Chapter 745: Heavenly Soldiers and Heavenly Generals
"Do as Li Mu said." Zhao Kuo read the letter and returned it to Liu Ping. Then he looked at Zhao An and said in a deep voice, "Come here."
"Father!" Zhao An hid behind Liu Ping and looked at Zhao Kuo with tearful eyes.
"Your Majesty, why don't we forget it. The young master is still young and not sensible. It will be fine when he grows up." Liu Ping picked up Zhao An and rubbed Zhao An's little head.
Zhao An was about the same age as his grandson, and he watched him grow up little by little. Liu Ping loved him almost as much as his own grandson.
"When I get to the college tomorrow, I will apologize to the teacher and promise that I will never do this again in the future. Remember that?" Zhao Kuo said in a deep voice.
"Remember." Zhao An's head nodded like a chicken pecking at rice.
"Go ahead, I will teach you your homework in a few days." Zhao Kuo said.
If Zhao An was granted amnesty, he ran away in a hurry.
"As children grow older, it becomes more and more difficult to manage them. No wonder the old people say that seven and eight-year-olds are disgusting to dogs. They are still causing trouble everywhere before they are seven years old. If they are seven years old, it will be okay." Zhao Kuopo
There is some helplessness. None of the four children is easy to worry about. Each one is more arrogant than the other and gets into trouble every day.
In just one month, the Academy Jijiu has filed complaints against him three times.
Even though he is a king, facing such a situation, he can only apologize and promise to discipline him well in the future.
Liu Ping smiled and said nothing.
"Li Mu made a lot of noise in Yandi this time. But after this time, Yandi should not cause any more turmoil. By the way, has the Yan royal family jumped out?" Zhao Kuo asked.
After the State of Zhao annexed the State of Yan, it only captured the King of Yan and the princes and brought them to the State of Zhao. As for the collateral clans, they were treated just like ordinary nobles. They only cleared the land and registered their household registrations. They were not captured and imprisoned by the State of Zhao.
"No. Nobles from all over the Yan Kingdom stood up to resist, but no one from the royal family stood up. It seems that the fate of the Yan Kingdom has been determined." Liu Ping said.
Although the Yan family did not use the cuckolding magic to make the number of clans spread throughout the country instantly like the Tian family, after all, it is a large clan with a heritage of 800 years, and there are still many clan members. Logically speaking,
Someone should stand up, and Zhao Guo is also ready.
But these royal families seemed to have accepted their fate and did not make any noise.
"The Yan family is more aware of current affairs than other nobles." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
Whether the Yan family really surrendered to the Zhao State or pretended to surrender to the Zhao State, he didn't care. If the Yan family stood up now, they could still use the remaining prestige of the Yan State and the cooperation of the nobles to cause some trouble to the Zhao State, etc.
In a few years, the people of Yan will be united, and it will be too late even if they want to recover the Yan Kingdom.
"Actually, most of the nobles of the Yan State do not dislike our Zhao State. If our Zhao State can give the nobles a certain degree of autonomy like the Yan State, the nobles will be more loyal to our Zhao State than to the Yan State," Liu Ping said.
There is no family that does not want to be attached to a powerful country, especially for the nobles located on the border of Yandi, who understand the meaning of the country better than the nobles of the Central Plains.
In the past few decades, the State of Yan has been invaded by the Donghu and Loufan in the north, and could only rely on the Great Wall for defense. Since the State of Zhao destroyed Loufan and helped the State of Yan defeat the Donghu, the State of Yan has never been invaded by the Hu people again.
.
Therefore, most of the nobles were grateful to Zhao State, and they did not resent Zhao State's entry into Yan State.
The world has been in dispute for hundreds of years, and there are many people who are at the mercy of Qin, Mu, and Chu. They are more concerned about their own interests than who is sitting on the throne.
"What autonomy is, it's just to control the place and evade the royal power. It's not like I can't give it to them. If you want it, you can use your merits in exchange for the fief. Not to mention autonomy, even taxes are theirs." Zhao Kuo said coldly.
He said, "By the way, tell the Prime Minister that when you send cotton-padded clothes to Yandi, don't forget to send a batch to Zhangye County and Longxi County as well."
"No." Liu Ping said.
"The cotton production in the Central Plains is still too small to take care of every place, and I don't know how Yuan Hua's exploration of the waterway is going." Zhao Kuo said, he also hoped to let Yuan Hua lead the fleet to open a sea route from Zhao State to the Maurya Dynasty.
What about the maritime trade routes?
Although the Hexi Corridor can also connect the two places, the cost of land transportation is too high, and the two sides can only trade relatively expensive goods, such as silk, ceramics, jewelry, spices, etc.
