Although the kings of Wei and Han were resentful of Zhao Kuo's behavior of transgressing their bounds, they still appeared very happy on the surface, praised Zhao Kuo's benevolence and righteousness in front of the ministers of civil and military affairs, and asked the local governments to fully cooperate with Zhao Jun.

Among the people of Han and Wei, Zhao Kuo's prestige has reached its peak, and even the King of Wei and the King of Han cannot be compared.

Many people don't know King Wei and King Han, but they know Zhao Kuo. When they were affected by the disaster, it was Zhao Kuo who rushed over to help them. The river at the entrance of the village was dredged by Zhao Kuo. The seeds that had just been planted were given to them by Zhao Kuo.

They all remember this deeply.

At the end of June, the seeds were planted in various places, and everyone's hanging hearts were finally put down.

But the famine is still not over, the seeds are planted, and there are still many months before the harvest, and if Zhao Jun leaves, everyone will have to return to the days of fleeing.

Zhao Jun began to organize everyone to build roads, renovate houses, and build a number of official roads between the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, and Han.

It can be said that Zhao Kuo completely regarded Han and Wei as Zhao to build, and there was no outside.

The King of Wei sent envoys to thank Zhao Kuo many times, and hinted that he could leave, and the rest was left to Wei, all of which were ignored by Zhao Kuo.

As for turning his face, King Wei didn't dare.

The hearts of the people of Wei are now all on Zhao Kuo, and the fierce Zhao army is in the territory of Wei, surrounding Daliang from all directions.

It can be said that if Zhao attacked Wei and Korea at this time, Han and Wei would have little ability to resist. And after the annexation of the two countries, Zhao can quickly gather the hearts of the people without causing much turmoil.

The only thing Zhao lacked was just an excuse to attack the two countries.

The King of Wei could not give this excuse to Zhao Guo in any case.

As for other countries, they watched Zhao expand and indirectly control Han and Wei, but they couldn't do anything.

Although the Qin State was almost not affected by the drought, the indemnity paid to the Zhao State has not been repaid so far, and the upper and lower levels are licking their wounds. The state of Chu suffered another great defeat, and if it wanted to recover the land in the Huaisi region, it could only give up after measuring the strength of both sides.

The state of Chu sent an envoy to demand that Zhao return Xiang Yan and the nearly 100,000 captured Chu troops, but Zhao Kuo refused.

Not only that, Zhao Kuo also set up Pengcheng County, Donghai County, Langya County, and Taishan County in the Huaisi area, and ordered Lian Po to lead an army to garrison Pengcheng to guard against Chu.

Zhao has many borders, but most of the areas are not garrisoned, because other countries have no possibility of starting a war in a short time, and Zhao does not need to be vigilant.

The only two garrisons on the border, one is Liangzhou and the other is Pengcheng.

The Liangzhou garrison was to suppress the nomads in the surrounding area, including the territory, to protect the passage of trade routes, and at the same time to deter the Western Regions.

And the garrison in Pengcheng was just to guard against the state of Chu.

News came from Handan that An Ning gave birth to a daughter for him, and the mother and daughter were safe.

At the beginning of October, after Zhao Kuo led the Zhao army to help all the people harvest the crops and return to the warehouse, he ordered the Zhao army to assemble and return to the Zhao state.

"King, are you going back?" The old man staggered to Zhao Kuo on crutches, his eyes flashed with tears, he knew that Zhao Kuo would definitely leave, but when this day really came, it was still a little difficult to accept.

He has lived for more than eighty years and has experienced four monarchs, but he has never seen a monarch treat the people of his country like Zhao Kuo.

"Not bad." Zhao Kuo nodded.

"When?" The old man asked, seeing that Zhao Kuo was a little hesitant, the old man continued, "The king should tell us, otherwise we will definitely send someone to guard outside." The king has given us so much, we must send him away."

"Tomorrow morning, then." Zhao Kuo said.

"Okay. Our fathers and fellow villagers will go to see off the king tomorrow." The old man turned away happily.

"Look, they're the kindest people in the world." Zhao Kuo pointed to the departing old man and the many people outside.

The next day, the sky was just dawning, the dew on the tips of the leaves had not yet dried up, and Zhao Kuo had breakfast

, packed his bags, and took Zhao Jun to start dismantling the camp tent.

When Zhao Kuo came outside, both sides of the road were already full of dense people, everyone was holding baskets in their hands, and there were freshly steamed cakes in the baskets, and some were carrying carp that had just been caught and were still alive.

The family is really poor, and they also carry a small bag of food.

