Chapter 549: Building a Bridge over the Yellow River

Zhao Kuo inspected and came back and found that the Hetao city was not all built, except for the county town, most of the county towns were only built with simple city walls to resist the fierce beasts and the remnants of Rong Di's rout, as for the internal facilities, they were very simple.

In the past, there were often Rong Di who was on the run in Hetao and rushed to kill the Zhao people in the village desperately, and after the chestnut learned about it, he immediately ordered that as long as Rong Di was caught alive, the adult man was 20,000 yuan per person, and the woman and child were 10,000 yuan per person.

Hetao suddenly set off a storm of hunting the Hu people, and some Zhao people even spontaneously formed teams to go deep into the grasslands and mountains to find traces of Rong Di.

They worked hard for a year, and they couldn't save 20,000 yuan without eating or drinking, and now as long as they catch one Rong Di, they won't lose, and they will earn two blood.

What are you waiting for? Copy the guys! Under the frenzied blows of the Zhao people, Rong Di, who was originally hiding in the depths of the mountains and grasslands and came out from time to time to kill the Zhao people, was arrested in less than half a year.

The chestnut belly got free labor, and the Zhao people also got money, which can be described as a win-win situation, and the only loss may be the Hu people.

However, the Hu people are not at a loss, compared with the precarious life before, at least now they have food and shelter. The Zhao people, who tasted the sweetness, even wanted to hunt Donghu on the periphery of the Great Wall, but after the chestnut belly found out, they immediately canceled the reward policy, and the Zhao people stopped and honestly cultivated the wasteland.

During this period, the world was fighting for hundreds of years, and the people of all countries were brave and good at fighting, familiar with military affairs, killing only a few people, and they were captured.

Even if the chestnut belly does not issue a reward policy, after the Zhao people settle down, they will spontaneously eliminate the Hu people, but the speed is far from being so fast, and it is impossible to be so clean.

"The people are too busy, so we just built the city wall and houses to protect everyone's safety, and the rest of the facilities have to be built slowly, and now the land has been almost reclaimed, and the rest is the improvement of urban construction and water conservancy, after these two are completed, the preliminary development of the Hetao will be completed." Of course, there is also the paving of roads, but this is not the responsibility of the ministers. Chestnut said.

Hetao has limited manpower, and everyone is not three-headed and six-armed, so they must come step by step. In fact, the first thing in the Hetao was to build the city, but after the walls and houses were almost built, they did not continue, but focused on reclamation.

The main purpose of the road was to communicate with the regions, to connect the Hetao with the Zhao state, and to develop commerce.

As for ordinary people, there are very few opportunities for them to be practically useful. If there is no conscription and hard labor, most people's activity trajectory is actually in their own township and neighboring townships, and there are very few people who leave the county.

Zhao Kuo checked the household registration situation in Hetao, there are many children over the age of six, and there are very few children between the ages of three and six, which should be because of immigration.

At that time, most people who were pregnant, or whose children were under the age of three, did not choose to immigrate. The number of two-year-old children began to increase, and at this time, everyone had settled down in Hetao, and naturally began to have babies when they got married, and those who were not married also began to get married, or married the Hu girl arranged by Zhao Guo.

There are even more one-year-olds, almost twice as many as two-year-olds. If nothing else, the population of the Hetao will maintain rapid growth in the next few years, but it will not bring benefits to Zhao in the short term, but will bring great pressure.

How to reduce the mortality rate of these children so that these children can grow up safely. If these children can grow up, what will Zhao Guo use to feed them?

You know, there are still fifteen years before these children can create value.

"I hope that farmers can increase food production again, and there are also doctors...... It is also too difficult to train doctors. Zhao Kuo thought in his heart.

Zhao Guo has been training doctors for several years, and he has thrown a lot of money into it every year, but now he has not seen any results, and there are even fewer doctors who have been trained, but the number of apprentices is increasing every year...... With Zhao Guo's conditions, Zhao Kuo couldn't even promote 'water should be boiled before drinking'.

Can you imagine that most people can't afford to make a fire at all, and they wait until they see smoke coming from the chimney when they are cooking, so they grab a handful of grass and go to this house to borrow a fire?

Eighty percent of those who were borrowed from the fire were the chiefs of this village. In fact, most people don't have the habit of buying matches, but they don't have this habit, and in their opinion, spending money on this thing is completely wasteful.

After all, a few dollars are money. Therefore, Zhao Kuo only ordered that the water in the army and schools must be boiled before drinking, and as for other places, it can't be controlled.

"The king doesn't have to be too anxious, just let it be. Compared with other countries, which have remained unchanged for several years or even decades, our Zhao country is almost the same every year, and its development has been very fast, and if it is fast, there will be hidden dangers. Chestnut said.

Even during the reign of King Yan Zhao, the Yan State did not develop as fast as the current Zhao State, not to mention other periods.

Chestnut felt that as long as the current speed of development was maintained, the world would definitely be Zhao Guo in the future. If you continue to toss, it is more likely to have an accident.

"I think I can develop faster." Zhao Kuo looked at the east and looked far-reaching, and now it is the population that seriously hinders the development of Zhao.

Qin and Chu couldn't wait for expansion, and Zhao couldn't be too far behind.

"Forget it, let's not talk about it. By the way, what about Jung Kook? This king has been in Hetao for so long, why haven't you seen him? Zhao Kuo asked strangely.

I have to say that Zheng Guo is worthy of being one of the two major water conservancy masters in the last years of the Warring States Period, and the water conservancy construction is good, including most of Helan County, so that Zhao Guo suddenly has more than 100,000 hectares of fertile land.

"I was called by Wei Qi to go to Yinshan to build a road." Chestnut said. Although Wei Qi made his debut to build roads halfway, he has been repairing for several years and understands everything, but he is still not as proficient as a professional like Zheng Guo in terms of bridge building.

In many cases, road construction alone cannot solve the problem, but it is more appropriate to build bridges.

At this time, Zheng Guo's role came into play.

"When Zheng Guo returns, ask him if he can build a bridge over the Yellow River, and if so, build one in the river first, and then build one in the middle of the river." Zhao Kuo said.

With the help of Reiki, Zhao Guo's materials science has made milestone progress, and with the addition of Zheng Guo, an elder, he can try to build a bridge over the Yellow River.

The Yellow River in the loop has a gentle flow and a narrow width, making it easier to build bridges. After the bridge of the Hetao is completed, we will accumulate enough experience and then build a bridge in the Central Plains.

"Build a bridge over the Yellow River! The minister will tell Zheng Guo in person. Chestnut belly grabbed it with both hands, and his heart was pounding.

If Zhao's first bridge across the river had been built in Hetao, and during his tenure as governor of Hetao, his name would have gone down in history along with the bridge.

Chestnut made up his mind to let Zheng Guo complete this matter even if it was out of his own pocket.