243 BC, end of July.

At this time, several months have passed since the attack on Yan by various countries, and the two countries of Zhao and Qi have gained the most benefits from this battle.

In particular, the State of Zhao not only obtained the richest territory of the Yan State except for the land of Du Kang, but also exchanged a lot of grain and grass from the State of Qi.

In these years, the Zhao State fought endlessly, and although a lot of grain and grass could be captured after each victory, it was difficult to support the huge consumption of the army.

In order to continue waging war, King Zhao not only exhausted the treasury of money and grain, but even almost expropriated the people's grain and grass.

If a huge amount of grain and grass had not been exchanged from the Qi State, I am afraid that many people in the Zhao State would not survive the autumn harvest and would have starved to death.

For several months, Zhao did not make any other moves, instead focusing on the people of the newly occupied areas.

Only by completely absorbing and digesting these occupied areas can Zhao State have no worries and be truly strong.

However, after the end of the war, Zhao Jia first went to Handan to discuss with King Zhao and Fan Zeng for a long time, and then returned to the land of Shenqi and began to move the capital.

Originally, Zhao Jia's fief was only the land of Shenqi, and it was better to set the capital in Zhongyang.

However, after acquiring most of the Shangdang counties, in order to strengthen the control of the newly occupied territory, it became imperative to move the capital.

Of course, Zhao Jia did not move the capital to Shangdang.

There are two reasons for this.

First, after several years of operation by Zhao Jia, coupled with the continuous migration of displaced people, the land of Shenqi has become much more prosperous than before, and the people here are also quite supportive of Zhao Jia, the feudal monarch.

On the contrary, Shangdang is the land of South Korea after all, and when Zhao Guo first got this land, the former Korean people would be somewhat resistant.

Duyi was the administrative center, and it was more appropriate to set it up in the place of Shenqi, which supported Zhao Jia as the feudal king.

Second, although Shangdang was also relatively wealthy, it bordered the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei, and Han, and its strategic depth was insufficient, so it was difficult to ensure the safety of setting up the capital here.

Therefore, in any respect, it was the wisest decision to keep the capital in the land of Shenqi.

After careful consideration, Zhao Jia finally set the capital in Zhongdu.

The central capital, backed by Daze Zhaoyu Qi, south of the Shenshan Mountain, east of the Zhao Taiyuan County, the west of Wu County and Fenshui as a barrier.

Located at the intersection of Taiyuan County, Shenqi Land and Shangdang County, Zhaoyuqi and Fenshui can ensure the water supply of Zhongdu, and Shenshan Zhener Mountain can ensure the supply of firewood, copper and iron in Zhongdu.

The excellent geographical location has enabled Chudu to become a super metropolis integrating agriculture, mining and commerce, and it is believed that in time, it will definitely be able to become one of the most prosperous cities in Kyushu.

The establishment of the new capital could not be completed overnight.

Although Zhongdu used to be a relatively large city, if you want to take on the responsibility of the capital, I am afraid it is still far from enough.

Zhao Jia ordered the demolition of all the buildings in the middle capital, and then built the entire former middle capital into an inner city, and on this basis, expanded outward for twenty miles, and began to build a tall city.

A few months later, the construction of the new capital is still only half completed, and it will be necessary to wait until the beginning of the next year to complete the construction.

In the construction of the new capital, Zhao Jia still adopted the strategy of attracting investment, outsourcing the city walls, shops, and buildings to big businessmen and big families from all over the world, so as to greatly save the expenditure of the fiefdom government.

What Zhao Jia has to pay is only half of the gold shops in Duyi, as well as the preferential policies given to the corresponding big businessmen and big families.

In the long run, when the capital is developed, the gold shops here will inevitably be expensive, and the insignificant cost of Zhao Jia today will become an extremely heavy price.

On the contrary, those big businessmen and big families who participated in the construction of Zhongdu will become the ultimate beneficiaries of the rise of Zhongdu.

In this way, it is not beneficial to Zhao Jia in the long run.

However, don't forget, now that these are troubled times, what are the so-called businessmen in the face of power?

If Zhao Jia is willing, he can take back all the shops and land with just one edict.

It's just that Zhao Jia won't do that now, and he doesn't plan to do that, just because these big businessmen and big families are doing business, and they can bring a steady stream of huge taxes to Zhongdu.

The development of Duyi is inseparable from the big merchants and big families, and the fate of Zhao Jia and even the entire fiefdom is also closely linked to these people.

As long as they operate legally, they will become the biggest boost to the development of the fiefdom.

Qishan Flower Garden.

In this villa area, which is more expensive than the sky, housing prices have plummeted due to the migration of the capital, and many officials and businessmen who have bought houses here have suffered serious losses.

This matter has a great impact, after all, the people who can buy houses here are either in high positions, or they are worth a lot of money, or they are the leaders of the Xiongnu tribes.

Although the sharp drop in housing prices did not make them lose their money, it was also a nerve-wracking, and this incident also caused a lot of turmoil in the entire Shenqi land.

Fortunately, Zhao Jia sent out several good news for Qishan Flower Garden one after another, and promised that he would not build a flower garden of the same grade within twenty years, and his mansion would not move out of this place within ten years.

Zhao Jia's timely remediation can be regarded as stabilizing the residents of Qishan Flower Garden.

However, this incident also reminded Zhao Jia that since he has implemented real estate, he must consider the bad consequences of the real estate crash.

The implementation of each policy in the future may affect housing prices in various places, and Zhao Jia must be cautious.

In order to stabilize the housing prices in Qishan Huayuan and near Zhongyang, Zhao Jia was not in a hurry to move government agencies to the new capital Zhongdu, but often appeared in Qishan Huayuan.

At this time, after a few busy days, Zhao Jia finally had time to rest in the mansion of Qishan Huayuan.

"Why is your lord worried?"

Qi Fu walked to Zhao Jia's side, gently hugged him from behind, and said softly.

Zhao Jia grabbed Fu Fuyu's hand, and his frowning brows stretched slightly: "The drought in various places this year is very serious, even if I organize the army and the people to dig ditches for irrigation, it is still a drop in the bucket." ”

"I'm afraid this year's harvest of the people is not enough for them to survive until the beginning of spring next year, and the people's own grain is not enough to eat, so where can the government collect money and grain?"

Floods, even in the 21 st century, when science and technology are advanced, will seriously affect the grain production of peasants, let alone in the Warring States period, when the productive forces were backward.

Drought was often accompanied by famine, and famine was often accompanied by pestilence, and these three events were fatal blows to the rule of feudal dynasties.

I don't know how many dynasties caused famine because of drought, which then intensified domestic contradictions, and eventually led to the outbreak of peasant uprisings.

What's more, this great drought is not only in the land of Shenqi, but also in the Shangdang and even the entire Zhao country, where there is almost no rainfall, and many crops in the West have been dried up.

Seeing that the autumn harvest is approaching, the people do not have many smiles on their faces, but are worried.

If the serious consequences of this drought cannot be dealt with, the entire Zhao State will probably be in turmoil, and even the Zhao State will starve all over the place.