"Everyone, please take a seat. This is the good news from Li Mu and Qin Kai. Let's take a look." Zhao Kuo handed the letter to Wei Wuji and Lin Xiangru.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty." Everyone congratulated one after another. Although they didn't know the details yet, since it was a good news, it was definitely right to congratulate first.
"Wu Anjun's results are somewhat beyond our previous expectations." Lin Xiangru read the letter and handed it to Xunzi.
Zhao State’s previous plan was for Ding Ling and Dong Hu. Even the manpower was ready. Ding Ling was all built into pastures to provide Zhao State with cattle, sheep and horses. The main area of Dong Hu was in the northeast, suitable for farming and grazing. Some pastures were built and some were reclaimed into fertile land.
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But if we add the three Koreas of Haoqi, Gaoyi, and Jizi, Zhao's manpower will be a bit insufficient.
Moreover, judging from Li Mu's intention, it seems that he wants to destroy Su Shen, Gai Guo, Ma Han and other countries.
To be honest, after Lin Xiangru sent people to explore the Northeast Plains, he also sent people to inspect Haoqiu, Gaoyi and other countries to see if there were any new discoveries.
There is no morality between countries, only the success of the king and the defeat of the bandits. If necessary, Lin Xiangru would not mind destroying Hao Qi and other countries to increase the territory of Zhao.
This has nothing to do with morality, but a fight for the survival of civilization.
If these countries were strong, they would not let Zhao go.
But after the investigators came back, Lin Xiangru gave up.
Although these places cannot be called absolutely desolate, they can also be said to be deserted. If Zhao State was really short of land, Lin Xiangru would not mind conquering it.
But now that there is a lot of fertile land in front of Zhao State, why should it occupy a relatively barren land?
However, these were Lin Xiangru's previous thoughts. At that time, countries such as Haoqi and Jizi had not yet been conquered.
Now that he has been defeated, according to Lin Xiangru's character, he must not be thrown out again.
"Support the puppets. Setting up counties will not be easy to manage. The distances are too far. Moreover, the territory is mountainous, the land is barren, and the population density is too low. We cannot move people there from within the country," Wei Wuji said.
The State of Zhao is now considered vast and sparsely populated, and it is impossible to move people there to develop the peninsula. Supporting the puppet regime and collecting money year after year is the simplest way.
"No." Lin Xiangruo said decisively, "The peninsula can be reached by sea from our country, Zhao. It is not too far. Our country, Zhao, can completely control it. There is no need to support a puppet regime."
"The management cost will be very high. Our Zhao State needs to station troops in these places." Wei Wuji glanced at Lin Xiangru. The essence of expansion is for profit. If there is no profit, then there is no need for expansion.
"These are short-term, but in the long run, they are definitely worth it." Lin Xiangru said.
"In this case, it is better to support the puppet first, and then when the time is right, establish counties and counties and incorporate them into the territory of our Zhao Kingdom. This can also prevent our Zhao Kingdom from using resources in unnecessary places." Wei Wuji said.
"This method is feasible." Kong Bin nodded. From the current point of view, this method is indeed the most cost-effective method. Zhao Guo can use the following period to slowly penetrate and finally establish counties.
The disadvantage is that to achieve this goal, it will require the efforts of at least one or two generations, or even three or four generations.
They can guarantee the current generation, but who can guarantee the future?
In the end, everyone set their sights on Zhao Kuo. How to implement it depends on Zhao Kuo's decision.
Zhao Kuo did not make a decision immediately, but looked at Zhou Zi and said another thing: "General Qin Kai has led his army back and will arrive in the fortress soon. The Shaofu will lead people to welcome General Qin Kai's triumphant return, and
Responsible for the placement and management of prisoners."
After this battle, Zhao will no longer be worried about lack of men for a long time.
Well, the great Hu people made great contributions to the development of Zhao State.
"No." Zhou Zi cupped his hands and said.
"The expansion of the ranch will be the responsibility of the servant." Zhao Kuo looked at Zhao Bao.
"No." Zhao Bao nodded. The manpower has been prepared and the pasture is ready. Just copy it. There is no difficulty.
"I want to divide the entire grassland into four counties: Monan County, Mobei County, Wulan County, and Beihai County, and set up the governor of Mozhou, which will be temporarily served by the imperial servant." Zhao Kuo said.
