Chapter 555: Repay kindness with kindness, repay grievance with kindness
By the time the news reached Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo had already rushed back from the northern ranch.
The group of people spent more than half a month playing on the grassland rather than patrolling.
The Huns have been wiped out, and the young men are helping Zhao build roads and dig coal. They are the best model of labor.
Donghu is also shrinking to avoid conflicts with other forces. Not to mention invading Zhao State, even the border of Yan State is far away.
The northern Dingling people retreated further north and gave up the entire desert and the area south of the desert.
To the west of the Daxingan Mountains, everything belongs to the State of Zhao.
Zhao State can graze cattle from Hetao to the desert, and no one or any force dares to intrude.
War horses, cattle, sheep, donkeys, mules, deer... everything is available.
Zhao Kuo gave the blood-stained horses and alfalfa brought by the caravan from the Western Regions to the farm disciples on the ranch to cultivate them. These two things, especially the alfalfa, were related to the future development of Zhao's animal husbandry.
As for the bloody horse, it actually doesn't mean much to Zhao Guo.
It’s not that the sweaty BMWs are useless, it’s just that the number is too small!
It’s not that Zhao’s horses cannot be ridden, but they are very suitable for riding.
The advantages of the Zhao Guoma are its high load-bearing capacity and good endurance, making it more suitable for long-distance travel. The advantages of the Sweat Horse are its strong explosive power and fast running speed, but its disadvantage is its poor load-bearing capacity.
All battles require a final battle to determine the outcome, but not all battles require a long journey.
Therefore, most of the time, the sweaty horse is more suitable as a war horse than the Zhao Guoma.
Coupled with its scarcity, what you can’t get is always the best, creating the myth and legend of the bloody BMW in history.
It was not until later that the Mongolian heavy cavalry slaughtered the world, and the disadvantages of the sweat-blooded horse completely broke out, and it was pushed off the stage of myth, no different from other war horses.
Heavy cavalry has little to do with Zhao State for the time being. Zhao State either has light cavalry like Zhao Feiqi or semi-light cavalry like the Great Wall Army. Pure heavy cavalry has not yet been formed.
If Zhao Guo replaced all its war horses with sweat-blooded horses, its combat effectiveness would be improved by half a level.
Of course, just think about it.
The caravan bought a total of fifteen stallions from Dawan, plus a pair sent by Dawan, for a total of seventeen horses. After the Zhao Kingdom, there were still fourteen horses left. No matter how powerful these stallions were, each one
Even if one is equal to ten, it is impossible to satisfy Zhao's tens of thousands of cavalry.
As for a small number of ordinary sweat-blooded horses, they are not as good as local horses with internal energy.
This was also within Zhao Kuo's expectation. After all, the sweaty horse was also a horse, not a horse god. It was impossible to get a few horses. Zhao Guo took off.
If that happens, the ruler of this world will be Dawan.
In comparison, alfalfa has more functions. This is currently the most suitable forage in Zhao State, bar none.
Moreover, it is much easier to popularize plants than horses. If you throw the seeds away, a large area will grow in the next year, and they will become popular in a few years.
With alfalfa, Zhao State could completely abandon the nomadic way and truly delineate areas for grazing.
Thanks to the overtime work of Wei Qi and Zheng Guo, the road from Hetao to the grassland has come to an end and will be completed by the end of this year. By then, all the major arteries of Zhao State will be opened, and no area will be cut off.
These arteries mainly solve the problems of transporting troops and food, and dispatching logistics commodities. Only when they are gradually spread to counties and villages can they truly solve people's livelihood problems, and only then can the people truly feel the convenience brought by the roads.
This step has already begun in the Hebei plains, but has not yet begun in the Hetao and mountainous areas. As for the grasslands, there is no plan yet...
On the way back, there were no barbarians, rebellions, assassinations, ferocious beasts or other things that the protagonist often encounters... He didn't even have anyone to block the road to complain. Zhao Kuo arrived at Yunzhong County in boredom.
Compared with a few years ago, there is less smell of mutton in the clouds and more smell of fireworks.
Rows of houses replaced scattered tents, and neat fields replaced lush pastures.
The children in the academy are struggling to practice writing on paper with brushes, and then follow the teacher to read aloud.
Since taking refuge in the State of Zhao, Lin Hu and the people in Loufan have lived a life with enough food and clothing, and some of their children can go to school, which is much better than the precarious life before.
They had no intention of resisting Zhao, but they couldn't bear to betray the old monarch, so they made some noise.
Now that the two backbones of Lou Fanjun and Lin Hujun had been lost, the Hu people, who had no other thoughts, honestly cooperated with the government work.
Although Han Zhong, the governor of Yunzhong County, is not as good as those people whose names have gone down in history, being able to reach the level of a county governor is also the essence of Zhao State. He quickly seizes the opportunity, infiltrates the power below, and holds the entire Yunzhong in his hands.
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"I am incompetent, so I asked the king to come in person and ask the king to punish him." Han Zhong greeted Zhao Kuo outside the city and leaned over and said.
No matter what the reason is, he is the governor of Yunzhong County after all, and he cannot escape the responsibility of Lou Fan and Lin Hu.
"Master Han, please get up." Zhao Kuo helped Han Zhong up without blaming him.
Lou Fan and Lin Hu just made some noise and wanted to gain benefits. It was normal for Han Zhong not to report it at first.
Moreover, he has done his best within the scope of his ability. He has not cheated or acted badly, and in the end he has not caused any bad influence.
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Han Zhong looked at Lou Fanjun and Lin Hujun, who were standing behind Zhao Kuo with very conspicuous figures. He leaned down again, with a hint of ridicule in his tone, "Xiaoguan has seen Lou Fanjun and Lin Hujun. These
I’m grateful to you two for taking care of me every year.”
He had been holding back a breath in his heart. Everything else in Yunzhong was fine. Every year, due to the troubles Lou Fan and Lin Hu got into, his rating failed to improve when he was on the list. But now he saw the two of them standing there honestly.
After Zhao Kuo died, he felt an inexplicable sense of relief in his heart.
Aren’t you two old guys awesome? Why don’t you continue to be awesome?
"I don't dare, I caused trouble to the county guard before. I hope the county guard can forgive me and other vulgar people." Lou Fanjun and Lin Hujun apologized quickly.
Although in terms of official position and title, they are much higher than a county guard in Hanzhong, but in terms of actual power and status in the heart of the monarch, they are far behind Hanzhong.
Even if Han Zhong is not a direct descendant of Zhao Kuo, they are not comparable to the surrendered Rong Di. They have nothing but the title of a lord.
To put it simply, if they complained about Han Zhong in front of Zhao Kuo, Zhao Kuo would think that they had some conspiracy, and secondly, he would suspect Han Zhong.
If Han Zhong writes a letter to impeach them, Zhao Kuo will definitely send envoys to investigate the matter thoroughly. In the end, even if nothing is found, he will only reprimand Han Zhong.
The official position on the surface does not explain everything.
"Lou Fanjun and Lin Hujun have spoken seriously. There is no reason in the world for a lower official to forgive a higher official." Han Zhong said.
Confucius said, repay kindness with kindness and repay hatred with kindness. I have been disgusted by these two people for so long. How can Han Zhong feel comfortable when he returns home without being disgusted?
Generous?
Wait until someone hits you on the left cheek and stretch out the right cheek before you say this.
Han Zhong didn't think highly of Lou Fanjun and Lin Hujun to begin with, so how could he show magnanimity in this matter.