Zhao Kuo didn't stay long in the steel factory and left, mainly because it was useless for him to stay there, Zhao Guo even pointed out the skills of iron molds (it was done in history), and mass production has long been available.

As for the improvement of technology, it is difficult to improve again without perennial accumulation, so now Zhao Guo is focusing more on expanding production.

"Congratulations to the king." Zhao Zhu sent Zhao Kuo out of the steel factory and bowed down.

Now he is also a 2,000-stone official, at the same level as Taiyuan County, except that one is responsible for managing Taiyuan County and the other is responsible for managing the steel mill.

The persons in charge of other poultry farms, pastures, coal mines, salt farms, etc., are also graded, and the size of the grade is divided according to the importance and scale of the industry.

Generally speaking, the head of each industry is at least at the same level as the county guard, and very few are second only to the minister, or directly under the minister.

For example, the ranch is directly managed by Zhao Bao, although he spends most of his time in Handan...... But if something happens, he will definitely take the blame.

The ranch is related to Zhao Guo's hundred-year plan, and no matter how hard the relationship is, it is useless, so Zhao Bao has to go over to check it every year, for fear of being pitted by some strange things.

If it was pit before, it would have been forgotten, at most the fief would have been taken back, and he would continue to enjoy the glory and wealth, anyway, the fief of Zhao State would not have been passed on forever.

But now it's different, as the clan of Zhao Guo, he knows more than most people, and Zhao Sheng mentioned it on the side, and the two brothers can faintly feel that the path Zhao Kuo wants to take is different from before, but a kind of division similar to the early Zhou Dynasty.

The present fief is the foundation of the future feudal state.

The fief was recovered, and everything in the future would have to be one step slower, and even affect the glory and wealth of his descendants for hundreds of years, Zhao Bao did not dare to be sloppy in the slightest.

However, this speculation is only circulated among a small group of people at the highest level, because Zhao Kuo did not say it explicitly, and they are not easy to criticize, in case it is not the case in the end, it is not good for everyone.

But even if it's just speculation, everyone is very excited in their hearts, the fief is already very precious, let alone the feudal country.

In the past few hundred years, except for the four vassal states of the Zhou Dynasty in the name of the Three Jin Dynasty and Tian Qi, no feudal states have been born.

As for Sanjin and Tian Qi, everyone knows what is going on in their hearts.

Now that there is a real opportunity to get the country, how can everyone give up.

"Did this river exist in ancient times, or was it dug later?" Zhao Kuo pointed to the canal not far away and said.

This canal leads from Fenshui outside the city to Jinyang City, and there are auxiliary canals along the way, which continuously transports the river water to the farmland outside Jinyang City.

It is not only used for irrigation, but also for the water supply of the people of the whole city.

Zhao Kuo was very surprised to see such a water conservancy project in Jinyang.

Because Zhao's achievements in water conservancy are very average, there are no large-scale water conservancy projects in Handan, let alone other places, but Jinyang actually has them.

Although it is not as good as the chasm and Dujiangyan, it is already very rare in this era.

Could it be that Zhao Guo is still an all-rounder, and he has also made great achievements in water conservancy?

“…… King, this is the canal dug by Zhibo in order to flood Jinyang...... Later, Zhao Guo felt that there was a river that was very good, so he changed this canal into an irrigation project, and at the same time supplied Jinyang with water. Liu Ping covered his face and said with some embarrassment.

This is also one of the few large-scale water conservancy projects in Zhao State, but the origin is a little embarrassing, and it is used by the enemy to drown himself......

However, Zhao Guo didn't feel embarrassed at all, I don't know if it was to show his broad mind or to mock Zhibo, the local government and the people called this canal Zhibo Canal......

If Zhiboquan had knowledge, I don't know if he would climb out of the coffin board in anger and fill in the canal himself.

“……。” Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment and coughed dryly, he still had some understanding of this history.

At that time, the Zhi family, the Wei family, and the Han family prepared to destroy Zhao, and the Zhao family retreated to the base camp of Jinyang, and Zhibo diverted water to flood Jinyang.

The three families were surrounded for more than a year, and the water level was only six feet away, and the city was flooded, and all the wealth and food in the city were exhausted. However, because the Zhao family is very popular in Jinyang, no one rebelled against the Zhao family.

At the time of life and death, the Zhao family sent his retainer Zhang Meng to talk about plotting against the Wei family and the Han family, and the three families were destroyed, and the Zhao family was reborn.

"It seems that Zhibo still contributes to my Zhao Kingdom." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.

"In fact, there are still a lot of water conservancy projects in Taiyuan, there are Zhaoyu Qize, Wu Ze, Wenhu, Chunhu and other Daze in Taiyuan County, the water source is abundant, there are many canals for irrigation around, and the nearby land is also very fertile, two crops per year, and rice can be planted in summer." Taiyuan County Shoukong pointed ahead and said.

To be honest, before coming to Jinyang, he always thought that Jinyang was very poor. After I came, I found out that it was not for nothing that Zhao Guo was able to rely on Jinyang to start a business.

There are coal mines, copper mines, iron mines, large rivers, lakes, fertile soil, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the strategic position is extremely high.

The only drawback is that the location is too remote and not suitable for world domination.

Since he was appointed as the county guard of Taiyuan, in addition to educating the Hu people who were placed here, Kong Chuang has done the most to build water conservancy and dredge rivers.

The soil in the Taiyuan Basin is very fertile, and if the water conservancy is built well, the yield per mu will not be lower than that of the Central Plains.

"Pay attention to soil erosion." Zhao Kuo reminded.

Soil erosion is not as serious as in later generations, but that doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

If it really didn't exist, the lower reaches of the Yellow River would not have flooded or even diverted every once in a while.

At the same time, soil erosion can lead to a decline in soil fertility, making the once fertile loess extremely poor.

"The minister will pay attention." Kong Piercing nodded, he didn't know how to reduce soil erosion, but someone did.

The Confucian family does not say anything else, that is, it has a wide range of contacts, and there are 3,000 disciples under Confucius, who have everything, although they usually quarrel because of ideological disputes, but the affection is still there.

Zheng Guo's level of water conservancy elders can't be found, but the Kong family can still find a lot of water conservancy experts at a lower level.

"Take me to see where the Hezong clan and Lin Hu are housed." Zhao Kuo said.

"No." Kong Chuanyi arched his hand and said to Ben who was driving the carriage, "It's not far ahead, and it will take about two quarters of an hour to arrive." ”

After the Hezong clan, Lin Hu, and Lou Fu returned to the Zhao State, they were split into various places, most of which were placed in the four counties of Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, Hexi, and Taiyuan, and Taiyuan were mainly Hezong and Linhu.

Zhao's reform was also a further assimilation of these Rong people, and there was a lot of chaos at first.

However, fortunately, the officials in various places dealt with it in a timely manner and did not cause too much turmoil, and Zhao Guo had not been able to spare his hand, so Zhao Kuo did not deal with it.

This time to inspect Zhao Guo, Hezong, Lin Hu, and Lou Fu must be inspected, if the three clans are honest, Zhao Kuo will not make a move on them, if there are still different intentions, Zhao Kuo will definitely not be soft.

Before starting to expand externally, the interior must be clean and clean.