Zhenbei City.

It's a brand new city.

New walls, new gates, new roads, and new houses in the city.

Everything is so brand new, so that Zhao Dan, who is looking at this new city, is also full of new joy in his heart.

New means vitality, and Zhao Dan likes the vitality of this new city.

This is the third day that Zhao Dan has entered Hetao County.

After defeating the pursuers sent by the Hun Evil King, Zhao Dan led the seven thousand Zhao cavalry and the tribe of the Aries King all the way west, and crossed the Yellow River in Jiuyuan County to the south, and came to the newly established Hetao County of Zhao.

Zhenbei City is the seat of Hetao County.

Today's Zhao Dan did not travel with a large group of people and horses with great fanfare, but only took Li Mu, Zhao Kuo and his eldest son Zhao Heng, a total of four people to travel, each of them wearing Hu clothes and riding horses, looking extremely capable.

Of course, around the four of them, hundreds of elite covert protection is indispensable.

Several people rode along the brand-new road towards the west gate of the north city of the town.

When they came to the gate of the city, they were stopped by the soldiers guarding the city.

"Pay the money."

Zhao Dan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help asking, "Do you still have to pay money to enter the city?" ”

A Huren soldier guarding the city gate glanced at Zhao Dan, obviously from the way he dressed, he could feel that Zhao Dan was not an ordinary person, so he spoke in a very polite tone: "That's right, this is a rule that has existed since the establishment of Zhenbei City, and if you want to enter the city gate, you must pay ten money." ”

Zhao Dan was stunned when he heard this.

You must know that as the king of Zhao State, Zhao Dan has someone to solve the problem of food, clothing, housing and other things in life, where is his turn to use the money?

So Zhao Dan didn't have any money at all.

Fortunately, Li Mu, who was beside him, took out forty Zhao State coins in time and handed them to the soldiers guarding the city, and several people were able to get through.

But Zhao Dan's eyes turned, and other thoughts suddenly rose.

After being released, Zhao Dan did not immediately enter the city gate, but instead talked to the Hu soldier who was guarding the city.

"This sergeant, I was ordered by the king of Handan to come to the county guard mansion to serve, I want to understand the situation with you, I wonder if you can explain it to me in detail?"

"The people of the county guard?" As soon as the Hu soldiers heard the origin of Zhao Dan's revelation, they were directly taken aback by Zhao Dan, and hurriedly returned the money just now to Zhao Dan's arms.

"Oh, why didn't you say it earlier, if you said it was someone from the county guard, then you naturally wouldn't collect money."

Zhao Dan shook his head, and said in his heart, sure enough, this official has a special status.

However, Zhao Dan did not get angry because of this, after all, which dynasty in the past and present was not like this?

So Zhao Dan continued to talk with this Hu soldier.

"Sergeant, I want to ask if your life is better than before after you join the army?"

The Hu soldier glanced at several Hu soldiers beside him, a smile appeared on his face, and he said to Zhao Dan: "To tell you the truth, we were originally all from the Lin Hu Division, but we only surrendered to Zhao after the Battle of Hetao. ”

"I see." Zhao Dan suddenly realized, no wonder he felt that these Hu soldiers seemed quite stiff when they spoke.

You must know that Zhao Dan has come this way, and there have been several similar private visits to micro-services, but the Hu soldiers in the five northern counties have obviously been assimilated a lot, and they can all speak fluent Zhao Chinese, and if they are blindfolded, they can't tell whether they are Hu or Zhao.

Zhao Dan's conversation obviously aroused the interest of several other Hu soldiers, and I saw another Hu soldier say to Zhao Dan: "I was originally herding horses for King Lin Hu, but at that time, I was often hungry, I couldn't eat enough, and I was whipped, not to mention how miserable my life was. ”

This was echoed by the other Hu soldiers, for whom it was clear that King Linhu was a very bad ruler.

The soldier continued: "Now, after surrendering to Zhao, the king of Zhao not only did not kill us, but also did not treat us as slaves, but sent officials for us, not only distributed the fields to us, but also distributed seeds to us, and taught us to farm!" ”

As he spoke, the soldier couldn't help but become proud, and showed off to Zhao Dan: "Last year alone, the fifty acres of land I was allocated to, and the yield of each acre was one and a half stones!" ”

"One and a half stones?" Zhao Dan was obviously taken aback.

This yield sounds not high, but you must know that this is a field that has just been cultivated for a year, and there is such a good harvest?

If you plant it for a few more years and become a mature field, the harvest will be repaid.

It seems that this Hetao area is indeed extremely rich and worthy of its name.

Several Hu soldiers next to him also spoke: "That's right, the king of Zhao sent people to distribute fields to us, and taught us how to farm, so we don't have to worry about hunger from now on!" ”

These Hu soldiers were beaming one by one, and they got together to talk about the interesting things of the first farming, laughing at each other, and talking about the troubles of the other party when they ploughed the field for the first time, such as being too unskilled in their movements, and even damaging the farm tools.

