One thousand Gold was not just money. It required gold. Gold was a precious metal in any era, and it was even more so in this era.
If it was before he had moved out of Luoyang, it would not have been a problem for him, a First Prince, to gather 1,000 gold. But now, 1,000 gold was no longer so easy.
In the entire Jiaozhou, there were not many people who could afford 1,000 gold.
The only one who could do that was the Shi family.
However, while it was easy for Xiang Shixie to get 1,000 dans of coarse grain, it was not so easy to get 1,000 gold. At the very least, Liu Yu did not have enough confidence in himself.
As for finding gold mines…
This was also a troublesome matter.
First of all, he did not have enough manpower to explore the ore. Secondly, even if he found it, it would not be easy for him to defend it with his current strength.
Although he now had more than a thousand farmers, and all of them were strong, the temptation of the gold mine was too great. Even if there were not many aristocrats in Jiaozhou, he had to face the various races of the southern barbarians.
It was obvious that a thousand or so people were not qualified to protect the city. Even a thousand soldiers would find it difficult to do so, let alone a thousand farmers. The Nanman army was not strong, but their numbers were definitely not small.
As a result, their development seemed to be restricted.
Fortunately, Liu Yu didn't have any urgent need for soldiers.
The construction of this camp could be done slowly. There was no need to rush.
What he needed now was to expand his original base.
Putting everything else aside, if he had tens of thousands of farmers in the entire Jiaozhou, it would not matter much if he had soldiers.
Not to mention the large base, mining would not be a problem.
This was the effect of cardinal numbers.
Therefore, in the next half a month, Liu Yu still kept a low profile and did not show any signs of himself. Even though the Yellow Turban rebellion was about to begin, he was still extremely stable.
And in this half a month, he only had one choice, and that was to crazily pile up farmers.
If 1,000 wasn't enough, then 2,000. If 2,000 wasn't enough, then continue.
The number of people increased by dozens every day. In the end, it was enough to increase by more than a hundred people every day. Therefore, in less than half a month, his number increased again, reaching 3,000.
The town center was also further upgraded.
[Level: 4]
[Health Points: 1,000]
[Defense: 200]
Requirements for upgrading: 5,000 Farmers.
[Farmer's Production Value: 50 Food]
The town center expanded further. At this moment, it actually covered the entire King Qin's Residence. At the same time, it became more luxurious as if it had really been renovated.
However, there were no new buildings this time.
However, Liu Yu had expected this. After all, it did not appear when he leveled up to the second level. It was obvious that this required a leap, and the leap was obviously not enough.
It would probably only appear again at level five or level ten.
Of course, he didn't need it at the moment, and he couldn't afford it now.
Therefore, after exclaiming in surprise, he fell into a frenzy of piling up Farmers in the following time, and the number of them increased.
Three thousand. In less than three days, it broke through to four thousand.
Soon, it reached 5,000.
At this moment, his farmer base was already a considerable number.
After all, in this era, the population of a state capital ranged from 70,000 to 200,000. Other than Luoyang and Chang 'an, which were top-tier cities, the other population bases were only so small.
Even though most of the 5,000 people were sent to the wilderness or other counties by Liu Yu, the number of young and strong people in the prefecture had obviously increased. This was something that Shi Xie, as the acting prefect, naturally noticed.
In the prefect's manor.
Shi Xie frowned as he looked at the documents in his hands.
"A large number of young men suddenly appeared in the city?”
"Are you sure it's us Han people?”
Shi Xie's voice spoke, and there was some doubt in his frowning expression.
One had to know that Jiaozhou had been desolate since ancient times. Even refugees were rarely willing to come to Jiaozhou. Or rather, very few people could come to Jiaozhou alive.
Not to mention other things, the bandits along the way, the unaccustomed environment, and the poisonous insects and beasts were not something that the current Han people could overcome. Often, before they reached Jiaozhou, they would be gone.
As a result, even if it was very difficult to survive in the Central Plains, even if there were natural disasters every year, very few people fled south.
But now, the information he saw was that there were many refugees in the state capital, and they were all young and strong.
Alright, those who could make it here could not be the old, weak, sick, or disabled. However, this number seemed a little too many. At the very least, it was not good that there were more people than usual.
"Yes, big brother. I've already confirmed that it's indeed us Han.”
Shiwu nodded and replied.
Although he was a little ambitious, he knew that some things could not be vague.
"Alright, don't worry about this for the time being. I'll get someone to pay attention to it. You have to keep an eye on Zhurong Tribe. Once they officially attack, inform me immediately. Also, make arrangements. If the situation in Guangzhou is not right, I'll let His Highness the King of Qin go to Guangzhou temporarily.”
Shi Xie nodded to confirm. Then, he changed the topic to Zhu Rong Tribe. Half a month had passed, and Zhu Rong Tribe was getting more and more powerful. Shi Xie had to be vigilant, or rather, he had to be serious.
In fact, he had even made full preparations for this. If it really did not work out, he would be prepared to move that prince away, and he would live and die with the state capital.
The Han people valued integrity and integrity. They couldn't lose their ancestor's territory in his hands, at least not while he was still alive.
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