The clouds are not as barren as Zhao Kuo thought.

In the clouds of Handan's mouth, it is barren and terrifying. Among the most widely spread stories in Handan, there are rumors about the sand and dust that eats people, and insects that burrow into their ankles from the sand. Out of unfamiliarity with this place, when Zhao Kuo first arrived here, he was also a little panicked, and he was ready to face the worst weather, but he didn't expect that this place was not as terrifying as rumored.

There is also fertile land here, there are also people who cultivate, and there are many animal husbandry areas, the so-called animal husbandry area, that is, the nobles of Zhao State bought land here, and then sent their retainers to graze here, such as Pingyuan Jun, it is said that there are tens of thousands of sheep here, Zhao Kuo feels that there should not be so many, in addition to sheep, there are the most precious horses, which are also grazing here.

There were a lot of Linhu people here, Di seemed a little excited, and talked with them cordially, and from time to time he would bring back a few leg of mutton, or milk. Sitting on this endless field, drinking milk and eating a leg of mutton, Zhao Kuo only felt that life was so comfortable. In the clouds of Zhao State, there are many Hu people living in the country, and Zhao State treats them in a very special way, and does not appoint county orders and the like to govern, they can graze freely and pay taxes in the form of tribes.

Taxes are naturally replaced by livestock, and Zhao's tax requirements for them are still relatively low, on the one hand, because they do not have a fixed stronghold, if Zhao collects too much, they can migrate to other places, and secondly, they are afraid that they will be forced to rebel and let them make trouble everywhere. In terms of governing the Hu people in the territory, it was the Qin people who did the best job, they set up Yidao in the territory, which is the county seat where the Hu people gathered, and appointed county orders to govern them, without discrimination.

There are not many people in the clouds, and compared to Handan, Dai and other areas, there are even fewer and more pitiful.

At this moment, it is the autumn harvest season, Zhao Kuo has also been on the road for several months, Yunzhong is already the most remote place in Zhao State, next, Zhao Kuo will rush to Daijun, from Daijun along the offensive route of the former Yan State, back to Handan. The carriage was staggering on the road, and Zhao Kuo, who had been on the road for several months, looked a little sloppy at the moment, but this gave him a different temperament, a little deep, plus Han Fei, who followed him on foot.

There are really some styles of Confucius traveling around the world, if you change to an ox cart, it should be more similar.

In these months of travel, Zhao Kuo has gained a lot, he really saw the real appearance of this era, a vague sense of superiority over this era is gone, and it is replaced by a deep pity. The Zhao people lived a very hard life, and the heavy forced labor and taxes crushed them, Han Fei said: Not only Zhao State, but also Korea, Wei State, and Chu State are all such suffering, perhaps, the whole world is like this.

Therefore, the stars of this era have been thinking about ways to save the world. In later generations, Han Fei's identity as a family, as well as his idea of great unification, and his strict control over the people, it is easy for people to ignore his proposal to reduce taxes and reduce forced labor.

Now, Zhao Kuo has also joined the ranks of these sages who are worried about the country and the people, and he is also recalling, in these thousands of years of experience, is there a way to save the world?

If Zhao Kuo just has more immersion in the times and more compassion, then Han Fei's harvest is very huge, in this journey, he asked Zhao Kuo for advice on the problems encountered in every place, and Zhao Kuo did not give him a positive answer, but put a lot of answers in front of him and let him make his own choices. For example, Han Fei asked Zhao Kuo: A king of the world, the people should be given time to cultivate, but the people are negligent and practiced, how to deal with foreign enemies?

Zhao Kuo instantly told him what standing army system, county soldier system, government soldier system, soldier household system and other methods, and then asked Han Fei in turn, which system do you think is the most suitable?

Han Fei was stunned for a moment, and then all the way he was thinking about which of these methods was the best among the teachers said, no matter what kind of knowledge Han Fei asked, Zhao Kuo was like this, giving him many answers, and letting him think about it himself, of course, because Zhao Kuo valued Han Fei, Zhao Kuo never felt that his ability could be compared to Han Fei, on the contrary, as one of the most outstanding thinkers of this era, he was admired by later generations.

