"Let's sit down, this is the good news from Li Mu and Qin Kai, let's take a look." Zhao Kuo handed the letter to Wei Wuji and Lin Xiangru.

"Congratulations to the king." Everyone congratulated, although they didn't know the specific process, but since it was good news, it must be right to congratulate first.

"Wu Anjun's results have somewhat exceeded our previous expectations." Lin Xiangru looked at it and handed the letter to Xunzi.

Zhao Guo's previous plan was Ding Ling and Donghu, even the manpower was ready, Ding Ling was all built into pastures, providing cattle, sheep and horses for Zhao State, the main area of Donghu is located in the northeast, suitable for farming and grazing, part of the construction of pastures, part of the reclamation into fertile land.

But if you add the three kingdoms of Hao, Gaoyi, and Jizi Korea, Zhao will be a little short of manpower.

And looking at Li Mu's meaning, it seems that he also wants to destroy Su Shen, Gaiguo, Ma Han and other countries.

To tell the truth, after Lin Xiangru returned from sending people to explore the Northeast Great Plains, he also sent people to investigate Mao, Gaoyi and other countries to see if there were any new discoveries.

There is no morality between countries and countries, only success and defeat can be spoken, if there is a need, Lin Xiangru does not mind destroying the country of Hao and other countries, and increasing the territory of Zhao.

This is not about morality, but about the survival of civilization.

If these countries are strong, they will not let go of Zhao either.

But when the investigators returned, Lin Xiangru gave up.

Although these places can't be called absolutely desolate, it can also be said that birds don't anymore, if Zhao Guo is really short of land, Lin Xiangru doesn't mind beating down.

But now that there is a lot of fertile land in front of Zhao State, why should he occupy a relatively barren piece of land?

However, these were Lin Xiangru's previous thoughts, and at that time, countries such as Haoqi and Mizi Korea had not yet been defeated.

Now that it has been defeated, according to Lin Xiangru's character, it must not be thrown out again.

"Let's support the puppets, if you set up counties, it is not easy to manage, the distance is too far, and the territory is mountainous, the land is barren, the population density is too low, and we can't move people from the country." Wei Wuji said.

The state of Zhao is now considered to be vast and sparsely populated, and it is impossible to move people to develop the peninsula in the past. Supporting the puppet regime and collecting money every year is the easiest way.

"No." Lin Xiang said with a resolute voice, "The peninsula to my Zhao country can be taken by sea, it is not too far, my Zhao country can be completely controlled, there is no need to support the puppet regime."

"The management cost will be very large, and my Zhao Kingdom needs to garrison troops in these places." Wei Wuji glanced at Lin Xiangru, the essence of expansion is for profit, if there is no benefit, then there is no need for expansion.

"It's all short-term, and it's definitely worth it in the long run." Lin Xiangru said.

"In that case, it's better to support the puppets first, and when the time is ripe, then set up counties and counties to include them in the territory of my Zhao Kingdom. It can also prevent my Zhao Kingdom from using resources in unnecessary places." Wei Wuji said.

"It works." Kong Bin nodded, from the current point of view, this method is indeed the most cost-saving method, Zhao Guo can use the later period of time to slowly infiltrate, and finally set up counties.

The downside is that it will take at least one or two generations, or even three or four generations, to accomplish this goal.

They can guarantee the present generation, and who can guarantee the future?

In the end, everyone focused on Zhao Kuo, and how to implement it still depends on Zhao Kuo's decision.

Zhao Kuo did not make a decision immediately, but looked at Zhou Zi and said something else: "General Qin Kai has already led the army back, and will arrive in Sene in the near future, and Shaofu will lead people to meet General Qin Kai's triumph, and be responsible for the placement and management of prisoners."

After this battle, Zhao will no longer be troubled by the lack of people for a long time.

Well, the great Hu people made a great contribution to the development of the Zhao State.

"No." Zhou Zi arched his hand.

"The expansion of the ranch is in the hands of the servant." Zhao Kuo looked at Zhao Bao.

"No." Zhao Bao nodded, the manpower is ready, the ranch is also ready-made, just copy, there is no difficulty.

"The widow wants to divide the entire grassland into four counties: Mo Nan County, Mo North County, Wulan County, and Beihai County, and set up a governor of Mozhou, which will be concurrently served by the servant." Zhao Kuo said.

The population on the grassland is very small, and the entire grassland is not as large as half of the county in the Central Plains, and the pastures are basically state-owned, and the herdsmen receive wages to help Zhao State graze.

Although the administrative division is the same as that of the mainland, it is actually more like a huge ranch, with the farm director at the top, and the director of each branch field below, the workshop director and so on.

