The Qin army did not resist and allowed the Zhao army to be tied up until the last man.

"Hahaha, the Marquis is indeed a believer." Tian Dan smiled and walked towards Wei Ran, he didn't kill Bai Qi, it was not bad to catch Wei Ran, Wei Ran's ability was also in the forefront of the whole world.

"The old man has completed the last task, and it's time to hit the road." Wei Ran didn't pay attention to Tian Dan, but stroked the long sword with his left hand, with infinite affection in his eyes.

Tian Dan's face changed instantly, as if he realized something, and quickly ran towards Wei Ran, but it was too late.

Wei Ran resolutely looked in the direction of Xianyang, then grabbed the long sword and wiped it hard towards his neck, and a red blood sprayed out of his throat.

"Born as a Qin person, die as a Qin soul!" Wei Ran muttered, his body falling to the ground with a bang.

"General!" All the Qin troops fell to their knees one after another, they thought that Wei Ran was greedy for life and afraid of death, so they surrendered to Zhao State, but now they finally understood that Wei Ran was not greedy for life and afraid of death, but to save their lives!

From beginning to end, Wei Ran had no intention of living.

Tian Dan was stunned for a moment, and sighed deeply, even he didn't expect Wei Ran to commit suicide at first, and it was too late to react.

"Please allow us to collect the body of the marquis." Qin Jun kowtowed three times at Tian Dan and said sadly.

"Collect the corpses." Tian Dan waved his hand.

"Thank you, General." The Qin army thanked one after another.

"If you are named a marquis and die in the city, then you will be buried outside the city." Tian Dan looked at Wei Ran's corpse and said silently.

"What's the matter with you, I was going to wait for you for so long, and I didn't see a single figure." At this time, Yan Ju led Zhao Fei to ride, rushed from a distance with anger in his eyes, saw that Tian Dan was also there, and hurriedly clasped his fists and saluted, and then looked at Wei Ran's corpse strangely, "Who died?"

"Wei Ran." Touman walked up to Yan Ju and whispered what had just happened.

"This old man is so strong, he really dares to commit suicide." Yan Ju looked at Wei Ran in admiration.

"Du Pingjun, are we still chasing?" Lecheng looked at Tian Dan.

"Withdraw the troops, stop chasing." Tian Dan turned around and walked back, the Qin army had already run away for so long, and there were still passes along the way, even if he caught up with the Qin army, there was no way.

……

On the other side, Wang Ling received an urgent report from Qin Wangji, and his face changed dramatically in an instant.

Lian Po is not so easy to deceive, even if he deceives Lian Po, Handan, as the capital of Zhao State, is not so easy to defeat.

Fan Ju's plan is to gamble with the lives of him and 50,000 soldiers, no matter whether they win or lose, they may not be able to come back alive.

"What a ruthless heart." Wang Ling's face was hideous, and his right hand gradually strengthened, crumpling the letter into a ball, and finally his face was full of frustration.

King Qin's order, he can't disobey, even if he is reluctant in his heart, he can only carry it out.

"Go and call General Qu Xin and General Yang Duanhe." Wang Ling said to the guards.

After a while, Yang Duanhe and Qu Xin stepped into the camp tent, clenched their fists and said, "General."

"Let's see." Wang Ling handed the crumpled letter to the two, "I originally planned to let General Qu Xin lead a 5,000-strong army to garrison the camp and confuse Lian Po. Yang Duanhe and Ben will attack Handan."

In the nearly a year of confrontation with Lian Po, the Qin army did not suffer much loss, and the losses of the Zhao army were also negligible.

Because for such a long time, the two armies have fought very few times, except for the first time when there was a big battle, there was no wave after that, at most they scolded each other and fought with each other.

Wang Ling understands that with Lian Po's defensive ability, coupled with the danger of Taihang, not to mention the 50,000 army, even if he is given another 50,000, he will not be able to attack it, so he will not take the lives of the soldiers to die in vain.

The number of the Zhao army was only one-third of that of the Qin army, and it was difficult to defeat the Qin army by taking the initiative to attack, so Lian Po also stayed in the city all the time.

It took nearly a year for the two armies to stare at each other like this......

"When are you leaving?" Yang Duanhe's face was also not very good-looking, and at first he didn't understand how a good letter could become like this, seeing inside

Rong only understood later.

"Without further ado, let's leave tonight. No one is allowed to tell you until you leave." Wang Ling said in a deep voice that once Lian Po learned that the Qin army was attacking Handan, the Qin army's plan would be a complete failure.

"The Admiral understands." Yang Duanhe nodded solemnly.