The population on the grassland is very small, and the entire grassland combined is no more than half a county in the Central Plains. The pastures are basically state-owned, and the herdsmen receive wages to help Zhao State graze their cattle.
Although the administrative division is the same as that in the mainland, it is actually more like a huge ranch. The top is the field director, and below are the field directors of each branch, workshop directors, etc.
Zhao Bao was appointed to avoid power conflicts. After all, he was originally responsible for the northern ranch.
However, this is just a temporary measure to better integrate resources and develop in a short period of time.
There will definitely be decentralization in the future.
"As for the Northeast..." At this point, Zhao Kuo paused. Although Li Mu has only conquered the four countries of Donghu, Haoyi, Gaoyi, and Jizi, he believes that it won't be long before the spread of the disease will spread to the remaining places.
Come for good news.
Zhao needs to prepare in advance.
Although it is arrogant to say this, it is the reality. There is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides. Unless the other side can summon meteorites falling from the sky, there is no possibility of victory.
"First select officials to go to various places to appease the local people, organize households and build roads, and we will do the rest after Lord Wu An comes back." Zhao Kuo said.
After everyone listened, they immediately understood that Zhao Kuo was more inclined to Lin Xiangru's suggestion.
"Your Majesty, in addition to officials, we also need to station troops to intimidate the barbarians." Le Yi said.
Although these places were conquered by the Zhao army, the Zhao State had no basis for rule there, not to mention the people's support, and even the language was unintelligible. At this time, it was also in the period of regime change, and there was chaos everywhere. Without the support of the army, the Zhao State was very difficult.
It is difficult to insert power.
"Then let's recruit new troops. The number will be set at 60,000 first, and the Taiwei Mansion will be responsible." Zhao Kuo looked around and saw that everyone had no objections. He waved and said, "Everyone, go back and prepare."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "I'll take my leave." Everyone leaned over and said, turned around and walked out of the palace.
"Captain, stay here." As soon as Le Yi left the hall, Lin Xiangru stopped him.
Le Yi stopped and looked at Lin Xiangru.
"I have something to say to the captain," Lin Xiangru said.
"Please tell me, Prime Minister," Le Yi said.
The other ministers also stopped to see what Lin Xiangru was going to say.
"When recruiting soldiers, we must mainly focus on unmarried men. Even the age can be relaxed, even if they are under adulthood or about to become adults, as long as they are unmarried." Lin Xiangru said in a low voice.
Although this cannot guarantee combat effectiveness, it is the barbarians who are shocked. It doesn't matter whether they have combat effectiveness or not, they are all crushing the situation.
Le Yi was a little confused at first, but after listening to Lin Xiangru's words, he immediately understood Lin Xiangru's plan.
Most of the men in these countries have been arrested by the State of Zhao. It can be said that there are almost no more women than men in the country.
Even if a man is not caught, he cannot compete with the tall Zhao Ren.
It can be said that as soon as Zhao people arrive there, they will have priority in choosing a mate.
If a young man who has never been married and is young in the flesh can withstand this kind of temptation, he will fall into the land of gentleness in a short time.
After a man starts a family and starts a business, he will gradually become more stable as he has concerns in his heart. As long as the State of Zhao distributes land and houses again, most people will stay in the local area.
Zhao State completed immigration, assimilation, and resolved the marriage issues of bachelors without paying almost any price.
Kill three eagles with one stone.
He is indeed a good prime minister of Zhao State.
"I understand." Le Yi nodded.
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On the other side, Li Mu led the army to successfully destroy Mahan, Gai, and Chen, and then turned around and headed north.
Except for the difficult mountain roads and dense forests, the Three Kingdoms did not cause any obstacles to Zhao.
When the murderous Zhao army appeared outside their capital, they could not even think of resisting.
For them, the Zhao army was nothing more than a dimensionality-reducing attack. It could not be defeated by numbers, not to mention that the numbers of these three small countries with few people did not have much advantage.
In June, Zhao Jun returned to Donghu, and the envoy handed over the ritual vessels for worshiping heaven to Li Mu, along with Zhao Kuo's instructions.
"I also asked the envoy to help me report back to the king, saying that I will not let down the high hopes of the king." Li Mu cupped his hands toward the southwest, handed the captured monarch to the envoy and took him back to Handan, and led the Zhao army to continue northward.
The further north you go, the thicker the woods become and the more difficult the road becomes.
