Chương 116: Chapter 116: Eating well and eating a good meal is benevolence.

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Fa Zheng was no fool; previously, he had been preoccupied with contemplating how to crush the Yellow Turbans and hadn't paid attention to other matters. A reminder from Chen Xi instantly made him realize the most pressing problem at hand.

Right now, the Yellow Turbans in Qingzhou numbered over a million, and once they pushed into Qingzhou, their numbers would inevitably swell even more. Including women, children, the elderly, and the weak, an addition of more than two million people was not a problem—once one of the five major grain-producing areas, the population could have been even larger if it weren't for the area's decline.

Fa Zheng's complexion turned extremely unsightly. He understood the downside of continuing to look for the best solution because time was running out. Once they passed the critical line of mid-May, even if Chen Xi possessed unparalleled abilities, he would not be able to start the Tuntian system before the end of June.