Chapter 500 - 458: The Virtueless New Emperor, Disaster Befalls the Common People
Time imperceptibly entered November.
The piercing northwest wind blew from the snowy plains of the North, rendering the bustling Chongshan Town suddenly tranquil.
The peak period of refugees flocking to Chongshan Town has passed; from early August to the end of October, in just a short span of three months, over eight hundred thousand refugees poured into Chongshan Town.
These eight hundred thousand refugees were settled in the Northern region, breathing new life into the once desolate land.
However, compared to the vast expanse of the Northern lands, a population of eight hundred thousand was far from enough to fill it.
Liaodong was already sparsely populated, and the Northern lands were now similarly thinly inhabited.
Eight hundred thousand people might sound like a lot, but scattered across two cities and around three main roads, the population still seemed sparse.
From Chongshan Pass to Black Cloud City, from Black Cloud City to Fuzhou City, from Fuzhou City to Songzhou City, this area circumscribed with Chongshan Town’s former borders along these three main roads is the Northern lands’ most fertile territory.
Not only was the land fertile, but water sources were also abundant, including the Ying River, the Songyuan River, and several other smaller rivers and streams.
The area was considerably larger than Ping Yuan Province.
As such, the influx of eight hundred thousand refugees into the Northern lands only managed to cultivate a small portion of the available land.