Lin Xiangru walked in front of Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo hurriedly leaned over to greet him, Lin Xiangru helped him up, and said with a smile: "It's windy outside, come in with me." Lin Xiangru and Zhao Kuo walked into the mansion, and Lin Xiangru's old retainer followed behind him, Ge suddenly frowned, suddenly smirked, his face was constantly changing, cloudy and uncertain, and the old retainer and Lin Xiangru were both frightened by him.

Lin Xiangru asked a little suspiciously, "What's going on with you, the pilot?" ”

Zhao Kuo shook his head helplessly and said, "I once met an old man on the road with him, and I just told him that the old man was Xunzi, and he became like this." ”

Lin Xiangru stroked his beard and said with a smile: "I have heard about this, and I have also heard that you have helped him." Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and then said: "Xunzi told you?" It's just a trifle. ”

"Don't you know that a person's character can only be seen from small things?"

"Teachable." Zhao Kuo said, entered the inner room, both of them sat down, Zhao Kuo said solemnly: "I thank you for your help, if you didn't help me, my strategy room would definitely fail." Lin Xiangru said with some displeasure: "Could it be that the matter of saving the country is just your own business?" Although we are old, our pursuit of justice is not inferior to yours. ”

"I really didn't expect so many people to come to help me." , Zhao Kuo said with a smile.

Lin Xiangru laughed and said: "As early as when you couldn't enter the palace, I knew what the king thought, and if you want to complete this matter, you can't do it alone, so I went to General Le Yi, General Le Yi didn't have much time to be sober, but when he heard that you were in trouble, he came to his senses again, shouted what kind of robbery Zhao Kuo, and ordered me to take him to the palace." ”

Zhao Kuo chuckled and asked again, "What about Tian Gong?" I really don't know how he would come along. ”

"I went to him with General Le Yi, originally, he didn't answer, General Le Yi looked at him and said, Zhao Kuo of Zhao State is more like Tian Dan of Qi State back then, Tian Dan also followed, although he didn't speak, but he can come together, he has already expressed his position to Shang Jun, this has been the greatest help to you, please don't blame him."

Lin Xiangru said, and said with a smile: "As for Xunzi and Pang Gong, they met on the road, Xunzi originally came to meet Pang Gong this time, and they knew about you, so they were willing to come to help." ”

Thinking of Xunzi, Zhao Kuo was a little speechless in his heart, in his previous life, he didn't know how much he had learned, he and Mencius, Confucius, Lao Tzu these people, in the hearts of Chinese descendants, is a particularly magnificent mountain that needs to be looked up, they are the initial light of Chinese civilization, in the face of such a character, Zhao Kuo really can't calm down.

There are often ignorant and stupid people, standing on the shoulders of the giants of civilization, bowing their heads, spitting at the giants with disdain, scolding: feudal fools, break my spine! Complacent because of his knowledge, he shamelessly asked: Does he know astronomy? Will he build airplanes? The towers of civilization are built with such people, and perhaps they have indeed failed, at least, they have left posterity with a sense of humility and respect.

Zhao Kuo took a deep breath before asking, "May I ask who this Pang Gong is?" ”

"His name is Pang Xuan, an old minister of Zhao State, with very high qualifications, from the emperor to the ministers, there is no one who does not respect him."

"Oh? Old minister? Same as you? ”

"It's not like me, he once fought with the Martial Spirit King... When I was your age, I went to see him, and at that time, he was already my current age..."

Zhao Kuo's eyes widened, the confidant minister of the Martial Spirit King? Oh my God, how old is this Pang Gong? Could it be that he is even older than General Le Yi?? How can the people of Zhao have such a long life, first there is Pang Xuan, and then there is Lian Po, Zhao Kuo hurriedly stood up and said, "I want to go and see this old general." Lin Xiangru shook his head and said, "He left Handan in a hurry and went to Dongwu. ”

"Alas, let such an old man run around... This..."

"You don't have to worry about this, the old general's body is extraordinarily tough." , Lin Xiangru said helplessly, this old general left Zhao after the death of King Wuling, went to Chu to study, and now the king is particularly fond of talent, so he invited him back to Zhao State, those who were worried about his body, such as Zhao Hao, Uncle Dong, have been boiled to death by him, even himself, probably can't survive this old man.

The two talked for a while, and Lin Xiangru asked about Zhao Kuo's next plans.

Zhao Kuo said seriously: "Zhao State is not short of arable land, what is lacking is the cultivators, I want to mobilize the nobles of Zhao State, send people to work the cultivated land, I heard that there are a lot of noble Hakka retainers, if these people can be put into farming, it will definitely be able to play a role." Lin Xiangru shook his head and said, "Not to mention whether your idea can succeed, even in this season, how to farm?" Even if you plow, you have to wait until sowing time. ”

It is now October, and on the Qin side, it is already the first month of the New Year, and in the Zhao State, it will have to wait another year.

