Of course, Lin Xiangru also admits that in the long run, Zhao Kuo's approach is correct.

The true unity of the whole world is by no means just a unity in terms of force, but also a unity in all aspects of politics, culture, belief, language, writing, and system.

Zhao State annexed Yan State, Yan people will not immediately become Zhao people, only when they recognize Zhao State in their hearts and think that they are Zhao people, they will become a real Zhao people.

This takes a long time span and is by no means achieved overnight.

And Zhao's various policies are to speed up this time.

But...... That's all for later!

If it continues, Zhao Guo will soon encounter the first food crisis since the reform.

"Let's hope Plains-kun can bring good news." Lin Xiangru sighed.

Some time ago, he wrote a letter to Chestnut, hoping to transfer a batch of grain and grass from Hetao, but was complained by Chestnut.

In the past few years, the Hetao has not collected a single grain of tax from the people, and all the grain has been cultivated and planted with captives, or bought from the people with money, in addition to supporting the construction of various large-scale projects such as water conservancy, cities, roads, etc., it also has to support the front-line war.

did not ask for the support of the imperial court, it has been the chestnut belly has played extraordinarily in the past few years, where is there grain and grass to support the imperial court.

However, Lin Xiangru did not wait for Pingyuanjun's food, but waited for a shocking news.

The Qin army fought outside the city!

In the evening, Lin Xiangru dealt with a day's government affairs and was about to get up and go home, chatting happily with others. Just now, the servants in the family came to report that his eldest grandson and daughter-in-law are happy, and the Lao Lin family will be in the same house for four generations in a few months!

The people around congratulated one after another, and Lin Xiangru was also full of red light.

Lin Xiangru has two dreams in this life, one is that Zhao Guo becomes rich and powerful in his own hands, and the other is that the old Lin family is scattered in his own hands.

Now that the two have basically been realized, even in the face of the monarchs of the Zhao State and the ancestors and the ancestors of the Zhao State, he can straighten his waist and say it stiffly, I Lin Xiangru did not embarrass the Zhao State and the ancestors and the ancestors.

"Xiangguo, Xiangguo is not good, Qin Guo is coming!" Just then, a guard rushed in from outside in a panic.

All the voices in the political hall stopped abruptly, and all eyes converged on the guard, so frightened that the guard lowered his head in fright, although he was not lying.

Lin Xiangru turned his face stiffly, looked at the guard, and asked uncertainly, "You...... What did you just say? The old man didn't hear clearly."

"Xiangguo, really, the Qin army has already fought outside the city." The guard said urgently, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't believe it, but the facts were in front of him!

"How is this possible?" The corners of Lin Xiangru's mouth trembled slightly, and he said in disbelief.

A few days ago, Zhao Kuo also sent a good news to him, saying that he had defeated the Qin army and killed the Qin generals Wang Ji and Marquis Wei Ran.

And told him that he would hold out for a while longer, and when the Qin State was completely defeated, he would return to the court.

As a result, now the Qin army has hit outside the city of Handan?

So what's going on?

"How dare your subordinates deceive Xiangguo, go and see." The guard said with a bitter face.

"Prepare the car." Although Lin Xiangru was still unacceptable, he immediately got up and walked outside, and the guards didn't dare to deceive him.

Yu Xin, Kong Bin and the others glanced at each other, and they all saw the solemnity and confusion in each other's eyes, and they followed one after another.

When Lin Xiangru and others arrived at the head of the city, their hearts instantly cooled most of them, and they saw that the black pressure outside the city was all the Qin army, waving the banner and killing the sky.

In terms of scale, there are at least 40,000.

At this time, there were only more than 1,000 guards guarding the four city gates and the palace in the entire Handan City, and there was not even a formed army.

Except for the army in the hands of Lian Po and Li Mu, all the armies of Zhao State are on the front line!

The city gate of Handan has long been closed, and the Zhao soldiers are holding weapons in their hands, looking at the Qin army under the city vigilantly, and when they see Lin Xiangru and others, they instantly have the backbone.

"Xiangguo, Sikou, and Neishi......" soldiers are one after another

Salute.

"The enemy is now, so there is no need to be polite." Lin Xiangru waved his hand, and then pointed to the Qin army under the city, "Have you ever sent someone to negotiate?"

"Xiangguo, no." The hundred men who were in charge of guarding the city gate said.

"Beat the drums, recruit the strong men of the whole city to defend the city!" Lin Xiang ordered as follows.

There is a big drum on each of the four walls of Handan, once it is sounded, it means that Handan is under attack by foreign enemies, and all adult men in the city must unconditionally obey the official recruitment to participate in the defense of the city or carry supplies.

