The summer harvest is over, and Luoyang and other parts of Yu State have begun labor conscriptions, requiring each household to provide a strong laborer for a month's service.
However, both Yu State and Luoyang have recently experienced wars, especially Luoyang, where there are very few families with strong laborers, mostly the elderly, the young, and women.
Zhao Hanzhang could only issue another notice, offering paid recruitment of temporary workers, while encouraging counties to gather refugees for irrigation works. Additionally, apart from elite soldiers, the rest of the stationed troops were required to assist localities in building water control structures like dams, ponds, and canals.
To avoid local efforts being in vain, wasting both manpower and resources, Zhao Hanzhang decided to return to Chen County to meet Zhao Ming, hold a meeting with everyone, and establish regulations.
