He really didn't just say it casually. The total registered population of Zhao State is just over 10 million, and many of them are underage children. Even if everyone in Zhao is given a pound of dumplings, it will probably be enough.
It would require about two to three thousand tons of pork, plus one to two thousand tons of celery, which Zhao could afford.
Zhao State is located in the north, and the winter is below freezing. If the dumplings are left outside to freeze overnight, they will never spoil on the road.
It just so happens that in winter, everyone basically has nothing to do, and it can also help everyone make some extra money and promote the economic development of Zhao State.
"I will issue an order tomorrow to distribute two kilograms of dumplings, one kilogram of pork and celery, and one kilogram of eggs and leeks to all the people in the country during the Chinese New Year this year." Zhao Kuo added another kilogram.
Although stone mills have long been popularized and noodles are not rare to everyone, thin noodles with the bran removed are still very rare to most people, let alone dumplings.
What he didn't know was that because of his order, northern China has since formed the custom of eating dumplings during the New Year. Even New Year's Eve parties require everyone to make dumplings and smash them together.
"Can it really be done?" Zhao's mother looked at Zhao Kuo. She was not a palace lady who didn't know anything. She knew the difficulty of this matter. In addition to the money and food consumed, it also depends on how to deliver the dumplings to everyone.
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"Don't worry, mother, this matter is not difficult for Zhao State." Zhao Kuo said with a smile. Even in Guanzhong, which Zhao State occupied not long ago, the Qin State left the most complete household system for the people, let alone other areas.
Needless to say, all Zhao has to pay is raw materials, travel expenses, and some wages.
Is this a thing?
For Zhao Kuo, anything that can be solved with money is nothing.
Only when the people feel that they are indebted to the State of Zhao will they work hard to find ways to repay it, just like when the Qin army surrounded Handan, both high-ranking officials and nobles, as well as traders and lackeys, rushed to donate money.
In the past, when Zhao State collected agricultural taxes, the government had to press for several days and even threaten them before they could collect them. Now the tax collectors go to the fields and collect grains here, and they are delivered there, and they are absolutely
Will not pay less.
Both the petty officials and the farmers were very happy.
Some even had no time to collect them and would take the initiative to send them to the grain station. This kind of scene had never happened in Zhao State before.
However, people should not be allowed to owe too much. Once they owe too much, everyone will take it for granted.
To win favor with rice, to fight with rice to enmity is like this.
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"Your Majesty, what good news!" The next day, as soon as Zhao Kuo came to the political hall, Lin Xiangru came over excitedly, his two beards trembling up and down, which made Zhao Kuo couldn't help but feel happy.
"Did Xiang Guo hold a grandson or a child grandson again?" Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
"No, Wei Qi wrote that the bridge has been built." Lin Xiangru said.
"Bridge?" Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered that when he toured the country two years ago, he asked Wei Qi to prepare to build a bridge on the Yellow River. After that, there was no news, even from Wei Qi for more than a year.
It had appeared in front of him, so much so that he almost forgot about it, "Is it really completed?"
"It's completed, and it can allow six carriages to drive in parallel." Lin Xiangru nodded heavily. This was an epic progress for bridge construction in Zhao and even the Central Plains.
"Okay, let Wei Qi return to Handan. All personnel involved in the construction of the bridge will be given three months more salary as a reward. In addition, a monument will be erected on both sides of the bridge with the names of all personnel engraved on it.
Above, for future generations to commemorate." Zhao Kuo said.
"Your Majesty, do you want to build a bridge in the Central Plains?" Lin Xiangru said excitedly.
"Of course, but we have to wait until next spring so that everyone can have a good rest during the Chinese New Year," Zhao Kuo said.
The population and wealth of the Hetao are far inferior to those of the Central Plains. When Zhao Guo chose to build the bridge in the Hetao, it was mostly because the technology was not up to standard, so he tried it first in a less difficult place.
Now that the technology has reached the standard, it is natural to build a bridge in the Central Plains.
"I think we can make a noise first to attract bridge craftsmen from all over the world to come to Zhao. With so many people from all over the world, Zhao must be the only one who is interested in building bridges on the Yellow River." Lin Xiangru said with a smile.
"If it is normal for the king to say this, why does it feel weird to say it from your mouth?" Yu Xin glanced at Lin Xiangru and said pretending to be confused.
"Maybe this means that those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to Mo are black. After following the king for a long time, you will naturally learn bad things." Lin Xiangru joked with a smile.