Han Fei must be far beyond himself, so what Zhao Kuo has to do is to tell Han Fei his thousands of years of memory, and then let Han Fei choose the most suitable method for today's era. Zhao Kuo was very happy, he felt that his cooperation with Han Fei was simply a big killer in this era, what kind of reaction would a thousand years of memory and a wise and virtuous person have? Zhao Kuo is looking forward to this.

It's just that Han Fei at this moment is almost thrown into Zhao Kuo's five bodies, no matter what it is, Zhao Kuo can always give his own opinion, as if he knows everything, knows everything, and he will not limit his thinking, he will give a lot of answers to let himself think. Where can you find a wise teacher like this? Han Fei was very glad that he had made the original choice, and Xunzi really didn't lie to me.

And all these answers were recorded by Han Fei, even these doormen who followed Zhao Kuo together, sometimes, will quietly listen to their questions and answers, at this time, no one dares to disturb, their eyes are full of awe, sometimes, the doormen will also carefully ask Zhao Kuo for advice, Zhao Kuo will not be angry because of this, whenever they have any doubts, Zhao Kuo will answer for them.

If it was something that Zhao Kuo didn't know, such as farming, he would apologize very sincerely, and write down his question, saying that he wanted to find someone who could answer it, and then tell him after he got the answer.

And in Zhao State, this moment also ushered in the busiest moment, the busy agricultural season, not only the people are the busiest, but also the ministers in the Handan Palace. At this moment, Wei Wuji's doorman Hou Ying is slowly distributing supplies from all over the country, because of the three-year war, domestic craftsmen have also gone to the battlefield together, making Zhao's domestic farm tools very dilapidated, in order to cope with this situation, Wei Wuji has gathered a large number of craftsmen a long time ago, built a lot of farm tools, and made a lot of vehicles.

According to the household registration in various places, as well as the scarcity of materials, Hou Ying needs to distribute these materials to various places, as his deputy, Lou Shu sat aside, looking at the drunken old man in front of him, Wei Wuji's disciples all have a common disease, alcoholism. No matter what time it was, Wei Wuji's faces were red, and at this moment it was no exception, Hou Ying looked at the situation in various places drunkenly, and distributed them at will, his distribution was extremely unreasonable.

"You... Zhongmu is not short of iron tools, Zhongmu Ling said that he needs a car to transport grain, you don't assign him a car, but give him a large number of farm tools, this is...", Lou Chuan couldn't help but say, Hou Ying rubbed his eyes, picked up the bamboo slip and looked at it, then smiled awkwardly and said: "You are right, I was mistaken." As he spoke, he crossed out what he had written earlier.

Lou Chuan watched him distribute randomly, sat for a while, really couldn't help it, let Hou Ying sit aside to rest, and started the distribution by himself, Hou Ying looked at him with some complaints, took out the wine bag and took another sip, Lou Chuan quickly completed the distribution of various places, and then said unhappily: "The next time you come to handle political affairs, can you not...", he suddenly stopped, it turned out that Hou Ying had already been lying on the ground, snoring and sleeping.

Lou was furious and deliberately reprimanded, and just walked to his side, and was suddenly stunned.

No, I'm the minister of Qin, and I should be happy that the Zhao people delayed Nongsang! He walked to the front of the case again, looked at the bamboo slips on the case, took out the knife, frowned at the bamboo slips, and the hand holding the knife trembled violently, and finally, he sighed, put down the knife, and left here with his head down. Hou Ying, who was lying on the ground without an image, closed his eyes tightly, but a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"He wasn't ruined?"

"Not only is it not ruined, his distribution is very reasonable, and his speed is very fast, you are right, he is indeed a virtuous man, he has the talent to serve as the minister of state, these things, for him, are too easy, too easy." , Hou Ying sat in Wei Wuji's mansion and said to Wei Wuji seriously. Wei Wuji took a sip of wine, and then said with a smile: "He can serve as the minister of state in the Qin State, and the King of Qin is not a mediocre person, of course he is talented." ”

"In terms of dealing with government affairs, even Yu Qing is not as good as him, King Qin did not kill him because he valued him, and left him in the palace, even Fan Ju has great respect for him, such a capable person, just raising him, not letting him contribute to Zhao Guo, it would be a pity."

Hou Ying nodded, deeply convinced.

