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The official road from Dengzhou to Kuoding County played a big role at this time.

Carload after carload of building materials were continuously sent to Kuoding County.

There were more than 5,000 new people, but very few left.

Then there were almost hundreds of people who said they still had family members in their hometown.

Yan Kai directly opened a transitional institution for each of them and asked them to bring their families to join him.

This is the benefit of the privilege given by Li Shimin.

I gave him such a big gift this time, hundreds of glass beads.

It cost me dozens of dollars at once.

I think Li Shimin will be rewarded.

The remaining nearly 4,000 people invested in the construction.

Working in full swing every day.

Except it’s building their own future home.

And I was given work points because of Yan Kai.

These slaves, those who could survive in the Turks, were actually considered strong laborers.

Those who are in poor health will basically not survive.

But there are just a lot of hidden injuries on the body.

Yan Kai also asked Sun Simiao to help him and probably read it all.

It’s time to recuperate, and it’s time to take medicine.

When they first heard about taking medicine, these people were afraid that they would not be able to afford it. Then they learned that taking medicine when sick in Kuoding County is free.

Of course, don't even think about pretending to be sick, because the old Taoist priest who treats everyone is the King of Medicine.

If you pretend to be sick in front of him and don't want to work or cheat on medicine or something, you will definitely be kicked out.

A day's work for these strong laborers is only one work point.

In fact, this kind of construction workers are still more tiring than working in the fields. After all, working in the fields will not be high-intensity work every day.

But when Yan Kai each advanced 20 work points, and they learned how much one work point could be exchanged for in Kuoding County.

They wished that Yan Kai would cancel the two days off for them every seven days.

Later, Yan Kai said that they could reclaim the wasteland nearby during those two days.

Whoever reclaims the land gets it.

Seeds can be applied for in the county, and what is produced in the fields will belong to them.

Kuoding County used to have many people fleeing, but now it is a vast area with sparsely populated areas.

The people of Lao Kuoding County are also constantly reclaiming new wasteland, but there is too much land.

If the land is not fully cultivated, it cannot be fully cultivated at all.

Sometimes old people from Kuoding County will come over to help.

We will all be considered fellow villagers from now on. Magistrate Xiaoyan said that the development of Kuoding County cannot be separated from everyone, so we must have a good relationship.

What Magistrate Xiaoyan said in Kuoding County must be right.

In about a month, rows of new houses appeared on this empty land.

The wasteland in the distance has also been reclaimed into small patches of farmland.

Some fields grow food, some grow vegetables, and some are used to grow herbs in the county.

Of course Yan Kai knew that the medicinal properties of cultivated herbs might not be as good as wild ones.

But sometimes where can you find so many wild herbs?

It's better than nothing.

As long as the people who grow medicine are good at planting, the county will pay them a proportion of the market price.

Those people who went to pick up their families basically came back.

At first, their families were very happy when they saw them coming back from Turks.

As a result, when I heard that I was going to live in a new place, I started to feel a little hesitant.

After all, the place they called Kuoding County sounded like a dream.

After they finally made it through, they felt at ease when they came to Kuoding County and saw the small yard prepared for them.

If you have a house, you have a home. If you have a home, what else can you feel uneasy about?

The population of Kuoding County has increased significantly, and the construction of several factories that Yan Kai envisioned can begin.

Yan Kai looked at all this and couldn't help but laugh.

Also laughing with him was Li Shimin who was far away in Chang'an.

"Your Majesty, all the Turkic tribes are asking us to return the goods."

"Return? What kind of goods are you returning?" Li Shimin said with a smile: "Tell them, those were sold to them by unscrupulous merchants in Datang. We in Datang also bought a lot and were defrauded of a lot of money."

"If they ask again, just say that the unscrupulous businessman's name is... his name is Yan Guan, and we have already made him wanted across the country."

"Well, I'll ask the Ministry of Punishment to draw a portrait of any chamberlain in the palace and say it's Yan Pass. The official sea arrest document will be posted on all the state capitals near the border."

After he finished speaking, he found that it would be really fun to imitate Yan Kai and play rogue.

"This guy is really awesome. He dared to go to Turks to buy people with more than a hundred people. He even got some fake armor and brought back thousands of slaves dressed as heavy armored infantry."

Fang Xuanling and others couldn't help praising Yan Kai's resourcefulness and courage when talking about it.

"The key point is that this kid was disgusting afterwards." Cheng Zhijie said with a smile: "I don't know how he made so many beads, and actually made the Turks fool around like this. I heard that some state capitals use more than ten beads. , in exchange for a fraction of the military expenses.”

"Young people are awesome!" Changsun Wuji looked at Zheng Buqi, a member of the Household Department who came to discuss matters with him, and said, "Master Zheng, this sworn brother is really amazing."

Zheng Buqi could only smile on his face, but his heart was extremely complicated.

Can he still not know that he has tricked Yan?

Now there is only a nominal brotherhood between the two, which is just a few formulaic words in the correspondence between his son Zheng Zhixun and himself.

"If Magistrate Xiaoyan keeps these beads and sells them slowly, I'm afraid it will be a huge fortune. His ability to do this shows his loyalty to our Tang Dynasty." Chu Suiliang said a kind word for Yan Kai.

It would be best for His Majesty to give him some reward and then let him deliver it himself.

I don’t know what new and delicious things he has made recently, which is really missing.

This time, everyone tacitly agreed not to mention Kuoding County's right to act expeditiously, nor did they mention the thousands of people Kuoding County had brought back.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing. I heard that there is a Zhechong Captain in Hebei Province named Su Dingfang, who was from the same place when Yan Kai returned to Datang last time."

"All the money he earned from selling the beads was sent to Kuoding County, and he bought a total of one hundred sets of ring mail and two hundred repeating crossbows."

Cheng Zhijie's eyes flickered as he spoke: "I wonder if Your Majesty can give some money to Lao Cheng's team. I also want to buy some. You also know that many of my subordinates, Lao Cheng, still wear paper armor!"

"It's just paper. The bow and arrow pierced each other as soon as they were fired. There are so many good soldiers, young and old, just lying on the ground and crying out in pain. My old man, Cheng, felt like his heart was being cut by a knife."

"There's no need for more. Help Lao Cheng buy one or two thousand sets. Lao Cheng promises to kill them all and leave no one behind."

As he spoke, he looked north.

Children who cry are fed by milk. Ruffian Chen understands this truth better than anyone else.

Your Majesty did not say, but recently there have been some changes within the Turks, especially the powerful Xue Yantuo who has sent a secret message to the Tang Dynasty.

Once Xue Yantuo fell to the Tang Dynasty, it would be the best time to attack the Turks.

"Haha." Li Shimin looked at Cheng Zhijie: "Why don't you sell your Duke's Mansion and see if you can buy two thousand sets of ring mail?"