Lu Yao sat on the head and listened attentively to Xun Yu and others' reports on the work during this period.

With Xun Yu, a great talent in internal affairs, Lu Yao is not very worried about internal affairs. Aside from the important matters that need to be handled by him personally, all the trivial matters in the territory are properly arranged, and he is completely worthy of the title of Wang Zuozhicai.

Under Xun Yu's overall arrangement, all aspects of the territory are running well. First of all, people's livelihood. Zhen Yan and other chambers of commerce performed quite well, relying on the strong transportation capacity of Xanadu City, a large number of civilian materials were transported from the Central Plains, which strongly supported the work of the territory.

With the full support of Zhen Yan and other merchants, Xun Yu was able to exert his full strength and properly settle the people who were purchased from Jiuli Man. And Lu Yao learned why the amount of farmland in the territory grew too slowly. The reason for this is that the root is still in him.

At the beginning, he planned the Zhuya Raiders, and the entire Zhuya Prefecture was disturbed. A large number of player territories were destroyed, and countless captives made the Jiuli barbarians fattened.

Material civilization determines spiritual civilization.

In the past, I didn't have enough food and clothing, and I had to work hard every day to make a living. And now the sale of captives has made the mountains make a lot of money, and the owners of the mountains said that we are rich people now, how can we still live as hard as before. We want a better quality of life.

As a result, most of the materials transported by Zhen Yan and other merchants from the Central Plains were silk, porcelain and other luxury goods. Farm tools such as shovels and hoes only account for a small part, and the rest are used to transport grain, grass, stone and other resources.

When it comes to earning, various merchants must have earned. Silk and the like are luxury goods in Zhuyazhou, but they cannot be talked about in the Central Plains. Cultural people say that jade is the real luxury. And all kinds of agricultural tools, grain and grass and other resources are even more inexpensive. Earning the price difference back and forth made Zhen Yan and other merchants very satisfied.

"The next focus is on reclamation." When Lu Yao learned the truth, he changed it neatly and immediately set the tone for the next development.

He had the impression that after the Battle of Guandu, there would be a food shortage that would sweep across the country. It's just that the battle of Guandu ended early by him, and he doesn't know if this big food shortage will come as scheduled. One thing he can be sure of is that the root cause of the great grain shortage was the wars in the Central Plains, which led to a sharp drop in grain production. Now, various families are competing for the jade seal of the country, and the emergence of a food shortage is very likely.

When Xun Yu heard this, his brows immediately stretched.

Food is the foundation, but it has not been a shortage of manpower to cultivate the land, but a serious shortage of agricultural tools. As a result, the progress of reclamation work has been slow. Don't panic when you have food. Now there are various chambers of commerce that buy grain from the Central Plains, but what if the Central Plains has no food?

Before you think about victory, you must not dig a well when you are thirsty.

"Lord Qi, Xiaomin implores to expand the fleet to solve the urgent need." When Zhen Yan heard this, he immediately went out of the ranks.

Out of appeasement, Lu Yao may give him an official position so that he can participate in the deliberations. However, he politely refused, saying that he would not be rewarded for nothing, and he would wait for the merit to be made before taking office. So Lu Yao also went with him.

"It's okay to double the Chamber of Commerce's fleet." Lu Yao pondered for a moment and generously agreed.

"Thank you, Lord Wang." Zhen Yan was overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly. He has been coveting the Qiankun Building ship built over there for a long time. If Lu Yao hadn't gone on the expedition, he would have been cheeky and begged for it.

Now I finally got what I wanted. The fleet has doubled, and the capacity is much larger. Whether it is transporting the specialties of Xanadu City to the Central Plains for sale, or purchasing various materials from the Central Plains, the efficiency is not the same as before.

Subsequently, Ding Yan reported on the housing problem in the territory. The population is booming, and even in reality, this problem cannot be ignored. Fortunately, in addition to newborn babies, the majority of the new population is the Nanban who migrated from southern Xinjiang. After struggling in the bitter cold of southern Xinjiang for so many years, Nanban is easily satisfied. As long as there is no shortage of food, you can live by building a shack.

Lu Yao was also very helpless about this.

Xun Yu pays attention to people's livelihood. Coupled with the fact that various chambers of commerce purchase various resources from the Central Plains to meet the needs of the territory, this aspect is not satisfactory. It was also at this time that he realized that managing the site required reasonable planning. And he had subconsciously ignored this before.

"Lord Wang, you can be requisitioned from the first city of Huaxia. However, striking iron still needs its own hardness, and Xanadu City still needs to explore its own potential. Xun Yu listened, considered it, and finally gave a suggestion.

Lu Yao thought so, and ordered on the spot, asking Xun Yu to give a perfect plan as soon as possible, reintegrate territorial resources, and strive to achieve balanced development.

Next, the work report on people's livelihood went smoothly, and soon it was the turn of the military side. Lu Zhixi was the general staff of the military department and reported as a representative.

"Now that we are a giant city, the current forces cannot take care of the whole territory. Whether it is to beware of the Jiuli barbarians disturbing the people, or to clear out the alien cities everywhere, it is imperative to expand the army. Lu Zhi first proposed the expansion of the army.

The current total strength of Xanadu City is about 170,000, and after being promoted to the scale of a giant city, it has three large cities, nine middle cities, 27 small cities, 81 town-level territories, and a total of 243 village-level territories. If you want to take care of it completely, the 170,000 soldiers and horses are far from enough.

According to the regular garrison of 50,000 in the giant city, 10,000 in the big city, 8,000 in the middle city, 5,000 in the small city, 1,000 in the town-level territory, and 500 in the village-level territory, a total of about 500,000 soldiers and horses are needed.

In addition to the regular garrison, the huge territory with a radius of 2,400 miles also needs a mobile force to ensure that reinforcements can be sent at any time if something happens anywhere. The number of this mobile force is at least 100,000.

Aside from the army, it is also imperative to expand the scale of the Xanadu Water Division. The training cycle of sailors is not short. However, if a qualified sailor is trained, even if he is blessed by Gan Ning's characteristic sailor training, it will take at least three months of training to make the recruited sailors form a suitable combat force.

The Chiyang City side is watching from the side, and the forces of each family in Zhuya Prefecture are also wolf ambitions, and they may break out at any time. Control of sea power is a top priority.

The Qiankun Lou, the main battleship of the Xanadu Naval Division, has a huge capacity, and it has not yet gone out at full capacity so far. According to Lu Zhi's report, at present, due to Lu Yao's strong support, the shipyard has a strong momentum, and 300 Qiankun building ships have been newly built, as well as the lowest configuration of the ship. Aside from the 150 Qiankunlou ships that have expanded the chamber of commerce's fleet, the current shortage of 170 Qiankunlou ships in the Navy Division has reached a staggering 1.6 million.

The combined deficit of the land and water armies is as high as about two million.

only heard the numbers counted by Lu Zhi, Lu Yao was dizzy, really dizzy. In his previous life, he didn't come this far, and he didn't have any concept in his heart. But now I see how small I am and how narrow my thinking is. I thought it was already quite strong, but it has always been below the poverty line.

Lu Yao took a deep breath, and it was imperative to quickly build a perfect military and political system.