Handan.

The heavy snowfall, which had lasted for several days and nights, finally stopped.

The whole earth turned completely white, and the heavy snow weighed down the branches of the trees along the road.

The sound of horses' hooves accompanied by the rolling of wheels came from far and near from the south, shaking the snow as it fell from the branches.

Thousands of cavalry of Zhao Guoyu's Lin Army escorted Zhao Dan's royal car, all the way to the northern camp in Handan.

This time it was not only Zhao Dan himself who set off, but also many of Zhao Dan's children and wives, which also led to a large number of carriages in the entire convoy, with nearly twenty carriages.

It is worth mentioning that Mrs. Mi from the Qin State also appeared in one of the carriages.

After the last incident, this lady Mi obviously suffered a lot of blows, although it was later proved that she actually had little to do with those Qin State spies, but the crime of not reporting it still made her suffer a lot.

Fortunately, Queen Han Wan seemed to have special sympathy for the girl whose family was held hostage, so she said some good things in front of Zhao Dan, so that this Mrs. Mi was saved from being beaten into the cold palace.

Of course, even so, this Mrs. Mi was inevitably snubbed, although her appearance and age were the most outstanding and advantageous after Zhao Dan's wives, but since the incident, Zhao Dan has stayed in her palace for only a handful of time.

What made Mrs. Mi even more sad was that since she married into the palace, the total number of times Zhao Dan was lucky was not too little, but her stomach didn't react at all.

That's not a good sign.

In this era, "mothers are valued by their sons" is actually a very common phenomenon. Although Mrs. Mi is not a queen, and the son she gave birth to cannot be a concubine, as long as she has a son, she can have hope.

You must know that this Mrs. Mi's grandmother, the Empress Dowager of Qin Guoxuan, who had been deceased for a long time, was not just a wife of King Qin Huiwen back then, and in the end, didn't she counterattack with the outstanding son of Qin Wangji?

Mrs. Mi thought about it, and her pretty face was slowly filled with a melancholy look.

The convoy slowly came to the front of the Beida camp, and soon drove into the North camp.

Zhao Sheng, Lian Po, Yu Xin, Pang Xuan and other important ministers have been waiting here for a long time.

Zhao Dan got out of the carriage, and many courtiers did not dare to slack off, and stepped forward to salute: "I have seen the king!" ”

Zhao Dan looked obviously in a very good mood today, and when he heard this, he waved his hand and said with a smile: "You don't have to be polite, and you all look around with the widow." ”

As the closest central army unit to Handan, the Northern Army of Zhao stationed in the Beida camp is undoubtedly the most powerful force to defend Handan.

Although the camp was destroyed during the Battle of Handan a few years ago, it was rebuilt again after the war, and even larger than before.

For the current Chinese countries, a strong army is undoubtedly the first rule of survival, so Zhao Dan is also very concerned about the combat effectiveness of the Zhao army, which is why he came to inspect today.

Although it is already winter, the training in the Beida camp is still quite lively, the shouts of the soldiers are quite loud, and from time to time you can see the knights galloping back and forth on the grassland, or contacting the cavalry and archery queue, or engaging in hand-to-hand combat, and the whole camp is in full swing.

Zhao Dan took several important ministers of Zhao State to stop and watch the training for a while, and felt quite satisfied.

Although Zhao Dan has never been on the battlefield and has no experience in commanding operations, as a traverser, Zhao Dan knows very well in his heart that if an army wants to exert its greatest power on the battlefield, then ordering and prohibiting is the most basic and important requirement.

Judging from the current situation, at least at this point, Zhao Dan has nothing to find fault with.

Although the task of the Northern Army is to be responsible for defending Handan, in fact, since the establishment of the Northern Army, almost every foreign war of Zhao State will have the participation of the Northern Army, so the Northern Army in this Northern Battalion is not a showman who has never been on the battlefield, but an out-and-out elite of a hundred battles killed from the sea of blood in the sword mountain.

As Zhao Dan walked, he chatted with the ministers around him, and a few laughs rang out from time to time, obviously satisfied with everything.

After half a day of inspection, Zhao Dan came to the canteen of the Northern Army, took many ministers to experience the food of the Northern Army, and by the way, he went deep into the grassroots to comfort the grassroots officers and soldiers of the Northern Army, and had an understanding of the daily life of the officers and soldiers of the Northern Army.

There is no doubt that this kind of pro-people behavior naturally flattered the soldiers of the Northern Army, especially the soldiers of the Northern Army who were able to talk face-to-face with Zhao Dan and made great contributions in the last battle.

After some cordial condolences, Zhao Dan took the ministers to the orphan camp of the Northern Army.

Compared to a few years ago, the camp has become much more lively.

Although it was still icy and snowy, there were already many children playing around in the clearing, and the cheerful children's voices brought a little vitality to this cold winter.

When Zhao Dan arrived, there were already many soft figures shuttling in the orphanage camp, they were the ladies of the harem of Zhao led by Queen Han Wan, and the princess of Zhao led by Zhao Heng.

