The Three Kingdoms began with island farming

Chapter 542: Aristocratic Family Population
A few days after Yuan Shao and Cao Cao arrived, Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan also arrived in Chang'an.

The Four Heavenly Kings of the Northwest prepared by Tian Ze just happened to be together.

It is naturally impossible to throw all the seven princes directly into the Western Regions, or for them to fight on their own.

Tian Ze had already planned two teams.

One group is the Four Heavenly Kings of the Northwest, including Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Gongsun Zan.

The characteristic is that it can fight!

The disadvantage is that everyone can fight!
None of these four people are willing to bow their heads. They are the kind of people who can only take advantage and not suffer any loss.

Just bring them together and let them compete with each other, and no one can take advantage.

The other group is the southwestern iron triangle composed of Liu Bei, Sun Ce and Liu Fan prepared by Tian Ze.

These three groups of princes are relatively honest, and they cooperate relatively well with each other, so they can work together as a team.

The target that Tian Ze prepared for them was not Kushan, but Sindhu.

Although the tribes of Sindhu fought each other in camps and their fighting power was extremely poor, their population of nearly 40 million was still extremely terrifying.

It was enough to keep the three of them busy. Of course, it was also enough to fill them up.

With a population of 40 million, even if they could only leave behind a small number of women of marriageable age and exchange them with the population of the Central Plains, there would still be at least tens of millions of people.

In comparison, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan suffered more.

However, since Tian Ze has chosen them, he will naturally give them certain compensation.

Otherwise, relying solely on their current strength, although defeating the Kushans should not be a problem, they would most likely suffer heavy losses.

In the council hall, Tian Ze sat in the main seat, Yuan Shao, Cao Cao, Lu Bu, and Gongsun Zan sat opposite him, and behind them were their respective advisers, Ju Su, Xun Yu, Li Ru, and Fa Zheng.

Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan were obviously quite dissatisfied with their positions, and glanced at the two people beside them from time to time.

Fortunately, Li Ru and Fa Zheng, who were sitting behind them, knew the general situation and did not dare to act rashly.

Tian Ze's ranking is naturally based on strength.

It has to be admitted that Yuan Shao, who was laning against him and was always in a disadvantageous situation, showed abilities that were no less inferior to Cao Cao, and was even better.

The overall strength of his civil and military personnel, army, and powerful families is even better than that of Cao Cao.

Although Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan are evenly matched, Lu Bu has developed more experience earlier and is stronger now, so he naturally moves up one position.

"The four leaders of the expedition against the Kushan Empire are here. Let's have a chat." Tian Ze was in a good mood and said jokingly.

Although Yuan Shao and others did not understand what the speaker was, they could vaguely guess what he meant.

"Chengshou, just tell me how you want to fight!" Gongsun Zan said impatiently.

Lu Bu also looked excited.

These two war fanatics had long wanted to send troops to attack Kushan.

Upon hearing this, Yuan Shao and Cao Cao shook their heads slightly.

It's really a headache to be with these two brainless ruffians.

However, they had no objection to Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan being ranked alongside them.

Because these two reckless men are extremely good at fighting and are absolutely qualified to be his allies.

Tian Ze said: "Among the four of you, only Fengxian has a larger population and troops, but together, it only has 6 million people and 500,000 troops."

"On paper, their strength is only about half of Kushan's. It's not worthwhile to fight them head-on."

"So before the battle, I plan to improve your strength." Upon hearing this, everyone immediately became interested.

War is only a means; strengthening oneself is the fundamental.

Even Lu Bu and Gongsun Zan understood this truth, so although they were obsessed with war, they also took the path of fighting to support war.

If there is a way to directly strengthen themselves, they will naturally be happy to do so.

No one understands management and development better than Tian Ze!
This is the consensus of people all over the world.

Since Tian Ze proposed to enhance their strength, it would definitely not be a small-scale fight.

Looking at everyone's expectant expressions, Tian Ze smiled slightly.

“The development of the Northeast Plain can be slowed down temporarily.”

Several years have passed since Tianze let go of the "fat meat" of the Northeast Plain.

After years of hard work by various philosophers and powerful families, most of the Northeast Plain has been developed, which is enough for Tian Ze.

With the conquest of the northern border, the Han territory is about to be under our control. The people in the many mountains surrounding the Northeast Plain have completed their mission, and there is no need for so many people to stay in the mountains anymore.

After all, the Xianbei, Dingling, Jiankun and other countries are now a thing of the past, and the northern part of the Great Wall and the entire north have been completely taken over by Tian Ze.

Leaving a small number of people to live in habitable areas in the mountains, and moving most of the people to the northeast plains, this was the general policy that Tian Ze had already decided on.

As for what to do with the people originally living in the Northeast Plain, Tian Ze had already made arrangements.

The time has come to fulfill the promises made to the aristocratic families.

The northeastern plain is a fertile land, and the territory ruled by the Kushans is also so, but even more vast.

"The population of the Northeast Plain exceeds 10 million, of which the majority are from aristocratic families, about 7 million."

The power of the aristocratic families is much more terrifying than Tian Ze had imagined.

Tian Ze did not dare to force the common people to have children, but the aristocratic families did; Tian Ze did not dare to force the common people to migrate, but the aristocratic families did. The development of the Northeast Plain was mostly due to the efforts of these aristocratic families.

In this regard, Tian Ze could only control them slightly and ask them not to go too far, but he was still relatively supportive in his heart.

Behind rapid development, there is always someone who has to bear some of the responsibilities.

In the future, Tian Ze will need to continuously organize the Han people to go out. It would definitely not be appropriate for him to push it forward by himself. It is better to leave this dirty work to the aristocratic families.

Hearing Tian Ze's words, Yuan Shao and the others couldn't help but breathe heavier, and they all looked at Tian Ze with fiery eyes.

Although they once had a much larger population, that is no longer theirs.

It was already good enough that Tian Ze could release a million people to them. The only one, Lu Bu, who had become fat by relying on the Xianbei, was actually just bloated. More than half of the three million people were Xianbei people.

They were extremely hungry for population, but could only exchange or seek it from Tian Ze.

Tian Ze is not a good person, at least that's what they think.

They never do business at a loss and are obvious businessmen. It is impossible for them to give them population easily. The current situation is special and I am afraid that such an opportunity will never come again in the future.

Facing the eager gaze, Tian Ze felt a little uncomfortable.

The original intention of keeping the secret suddenly disappeared, and he said directly: "For these seven million people, it depends on your own ability. I will not interfere, I will only send you a signal in secret."

The Northeast Plain would never be divided among the aristocratic families. Tian Ze had told them this news long ago, but he promised to exchange it for a bigger piece of cake so that their work would not be in vain.

And now, a bigger piece of cake has emerged, the Kushans.

(End of this chapter)