Zhao Bao and Zhao Mu went to the grassland to build pastures and milk and fur product processing plants. This is related to whether Zhao State can occupy the grassland for a long time and turn the grassland into Zhao State's inherent territory "since ancient times".
To achieve this step, sustained benefits are necessary, which means that the returns Zhao obtains from the grassland are greater than the investment.
The grasslands are not suitable for farming, so we can only rely on pastures and processing plants to obtain this kind of land.
The number of people in Handan who can handle government affairs has once again decreased. As the king of a country, Zhao Kuo cannot be lazy and handle government affairs with everyone every day.
The good news is that all policies are being implemented in an orderly manner. In some places, chaos such as sharp rises and falls in food prices and villagers engaging in gunfights over water sources were all resolved in a short period of time.
Overall, the shortcomings do not hide the good points, and a little chaos cannot hinder Zhao Guo from developing in a good direction.
"Your Majesty, there is news from Daijun that Donghu is showing signs of developing to the west. Tribes have already occupied some buildings and ruined their old places." Kong Bin looked at the letter in his hand and said.
"Will it affect our pastures, processing plants and other industrial plans?" Zhao Kuo asked.
The Zhao State had already anticipated this. After the Xiongnu were destroyed, Donghu would not be able to give up the thousands of miles of fertile grassland to the west, even if there was a threat from the Zhao State.
If Zhao and Yan had not jointly defeated one-third of Donghu's main force last year and captured the king of Donghu, Donghu would have definitely not only invaded part of Loufan and Xirui's hometown, but would have resisted taking action until now.
The problem is that it is impossible for Zhao State to manage such a large grassland no matter what, unless Donghu is also destroyed and some people move there to live there.
With cotton, down, and fire pits, the climate problem can be solved, but the time is not yet ripe, and the Yan State is between Zhao and Hu. If the Yan State is not solved, the loss of grain and grass transported by the Zhao State will increase several times, which will be very difficult.
Long time support.
"There will be no impact in a short period of time, but Rong Di bullies the weak and is greedy. Once we do not fight back, after a long time, the Donghu will definitely continue to invade the land westward, and may even directly send troops to plunder our country's pastures and factories, bringing harm to our country."
A huge loss." Kong Bin said.
"It is difficult for our country, Zhao, to support a large-scale deployment of troops. The grassland is endless as far as the eye can see. The Donghu cavalry comes and goes without a trace. Sending a small number of cavalry will only scare the enemy. It is better to accumulate strength first and wait for the opportunity." Wei Wuji shook his head.
He tends to either not fight, or to try his best to completely destroy Dong Hu.
There is no doubt that Donghu's strength is not as good as that of Zhao. Even if Donghu has the advantage of the grassland, if Zhao can free his hands, it will not be too difficult to destroy Donghu.
However, with the experience of the Xiongnu, Donghu must always be wary of the Zhao State. Once he senses that there is a danger of overthrow, he is likely to flee further north with his family, and the Zhao State will inevitably be beyond its reach.
There is a saying that if you kill a snake, you will be harmed by it. Even if only one tenth of Donghu's tribe escapes, it may become a serious problem for Zhao in the future.
Therefore, Wei Wuji felt that instead of sending troops now to make Donghu be more vigilant, it would be better to ignore it and let Donghu relax his vigilance, and wait until the Zhao Kingdom was free to completely eliminate Donghu.
"What does uncle think?" Zhao Kuo looked at Zhao Sheng.
"It is indeed not appropriate to send troops now, but it is not appropriate to ignore it at all. Kong Qing is right. Rong and Di are greedy. Once we ignore it, Donghu will definitely continue to invade westward and threaten the pastures of our Zhao Kingdom." Zhao
Sheng said.
"It is better to send an envoy over, mark the national boundary with Donghu, and tell Donghu that as long as he does not cross the national border, our Zhao country will not care about it. This can not only suppress Donghu a little, but also give Donghu peace of mind that we don't have to worry about our Zhao country attacking them.
." Wei Wuji said.
"Where is the national boundary?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"Draw a north-south line at the junction of Dai County and Shanggu County of Yan State, with the west returning to Zhao State and the east returning to Donghu." Wei Wuji said.
"Just do as Lord Xinling said." Zhao Kuo thought for a moment and nodded. The current spheres of influence of Zhao and Donghu are respectively to the west of Daijun and to the east of Shanggujun. No one can take advantage of this division, and no one can.
We don’t suffer any loss, we just clarify and legitimize the previously blurry boundary lines.
Of course, in the future, when one party becomes stronger, it will inevitably attack the other party, but this also means that there will not be much change in a short period of time.
"Do you have any recommendations for envoys?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"Su Jundai is proficient in the art of vertical and horizontal, and his eloquence is amazing. He can be an envoy." Zhao Sheng said with cupped hands.
"Su Dai? He's over ninety years old, right?" Zhao Kuo frowned.
"It's not ninety, it's just over eighty." Zhao Sheng shook his head.
"Change someone else." Zhao Kuo waved his hand, "It's not like there is no one in our country. Let an old man in his eighties serve as an envoy. What if something happens to him? How can I bear it? Let Su Jun stay in Handan and enjoy his old age.
Bar."
Zhao Kuo had met Su Dai once, and he was indeed in good health, but Zhao Kuo felt it was not appropriate for an old man in his eighties to travel all the way to Donghu, both for public and private matters.
"Su Dai's son Qian has 70% of his father's eloquence and can be an envoy." Zhao Sheng said.
"How old is Su Qian this year?" Zhao Kuo asked. According to the ancient marriage age, Su Qian was over eighty, and his son might be seventy.
"More than fifty years old." Zhao Sheng said.
"Then let Su Qian go as envoy to Donghu." Zhao Kuo nodded.
"By the way, who is King Donghu now?" Kong Bin suddenly raised his head and asked.
Everyone, you look at me and I look at you, with confused expressions. During this time, the country is busy with things, so who would care about a mere Donghu King?
Moreover, for the State of Zhao, does it make any difference who becomes the King of Donghu? Anyway, they are all scum.
Not many people in Zhao State looked up to Dong Hu.
"There is no king in Donghu now," Liu Ping said.
"Then how do we send envoys?" Kong Bin said with a bitter smile.
The premise for sending an envoy is that Donghu is a whole, even if it is only a nominal whole, as long as there is one person who can represent the entire Donghu.
But now Donghu doesn't even have a king, and no one can represent the entire Donghu. Who will Zhao send envoys to see? Even if the boundaries are demarcated and agreements are signed with some tribes, how effective will they be?
"It is possible to send envoys. Now the Baishan tribe and the Black Wolf tribe are the most powerful in Donghu. Most matters are decided by the leaders of the two tribes. We only need to sign an agreement with these two tribes and let them inform the entire Donghu.
"These two tribes do not want to offend our Zhao State, so they will definitely try their best to maintain other tribes. Long-term stability is not realistic, but maintaining a stable situation for several to ten years is not a problem," Liu Ping said.