"After we leave, scolding and fighting, patrolling the camp, all remain the same, we must not let the Zhao army find out, the main force of our army is no longer here, and it is up to you to complete it." Wang Ling looked at Qu Xin.

"The last general will definitely live up to the general's trust." Qu Xin said with a fist.

At this time, Handan was still immersed in prosperity, and no one expected that a large army would hit the city of Handan a few days later.

"Xiangguo, this is the price of grain in various grain stores in Handan today." The guard handed a note to Lin Xiangru, who took it and looked at it, sighed deeply, and the price of food rose again.

If this continues, the price of grain in Handan will break through the upper limit set by the imperial court in a few days, and there is still nearly a month before the summer harvest.

Although the imperial court could enforce that grain prices were not allowed to rise, it could not last long, and it was also a great blow to the credibility of the imperial court.

Since Zhao Kuo ascended the throne, Zhao has maintained a very good reputation in the hearts of the people, and Lin Xiangru cannot let the reputation of the imperial court be ruined in his own hands.

The best way is to open a warehouse and release grain, and use real grain to keep the price down.

But Zhao Guo no longer has any extra food.

Zhao Guo seems to have accumulated a lot of food in recent years, but Zhao Guo has spent more, not only to support domestic construction, but also to support front-line operations, and at the same time, there are officials and workers.

The front line is still fighting, and the remaining grain can only last until the summer harvest, and Lin Xiangru does not dare to take out a little grain.

"For today's plan, the only way to do this is to buy grain with the Qi country." Lin Xiangru thought that Han and Wei were also supporting the front-line operations, and it was impossible to have extra grain and grass.

The state of Chu is far away from the state of Zhao, and the previous affairs in the state of Qi and the state of Zhao have produced some dirt, which makes the relationship between the two countries not so friendly.

The only one who had grain to lend to Zhao was Qi.

Although the State of Qi was also attacking the State of Qin, its troops were small, the logistical pressure was not great, and the country had been peaceful for a long time before, the people were rich, the granaries were full, and there was no shortage of food.

At present, the relationship between the two countries is quite harmonious, and before Zhao rented a seaport and fishing boats from Qi, Qi agreed.

If Qi refused to borrow grain, then Zhao would have only one way to go.

is the same as the Qin State, exchanging low-level titles for food.

But this method is not clever, it is essentially selling the official beard, and in the end, Lin Xiangru will not do this.

"Go and get the Plains-kun." Lin Xiangru said to the guards.

Soon, Zhao Sheng was invited over.

"Sangkook." Zhao Sheng leaned over and said.

"This is the price of food in Handan, which is rising almost every day, and if it continues like this, it will break through the upper limit set by the king in five days at most." Lin Xiangru handed the note to Zhao Sheng, "I plan to exchange food with the Qi Kingdom, what does Pingyuanjun think?"

"I don't know what Xiangguo wants to exchange with Qi Guo?" Zhao Sheng asked.

"The latest farming tools made by the Mo family, as well as some spices, pearls, jade, and ivory. As for the exact price, it will be up to the Plains Monarch to decide." Lin Xiangru said.

At the same time as the development of the Zhao State, the Mo family was not idle, and it took a few years to improve a complete set of farm tools from ploughing and farming to threshing and hulling, which greatly reduced the time people spent on it.

Nowadays, Zhao Guo no longer has punishments such as rice and ghost salary, because with the development of technology, the fatigue of rice has greatly decreased, and it is not enough to punish criminals.

Whenever a tool is invented or improved, Zhao Guo will immediately send someone to verify it, and then give the inventor a reward, and popularize the tool to the whole country as quickly as possible.

It has to be said that under high rewards, it does stimulate people's potential.

Something that no one had ever been able to make before, someone is now making something new in a few years.

As for the spices, jade and so on, they are basically transported from the Western Regions, Lin Xiangru still likes these very much, and they are also very popular in Zhao State, but in order to persuade Qi State, he can only reluctantly cut his love.

"How much food do we exchange?" Zhao Sheng asked.

"At least three million stones, five million stones is fine, in short, the more the better." Lin Xiangru said.

"......" Zhao Sheng was choked, he didn't expect Lin Xiangru to have such a big appetite, and he opened his mouth to have three million grains, and he really couldn't eat all the grain in Qi Country.

"I...... Do your best, and tomorrow I will leave for the country of Qi." Zhao Sheng sighed, to be honest, he didn't have much hope that the Qi Kingdom would sell so much grain.

"This matter is hard for Pingyuan Jun, when Xiangguo goes to Qi Kingdom, he can bring a set of farm tools and a disciple of the Mo family." Lin Xiangru said.

