After returning to Shule, Shao Shude did not rush to leave, but began his show journey.

On the fifth day of the October 10th, he personally came to the oasis on the west bank of the Mido River (Yarkang River), waved his iron pickaxe, and dug a canal.

The saints are like this, so don’t other officials pretend to behave?

But what made them feel desperate was that the saints would wear ten days in one go.

Every morning, after getting up from Montessori's belly, he would wear a short and vigorous outfit, like an old farmer, carrying a shovel and pickaxe to work and start working.

Every day at sunset, he returned to his journey, and in Montessori's fearful and begging eyes, he slept with a soft woman in his arms, until dawn all night.

In ten days, two long-silted ditches were connected.

When the gurgling clear water flowed into the canal from the river, people couldn't help but burst into warm cheers.

Although robbery can bring short-term excess returns, it can only be used as unexpected fortunes and cannot be used as a foundation for development.

The king was exhausted and robbed nearly 500,000 hu of grain from the Sweat. So far, there are only more than 130,000 people who have been transported back to Shule to the warehouse. According to the annual consumption of twenty hu of grain by a household of five, it is enough for six or seven thousand households.

Even though the last two transport teams were on the road, they had not returned. However, the food they brought back in the end would be enough to accommodate 10,000 soldiers and their families who arrived in March next year - the new troops, mainly from Hengye, Pinglu and Luoyan.

Shule Town, even 10,000 troops, are not enough. It may continue to increase in the later period, but it mainly depends on how the local agriculture and animal husbandry is developing.

In any case, Shao Shude's opinion, the more farmland you sow, the better. After the spring of next year, including the overwintering wheat sowed this fall, it is best to have 2,000 hectares of farmland full of crops, which can greatly alleviate the dilemma of expensive and shortage of food and save too much pressure when cultivating grass valleys.

To put it bluntly, he was still too anxious.

It is normal for the Western Regions to be revived for ten years or twenty years to slowly rectify. But he wanted to shorten this time, and he was worried that his descendants would not pay attention to this place.

This is not an unreasonable worry.

Did the Western Han Dynasty want to attack the Western Regions? I didn’t want to do it at the beginning. If I had to deal with the Huns, it wouldn’t be necessary to enter the Western Regions, dismantle the Huns’ flanks and form a strategic encirclement on them.

Did the Tang Dynasty want to attack the Western Regions? I didn’t want to do it at first. It was not until in order to deal with the Turks that I took the initiative to intervene in the affairs of the Western Regions and control it step by step.

Did the Qing Dynasty want to fight the Western Regions? I really had no idea at the beginning. But who could resist the repeated jumps of Mongolia in Moxi? Galdan wanted to compete with Kangxi for the throne of the Mongolian Khan? There was no way, so he had to fight in the end.

What is the situation facing Daxia at present? The grassland has no enemies, and it is difficult to grow a grassland force that poses a greater threat within the foreseeable decades or even a hundred years. Based on this thinking, is the Western Region still that important?

In this matter, Shao Shude did not believe in the wisdom of future generations. He just wanted to build a solid framework during his lifetime and accumulate more resources for the Western Regions as much as possible, so that future generations would not be able to give up easily.

Of course, some people may still think that this is his "small wisdom" manifestation, because there is no need to take it down in the Western Regions at all. There are so many soldiers, even if you solve the problem of food supply, what about the rewards of money? Don't you still have to pay for the central government's expenditure? This is a loss-making transaction.

Well, Shao Shude admitted that they made some sense. In fact, he was not sure what he was busy with. Perhaps it was just an obsession from later generations. He couldn't stand this vast land leaving China, that's all.

He is the emperor who swept the world, the supreme khan, and he has the capital to be willful.

*******

On October 13th, I was playing and beating outside Shule City, and it was very lively.

A plate of food was served: sacks, soup cakes, jerky meat, stews, fruits, wine, etc., everything was found.

Tens of thousands of soldiers sat on the ground outside the camp, holding all kinds of food and feasting.

It is a great army!

Appetite is really one of the eternal pursuits of mankind. Even though these warriors live a good life on weekdays and are not short of wine and meat, every time the whole army is in great shape, they can still greatly boost morale.

Shao Shude sat on the high platform, with four girls from the Montessus, the Wissus, the Shuli, and the Adi family accompanying him. He raised his glass of wine and drank it all in one go, saying, "Today I am a matchmaker. After you get married, you can live a good life. Have more babies, the more the better."

Five hundred soldiers stood in the audience, with a look of gratitude on their faces, and picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one go.

These five hundred people are not old, and they are generally in their early 17 or 18 years old to their early twenties, and they are still single.

After the capture of Shule, when the households were all registered, officials discovered a serious problem: the number of households was nearly 17,000, but the population was less than 60,000.

The reason is very simple, too many males died.

Kalasha was in trouble for a while, and then Satuk made a man over fifteen years old head north, fought a decisive battle with the Xia army, and returned home in a crushing defeat. During this period, no less than 20,000 people died, and tens of thousands of people fled when they heard the news. In the end, only a few thousand ran back. The court pardoned their guilt and ordered them to live in peace and not cause trouble.

In other words, this battle defeated most of Shule's men.

Things are more difficult. It is because men are not only the source of troops, but also the main force of agricultural production. Without men, the grain output will not increase.

And this is only a short-term impact. In the long run, population growth will also be a problem.

