The fleet that returned from Goryeo did not return to the military port, but went straight to the mouth of the Yellow River to move westward and arrived at the north bank of the Yellow River where hungry people gathered in Qingzhou.

More than a thousand huge warships stretched for hundreds of miles, with sails covering the sky and the sun, which was spectacular. The north bank of the Yellow River was filled with people running to watch the fun...

The first handsome boat slowly landed on the dock. The sailors put the board on the shore. More than a hundred personal guards took the lead in getting off the boat. Then, Yang Yuanqing appeared on the side of the boat. He looked up at the dazzling sunshine and took a deep breath of the breeze with the scent of earth.

His eyes fell on the large group of officials on the shore again. Yang Yuanqing saw Du Ruhui, smiled, stepped on the board and walked off the big ship. When his feet landed on the ground, he felt a sense of emptiness. After nearly ten days of sailing on the sea, he finally returned to the Central Plains.

Du Ruhui hurriedly led everyone forward to salute, "See Your Highness."

"Thank you all."

Yang Yuanqing looked at the tanned faces of the officials and their eyes full of excitement. He was grateful and bowed to everyone and said loudly: "This time, comforting the victims and saving the lives of hundreds of thousands of victims, I can understand the hardships in this. You have all put in great hard work. You are all meritorious ministers. I will remember your achievements, but there is still a long way to go. I hope you will continue to work hard and make the resettlement of the victims perfect."

Yang Yuanqing's speech aroused the crowd's applause. He was surrounded by everyone and turned over to the refugee camp... Your Highness, how did he get the harvest in this battle of Goryeo?" Du Ruhui couldn't help but step forward and whispered.

Yang Yuanqing whispered to him with his ears. Du Ruhui's eyes lit up and he rubbed his hands with excitement, "This is great, so the food problem will be completely solved."

"It's not only a problem of food, but also a large number of military funds. There are 400,000 sets of military armor alone. There are also many invisible gains, such as Goryeo officially surrendering to the Sui Dynasty, and in addition, they also agreed to belong to the Sui Dynasty on the Liaodong Peninsula."

Du Ruhui was slightly stunned. "Why is the invisible harvest of the Liaodong Peninsula belonging to the Great Sui Dynasty?"

"Because the Liaodong Peninsula is controlled by the Yuan family, Bishe City at the southern end of the peninsula is controlled by Gai Suwen's five thousand troops. It is meaningless to just rely on a document from King Goryeo. It also requires sending troops to fight a battle."

"When will your Highness take action?"

"No hurry."

Yang Yuanqing shook his head, "Now don't force the Yuan family to flee the internal affairs of Goryeo. If you attack the interests of the Yuan family too early, they will make them unite and promote internal unity of the Goryeo people."

At this time, Qin Qiong urged him to step forward. He glanced at Du Ruhui and said to Yang Yuanqing: "Master, I have something to do with the Master."

Du Ruhui understood and bowed his hand to urge the horse to leave. Yang Yuanqing smiled and said, "Do you want to fight back to your hometown?"

Qin Qiong was told that he was worried, and he nodded, "Now most of the people in Qingzhou have escaped, and the morale of Dou Jiande's army is low. The morale of the army is floating. You only need to lead 30,000 troops to ensure that within one month, you can defeat Dou Jiande's army and Liu Heita's army and capture Qingzhou."

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "I still have 30,000 most elite soldiers on my hands. It doesn't even take a month, and I can sweep Qingzhou within ten days."

Qin Qiong blushed and said for a while: "Is Bei Zhi's suggestion wrong?"

Yang Yuanqing took back the joke and said solemnly: "I can understand your mood to recover Qingzhou. To be honest, Dou Jiande is already a fish without water, sooner or later it will be a meal on my plate. As for Qingzhou, it is even more of the things in the Sui Dynasty.

But we should consider the problem for a long time. If Qingzhou is taken down, the Sui Dynasty will directly border Li Mi, which will restrain Li Mi's southern strategy. I heard that Li Mi is actively training the navy in Jiangyang.

Now, except for Du Fuwei and Xiao Xian, the major forces in the south have surrendered to Li Mi. Then Li Mi's next target is likely to be Xiao Xian, so that the Wei army will fight against the Tang army for Xiao Xian. This is exactly what I hope to see. In this case, our pace of going south needs to be slowed down a little so that Li Mi will not feel the threat from the north, so that he will let go of the battle with the Tang army."

Qin Qiong nodded and lowered his head with some shame, "I am short-sighted and anxious, and almost broke the plan of the general manager."

Yang Yuanqing smiled, "Actually, this is just not in his position and not seeking his position. If you sit in my seat, you will also consider a lot. Now almost all the people in Qingzhou have been poached by me. I will send people to Qingzhou to promote it again, so that those who stay in Qingzhou who are hungry know that there is food in Hebei, and strive to lead 90% of the population of Qingzhou to Hebei. Without the people, what should Dou Jiande do if he does? I will order Xu Shiji to station the army in Jiyin County, so that he dare not make up for the Central Plains. He can only continue to go south to fight Liu Heita, so let them fight!"

"But so many people are also a big burden!" Qin Qiong looked at the huge refugee camp in the distance and sighed.

