Chapter 146
Chapter 146
Chapter 146 – What Da Heck is He Doing Here!? - Part 1
August 20th, 182 A. D.
Tong and his troops retreated back to Julu City in one piece. In the end, Sun Jian did not pursue them or ambush them on the road.
On the way of their journey home, they picked up starving villagers they came across. Tong ordered the troops to feed them and took them back to the city as well.
These people cried in gratitude as they had already given up living before they met Tong's troops. They pledged their allegiance to Tong and followed him without a complaint.
At first, the number of the peasants that Tong brought back from Ganling was 40,000. Along the way, the number increased to 60,000.
Furthermore, the rumors about Tong giving food to the villagers for free spread throughout within Ji Province. As a result, more unemployed people and farmers who suffered from the drought began moving to Julu.
This gave Tong a headache because the capacity of the city was limited. From the Julu city structure that Tong had observed, about 300,000 to 350,000 citizens could live in there. The current population of Julu was 150,000 people. With 60,000 immigrants moving in, the city capacity would be almost full. Combined with the garrison soldiers, they did not have enough room for the future immigrants.
Thus, Tong consulted everyone in the Clan chat, and Dong Bai gave her bold opinion.
"Expansion! Tong, ignore those reputation and politic crap. Take down another Commandery City as your own. "
Hua Shi also followed suit. "Shangchan County is without a governor. You can allocate your population there. "
"We have the control of Anping. How about we move some of them there and build a solid stone wall city there. We can use it as our border city. " Zhang Jiao chimed in.
Ding Yuan also gave his thought. "Jinyang is lacking population. If you don't mind, you can move them to my city. Actually, my city lacks female population at the moment, more than half of my soldiers will probably die a virgin if we can't find women for them. Please send some of them here. "
Tong could not help but laugh at Ding Yuan's comment.
While Tong was chatting with his family, Zhao Yun came to see him.
"Sir Zhang, I've come to say goodbye. "
Tong raised his eyebrows in surprise. He thought that he had brainwashed Zhao Yun, but he suddenly wanted to leave.
"Is there something wrong with my army or my city? Why are you suddenly leaving?"
Zhao Yun shook his head. "You have done nothing wrong. In fact, you've everything that I could have wished for. "
"Then, why?"
Zhao Yun gulped, then he confessed. "I don't deserve to be in your army. "
Like being struck by a lightning bolt, Tong's heart sunk and all of his movement came to a pause.
'Why Dafuq do I feel like I'm being rejected by a woman and she's using the common excuse [You're too good for me]!'
Tong screamed in his mind while he put a palm on his forehead.
Seeing the dejected Tong, Zhao Yun spoke in a hurry.
"Please don't misunderstand! It's not like I'm refusing to be part of your army. It's just that I want to travel around the land first to learn about the people and improve my martial arts. I'm afraid that if I stay in one city for too long, I might develop a bad habit. "