Three months passed in a blink of an eye. With the supply of countless money and food from Xu Wenhao, Xu Huang also recruited 3 troops in Sili.

Zhao Yun arrived outside the Great Wall and is currently continuously transporting supplies for building the city from Bingzhou.

After Zhang Liao received Jia Xu, he immediately sent Jia Xu's family to Luoyang, which made Jia Xu look at him with great resentment.

After learning that it was Xu Wenhao's order, Jia Xu gave up and obediently offered advice to Zhang Liao, planning to capture Guo Si and Li Jue.

In fact, it was not difficult. Ma Teng was quite honest. He even listened to Cao Cao's call to go to Chang'an. Only then did he die.

If Xu Wenhao could win over Ma Teng, he could persuade Han Sui, and then Liangzhou would naturally be in his hands.

"General, there are already 20 refugees outside Luoyang City. Should we distribute land to attract more refugees?"

Chen Gong also came to Xu Wenhao's residence and explained the situation.

Well, Chen Gong was summoned by him with a handwritten letter, and then took charge of the refugee affairs.

This kind of thing is really to Chen Gong's liking, and he is now very actively dealing with matters outside Luoyang City.

During these three months, as Luoyang received refugees, many people came from all over the place, especially from Yongzhou and the places that were affected by the Yellow Turbans. They all came here one after another. It was only because the journey was long, otherwise 3 would not be an exaggeration.

"Let's make the arrangements and register them. Don't let the noble families take advantage of the situation."

"But don't make it public. I want to see who is blind and make an example of him."

Xu Wenhao also nodded, indicating that Chen Gong could make the arrangements, and then explained his own plan.

"clear."

Chen Gong was also a person who didn't care about details. Of course, he knew what Xu Wenhao was thinking and had no objection.

"Okay, go and get busy. Talk to Prime Minister Xun about the food issue. We must not let the victims starve to death."

Xu Wenhao waved his hand to signal Chen Gong to go down, as he had other things to deal with.

"Here!"

Chen Gong bowed respectfully and then left Xu Wenhao's residence.

Xu Wenhao was not busy with any serious business, but to find Cai Yan's father Cai Yong.

Ahem, I wasn't really looking for him. Actually, I was looking for Cai Wenji. But in ancient times, you couldn't just go and pay a visit to a girl directly, so naturally I would talk to her father first, and then meet her later.

"Cai Sikong."

Xu Wenhao later gave Cai Yong the position of Sikong Jijiu. In addition, Xu Wenhao's series of measures in Luoyang made Cai Yong very friendly to him.

"Fengxian is here."

Cai Yong also knew why Xu Wenhao wanted to see him, but he had been refusing because he was afraid that people would accuse him of trying to curry favor with the rich and powerful.

"I came here this time for your beloved Cai Yan's matter. I don't know if Cai Sikong..."

Xu Wenhao had revealed his ideas before.

Fortunately, Cai Yan had not yet been betrothed to the Wei family in Hedong at that time, so it was not a big problem.

"As long as Wen Ji has no objection, I, as a father, will naturally agree."

Cai Yong was also quite satisfied with Xu Wenhao, mainly because he found that Xu Wenhao was not a reckless man. Instead, he had extraordinary literary talent and understood state affairs. Although he was overbearing in his actions, he cared about the people.

In short, I am very satisfied.

As for Cai Wenji, she was attracted by his modern speaking style. Besides, she was to be his wife and not his concubine, so naturally she had no intention of disagreeing.

It was normal for people in ancient times to have three wives and four concubines, so there was nothing wrong with Cai Wenji marrying a general as his wife.

"Then I'll meet my father-in-law."

Xu Wenhao didn't mind giving his cheap father-in-law some face.

"Okay, okay, Fengxian, go talk to Wen Ji. As for your specific matters, we will decide in two days."

Cai Yong also waved his hand to signal Xu Wenhao to go talk to Cai Wenji and not to try to please him deliberately.

After all, as a great general, Xu Wenhao was already very satisfied that he could talk to him like this.

After entering Cai Yong's house, Xu Wenhao also saw Cai Wenji painting there.

However, he did not disturb her too much, but waited quietly for Cai Wenji to finish the painting before showing up.

"Is this a painting of me?"

Xu Wenhao looked at a painting of a general and asked jokingly.

"Yes, after all, I only know you, the general, so naturally, you are the only general in my mind."

Cai Wenji was naturally not a delicate little girl, and the two of them had already decided to spend their lives together, so he went to Cai Yong to discuss marrying Cai Wenji.

The two of them also wrote and painted together in the afternoon. Xu Wenhao had the skill of diligence in making up for lack of talent, so his painting skills were naturally first-rate in the world, which was why Cai Wenji fell in love with him.

After the deal was settled, Xu Wenhao returned home, and Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao also arrived.

"Brother-in-law."

The two of them were called here by Xu Wenhao, and they greeted him immediately when they saw him.

"Let's sit down and talk."

Xu Wenhao did not put on airs and gestured for the two to sit down and chat.

The main reason for inviting two people this time was that the Zhen family was now headed by two people, and he planned to let the Zhen family arrange one person to guard the city outside the Great Wall and be responsible for domestic and foreign trade, as well as marrying Zhen Tuo and Zhen Dao.

Of course they had no objection to this.

After all, Xu Wenhao is now a general with a large number of troops under his command, and he often supports the Zhen family.

The five sisters of the Jiang family are all very beautiful, so Xu Wenhao certainly doesn't mind accepting the sisters-in-law as well, including the other two who have been reserved by him.

In ancient times, noble families would arrange marriages for their daughters. Now, they would not object to Xu Wenhao's plan. Instead, they thought that this would help them win the future competition for the inner courtyard.

After all, the five sisters of the Zhen family are united and can accomplish anything.

Last year, both Yan and Zhen Jiang gave birth to a son for Xu Wenhao, so it is not certain who will stand out in the future, and it is normal for the Zhen family to want to increase their investment.

After Zhen Yan and Zhen Yao have discussed it, Zhen Yao will go to the city built by Zhao Yun to operate business.

They don't stay there all the time, but trade items from outside the customs with those inside.

In this way, time hurriedly came to the year 190.

Over the past year, a very strange phenomenon has appeared in places such as Sili and Yongzhou: a continuous influx of refugees.

In fact, this is normal, since Xu Wenhao was the one who registered the refugees and distributed land.

Although they are all ordinary lands, at least I won’t starve to death if I farm them.

With the people before them taking the lead and setting an example, by the end of 189, the number of refugees arriving was even greater, twice as much as in the previous six months.

In addition, the princes in various places have been raising troops recently. Although there might be a fight in Luoyang, it has little to do with their people. They will go to whoever gives them food. It's that simple.

In fact, this plan has quite a lot of problems. First of all, with so many refugees, food becomes a big problem when they enter Sili and other places.

Even if Luoyang is rich, it cannot afford to support him.

But Xu Wenhao has room to improve the grain production, and it is all high-yielding, much faster than the rice of this era.

He did not plant potatoes, sweet potatoes and the like in areas inside the Great Wall, but instead transplanted them to the mountains in Yongzhou.

Over the past six months, coupled with the fact that he had wiped out a few short-sighted aristocratic families, it seemed that things were barely holding up, making Luoyang look precarious but not about to collapse.

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