Everyone, you hug me, I hug you, after seeing Zhao Kuo, they handed over the things in their hands one after another, wanting to give them to Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo didn't want it, so he threw it to Zhao Jun next to him.

Such a scene happened in various places in Han and Wei, and when people heard that Zhao Jun was leaving, no matter how far apart they were, they put down what they were doing and rushed to the city to see each other off.

They held steaming food and the money they had saved, although it was not much, it represented their gratitude to Zhao Jun.

"Take it, my lord. If it weren't for you, we'd starve to death, and that's just a little bit of our heart." A man said sincerely.

"Yes, my lord, take it." Everyone said.

Several old people knelt in the middle of the road with their children, Zhao Kuo hurriedly stepped forward to help the old man, the old man knelt on the ground, his attitude was very resolute, saying that if Zhao Kuo did not accept his heart, they would not leave.

"King, or take it." Liu Ping whispered.

"Everyone's hearts are few to accept, but gifts are not accepted by few people. The grain has just been harvested, and you still have a winter to pass, and if you have received the food, some of you may starve. So cut a little piece of cloth from your garment, and sew all the cloth into one garment, and give it to the widow, and it will be your gift to the widow." Zhao Kuo said to everyone.

A few old people, you look at me, I look at you, and then get up and get out of the way.

When everyone heard Zhao Kuo's words, they cut off a piece of cloth from their clothes without hesitation, and some of them thought that the clothes on their bodies were too dirty, for fear that they would stain Zhao Kuo, so they hurriedly ran to the river to clean them.

The Wei official's expression was complicated, and he didn't know what to do, so he could only stand by and remain motionless.

"Give the order to go down, set off, and return home!" Zhao Kuo turned over and said loudly.

All the people knelt on the ground one after another, kowtowing respectfully, and did not get up until the trace of Zhao Jun completely disappeared at the end.

Zhao Jun left, just like their arrival, hurried by.

Back in Handan, Zhao Kuo handed over the army to Le Yi and rushed directly towards the palace.

"Hahaha, it's still my daughter's good-looking." Zhao Kuo hugged his daughter and said happily, this is still his first daughter, a small person, nested together, looking very well-behaved.

"Your Majesty, you haven't named her yet." An Ning said.

"Let's call it Zhao Ying, and be named Princess Changle." Zhao Kuo said.

"Zhao Ying, that's a good name." An Ning nodded, "The king must be tired all the way, so why don't you give it to the concubine to hug him."

"No, widows are not tired." Zhao Kuo hugged his daughter tightly, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't get enough of it, and all the fatigue along the way disappeared

Lost.

It wasn't until the girl suddenly cried that Zhao Kuo handed over the girl to An Ning at a loss.

"The king should go and see the prime minister, if you can't come back, you will come directly to the palace, and the prime minister will have an opinion." An Ning said to Zhao Kuo while coaxing the child.

"Okay, then the widow will go and have a look." Zhao Kuo found that there was nothing wrong with him, so he walked outside.

"Hahaha, it's been a hard time for Xiangguo." Zhao Kuo came to the political affairs hall, at this time the sun had already set, Lin Xiangru still did not go home, and worked overtime in the political affairs hall.

Zhao Guo can develop steadily, and he can rest assured that he can help disasters outside, behind which Lin Xiangru is silently paying.

This old minister has supported the Zhao State for three whole generations, and he is still shining for the Zhao State.

"The minister is not hard, the king is hard, and the king is thinner than a few months ago." Lin Xiangru put down the brush and saw Zhao Kuo, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.

Although it feels good to be in power, but without Zhao Kuo by his side, Lin Xiangru always felt a little unsure, and only saw Zhao

Including, only then can we be truly down-to-earth.

"If there is no Xiangguo, the widow would not dare to be out for so long." Zhao Kuo walked to the main seat with a smile and took a notebook casually, "Is there anything going on lately?"

"The peasant family and the Mo family sent people to say that the "Agricultural Codex" and the "Gongdian" had been compiled and could be printed. The medical dictionary has not yet been fully compiled, mainly because some studies take several years to produce results, so it is particularly time-consuming." Lin Xiangru said.

The "Agricultural Codex", "Gongdian" and "Medical Codex" were all compiled a few years ago, representing the pinnacle of agriculture, industry and medicine of the entire Chinese civilization.

Even the Medical Codex has not yet been completed.

"If there are no problems, publish it, and tell the doctor that there will be a second and third edition in the future, so you don't have to wait for everything to be studied." Zhao Kuo said.

There are many diseases in the world, and I don't know how many diseases doctors can't cure, if we wait for them to study and understand before compiling it, then the "Medical Codex" will not be compiled even if it is a thousand years.