Zhao Dan saw his little daughter Zhao Yi at a glance, this little princess of Zhao Kingdom seemed to have completely integrated into this atmosphere, happily playing with several orphans of the Northern Army, and from time to time grabbed a handful of snow as a snowball to have a snowball fight, even if her little face was covered with snowflakes, she didn't care, and her smile was still bright.

Someone on the side admonished: "My lord, this seems to be out of line. ”

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said: "The orphans here, their fathers and ancestors were all sacrificed for the widow and the Zhao country, and they are the objects that the widow and the Zhao country must respect, and everyone is a hero of the Zhao country!" The widow doesn't care what etiquette it is or not, the widow only hopes that the descendants of these heroes can grow up healthy and healthy, if anyone wants to embarrass them, they are making enemies of the widow! ”

After some categorical and loud words, Zhao Dan's surroundings were suddenly quiet, and many people looked at Zhao Dan with a little less awe in their eyes, but a little more joy and sincerity.

Zhao Dan looked around left and right, and a smile appeared on his face: "Okay, Zhuqing, let's go in with me to visit the descendants of these heroic martyrs." ”

With the arrival of the ministers of Zhao led by Zhao Dan, the entire orphanage camp became more lively.

Zhao Dan personally looked around the orphanage camp inside and out, carefully inquired about many details of life, and criticized some of his dissatisfactions and asked for immediate correction.

It is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Dan's dedication to this orphan camp is even higher than that of the Northern Army camp that has just been inspected.

According to Yu Xin's report, there are now nearly 10,000 orphans in the orphan camp.

You must know that these are all children raised by the clan or their mothers and reported to the magistrate, and other children who are raised by the clan or uncles are probably several times or even ten times or dozens of times this number!

As soon as he thought of this, Zhao Dan couldn't help but sigh in his heart, such a thing as war is really a catastrophe for the common people.

But Zhao Dan also knew more clearly in his heart that if he could not unify Huaxia, then once the entire Huaxia continued to fight, the number of casualties in the future would definitely be ten or even more than a hundred times the number of deaths in the war in which he was dominating the world!

Long pain is better than short pain, and we must complete the unification as quickly as possible!

Zhao Dan secretly made up his mind in his heart.

Suddenly, a familiar shadow came into Zhao Dan's eyes, Zhao Dan's eyes looked over, and found that it was his newest Mrs. Mi who was talking to a toddler who looked like he should be four or five years old with a smile on her face, and she looked quite happy.

Zhao Dan raised his hand, signaled the people around him not to make a sound, and then slowly walked over.

"What's your name?"

"My name is Zhao Zheng!"

"Zhao Zheng? But it's a good name. ”

"That's nature! My Mother told me that my name was taken by the king himself! ”

"What?" Mrs. Mi paused for a moment, and then couldn't help laughing, gently scratched Xiao Zhao Zheng's nose, and said, "But it's really good at talking nonsense." ”

Xiao Zhao Zheng was obviously very unconvinced, his eyes widened on his little face, and he said angrily to Mrs. Mi: "What I said is true!" ”

Mrs. Mi smiled like a flower, and suddenly hugged Zhao Zheng: "Okay, let's count what you said is true, come on, come on, there are preserved fruits on the queen's side that can be eaten, and you will go with me." ”

As soon as Mrs. Mi turned her head, she happened to take a look at Zhao Dan behind her.

"Ahh After a scream, Mrs. Mi came back to her senses, and hurriedly put down Zhao Zheng and bowed to Zhao Dan: "Concubine, concubine doesn't know that the king is coming, please forgive the king." ”

Zhao Dan smiled slightly, and said to Mrs. Mi who was disgraced in front of her: "It's okay, it's the widow who doesn't let others speak." ”

Xiao Zhao Zheng on the side looked at Zhao Dan with a pair of dark eyes, and suddenly bowed down and said, "Zhao Zheng has seen the king!" ”

Zhao Dan reached out and touched Xiao Zhao Zheng's head, and said with a smile: "When you were young, the widow hugged you, do you remember the widow?" ”

Xiao Zhao Zheng was stunned when he heard this, and he was a little dazed for a while.

When Zhao Dan hugged him, he was just an infant baby, where did he remember these things?

Zhao Dan sighed softly and patted Xiao Zhao Zheng's shoulder gently: "He is also a hard-working person...... How old are you? ”

Xiao Zhao Zheng hurriedly said: "Back to the king, you will be six years old after winter!" ”

Zhao Dan thought for a while and said with a smile: "Six years old?" It's enough to count your age. In this way, after you reach the beginning of spring, you will enter the palace as a companion to read. ”

An hour later, Zhao Dan led his ministers, wife and children to leave the camp in a majestic manner.

Xiao Zhao Zheng and a group of children lay on the wall of the orphanage camp, watching the huge convoy go away from the gap, recalling what the kind king said to him just now, and suddenly felt a little excited.

Xiao Zhao Zheng has been living in this orphan camp for as long as he can remember, and now, he finally has a chance to go out and see.