Chapter 2270 Migration Road
Cao Chong led 100,000 people to leave Chang'an and rushed to the fiefdom. After several months of trekking, he finally walked out of Liangzhou and entered Xinzhou.
The governor of New South Wales, Cao Kai, learned that Cao Chong had arrived and stayed at the border to wait. He waited for more than two hours before he saw dense crowds and countless vehicles through the telescope.
He didn't bother to throw away the telescope and hit the horse. He searched in the crowd for a long time before finding Cao Chong who was busy comforting the people.
Cao Chong was wearing jeans and a white body that was almost black, with dark skin like a black slave sent by a fake man. Cao Kai looked at it for a long time before he recognized it and smiled bitterly: "Brother Chong, why did he become like this?"
There were carriages and trucks in the team, but Cao Chong did not sit, but chose to walk with the people.
The migration journey is long, and the people do not need to be comforted at all times than soldiers. If he enjoys privileges, he will probably have to disperse his team if he cannot reach the fiefdom. He knows too well when to do what to do.
Cao Chong wiped his sweat and said, "Brother Kai, you have gained a lot of weight after not seeing you for many years."
After teasing, he turned his head and shouted, "Friends, work harder, when we arrive in Yiwu, we can rest soon."
The people were overjoyed when they heard this and couldn't help but add some strength.
This place is not close to Yiwu City. The team walked for nearly two hours before arriving. Fortunately, Cao Kai was ready and built a camp outside the city and prepared food, so that the people could rest with peace of mind.
Cao Chong, who had settled the people, followed Cao Kai into the city and asked on the way to the city: "Brother Kai, how is Xinzhou developing now?"
Cao Kai said depressedly: "There are basically no one else in Yiwu County. The people of the 36 countries in the Western Regions were either sold to the Central Plains by Rome or brought to rest by the Holy See. Now there are more than 100,000 people who have moved to the Western Regions, barely filling Yiwu County. I am afraid that I, the governor, are not as many as the county magistrate in the Central Plains."
Cao Chong patted his shoulder and smiled, "Satisfied, I am a vassal king who is not as many people as you manage, so who should I ask for advice? The Great Wei is now so virtuous, just take your time."
Cao Kai smiled bitterly and said, "You are quite optimistic. After you pass Yiwu, you will have no supplies. It's nearly 4,000 miles away. You have to cross the desert. Food is second, and the key is water."
Cao Chong couldn't laugh anymore. There were Liangzhou officials along the way from Chang'an to Yiwu, so he could make up some. The more than two thousand miles of Yiwu's resting place was the place of life and death. If you want to pass through it, Cao Chong said with a bitter face: "Isn't there still Brother Zhongquan!"
With Xiahouba’s Construction Corps here, you can make up for some.
Cao Kai smiled bitterly and said, "Brother Zhongquan is in Kucha County. He is two thousand miles away. He can indeed make some supplies and rest in the middle, but it is not easy. I can't understand why New South Wales is so big, so why does Your Majesty have to let you go to rest in peace? You can kill people if you run so far away."
Cao Chong smiled and said, "So you can only be the governor in New South Wales. Is this a layout? It seems to be to deal with the Holy See, but it is actually to curb the pseudo-Han's way out of the west. If you don't take action now, when the pseudo-Han takes peace in the future, we will be able to start first and then suffer."
"Xinzhou is indeed vast and sparsely populated, but with the population growth rate of the Wei Dynasty, it will fill the entire Xinzhou in less than a hundred years. The same is true for our Zhao State. At that time, we can go south and lock the pseudo-Han in the Kushan territory."
"For long-term interests, what is short-term hardship?"
Cao Kai sighed, "Forget it, you and Your Majesty are both doing big things, I can't compare to you, so I just run errands and do chores. If you need any instructions, you can just give me some instructions."
Cao Chong hugged his neck and smiled, "There is nothing else, just whether he can give his brothers 30,000 people, and the population is a bit small."
Hearing this, Cao Kai jumped on the spot like a cat with his tail stepped on, and cursed: "Do you want shame? There are only a few people in New South Wales, and I'm still wondering if I'm robbing you."
It’s okay to ask for money and food. If you want someone to be beaten to death, don’t you give me any money. If you want me to lack money, will I not need it?
Cao Chong continued to laugh and said, "Brother Kai is just a secret. We are brothers. We can't write the word "Cao" in one stroke. If you are in trouble, don't you express your gratitude to your brother? Besides, you are the governor. The land under your rule is all the property of the court. I am different. Everything is my own personal property. What's wrong with you selling my favor with the property of the court?"
Cao Kai cursed speechlessly: "The property of the court is not property anymore, and population growth is also an important indicator for the court to examine political achievements. How can I explain to the court if there are so fewer people?"
"Just push it directly on me."
Cao Chong patted his chest and promised, "Just say I robbed you, I'm not afraid of any crime now."
Cao Kai knocked off his arm and said, "You are not afraid of me, you can ask for money but no one."
The two of them rushed to the governor's mansion while fighting. Cao Chong stayed in the mansion with peace of mind. The next day he instigated Cao Kai to take him to see Yiwu's customs and customs. Cao Kai had no choice but to take him around.
Today, Yiwu has not yet encountered the disaster of land desertification. The land is rich in water and grass, rich in resources, and equal importance to farming and grazing. Wherever Cao Chong passed, he saw that there were herds of cattle and sheep and scattered farmland. In addition to grain, there were also many vineyards, melon fields and cotton fields in the fields.
Cao Kai has made some political achievements in recent years. At present, Yiwu has long been free from the imperial government's funding to achieve self-sufficiency. The cotton and red wine in the territory have generated a lot of benefits for the governor's office.
Cao Chong sat in the car and looked around and exclaimed: "It's so beautiful here. No wonder the emperor's brother was eager to bring the Western Regions under his rule, and he gave such a prosperous place to the barbarians to waste it."
Cao Kai smiled and said, "No, Xiao Xiao Yiwu is like this. I don't know what kind of prosperity it will be when the thirty-six countries have completely developed."
"Don't worry, you will never see that day in your life."
Cao Chong patted his shoulder and joked, and Cao Kai wanted to kick him out of the car.
The migration team rested in Yiwu for half a month, and Cao Chong also followed Cao Kai for half a month, and then left after seeing all the places in Yiwu. Before leaving, he tried to rob 10,000 people from Cao Kai. Cao Kai was so angry that he cursed at his back: "Don't come back if you go to rest, I will never want to see you again in my life."
Cao Chong led the team to set off, and followed the water source with the New South Wales map. After walking for two months, he arrived in Kucha County and met Xiahou Ba who was stationed here.
Xiahou Ba also prepared camps for the migrant people outside Kucha City and invited Cao Chong into the city.
Cao Chong stayed in Kucha for ten days before leaving. He was lucky. When he came here, he was about to catch up with the autumn harvest. Xiahou Ba also took good care of his younger brother and gave him a lot of food.
The road ahead was not so easy. It had to go through a long desert. Cao Chong rushed along the edge of the desert and finally walked out of Xinzhou at the end of October, came to the border between Anxi and Dawei, stationed on site to rest and recuperate, sent scouts to inquire about the surrounding environment, and finally chose to establish a country on a plain 500 miles away.
What Cao Chong didn't know was that the place he chose was the Tulan Plain in later generations. Of course, he was lazy to care. The first question facing Cao Chong is how to spend the winter.
Chapter completed!