Although these gadgets can greatly promote the economic development of Zhao State, they are extremely limited in improving the living standards of Zhao people, and it takes a long time to go from nobles to famous families to gentry, and finally benefit the common people.
If it's cotton and grain, commodities with very low prices and huge demand, even if there are no accidents on the way, only nobles can afford to wear cotton clothes from the Mauryan Empire to Zhao State, and civilians can't even think about it.
If we were only dealing with nobles, the cotton currently produced by Zhao was enough, and there was no need to import any more.
Zhao Kuo's request was to make it affordable for civilians.
Therefore, only by shipping by sea can the cost be reduced to the minimum.
As for the tendency of ships to capsize in shipping, Zhao State has made many technological improvements, especially after changing flat-bottomed ships to sharp-bottomed ships, and has reduced the probability of shipwrecks to a sufficiently low level.
Moreover, from the State of Zhao to the Maurya Dynasty, they all sailed along the offshore coast of the continental shelf, and did not need to go to the open sea, so the risk was not high.
However, Yuan Hua has been at sea for several months, and there has been no news.
What Zhao Kuo didn't know was that Yuan Hua was currently teaching local indigenous people in Indochina how to plant crops, plan acres of land, irrigate with drinking water, fertilize and other planting techniques.
More than a month ago, Yuan Hua passed by here and was about to go ashore to get some fresh water. But before he got off the boat, a group of naked indigenous people ran out of the woods. When they saw Yuan Hua and others, they knelt on the ground and kowtowed.
Over the years, Yuan Hua has traveled far and wide and has seen countless indigenous people. Some attacked them when he saw them, and some ran away. However, this was the first time Yuan Hua saw people who knelt down and kowtowed when they saw them.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After some extremely difficult communication, Yuan Hua understood that this indigenous tribe had just worshiped the sky at the seaside and prayed for God's help. As a result, Yuan Hua and the others came, and then they were
This group of natives regarded them as heavenly soldiers and generals sent by God to help them.
"That's right, we are the heavenly soldiers and generals sent by God to help you. If you have any precious things, why don't you take them out quickly?" Yuan Hua said with his face raised.
Hearing this, the natives jumped up and down around Yuan Hua excitedly, and knelt on the ground from time to time and kowtowed.
"General, they don't understand what you are saying." Deputy General Zhao Zhong said.
"Forget it, leave them alone. They are chirping like birds." Yuan Hua said impatiently, preparing to turn around and leave.
When a group of indigenous people saw that Yuan Hua was about to leave, they quickly knelt on the ground, kowtowed, and begged Yuan Hua not to leave.
"Who can understand what they are talking about?" Yuan Hua frowned. If these natives hadn't kowtowed when they came up, which made him a little embarrassed to do anything, he would have ordered them all to be killed.
In these years of wandering around the sea, he killed not only 10,000 but also 8,000 natives.
"General, they seem to want us to help them," the staff officer said.
Although the navy has a small number of people, it still has its own staff.
"What can I help them with?" Yuan Hua asked.
"...I don't know, but they seem to want to invite us to their tribe." Bu Guo said.
"I won't go." Yuan Hua said decisively. The life and death of the natives was none of his business. He had no intention of becoming a Holy Mother.
At this moment, one of the leading indigenous people suddenly knelt on the ground, took out a pearl as big as half a fist from his arms, handed it to Yuan Hua, and motioned for Yuan Hua to accept it.
This was the first time Yuan Hua saw such a big pearl, and his breathing suddenly became a little heavy.
"Where is your tribe? Take us there." Yuan Hua took the pearl and said to the leader of the tribe.
The indigenous leader pointed ahead and chattered a lot. Yuan Hua left some Zhao troops to guard the ships and followed the indigenous people to the tribe with 500 soldiers.
The indigenous leader stepped forward and said a few words. Soon, the entire tribe, men, women and children, ran out. Just when Yuan Hua thought something had happened, everyone knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Yuan Hua.
Then Yuan Hua was welcomed into a room made of leaves.
"General, they seem to have a lot of good things." Bu Guo looked at the simple house and whispered.
The tribe was very poor. They still used stone tools, and their weapons were basically wooden sticks. Everyone was not fully clothed, even the women. They were wandering around half-naked in front of Zhao Jun, which made Zhao Jun feel a little overwhelmed.
You know, they haven't seen a woman on the ship for several months, and now even a sow is better than Diao Chan in their eyes.
But the two ivory tusks hanging on the wall attracted the observer's attention. Such thick ivory would have been a treasure in the Central Plains, but now they were hung casually in the room.
