Zhao Dan is very busy.

When Lian Po led the army back to Handan, the day of the autumn harvest arrived, and from this point of view, the timing of this war was perfect.

After a grand celebration banquet was held, a lively and lively autumn harvest that would be staged every year began in various parts of Zhao Kingdom.

On this day, an ordinary-looking carriage in the palace city drove out of the side gate under the protection of several guards, and Zhao Dan and his eldest son Zhao Heng sat on it.

As a king, Zhao Dan felt that it was necessary to have a proper white dragon fish suit, or a micro service private visit.

Of course, Zhao Dan would definitely not do the act of mobilizing a lot of manpower and material resources just to enjoy the pleasure of going to the south of the Yangtze River for himself like some later emperors.

Whether it is a monarch or an emperor, it is always necessary to be more down-to-earth, after all, although the monarchs face the ministers under their command every day, in the final analysis, it is these people at the bottom who can maintain the rule of the monarch.

Zhao Dan sat on the carriage and did not forget to teach Zhao Heng beside him some experience.

"Our Chinese people are actually very simple and simple, Heng'er. As long as you can feed them and give them a way to live, then they will diligently rise and rest until they die silently without adding any trouble to you. ”

Zhao Heng nodded seriously, and then asked, "Father, what if these people have no way to live?" ”

Zhao Dan smiled: "This question is a good question. The widow asks you, if you are an ordinary citizen of Zhao State, and one day you are forced to have no way to live, then what will you do? ”

Zhao Heng thought for a while, and said with some uncertainty: "Maybe I'll steal or rob?" ”

"That's right." Zhao Dan said: "Survival is a kind of human physiological instinct, although our ancestors have used etiquette to make us civilized people, but you must know that if a person is about to starve to death, civilized etiquette and morality will be of no use to him." ”

"At this time, he can no longer be called a person, he will be dominated by the survival in his mind, and he will become a beast that will do anything to survive. As long as he can survive, then it doesn't matter if he will steal, rob, or even kill. ”

Zhao Dan said this, stretched out his hand and patted Zhao Heng's shoulder, and said earnestly: "Don't let your people become such people, you know?" As a king, it is the duty of kings to make sure that every person is well fed and clothed. ”

"Actually, what is the good of being well fed and clothed compared to the enjoyment and power of kings? In the final analysis, what the kings gave and what they received was simply too small in return. ”

Zhao Heng nodded, with an expression of agreement on his face.

Horse-drawn carriages drove along the road, which was lined with endless fields where countless peasants were busy, wielding scythes to harvest the grain.

It's the season of harvest and sweat, and although the faces of the farmers are full of sweat, they are also full of smiles.

The younger children are mischievously running around the ridges, while the older children are either looking after their younger siblings or helping their elders.

As far as the eye can see, I'm afraid that only Zhao Dan and his party are so leisurely.

Zhao Dan looked at the busy scene in front of him, and his mood was inexplicably better, because the slightest depression caused by the information that had just come from the direction of Yan Guo disappeared completely in an instant.

Although a lot of weapons and equipment have been provided to the Yan people, the resistance of the Yan people still seems to be very unsmooth.

The Qi army has now not only surrounded the thistle, but also began to move north along the coastline, extending its tentacles to the Liaodong Peninsula.

Not only that, but it is said that the other two neighbors of Yan, the Donghu tribe in the north and the Jizi Joseon in the east, seem to have shown signs of imminent movement, so much so that less than a month after the armistice between Yan and Zhao, Lejian had to send three waves of emissaries to Handan asking for help.

Regarding Yan Guo's request for help, Zhao Dan was actually a little entangled.

Zhao Guo was an ally of Qi not long ago, and now it is inevitable that he will meet Qi for the sake of Yan State, but on the other hand, if Yan State is really swallowed by Qi State, it is definitely not something that Zhao Dan wants to see.

After comprehensive consideration, Zhao Dan finally did not decide to send troops.

After all, although Yan is very weak, this does not mean that Yan people are weak chickens.

In fact, Yan Zhaonan'er's murderous reputation has long spread all over the land of China, and it can be seen from Le Yi that he led the Yan army to sweep the overlord Qi State, and it can be seen that what Yan lacks is actually a smart enough general rather than a brave soldier.

As long as the people of Yan have not lost their blood, then even if the people of Qi really defeat Jidu, they will fall into the vast sea of the people's war of Yan State.

In fact, around the disposal of Yan State, there was also a debate in the court of Zhao State.

