Zhao was very busy during this time, and the war was going on in all directions at the same time, and the transportation of grain and grass alone made the upper and lower levels busy, and the whole country was running at high speed like a sophisticated machine, and no one dared to relax.

At the same time, it is necessary to resettle the people abducted from South Korea by Le Yi, fortunately, the land of Zhao is vast and sparsely populated, and there is enough land, and the 200,000 Yan captives have just been released back to China, and the reclaimed land has not been divided, so it is just distributed to these people.

These lands are all good farmland, and even the houses are ready-made.

Before leaving, the captives of Yan State had planted the seeds under the arrangement of the government, and Zhao Guo did not plan to take back this season's grain to the state, but gave it all to everyone, and paid taxes according to the regulations.

"King, except for the last two groups of people, all the others have been settled." Cai Zeyu reported that after experiencing the immigration loop, Zhao Guo has become very skilled in handling these things.

Zhao Kuo even ordered someone to compile a book to record all the accidents that will occur in the immigration process, the losses caused, how to avoid accidents, and how to minimize losses if they cannot be avoided.

All officials in charge of immigration are required to read through the books.

If it has been recorded in the book, but the official fails to deal with it in a timely manner, or handles it incorrectly, he will be punished accordingly according to the circumstances.

If there is no record in the paperwork and it is beyond the officer's ability to deal with it properly, the penalty is mitigated.

If there is no relevant record in the book, and the official handles it well by virtue of his own ability, he will be rewarded, or even added to the knighthood.

"Good work." Zhao Kuo stretched out his hand and pointed to the chair and said, "Now that the Yan Kingdom has fallen, Li Mu is recovering the counties of the Yan Kingdom. ”

The so-called track is not a later railroad track, but a wooden track.

The use of wood to build a track for horse-drawn carriages was also the key to the mobilization of grain and grass materials in the Qin Dynasty in history.

With the track, the friction of the carriage will be greatly reduced, the speed can be nearly doubled, and the efficiency of cargo transportation will be greatly improved, which is of great significance for the national logistics and transportation and military food transportation.

Zhao did not have this technology before, Zhao Kuo wanted to copy the Qin State, and later found that the Qin State did not have it, it may be that it was not until the Qin Shi Huang period, the Qin State began to build a large number of buildings, paved roads and bridges, and the technology was able to break through.

There was no way to copy it, so Zhao Guo could only study it himself.

Through the continuous efforts of the craftsmen, all the technical difficulties were finally overcome not long ago, and a track from Handan to Yecheng was successfully built.

It happened that Li Mu came with good news, and Zhao Kuo planned to build a track from Handan to Liaodong and build it together with the official road.

The official road can be walked by everyone, and the track can only be used by the government.

Zhao Kuo has not forgotten that there is an enemy north of Yan State, since a few years ago, Zhao State has been planning Donghu, from killing the king of Donghu to sending spies to spy on intelligence and sketching maps, to Fan Tong provoking civil strife in Donghu and annexing Donghu step by step.

In the past, there was a Yan country between Zhao and Donghu, which was not easy to start, but now the Yan country is gone.

As long as the track is laid along the Great Wall and the problem of grain and grass transportation is solved, Donghu, who is still mired in civil strife, is not Zhao Guo's opponent at all, let alone Zhao Guo and Fan Tong, his own person, to provide intelligence.

In the past, Donghu couldn't beat and could run, but now Donghu can't run, and Fan Tong has long been clear about their nomadic location.

"Do you want to wait any longer? The Yan Kingdom has just been recovered and has not yet been completely pacified. Cai Ze was a little hesitant, just the transportation cost was reduced by nearly half, and the track was very necessary for Zhao Guolai, but Yandi had not yet calmed down, and Cai Ze felt that it was not the time yet.

"It is precisely because Yandi has not been completely pacified, so it will be the best time. We can recruit workers directly in Yandi, and provide wages for each tube of food. You can eat enough, and you can get money. The vast majority of people will not choose to go against the government. As for the few left, they all have other purposes, just send troops to clean them up or arrest them and send them to mining. Lin Xiangru said.

Zhao Guo has been a little short of manpower recently, and a few times ago, Le Yi sent a message that Bai Qi broke the embankment and Xingze, resulting in floods in Han and Wei, and Zhao Guo not only transported a large amount of grain and other materials, but also sent a large amount of coal over.

Afterwards, Lin Xiangru counted the materials, because a large number of Xiongnu prisoners were transferred to the front line, the number of mining personnel decreased, the consumption increased, and the coal production was a little insufficient.