The appointment of Zhao Bao is also to avoid power conflicts, after all, he was originally in charge of the Northern Ranch.

However, this is only a stopgap measure, in order to better integrate resources and development in a short period of time.

There will definitely be decentralization in the future.

"As for the Northeast ......" Speaking of this, Zhao Kuo paused, although Li Mu only defeated the four countries of Donghu, Haoqian, Gaoyi, and Jizi Joseon now, but he believed that it would not be long before good news would come from the rest of the places.

Zhao Guo needs to prepare in advance.

Although it is arrogant to say this, this is the reality, the huge disparity in strength between the two sides, unless the other party can summon a meteorite from the sky, there is no possibility of victory.

"First select and send officials to various places, appease the local people, organize households, build roads, and wait for Wu Anjun to come back." Zhao Kuo said.

After listening to this, everyone immediately understood that Zhao Kuo was more inclined to Lin Xiangru's suggestion.

"The king, in addition to the officials, you also need to send troops to garrison to deter the Hu people." Le Yi said.

Although these places were defeated by the Zhao army, the Zhao State did not have a ruling foundation there, not to mention the people's hearts, and even the language was not understood, and at this time it was in a period of alternation of regimes, and there was chaos everywhere, and without the support of the army, it was difficult for the Zhao State to insert power.

"Then let's levy a new army, the number will be set at 60,000 first, and the Taiwei Mansion will be in charge." Zhao Kuo looked around, saw that everyone had no opinions, waved his hand and said, "Everyone go back and prepare."

"The ministers are retired." The crowd leaned over and said, turning around and walking out of the hall.

"Captain, stay." As soon as Le Yi left the hall, Lin Xiangru stopped him.

Le Yi stopped and looked at Lin Xiangru.

"The old man has something he wants to say to the captain." Lin Xiangru said.

"Xiangguo, please." Le Yi said.

The rest of the ministers also stopped to see what Lin Xiangru was going to say.

"When recruiting soldiers, we must mainly use men who are not married, and even the aspect of age can be relaxed, even if they are not yet adults, they are about to become adults, as long as they are not married." Lin Xiangru said in a low voice.

Although this cannot guarantee combat effectiveness, it is the Hu people who are deterred, and it doesn't matter whether they have combat effectiveness or not, they are all crushing the situation.

Le Yi was still a little puzzled at first, but after listening to Lin Xiangru's words, he immediately understood Lin Xiangru's plan.

Most of the men in these countries have been arrested by Zhao Guo, and there are almost no women and men in the country.

Even if a man is not caught, he can't compete with the tall Zhao people.

It can be said that as soon as Zhao Ren arrives there, he will be given the right of priority to choose a mate.

A young man who has never been married and has a strong blood, where can he withstand this temptation, or it won't be long before he falls into a gentle country.

After a man gets married and starts a business, he will gradually stabilize when he has concerns in his heart, and as long as Zhao Guo allocates land and houses again, most people will stay in the local area.

Zhao State almost did not pay any price, and completed the immigration, assimilation, and settlement of the marriage of the singles.

Three birds with one stone.

It is worthy of being a good minister of Zhao State.

"I see." Le Yi nodded.

……

On the other side, after Li Mu led the army to successfully destroy Ma Han, Gaiguo, and Chenguo, he turned around and went north.

Except for the difficult mountain roads and dense forests, the Three Kingdoms did not cause any obstacles to the Zhao State.

When the murderous Zhao army appeared outside their capital, they couldn't even rise to resist.

Zhao Jun for them

It is completely a dimensionality reduction attack, and it cannot be defeated by numbers, not to mention that these three small countries with few widows do not have much advantage in numbers.

In June, Zhao Jun returned to Donghu, and the envoy handed over the ritual vessel to Li Mu, along with Zhao Kuo's advice.

"Please also ask the messenger to help return to the king, and say that the last general will not disappoint the king's high hopes." Li Mu threw his hand in the southwest direction, handed over the captured monarch to the envoy to take back to Handan, and led the Zhao army to continue north.

The further north you go, the more lush the woods become, and the more difficult the road becomes.

To be precise, there is not even a road, there are towering ancient trees everywhere, if it weren't for the guide of Toucheng to lead the way, Zhao Jun might not even be able to find where the Sushen tribe is.

However, the good thing is that even if the Sushen tribe can't be found, Zhao Jun is not short of food.

The products here are very rich, the river is full of fish and shrimp, and there is a particularly stupid beast, which looks like a deer, not only will not run after discovering Zhao Jun, but will also take the initiative to approach, and finally become Zhao Jun's food.