The entire city gate was filled with joyful laughter for a while, attracting the attention of many passers-by.

Zhao Dan chatted with these Hu cavalry for a while, and then prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Zhao Dan said to these Hu cavalrymen: "I am going to meet the county guard soon, do you have any suggestions for me, so that I can tell the county guard?" ”

When the Hu cavalry heard Zhao Dan say this, they only regarded Zhao Dan as a celebrity under the county guard, so they respected Zhao Dan even more, and they showed a flattering smile on their faces.

Several people got together and muttered in Hu for a while, and finally one of the Hu people who seemed to be the team leader type opened his mouth and said to Zhao Dan: "We hope to join the household registration of Zhao Guo as soon as possible and become a member of Zhao Guoren." ”

"Zhao Guo's household registration?" Zhao Dan was stunned again when he heard this.

When Zhao Dan asked, he learned that although these Linhu people had surrendered to the Zhao State, most of them were not yet included in the Zhao State household registration.

"If it is not included in the household registration, how can it be divided into fields?" Zhao Dan was obviously a little puzzled.

The team leader said: "Actually, it's not that it is not included in the household registration, but our household registration is divided into Hu nationality, which is different from the household registration of Zhao Guoren. This Hu nationality is not considered the household registration of the Zhao people, and the taxes to be paid are more, and the time for conscription and labor is more. ”

The Hu soldiers on the side echoed when they heard this, and said in a gossipy voice: "Yes, yes, I don't want to be a Lin Hu person anymore, I know that the king of Zhao is a good king, and I want to be the son of this king of Zhao!" ”

"That's right, compared to King Lin Hu, this king of Zhao can divide the land and let us live, I am willing to fight for this king, even if it is acceptable to sacrifice my life, as long as my family is included in the household registration of Zhao State!"

Zhao Dan listened to the words of these soldiers with a smile on his face, promised to tell the county guard, and then waved goodbye to these soldiers. With Li Mu, Zhao Heng and others, they led the horses into the north city of the town.

As soon as he walked into the city gate, Zhao Kuo, who was following Zhao Dan, couldn't help but open his eyebrows.

"King, now that these Linhu people have returned to their hearts, and the king has added people to his command, it is really gratifying."

Zhao Kuo did not have any prejudice against the Hu people, and Li Mu's words were not dissatisfied because most of Gao Quesai's comrades-in-arms were Hu people, after all, Li Mu still hated the Huns.

Regarding Zhao Kuo's sycophancy, Zhao Dan just smiled slightly and shook his head gently.

Zhao Dan knew very well in his heart that the reason why these Hu soldiers were eager to become Zhao people was not because of Zhao Guo's influence, let alone because of Zhao Dan, the king of Zhao State, but because Zhao State was able to give them better benefits than King Lin Hu.

If one day Zhao Guo does not give more benefits than other countries, then these people will definitely betray Zhao Guo without hesitation.

Having said that, Zhao Dan was not angry in his heart about this.

After all, the hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, and the hustle and bustle of the world is for profit, which person in this world is not fighting for interests?

The reason why the people of Zhao State support Zhao Dan so much now is not because Zhao Dan, the monarch, can win more benefits for Zhao State?

What kind of morality, etiquette, and religion, although it can also play a role, but in the final analysis, interests are the easiest to achieve results, and they are also the most powerful weapons that can unite others.

Judging from what Zhao Dan has seen and heard along the way, there is no doubt that the work of these local officials of Zhao Guo is still very solid.

Nowadays, many Hu people have a yearning for the identity of "Zhao people", as long as it continues for a long time, these Hu people will be assimilated by Zhao people sooner or later.

In this way, after a few generations, their descendants will become a real Zhao country from and through, not a Linhu person, and a person who is annoying.

In fact, in Zhao Dan's view, among the five counties in the north of Zhao today, most of the young Lin Hu and Lou Fu people are more willing to call themselves "Zhao people".

You must know that it has only been a few decades since Zhao conquered the five northern counties.

This is exactly what Zhao Dan wants to see the most.

At this time, a rush of horses' hooves suddenly sounded behind Zhao Dan and the others, followed by a loud shout.

"Get out of the way, emergency military situation, urgent military situation!"

Zhao Dan and the others immediately gave way to the side of the road, but saw a messenger with a small flag behind him galloping through the street, heading towards the county guard mansion not far away.

Zhao Dan's face changed slightly, and he said in his heart: "Could it be that there is another enemy invasion?" ”

So Zhao Dan didn't care about continuing the private visit of Weifu for a while, but walked directly towards the county guard mansion not far away.

A moment later, Zhao Dan met the Hetao county guard at the county guard's mansion, and at the same time learned a piece of news.

"The king of the Yue clan sent a cavalry to the east, and now it has crossed the Yellow River and entered Shuofang County, with at least more than 20,000 people!"