Wei Wuji smiled and said, "Please send someone to call him to me." After a long time, Lou Chuan walked into Wei Wuji's courtyard, and as soon as he walked into the courtyard, he saw the drunks in the courtyard who fell to the ground, which made Lou Chuan a little angry, maybe he had stayed in the Qin State for a long time, and he really didn't have a good impression of these so-called heroic rangers.

When he walked into the room, he saw Wei Wuji, who had his clothes open and was drunk, and Lou Xuan was even more annoyed.

"Come, please take a seat." , Wei Wuji staggered and prepared to get up and salute, Lou Shu sat directly in front of him, Wei Wuji smiled, and said to him: "I originally wanted Hou Ying to be in charge of the autumn harvest, but he has been unwell recently, pretending to be Yu Qing, and he is busy with the affairs of the officials, I want you to be in charge of the autumn harvest, what do you think?" ”

Lou Xuan was not the slightest surprised, and said very calmly: "It seems that Hou Ying will tell you everything about today." ”

"yes, hahaha." Wei Wuji laughed, he shook his head and said, "I knew that these things could not be hidden from you. ”

Lou shook his head slowly and said, "My talent is not enough to handle such an important matter, so please find someone else." Wei Wuji said: "This is not to ask for your opinion, this is my order to you, I am the prime minister of Zhao, you are the minister of Zhao, shouldn't you obey my order?" ”

"Okay, if you have to do it, if you delay the farming and cause a big disaster, please don't punish me." , Lou said casually.

Wei Wuji nodded and said, "Please rest assured, I won't punish you, I am a Wei person, and the Zhao people starved to death due to lack of food, what does it have to do with me?" If you do it, if you starve to death 10,000 Zhao people, I will say that 1,000 people died, and if 100,000 Zhao people die, I will say that 5,000 people died. You don't have to worry at all, I rectify the rule of officials and change the law, which is already worthy of King Zhao's courtesy to me, as for those Zhao people with humble status, I don't care about their life and death. ”

Lou Xuan took a deep look at Wei Wuji in front of him and left here.

Wei Wuji then called one of his disciples and instructed: "His orders for agricultural affairs in various places, don't rush to send them out, send them to Yu Qing for him to see, if it is reasonable, then ignore it, if it is unreasonable, then kill him in concealment, hide him again, and tell the outside world that he has fled back to Qin." The doorman nodded, and then led the people away, and Wei Wuji continued to drink.

He suddenly looked at the doorman on the side and asked, "Where is Ma Fujun?" ”

"It should be in the clouds, and it's time to set off towards Handan."

"Well, everything has to be done before he returns."

"Yui!"

At this moment, Zhao Kuo met an acquaintance. An elite knight in the clouds appeared in front of them, the doormen were about to be on guard, Di saw Li Mu at the front, Li Mu jumped up from the horse with a smile, and hurriedly walked towards Zhao Kuo, and beside him, the rest of the knights also dismounted, Li Mu quickly walked in front of Zhao Kuo, bowed down to Zhao Kuo, and said: "The lieutenant of Yunzhong County meets Ma Fujun!" ”

"Meet Ma Fujun!" , The knights hurriedly saluted Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo smiled and helped Li Mu up, and asked the knights to get up, but, when he saw Li Mu's face clearly, Zhao Kuo was stunned, a slender scar appeared on Li Mu's face, and his left hand, which was hiding, seemed to be injured, Zhao Kuo stared at him, and did not speak, Li Mu smiled and said to him: "Big brother, during the autumn harvest, the Hu people often intruded, I have won a lot, more than 40 battles, and it is inevitable that I will be injured. ”

Zhao Kuo held Li Mu's hand, Li Mu's left hand was cut off two fingers, Li Mu retracted his hand like an electric shock, and then pulled his subordinates to meet Zhao Kuo, these knights are all generals in the army, and they are also Li Mu's henchmen, they have long heard of Zhao Kuo's reputation, and when they see him again at this moment, they are naturally extremely excited, wearing the best armor, and even their horses are brushed and shiny.

Zhao Kuo wanted to say something, but his eyes couldn't help but look at Li Mu's severed finger, and all the words he wanted to say seemed to be blocked in his throat, and he couldn't say anything.

"Big brother, this year, I didn't let a horse cross Yunzhong County!" , Li Mu said proudly.