Handan.

On this day, the gate of Zhao Guogong City was opened, and Zhao Dan's honor guard drove out and headed north.

Zhao Yi, the little princess of Zhao Kingdom, sat in Zhao Dan's arms, her little face was pink and tender, and she spoke in a milky voice: "Father, where are you going?" ”

Zhao Dan smiled and pinched Zhao Yi's little cheek and said, "Yi'er, this time my father is going to take you to a place where there are many children, and Yi'er is there to play with them, okay?" ”

Zhao Yi raised his little hand and cheered: "Great, there is no one in the palace to play with Yi'er at all!" ”

The queen on the side, Han Wan, watched all this, stroking her belly, which had begun to bulge slightly, and her eyes were full of love.

In fact, this time not only Zhao Dan and the queen, but all Zhao Dan's children were brought out, and the entire convoy had more than a dozen carriages, escorted by a thousand tiger soldiers, like a long dragon advancing mightily on the road, which was quite spectacular.

Half an hour later, Zhao Dan's guard of honor came to the northern plain of Handan City, but did not enter the northern army camp, but drove into another camp located about two or three miles next to the northern army camp.

The scale of this camp is much smaller than the Northern Army camp, which stretches for miles and is almost a small city, and there is a plaque hanging on the gate of the camp, on which three large characters are clearly written in the Zhao script.

"Camp Eagles."

These three words are inscribed by Zhao Dan himself.

At the gate of the Eagle Battalion, many ministers and generals of Zhao State, such as Xiangbang Zhao Sheng, Si Kou Zhao Bao, General Lian Po, Nei Shi Yuxin, Lieutenant Li Bo, and Deputy General Ju Xin of the Northern Army, had been waiting for a long time, and saluted in unison after seeing Zhao Dan's car.

"I've seen the king, I've seen the queen!"

Zhao Dan nodded slightly, stepped down from the carriage, and his gaze passed through the ministers and generals of Zhao State in front of him, and fell behind them.

It was a phalanx of thousands of boys and girls.

The Eagle Battalion, a new institution set up by Zhao Dan after the Battle of Changping, was specially used to accommodate the orphans who had no one to support after the Zhao people died in the army.

Although the title of "orphan camp" is more realistic, considering that this title may itself have a certain psychological stimulation for vulnerable orphans, it was vetoed by Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan walked in front of the orphans and looked at them carefully.

The boys and girls ranged in age, from teens to three or four years old, and their clothes were shabby, and many even had snot on their noses, and the sound of sneezing was heard by an autumn wind.

It seems that because someone has explained it in advance, the faces of the children are all full of fear and humility without exception, and no one dares to raise their heads to look directly at Zhao Dan's gaze.

Zhao Dan spoke, and there was obvious unhappiness in his words: "Yu Qing, why didn't these children buy clothes?" ”

Autumn is the high incidence of colds, and in this era of no hygiene and no medicine, colds are easy to die.

And it's not just autumn, winter is coming soon, and if you spend the winter in these tattered clothes, I'm afraid there won't be a few children left here next spring.

Yu Xin, who was on the side, paused for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "Back to the king, the clothes are already being prepared, and they should be prepared within a few days." ”

Zhao Dan stopped and set his eyes on Yu Xin's face.

Yu Xin is lying.

After all, for Yu Xin, these orphans are not worth paying attention to, and it doesn't matter how many they die.

Few people in power care about the lives and deaths of the people at the bottom, whether ancient or modern.

Zhao Dan snorted heavily and said, "The widow must see all the children here put on clothes before tomorrow, otherwise-"

Zhao Dan glared at Yu Xin fiercely and didn't continue, but the thick anger in it could be heard by everyone present.

This Yu Xin usually seems to be quite smart, why is he so unpopular in this matter!

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said, "It's windy outside, let the children go into the house first!" Queen, thou shalt also take Heng'er Yi'er in. ”

There was a servant who brought the children into the house.

After all the orphans entered the house, Zhao Dan spoke with a frosty face.

"What the widow said before was taken as a deaf ear? Today, the widow repeats here again, the Eagle Camp is a big event, and anything about the Eagle Camp must be treated carefully and successfully completed, understand? ”

Zhao Dan was indeed very annoyed.

Originally, the Eagle Battalion, a war orphan camp, was set up next to the Northern Army Battalion, which Zhao Dan deliberately did.

Generally speaking, after soldiers died in battle, their brothers and uncles would take care of the orphans on their behalf.

But that doesn't mean that every Zhao soldier who died in battle has brothers and uncles, as evidenced by the fact that the Eagle Battalion has gathered thousands of orphans in just a few days.

Zhao Dan just wants to let the soldiers and soldiers of the Northern Army, the Southern Army, and even the entire Zhao State know that although you can rest assured to fight for the widow, even if you die in battle, the widow can raise your children for you, so that your descendants can continue.

As a result, these orphans looked like beggars, and they looked like they were not well fed and clothed.

If the soldiers of Zhao Kingdom knew that their children would be treated like this after their deaths, who would fight for Zhao Dan!

The significance of this Eagle Camp to Zhao Dan is more than that.

When these war orphans who were lonely and miserable after losing their relatives grew up in this young eagle camp, Zhao Dan could send people to train them in a targeted manner, and perhaps they could cultivate excellent soldiers, generals, officials, and even spies or killers from here.

What's more, the people who come out of this eagle camp are the easiest group of people to instill the idea of loyalty, and as long as they grow up, they will definitely be the most loyal group of people in the future.

Compared to these benefits, the small cost of setting up the Eagle Camp is simply not worth mentioning.

So Zhao Dan's roar continued.

"This Eagle Battalion, food and clothing are the minimum requirements, and you can't even do this, what's the point of running this Eagle Camp by a widow? In the future, the supply of materials here will be directly allocated by the battalion of the Northern Army, and the level should be the same as that of the officers and men of the Northern Army, and the defense here will also be responsible for the soldiers of the Northern Army! Drama Xin, can you understand? ”

The deputy general of the Northern Army snorted, and then said, "No! ”

After all, the Eagle Battalion will also receive many orphans from the soldiers of the Northern Army in the future, and it is obviously the safest choice for the Northern Army to directly handle the materials and defense.

Zhao Dan looked at Lieutenant Li Bo again: "Li Qing, you immediately sent an order to all counties and counties, and if there are war orphans, they must be reported immediately!" Include this in the above calculation as a routine assessment! ”

As soon as this sentence was said, the hearts of the ministers of Zhao State present jumped, knowing that their king was indeed playing real this time.

To put it bluntly, this matter is an annual performance appraisal, which is directly related to the promotion of officials of Zhao State.

Zhao Dan set his eyes on Si Kou and Zhao Bao again: "Pingyang Jun, the general order Si Kou belongs, and you must monitor this matter in the future!" Anyone who has brothers and uncles in the country who oppresses orphans must be severely punished! Then send all the orphans here, do you understand? ”

Zhao Bao didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said, "The minister understands." ”

Zhao Dan turned his gaze to Mi Xian again: "Mi Qing, your supervisor and guard should also pay attention to this matter, lest someone deceive the superiors and subordinates!" ”

Mi Hyun also promised.

Zhao Dan glanced around at the group of ministers of Zhao State in front of him, and his eyes stopped on Yu Xin, who was already sweating with fright, for a few moments, before he snorted and took the lead in walking towards the interior of the Eagle Camp.