Chapter 655: Standing on the Frontier

Sure enough, after a few days, the repair project of the ancient city wall was completed.

The officials responsible for this matter began to organize labor to return to their hometown.

The laborers moved very quickly, and within a few days most of them had been removed, leaving only less than 100,000 young men.

These are all beings who were persuaded by the disciples of the true lineage of Taozu and planned to stay and settle down.

The frontier fortress officials have received greetings from the current Sui Emperor and are ready for resettlement!

However, Jia Huan, senior brother Zuo Youxian, and a group of disciples under their command have been busy all the time. There are too many things they need to do.

The first thing is to keep performing rituals and burials for the deceased laborers!

Even with their temporary intervention, more than 300,000 laborers died in the repair project of the ancient Great Wall!

No, no exaggeration, not at all!

If Jia Huan and others had not participated in time, the amount of labor lost would have been even greater.

In actual history, of the millions of laborers recruited by Yang Guang this time, less than 56% of them left alive!

At present, it is quite remarkable to be able to achieve more than seven out of ten.

But the base number was too large, and more than 300,000 young men and women died!

This is an out-and-out national strength!

I really don’t know, if we come back a few more times, will the Sui Dynasty still have the foundation for its existence?

Regardless of what is in my heart, just to do something for more than 300,000 people who have been laid off from labor service is a huge project.

Fortunately, we don't have to do things one by one, but send them off in groups.

Even so, Zuo Youxian, as a funeral Taoist priest, was very tired.

In a short period of time, he has gone from being unfamiliar with it to becoming proficient, and he even seems to be very familiar with the ideas.

Even the disciples he brought with him were familiar with the funeral process and could help him share a lot of work pressure.

When everything was over, Zuo Youxian slept for three days and three nights!

He is a late-stage innate powerhouse. He has been busy for several days and nights, and his mind has been too exhausted.

After all, you are attending a funeral, so you can't have your thoughts running through your mind while doing something.

Zuo Youxian couldn't do such a thing, and the disciples around him didn't have the courage either.

When he woke up from sleep, his energy was very full, and his cultivation level had naturally reached the innate peak, and he could be called a 'quasi-grandmaster'!

Not only him, but also the disciples and disciples who worked together, their cultivation level has improved greatly.

In fact, the realm has surpassed the martial arts at this time, which is quite exaggerated.

"Why?"

Zuo Youxian was puzzled, but he finally said it while chatting with his junior brother Jia Huan.

"There is nothing important in this world except life and death!"

Jia Huan answered simply: "Senior brother and his disciples performed rituals for several days and nights in a row. Every time they were immersed in it, they couldn't extricate themselves. After feeling the impact of death, how could there be no reaction?"

"That's right!"

Zuo Youxian suddenly understood, but his mood could not rise.

Anyone who does this and sends away more than 300,000 people in one breath will be greatly tempered.

"Brother, we have a lot to do next!"

Jia Huan reminded: "We must make proper arrangements for the tens of thousands of people who are willing to stay and settle down. We must not make any mistakes. We must all be busy!"

“It’s good to be busy!”

Zuo Youxian suddenly cheered up and said excitedly: "Our Tao Ancestor's true lineage must be carried forward together. Junior Brother, you must plan carefully!"

He was not a fool. The improvement of his own realm and the improvement of his disciples' realm were probably within Jia Huan's expectation, and everything after that would be done according to Jia Huan's arrangements.

As for things like fighting for power and profit, how many core members are there in the true lineage of Daozu?

Besides, he continued to do things now, and his state of mind was greatly tempered. It seems that he is not so unable to let go of the dominance of the Taozu True Succession lineage.

In the next two months, the disciples of the true lineage of Taozu were almost crazy with their work.

Although Jia Huan is responsible for overall planning, there are countless things that require his personal nod to do, and he is so busy almost every day.

But the effect is quite obvious!

The nearby Frontier Army Town has many young and strong residents.

Along the newly renovated ancient city wall, new towns appeared every dozens or hundreds of miles, all of which were filled with young laborers as residents.

Before the heavy snow closed the roads, all the tens of thousands of young laborers who were willing to stay were finally arranged. At least they would have no problem with food, clothing, housing and transportation for a short time.

In fact, the Sui Dynasty was so powerful at this time that it was easy to arrange tens of thousands of residents in the border fortress.

Not only is there policy support, but the frontier garrison can also benefit from it. They can even easily obtain cattle, sheep, horses and other livestock for food from foreigners outside the border.

In addition, safety is very guaranteed, at least you don’t have to worry about aliens outside the Great Wall raiding the grass valley.

Jia Huan's handiwork was not small. He directly built a Taoist temple in every labor settlement!

Not to mention, the establishment of Taoist temples has a great effect on stabilizing people's hearts.

Don't underestimate a mere Taoist temple. It can handle medical and health care, pray for Najib, and the most important funeral matters. It can even undertake some of the functions of a school.

As time goes by, there will be religious benefits. In short, the Taoist temples established in various settlements are inconspicuous at the moment, but they will play an important role as time goes by.

Even the border troops need Taoist support.

After all, although the border troops do not have many battles, the number of deaths each year is not small.

If there are regular Taoist priests to help with proper burial, it will also be of great help to the morale of the border troops.

Zuo Youxian is mainly responsible for the management and supervision of many Taoist temples.

As for Jia Huan, he puts most of his energy into dealing with the relationship with the border troops and the border town government.

In fact, there is no need to do anything, just let the border army officers and the border town government know that his strength is incredible.

In fact, the biggest pressure here in the border is really from the martial arts masters outside the border!

If there are no powerful masters to help suppress it, many border wars will be affected.

Which border army general or border government boss is not worried about the assassination of martial arts masters outside the border?

The masters outside the border are very different from the martial arts masters in the heart of the Central Plains!

They are basically tribal warriors who have emerged, and they are closely connected with the tribe. Some of them are even the so-called patron saints of the tribe.

The most famous ones are naturally Wu Zun Bi Xuan and Tiele Flying Eagle Qu Ao!

Such masters are among the best in the Central Plains!

Once such a strong man is desperate to assassinate, even the emperor will have a headache, not to mention the border army generals and border town government officials who face the threat directly.

Therefore, the border army and border town government officials welcome the arrival of the Taoist lineage!