Yunzhong City is the county seat of Yunzhong County, located in the middle reaches of the Dahei River. It is said that King Wuling of Zhao built a city on the west bank of the river. As soon as part of it was built, the city wall collapsed, so a new site was chosen on the east side of the river.
One day, King Wuling of Zhao saw a group of swans flying in the clouds, circling back and forth in the same place all day long, and a dazzling light radiated from the ground below the flock of birds.
After King Wuling of Zhao saw this scene, he thought it was an auspicious sign and decided to build a city here and named it Yunzhong City.
"Where is the dazzling light?" Zhao Kuo stood at the top of the city and looked around carefully for a long time, but could not see the light anywhere. He cursed in his heart, "The legend is indeed unreliable."
"Your Majesty, please look, there is a dazzling light there." Li Si pointed at the people coming and going under the city and said, "Nothing is more dazzling than the glory of all the people. With the efforts of King Wuling and Your Majesty, Yunzhong has become Zhao
In the center of the northwest of the country, regardless of Zhao or Hu people, everyone can live on this land. The people's hearts are full of gratitude to the king. For a monarch, is there any more dazzling glory than this?
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"Hahaha, you can still talk." Zhao Kuo pointed at Li Si and said with a smile. No wonder many people like to listen even though they know that the other person is flattering him. It is indeed very comfortable.
"I am just speaking out of my feelings." Li Si pointed downward and said, "The soil in Yunzhong County is fertile, and as long as it is cultivated, it will be good farmland. I have visited many places in the past few days and asked many people.
If all the places in Yunzhong can be developed, our Zhao country can have nearly 200,000 hectares of fertile land and nearly one million more living people. I think this can be used as a place for our Zhao country to station troops. One day, the strategy of King Wu Ling can be restored.
, went south from Yunzhong and destroyed Qin."
Zhao Kuo smiled and said that the Hetao is divided into three parts: the west tao, the front tao, and the back tao. This is just the front tao, and the back tao and the west tao are no less important than here.
Historically, although Emperor Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty immigrated to the Hetao many times, it was mainly for border security and the reclamation efforts were really limited. Not to mention the fact that the Han Dynasty gave the Hetao to the Southern Xiongnu.
The real development of the Loop will have to wait until the later west exit.
"Let's talk about these things after we defeat the Huns." Zhao Kuo said to Yunzhong County Governor next to him, "Yunzhong is located at the junction of Zhao and Hu. The situation is complicated. County Governor Han needs to pay more attention. In troubled times, he can use heavy codes."
Yunzhong is a little different from other places. The laws of Zhao State are not fully applicable here. Some tribes have more than 10,000 adult men, and their strength can compete with the county guards. Although they ostensibly submit to Zhao State, they do not accept deployment.
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In the past, it was okay if his own strength was insufficient, but Zhao Kuo would never allow this to happen in the future.
"I obey the decree." Han Zhong said, cupping his hands.
"Your Majesty, the leaders of each tribe have arrived." Liu Ping walked over.
"Come with me and have a look." Zhao Kuo walked down the city.
When they came to the living room, the leaders of each tribe had been waiting here for a long time. When they saw Zhao Kuo, they quickly stood up and saluted.
This was the first time they saw Zhao Kuo, and they couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. In their hearts, Zhao Kuo had never been easy to get along with.
"Everyone, sit down." Zhao Kuo said pleasantly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The leaders were relieved when they saw Zhao Kuo's kind attitude. Of course, some people were even more worried. They called this smile the smiling tiger.
"Last winter, the northern frontier of our country Zhao suffered heavy snowfall. Your losses should not be great." Zhao Kuo walked to the main seat and sat down slowly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your help."
"Yes, if it weren't for the help of the king, many people in our tribe would have frozen to death."
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Everyone said gratefully, no matter what, Zhao Guo actually helped them once last year, unlike before, he only kept asking for it and never gave it to them.
"As long as the loss is not big." Zhao Kuo nodded.
Several tribes looked at each other, and finally Tiege stood up, raised his hands and said, "If your Majesty needs it, just give us your order."
"It's okay. Everyone knows that the main area of our Zhao country is in the Central Plains, which is far away from Yunzhong. It is too difficult to transport food, so I hope to buy some food and cattle and sheep from you." Zhao Kuo said.
When transporting grain from Hebei to Yunzhong, only one stone is left after two stones of grain are delivered here. This is because the roads are smooth. There were no roads before. It was normal for three to one stone and four to be left for one stone.
In order to win this war, Zhao State began to transport grain and grass last year. Now there are 100,000 farmers pulling horses in the rear every day, and mules are transporting grain and grass on the road. If Zhao State is not short of horses, mules and these, at least rely on manpower.
It takes 300,000 farmers to transport food to supply the front line.
Although Wei Wuji assured that there would be no shortage of food, Zhao Kuo knew that the pressure on food from the rear was still very high.
The three kingdoms of Han, Wei, and Chu were attacking Qin, and together with Zhao, the five kingdoms were all frantically purchasing grain. The price of grain in the Central Plains had skyrocketed, from thirty cents per stone to fifty cents per stone, and it continued to rise.
The good news is that Zhao's wheat harvest has been bumper, which eased the food shortage. At the same time, in order to prevent merchants from selling Zhao's grain abroad, Zhao issued a purchase restriction order and arranged soldiers to patrol the borders to prohibit the flow of grain.
The country is currently busy with summer plowing. After the summer plowing, manpower can be recruited to grind the newly harvested wheat into flour and send it to the front line.
In addition to corn, rice, wheat and other food crops, what Zhao eats most is salted fish.
There is no way, as the weather is getting warmer, fresh fish can no longer be sent to the mainland. Unless a very small number of nobles want to try it, it is completely unrealistic to spend a high price to transport it and supply it to the army.
It can only be made into dried salted fish, and then sent to Wuyang City along Yishui River. From Wuyang City, it will be sent to Dai County via Puyinxing and Feihuxing, and then all the way to Yunzhong.
"This is as it should be. I wonder how much your Majesty wants? Let's put it together. As for the money, we won't have to worry about it." Tie Ge bowed and said.
In the past, during the period of King Zhao Wuling, they also had to "pay tribute" and send people to fight with King Zhao Wuling.
However, a few months ago, the State of Zhao had already recruited troops from them. There were no more or less troops, and they were treated equally like the Zhao people. Now it is also appropriate to pay tribute.
"Five thousand cattle and thirty thousand sheep." Zhao Kuo said. Seeing the anxious looks on everyone's faces, Zhao Kuo waved his hand to stop everyone and continued, "I won't ask for it in vain. I will buy it all at market price."
"Your Majesty, even though our tribe can produce so many cattle and sheep together, our tribe will starve to death." Tiege said in embarrassment.
Although they herd cattle and sheep, they rarely kill cattle and sheep to eat. Only during major festivals or when important guests come, they will dig up cattle and slaughter sheep.
Usually they mainly eat grain and dairy products. They also farm, but the scale is not large. In addition, they exchange with the Central Plains, which is enough for their daily needs.
In fact, if they mainly eat meat, it would be difficult for a tribe to feed tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.