

According to Wei Chu's knowledge, before the Yellow Turban Rebellion began, the population of the Eastern Han Dynasty was probably more than 5000 million.

Rich places like Jizhou and Jingzhou have millions of people in each state.

Before the war, Liangzhou had a total population of more than 40.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion and the Qiang rebellion caused Liangzhou's population to drop by nearly half.

Today, the population of Liangzhou is similar to the population of Changshi Mansion in the Western Regions.

"Liangzhou is too desolate and sparsely populated. If you want to use Liangzhou as your base camp, you need to run it well."

Wei Chu nodded slightly.

"Please give me some advice from my father-in-law!"

Cai Yong reached out and touched his beard and said: "After conducting the census and registration, I sent people to measure the land. Finally, I divided the land in Liangzhou into three categories. One is fertile land, and the other is medium land. The third is frontier fortress, desert, and barren land.”

"Among them, the fertile fields were once completely controlled by aristocratic families. The grain produced by these lands accounted for [-]% of Liangzhou's total grain. The medium-sized land accounted for [-]% of the grain produced. Most of the frontiers, deserts, and barren lands were undeveloped. status."

"I have a small suggestion. Let us take control of all the fertile land and hire Liangzhou people to cultivate it. Divide the medium-sized land in Liangzhou into three parts, and distribute one part equally to the people of Liangzhou on a per capita basis. In addition, Two copies, one for those who work hard to have children, and the other for those with military merit."

"In this way, the people of Liangzhou can regain their enthusiasm for production as soon as possible."

Wei Chu nodded slightly.

The fertile farmland cannot yet be distributed to ordinary people.

Because if Wei Chu wants to control Liangzhou, he must control the lifeblood of Liangzhou.

Distributing a portion of medium-sized land to the people was enough to make the people feel grateful to Wei Chu and Cai Yong.

Using additional medium-sized land as rewards can greatly increase the enthusiasm of the people.

Even for these lands, the people will work hard to create people and actively join the army.

"As for those border fortresses and barren lands, they can be used to attract refugees from all over."

Wei Chu nodded again.

Disputes continued throughout the Han Dynasty, and many refugees who lost their homes appeared.

But most of the refugees regard rich places such as Jizhou, Yuzhou, and Jingzhou as their migration targets.

Liangzhou, if it wants to successfully absorb more refugees, naturally needs to provide some attractive conditions.

Border fortresses, deserts, and barren lands also have fatal temptations for refugees.

"In addition, I have sent people to purchase a lot of seeds from various places, so spring plowing will definitely not be delayed."

"We've finished talking about production, and now we're going to talk about personnel appointments. I plan to make appointments..."

Before Cai Yong could finish his sentence, Wei Chu raised his hand to interrupt Cai Yong.

"My father-in-law, you are the governor of Liangzhou, so you don't need to tell me these things in detail."

Hearing Wei Chu's words, Cai Yong smiled and said: "You have spent a lot of effort to capture Liangzhou, so you can rest assured that Liangzhou will be completely handed over to me."

Wei Chu waved his hand towards Cai Yong, "Let me ask my father-in-law, will you betray me?"

"Of course not! I'm old and have no ambition. Now I want to use my remaining energy, and secondly, I want to help you juniors."

"My father-in-law, you have said this, how can I not trust you?"

Cai Yong had taken the Mantra Pill, and the words he spoke were the truest thoughts in his heart.

Wei Chu naturally believed in this.

"By the way, there is one more thing."

Cai Yong seemed to have remembered something, and quickly walked to the desk beside him, picked up a bundle of bamboo slips, and handed it to Wei Chu's hand.

Seeing that Wei Chu took the bamboo slips without opening them, Cai Yong rolled his eyes at Wei Chu and said, "I just received the news that there is a high probability that Youzhou will be in chaos."

Wei Chu raised his eyebrows, "Are Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu going to fight?"

"Not bad!"

Cai Yong nodded and said: "Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu's ideals do not match each other, and Gongsun Zan is ambitious, so conflicts between them are inevitable."

"According to the information we have received, Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan's subordinates have often clashed recently. In addition, there seems to be a shadow of Yuan Shao behind Gongsun Zan."

After Yuan Shao killed Han Fu, he easily conquered Jizhou.

But Yuan Shao's ambitions obviously don't stop there.

Yuan Shao wanted to provoke a war between Gongsun Zan and Liu Yu, and finally reaped the benefits and captured Youzhou.

After glancing at Wei Chu, Cai Yong continued: "I think this is an opportunity for us."

Wei Chu nodded lightly, "If we capture Youzhou, we can march into Bingzhou. By then, Youzhou, Bingzhou, Sili and Liangzhou will form a line, and I will dominate the northern part of the Han Dynasty."

Hearing Wei Chu's words, Cai Yong quickly waved his hands and said, "No, I mean, can we form an alliance with Liu Yu?"

Youzhou is too big.

Cai Yong didn't think that Wei Chu had the ability to eat Youzhou now.

Wei Chu wants to get involved in Youzhou, the risk is too great.

"My father-in-law, there are risks in forming alliances. Only by annexing can we be safe."