It's not a school

Yandi is located in the northeast, the winter is colder than Zhao Guo, and a lot of coal will be needed in a few months, which is all money, and Zhao Guo can't put the silver of white flowers without earning it.

Lin Xiangru is worried about where to transfer people, if someone in Yandi doesn't open his eyes, he doesn't mind taking these people under the knife.

"If we can build one, why don't we build more? The minister felt that from Handan to Hetao, from Handan to Monan, also needed a track. Especially from Handan to Monan. The counties of Hebei are the most populous areas of our Zhao country, but Mo Nan is the main pastoral production area of our Zhao country. As far as the minister knows, the cattle and sheep that my Zhao State is now shepherding are not even half of the Huns, and the main reason is not that there are not enough manpower, nor is the pasture enough, but that the transportation cost is too large, and the cattle and sheep that can be transported to Hebei every year are fixed. It's useless to raise too much, and it will increase the cost. Zhao Bao said.

As the imperial servant of the Zhao State, Zhao Bao personally inspected Mo Nan and Hetao, and stayed there for a period of time every year.

He understands his own ability, and it is impossible to make meritorious contributions by leading troops to fight, and there are also a large number of ministers who are better than him in governing Zhao State.

Zhao Kuo also likes to appoint meritocracy, even his younger brother Zhao Mu has not been crowned a monarch until now, and he has to go to the Western Regions to open up trade routes, not to mention his uncle, who is not very close.

If you want to be in the front of the list when you are rewarded in the future and earn a family business for your children and grandchildren, the only way is to do a good job of what Zhao Kuo handed over to you.

The development of Zhaoguo Ranch has reached a bottleneck, and the problem now is not how to raise cattle and sheep better, but how to transport them out and sell them.

Livestock Zhao has been raised for thousands of years, the ancestors used to do this, and the Xiongnu can do good things Zhao can also do well, and there is no difficulty.

But the cattle and sheep can't be sold after they are raised, the foundation of Zhao is not in the grassland, it is impossible to be like the Huns, raising sheep on the grassland, eating them on the grassland, and having to find a way to transport them out.

Zhao Guo built an official road, which greatly reduced the cost of transportation, at least so that these cattle and sheep could supply the army normally, although the cost was still not low, but it was affordable.

If the track can be built between Monan and Handan, it will not only be able to supply the army, but also divide some to improve people's livelihood.

If nothing else, if he Zhao Bao can let the people eat the beef and mutton transported from Monan during the New Year's Festival, at least it will not be a problem for him to be famous for eternity, and he and his descendants are equivalent to an extra gold medal for avoiding death, as long as he does not rebel, even if he points at the monarch's nose and scolds, the monarch and ministers will be lenient on the merits of their ancestors.

is probably equivalent to the status of Li Bing and Zhuge Liang in Sichuan.

"If three tracks are built at the same time, the construction of the official road will be completely stopped, and only then will there be enough manpower. There is no problem with money, but food and grass are ...... We must leave enough food and grass for war. Lin Xiangru said.

At present, Zhao still has enough grain and grass, but no one knows how long this war will last, and Lin Xiangru cannot use the grain and grass sent to the front line for the construction of Zhao State.

Even the latter is important.

"Then build two, from Monan County to Handan, and my servant will be responsible for half of the grain and grass. That's no problem, right? Zhao Bao slapped the table and said.

"You...... Where did you get so much food and grass? Lin Xiangru looked at Zhao Bao in shock, he knew that Zhao Bao was very rich, but this ...... It's too rich, isn't it?

"It's not me, it's the servant." Zhao Bao looked at Lin Xiangru with a dark face, he was indeed very rich, but he was used to build a fiefdom, and now he couldn't get the money at all, and he was not the kind of person who broke his family and made a country.

"Servant...... Where does the food and grass come from? Lin Xiangru glanced at Kong Bin, but Kong Bin was not there, so he looked at Zhou Zi.

It stands to reason that the richest departments in Zhao State should be Neishi and Shaofu, and now look at it, how did they become too servants.

And he didn't know about it.

"There is no grain and grass, but we have cattle and sheep all over the mountains, and it is a big deal to let the workers eat beef and drink milk, and they can't be transported anyway, and it will be wasted if they are dumped. The track was built from Monan, they built it in front, and we provided cattle and sheep in the back. Zhao Bao was full of momentum, like an old rich man showing off the gold chain he had just bought to the poor.

His show-off did work, and Rao is Lin Xiangru, Zhao Sheng and others didn't expect that there would be such a luxurious method.

Crude and simple.

And with the price of meat in Monan, although the cost will be high, but it is limited, if the balance cannot be sold for a penny, the milk poured out in vain is not much different from the cost of transporting grain from Handan.

