During the Warring States Period, most of the counties were located on the border to defend against foreign enemies. Therefore, the nature of the county guards was more military than civilian. For example, the famous Wu Qi and Sima Cuo both served as county guards.
After the Han Dynasty, when the wars were calmed down and the world was at peace, the county guards gradually became more civil servants.
Meng Ao's ability is more than enough to serve as a county guard.
After Meng Ao heard this, he bowed his head excitedly.
He never thought that he, a demoted general who had only been with Zhao Kuo for half a year, could be so reused.
Zhao Kuo helped Meng Ao up and looked at Meng Wu: "By the way, can General Meng marry a wife?"
Meng Ao and Meng Wu were not well-known in later generations. People who are not familiar with history may have never heard of their names.
But thanks to a certain TV series, their grandsons/sons, brothers Meng Tian and Meng Yi, are known to everyone in future generations.
Especially Meng Tian, who defeated the Huns 800 miles north and recaptured Hetao. He was the most powerful general in the Qin State second only to Wang Jian and his son at that time!
Zhao Kuo didn't want to lose these two brothers because of himself, then he would really want to cry without tears.
"Your Majesty, the general... the general has not married yet, but... when the general was young, my father had already made a marriage contract for the general in his hometown. According to the engagement, in the second half of this year, the general will return to Qi to marry...
...got a wife.”
Meng Wu did not expect that Zhao Kuo would ask him, so he stood up quickly and said at a loss.
"Your Majesty, this is indeed the case." Meng Ao said with clasped fists.
Zhao Kuo murmured in his heart that if nothing unexpected happened to the woman, she should be Meng Wu's wife in history.
The male and female protagonists have not changed, and time has not changed. Meng Tian and Meng Yi should still be born, but it is difficult to say the probability of this.
Zhao Kuo looked at Meng Ao and then at Meng Wu, thinking secretly in his heart.
Thinking about the genes of the Immon family, the offspring should not be much different.
"Tell me when the time comes, and I will go over and ask for a wedding drink." Zhao Kuo patted Meng Wu on the shoulder and said.
"The last general will be waiting for you, your Majesty." Meng Wu said excitedly, clasping his fists.
The generals looked at Meng Ao and his son with envy. This was the first person in the Zhao Kingdom to receive this honor, and he was also a reduced general.
Everyone also saw that Zhao Kuo did not look at nationality or whether he was a noble when employing people. He only looked at ability. As long as he had ability, he would be reused.
Ju Xin and other generals from Yan State made up their minds and will perform well in the future.
As night falls, the dawn moon hangs in the sky. There are no clouds in the sky, and the stars are falling down, covering everyone with a layer of colorful clothes.
The two bear paws were also roasted, golden and oily, exuding a rich burnt aroma.
Yan Xiong took off two bear paws and placed them in front of Zhao Kuo. Zhao Kuo did not enjoy them all to himself, but ordered them to be shared with everyone.
Zhao Kuo tore off a piece of bear meat and chewed it for a few mouthfuls. Before he could swallow it, he felt a stream of pure essence flowing into his lungs. Even the energy in his body showed signs of strengthening, and his heart couldn't help but move.
"Are there many extraordinary beasts in the mountains?"
He remembered that in the Taihang Mountains, Yan Xiong killed an extraordinary snake, not to mention a dragon.
"There are so many. Anyway, there are more transcendent realm warriors than us." Yan Xiong said while tearing the bear meat.
Among the generals, he was the only one who would talk to Zhao Kuo so indifferently.
"Why do you rarely hear about extraordinary beasts coming down the mountain to hurt people?" Zhao Kuo was a little surprised, but he often heard about ordinary beasts coming down the mountain to hurt people.
"When wild beasts reach the transcendent realm, they usually have some intelligence and rarely appear in human territory." Lian Po said.
Humans are afraid of tigers, wolves, snakes and other wild beasts. In fact, these wild beasts are more afraid of humans. Humans pose a far greater threat to them than any other creature. In most cases, they will stay away from humans.
"Then it would be feasible to specifically hunt these extraordinary beasts for the soldiers to eat and improve the strength of the soldiers?" Zhao Kuo looked at Song Zhong's disciple Bi Ming.
During this expedition, Song Zhong did not accompany the army. He stayed in Handan to discuss medical skills with Xiangzi, so he sent his disciples to accompany the army.
Bi Ming was an abandoned baby that Song Zhong picked up on the roadside and raised him. Because none of Song Zhong's descendants liked to study medicine, Bi Ming was chosen as the heir to the mantle.
Although Bi Ming was very young, his talent was very good. According to Song Zhong, he had given all his knowledge to Bi Ming, and the only difference now was his experience.
Moreover, under the influence of Zhao Kuo, Bi Ming began to study nutrition and reached a certain depth.
Before Bi Ming could speak, Yanxiong spoke first: "Your Majesty, no matter how many extraordinary-level beasts there are, they can't withstand an army. Even if we capture all the extraordinary-level beasts in the Zhao Kingdom, they probably won't be enough to feed an army of 300,000."
It’s a meal. And this kind of food must be eaten for a long time to improve the strength. Taking one or two bites occasionally has no effect. Look at me, I have eaten so much, and my strength is still the same, without any improvement."
