Chapter 165 Set up a Large Number of Counties

(Wrong statement: I wrote Wu County where Kuaiji County is located before. I made a mistake here. Wu County belonged to Wu County. In the early Eastern Han Dynasty, Kuaiji County was indeed Wu County. Later, it was separated and divided into Wu County and Kuaiji County. Kuaiji County moved south to Shanyin County , present-day Shaoxing, Zhejiang.)

(I made a mistake, I am very sorry, I will change it now.)

Zhang Yu also wondered why the people in Wu County are so busy.

Zhang Yu led the team to go south to Kuaiji County.

"Quick, quick, line up and come one by one."

"Each person will receive two flatbreads first, and they can also receive food along the way. After arriving in Kuaiji County, there will be food to eat."

"Don't be crowded, line up and go to Kuaiji County together."

Zhang Yu saw a lot of people, about 1,000 people, in an open space, where someone organized food distribution.

Zhang Yu also heard about Kuaiji County several times, which is obviously related to Kuaiji County.

Zhang Yu dismounted and walked over.

"My little brother, what are you doing?" Zhang Yu asked.

"Hey, you don't look like a refugee. You passed by. This is where we recruit refugees in Kuaiji County. For refugees who are willing to go to Kuaiji County, we will arrange food along the way so that they can reach Kuaiji County." The man replied. Zhang Yu said.

Zhang Yu nodded secretly. Recruiting refugees has always been what he insisted on. It seems that Zhang Zhao and the others have been doing this all the time.

Zhang Yu didn't continue to disturb, and led the people to continue on their way.

On the way, Zhang Yu saw several places that recruited refugees.

Kuaiji County is the largest county in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but it has a very small population and needs a large number of people.

The cavalry rode fast, and two days later, Zhang Yu and the others arrived in Shanyin County.

"My lord, this is Kuaiji County, and it's not very desolate here." Dian Wei heard from Zhang Yu that this Kuaiji County has a total population of less than 200,000 people, and the land is large and sparsely populated.

Zhang Yu naturally knew what was going on in Kuaiji County before.

Now they saw many settlements along the road, and some people were reclaiming wasteland and preparing to plant crops.

"It seems that Zibu and the others have achieved great results, and the recruitment of refugees may exceed my imagination." Zhang Yu said expectantly.

"Let's go, go to the county guard's mansion and see what our territory has changed now." Zhang Yu said happily, and urged the horse to speed up.

Entering the county seat, the population on the street has also increased a lot, but it is not an exaggeration.

Speeding up his pace, Zhang Yu arrived outside the sheriff's mansion.

"My lord, my lord is back, go and report to all your lords."

As soon as he arrived outside the sheriff's mansion, some soldiers recognized Zhang Yu.

These soldiers were brought back from Guangzong City by Zhang Yu, and all of them knew Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu led Dian Wei in, and the other soldiers were tired all the way, so he arranged for them to go to the barracks to rest.

"Meet my lord."

Xi Zhicai, Zhang Zhao, and Xiang Heng are on the list. Hurry to see Zhang Yu.

However, Ling Cao, Zhou Cang and others were training in the barracks, not in the county guard's mansion.

"Thank you for your hard work while I'm away, go in and talk." Zhang Yu helped up several subordinates and went in together.

"Zibu, let me tell you about the current situation in Kuaiji County." Zhang Yu was looking forward to the changes in Kuaiji.

Zhang Zhao first sorted out his thoughts, then saluted everyone and said, "My lord, the biggest change is the population. Before, the entire Kuaiji County had a population of less than 200,000, but now it has a population of more than 500,000. The population of each county has greatly increased." Enriched."

Zhang Yu nodded and said happily: "You guys did a good job. On the way back, I saw that you set up places to recruit refugees. Population is the foundation of a place, and it must have enough people to develop."

Several people agree.

Zhang Zhao said again: "My lord, although we have a population of more than half a million, Kuaiji County is too large, and this population is still too small. In addition, now that the war is over, there are fewer and fewer refugees. It won't be long before we can pass Recruit refugees to increase the population."

"Don't worry about this matter. I will take care of the population issue. Now that the refugees are recruited, will they be able to resettle them? How will the county bear it?"

Population increase is a good thing,

But it's useless if you can't place them well.

Zhang Zhao then reported, "My lord, the recruited refugees have been resettled properly, but they have consumed a lot of money and food. If the lord hadn't seized so much on the battlefield, I'm afraid our county would not be able to operate."

After Zhang Zhao finished speaking, he simply made a calculation for Zhang Yu.

To recruit 300,000 refugees, if each person spends 100 copper coins to resettle them, it will cost 30 million yuan.

This is still in the case of saving as much as possible.

These refugees need to eat and drink along the way, and they need to build houses for them when they arrive, and they need to be given agricultural tools for seed production.

Therefore, it is very, very little to spend an average of one hundred copper coins per person.

"My lord, the finances in our county are almost bottoming out, and the tax revenue is hundreds of thousands of copper coins a year, which is not enough to cover the county's expenses for a few days," Zhang Zhao said.

Zhang Yu suddenly felt that it would cost so much to run a site.

Recruiting 300,000 civilians would cost Zhang Yu all the tens of millions he earned on the battlefield.

But Zhang Yu is not very anxious about money, he still has a system, although exchanging points for big money feels like a loss, but when there is no other way, he can only do so.

Then Zhang Yu learned about various aspects of Kuaiji County.

After learning about it, Zhang Yu felt that running Kuaiji County had a long way to go.

First of all, the income of the entire Kuaiji County is only a small amount of agricultural tax. Now Zhang Yu has to raise soldiers and horses. That amount of money is only enough to raise soldiers and horses, and there is no extra money for development.

At this time, Zhang Yu was in need of a large sum of money for investment.

"Okay, I have a general understanding of the situation, now I want to assign some tasks, let everyone arrange them immediately." Zhang Yu said.

Several people sat in their seats, ready to listen to Zhang Yu's arrangement.

"The next thing we have to do is to set up counties. The more counties the better, we will set up counties if conditions permit, and we will create conditions if conditions are not met," Zhang Yu said.

Several people wondered, what is Zhang Yu trying to do, Zhang Yu suddenly proposed to set up a county.

"My lord, we set up counties privately, is this the imperial court?" Xiang Heng reminded.

Zhang Yu raised his hand to stop it, and then said: "Don't worry about the court, no one will come to trouble us, and we set it up in private, and we don't report it to the court."

"My lord, where our population and talents are now, setting up redundant counties is not only meaningless, but also a waste of resources," Xi Zhicai said.

Zhang Yu didn't answer Xi Zhicai's question, but said: "Setting up a county is of great significance, Patriarch Xiang, you have to come forward to arrange it. Now I'm short of talents here. See how many members of the Xiang clan can be arranged to manage it. A county?"

Xiang Heng stroked his beard and began to count.

The reason why Zhang Yu set up a large number of counties is very simple. He still has four basic population rewards that he has not redeemed.

According to the rules of the system, each county increases its population by one thousand.

At present, there are only 15 counties in Kuaiji County, which means that the population can be increased by 15,000.

Too few, Zhang Yu set up more counties to get more population.