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Guo Jia sighed as he looked at the kneeling citizens.
"The hearts of the people can be used!"
Youzhou had about 2.5 million people!
Although Youzhou, Bingzhou, and Liangzhou were known as the three coldest provinces!
However, Youzhou had a large population because of its fertile land and large area.
Although it wasn't as much as the five million in Yuzhou or the six million in Jingzhou, it was still a lot.
Unlike Bingzhou and Liangzhou, which only had 600,000 and 400,000 people.
If it weren't for the fact that Youzhou was close to the border and was often robbed and massacred, the population of Youzhou would certainly be no less than that of the Central Plains with its excellent natural resources.
After all, Youzhou was the capital of the later generation.
With such a popular sentiment, if a war really broke out, then Youzhou would be devastated. The 2.5 million citizens were Lu Qing's greatest reliance.
In the Eastern Han Dynasty, three families usually raised one soldier.
It was about one soldier for every 14 or 15 people. With a population of 2.5 million in Youzhou, he could raise 200,000 soldiers! Lu Qing's Youzhou Army currently had this number. According to the previous rules, this was the limit of the number of soldiers.
If there were any more, it would feel like a poor soldier silently fighting.
However, Lu Qing's Serenity Plains was different from other provinces. His Serenity Plains was very rich! The commoners, the Jia family, had ample food and clothing, so they could completely support one soldier per household!
In other words, with a population of 2.5 million, they could raise 500,000 soldiers!
That was why Guo Jia said that the people's hearts could be used. If it really came to the time to dominate the world, he could directly mobilize 500,000 troops in Youzhou alone. By then, who in the world could stop him?
Of course, that was what he thought, but Lu Qing would not do that.
He would even reduce the number of soldiers he recruited in the future. Half of Lu Qing's 210,000 soldiers were not from Youzhou. He had recruited many refugees because of the good treatment he received when he recruited soldiers.
In the future, when recruiting soldiers, only children were not allowed, and those under the age of sixteen were not allowed either.
At least in this era, there shouldn't be any dukedom that could be as willful as Lu Qing.
Outside the Provincial Governor's Estate, Lu Qing and the others finally arrived.
The curtain of the carriage was lifted and Diao Chan walked out with a veil draped over her face. She was already Lu Qing's woman, and it was not appropriate for her to show her face outside the manor.
"Men, send Furen back to the residence first."
Lu Qing said in a deep voice. Although Diao Chan had not officially married him, their relationship had already been confirmed. In the future, she would be the wife of the Provincial Governor's Estate.
Hearing Lu Qing's words, Diao Chan was pleasantly surprised. This was because the word 'madam' could be more than any reward.
A group of maids and housewives hurriedly came forward to welcome him. Their provincial governor had a pure heart and few desires.
As the provincial governor of Youzhou Province, he had never had any female confidante, nor would he stay in any romantic places.
Now that they had brought back a madam without a sound, they did not dare to be careless. After all, she would be their mistress in the future, one of the heavens of Youzhou!
Diao Chan was not used to being surrounded by so many people at first because she did not receive such treatment even in the Wang Clan.
After all, all the servants of the Wang family knew that she was only an adopted daughter.
However, she was very happy in her heart. After all, wasn't this what a woman could count on?
After Diao Chan entered the back residence, Lu Qing brought the officials of Youzhou to the hall.
"Alright, let's report the military and political situation in Youzhou.”
Lu Qing said.
Following that, Xi Zhicai, Tian Yu, and the others began to report slowly. Lu Qing also kept asking questions and at the same time, he gave his own solutions to some of the problems.
Although many things had been dealt with in the past half a year, there were still problems left behind. Xi Zhicai told them all.
Thus, it was only when night fell that the matter was settled. Even the incomparably brave Zhao Yun and the others were quite tired.
As for Lu Bu, he had gone back to Bing Province. Lu Qing was not interested in the 3,000 Bing Province cavalry he had brought, so he asked Lu Bu to bring them back to Ding Yuan.
He could come back later. Besides, Bing Province was right beside Serenity Plains, so Lu Qing was very interested in it.
If a war between the dukes really broke out in the future, Bing Province would be his first target.
Of course, it would be best if they could subdue them peacefully. After all, if war broke out, the people would always suffer.
"That's about it. However, there are a few things that need to be done in Youzhou.”
Lu Qing said in a deep voice. Everyone was focused. Even Guo Jia, who had been slacking off, became serious because everyone knew that what was going to happen next was of utmost importance.
"First, Youzhou Province will start to build roads for all the people. We will use work-for-relief methods to call for the people to join the construction team and build all the counties in Youzhou Province onto the national highway.”
Hearing Lu Qing's words, everyone was stunned.
"May I ask my lord, what is the national road?"
Xi Zhicai asked.
Lu Qing thought for a moment.
"It's the official road, but it's bigger and wider! Moreover, it had to be divided into lanes and sidewalks.”
"This provincial governor's request is to make it a two-way four-lane road!”
Hearing Lu Qing's words, everyone sucked in a breath of cold air.
Lu Qing continued.
"As for the new materials for the construction of the national highway, the Japanese governor will bring some over to show you later. This new material can also be used for defensive buildings.”
Lu Qing said. His idea was to get some cement and build something like a bunker to defend against the cavalrymen of the foreign races.
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