"I asked the craftsmen to study it for a long time, but they couldn't find it." Wei Yang shook his head. After seeing the real thing for the first time, he tried to imitate it, but with no results like Qin.
In fact, not only Qin and Wei, every country will try to imitate it after taking it. After all, there is no patent protection law these days, and whoever makes it belongs to whoever makes it.
Even if Zhao Guo knew it, there would be nothing he could do.
"Alas." King Wei sighed, "What if we only built one road, from Daliang to Suiyang."
"I want to think of a way." After a while, Wei Yang said, if the phased construction can still be realized, anyway, King Wei just wants to build the road, and there is no set time. Build one section now, and then build another section when he has money.
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"Thank you for your hard work."
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The State of Qi was also busy building roads, and was taking advantage of spring plowing to popularize curved shaft plows and waterwheels. However, because the King of Qi did not care about anything, the Empress Dowager of Qi listened behind the curtain, so it was somewhat inconvenient to issue administrative orders.
The King of Qi has reached adulthood, and the Queen Mother of Qi does not have the means to declare the Queen Mother of the Qin State. Many officials do not obey the Queen Mother of Qi's orders, or directly oppose them, asking the Queen Mother of Qi to return power to the King of Qi, or do so in a submissive manner.
Those clans are also uniting against the Queen Mother of Qi. Although Qi was founded late, the number of clans far exceeds that of the three Jin Dynasties. The combined power is very huge.
However, because King Qi did not do well before, some people supported the Queen Mother of Qi to continue to be in power. Although it is not good for a woman to hold power, she is better than King Qi anyway.
In addition, there are those who are waiting and watching in the middle, those who are fishing for money, and those who are speculative. The level of chaos is no less than that of Zhao State, which is undergoing reforms.
Although the State of Qi bought war horses from the State of Zhao in order to develop its military strength and regain its dominance over Qi, until now it has not even decided on its generals, its soldiers have not been selected, and its armaments have not been built.
But Qi State has money, and even if you keep ten thousand war horses for fun, you can't do anything about it.
As for the Yan Kingdom, King Yan is still happily cultivating immortality...
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Zhao's reform was also in full swing. After half a year of surveying and planning, the official road that ran through the Hetao and connected the counties in the Hetao was finally started.
This road goes all the way west from Yunzhong and Jiuyuan to Shuofang, and then goes all the way south along the Yellow River to Helan County. However, now Helan City has only just selected a site and is preparing for construction.
The road leads eastward to Daijun and Jinyang, and then south through the Taihang Mountains to Handan.
This artery that runs from east to west, north to south, connects the entire Zhao State together, integrating Hetao, Daijun, Jinyang and Hebei into a whole, while also driving the economic development of all areas along the way.
The nobles with fiefdoms are also busy relocating and building new cities. Because of the shortage of manpower, Zhao will only provide material help in this regard.
These princes did not object. Although the speed was a bit slow, they could use it with ease, and they were not short of people. The number of servants and tenants at home ranged from thousands to tens of thousands. Just rely on connections and find a few professionals.
Already.
Gongsun Long also led a group of people to strengthen the Yellow River dam. Although some people said that it is better to dredge the dam than to block it. They should find ways to dredge the river bank instead of strengthening the dam.
No matter how strong the dam is reinforced, if the silt in the river bank rises day by day, the dam will eventually collapse.
This is true, but considering the technical and cost difficulties, Zhao Kuo still feels that strengthening the dam is more practical and less dangerous.
As for the local governments, they are still busy erecting boundary markers. This matter alone is enough to keep them busy for a while.
Although the map has already marked which place belongs to this county and which place belongs to that county, when it is actually applied, the complexity immediately increases a thousand times.
It's okay that some places had boundary markers before, but most places don't have boundary markers. What's more, they used to be "three no matter zones". Everyone knows how complicated this kind of place is. Even the court has a headache, let alone the place. Whoever gets it is unlucky.
Various places were passing the buck, and Xu Li took Feng Quji to deal with the conflicts in one place. Whoever gets the blame belongs to whoever it is. No one should try to shirk it. If you don't want to do it, just replace it. Unless you have a bigger backstage than me and can handle it. I press it down.
Xu Li was an old man who followed Zhao She back then. Even Zhao Kuo would call him Uncle Xu when he saw him. Who dared to compete with him? He had to be obedient.
The official positions in the imperial court have just been divided, and many tasks are being divided, which seems a bit chaotic. Wei Wuji, Lin Xiangru and others are busy from morning to night every day.
It has to be said that Zhao Guo has taken a big step, but if he doesn't take it now, he will have to wait until he unifies the world, and it will be even more difficult at that time.
This kind of chaos will continue for a while, and it will gradually subside after a few months, and then it will gradually return to normal.
"If you give Zhao State ten years, in ten years it will be equal to the rest of the world." Zhao Sheng looked at the news coming from various places, and there were constant problems, but overall it was moving in a favorable direction.
Especially the people at the lowest level have great trust in Zhao's announcement and are cooperating with Zhao's reforms. Although there are some people with ulterior motives who are stirring up trouble among them, they are quickly found out and reported to the government.
The credibility that Zhao Kuo has built up through all kinds of efforts in the past few years has finally come into play. As long as the upper and lower levels work together, even if a small number of people in the middle have other ideas, they won't be able to make a big splash.
In other words, if nothing unexpected happens, this reform will definitely be successful.
"In the past hundred years, has the world had five years of peace?" Lin Xiangru turned to the next page of the official document and frowned, "It's another secret loan sharking thing. You just go to the grassland to raise horses. You can make more money than loan sharking, and not only will the government not stop you, but if you are well-fed, you will be rewarded, and you will have to seek death from loan sharking."
Lin Xiangru was convinced. The reform had harmed the interests of some people. Since ancient times, there had been no reform that did not harm the interests of some people. However, in comparison, the bloodshed of Zhao State was very little.
The people who were originally going to harm the interests have been compensated by Zhao Kuo by sacrificing the Huns. No matter whether they are the clan, nobles, scholars, squires, or the lowest level Guizhou leaders, in fact, they did not have much influence in this reform. losses, and mostly gains.
The State of Zhao cannot manage such a large grassland. Well, if you say that you go there to raise horses, can the State of Zhao not let you do so? After a long time, if you say that this land belongs to your family, the State of Zhao will give you a reward.
Household registration.
After all, it is better to be occupied by oneself than by a barbarian.
Not to mention that you can go to the Hetao to contract land, go fishing in the sea, and buy and sell cattle and sheep by-products. The lowest level of Guizhou has no capital. How can these nobles not have capital?
If you are a bit ambitious, you can go to Huohuodonghu or join a fiefdom in the future.
However, some people just don't have the foresight. The State of Zhao left so many broad and open roads that they could not take, so they had to take a dead end.
There was nothing Lin Xiangru could do about this kind of person.