Chapter 1940 Conquering the Mountains
When Sun Hao saw that Zhang Bu’s two daughters were indeed natural and loved them very much, he appointed the eldest daughter as Zhaoyi and the younger daughter as a beauty, so he made the beautiful woman at night.
My father and the whole family were killed. Meiren Zhang, a weak woman, naturally could not resist and held back her tears and allowed Sun Hao to ravage her.
Sun Hao has not been close to the woman for many days. At this moment, he was so eager to return home. He wanted to show his strength, but Beauty Zhang cried and felt sad. He was quite disappointed. He could only do it in a hurry. After the matter was done, he picked up Zhang Bu's head chamber pot and urinated.
Meiren Zhang didn't expect that Sun Hao was so cruel and vicious, and she actually treated her father's head as his pot. She couldn't help but feel extremely sad and angry and cried bitterly.
At this time, Sun Hao suddenly had a bad taste. He took Zhang Bu's head pot and came to Zhang Meiren and asked her to drink the urine from the pot, otherwise she would be punished for being disrespectful.
Meiren Zhang burst into tears and scolded Sun Hao for being an animal. She smashed the pot on his head and sprinkled Sun Hao's body. Sun Hao was furious and stabbed Zhang Meiren to death by tying his sword.
Later, Sun Hao said that Zhang Zhaoyi came to serve the bed. Zhang Zhaoyi witnessed the tragic death of her father's head and sister with her own eyes, which scared her to lose her vileness. But in order to survive, she had to force a smile and come to serve Sun Hao, for fear that Sun Hao would be dissatisfied with anything, so she killed her.
The group of people rushed for several months and finally arrived in Jian'an. Jian'an prefect Liu Ping went out to greet him in person, welcomed Sun Hao into the city, and gave up his official residence to stay for Sun Hao to temporarily stay.
But Sun Hao was disappointed when he saw the simple and dilapidated environment of Jian'an. Jian'an was originally a small town, located in a wild area and sparsely populated area. Even a county town could not compare to an ordinary small county town in Wujun, let alone a big city like Jianye Kuaiji. Sun Hao was running all the way and originally hoped that he could settle down after he arrived in Jian'an. Now it seems that there is no good life.
Sun Hao brought Wan Yu and Liu Ping and ordered them to build palaces. The scale was also imitated by the standards of Jianye Palace City. No matter what method was used, the new palace must be moved in before the end of the year. If there is any delay, all the cases will be punished.
Liuping was immediately miserable. It was a joke that imitated the scale of Jianye Palace City. The number of households in Jianping County was less than 3,000 and less than 10,000. The more than 10,000 people brought by Sun Hao could not be supported. That would be the bone marrow of Jian'an County and he would not be able to pay for the construction of the palace.
Building a palace is not a small project. It requires a lot of money and a lot of labor. Now, with the ability of Jian'an County, it cannot be built at all.
Liu Ping touched Sun Hao and stated the pros and cons. It was not that my ministers did not do their best, but that I really couldn't do it.
Sun Hao glared and said, "In the past, you reported to the court. Jian'an County clearly had a population of 100,000, but why did you say there were less than 10,000 people? Could it be that you were going to deceive the emperor?"
Liu Ping hurriedly said, "How dare I deceive the king? Jian'an County does have a population of 100,000, but 90% are from Shanyue people. They live in the deep mountains, and they do not accept the king's transformation and do not pay the grain and tax. There are less than 10,000 people who really pay the grain and pay the tax. I hope your Majesty will clearly observe it."
Shanyue people are widely distributed in Yangzhou, and there are almost mountains where there are mountain people living. In fact, as early as thousands of years ago, Shanyue people lived and lived on lands north and south of the Yangtze River. Whether it is plains or mountains, they were their active areas. However, later the Han people in the Central Plains continued to migrate south and occupied the living space of Shanyue people. They were forced to move to the depths of the mountains, where the sky was high and the emperor was far away, so they could live a free and easy life.
However, since the founding of the State of Wu, it has further squeezed the living space of Shanyue people. When Zhuge Ke was the prefect of Danyang, he had subdued the Shanyue people of Danyang County, but he forced them to serve in the military and moved the Shanyue people out of the mountains, registered and collected taxes, and included Shanyue people among the ordinary people of the Wu Kingdom.
Relatively speaking, Jian'an County is deserted and remote, and the Shanyue people live relatively freely. They live an extremely primitive fishing and hunting life, simple and happy. The Jian'an County government of Wu State is under the jurisdiction of only plains in some river valleys. These areas are suitable for farming and are basically gathering places for Han people who migrate south. Both sides will never interact with each other and seek their own lives. The number of soldiers in Jian'an is relatively small, and at most they can maintain public order in plain areas. It is beyond the reach of the mountainous areas where Shanyue people live.
Liu Ping has been a prefect in Jian'an County for several years, so he is naturally well aware of the situation here. Although Jian'an County is vast, he is probably not even one-tenth of the area under his jurisdiction. The taxes collected every year are pitifully small. If Sun Hao wants to build a palace in Jian'an, how much manpower and material resources will be spent? This is simply impossible!
When Sun Hao heard this, he frowned. The population of Wanghua in Jian'an County was too small. With such a small population, it was indeed impossible to accomplish anything. However, aren't there still 100,000 Shanyue people in Jian'an County? If these Shanyue people are conquered, then there will be money, grain, taxes, and labor, killing two birds with one stone.
So Sun Hao ordered Wan Yu to lead his troops to conquer the Shanyue people, drive them to Jian'an City, serve as a hard worker, and build a palace.
Sun Hao believed that he was the king of a country after all, how could he live in such a humble room? That would be too expensive. Therefore, no matter what, the palace must be built first. Not only should it be built, but the standards and specifications must not be reduced. That is related to the face of the royal family and must not be careless.
The expedition and suppression of Shanyue people can only solve the problem of coolies. After all, building a palace requires a lot of materials and money and grain. It is simply possible to rely on Jian'an County alone.
However, this was not a problem for Sun Hao. While he asked Wan Yu to conquer the Shanyue people, he also issued an order to the prefects of Yuzhang County, Luling County, Linchuan County, Poyang County and the governor of Jiaozhou to prepare money, grain, wood, stone and other items, transport them to Jian'an, and pay tribute to the court.
Although the Wu State was captured by the Wei army, most of the counties were still in the hands of the Wu State. They were the emperor of the Wu State. How could they not obey these governors?
Isn’t it easy to gather half of the financial and material resources of the Wu Kingdom to build a magnificent palace?
At the same time, Sun Hao ordered the governors of various states and prefectures of various counties to send troops to serve the king to strengthen the defense of Jian'an County. Jian'an County is full of mountains and steep terrain. As long as the Wu army takes good defense, the Wei army will have no chance to attack. Sun Hao fantasized that he could firmly sit in Jian'an from now on.
Chapter completed!