October is the early winter season, the autumn harvest is over, the grain is returned to the warehouse, the winter wheat has just been planted, and the tender green wheat seedlings have grown, showing full vitality in the cold wind.

People who have been tired for a year return home and do not have time to rest. The women had to weave the cloth, and the older children had to cook the rice on the side.

Chung Mi is very tiring, and it can even be said that it is miserable, and there is a criminal law in various countries called Cheng Dan Chung, which is to force male criminals to build cities, and female criminals to build cities.

Even though the Mo family has improved the tools of Chungmi, which can not only use their hands, but also use their feet to exert force, so that children can also complete it, it still can't change the fact that Chungmi is a physical job.

If the family is a little better, the family can afford to raise cattle or donkeys, and there is a grinding disc, which can be used to grind rice, which can save a lot of effort.

The men were organized by the government to dig rivers and build water conservancy.

There is a lot of precipitation in spring and summer, grain is harvested and cultivated in autumn, and it is too cold in the deep winter to freeze to death.

September and October are the best months for the river to be cut down, when the water level has dropped, the silt at the bottom of the river is exposed, and the weather is not unbearable.

Therefore, at this time of year, the government will organize the men of each village to dig the river for a month, without wages, but the government will take care of the food, and everyone can transport the mud back to their own homes.

The soil is fertile, and even without the application of any waste, the crops will be larger than those of ordinary Ueda.

For farmers, food is life, and even if there is not much sludge out and the increase in grain production is limited, they are willing to eat it.

This year, however, there are some exceptions.

The county guards of Taiyuan County, Yanmen County, Dai County, and Yunzhong County issued a public announcement at the same time, requisitioning and dispatching people to Handan to transport grain.

Everyone realized that Zhao was going to fight a big battle.

In fact, the front line has been fighting for almost a year, but because Zhao has always been very stable internally, the price of grain and salt has always been very stable, and the news has been transmitted slowly in recent years, most people do not know that Zhao is fighting.

But this time it was different, the Zhao court had already decided to complete its work in one battle and abolish the Qin State at all costs.

Now all parts of Zhao State, the agricultural tax for the autumn harvest has been collected, but Zhao State still has to increase its troops, and it is not safe to rely on this grain alone.

The granaries of Handan and Yecheng are no longer much left in the consumption for more than half a year.

The granary of Wuyang should be supplied to Yandi, and the grain and grass of Gaotang should be supplied to Pang Jun. The party's food must support the Lian Po army.

In fact, a few months ago, the imperial court began to transfer grain from all over Hebei.

Of the major granaries in the country, only Jinyang granaries and Hetao granaries were not used.

As a last resort, Zhao Kuo will not use the Hetao granary.

The Hetao was exempted from taxes for five years, and has not paid a grain of grain so far, and the grain in the granary is all cultivated little by little by cultivating the land with the captives, and all of them are used to support the water conservancy construction of the Hetao.

Once the imperial court requisitioned grain and grass from the Hetao, water conservancy construction would be affected.

Except for Hetao and Yandi, the grain and grass of all the counties of Zhao State were all assembled in each county and quickly transported to Handan.

Although Yunzhong was also under the jurisdiction of the governor of Hetao, the immigrants of Zhao State were to fill the three counties of Helan, Shuofang, and Jiuyuan, and there were almost no immigrants in Yunzhong, so it was not his turn to be exempted from tax exemption and forced labor.

At this moment, the official road that Zhao spent several years and countless manpower and material resources to build showed its absolute value.

On the official road from Taiyuan to Handan, from Yunzhong to Daijun to Wuyang, farmers lined up in long lines, or led horses, or drove cattle, or pushed carts, to transport baskets and bags of grain to their destinations.

After the grain was transported from Daijun to Wuyang, or from Jinyang through the Taihang Mountains, it would be quickly loaded onto ships, or along the Yellow River upstream, or down the Zhangshui River, and quickly arrived in Handan, and then sent from Handan along the Yellow River all the way to Xingyang.

After receiving the news from the imperial court, Li Mu immediately gathered the captives who had just been scattered to various places for a short time, and quickly selected 50,000 captives and went to Handan by boat.

At the same time, 10,000 soldiers were also selected.

Meng Fu and Qin Kai are leading the new army to train military discipline.

It is impossible to train the new army into elite soldiers in such a short period of time, but at least let them know what they can and cannot do.

The track laying was not as smooth as Zhao Bao imagined, although the technical problems were overcome, but when it was actually implemented, there were still a large number of situations that were not expected before.

It took a few months, and the track was only laid to Daijun.

But even so, the shipping time has been shortened quite a bit.

A large number of cattle and sheep were transported from the grassland to Daijun, and then turned to Wuyang, and transported by water to Handan. The chicken, duck, goose and pig farms built before, as well as the rabbit farms, also continue to pack the dried meat into trucks.