If Shule's women were asked to waste their golden reproductive period, they would have to pay back the debt in the future. After many discussions, Shao Shude finally made the final decision: I will give them men if I lack men.

Five hundred soldiers from the Central Plains came alone and were about to get married. Shao Shude made the decision and asked them to choose a woman of similar age in Shule City to get married, which was just a matter of lifelong affairs.

But that's not enough.

Privy Councilor Yang Yu also suggested that the 8,000 new affiliated troops retreated from Bakhan to Anxi, and were also alone, so that they could choose widows to start a family to calm their hearts.

Shao Shude agreed.

He asked Yang to handle the matter and complete it as soon as possible. After the newly affiliated army got married, they moved to Gumozhou with their wives and children and scattered them to the people.

Gumozhou was once robbed and massacred by the Rehai Turks. After the dust settled, only more than a thousand households and more than 6,000 people were counted, most of which were used to mobilize the people. There were also a few Uighurs, Geluo and Turks.

This place (Aksu) has very good agricultural conditions, and it is a pity to let it be abandoned and must be restored as soon as possible.

Of course, five hundred soldiers in the town and eight thousand new affiliated troops could not alleviate Shule's "man shortage". What's more, this time he snatched many women from Bahan, some of which were given to meritorious soldiers, some sold to merchants for food, and some planned to take them back to Luoyang and distribute them to their ministers.

There are more women and fewer men, this is the current situation.

After thinking about it, just yesterday, Shao Shude issued an order: to recruit five thousand orphans, poor and powerful men from Chen, Xu, Cai, Shen, Guang, and Guang to settle in Shule.

Some people may ask, will there be so many men who are too poor to get married in these five states?

First of all, there must be some.

Secondly, it is actually "recruitment".

Even if the governors of these five states have to tie up five thousand men. In fact, if the number of people is insufficient, even if the prisoners in the prison are released to make up for the number, he will have to collect 1,000 people.

After these five thousand people arrived in Shule, it was almost enough.

In this way, after accounting, Shule Town will have about 10,000 households and more than 39,000 people.

There will be more than 9,500 households and more than 38,000 people in Gumo Town.

After the Shule Town troops are formed and the family members are all here, Shule's household registration will be further increased.

During the Western Expedition to Bahanna, he probably robbed about 1,000 households of various craftsmen. Yanqi, Kucha, Gumo, Shule, Tingzhou and other places will be divided into one place, of which Shule accounts for the majority, about 500 households.

The overall number of household registrations is a bit miserable, which shows the great damage brought by the war.

In the foreseeable future, military households will be the main source of supplementary sources of local population.

*******

On October 15th, Shao Shude held a banquet in Shule Palace to entertain Li Shengtian, the king of Khotan.

Adi personally poured wine for the two of them.

But not long after, she felt a disgusting feeling from the bottom of her heart.

Shao Shude saw it and waved her hand to let her retreat. As if he was granted a general amnesty, he left with his mouth covering his mouth.

Montessus stepped forward to pour wine for the two of them.

Her face was a little pale, and there was a hint of fear in the depths of her eyes.

A woman in her early forties has a great risk of getting pregnant and having a child. But the saint does not care about her at all in this regard. He only cares about his own pleasure and gets it in directly. Even Montessori vaguely feels that the saint was intentional. He is a pervert, and wants to watch noble women such as the empress dowager, queen, and princess who have a noble status give birth to children for him.

"Li Qing still remembers the incident at Niya Oasis?" Shao Shude asked lowered his wine glass.

"Your Majesty has a decree, and I will follow everything." Li Shengtian immediately expressed his opinion.

Compared to discussing with the ministers before, Li Shengtian was much happier, and he responded directly without any hesitation. Looking at his expression, his face was full of joy and seemed to be happy.

No matter whether he was pretending or what, Shao Shude said directly: "I want to place two thousand soldiers in Niya Oasis, three thousand soldiers in Khotan, and about twenty thousand soldiers in his family, and about twenty thousand people. The land, houses, grain, and agricultural tools required, may Li Qing relieve my worries?"

"I will do it when I go back. It's all good land, so I will definitely not be wronged by the soldiers of the great country." Li Shengtian stood up and left the seat, bowed to respond.

"Sit down, sit down." Shao Shude said happily: "Li Qing is loyal to the court, I know. I heard that Li Qing has been married for several years but has not yet had any children, so why?"

When Li Shengtian heard this, he felt a little sweat on his back and said, "The state affairs are busy and busy with war, so he has no children."

Shao Shude nodded, said nothing, and continued to drink.

There are some things that you can stop when you click, and there is no need to say too much.

Anyone who understands the prestige of the saints in the Western Regions knows what kind of prestige they have. Gaochang has been destroyed and the Uighurs only have half their lives left, which can be learned from the past.

At present, there are many household registrations in Khotan and sufficient soldiers and enough food. Wouldn't the court be worried? Wouldn't they send people to monitor? Even if they were deeply controlling the state of Khotan like the previous Tang Dynasty, is there any possibility?

The saint only said half a sentence, but Li Shengtian had to add more brains.

He is very frightened now, really, there seems to be only one left in the road before him.

The saint is about to return to the court, and anyone with a discerning eye can see it. Before leaving, they will definitely take advantage of the general trend to solve some remaining problems as much as possible.

From now on, the Western Regions will only speak in one voice, which is inevitable and irreversible.
Chapter completed!