When necessary, all grain, grass and materials are under the unified management of the government.

Of course, it hasn't reached that yet.

"This Qin army...... I'm afraid it's the Qin army in Hanoi." Yu Xin looked at Qin Jun and said thoughtfully.

"You mean, the Qin army deceived General Lian Po and fought from Hanoi to Handan?" Lin Xiangru asked.

Yu Xin nodded: "The main force of the Qin State is at war with the Great King, Guanzhong is empty, and only the Qin army in Hanoi can directly hit Handan."

"No, if this Qin army is the Qin army in Hanoi, once General Lian Po discovers their plan, he can directly cut off the Qin army's food route. Even if General Lian Po doesn't discover their plan, we can write to General Lian Po to tell him that in such a short period of time, the Qin army has no time to retreat." Kong Bin said strangely.

"What if these 40,000 Qin troops are outcasts?" Yu Xin said.

"Si Kou, don't be joking, who would take the 40,000 army as an outcast, hahaha, then he must be the number one ...... in the world" Kong Bin stopped suddenly with a smile, "What ......do you mean?"

"Yes, the purpose of the Qin State is to force the king to retreat, as long as the king can withdraw his troops, it doesn't matter how many of these 40,000 troops can return alive." Yu Xin said.

「…… Then what if the Qin State loses the bet." Kong Bin said in a deep voice.

"The Qin State must feel that my Zhao Kingdom is empty, even if the bet is lost, these 40,000 troops will not lose too much. But...... After all, they have misestimated the strength of my Zhao Kingdom!" A sneer appeared at the corner of Yu Xin's mouth.

It's true that Zhao Guo is empty, but Zhao Guo is not without strength at all!

"I'll send a letter to Lian Po and tell him about it." Lin Xiangru said, without even delaying the time, he immediately ordered someone to get pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and began to write a letter.

"The question now is not how to defend the city, but how to defeat the Qin army, Handan Academy, cement factory, farm test field, workshop, and a large number of various processing plants are all outside the city, and there is no room for any loss." Yu Xin said in a deep voice.

Yu Xin didn't have any worries about holding Handan, don't look at the fact that there is no formed army in Handan City, but just by recruiting strong men, at least tens of thousands can be recruited.

Not to mention the 40,000 Qin troops outside the city, even if there are another 100,000, Yu Xin has the confidence to hold for a few months.

But if the Qin army can't attack for a long time and targets the workshop outside the city, Zhao will be uncomfortable.

The destruction of any workshop or processing plant is a huge loss for Zhao Guo, not to mention Handan College and cement factory.

Handan Academy has almost half of the world's celebrities, as well as thousands of students, these are Zhao Guo's hopes, if there is a mistake, they will not have any face to face Zhao Kuo.

"I heard that when the engineer was building Handan Academy, he used all the defense means he could use, and there should be no problems." Kong Bin said hesitantly.

"What's the best way to do it?" Lin Xiangru looked at Yu Xin.

"Mobilize Wu Anjun to the south, and at the speed of the Great Wall Army, you can reach Handan in about three days. At that time, even if there are 100,000 Qin troops outside the city, they will not be Wu Anjun's opponent." Yu Xin said murderously.

For a long time, the Great Wall Army of Zhao State has been defending alien races in the north, and has never fought in the Central Plains, and in the Battle of Yan, the Great Wall Army has no chance to make a move, so that many people forget that Zhao State still has such a powerful army.

Yu Xin felt that it was necessary to let the countries of the Central Plains feel how the Great Wall army that destroyed the Hun King's cavalry, beheaded the Kunlun God, and captured the King of Donghu was peerless!

Lin Xiangru didn't agree immediately.

Yu Xin is right, as long as Li Mu goes south, the Qin army outside the city will not be an opponent at all.

But he had his own scruples.

As a Xiangguo, he originally held the political power, and he was second only to the king of Zhao in the Zhao state, and if he was contaminated with military power again, all monarchs would be afraid of it.

This is also the reason why Lin Xiangru obviously has the right to transfer troops, but he never uses it, and even the letter to Lian Po told him about it, rather than giving him a direct order.

It is to avoid contamination of military power.

Lin Xiangru understood, even if Zhao Kuo knew about it, he wouldn't mind anything.

But that's just for now, what about later?

Who can guarantee later?

"This phase will transfer Li Mu to the south." Lin Xiangru struggled for a long time, and finally decided to transfer troops.

In the future, even if he is liquidated, he will admit it, at least he can't get over it on his conscience.

If he refuses to transfer troops now, causing Zhao to suffer losses, he will live in condemnation and guilt for the rest of his life.

