Four customs clearance, and then Zhao Hao and the construction of the governance of the cluster, has begun to take shape. According to Zhao Xing's original planning, the scale of the city was so huge that it had lost its function as a simple military fortress and became a huge metropolis.

Within the city, it was divided into ten districts, and in addition to the government residents and barracks areas, there were also seven warehouse areas, which were intended for the merchants of the Seven Kingdoms who would be stationed in the future. There is also a huge commercial area, and in the commercial area, there are also detailed according to the types of goods, divided into various workshops, and the planning of the categories is well organized.

On the Yellow River, a huge wharf was built, which was enough to dock three to five hundred ships at a time, and a wide and strong bluestone road was built between the wharf and the city to facilitate the transfer of materials.

And the most magnificent project is to build a chain bridge leading to Zhao on the opposite bank of the wharf at the fourth pass.

In peacetime, it can be opened to vehicles and horses, so that the four passes have Zhao State to rely on, and once the war starts, you can also put the chain bridge into the river, cut off the big river, and block the enemy's attack from the water.

The amount of iron chain bridge construction is huge, but fortunately, the iron produced by Zhao Xing can support the needs of the bridge.

The 35,000 slaves worked hard and complained, because Zhao Xing promised them that as long as they had worked for three years, they would be released as concubines, and they could settle down in the city to work, or they could return to the Wei National Garden, and stay as they pleased, without interference.

However, at the beginning, Zhao Xing took the initiative to take their family into the four clearances, give them their families and jobs, and let them get income, in fact, they are already a member of this new city. Especially optimistic about the bright future of the city, now, if you let these slaves go, they won't go.

And the 10,000 soldiers who were born were also optimistic about the prospect here, and they took their families to settle down, and at the end of the rotation, they did not leave. Later, these veterans were directly trained into professional soldiers, which not only improved their combat effectiveness, but also reassured them. As for the cost, he was already optimistic about Zhao Xing's money bag.

"It's good to be a general, as for the salary of their soldiers, this is not a problem, the future tax of this city, not to mention your 10,000 soldiers, even if the cost of a million soldiers, it is definitely not a problem."

There was no objection to this, because even now that the city had just been built, merchants from Eastern countries such as Wei Qi began to enter with goods, and merchants from the West such as Qin and Lin Hu and Zhou Yuan also hurried to trade, and the tax was enough for the various expenses of Sishuiguan.

Zhao Hao suggested: "Now is the truce period of the world, and my 10,000 soldiers will also join the construction." ”

Yes, it is April now, and it is June, which is the truce of the world, and even if there is great hatred, it must pass this period, and everyone will die and die. This is not Zhou Tianzi's agreement, this is the rule of nature.

The princes of Qin, Zhao, Wei, Han, Xu Qi and other princes were penetrated by a big water, that is, the Yellow River, and the princes of Chu, Wuyue and other princes were penetrated by a long water, and every April and June were the flood seasons of these two mother rivers. Water and fire are ruthless, slack must not be slack, and once it is overflowing, no one can please it. Bookbag netting

Therefore, everyone agreed that once it comes to this period, there will be no war, but all the strength will be used for flood control, even if you kill his father, he will have to wait for the flood season to pass, and then fight to the death.

There is another phenomenon, that is, the world's water workers are a family. In governing these two great rivers, the vassal states worked together. A country must govern the water, it must be communicated with other princes, and the plumbers of several countries must sit together and discuss an overall plan, you can't control the water in the Wei country, but force the flood to my Zhao country, it must be fair and reasonable. Because everyone knows that if they die and break each other, it will end up in a vicious circle, and eventually everyone will end up together. If the end is in the hands of man, then it is called inferior to man, and if it is finished in the hands of nature, it is called self-destruction, which is not good.

That's why Zhao Hao said.

Zhao Xing looked at the mighty Yellow River and the boatmen on the river who were struggling with the flowing water: "The opportunity is rare, we must hurry up everything to build the four customs clearances, and build him into our trade center, wealth gathering center, coin issuance and exchange center in the fastest time, and the center of recovering my territory in the future." ”

For these centers, Zhao Hao was confused, but he understood the center of the future territory. Look at Tang Hou, who is already a dignified Zhou, there is no place for the prince to stick to the stove, it is really miserable. At this point, as a younger brother, you must help your brother regain the territory that belongs to your brother.

"When I saw my brother's letter, I said that I had accepted a general named Le Yi as the third brother."

"There is also a future general, and the little boy Lian is quite a fourth brother." Xu Jie was a little sour when he said this.

"And said that within two years, 30,000 iron horsemen will be trained and reorganized?"

Zhao Xingdao: "For Zhao Guo, it is more difficult to reorganize 50,000 iron cavalry, because the cavalry is refined, that is, it is a horse that understands and integrates with war horses, which is very difficult for the Zhou people, and it will not be possible without three or five years." But our Daijun is originally a land of nonsense. The Hu people were born cavalrymen, and they were in our Dai County, in fact, they didn't understand agricultural production, and they were brave and fierce all day long, so they bombarded them all into the barracks to fight for us. Therefore, two years, 30,000 iron cavalry, as long as I have the money to equip them and pay them, there is no problem at all. This is the innate advantage of Daijun, which cannot be compared with other places. For example, in the state of Chu, they will also see the great power of cavalry, but they are born short of horses. They now claim to be the land of ten thousand vehicles, and they do have tens of thousands of chariots, but unfortunately, according to specific intelligence, there are 7,000 chariots pulled by oxen. You can pull a chariot, but ride a bull and charge? Pull it down.

"Therefore, when the other princes have not yet understood the great power of cavalry and have not yet been able to form cavalry, we must form a strong cavalry as soon as possible and then use it in war. First, take my real fiefdom Xihe and let me end my homeless life. Then patted Zhao Hao, who was still envious of Le Yi and couldn't give up, on the shoulder: "Don't be jealous of your third brother, when he finishes training, I will let you go back to be handsome, hehe, I will let him work for nothing." ”

Zhao Hao said: "This is not good. But the eyes full of schadenfreude and eagerness have betrayed his ambition and greed.

"But that's all for later, now, what you need to do is to do a good job of guarding the city of the four clearances and build this place well." As he was talking, in the lower reaches of the Yellow River, there was a burst of boatmen's horns, and a huge sailboat, full of sails, was approaching the wharf that had not yet been completely built under the strong southeast wind.

"Let's go, let's see whose fleet this is, and let's go meet the guests at this port." Zhao Xing excitedly walked to the dock to greet the first fleet of merchants in Sitong.