The sound of conversation in the main hall continued, and everyone gathered in twos and threes to talk, and what happened today was enough to shock them for a while.

Zhou Zi also found Lu Zhonglian, and the two became friends when they were in Qi State, and later came to Zhao State before and after, and now they are also ranked among the Twelfth Qing.

However, Zhou Zi arrived in Handan not long ago, and was notified to be a Shaofu, and he had been in Jixi before, and he didn't know much about Zhao Guo's future plans, and he only learned the specific content for the first time today.

"The king has made so many plans at one time, and it is to improve the salary, to build schools, post stations, factories, and to develop the Hetao, do we have so much money?" Zhou Zi said worriedly.

With so many development plans, although they seem to be good, Zhao Guo is full of hope for the future. But if it's not done in the end, it's another scenario......

According to his speculation, not to mention Zhao Guo, even if the money from all over the world is gathered together, it will barely be able to complete Zhao Guo's plan.

"It seems that a lot of money is needed, but in fact, what really needs to be paid is the income and welfare of officials, craftsmen, teachers, and soldiers. According to the plan, no major war will be launched in the next three years, and even if a war does, the battlefield will be controlled outside the territory and the scale of the war will be reduced as much as possible. ”

In other words, this seemingly large amount of money does not need to be paid out in a short period of time, but will be distributed sequentially for a long time to come. The same is true for the pensions of officials and the retirement money of craftsmen. ”

"From next year, the management of the gap between Wei will belong to my Zhao State, and the goods of my Zhao State can go south along the river and chasm and be sold to Chu State, and can also be sold to Jiangdong through Yingshui, Huaishui, and Hangou. It was sold to Huaibei through Jishui, Heshui and Surabaya. As a transportation hub, the gap between commercial taxes and commercial taxes will inevitably increase significantly. ”

What Lu Zhonglian didn't know was that after Zhao Mu received the news, he immediately sent people to buy most of the shops on both sides of the chasm, in addition to commercial taxes, as long as there were merchant ships to stop to eat, drink and Lazar, Zhao Guo could make money.

And this part of the money is protected by the Wei State, of course, you have to pay taxes to the Wei State.

"Other roads are built, post stations are built, colleges are built, factories are used for prisoners, materials are cost prices, very cheap, and they are built in batches, we only want to produce food, not long ago we bought a large amount of grain from Chu and Qi, and the navy fished aggressively, and China's grain production is also rising, so food is not a problem. After next year, when the Loop settles down, there will be no need to buy grain and grass from other countries. By the year after tomorrow, there will be no need to send grain to the Hetao at all. Lu Zhonglian said.

In fact, if Zhao Guo does not invest money in the Hetao, the Hetao can also develop, but the speed will be much slower, at least eight years and ten years, and at most one or two generations. Only by investing a large amount of money in it can we complete self-sufficiency within three years, and feed back to Zhao Guo after five years.

Zhao Kuo had planned to change the administrative system and establish a military merit system, but if it were not for the large number of prisoners and war horses and cattle provided by Rong Di, he would not dare to take such a big step at one time.

With so much manpower and material resources, it is not enough to squeeze Zhao Guo dry.

It's different with the captives, how to squeeze them out and how to use them.

"Captive...... Won't there be a rebellion? Zhou Zi asked, even if the donkey does too much, it will pick the child, not to mention the captured enemy, many of whom died at the hands of Zhao Guo.

"How could it not be, at first there were more, and then there were less." Lu Zhonglian said, "We didn't abuse them, although they were a little tired, but they were full, and they ate better than before." They used to seem to be herdsmen, but weren't they also slaves of the nobility? Do any of the cows and sheep they feed theirs? ”

"Those nobles beat and scolded them at will, at least we will not beat and scold them innocently. And if we do well, we will give them a household registration and give them a piece of land. Later, there was no rebellion, but worked hard to obtain a household registration. After all, rebellion is mortal, and there is at least hope for hard work. ”

"They believe it?" Zhou Zi asked.

"We selected a few captives in each of the coal mines and construction teams, gave them household registration and land in front of everyone, and told them that these people were the ones who told us about their rebellion." Lu Zhonglian said with a smile.

A few pieces of paper and a few pieces of uncultivated land, in exchange for the hard work of hundreds of thousands of captives, are simply not too cost-effective.

Especially when a few traitors who betrayed their compatriots were rewarded, all their compatriots were no longer trustworthy of their own people, but had the possibility of betraying their enemies.

Everyone has the instinct to survive in their hearts, before rebellion was only the only choice in a desperate situation, and now Zhao Guo has given them a way to live, even if everyone knows that only a few people can get household registration in the end, but they will still work hard for that little opportunity.

When a dog discovers that walking on two legs is pleasing to its owner, all dogs will start learning to walk on two legs.

Zhou Zi was silent for a long time and did not speak, this method was too ruthless, it was like Shang Ying's continuous sitting system, but Shang Ying enslaved his own people, while Zhao State enslaved outsiders.

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"This way...... Who came up with it? After a long while, Zhou Zi asked.

"Du Pingjun." Lu Zhonglian whispered.

As a commander, strategist, and all-round talent for governing the country, Tiandan is a brick in Zhao State, and he can move it wherever he needs to.

"This ...... It's his style indeed. Zhou Zi smiled bitterly and nodded.

In the Battle of Jimo that year, in order to inspire the determination of the people in the city to fight to the death, Tian Dan used a counter-plot to deceive the Yan generals into robbing them, so that the Yan generals sent troops to dig up the graves of the ancestors of the Qi people, burn the dead bodies, and cut off the noses of the Qi army prisoners.

The fool who robbed all of them complied, and it was not bad, and then he was slaughtered by Tian Dan without accident.

But this matter is not over, there is no leaky wall in the world, and after the defeat of the Yan army, this matter will be spread.

Only then did everyone find out that the culprit who dug up the ancestors' graves, burned the ancestors' remains, and cut off the captives' noses was not Yan Jun, but Tian Dan.

For most people, the society of Qi is not as important as their family name, they can accept the collapse of Qi, but they cannot accept the humiliation of their ancestors.

Tian Dan's prestige plummeted, most people began to oppose him, and Tian Dan was highly accomplished, and the King of Qi did not like him either.

So he pushed the boat down the river and sold it to Zhao Guo......

"This time is different from before, we don't have to pay attention to these things to deal with Rong Di, we can give them a way to live is mercy, and if they don't give them a way to live, they can only suffer." Lu Zhonglian waved his hand and said, unlike in the Central Plains, even if he killed Rong Diquan, he had no psychological burden.

"It's me who thinks too much." Zhou Zi said that he had not yet converted from his previous thinking.