"Okay, I'll tell the doctor." Lin Xiangru nodded.

"After the three dictionaries are compiled, it is time to compile the Dictionary." Zhao Kuo looked up at the guards, "Go and invite Xunzi."

"Dictionary?" Lin Xiangru looked at Zhao Kuo curiously.

Zhao did not have a dictionary, and the earliest dictionary in ancient China had to wait until the Eastern Han Dynasty Xu Shen's "Shuowen Jie Zi", which is also the most important book for modern research on ancient Chinese.

"Not bad." Zhao Kuo nodded and explained the role of the dictionary to Lin Xiangru.

"Wonderful, with a dictionary, even if you encounter a word you don't know, you can look it up at home." Lin Xiangru's eyes lit up, no one dared to say that he knew all the words, even he didn't dare to say, if there was a dictionary by his side at this time, how convenient it was.

Soon, Xunzi came to the political hall.

"The widow means that it is sorted according to the two methods of pinyin and radicals for easy retrieval. At the same time, all variant characters were cancelled and unified into seal scripts. The dictionary should not only contain words and phrases, but also explanations, examples, etc., so that people can understand the meaning of the words. This matter is in charge of Xunzi, and all the sacrificial wines and doctors in the academy are all dispatched by Xunzi."

Zhao Kuo hesitated between pinyin and reverse cutting method, and finally decided to use pinyin, both of which have their own advantages and disadvantages, but in comparison, the advantages of pinyin are too many.

Pinyin and reverse cutting are essentially just a convenient tool for learning literacy, which is naturally convenient to use, just like Arabic numerals, although invented in India, they have been popularized in Zhao.

The text used by Zhao Guo now is still seal, but it is somewhat different from the seal script in the past, and the strokes of the seal script in the past are mostly arc-shaped, which is inconvenient for carving.

Because of the popularization and popularization of paper and printing, in order to facilitate printing, the seal script of Zhao State is transitioning to horizontal and vertical.

"Gather men as soon as you get back." When Xunzi heard this, he took a deep breath, this matter is a big deal, if it is done, all the scholars in the world will remember his name in the future.

Even those corrupt Confucians who did not like him had to learn to read and write according to the dictionary he had compiled.

"This matter is very important, Xunzi must take it to heart." Zhao Kuo said solemnly again, the "Dictionary" is related to the text of Zhao Guo's future unification of the six countries.

Only when the text is unified can there be cultural identity and be able to condense into a whole.

Zhao Kuo didn't want Zhao to become the Qin Dynasty in history, he wanted to complete all the things that the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty had done in history.

"I understand." Xunzi nodded solemnly.

"Hmm." Zhao Kuo nodded, signaling that there was nothing to do.

"The minister will retire first." Xunzi bowed and left the hall.

"This year, Hetao and Yandi have had another bumper harvest." Zhao Kuo saw the statistical reports submitted by the two places and said happily.

As long as it is not the extreme climate of the late Ming Dynasty, there will generally not be drought and famine all over the country.

According to Zhao Kuo's memory, there was no such natural disaster covering the whole world at the end of the Warring States Period and the Qin and Han dynasties.

As long as the troubled times are ended and there are fewer man-made disasters, the vitality of the Central Plains will be quickly restored and become one of the largest empires in the world.

"Two or three months ago, Li Bei wrote a special letter to show off the output of the counties in the Hetao, and the minister replied to him asking him to send more grain to Handan, and he immediately said that the water conservancy construction in the Hetao had not yet been completed, and that grain was needed everywhere. The minister promised to allocate funds for the construction of the Hetao next year, and he agreed." Lin Xiangru laughed and said, the construction allocation of the Hetao was determined a long time ago after everyone discussed, and whether or not the chestnut belly was given food, it would be allocated.

"As for Yandi, grain production is mainly concentrated in Guangyang County. However, after the Liaohe Plain is developed, it should be able to become a new granary. This year, Zheng Guo led everyone to plant rice on the newly developed fields, and the yield is similar to that of the Central Plains, and the yield has not been reduced because it is located in the northeast." Lin Xiangru continued.

"Is Liangzhou still safe?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"Don't worry, the king, with General Meng Fu in charge, those Qiang people can't raise any prodigal sons." Lin Xiangru said with a smile, the current names of Meng Fu and Meng Wu's father and son have reached the point where they can stop children crying at night in the Qiang people.

As long as there is Meng Fu or Meng Wu in Liangzhou for a day, the Qiang people can only honestly build roads and bridges for Zhao State.

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