At this moment, the state apparatus of Zhao finally showed its terrifying heritage and operational power to the world.

"From this battle, the widow will tell the world what a real war is. During the Battle of Changping, there was a great hunger in the country, and the Zhao State, which was invited to eat in other countries, was gone forever. Zhao Kuo's eyes were deep and high-spirited.

In the past, the Qin State was strong, Bai Qi was invincible, and Fan Ju was full of scheming.

But now, Zhao's famous generals and strategists are several times larger than Qin's.

There are two army soul legions, 100,000 cavalry and hundreds of thousands of armor.

There are countless grains and grasses, cattle, sheep and pork, and a steady stream of salted fish.

The official roads and waterways are unimpeded, and the material resources can be continuously sent to the front line.

Everyone in the country is going to war, and the soldiers are happy when they hear about it.

He will tell Qin Guo what is the real bullying and crushing strength.

Three stinkers can still beat one Zhuge Liang, he doesn't believe it, Le Yi, Tian Dan, Lian Po, Wei Wuji, Qin Kai, Pang, Le Cheng so many people together, they can't beat a single white one.

"King, the first batch of grain, grass, cattle and sheep and other meat has arrived in Handan and returned to the warehouse, and it can be transported to the front line tomorrow." Lin Xiangru interrupted Zhao Kuo's emotion and said quickly.

As soon as the cannon sounded, there were ten thousand taels of gold.

The supplies are abundant, and the soldiers in front of him are happy, but Lin Xiangru, who is in charge of logistics, does not feel happy at all.

Since Zhao Kuo decided to drive the expedition in person, he has been busy with his feet not touching the ground every day, and various things have followed, and even there are a few more gray hairs.

"Send people to inform Wei and South Korea, so that the two countries can prepare to transport grain and grass." Zhao Kuo glanced at Lin Xiangru angrily, but Lin Xiangru didn't see it, he was burying his head in dealing with the paperwork, and he would go over to check the warehouse in person later.

The warehouse where grain and grass materials are stored should not only be waterproof and fireproof, but also anti-theft and rodent-proof...... There must not be any mistakes, once there is a mistake, the front-line soldiers will be fluctuated and even hungry.

Lin Xiangru was relieved only after personally inspecting it.

"The minister will repair a book and send someone to the King of Wei and the King of Han." Lin Xiangru didn't raise his head, and said while approving the paperwork.

Water transportation can only be transported to Xingyang, from Xingyang to Suixian such a long distance, can not use water transportation, Zhao State is short of manpower, can only be helped by Han Wei to recruit people, it happens that there is also the boundary of Han Wei.

"King, an army of 50,000 has arrived outside Handan City." Qin Kai stepped into the hall and said with his fists cupped.

It is impossible for the Zhao State to call them prisoners, and the moment they are selected to join the army, it is the Zhao army, not the Yan army.

"The widow knows, give the order to go down, and reward the army." Zhao Kuo said.

"No." Qin Kai clenched his fists and said, just as he was about to turn around and leave, when he suddenly thought of something, he spoke again, "The king may be able to take the time to go to the military camp to at least let everyone know who they are working for now." ”

"Thank you for the reminder, the reward army is set for tomorrow afternoon, and the widow will pass by then." Zhao Kuo said.

"Then let's go back first." Qin Kai clenched his fists and said.

If he came to Zhao State at the beginning, Qin Kai was only moved by Li Mu's words, and looked forward to one day going north to destroy Hu.

So after coming to Zhao State, Qin Kai was really shocked by the huge difference between Zhao and Yan.

There are wide official roads, tall waterwheels that can be seen everywhere in the fields, perfect water conservancy facilities, a ploughing ox for every two households, as well as colleges, library pavilions, and so on.

In Yan State, every time the government conscripts men to go to the battlefield, every family is like a mourner, and they try every means to evade military service, and even the whole family flees into the mountains.

However, in the Zhao country, every household was happy when they heard the war, and the government just posted notices and ordered all townships and districts to notify them, and countless people rushed to sign up.

Compared with the Zhao State, the Yan State is like an uncivilized barbarian region.

But Qin Kai didn't know what the previous Zhao State was like, although it was stronger than the Yan State, but the strength was limited. And this kind of strength is only because the geographical environment of Zhao is better than that of Yan.

It's not that Zhao Guojun is wise and the system is advanced.

But now, Qin Kai saw the gap in all directions.

All the reasons are because of the current King Zhao.

This monarch was just as wise, if not more wise, and younger than King Yan Zhao.

As he learned more and more, Qin Kai's recognition of Zhao Kuo became higher and higher.

Especially when Qin Kai learned that Zhao Kuo was angry in order to avenge the countrymen, the recognition directly reached the peak.

Just an ordinary civilian, King Zhao is willing to do this.

What if it's a minister?

Over the years, not to mention civilians, how many ministers have been abandoned or even killed by the monarch?