Zhao Kuo said seriously: "It is not easy to let the nobleman's Hakka retainers work in the cultivated land, and it is indeed not suitable for farming at present, and the grains are not good, but sunflowers, shallots (xie), leeks, green onions, etc. can still grow, if you can let the nobles cultivate more in the courtyard to relieve the people, isn't it a good thing?" I have heard that in many parts of Daishire, the people feed on the bark of trees.

"Some millet saved by the nobles from between their teeth, plus a small amount of vegetables, can save a lot of people."

"I know that this still can't solve the problem of food, but before Pingyuanjun asks for help, this is the only way I can think of."

"Hmm...", Lin Xiangru nodded, didn't say anything more, he asked again, "Then what are you going to do?" Zhao Kuo said: "I know a young man in Handan City, called Handan Zao, I heard that he has a lot of friends in Handan City, I want to ask him for help." Before Zhao Kuo left, Lin Xiangru asked the old retainer to find a piece of his own fur, handed it to Zhao Kuo, and said: "It's windy outside, I see that you are wearing thin, please bring this fur." ”

Zhao Kuo thanked him, and then he wore this fur and left here.

Lin Xiangru stood in the courtyard, looking around, and the retainer asked with some confusion, "What are you looking at?" ”

"I want to see where it's good to grow vegetables."

..........

Handanzao's father is Handan Ling, he is not very old, and did not live separately, when Zhao Kuo came to Handan Lingfu, Handanzao's father Zhao Li personally went out to greet him, Zhao Li is a kind person, heard that Zhao Kuo visited, he was surprised and happy in his heart, and hurriedly walked out of the mansion to greet Ma Fuzi, Zhao Kuo still underestimated his reputation, perhaps the treatment in the palace gave him an illusion.

In Zhao State, Zhao Kuo's reputation is getting higher and higher, and the people in the countryside do not know him, even these noble officials, looking at him with a twinkle in his eyes, Zhao Li was very happy to welcome Zhao Kuo to his home, and wanted to set up a banquet to entertain him, Zhao Kuo hurriedly excused himself, indicating that he was here to find Handan, Zhao Li's face was a little confused, and he hurriedly sent someone to call Handan.

When he rushed in, Zhao Li's face was a little unbearable, and he glared at his son unhappily, Handan made a little restrained, and hurriedly leaned over to see Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo stepped forward to help him up, several people sat indoors, and Zhao Li's retainers were secretly observing the rumored Ma Fuzi.

Zhao Li and Handan Zao looked at Zhao Kuo with fiery eyes, and Zhao Li didn't have the idea of leaving space for young people at all, just sat and stared at Zhao Kuo, motionless, Zhao Kuo had no choice but to say: "I came this time because I want to ask you for help." When Handan Zao heard this, he was overjoyed and exclaimed, "Do you want to lead us to the battlefield?" Our more than 300 people have been ready for a long time, please give your orders! ”

Zhao Kuo said again: "It's not about this, you must know about the matter of borrowing grain from Pingyuanjun before." ”

When Handan Zao heard this, his eyes lit up, and he said: "I understand what you mean, I will go to the retainers and give you half of the family's grain." When Zhao Li heard this, he was furious, slapped Handan's head suddenly, and scolded: "It's your honor to be able to help Ma Fuzi, how can you give half of it?" Go and gather all my food from all over the place at once, and I'll give it all to Mafuzi! ”

Zhao Kuo was shocked and hurriedly said: "I didn't come to borrow grain, it was because Changping didn't have enough food, but I went to Pingyuan Jun for help, but this time, it was because of the affairs of the people of Zhao State, Zhao State's harvest this year was very bad, and I collected many times of grain and sent it to Shangdang, which made the people of Zhao almost no food at home, and many people starved to death, I want to let the nobles everywhere help help the people." ”

"Zhao has sent an envoy to borrow food for help, I know that the nobles of Zhao are all benevolent and righteous gentlemen, and they can't watch the people suffer like this, I want to ask them to help one or two... I heard that now is the season to grow vegetables, if you can grow some vegetables, and then take out some corn, to help those people who can't survive, this is something that will save many lives, Handan made a lot of friends, this time I just want to ask him to help. ”

Handan Zao didn't speak, Zhao Li laughed instead, he said: "Ma Fuzi is a benevolent and righteous person, like this, you can send someone to give an order, because your virtue, from the king to the doctor, there is no disrespect for you, there is no love for you, I will go to everyone to write a letter, I can swear to you, there is no one in Zhao who is unwilling to help you, please rest assured." ”

Zhao Li said confidently.

Zhao Kuo's eyes widened, is my signboard already so useful?

But he didn't know that the nobles of Zhao Kingdom were extremely eager to become Zhao Kuo's friends, just like Pingyuan Jun in the past, let alone help him, how could they miss something like this that could be used to show off?