"The idea came from the Prime Minister, so don't come and accuse me unjustly." Zhao Kuo said quickly, walked to his seat and sat down, "Have the household registrations in Qin and Yan been sorted out?"
"They have all been sent over, but there are still some troubles in the Yan region. The household registration in the Qin region was just sent over, and there was no time to verify it," Wei Wuji said.
"Is there any difficulty?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"The main reason is that some nobles are difficult to deal with." Lin Xiangru said, regardless of the fact that these people are nobles of Qin and Yan, in fact they are also inextricably linked with the nobles of Zhao. You can find Zhao by just asking anyone.
top national officials.
Jianghu is not about fighting and killing, it is about human nature. If relatives and friends seek help from themselves, do the senior leaders of the Zhao State completely ignore it? How dare they guarantee that one day they will not ask others for help?
"Is there anyone who has clearly stood up against Zhao Guo?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"No." Lin Xiangru shook his head. The nobles knew clearly that they were no match for Zhao, so they had mental problems and would stand up to confront Zhao.
"First count the acres, take back all the unregistered acres, and distribute the excess acres to the landless refugees and ministers. If anyone dares to resist, directly send troops to suppress them and move the entire family to Zhangye County, Yandi
The nobles of Zhao State moved to Liaodong. After moving, the land was distributed to the nobles of Zhao State." Zhao Kuo said.
Haha, you actually begged me, a noble of the Zhao Kingdom, do you really think that I, a noble of the Zhao Kingdom, is a good person?
Among the nobles of this era, which one is not a man-eating demon? At most, some spit out bones and some don't.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The nobles of Zhao State spoke to the nobles of Qin and Yan, just to get benefits from them. Now Zhao Kuo promised that as long as the nobles of the two places resist Zhao,
The State of Zhao would send troops to suppress it, and the freed land would be distributed to the nobles of the State of Zhao.
Zhao Kuo did not believe that those nobles would still speak for the nobles of Qin and Yan. I am afraid that they were staring at the nobles of the two places like hungry wolves, and they were more active than the intelligence agencies of Zhao.
There is no benefit to being so worldly.
"Nuo." Lin Xiangru silently mourned for the nobles of the two places in his heart. If they were obedient, at least retaining their current family property would not be a problem, and the State of Zhao would not target them.
But if they feel that Zhao Guo dare not take action against them, then what awaits them will be disaster.
Even the top nobles, once they move out of their ancestral land, their power will plummet. Most of them will gradually decline, and only a few will rise again.
"The official roads in the Hexi Corridor will also start to be built, from Longxi to the west until..." Zhao Kuo stopped here. There is no Yumen Pass or Yang Pass these days.
In fact, Zhangye County's control area is not that far. The western part of the Hexi Corridor is more in the Jisi area. Zhao and Qin relied on their tyrannical strength to subdue the nearby Rongdi. They can only fully control the eastern part.
Lin Xiangru and others looked at Zhao Kuo.
"Keep repairing to the west. Wherever you go, that's the territory of our Kingdom of Zhao." After a moment, Zhao Kuo straightened his robes and said righteously.
Lin Xiangru and others nodded. No one thought there was anything wrong with Zhao Kuo's words.
Since ancient times, strength has been etiquette.
Hundreds of years ago, Jin and Chu retreated from each other. Even when the enemy's chariot broke down, they helped repair it. This fully demonstrated the etiquette between nobles and was still talked about two thousand years later.
But when the Jin State falsely attacked Guo and the Chu State perished, they shouted, "I am a barbarian", but they did not think about what etiquette was and what law was.
Etiquette is only useful when the strength of both parties is at the same level. Once the strength of both parties is not at the same level, this thing is not even as good as toilet paper.
With the strength of Zhao State, even if it destroys any small country, pacifies any tribe, and then shouts: "Since ancient times, this has been the inherent territory of our Zhao State." The small country will not be able to jump out of the ground to object.
"There are a lot of things that our Zhao State has to do next," Yu Xin said. The development of the Hetao, the governance of Yan State, the development of the Liao River, the paving of roads in the Hexi Corridor, the paving of roads in Yan State, the governance of Guanzhong... any of them, put it on
It used to be a ten-year plan, but Zhao had to carry it out simultaneously. In comparison, even building a bridge over the Yellow River seemed a bit trivial.
"Since we can do it at the same time, there is no need to put it in the future. By the way, there is one more thing..." Zhao Kuo told everyone about sending dumplings to people all over the country during the New Year. "I have calculated it and it doesn't cost much. It can be divided.
Go to Handan, Jixian, Jinyang, and Jiuyuan to do it to save time on the road."
