Mythical Qin: I, Gao Yao, will never be a eunuch!

"Thank you for your hard work, ma'am."

"My husband is the one who is working hard, I am just doing what I should do"

"Send the lady back to her room to rest."

"Here"

At this time, when Lu Zhi heard Gao Yao's words "Madam", her face, which was originally pale due to childbirth, became rosy. Although it was just a simple question of address, it was very important to Lu Zhi.

In the mansion, whether it was Lü Zhi, Lü Su, or Yu Su, Gao Yao always called them by their names and never used any titles. Don't underestimate such a simple title, it represents recognition. From this time on, Lü Zhi's identity began to change in a real sense.

Before, Lu Zhi always had a special feeling, that is, although they were husband and wife, and Gao Yao had enough trust in her, this trust was more like the trust Gao Yao had in Xiao He and Cao Shen.

It's just that compared to these men, she has an extra identity as a woman, an extra identity as a lady, but it's just an identity. Lu Zhi can clearly feel that this identity will be lost immediately if she is not trustworthy. Gao Yao doesn't care whether this person is herself or not.

Only when she heard Gao Yao change his way of addressing her as Madam, did Lu Zhi finally feel relieved and could finally breathe a sigh of relief. Gao Yao couldn't help but smile as he looked at the little guy in his arms. This was probably the biggest change he had brought to this world.

This was one of the few times when Gao Yao did not dwell on why the system did not give him a reward. However, the child was still very fragile at this time. Gao Yao only took a few glances at him and asked the servants to take him back to the room. Then he led Xiao He and others directly into the main hall of the mansion.

"My lord, Guilin County, Xiang County, and the County Guard City have been built, and the connections between the counties, towns, and villages have also been established. The total population of the southern border, excluding the garrison, has exceeded 1.3 million."

After entering the main hall of the room, Xiao He was the first to speak, and at the same time, he handed a piece of data directly to Gao Yao, which clearly marked the population of each county, the proportion of county towns and villages.

At the same time, there are also the area of ​​arable land, the situation of the last harvest, and especially the very important point, the proportion of Qin people and Nanyue people living together, which are also clearly marked.

"How is the naturalization of the South Vietnamese people going?"

"In the current territory, more than 80% of the naturalization has been basically completed. The main reason for the remaining 20% ​​not being completed is that these are already between the current Daqin boundary and outside the Daqin boundary, which is not easy to determine. I dare not make a decision on my own, so I am not in a hurry to take action."

At this time, Xiao He also gave his own explanation. Gao Yao nodded slightly, and looked at the data above and nodded.

"It's okay, do it boldly. Apart from the Nanyue people, there are only some tribesmen, some hundreds, some dozens. If they refuse to be educated, just kill them, but make sure to burn their bodies."

"Here"

After hearing Gao Yao's words, Xiao He immediately accepted the order, while Cao Shen's side was much simpler and he also started reporting directly.

"Now the number of county soldiers has expanded to 60,000, and 30,000 Nanyue soldiers have been recruited and are in training. As the lord said, although these Nanyue people are very different from our Qin army's regular soldiers in daily training, they are very good at mountain warfare, which is the advantage of Nanyue soldiers."

"Is this an army of nearly 100,000?"

Gao Yao was slightly surprised to hear the number of people Cao Shen had revealed without making any announcement. It had only been a few months. When he left, the number of people he had under his control, including some people from Nanyue he had recruited, was only about 40,000. But now the number had doubled.

This made Gao Yao feel a little embarrassed. It turned out that he was not suitable to be a leader. He had worked so hard to develop the company, but only managed to recruit 40,000 people. However, when all the people were handed over to three people, the number doubled. This made Gao Yao a little depressed.

Xiao He, who was standing by, seemed to have noticed that Gao Yao's expression was a little strange, and he understood what Gao Yao was thinking as soon as he left.

"My Lord, there is a reason for this. To be more precise, it is because of you."

"because I?"

Gao Yao was also stunned when he heard Xiao He's words. He had never thought of this.

"Of course it's because of you. The reason why we were able to recruit and form 30,000 Nanyue soldiers so quickly is mainly because the lord's previous policy arrangements for Nanyue have taken effect, which has improved the treatment of Nanyue soldiers, including the treatment of local people. As a result, many people of the Nanyue tribe are now sincerely loyal to the lord. After all, the lord was able to take them out of the mountains and forests, live in houses, and no longer have to sleep in the open air. This favor naturally needs no further explanation."

"What's more crucial is that the Lord proposed to allow the people of Nanyue to become local administrators and generals in the army, and it has a practical effect. Coupled with the generous treatment, the number of people joining is increasing. The Lord's proposal of naturalization and forcing the people of Nanyue to leave the mountains and forests can be regarded as a disguised way to make more people of the Nanyue tribe join the ranks of the Nanyue soldiers."

"So, this matter itself is a wise decision made by the lord."

"Okay, okay, Lao Xiao, that's enough. Now you have learned how to give compliments."

"My Lord, please don't blame me"

Gao Yao didn't really take Xiao He's words seriously. It was true that Gao Yao's decision played a role in promoting the situation. What was more important was that Li Mo's act of letting go allowed Xiao He and others to give full play to their abilities. They were the real executors. Xiao He was just complimenting his lord by saying this.

"As for the increase in the original garrison, this is still the credit of the lord."

"Please speak carefully"

"Old Xiao is not lying, my lord. This is really your credit. As soon as you left, I don't know what went wrong with Zhao Tuo. He started giving gifts to me, Old Xiao, Han Xin, Kong Gang and others. And not only gifts, but in the end he even gave us military power."

"Huh? He's crazy... Oh, I see. He's here to poach me. This Zhao Tuo is really ruthless. He's planning to cut off my roots."

Gao Yao was stunned at first, but then he immediately understood the meaning of Zhao Tuo's actions.

"Zhao Tuo is really willing to spend a lot of money. Over the past few months, he has transferred 30,000 garrison troops to the lord in the name of suppressing bandits, quelling riots, governing the local area, and conducting inspections. Just looking at Zhao Tuo's character, he is indeed incomparable to ordinary people."

At this time, Xiao He also sighed. To some extent, Xiao He couldn't help but admire Zhao Tuo's approach.