The only drawback is that these workers will build other roads in the future, and I am afraid that they will not be able to eat the food when they see it.

"I ...... No comments. Lin Xiangru glanced at Zhao Bao helplessly, Zhao Bao even said this kind of thing, what else could he do.

To tell the truth, don't be like Lin Xiang, even Zhao Kuo didn't expect Zhao Bao to have such great courage.

If it is heard by other countries, I am afraid that I will die of shame.

"In that case, then the matter is settled. The two tracks of Monan and Liaodong were built at the same time, and the one in Liaodong was to be built to the Great Wall. Ensure that the grain and grass can be smoothly crossed beyond the Great Wall in the future. Zhao Kuo said, "The second thing is that the officials who were transferred to Yandi have all been discussed?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is the list provided by the academy, a total of thirty people. This is a total of 100 people who have been selected by the ministers from among the officials at all levels in our Zhao State who have relatively good political performance, or who are registered in Yan State or have been officials in Yan State. Lin Xiangru took out two lists from the table and handed them to Zhao Kuo.

Forget about the township and li at the bottom, at the county level, including some yi, Zhao Guo wants to arrange his own Rao, the number of places is about more than 100, and some of them will be directly appointed from the army, so as to restrain local law and order in time.

The rest is to transfer from the local government, or choose some colleges with better performance, and the number of places is about 100.

Lin Xiangru provided one hundred and thirty to give Zhao Kuo a choice.

Although Zhao Kuo has delegated power, Lin Xiangru has been in officialdom for decades, and he still understands some details.

"Have you been assessed?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"All of them have been assessed, and there is no problem with knowledge, as for character, we can only look at it later." Lin Xiangru said, no matter how powerful he is, he doesn't dare to judge the character of a Rao at the same time.

And people change.

"Give them the letter of appointment, let them go to Handan." Zhao Kuo handed the list to Lin Xiangru.

"All of them?" Lin Xiangru asked.

"Yes." Zhao Kuo nodded.

Lin Xiangru frowned, in this case, the quota is a little insufficient. But Zhao Kuo's golden mouth has been opened and can no longer be withdrawn, so it seems that he can only discuss with Li Mu and reduce the reserved quota of local officials.

"There is no need to reduce the reserved quota of Yandi officials, it doesn't matter if you give more, transfer this part to Zhao Guo to be an official. In the future, Yandi and Zhaodi will be one family, and there is no need to divide each other. Zhao Kuo seemed to guess what Lin Xiangru was thinking, and spoke.

"No." Lin Xiangru said.

"The third thing, the widow has agreed to the tax exemption for three years, but the construction of the academy cannot be delayed, not to mention the county level, each county must have a college, this matter is the responsibility of the imperial court, and the sacrificial wine and teachers must also be arranged in time. Everyone, please remember that in the future, Yandi will be the county of my Zhao country, and there will be no difference from other places in my Zhao country. You must not discriminate because it was once the Yan Kingdom. Zhao Kuo said solemnly.

In order to recover the hearts of the people of Yandi, he began to plan before he captured Yanguo five years ago, even if he didn't want to put huge interests, he had to get the hearts of the people of Yandi.

For nothing else, just to make Zhao State not like the Qin State in history, although it destroyed the Six Kingdoms, it could not recover the hearts of the people of all countries, and finally all parts of the country revolted and rebelled against the tyrannical Qin.

Du Mu once said: If the six countries love their own people, it is enough to reject Qin; If Qin Fu loves the people of the Six Kingdoms, then the third generation can be the king of all generations, and who will be wiped out?

Zhao Kuo's previous move was not useless, sending the food grown by the captives to their relatives and helping them write letters. Helping the Yan State to resist the Donghu, including the tax exemption for three years, the soldiers did not commit any crimes in the autumn, etc., all made the people of Yan have some good fortunes for the Zhao State

These favorites are not enough to make them feel a sense of belonging to Zhao Guo, but they will not stand up and resist.

There is also the subtle implementation of Zhao State's weights and measures through the Chamber of Commerce to reduce the current resistance.

All of this seemed to be a wasted effort in the past, but now it is working.

With the passage of time, five years, ten years, one generation, two generations, they will regard themselves as the real Zhao people, not the so-called old people of Yan Kingdom.

The lower princes have been divided for hundreds of years, the customs and cultures of various places, the language and writing have long been different, and others have no unified experience and don't know how to do it, but Zhao Kuo knows.

He would never allow his hard-earned efforts to be undermined by others.

This kind of destruction is not only tyranny and disorderly government, but also includes the implementation of different systems or standards in the two places, and the contempt and contempt for the Yan people.