"Having a great king is a blessing to the people of our Zhao country." Yu Xin sighed.
"I would also like to know what the other five kings will think after knowing this." Lin Xiangru said with a smile. In this era of limited information, Chu and South Korea may not be significantly affected, but those bordering Zhao
People from Qin, Wei, Qi, and border areas must have fled into Zhao because of this.
Just like when the Qi State was rich, the Zhao and Yan people fled to the Qi State.
In fact, Zhao State has always had refugees from other countries in recent years. After Zhao State accepted them, they immediately sent people to send them away, then allocated fields and registered them in the register.
Wei and Qi felt this most deeply. The population of the areas where the two countries met Zhao was almost exhausted.
But the two countries have no way to do it yet. Let's fight, but we can't fight.
Even if you try to stop it, you can't stop it.
You can't build the entire Great Wall on the border between the two countries and not allow anyone to pass through!
Neither country could even verbally condemn Zhao. To be fair, Zhao had helped both countries, especially Wei, a lot, including when Xingze burst its embankment. Zhao immediately sent people to rescue them.
Neither Korea nor Wei asked anything in return.
Back then, Duke Huan of Qi rescued the Yan State and attacked the Shanrong, but that was all.
But... Later, Zhao Guo secretly stole it from South Korea and Wei Guo... and invited several water conservancy masters. The water conservancy masters happened to agree with Zhao Guo and decided to abandon the dark side and join the bright side.
"When Zheng Guo has planned the Liaohe Plain, he must go to Guanzhong to have a look and build the Zheng Guo Canal." Zhao Kuo thought in his heart that Guanzhong with the Zheng Guo Canal would be the real land of abundance.
However, the Liaohe Plain is still important now. Zheng Guo can only be transferred to Guanzhong after the Liaohe Plain is on the right track.
While Zhao Kuo and others were planning the next development of Zhao State, Li Mu also officially started to take action.
"General, this is the list of all the nobles who secretly stir up unrest." Qin Yuan handed a note to Li Mu.
"That's it?" Li Mu frowned.
"General, there are quite a few. The Yan country is remote and there are not many nobles to begin with." Qin Yuan said with a bitter smile. This already accounts for one-third of the nobles in the Yan country, and Li Mu is still not enough.
"Then let's do it. Regardless of whether they are direct or collateral, as long as they participate, all the homes will be ransacked and the whole family will be moved to Liaodong. If the circumstances are serious, the three clans will be punished." Li Mu said with murderous intent, "After this time, I will let Yan Di
There is no turmoil at all, it has completely become the territory of our Zhao Kingdom."
"Subordinate, go now." Qin Yuan said with his fists clasped, preparing to leave.
"Wait." Li Mu called Qin Yuan.
Qin Yuan looked at Li Mu doubtfully.
"Bring a Great Wall Army." Li Mu looked into the distance, as if thunder flashed in his eyes.
"Are you going to use the army?" Qin Yuan looked at Li Mu in shock.
"This is a war." Li Mu said in a deep voice.
"Nuo." Qin Yuan's heart tightened and he said with fists in his hands.
"Liaodong and Liaoxi will be handled by me personally, and the other areas will be left to you," Li Mu said.
"I obey." Qin Yuan felt a chill behind his back and silently mourned for the nobles in Liaodong and West Liaoning.
Liaodong and western Liaoning are the farthest from Jixian, so they are the most violent. They seem to think that Zhao State does not dare to attack them, or they think that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and Zhao State will not value remote places, and in the end they have to rely on them.
Control, just like the Yan Kingdom did in the past.
But they forgot that Li Mu was a general who fought on the battlefield, not a pure civil servant. It was impossible for him to compromise with them, and they were not qualified to negotiate terms with Li Mu.
But now, they completely angered Li Mu.
"They actually dared to send people to assassinate me, my dignified official of the Zhao Kingdom. They simply didn't take me, Li Mu, seriously." Li Mu put his right hand on his sword and his voice was extremely cold.
Just two days ago, news came from Liaodong that the county magistrate recently appointed by Zhao Guo died in the county government, and he was killed by someone. The murderer has not been caught yet.
This incident was a slap in Li Mu's face. Even the Qin army and the Huns had never made him so embarrassed. If he had endured it, then he would not be Li Mu.
"Sima Shang." Li Mu said in a deep voice and strode outside.
"The end will be here." Sima Shang said, clasping his fists.
"Order five thousand soldiers and horses and follow me to Liaodong." Li Mu got on his horse.