Some people think that it is better to simply help Qi State destroy Yan State directly, and then Zhao State will find another reason to beat Qi State.

In this way, Zhao State will be able to swallow all the land of Yan State in the future, and he will also be able to win the hearts of the people of Yan State as an enemy of Qi State.

But after Zhao Dan thought about it, he didn't agree to this method in the end.

First, the next target of Zhao's conquest has not been determined, and it is not suitable to immediately push Qi to the opposite side of Zhao, and secondly, even if this is really done, the people of Yan will probably still regard Zhao as an invader, and the gains outweigh the losses.

Putting aside the many thoughts in his mind, Zhao Dan took Zhao Heng out of the carriage and came to a farmland, and smiled at an old man who was working in the farmland: "Uncle, we meet again." ”

The old man with the sickle raised his head and looked at Zhao Dan for a while, and then his face showed a look of surprise, patted his head and smiled: "Oh, it turned out to be this gentleman." ”

Coincidentally, the last time Zhao Dan took Zhao Heng out, he also had a conversation with this old man.

Zhao Dan smiled and talked with his father-in-law: "Uncle, how is the standard of living in the past two years, there should be some changes." ”

The old man smiled, proudly raised the sickle in his hand, and said, "Sir, please see, this is a new iron tool issued by the government, with this iron sickle, it is much more convenient to harvest than before." “

Zhao Dan nodded, and asked again: "Then I don't know how my husband's harvest this year is compared to the previous two years?" ”

As soon as the old man heard this, he immediately raised his chest and said with a smug smile: "Sir, this year is a bumper harvest, although the harvest has not yet been completed, but there should be a harvest of three and a half stones per mu!" ”

"Three and a half stones?" Zhao Dan was obviously taken aback when he heard this, and said: "Uncle, if I remember correctly, the last time I came, it seemed that you only had a yield of one and a half to two stones per mu here. ”

Even if it is based on the output of two stones, then this is almost double the output, and it is indeed worthy of the word bumper harvest.

The old man raised his head triumphantly and said, "Sir, I don't know, the reason why there is such a yield is because I fertilized according to the guidance of the agricultural officials, and then used the rented Quyuan plow to plough the land, so I can have such a bumper harvest?" ”

Saying that, the old man proudly pointed to a few neighbors who were also busy harvesting, and said with a smile: "Sir, look at these lazy goods, they are not willing to fertilize and are not willing to spend money to rent Quyuan plows from the government, so this year's output is not much different from usual." ”

Saying that, the old man was obviously in a good mood, and couldn't help laughing again.

Zhao Dan nodded, took an ear of grain from his uncle's hand and looked at it.

I have to say that this ear of grain is indeed a lot fuller than the last time Zhao Dan saw it.

Of course, in the eyes of Zhao Dan, who has seen hybrid rice in later generations, the yield of these ears of grain is actually scum, but for this era, it is already a very good performance.

So Zhao Dan smiled again: "Uncle, it seems that your good life is coming." By the way, I don't know what problems my husband encountered when he used this fertilizer and the curved plow? ”

The old man thought for a while and said, "Actually, there are really some problems. ”

Zhao Dan hurriedly said: "What is the problem that my uncle said? Speaking up, maybe I can help you with that. ”

The old man said: "It's not a secret, although this Quyuan plow is easy to use, but the old man's body bones are old after all, and several children are also fighting all year round, if you rely on manpower to drag this Quyuan plough is also difficult to last, if you can have some livestock to drag it, it's a pity that the price of livestock is too expensive, and the old man's family can't afford it." ”

Zhao Dan listened to these words and nodded thoughtfully.

In fact, this kind of thing is designed to be used by ploughing oxen.

However, in this era, cattle were not so popular, after all, the price of livestock was actually very high, so high that many farmers could not afford it.

You must know that this old man should also be regarded as a rich peasant, if even he can't afford to buy a cow, it means that the vast majority of Zhao farmers should not be able to buy a cow.

If livestock can be used to pull the plow, then humans who do not need to work hard will naturally be able to devote more attention to cultivating the land.

If this problem can be solved, then Zhao Dan believes that the grain output of the entire Zhao country will definitely go to a higher level.

Zhao Dan thought for a while, and smiled at his father-in-law: "Please rest assured, I also know a few Handan officials, and when I go back, I will mention this matter to them, and maybe there will be a solution." ”

When the old man heard Zhao Dan's words, he laughed, and arched his hand at Zhao Dan: "In this case, then please sir." ”