The tribal leader seemed to notice Bu Guo's gaze, walked over, took off the ivory, and placed it in Bu Guo's hand without any care.
Bu Guo suddenly felt ashamed and even wanted to slap himself twice.
He had just seen the ivory and wanted Yuan Hua to snatch it away. He never expected that the natives would give it to them directly.
In comparison, he is simply a villain.
"This is a gift for the gods." The tribal leader brought another small bag of pearls to Yuan Hua. There are all kinds of pearls. If you put them in the Central Plains, they will definitely sell for a lot of money.
Yuan Hualeng is still where he is, whether he collects it or not.
He didn't do anything, he just went to the tribe and was given a bag of pearls as a gift. Even the Zhuo family and the Guo family, who were extremely wealthy, didn't dare to be so defeated.
"Ask them, what are they going to do?" Yuan Hua felt a little uneasy. If he didn't do anything to help the indigenous people now, he would not feel at ease.
After another difficult conversation, Bu Guo roughly understood what the natives meant, "They seem to say that there is a particularly powerful beast in the back mountain that often comes down the mountain to eat people, and they want us to help kill it."
"Ask them why they don't move to other places?" Yuan Hua said.
Bu Guo first pointed to his feet, then to other places, and continued to make gestures. After a long time, he finally understood what the natives meant: "They said that there are ferocious beasts and more powerful tribes in other places, and those tribes will kill them."
Drive away."
"Let them take us to find the ferocious beast, and we will help them deal with it," Yuan Hua said.
Bu Guo conveyed the message to the indigenous leader, and suddenly the whole tribe burst into earth-shattering cheers.
The indigenous leader personally led Yuan Hua to the back mountain. The beast seemed to sense the danger and rushed out of the forest. It turned out to be a colorful tiger more than two meters long.
The tribal leader was so frightened that he hid behind him.
"No wonder you can't deal with the ferocious beasts in the extraordinary realm." Yuan Hua said. The strongest person in the entire tribe, that is, the leader, is only in the Gangyuan realm, and because he has no weapons and no armor, he still belongs to the Gangyuan realm.
The kind that is relatively delicious.
"This beast has some intelligence. It eats people, but it won't kill them all. By deliberately placing its nest nearby, it is raising the entire tribe as livestock." Bu Guo said in a deep voice.
"Formation!" Yuan Hua said loudly, the blue inner energy rushed out of his body, and war clouds quickly gathered in the sky.
An aura more powerful than that of a transcendent tiger erupted from Yuan Hua's body.
The tiger seemed to feel that the enemy was a bit powerful, so he did not choose to fight hard, but turned around and fled towards the mountains.
"Still trying to escape!" Yuan Hua mobilized the power of the entire legion and slashed out a long blade more than ten meters long, which instantly cut through the sky.
puff!
A stream of blood spurted out from the tiger's body like a spring.
With just one move, the extraordinary tiger was killed by Yuan Hua.
When the indigenous leader saw this, he knelt on the ground excitedly and kowtowed to Yuan Hua.
"Carry it back to the tribe, peel off the tiger skin, keep the tiger whip, and give it to the king when you return home. The tiger meat will be distributed to the brothers for extra meals." Yuan Hua said.
Any ferocious beast in the extraordinary realm is a treasure. Even if an ordinary person takes a bite, it will increase the possibility of generating internal energy.
When Zhao Jun returned to the tribe, there was another earth-shattering cheer.
Men, women, and children in the tribe sang and danced around Yuan Hua. Some girls even looked at Yuan Hua affectionately and boldly came over to express their feelings, which made Yuan Hua a little at a loss.
In the evening, the leader brought a girl to Yuan Hua. The girl looked at Yuan Hua shyly. The leader pointed at the girl and talked a lot, leaving the girl behind and left.
The next day, Bu Guo looked at the girl following Yuan Hua and smiled jokingly: "General, you are so beautiful."
"If you are willing, they will not refuse." Yuan Hua said.
In the eyes of the natives, the Zhao people are heavenly soldiers and generals. It is a great honor for them to be able to spend a night with the Zhao people.
"My subordinates, let's forget it." Bu Guo shook his head. These natives were too ugly and did not meet his taste. The girl following Yuan Hua could barely see them, "General, when are we leaving?"
?”
"Wait a minute and ask them where they can find pearls, ivory, tortoise shells... We have to go out and get some good things back," Yuan Hua said.
After a while, Bu Guo brought the leader over: "He said that the big tribes have many of these things. They are just small tribes. They don't have many of these things and they are all dedicated to us. If we want them, we can only find those things."