In the eleventh year of King Wucheng, in late September, Handan, the capital of Zhao State, the palace.

Ji Kang's uncle, Zhao Wangdan, frowned, and said to the new Xiangguo Zhao Sheng: "Pingyuanjun, so if you come to Qi Kingdom, will you export grain to my Zhao State in the future?" Qi State is like this? ”

Zhao Sheng hurriedly bowed down and replied to Zhao Dan: "King, this is the case. The envoy sent by my Zhao State to buy food from Qi State has now returned. This time, Qi Guo said that his domestic food was also in short supply, and he was unwilling to sell it to our country anymore. ”

Then he looked at King Zhao's face and continued: "King, in the past two years, due to the war in Shangdang, the seventeen counties of Shangdang have basically not produced grain. I, Zhao State, not only have to bear a large amount of military rations, but also have to take out food to help the people of the party. Now there is not much grain left in the grain depots of all counties and counties in my Zhao country! ”

Zhao Dan lowered his head and pondered for a while, stood up, walked to the map hanging on the wall, looked at the countries around Zhao Kingdom, and when he saw the Liao Land of Yan Kingdom, his heart moved.

Turning around, he said to Zhao Sheng: "Pingyuanjun, from my sister's letters in the past few years, I can see that there is no shortage of grain in Yan Country and Liaodi, and it has sold a lot of grain to other parts of Yan Country, can I, Zhao Kingdom, buy grain from Liaodi?" ”

Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said: "King, this is very good, you can personally write a letter to the princess and Liaochengjun to see if you can buy food?" It's always good to give it a try, but Weichen is only afraid that the Yan Kingdom court will block it. ”

After a pause, he said to King Zhao: "King, you can also want King Yan to write a letter to explain this matter, just say that I, Zhao and Yan are willing to reconcile and strike the army, and see if we can reduce the obstruction of the Yan court?" ”

Zhao Wangdan nodded and said slowly: "That's it." ”

Since Zhao accepted Shangdang, he has waged a large-scale war with Qin in the Shangdang region for nearly two years. This put Zhao Guo under great pressure, especially food.

Since the Qin State annexed the two countries of Bashu and occupied Hanzhong during the reign of King Hui of Qin, these areas have vast plains.

After decades of development, several grain-producing regions such as Guanzhong, Hanzhong, and Bashu have been formed, and the grain in these places is twice a year. Therefore, during the war between Qin and Zhao in the Shangdang War, although the road was far away, there was no shortage of food.

The Zhao State is different, although the Zhao State occupies the Daiguo, Zhongshan and other countries, but most of these places are in the plateau area, mountainous areas, hills, not a large grain production area at all, because these places are in the north, and Liaodi, the grain planted is a year.

Originally, Zhao Guo itself has always been short of food, due to the war, the Shangdang areas that have been accepted in the past two years have not been harvested, and Zhao Guo has to take out a large amount of domestic grain to fund the Shangdang people and the army, which has long been overwhelmed.

Zhao Wangdan was so eager to negotiate peace with the Qin State, but was unwilling to go to war with the Qin State again, and the problem of food shortage accounted for a large extent.

In this case, on the one hand, Zhao actively negotiated peace with Qin, and on the other hand, sent people to Qi to buy grain from Qi.

It turned out that when Tian Dan served as Zhao Xiang, he had been buying grain from Qi State. Because of the national policy of "being cautious about Qin" that Qi is now implementing, he was originally unwilling to sell grain to Zhao State.

But because Tiandan sent someone to buy it, for Tiandan's sake, Qi Guo was embarrassed not to sell it to Zhao Guo's grain. But after Tian Dan resigned from the position of Zhao State, Qi State immediately stopped exporting grain to Zhao State.

This made Ji Kang's uncle very distressed, and at this time, he suddenly thought of Ji Kang, and he tried to see if he could buy food from Ji Kang's hands.

In the eleventh year of King Wucheng, at the end of the tenth month of the lunar calendar, the palace of the prince of Xiangping City, the secretary pavilion.

Ji Kangzheng was discussing with Ju Xin, Zou Yan, Lu Zhonglian, and Ji Mao about the letter from King Zhao to buy grain. Ji Kang put a few information and statistical tables in his hand and asked Shi Kang to disperse them to everyone.

After seeing that everyone had finished reading it, he said to everyone: "Three gentlemen, Uncle Ji, now my uncle Zhao Wangdan has written to me to see if I can buy grain from my Liaodi?" From this year's grain statistics table in Liaodi, it can be seen that the granaries of the four counties in Liaodi are now full of grain. ”

"And there is a lot of surplus grain in the people's homes, I plan to take out some of the grain and make a deal with Zhao State, which can provide 100 tons of grain, but I don't want Zhao State's money, but Zhao State's population. It is to exchange grain for the population of Zhao State, at least 100,000. It's a win-win for us. ”

Then he slowed down and continued: "This plan, I call it the "food for population" plan. Three gentlemen, Ji Bo, take a look, what do you suggest about this? ”

After Ji Kang put forward his own suggestion, everyone lowered their heads and pondered.

After a while, it was Lu Zhonglian who took the lead in speaking: "Son, my lords, judging from the current Zhao State, since he took over, he has been fighting with the Qin State in the Shangdang region for two years, and there is indeed a huge problem with food. ”

"And my Liaodi has had a bumper grain harvest for several consecutive years, even the establishment of two new counties last year, and there was no delay in farming, not to mention that this year, my four counties in Liaodi, the grain has obtained an unprecedented harvest."

