Shangdang and Yecheng are the two most important counties in the strategic position of Zhao, one guards the southwest corner of Zhao, and the other guards the southern border of Zhao.

Yecheng is only dozens of miles away from Handan, and you can run to it when you play, Zhao Kuo has already been there once last year, so this time he directly set the first stop in Shangdang.

As for the other counties, although they also have borders with Yan and Qi, the threat to Zhao is far less than that of Qin and Wei, so the importance of the two countries is naturally not as good as that of Shangdang and Yecheng.

Now that Hedong is back in the hands of Wei, there is Wei as a barrier between Shangdang and Qin, but to be honest, Zhao Kuo is actually not optimistic about Wei in his heart.

Whether it is national strength or people's hearts, Wei does not have an advantage, when the Qin State captured Anyi, all the Wei people in the city were expelled, and then moved into the Qin people from Guanzhong.

Although Hedong is the hometown of Wei, it is really difficult to say that the people's hearts are in Qin and Wei.

And once it is born, and it is twice ripe.

Qin knew the terrain of Hedong very well, and it was much easier to take Hedong again than the first time.

Hedong delayed the attack of the Qin army at most, giving Zhao time to prepare, which could not be relied on, and it was still up to Zhao to resist the Qin army.

The importance of Ye County was no less than that of Shangdang, because Wei was no less of a threat to Zhao than Qin.

Even if Wei Wuji, the younger brother of King Wei, is the prime minister of Zhao State, the two countries can wear a pair of pants if they have a good relationship, and they don't even need to collect taxes when they cross the border, and they can't change the fact that they ...... Among the six kingdoms, the one who beat Zhao was not Qin, but Wei.

The Qin State did not defeat Handan, the capital of the Zhao State, and the Wei State was beaten down.

Of course, in this world, the Zhao State was not killed by the Qin State with an army of 450,000 troops, otherwise the Qin State would be ranked first.

When Yecheng was still in the hands of Wei, it was only sixty miles away from Handan, the capital of Zhao, and a rapid march arrived, posing a serious threat to the security of Zhao.

This is also the reason why Zhao Kuo must bring Yecheng from the hands of Wei in the first place, if you don't come over, the south of Zhao will never be guaranteed.

The army of the enemy country can run to your own national capital in one day, and you dare to arrange an industry near the national capital?

Fortunately, with the help of Zhao Kuo, Wei recovered Hedong, Hanoi, and part of Nanyang, earned a large amount of territory, and happily ceded Yecheng to Zhao.

Otherwise, after the Five Kingdoms attacked Zhao, Zhao Kuo would also take a big victory and force Wei to cede Yecheng.

It can even be said that the ally of Wei is not as important as Yecheng.

Between countries, there are no eternal friends, only eternal interests.

King Wei's head is good and bad, no one knows what he thinks in his little head, maybe one day, he will suddenly tear his face and attack Zhao with Qin.

Yecheng is such an important city, it is better to be in the hands of Zhao Guo himself.

The wheels are rolling, crushing the official road.

Perhaps it was early spring, when everyone was busy cultivating the fields, and there were not many pedestrians on the road.

In fact, the population density of this era is here, except for a very few large cities, it is difficult to experience the feeling of being busy.

In some cases, people have settled on both sides of the road, especially in places with convenient transportation such as intersections and intersections, which have formed the scale of villages.

"Look, I said at the beginning that as long as the road is repaired, there will be people running to the side to settle down, and it doesn't matter if there is anyone or not." Zhao Kuo pointed outside and said.

No one agreed......

Liu Ping was in another carriage, and An Ning and the others didn't know about it at all.

Under normal circumstances, they never ask about politics.

"After we pass Jinyang, do we still have to go to the river?" An Ning ripped Xiao Po Nu off his body, put him in the car, and let him play with Xiao Zhao Zheng.

Bin sat on the side, playing with the small wooden sword that Zhao Kuo had rewarded him not long ago, fantasizing about becoming a chivalrous man who killed one person in ten steps and did not stay for a thousand miles, while listening to the conversation of Zhao Kuo and the others.

"Yes, the Hetao has been developed for more than two years, and we must go and see how it goes, so that we know what it is." Zhao Kuo nodded.

"Are you going to the prairie? The concubine hasn't seen the grassland yet. An Ning said with some excitement.

"There is a grassland in the Hetao, but Mo Nan is also going to go, and the main road leading to the grassland in the Hetao has been built, so it will not be too tiring." Zhao Kuo said.

Speaking of which, although Zhao has set up a county in Monan, it is completely different from other counties, the population of Monan is only more than 10,000, plus there are only tens of thousands of slaves, which are not as good as the larger cities.

Moreover, there are no counties under Monan County, but various pastures and processing factories, which are equivalent to the meat supply base of Zhao State, mainly for the army, and the nobles will also take this opportunity to get cheap.

Generally speaking, as long as he doesn't cross the line, Zhao Kuo will turn a blind eye.

Although the grassland can also be cultivated near the river, but Zhao Guo does not lack that bit of arable land, so it is better to keep it for grazing.

Of course, it must be pasture-form grazing, not nomadism.

If you return to the nomadic way, it won't be long before the grassland will return to the embrace of the Hu people, and the Zhao people who moved to the Zhao State will not only not assimilate the Hu people, but will also be assimilated by the Hu people.

The carrying capacity of the grassland is limited, so make the pasture larger, build water conservancy, plant grass artificially, and move back to the Great Wall in winter for the winter.

As long as they don't run around and don't restore the habits of nomads, Zhao can control the grassland forever, and even if Zhao dies in the future, the new Chinese state will continue to control the grassland.

It will not be like in history, when a grassland country is destroyed and another country grows, and another country grows after it is destroyed, like leeks, it can't be cut.

However, the current forage yield is a bit low, and it is difficult to maintain a super-large pasture, Zhao Kuo also hoped that the caravan could bring alfalfa back from the Western Regions, but as a result, several years have passed, and the caravan has not even had a shadow.

If they don't come back by the end of this year, the possibility of Mao Sui and the others being alive is very, very low, and Zhao Kuo will organize a second caravan.

"When the time comes, I must gallop on the grassland." An Ning said happily, she can ride a horse, but her equestrian skills are above most cavalry.

"I want it too." Little Broken Slave immediately shouted.

Bin and Zhao Zheng also raised their heads, their eyes were shining, they were riding horses and galloping on the grassland, the wind and waves were whistling past their ears, and all around them were endless grasslands, which was very refreshing to think about.

"Except for Bin, you can get a pony and learn to ride a horse, neither of you can do it, and it will be a few years before you can." An Ning said immediately.

"Mother~" The little broken slave threw herself into her mother's arms and shouted with her mouth open.