Qin Kai was hostage in Donghu in his early years, and he was helpless. In his later years, he was abandoned by the monarch and was not reused, and he can best understand this feeling.

After returning to his heart, Qin Kai began to think about Zhao Kuo, and only then did he remind Zhao Kuo to recover the military heart of the 50,000 army.

"King, Qi State is in a hurry." Not long after Qin Kai left, Yu Xin hurriedly rushed in from outside.

"What's the matter?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"The State of Qi has found out that the slaughter of my Zhao State was done by the Qin State, and they sent people to bribe the bandits and the officials of the State of Qi, and after the bandits killed my Zhao people, they immediately fled into the State of Qi. Because these officials had been bought by the Qin State, and the Qin State had their handle in their hands, they had to take in these bandits. made our Zhao State think that this matter was done by Qi State, so he sent troops to attack Qi State, provoked a war between the two countries, and made my Zhao State suffer enemies on both sides. ”

"This is the confession of officials and bandits of the State of Qi. At present, Qi State has sent people to arrest all the bandits and officials involved, and sent them to Handan, where they will be handed over to my Zhao State for handling. I hope that I, the Zhao State, can look at the friendship between the two countries in the Zhao and Qi eras, and withdraw our troops from the Qi State. In addition, the State of Qi was very dissatisfied with the methods of the State of Qin, and the King of Qi and the Empress Dowager of Qi wanted to form an alliance with our Zhao State and jointly send troops to attack Qin. ”

Yu Xin said quickly.

During this time, he continued to give advice to the Qi State, and even wrote to Feng Quji, asking him to assist the Qi State in arresting the bandits. and told the Empress Dowager Qi that she could trust Feng Quji.

With the full cooperation of the two state apparatus, all the bandits in Qi were finally arrested and brought to justice in just half a month.

As for whether it is all, to be honest, whether it is Qi Guo or Yu Xin, there is an answer in their hearts.

Zhao Kuo also knew it, but he didn't dwell on this kind of thing, the real murderer was Qin Guo, and the bandits and officials were just accomplices. After all this time, it is not easy to catch most of them.

This also shows that the Qi State has been driven to a desperate situation, and if it is not for the eagerness of the Zhao State to withdraw its troops, it is impossible to be willing to suffer this humiliation.

"Where are the bandits and officials sent?" Zhao Kuo checked the letter, Qi Guo did not falsify, because it still had Feng Quji's signature on it.

As for why Feng Quji would help Qi Guo, Zhao Kuo also had a guess in his heart.

He is not a fool, he knows that since the annexation of the State of Zhao to the State of Yan, the ministers of the DPRK and China have advocated the withdrawal of troops from the State of Qi, but he is angry in his heart and has not given an order.

However, since it has been ascertained that Qin Guo did it, there is no need to continue to insist.

It just so happened that Zhao Guo was going to attack Qin State with all his might, and the more Pang Legion could have a better chance of winning.

"Your Majesty, you have arrived in Lixia." Yu Xin said.

"Take a good trial, if you are not wronged, take it to my Zhao people's tomb and kill it, and it can be regarded as an explanation for my Zhao people, as for the Qin State, the widow will not let him have a good time." Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice.

"No." Yu Xin leaned over and said, "King, the matter of withdrawing troops ......"

"Send an order to General Pang and order him to withdraw his troops from Qi as soon as he receives the order. Return all the captured cities to the Qi State. Chu Jun ...... "Speaking of this, Zhao Kuo frowned.

He can order Pang to withdraw his troops, but he can't order the Chu army to withdraw.

Of course, after the withdrawal of Zhao, the Chu army could only withdraw even if it was reluctant, but the relationship between the two countries could be ossified or even broken because of this.

This is what Zhao Kuo does not want to see.

"The minister thought that he could let the State of Qi cede the cities captured by the Chu army to the State of Chu, those cities had been captured by the State of Chu, and the State of Qi had no substantial losses, and the State of Chu was able to obtain a large area of land in the name of justice." Yu Xin said.

This is not necessarily satisfactory to both parties, but it is the only way. It is impossible for the state of Chu to give up the meat that has been swallowed in its mouth, and the state of Qi is not capable of snatching these lands back from the state of Chu.

"First according to what Mr. said, and then sent a letter to the king of Chu, saying that the widow invited him to jointly crusade against Qin, and after defeating Qin, all the hometowns of Chu belonged to Chu, and I didn't take a city in Sanjin." Zhao Kuo said.

It is impossible to satisfy Qi and Chu, and with the appetite of Chu State, even if half of Qi is swallowed, it may not be satisfied. However, the hometown of Chu is much larger than half of the Qi country, and it is far away from the Zhao country, even if it is defeated, the Zhao country cannot occupy it.

If Chu and Zhao jointly attacked Qin, he wouldn't mind giving this land to Chu.