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "It depends on how you view it. I think they are a rare wealth. When will so many civilians be gathered... Everyone entered the refugee camp. Because of the arrival of the fleet, the camp became particularly lively. News of the arrival of King Yang Yuanqing of Chu spread throughout the camp, and hundreds of thousands of people rushed out of the camp to welcome His Royal Highness the King of Chu.

Hundreds of personal soldiers were extremely nervous and protected Yang Yuanqing on both sides. Yang Yuanqing smiled and bowed to everyone, which aroused the more enthusiastic response from the victims. Who shouted, "Long live the King of Chu!"

Then thousands of people shouted, and gradually, the roaring sound of mountains and seas echoed throughout the sky, "Long live! Long live the King of Chu!"

At the beginning, Du Ruhui and other officials shouted to the people a little unnatural, but everyone looked at the sincere faces and pairs of grateful eyes. Gradually, everyone was infected. Even the young Chu Suiliang couldn't help but raise his arms and shout: "Long live the King of Chu!"

Yang Yuanqing just felt all this silently... Everyone came to a large tent in the middle of the camp. This was the office space for officials. The large tent was filled with stacks of several feet of registered victims, all of which were placed according to each county and neatly arranged.

Yang Yuanqing picked up a booklet, which was a registration book in Duchang, Beihai County. Each person on it had a name, age, address, and their temporary license plate code.

Yang Yuanqing knew in his heart how much work it would take to register more than 300,000 people, but with these rosters, it would be of great benefit to Qingzhou's governance. At least these hundreds of thousands of hungry people could contribute to the restoration of Hebei's vitality.

He put down the booklet, sat down on the wooden couch, and smiled at everyone, "I know everyone has a lot to say, let's talk about the main thing, and see if I can solve it for everyone."

Pei Jin glanced at Du Ruhui, Du Ruhui nodded, Pei Jin stepped forward and bowed, "Your Highness, I have something to report to you."

Seeing that Pei Jin became thin and black, Yang Yuanqing's eyes became calm and no longer had the kind of arrogance he could not hide was as arrogant as before. It can be seen that he was indeed changing, becoming able to endure hardships and being pragmatic, and he is worthy of being a famous family. As long as he began to mature, he would immediately show his outstanding talents.

Yang Yuanqing smiled slightly, "Pei Shaoqing, please tell me."

Pei Jin is the chief official of the refugee camp in Pingyuan County. Of course, he has the most say. He bowed and said, "Report to Your Highness, the biggest problem of the 300,000 hungry people is that they live in crowded places. There are more than 40 people living in a tent, and men and women are living together. Life is very inconvenient. There are many problems and even crimes. The violence of families fighting for food, the spread of diseases, the extortion of evil people, and the rape of women. These problems are endless. We all hope to evacuate the victims to various counties."

Yang Yuanqing nodded silently, and he glanced at Du Ruhui again. Du Ruhui bowed quickly and said, "Ziwei Pavilion also agreed to evacuate to various counties."

Yang Yuanqing then said slowly: "First of all, everyone should understand one thing, why don't I attack Qingzhou directly, why don't I take over Qingzhou directly and provide disaster relief on the spot. Wouldn't this save the hungry people from fleeing? There is no need to mobilize so many officials and scholars to help, why don't I do this?"

There was silence in the tent. Yang Yuanqing paced back and forth in the tent with his hands. His tone was not harsh, but he was just explaining something clearly.

"The key is that I have to concentrate the people's efforts and do some things. Hebei and Qingzhou are the most rampant places for bandits. The wars and chaos over the past few years have destroyed all kinds of irrigation canals. Without farmland water conservancy, how can there be high yields in grain? How can it be a bumper harvest every year? It is necessary to repair the abandoned farmland water conservancy. But relying solely on the people's efforts in Hebei alone is not enough, so I need hundreds of thousands of people in Qingzhou to assist. If it weren't for the disaster, they had to rely on others to live under the roof, and they would never cross the river. Now I give them food and save their lives of their wives and children, then they should repay them. So the next thing is their working days."

After this, Yang Yuanqing said to everyone again: "Daye's six years of severe drought, everyone should still remember what happened in the seventh year of Daye, yes! Daye's floods flooded in seventh year, flooding dozens of counties in Henan and Hebei. It was this drought and a flood that caused hungry people in the world to rebel, and finally sent the old Sui Dynasty to the death."

Du Ruhui stood up and said to everyone: "Your Highness is right. We must gather disaster victims. First, we must clear rivers and canals in various parts of Hebei. They are not only farmland water conservancy, but also flood storage and flood discharge canals when major floods come. First complete Hebei's water conservancy, and then clear the Central Plains water canals. In short, I must make full use of the victims in Qingzhou."

"What if these young and strong people are dissatisfied with the riot?" someone asked worriedly.

Yang Yuanqing laughed, "Their parents, wives and children are in our hands. We provide food to feed women, children and elderly people. He can only work hard. Of course, after pacifying Qingzhou, I will give them land, light taxes and levies, so that they will rest and recuperate, so that they will have no worries and hope for life. They will definitely work hard... To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation.)

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