Chapter 549: Building a bridge over the Yellow River
Zhao Kuo returned from an inspection tour and found that not all the cities in Hetao were built. Except for the county towns, most of the county towns only built simple walls to resist the ferocious beasts and the survivors of Rong Di. As for the internal facilities,
Very crude.
In the past, there were often fleeing Rong Di in Hetao who would rush to kill Zhao people's villages at all costs. After Li Fu learned about it, he immediately ordered that as long as Rong Di was captured alive, adult men would be given 20,000 yuan each, and women and children would be given 10,000 yuan each.
A wave of hunting for Hu people immediately started in Hetao. Some Zhao people even spontaneously formed a team and went deep into the grasslands and mountains to search for traces of Rong Di.
They worked hard for a year and could not save 20,000 yuan without eating or drinking. Now as long as they catch one Rongdi, they will not lose money, and if they catch two blood, they will make a profit.
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Under the crazy attack of the Zhao people, Rong Di, who was hiding deep in the mountains and grasslands and appeared from time to time to kill the Zhao people, was all captured in less than half a year.
Lifu got free labor, and the Zhao people also got money. It was a win-win situation, and the only losers were probably the Hu people.
However, the Hu people are not at a disadvantage. Compared with the precarious life before, at least they now have food and shelter.
After tasting the sweetness, the Zhao people even wanted to hunt Dong Hu outside the Great Wall. After Li Fu found out, he immediately canceled the reward policy. Only then did the Zhao people stop and start farming wasteland honestly.
During this period, the world has been at war for hundreds of years. People in all countries are brave and good at fighting. They are familiar with military affairs. They can kill a mere barbarian and capture them with ease.
Even if Li Fu did not issue a reward policy, after the Zhao people stabilized, they would spontaneously eliminate the Hu people, but the speed would not be so fast, and it would not be so clean.
"The manpower is too busy, so we only built city walls and houses to protect everyone's safety. The remaining facilities have to be built slowly. Now that the land has been reclaimed, the rest is to improve urban construction and water conservancy. After these two are completed,
, the preliminary development of the Loop is completed. Of course, there is still road paving, but this issue is not under the control of the minister." Li Fu said.
Hetao has limited manpower, and everyone is not very capable, so we must do it step by step.
In fact, the first thing that started in Hetao was the construction of a city. However, after the city walls and houses were almost built, they did not continue, and instead focused on reclaiming wasteland.
The roads are mainly for communication between regions, connecting Hetao with Zhao State, and developing commerce.
As for ordinary people, there are actually very few opportunities to use these roads.
If there had been no military conscription and labor service, most people's activities would have been in their hometowns and neighboring villages, with very few leaving the county.
Zhao Kuo checked the household registration situation in Hetao. There were many children over six years old and very few children between three and six years old. It should be due to immigration.
Most of those who were pregnant at the time or had children under three years old would not choose to immigrate.
The number of two-year-old children began to increase. By this time, everyone had settled down in the Hetao. Those who were married naturally began to have children, and those who were not married also began to get married, or marry the Hu girls arranged by Zhao Guo.
There are more one-year-olds, almost twice as many as two-year-olds.
If nothing else goes wrong, the population of Hetao will maintain rapid growth in the next few years. However, it will not bring benefits to Zhao State in a short period of time, but will instead bring great pressure.
How to reduce the mortality rate of these children so that these children can grow up safely.
If these children can grow up, how will Zhao Guo feed them?
You know, there are still fifteen years before these children can create value.
"I hope farmers can increase their grain production again, and doctors... It is too difficult to train doctors." Zhao Kuo thought in his mind.
Zhao Guo has been training doctors for several years. Every year, a lot of money is spent on it, but no results have been seen yet. There are only a few doctors who have graduated, but the number of apprentices continues to increase every year...
Given the conditions of Zhao State, Zhao Kuo could not even promote "water must be boiled before drinking".
Can you imagine that most people can't make a fire at all, so they wait until they see smoke coming out of a chimney while cooking, and then they grab a handful of grass and go to that house to borrow a fire?
Most likely the person who was borrowed was the head of the village.
In fact, it's not that most people can't afford matches, but they just don't have the habit. In their opinion, spending money on such things is a complete waste.
After all, money is still money.
Therefore, Zhao Kuo only ordered that the water in the army and schools must be boiled before drinking, but he had no control over other places.
"Your Majesty, don't be too impatient. Just let everything take its course. Compared with other countries that remain unchanged for years or even decades, our country of Zhao is almost the same every year. It is already developing very fast. If it continues faster, there will be
There is a hidden danger." Li Fu said.
Even during the period of King Yan Zhao, the State of Yan did not develop as fast as the State of Zhao now, not to mention other periods.
Li Fu felt that as long as the current development speed was maintained, Zhao would definitely own the world in the future.
Continuing to toss will make things more likely to happen.
"I think it can develop faster." Zhao Kuo looked to the east with a far-reaching vision. The only thing that seriously hinders Zhao's development now is its population.
Qin and Chu could not wait to expand, and Zhao could not fall too far behind.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. By the way, where is Zheng Guo? I have been coming to Hetao for so long, why haven't I seen him?" Zhao Kuo asked strangely.
It has to be said that Zheng Guo was worthy of being one of the two great water conservancy masters in the late Warring States Period. His water conservancy construction was very good. He included most of Helan County and gave Zhao Guo an extra 100,000 hectares of fertile land.
"We were asked by Wei Qi to build roads in Yinshan Mountain," Li Fu said.
Although this guy Wei Qi just started building roads halfway, he has been building roads for several years and understands everything. However, he is still not as proficient as a professional like Zheng Guo in aspects such as building bridges.
In many cases, road construction alone cannot solve the problem in the mountains. Building bridges is more suitable.
At this time, Zheng Guo's role came into play.
"When Zheng Guo comes back, ask him if he can build a bridge across the Yellow River. If possible, build one in Hetao first, and then build one in the Central Plains." Zhao Kuo said.
With the help of spiritual energy, Zhao Guo's material science has made milestone progress, and with the addition of Zheng Guo, he can definitely try to build a bridge on the Yellow River.
The Yellow River in the Hetao section has gentle flow and narrow width, making it easier to build bridges.
After the bridge in the Loop is completed, enough experience will be accumulated before building a bridge in the Central Plains.
"Build a bridge across the Yellow River! I will tell Zheng Guo personally." Li Fu grabbed it hard with both hands, and his heart was beating fast.
If Zhao's first cross-river bridge was built in the Hetao, and it was built during his tenure as governor of the Hetao, his name would surely go down in history along with the bridge.
Li Fu was determined to let Zheng Guo complete this matter, even if it cost him his own money.