Yanxiong tore off a large piece of meat and swallowed it before chewing it a few times.
"The reason why General Yanxiong's strength has not improved is because your strength has reached the extraordinary level, so the meat of the extraordinary level has little effect on him.
If it were an ordinary soldier, these meats would still be of great use. However, extraordinary-level beasts only appear to be numerous, but are actually very few in number. We are generally used to looking at all beasts as a whole, which only makes them seem numerous.
If you look at different beasts separately, the number is very small. Moreover, once captured on a large scale, these beasts will escape to other places, making capture more difficult. Therefore, it is unrealistic to supply a large army.
However, it is possible to provide meat for only a few hundred people, but just to capture these beasts would require a dozen Transcendent Realm warriors, and the role that these hundreds of people can play is far less than a dozen Transcendent Realm warriors. So.
You’ll only lose more than you gain.”
"However, the probability of a carnivorous beast becoming an extraordinary level is much higher than that of a herbivorous beast, so if you want to improve your strength, eating meat is effective. Of course, you also need training." Bi Ming said.
The kings of the past dynasties had good food and drink, but few lived a long life. The main reasons were overwork and lack of exercise.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "How can there be so much meat." Lian Po sighed.
It would be good if ordinary soldiers could have enough to eat, and don't even think about meat.
Even for the lower class nobles, meat is not easily available.
"If all the soldiers can eat meat, can the internal energy be popularized in the army?" Zhao Kuo looked at Bi Ming.
Whether a soldier has internal energy or not, there is a huge difference in the combat effectiveness that he can exert.
At present, of all the Zhao troops, only Zhao Feiqi and Zhao Kuo's personal guards have all had their inner qi popularized. The remaining soldiers have not even 10% popularized their inner qi. These are the strongest men in the country!
Bi Ming thought for a while and said: "Even if you are over thirty-five and eat meat and train every day, it will be difficult to make up for the loss of your body. But under thirty-five, there is still great hope."
When Zhao Kuo heard this, his eyes suddenly lit up.
However, his mind was not on breeding, but on the sea hundreds of miles away.
It is unrealistic for Zhao State to engage in large-scale breeding for many reasons:
Grain production is small, and there is no excess grain for breeding.
Once livestock and poultry are raised on a large scale, they will become sick and it is difficult to treat them.
The breeding technology is backward, the production cycle is long, and the output is low.
The people are poor and cannot afford meat, and the market is too small to be worthy of breeding.
Even if the country breeds horses, it still focuses on war horses and farm cattle, rather than using them for meat.
Of course, the most important issue is grain production. Zhao Kuo has calculated that grain yield per mu must be increased by at least 50% before there is excess grain to feed livestock and poultry of a certain scale.
If you want to raise animals on a large scale and form an industry, the grain yield per mu must at least double.
Even if Zhao State had the curved shaft plow and waterwheel, the yield per mu could only increase by 20% to 30%. Of course, more land could be cultivated in the same time, and the actual increase in yield was far more than 20%.
When Hebei's land is fully developed, water conservancy facilities are improved, and waterwheels are fully popularized, it will probably increase to more than 50%.
Moreover, Xu Li sent news that he had found the heir to the farm family. It is said that there is another disciple who is Xu Xing's direct disciple. He is over eighty years old. He was staying in Nanyang motionless. Hearing that Zhao Kuo defeated the Five Kingdoms, he insisted on coming over to see
look.
After Zhao Kuo learned the news, he immediately sent his bicycle frame to the old gentleman to ride on, and sent 300 personal guards to protect him along the way.
Having said so much, I just want to say one thing: Zhao State has no meat, and it cannot start a breeding industry in a short period of time.
But there is no meat on land, but there is in the sea!
There is as much meat as you want in the sea, and it is a cost-free trade, no farming is required! As long as you have a boat and a net, you can get a lot of fish and meat.
Zhao State had no entrance to the sea before, but now that there is an entrance to the sea, there is no reason not to use it.
"Does our country of Zhao have any family or craftsmen who can build ships?" Zhao Kuo asked.
Although everyone didn't understand why the topic suddenly turned to shipbuilding, they still replied: "Your Majesty, shipbuilding is not difficult. Many craftsmen in our Zhao country can build ships."
Water transportation in the Central Plains is very developed. Both the Wu State and the current Wei State dug canals. Although the Zhao State did not dig canals, they still had ships.
However, Zhao Guo’s ship...
"I'm talking about that kind of big ship, a big ship that can sail in the sea! Not a small boat in Zhangshui." Zhao Kuo was speechless.
It is true that the State of Zhao had many boats, but they could only row in the Zhang River. It was difficult to even sail in the river, let alone the sea.
A wave hits and the boat disappears.
"Your Majesty, if you talk about sea ships, only the Qi State, the Yue State and the Wu State hundreds of years ago can build them. Now the Yue State has been annexed by the Chu State, and only some survivors have fled into the mountains. I don't know if the technology is
It has been retained. As for the Qi State...I am afraid they will not hand over the technology easily." Tian Dan said.
Although the State of Zhao formed an alliance with the State of Qi, everyone knows that the State of Qi was forced like the State of Yan, and the conflict between itself and the State of Zhao was not only not eased, but also deepened.
And even if it is not forced, it is impossible to hand over this core technology to Zhao Guo.