Later, Zhao Jun was embarrassed to hunt them.

In addition, there are many tigers in this mountain forest, and within half a month, Zhao Jun has encountered twelve tigers, ten of which have entered Zhao Jun's belly.

The worst strength of these tigers is the Gangyuan Realm, and half of them are the Transcendent Realm, this thing seems to be easier to break through the Transcendent Realm than humans, but the strength is average, and they can't beat humans, let alone the army.

Although the Great Wall Army failed to recover its military soul, the realm of many soldiers has been improved, and even the peak of the Gangyuan Realm has increased by several people.

The conditions are a little harder, but the process of improving strength is very happy.

On this day, Zhao Jun was tired from the journey and was stopping to rest, when a centurion suddenly hurriedly found Li Mu: "General."

"What's wrong?" Li Mu asked.

"This ...... This land...... It's perfect for growing crops." The centurion's hands trembled slightly, looking very excited.

"Great for growing crops? How do you know?" Li Mu looked around, all kinds of flowers and trees grew very luxuriantly, and he didn't know if it was suitable for growing crops, but the land would definitely not be barren.

If it was really barren, the grass would definitely not grow so luxuriantly.

But it's winter here for half the year, and even if you plant the land, you can only plant one season, which is not cost-effective at all.

"My subordinates came from a farming family and joined the army later, so they are very familiar with the soil. When I was just resting, my subordinates were idle and had nothing to do to pull weeds and play, and found that the soil here was dark black, with an oily luster, far more fertile than the Central Plains. If it is used to grow crops, the yield per mu will be at least half of that of the Central Plains, or even double." The centurion said excitedly.

"Are you sure?" Li Mu's face changed instantly, and he said solemnly.

If it is really as the centurion said, even if it is worth planting only one season a year, isn't most of the land in the Central Plains only planted once a year? The yield per mu is also very low.

"Sure." The centurion took a deep breath and nodded.

Li Mu's eyes froze, and his right hand was on the hilt of the sword, if he had only attacked Su Shen with the mentality of training before, now he already had a reason to destroy Su Shen.

This land must be in the hands of the State of Zhao.

The only question now is how big the land really is.

"Sima Shang, you lead Brother Wang Heng around the neighborhood to make sure that there is not this kind of land around." Li Mu said.

"Okay." Sima Shang nodded and left the army with Wang Heng.

"Camp where you are, and don't hurry for the time being." Li Mu ordered, compared to the large area of fertile soil suitable for cultivation, everything else is secondary.

It wasn't until the evening that Sima Shang came back with Wang Heng.

"Within a radius of fifty miles, all the places we have explored are all this black fertile soil." Sima Shang said in a deep voice.

"Get ready to fight, we need to be serious." Li Mu said to Sima Shang.

"Understood." Sima Shang nodded.

"The territory of Prudence is a bit large, we need to save time, starting tomorrow, you and I will divide into two roads, and we will converge here." Li Mu pointed

On the map, the place where the Songhua River and the Heilongjiang River meet.

"Okay." Sima Shang said.

In the next month, Su Shen suffered a catastrophe, and King Su Shen, who had just become the monarch for less than two months, was beheaded by Zhao Jun.

After the Zhao army converged, it did not stop, but went all the way north.

All the Hu people they encountered, all ploughed the court and swept the caves, without any mercy to speak of, Su Shen, Yaksha, Evenki, Ghost Fang......

No one was spared.

After a while, Zhao Jun came to a white world, endless ice and snow blocked Zhao Jun's way, a group of fat big white bears lay on the ice and basked in the sun, after seeing Zhao Jun, they were so frightened that they twisted their butts and fled underwater.

Li Mu and Sima Shang stared, the strength of these big white bears was terrifyingly strong, and they were not inferior to the fierce tigers they encountered in the mountains and forests.

Super strength means super high value, which means being able to improve the strength of the Great Wall Army.

The Great Wall Army does not have a military soul, but if it can raise everyone's strength to the Gangyuan Realm, it will definitely be able to crush all the military soul legions.

Of course, that's what you think.

Some people's talents are destined to fail to become Gangyuan Realm, even if they work hard, it is useless.

Along the way, Zhao Jun hunted all kinds of fierce beasts, and it was the first time he saw a big white bear.

In this era, there is no talk of protecting animals.

Of course, the big white bears of this era do not need protection, but the humans in the vicinity who should be protected, are almost finished by the wild beasts, and those who are not Huohuo have fled to other places.

Soon, piles of bonfires lit on the grass, grease squeaked, and Zhao Jun gathered around, tearing the barbecue in a big gulp.

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