After Fan Tong learned that Zhao destroyed the Xiongnu, took half of the grassland into his arms, and set up Mo Nan County, he was keenly aware that Zhao would definitely make a move on Donghu in the future.

This is an opportunity!

Compared with starting step by step from the grassroots level, it is much faster to dedicate Donghu to Zhao Guoke.

At that time, even if you can't be a marquis, it must not be too bad.

Of course, Fan Tong took a very big risk by doing this.

Zhao Guo can only make a move against Donghu after annexing Yan State, if Zhao State does not have the idea of annexing Yan State, or Yan State blocks Zhao State, then his efforts will become a joke.

However, soon Fan Tong deduced from Zhao Guo's measures against Yan over the years that Zhao definitely had the ambition to annex Yan State, and the probability of success was very high.

As long as Zhao annexes Yan, no matter whether he does it right or not, he can lead the people to surrender and become a nobleman of Zhao.

For the generals, the Central Plains has always had a tradition of preferential treatment, especially his special status, and he will inevitably be reused like Feng Ting in the future.

However, this matter must first say hello to Zhao Guo, it is best to have an official identity, in case of failure, there is a way out, at least not let Zhao Guo kill himself casually when targeting Donghu.

Therefore, after Fan Tong had a certain scale, he immediately came to meet Li Mu in person and sought the support of Zhao Guo.

Originally, Fan Tong secretly came over to see Li Mu this time, and when he heard that Zhao Kuo had inspected here, he immediately asked Li Mu for a recommendation.

"There is an official position here that is very suitable for you." Zhao Kuo pondered for a moment and spoke.

Fan Tong is very important to Zhao Guo, if Fan Tong can help Zhao Guo wholeheartedly, the probability of Zhao Guo destroying Donghu in the future will be infinitely close to 100%.

"Speak, my lord." Fan Tong said.

"General Hu Zhonglang." Zhao Kuo said.

"Thank you, the king, and pay your respects to the king." Fan Tong was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed and bowed down.

I have never heard of this official position, it is obvious that Zhao Kuo has just created it, but it is very suitable for him, and General Zhonglang is not a minor official, he can already be used as the main general of an army and command the army to fight.

In other words, he could recruit the army on his own in Donghu, and not only Donghu recognized it, but even Zhao Guo recognized it.

"If you don't have anything else to do, go back first, and don't forget to participate in the noon banquet." Zhao Kuo said.

"No." Fan Tong said overjoyed.

The next day, Zhao Kuo left Daijun. Go south along the Flying Fox Road, turn east from Hengshan County, and go to Wuyang.

When passing by Danqiu County, Hengshan County, Zhao Kuo specially stopped to inspect the circle.

Originally, there was no need to go through Hengshan County, and it was closer to Wuyang by taking Puyin.

However, a few months ago, Zhao Kuo received news from Handan that all the grain merchants in Danqiu County, Hengshan County, had joined together to secretly raise prices, destroy the market, and seriously damage the interests of the court and the people.

After receiving the news, the imperial court brought all these merchants to justice with a thunderous force and sent them to build the island.

After Zhao Kuo entered Danqiu County, he did not find that the grain price exceeded the price set by the imperial court, and it seems that the previous rectification was still effective, and the sequelae was that the grain shops in Danqiu County were obviously much less than those in other areas.

This is a normal phenomenon, and slowly there will be grain merchants coming.

Zhao Kuo didn't care, and went directly to Wuyang by the official road.

Hejian County once belonged to the Yan and Zhao countries, and there was also a small part of the territory of the Qi State, and the cultural and linguistic conflicts were particularly obvious.

In addition, there are many saline lands in the central and eastern parts of Hejian County, and flooding is common in low-lying areas.

In the event of a natural disaster, people will be displaced and will move spontaneously, which further exacerbates this contradiction.

In the past few years, Zhao has vigorously treated saline-alkali land, while digging canals, building river embankments, and controlling floods.

At the same time, taxes were reduced, schools were built, and Zhao culture was promoted.

After the ash came out, the ash tree was introduced to cultivate the ash worm, and now the ash has become one of the pillar industries of Hejian County.

In addition, Hejian County, as the only county near the sea in Zhao State, also vigorously developed fisheries and salt industry.

Hejian County strives to let everyone have something to do, as long as they are busy enough, naturally there will be no time and energy to fight, and geopolitical contradictions will not exist.

The Yan Great Wall on the north bank of Yishui has become the Great Wall of Zhao.

However, due to the strength of the Zhao State, there was no need to rely on the Great Wall to defend the Yan State, and many sections of the Great Wall were already overgrown with weeds under the disrepair.

Yan Guo intends to rebuild a Great Wall along Laishui to defend Zhao State, but the Great Wall is an extremely time-consuming and labor-intensive project, and Yan Guo, which has lost 200,000 strong men, really can't recruit so many people.

"The King." The county guard Jin Huang stood outside the city to greet Zhao Kuo.

"Let's go into town." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.

"No."

"Are you still used to living in Zhao Kingdom?" After entering the former Yanwang Palace, Zhao Kuo asked with a smile.

Wuyang used to be the lower capital of the Yan Kingdom, with a complete palace complex, just like the Xindu of the Zhao Kingdom.

Of course, it all belongs to Zhao now.

Zhao Kuo paraded to this point, and naturally took the former Yanwang Palace as his palace.

"Thank you for your concern, Zhao and South Korea are from the same source, and the minister is not uncomfortable." Jin Huang clenched his fists and said.

He and Feng Ting joined Zhao Guo by accident, and they didn't like Zhao Guo much. However, it is impossible for both of them to go back to South Korea, even if South Korea doesn't mind, their two old faces can't hang up.

Moreover, Zhao was also very good to them, and the population of Hejian County was at least equivalent to three Korean Shangdang counties.

Of course, if you talk about status, it is certainly not as high as in South Korea.

After all, there are only two counties in Korea, and there are more than a dozen in Zhao.

"This is the jade that the merchant brought from the Western Regions, and the widow heard that the county guard likes to play with it on weekdays, so he left two pieces." Zhao Kuo glanced at Liu Ping, and Liu Ping took out two pieces of jade and put them in front of Jin Di.

"If you don't have merit, you won't dare to accept it." Jin Di hurriedly got up and said.

"The county guard guards the widow and shepherds one side, how can it be said that it is useless?" Zhao Kuo's face turned pale and said in a deep voice.

"That'...... And the minister took it. Jin Huang said that he really likes smooth things like jade, and Zhao Kuo gave him the top-grade Khotanese jade.

Although after the opening of the Hexi Corridor and the Juyan Ancient Road, trade between the Western Regions and the Central Plains has become more convenient, but the price of jade has not fallen at all, but has become more and more firm.

Although Zhao Guoyulu is rich and has additional rewards during the New Year's holidays, Jin Huang still can't afford this kind of high-grade jade.

However, many businessmen secretly gave it to him, but he didn't dare to ask for it.

It's not that I don't want to, but I don't dare.

He also thought about following Zhao Kuo to make meritorious contributions, and he would be a fief in the future.

How much jade do you want with a fief?

In case he is disposed of or demoted for taking bribes, it will really outweigh the losses.

This is also a true portrayal of the hearts of many officials.

Compared with morality, it is obvious that interests can mix people's hearts more.