The establishment of a new commandery in the north had long since been agreed upon with You Ye and Qu Bing. Back then, they had asked Luo Chong whether, after the Cannibal Tribe was defeated, all the people in the north should withdraw south or formally remain there and settle down.
As far as Luo Chong was concerned, this was land they had seized with great difficulty and developed for several years. How could they simply abandon it?
Since they had decided to formally establish commanderies and counties, they had to support the effort properly. No matter how far away they were, the people there were still citizens of the Han Tribe, and they had to be treated equally.
Therefore, during the few days when those militia members were resting in Weishan Commandery, Luo Chong rapidly gathered all kinds of production supplies while formally finalizing the north's administrative system.
The territory belonging to the Han Tribe in the north, the sphere of influence temporarily bordering the Cannibal Tribe, was formally established as "Heyuan Commandery," a name meaning the source of the Great River. The Han Tribe's two Mother Rivers, the Ru River and the Liuyang River, both flowed from that area. Although they had not determined exactly where the sources lay, there was no doubt that the rivers came from there.
Heyuan Commandery temporarily governed three counties: the existing Hunting Ground Camp, Salt Lake Great Camp, and the River Valley Great Camp, which had the largest population. The three Temporary Camps were formally upgraded into county seats and placed under the unified administration of Heyuan Commandery. The commandery capital was established at Salt Lake Camp.
The main reason this place was chosen as the capital was the terrain. To the east, the Hunting Ground region had forests to the north,