"Most importantly, the scale of operations for these merchant firms has more than doubled. Even during the most prosperous periods in Lincang City's history, the number of shops was never this high. Of course, beyond this commercial prosperity, there has been a massive surge in the population. Following Your Highness's predictions, after the Prince of Yan's rebellion in Ximing Prefecture, a large number of civilians and Martial Practitioners began to gradually distance themselves from that region. Guided by the secret encouragement of our Bohai Commandery merchants, and through extensive publicity promising food, clothing, housing, and fertile land, massive waves of displaced people began flocking to Bohai Commandery. This has led to a population explosion in our three major cities: Lincang City, New Tieshi City, and Heze City."
"Take the population growth of Lincang City as an example: the population has now surpassed 1.2 million, an increase of a full 500,000 compared to last year. Naturally, most of these people are merchants, though there is a smaller portion of destitute wanderers. We have, however, arranged appropriate work for these wanderers, such as urban housing construction and the building of various transport networks within the city. Through these large-scale 'work-for-relief' projects, and building upon the construction model of New Tieshi City, these wanderers have already reinforced the Lincang City walls and increased their height by three meters. Even if L…
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