"I think this plan is indeed as Gongzi said, and it is a win-win plan for me and Zhao Guo. But we also have to take into account the reaction of the Yan court, is we allowed to do so? You must know that the Zhao Kingdom has been in a hostile state with my Yan Kingdom until now. ”

After listening to Lu Zhonglian's words, everyone nodded. Because everyone saw the great benefits to Liaodi from Ji Kang's plan of "grain for population", but in their hearts, like Lu Zhonglian, they were worried about the reaction of the Yan court.

Seeing this, Ji Kang smiled and said to everyone: "Three gentlemen, Uncle Ji, in mid-October, I have already sent a letter to my father, Jiangqu, Lejian and other adults, explaining the reasons for doing so. But I also thought about it, no matter how the Yan court reacts to this now, as long as it is beneficial to Liaodi and even Yan Kingdom, we will insist on doing it. ”

After hearing Ji Kang's words, the old manager Ji Mao immediately stood up and said to everyone: "Son, my lords, judging from the intelligence, the peace between Qin and Zhao this time is a ploy of Qin State, and the purpose is to make Zhao State have no foreign aid. And the actual situation is also true, now Wei and Chu may not send troops to Qin. ”

"Judging from the intelligence analysis, the Qin State will definitely invade the Shangdang in a big way next year. I agree with Gongzi to do this, on the one hand, it can help Zhao State to better fight against Qin State, but in fact, on the other hand, it also indirectly helps me Liao and Yan Guo! ”

Zou Yan nodded and said: "Now my Liaodi does have a surplus of grain, but because grain is a strategic material, my Liaodi strictly prohibits the export of grain. In particular, in Liaodong and Liaoxi counties, many peasant households used surplus grain to feed livestock, which was unimaginable in the past. ”

"But the four counties of Liaodi are sparsely populated, and we are developing the Nenjiang Plain and the Sanjiang Plain on a large scale. In this way, it is advisable to exchange grain for population from the Zhao State. ”

Jun Xiangju touched the beard under his chin, and also nodded: "Exchanging food for population, this is indeed as Gongzi said, it is a "win-win" situation for me Liaodi and Zhao Guo. We can further communicate with the Yan court, nominally we can introduce displaced people to our Liaodi, not to mention exchanging food for population, so as to further reduce the resistance of the Yan court. ”

Ji Kang saw that everyone agreed to this plan, and said with a smile: "Although we don't care about the reaction of the Yan Kingdom court, we should still do it to reduce the resistance of the court." ”

"Drama, after you go down, send Su Qing of the Ministry of Commerce and Liao Shan of the Ministry of Rites as soon as possible to Jidu as soon as possible, and give the ministers of the court "activities" to go! In addition, if King Zhao agrees to this, we can give Jidu another 50,000 tons of grain and 50,000 catties of salt and other materials free of charge, in exchange for my grandfather's consent. ”

When they heard this, they all laughed.

After Ji Kang returned to the inner courtyard and told his mother the results of the discussion, his mother Ji Zhao was overjoyed, and despite Ji Kang's opposition, she kissed Ji Kang twice on the cheek and said to Ji Kang: "I will reply to your uncle, I think he will agree." My son really has a conscience, and he lives up to his mother's love for you. ”

After Zhao Wangdan received the letter from Ji Zhao and Ji Kang, he discussed with Pingyuan Jun.

When Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, heard this, he happily said to Zhao Wangdan: "King, this matter is feasible. At present, there is not much food in our Zhao country, but there are many displaced people. This is especially true for the people in the Shangdang area. ”

"Now that Liaochengjun has agreed to give me grain from Zhao State, I, Zhao State, can send displaced people from all over the country to Liaodi, so that the burden of my Zhao State will be greatly reduced, and I can get food again!"

"If possible, the king can say to the king of Liaocheng that my Zhao State can provide 200,000 people in Liaodi, but the grain must be doubled. In this way, it will be able to greatly alleviate the food pressure of my Zhao Kingdom! ”

King Zhao nodded, and said to Zhao Sheng with emotion: "It seems that at the critical moment, my Zhao clan relatives can rely on it!" Send a letter to Liaochengjun, just do what you just said, and handle it as soon as possible! Especially for the displaced people in various places, it must not be wrong to let the county and county governments immediately relocate these displaced people to the border of Zhaoyan. ”

After Ji Kang received the letter from Zhao Wangdan and Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng, he laughed and said to the drama Xin: "Drama, Zhao Guo actually agreed to exchange 200,000 people for food, this is a great thing for my Yan Kingdom, arrange the work of relocating displaced people as soon as possible!" All the 200,000 displaced people were relocated to the two counties of Liaobei and Jilin. ”

The drama Xin was also very happy when he heard this. As for how to migrate and manage displaced people, Ji Xin said that there is no pressure. Because since Ji Kang came to Liaodi, this work has been done again.

Jun Xiangju Xin bowed down and responded: "No." ”

After receiving a letter from Ji Kang, the king of Liaocheng, about the plan to introduce displaced people from Zhao State, there was also a discussion in the court.

With the help of Ji Kang's father, the current prince of Yanguo, and the newly promoted Yaqing, Jiangqu and Changguo Junlejian, and then through the active activities of Su Qing and Liao Shan in Liaodi, especially under the operation of Liaodi promising to provide 50,000 tons of grain and 50,000 catties of salt to Jidu free of charge.

In addition, after receiving a letter from Zhao Wangdan to King Yan, the court of Yan finally agreed to the plan of Liaodi to introduce displaced people from Zhao. Although Su Bei, who had been promoted to Shangqing, muttered a little, he didn't dare to offend the many ministers in the court too much.

From the end of November, even though there are snowflakes in the sky, the pipeline from Zhao to Yan is still very lively. More than 200,000 Zhao refugees and people migrated to Liaodi under the organization of the Liaodi Prince's Mansion.