Leaving Jiao Province and continuing south led into Yue Province.
Yue Province had been established for barely more than a decade, and it had even suffered a Demon Calamity, with the lands of four commanderies sinking into demonic territory.
It could be said that Yue Province was truly a wasteland awaiting renewal.
Liang Zhaohuang crossed Yue Province from north to south. What he saw was mostly untamed wilderness, sparsely populated, with scarcely any signs of human civilization taking root.
This included the Xiong Family, Yue Province's great clan, as well as the commandery clans, county magnate families, and even the commandery princes newly enfeoffed by the Human Emperor and imperial court a few years ago. They had merely just gained a foothold in Yue Province and stabilized themselves.
Only now had they begun to get onto the right track, racking their brains to draw in people, gather population, and develop human civilization.
Yet over the past century or so, the Immortal Dynasty had successively established the three new provinces of Ying Province, Liu Province, and Yue Province. The populations available to migrate and the human civilization available to be diverted, whether within the Immortal Dynasty or in the East Sea, had essentially already been carved up between Ying Province and Liu Province.
Of that, Ying Province had taken at least sixty percent, while Liu Province had barely secured thirty.
The remaining ten percent was still being contested by Ying Province, Liu Province, Jiao Province, Ning Province, and others against Yue Province.
Under such circumstances, it became even harder for Yue Province to attract an influx of people and develop human civilization.
The Xiong Family of Yue Province clearly understood this well. Rather than expend much effort on it, they had chosen another path.
That was to actively draw closer to