The monarchs of Han, Wei and Chu were sent out of Handan for ten miles, and the envoys of Qi also came to retire, and Zhao Kuo personally sent Hou Sheng out of the city and gave him a lot of gifts.

"This king is willing to be friends with the Qi country for generations, and I also ask Mr. to convey the king's goodwill to the king of Qi." Zhao Kuo said to Hou Sheng.

"The minister must bring it." Hou Sheng said very happily when he saw a cart full of gifts, and the ruts were stuck in the mud.

This time he sent an envoy to Zhao State, first Qin State sent him a bunch of gifts, and now Zhao State sent him a bunch of gifts.

Hou Sheng knew very well what the two countries thought, "Since you have all given me gifts, then I will not help anyone, and I will not let you down." ”

……

Zhao Kuo returned to the palace, and the ministers were waiting for him.

"The king, you must have been too hasty before, you didn't even discuss it with your ministers, and you made such a grand wish in front of everyone." Wei Wuji said in an almost questioning tone.

In front of the public, everyone couldn't wipe Zhao Kuo's face, so they could only lean over and echo it, but not everyone agreed with Zhao Kuo's words.

It can even be said that except for a few young people who have not yet experienced the beating, no one agrees with Zhao Kuo's words.

Although the grand wish can gain a large number of people's hearts in a short period of time, as long as it is not completed in one day, Zhao State will become the target of various countries' crusades.

But is it possible?

Completely impossible.

Not to mention the world, it is impossible to achieve it in Zhao Kingdom alone.

"Do you think it can't be done?" Zhao Kuo stopped, his gaze scanning around.

No one spoke, even Huang Shigong, who had just joined, he was willing to fight for the ideal in his heart, but reason told him that this ideal could not be realized.

"When the king went out last year, did any of you believe that the king would win?" Zhao Kuo asked.

The ministers subconsciously shook their heads.

Yes, who would have thought that Zhao Kuo would win last year, especially when he learned that the enemy commander was Wu Anjun Bai Qi, the sky over Handan seemed to be shrouded in a layer of haze, and it was lifeless.

Even Zhao Sheng, who tried his best to help Zhao Kuo, didn't expect that Zhao Kuo would be able to win in the end, and even defeat the three and a half counties of the Qin State.

"The minister is willing to believe in the king." Mo Feng was the first to say.

Without Zhao Kuo, there would be no Mo family today, and he is the person who is most willing to believe in Zhao Kuo.

"The minister Song is also willing to believe in the king." Song Zhen clenched his fists and said.

No one has ever given a doctor such a high status, and no one is willing to compile a medical book for a doctor. Regardless of whether this ideal can be realized or not, his doctor is willing to follow behind Zhao Kuo.

Not for anything else, just for the sentence 'Death for the confidant.' ’

"My farmer will provide Zhao Guo with the most productive seeds." Chen Xin said solemnly.

"Thank you for your trust." Zhao Kuo bowed over and said loudly, "Actually, it's normal not to believe it, after all, this matter is really difficult to achieve." But the king has already said it, and it is difficult to chase the horse after the word, so everyone will not want the king to take it back. Why don't we leave the answer to time and wait ten years to see. ”

"The minister is willing to wait ten years." After a moment, Wei Wuji arched his hand and said.

After Wei Wuji started, everyone also came down the steps one after another, as Zhao Kuo said, they couldn't force Zhao Kuo to take back his words.

"Alright, let's sit down first." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.

"How's the road going?" Zhao Kuo looked at Wei Qi.

Since February, Zhao has not stopped building roads, and only reduced the speed when the Five Kingdoms attacked Zhao.

"Your Majesty, except for the roads within the Taihang Mountain that have not yet started construction, the other roads have already started. It is expected that by the end of next year, except for the roads from Taiyuan and Shangdang to Handan, other roads will be completed. Wei Qi arched his hand and said.

Zhao Guo used to have roads, and in this era, troops were sent to fight all day long, even if there was no road, and there were many people walking, they also stepped out of the road.

Therefore, many sections only need to build cement roads on the original basis, and the difficulty is not very great.