The complete set of farm tools made by the Mo family is really easy to use, if it weren't for the fact that Zhao Guo was really short of food, it would be impossible for him to exchange it for food with Qi State.

"I see." Zhao Sheng nodded.

"Now that the king has won victory on the front line, we can't hold him back." Lin Xiangru said.

Although the front line is fighting, the development of Zhao has not been greatly affected, the roads are being paved, the academy is being built, and the farm is also expanding, and the only thing that has a big impact is food.

If the food is cut off, the development of the Zhao State will stagnate in an instant, or even regress.

However, as long as the food continues, Lin Xiangru has the confidence to return a prosperous and powerful Zhao State to Zhao Kuo's hands.

"I'll do my best." Zhao Sheng said solemnly, turned around and walked outside.

Lin Xiangru continued to bow his head to deal with government affairs, and he had to review and approve the approval of construction in various places, the examination and approval of cultivated land, the application for funding of farmers, Mohists, and workers, and the research results.

"What's that?" What are Shi Shen and Gander asking for so much money for?" Lin Xiangru suddenly saw an application form, which belonged to the names of Gander and Shi Shen, and the two old men actually applied for a research grant of 300 million.

Zhao Guo shipbuilding did not spend so much money!

"I'll see." Yu Xin snatched the application form from Lin Xiangru's hand, looked down, and was instantly stunned, "These two old men...... Awesome! They actually ...... I want to go to heaven!"

"Heaven?" Zhou Zi came over curiously.

"They say that the earth is not the center of the universe, but a sphere, and they call it the earth. The moon is also a sphere, and its area is incomparably vast, and according to their theory, as long as a person flies high enough, he can fly from the earth to the moon." Yu Xin said with great admiration.

He has never admired anyone in his life, and from now on, these two old men are one.

"Isn't that nonsense?" Lin Xiangru snatched the application form, drew a big cross, and threw it in a corner, where it would be returned to Gander and Shi Shen for at least a month or two.

"Actually...... I think they have a point, maybe we can actually fly to the moon." Yu Xin said.

"If you think it makes sense, you give them the money, but Lao Tzu doesn't have it anyway." Lin Xiangru said angrily.

"Then forget it, this thing is a bottomless pit, it will cost 300 million when it comes up, who knows how much it will cost later." Yu Xin hurriedly said.

Even if he sells all of their Yu family, he can't make up 300 million yuan, let alone the expenses later, he is bored with government affairs, relaxing, and talking.

It was impossible to get him to support Gander and Shi Shen's plan.

"You say...... If the earth is really a ball, why didn't we fall?" Zhou Zi said curiously.

"We might be standing on top of the ball, so we won't be able to fall." Kong Bin said casually.

"And down there?" Zhou Zi asked.

"Isn't there no one down there?" Kong Bin said.

"......" Zhou Zi suddenly felt that what Kong Bin said was reasonable, but he felt that something was wrong.

"Gander said the earth turns." Yu Xin said.

Zhou Zi looked at Kong Bin and waited for the other party to explain.

"You

Look***? I'm not here to study this, so you can ask Gander." Kong Bin's face was not red and his heart was not beating, and he said solemnly.

"Wu Anjun sent a letter, asking the imperial court to allocate a batch of money and food to help the construction of Yandi. In addition, the library in Jicheng has been built, and there are still a large number of books missing." Zhou Zi threw a piece of music in front of Kong Bin.

"Why do you want to give it to me?" Kong Bin's face darkened.

"You are in charge of the country's finances, who will you hand over if you don't hand it over?" Zhou Zi said as a matter of course.

Kong Bin's heart was stuffed, not because he had no money, but because he suddenly discovered that he was nominally in charge of the country's finances, but in fact, when Zhao Kuo was there, Zhao Kuo was in charge of the financial power. When Zhao Kuo was away, the financial power was in the hands of Lin Xiangru or Wei Wuji.

has never really been in charge of the country's finances, and if it weren't for Zhou Zi's reminder, he would have forgotten that he was the internal history.

"The money was approved first, and the books will be sent in a few days, and the food will ...... Wait." Lin Xiangru said.

Every time Zhao occupied a place, not only did not levy tyranny, but reduced taxes, and each reduction and exemption was three years to start, or even five years, which made Zhao State's territory continue to expand, the population continued to increase, and the national strength continued to increase, but the new territory could not feed Zhao State in a short period of time, and Zhao State had to continue to spend money and increase the burden of Zhao State.

Lin Xiangru also reminded Zhao Kuo that even if we don't levy arbitrarily, we can collect normal taxes, but Zhao Kuo insists on this, and he has no choice.