PS: The second chapter is in the evening

Not to mention the tens of thousands of Qi people who worked hard at the northern foot of Mount Tai to build the Great Wall, if Zhang Mengtan and Zai Yu moved their eyes to the west, they could find that the territory of Weiland, which was only half of the territory before the war, was also being built.

After the death of Wei Linggong, Kuai Yu became the only monarch, and with the notoriety of forcing his father to death, he appointed Kong Yu as the ruler and began his own rule. The land in the Puyang area was fertile, and the farmers of the Wei Guo were also extremely industrious, so after the continuous war, the spring ploughing and autumn harvest were over, and soon the grain was piled up again in the warehouse, but they were soon transported west by wagons to Chaoge for delivery, as the price of being an enemy of the Zhao clan before the defense of the country.

Clear-sighted people know that the meaning of the existence of this new patriotic state is entirely to provide the Zhao family with property and labor in the war.

Last year, 10,000 able-bodied Qi captives were transferred here, and together with the prisoners of Fan, Zhongxing, Wei, Ju and other countries who were enslaved in the war, as well as tens of thousands of patriotic civilians, a canal connecting the Yellow River and Pushui water systems is being dug. This canal, which was proposed by Ji Ran and planned by Luban, divides the water of the big river from Lanyuan, goes southeast, and connects with Pushui in Taoyi, with a total length of more than 100 li. Because the road is plain, and the terrain is also sloping to the southeast, it is very feasible, and the plan is to take three years, and now only a small half of it has been repaired.

In Ji Ran's plan, this will be the main artery that connects the Zhao Lu Kingdom and Hanoi, and can also strengthen the control of the Sishang princes, and the hub of the canal, Diqiu, may replace Taoqiu and become the largest trade transit center in the north!

Now that the defense of the country is in the eastern system led by the Zhao family, it has become very important, and Zhao Wuxian sent his own family Zhao Guangde to bring a division of elite soldiers to defend the country, and also parachuted Ji Ran to defend the country and take charge of the canal affairs. Although this talent in the opposition is full of theory, Zhao Wuxian is ready to be used as the Minister of Finance, but handing over the entire Zhao family's financial power to him in this way will also make the old ministers dissatisfied, so try it first, and then reuse it after making meritorious deeds, it can also make people have nothing to say.

Although this canal has been given great expectations, but at the moment, because of its excavation, the life of the Weiguo people is not good, tens of thousands of people are swaying blood and tears on the construction site, and the Weiren have said that this day is not as good as the time of Wei Linggong!

The resentment and pain of the people will be vented through singing, and when Zhang Mengtan and Zai Yu passed through Diqiu from the Lu Kingdom, a folk song from "Shao Feng" was popular in Weidi.

"Decline, decline! Hu no return? Because of Weijun, Hu is in the middle of the show! Decline, decline! Hu no return? Weijun's bow, Hu is in the mud? ”

It's dark, it's dark, why don't you go home yet? If it weren't for the sake of the monarch to curry favor with the Zhao family, why would he get up and work in the early morning when the dew was still there? Why do you work in the mud all day long?

The guards complained and complained, but looking at the Zhao soldiers who were bright and bright, next to the whip raised high by the overseer, they didn't dare to resist, so they could only endure silently. At least working by the canal is a bit hard, and you can ensure two meals a day. Digging a canal is nothing compared to being called up to fill a ravine at the front......

In the past two years, although the large-scale war has stopped, the war has never disappeared from the land of the Central Plains......

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After Zhongxingyin and the main force were annihilated in the siege of Chaoge, the Zhongxing clan has been declining, and the Zhongxing Heihui relied on the higher terrain of the Dongyang area to survive, but they didn't know that after the army, their family was already the fat that everyone coveted.

To the west, the Zhi clan took the territory of the Bank of China to themselves, and to the east, the Chen clan controlled the Hejian region, and with Xianyu Zhongshan and the Zhao clan forming an alliance, Dongyang faced a north-south attack. After a year of hard work, the Bai people finally lost, and the Bank of China fled to Qi to join the Bao family, so far, the Bank of China is equivalent to extinction.

On the recommendation of Zhai Fengdi, Zhao Wuxian and Zhongshan Jun met in Xiyang to negotiate how to divide the Zhongxing clan's inheritance.

Because of the geographical relationship, Zhongshan has no old enmity with the Zhao family, and the only conflict is more than 20 years ago, when Zhao Ying participated in the war of Wu and Xianyu of the Bank of China. The courtiers under Zhongshan Jun relied on the clues left over from that war, and actually "verified" Zhao Wuxian's biological mother Di Wan, who turned out to be a member of the Xianyu tribe and was brought back to the palace by Zhao Ying as a trophy.

Calculated carefully, his biological mother is still related to Zhongshan Jun's family, so strictly calculated, Zhongshan Jun and Zhao Wuxian should be distant cousins!

Zhao Wuxian smiled at Zhongshan Guo's behavior of climbing relatives, and didn't want to investigate the truth or falsehood, but since the other party showed goodwill, he also stretched out his hand not to hit the smiling person, so the two sides formed a "brotherly alliance", Zhongshan Jun is in his forties, and he still calls Zhao Wuxian "cousin" with a shy face.

Even if they are brothers, they have to settle accounts, and the division of the territory of the Bank of China clan is determined according to the actual control area, Zhongshan side gets drums and fertilizers, and Zhao people get Bai people. In this way, Zhongshan restored the old soil, and Zhao Wuxian was also not interested in the drums and fertilizers of the Di tribes, and the areas where he could not organize the people were of little value in a short period of time.