But the Taihang Mountain area is different, Taihang Bacheng is not a dangerous place, some places are only one step wide, it is impossible to build a cement road.

If you want to connect the two places, you either need to build a bridge or push a mountain.

Zhao Guo's bridge construction technology is not bad, at least there is no problem in building bridges in rivers such as Zhangshui and Huchi, and as more and more bridges are built, the technology is also growing.

But it is completely impossible to build a bridge in the Taihang Mountains, at least with the current technology.

As for pushing the mountain...... If you use the Army Spirit Legion, it's not impossible......

Directly smashed the hill and filled it into the valley, and forced a road to be paved......

But as a last resort, Wei Qi didn't dare to mention it, it was okay if Zhao Kuo didn't agree, if he agreed, he could be hated to death by Zhao Feiqi, and it was even possible to be killed secretly.

Lao Tzu's dignified army soul legion, sent a letter for a few months, and now asked Lao Tzu to build roads?

Zhao Kuo frowned, the party is very important to Zhao State, if the two places can be connected with a wide road, even if Qin State dispatches 600,000 troops like last time, Zhao State can withstand it.

"I will ask Chen Heng and Gong to help you, and you must build the road as soon as possible." Zhao Kuo said.

Chen Heng's mathematics and the Mohist technique of transporting seedlings can all assist in road construction.

"No." Wei Qi said with his fists clenched.

"In addition, the king intends to send troops to attack the Hetao next year. Before April next year, the road from Jiuyuan City to Handan should be at least open to traffic. If there is a shortage of manpower, troops can be transferred directly from the Tuntian soldiers. Zhao Kuo said.

"The Great King...... There is no shortage of manpower now, but the main problem is that the cement production is not enough...... "Wei Qi said.

As long as there are enough manpower and multiple sections are built at the same time, Wei Qi is still confident that it will be built within half a year, but now the speed of road construction is limited by cement output, not manpower.

"Another cement plant will be built in Yanmen, and in addition, the cement plant in Jinyang and Dai County will be doubled." Zhao Kuo said.

"No."

"In addition, this king intends to bring back the bones of all the soldiers who died in the battle of Shangdang, build a Valhalla in the city to place them, engrave their names on the stone tablet, and sacrifice them at the four seasons, and the etiquette is the same as that of the king, and after three years, they will be sent back to their hometown for burial, and the various places will be responsible for the sacrifice." Zhao Kuo said.

As for the transgression of etiquette, since the etiquette has collapsed, let him be more completely broken.

In this age of dying for faith, this glory is enough to make everyone desperate.

"The Great King is benevolent." The ministers leaned over and said, even if they didn't object.

In this era, people attached great importance to the dead, the so-called 'treating the dead as life', especially the nobles, and even built their tombs better than the living mansions, keeping them to live in after death.

The generals will not have an opinion, Zhao Kuo has always been generous to his opponents, and even the soldiers are treated like this, so they naturally don't need to say much.

In addition, a five-year pension is payable to each family of those who died in the war, after which the eldest son is under the age of eighteen, until the eldest son reaches the age of eighteen, during which time all agricultural taxes are exempted. The pension is paid at the rate of five stone corn per month, which is converted into money. ”

In addition to the nobles in Zhao State, ordinary soldiers did not have a so-called pension, and if they died, they died, and at most they sent someone to inform their families. Of course, the more likely thing is that the notifications are not notified.

Zhao Kuo had wanted to do this for a long time, but Zhao Guo's finances could not support it, and it was not until the salt, iron and coal were withdrawn from the state monopoly that Zhao Kuo slowly had enough funds to support Zhao Kuo to implement his ideas little by little.

Of course, this is only the first step.

"The minister promises that all the money and wealth will fall into the hands of the relatives of the soldiers." Wei Wuji said solemnly.

Everyone in Zhao knew that Zhao Kuo was extremely fond of the soldiers, and even those nobles who were displeased because Zhao Kuo planned to open up the wisdom of the people did not dare to disobey the order in this regard.

After all, opening Minzhi is still a no-brainer, and the blood stains on the human head that fell before have not been dried yet.

The higher the status, the more you cherish your life, and you will never choose to take risks until you have to.