"Actually, you think it's complicated, we can use the Golden Eagle to send a message to the King, ask the King to give an order, and then use the Golden Eagle to pass the King's order to Wu Anjun, and it will be delayed for half a day at most." Yu Xin said.

Compared with the previous speed of communication, half a day is already very fast, and the Qin army has prepared siege equipment for more than half a day, maybe Li Mudu has begun to reorganize his army to the south, and the Qin army has just begun to attack the city.

"If you didn't say it earlier, it made me struggle for a long time." Lin Xiangru's face was pale.

"Actually, I'd prefer you to transfer troops directly, after all, half a day is also time." Yu Xin looked at Lin Xiangru very seriously.

"Ugh." Lin Xiangru sighed deeply, and suddenly felt a little nostalgic for Wei Wuji in his heart, if Wei Wuji was there, he wouldn't have to worry about this kind of thing.

After a while, Lin Xiangru's eyes gradually became firm, exuding wisps of murderous aura, and said in a deep voice: "This prime minister will first transfer troops to the south, and then send a letter to the king. Qin Jun, hmph, you guys wait for Benxiang!"

"Xiangguo, there are a lot of people coming down from the city, and after learning that Xiangguo is here, he must ask to see him." At this time, another soldier came up to report.

"A whole bunch of people? Let them come up." Lin Xiangru frowned, but decided to see him first.

In a short time, a large number of people poured up from the city, including wealthy merchants dressed in silk and satin, vendors pushing carts, farmers dressed in coarse cloth and garments, and ordinary craftsmen.

"The old man is Lin Xiangru? Do you have something to find an old man?" Lin Xiangru asked.

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, no one wants to step forward, and finally a young man in brocade stood up, clenched his fists and asked, "Dare to ask Xiangguo, but the Qin army has already hit outside the city?"

"Not bad." Lin Xiangru nodded.

"In that case, then I don't have a problem. On behalf of the Wen family, I, Wen Yan, donated 10,000 stones of grain, 100 horses, and millions of dollars, and in addition, all the adult men of my Wen family are all at the disposal of the government, even if they are sent to death, they will never back down." The young man said solemnly.

"I also want to donate, I don't have so much money and food, I can only donate a thousand stones." Said the vendor with the cart.

"My family doesn't farm land, and I buy all food, so I don't donate food, but I can donate 50,000 yuan, and in addition, I can help the government build weapons for free." A craftsman said.

"Hehehe, since everyone said so, then my Zhuo family would be a little too much to say if I didn't express it. On behalf of the Zhuo family, I, Zhuo Su, donated 5,000 stone of salt, 100,000 stone of grain, 500 horses, and 2 million money to the government. If the war lasts more than a month, my Zhuo family will find a way to get some more supplies out." An old man dressed in a fancy costume slowly walked out of the crowd.

"It's the same with my Guo family." Immediately afterwards, Guo Zong, another wealthy businessman in Zhao State, also walked out.

In the past, the Zhuo family and the Guo family were only forced to take refuge in Zhao Kuo due to the strength of Zhao State, and at the same time, they also had the psychology of breaking their wealth and avoiding disasters.

With the passage of time, the two families backed by the Zhao State, coupled with the Chamber of Commerce's solidarity, developed faster and faster, and the sphere of influence not only broke through the Zhao State, but even broke through the Central Plains. North to Donghu, south to Nanling, east to

The sea, west to the Western Regions, everywhere there is the shadow of their chamber of commerce.

The Zhuo family and the Guo family have long been inseparable from Zhao Guo.

At the same time, as the family continued to grow and develop, the two families became more and more afraid, they were just ordinary businessmen, with nothing but money.

There is only money, no power, which means that the Zhuo family and the Guo family are just a fat sheep, and any family with power can take them at will.

The Zhuo family and the Guo family are also looking for a way out to help their children climb up, and at the same time sponsor some more talented but poor students.

and wants to take refuge in the top of Zhao State and shelter them at a critical time.

But the top level of Zhao State is not something they can buy with money, to that extent, money is really just something outside the body, there is no difference between more and less, what they pursue is a fiefdom, a reputation, and a legend through the ages.

These are not what the Zhuo family and the Guo family can give.

Zhao Mu, the only one they can rely on, has also disappeared for a year or two, and no one knows where he is now, not even whether he is dead or alive.

They're afraid!

Fortunately, they finally waited for the opportunity, the Qin army hit Handan, and the Zhao State encountered difficulties, and it was time for them to contribute.

The Zhuo family and the Guo family did not hesitate to donate a large amount of money and grain to Zhao Guo.

That is, the Qin State sent troops suddenly, and the two families had no preparations, so they could only scrape together so much money and food for a while, otherwise it would be several times more.