With the two counties of Gu and Fei, plus the reason for the loss and regain, some gaps in the border between Jin and Yan, the population of Zhongshan has increased dramatically to more than 400,000! A powerful entity has risen in the middle of Yan, Jin, and Qi, and Zhongshan is also one of the small powerhouses of the Warring States in history, which should not be underestimated.

But Wuxian will not have time to clean them up, because he has a request for Zhongshan-kun instead. In addition to the Bai people, the additional benefit of this alliance to the Zhao clan was to use the Jingcheng controlled by the Zhongshan State to develop the next military action.

At the end of the summer of this year, Zhao Wuxian asked the main force to launch an offensive on the front line of Taihang to attract the enemy's attention, while Post Wuzheng and Zhao Yi led 10,000 Zhao troops over the mountains and mountains through Zhongshan State, recovered the fallen cities of Mashou and Yu, expelled the Dai Rong in the Taiyuan Basin, and killed under the city of Jinyang.

Jinyang's army was implicated in the defeat of the Han clan and lost most of it, and Ding Zhuang also mostly followed Zhao to the east. But because the hearts of Jinyang people are towards Zhao, the city wall is complete, the treasury is sufficient, the grain and grass are prepared, and even the palace is full of dense rings that can be used to make arrow shafts, "Dihao", "Chu", more than ten zhang high.

Seeing that the strong attack was ineffective, the Zhi clan adopted Zhiyao's strategy and used the tactics of siege and water attack to cut off all access channels and break the Fenshui to flood Jinyang City. The flood flooded the city with "three editions" (six feet), and after two years, the food was about to run out, and people hung the kettle to cook and build sheds to live, and life was very difficult.

But they still persevered until now under the leadership of Dong Anyu, and after they were finally saved, the whole city cried, and the white-haired Dong Zi also wept bitterly in the direction of Wen County after learning the news of Zhao Ying's death.

At this point, the most difficult period has passed, after the recovery of the Taiyuan Basin, the Zhao clan has completed the encirclement of Jin, Zhi, and Wei from the east and north, they have lost the natural danger, and the war is likely to end within this year.

So Zhao Wuxian also began to think about what happened after the war, no matter what the outcome was, he would inevitably stay in the Jin Kingdom for a long time. There is no precedent in this world for being the secretary of the two countries at the same time, so it is better to let his son sit in the position of General Lu Guo in the East, which is why Zhang Mengtan and Zai Yu came to Wen County to pick up Zhao Cao's mother and son on the road.

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"After the young master arrives in Lu, how will we administer?" Zai Yu was still a little worried, a little uneasy.

"Everything is as usual, until the young master becomes an adult and becomes pro-government." After Zhang Mengtan finished saying this, he saluted Zhao Cao, who had already finished the sacrifice and was led out by Ji Huan.

"Minister Zhang Mengtan has met the major general."

"Chen Zaiyu, I've seen the young general!"

The little boy was a little timid in the face of the two strange men, and Zai Yu's smile was a little fake, but he could still feel Zhang Mengtan's kindness like a spring breeze, but he didn't know how to call it or how to return the courtesy, so he raised his head and looked at his aunt, pulling the corner of her clothes at a loss.

Even though Ji Huan didn't want this son to leave, she also knew that her younger brother had his own plans and couldn't stop it. So she put away her reluctance and said softly: "This is your shogunate history, and the teacher that your father found for you, called Master." ”

Zhao Cao understood, just like those Fu who taught him books, mathematics, etiquette, and music. So he made a foolish salute to his teacher, and said in a milky voice:

"Husband, Master......"

This voice stopped in his ears, which made Zhang Mengtan's heart hot, and he hurriedly helped him up, looking at this little young man, Zhao Wuxian's words echoed in his ears again.

"Meng Tan, you serve me like Guan Yiwu and Qi Huangong, and you also want to assist my son like Hu Yan follows Jin Wengong, is it possible?"

At this moment, Zhang Mengtan swore in his heart: "The general knows that the ministers are cautious, so before the western expedition, the ministers will not dare to forget, and will do his best to assist the major general in governing Lu!" ”

Until one day, Jin and Lu are united!

"He should be a good master." Ji Huan saw this scene of harmony in his eyes, so he nodded, a little relieved.

At this time, the autumn rain had stopped, and the warm sun poked its head out from behind the clouds.

"Although my father is gone, the sun of the Zhao family still rises as usual, generation after generation, and it continues to ......" Ji Ying sighed, looked back at Zhao Ying's spiritual seat full of sacrifices, and prayed for him with his hands together.

It's just that after worrying about the small ones, she has to worry about the big ones again. Because the Zhao clan has accumulated strength for two years, and Zhao Wuxian is determined to end this long war within this year!

At the same time as recovering the Taiyuan Basin, from the autumn harvest until now, the main offensive of the Zhao army is like a tide, they have counterattacked to the area of Han's Shangdang, personally commanded 40,000 troops, and confronted the 40,000 coalition troops of the remnants of Jin Hou, Zhi, Wei and Fan for more than a month.

The decisive battle is about to begin......

How she hopes that after this decisive battle, this world can be peaceful for a long time, women no longer have to worry about whether the distant Kun father and brothers have died in the ravine, and the children under her rule do not have to be fatherless since childhood, they can only enter the "Yulin Orphans", learn to dance and play the sword, and continue the hatred of the previous generation.

I don't know if it's a coincidence, as far as Ji Huan knows, the battlefield of the confrontation between the two sides is in the Qinshui Basin, which is a small village that can't even be found on the map, but it has a name full of reverie, called "Changping"!

(To be continued.) )