To be precise, there were no roads at all, and there were towering ancient trees everywhere. If it hadn't been for the surrendered guide to lead the way, Zhao Jun might not have been able to find the Sushen tribe anywhere.
But the good thing is that even if the Sushen tribe cannot be found, Zhao Jun will not be short of food.
The products here are very rich. The river is full of fish and shrimps, and there is also a particularly stupid beast that looks like a deer. Not only will it not run away after discovering Zhao Jun, it will actively approach it and eventually become Zhao Jun's food.
Later, Zhao Jun was embarrassed to hunt them.
In addition, there are many tigers in this mountain forest. Within half a month, Zhao Jun has encountered twelve tigers, ten of which entered Zhao Jun's belly.
The weakest among these tigers are those in the Gangyuan realm, and half of them are in the Transcendent realm. It seems easier for these tigers to break through the Transcendent realm than for humans, but their strength is average and they cannot defeat humans, let alone an army.
Although the Great Wall Army failed to restore its military spirit, the realm of many soldiers has been improved, and there are several more soldiers who have reached the peak of the Gangyuan Realm.
The conditions are a little tougher, but the process of improving my strength is very happy.
On this day, Zhao Jun was tired from traveling and was stopping to rest. A centurion suddenly came to Li Mu in a hurry and said: "General."
"What's wrong?" Li Mu asked.
"This... this land... is very suitable for growing crops." The centurion's hands trembled slightly and he looked very excited.
"It's very suitable for growing crops? How do you know?" Li Mu looked around. All kinds of flowers, plants and trees were growing very lush. He didn't know whether it was suitable for growing crops, but the land would definitely not be that barren.
If it were really barren, the vegetation would certainly not grow so lushly.
But it’s winter here for half the year, so even if you farm, you can only farm for one season, which is totally uneconomical.
"My subordinate was born in a farmer's family and joined the army later, so I am very familiar with the soil. When I was taking a break, I was pulling weeds and found that the soil here was dark black with an oily sheen, which was much better than
The Central Plains is fertile. If it is used to grow crops, the yield per mu will be at least half, or even double, that of the Central Plains." The centurion said excitedly.
"Are you sure?" Li Mu's expression changed instantly and he said solemnly.
If it is true as the centurion said, even if it can only be planted one season a year, it is worthwhile. Most of the land in the Central Plains can only be planted one season a year. The yield per mu is still extremely low.
"OK." The centurion took a deep breath and nodded.
Li Mu's eyes narrowed and he put his right hand on the hilt of his sword. If he had only attacked Su Shen with a training mentality before, now he had a reason to destroy Su Shen.
This land must be in the hands of the State of Zhao.
The only question now is how big the land is.
"Sima Shang, take Brother Wang Heng around to see if there is this kind of land all around." Li Mu said.
"Okay." Sima Shang nodded and left the army with Wang Heng.
"Camp where you are. We won't be on the road today." Li Mu ordered. Compared with the large area of fertile land suitable for farming, everything else is secondary.
It wasn't until night that Sima Shang came back with Wang Heng.
"Everywhere we have explored within a radius of fifty miles is filled with this kind of black fertile soil." Sima Shang said in a deep voice.
"Get ready to fight, we need to be serious." Li Mu said to Sima Shang.
"Understood." Sima Shang nodded.
"Sushen's territory is quite large. We need to save time. Starting from tomorrow, you and I will divide our troops into two groups and meet here." Li Mu pointed to the place on the map where the Songhua River and the Heilongjiang River meet.
"Okay." Sima Shang said.
In the next month, Su Shen encountered a disaster. King Su Shen, who had just become king for less than two months, was beheaded by the Zhao army.
After the Zhao army reunited, they did not stop, but went all the way north.
All the barbarians encountered were plowed through the courtyards and caves, and there was no mercy at all. Su Shen, Yaksha, Ewenki, Guifang...
No one was spared.
After a while, Zhao Jun came to a vast white world. The endless ice and snow blocked Zhao Jun's path. A group of fat white bears lay on the ice and basked in the sun. After seeing Zhao Jun, they were so frightened that they twisted their buttocks and fled.
underwater.
Li Mu and Sima Shang stared at each other. These big white bears were frighteningly powerful, no less powerful than the tigers they encountered in the mountains and forests.
Super strength means super high value, which means it can enhance the strength of the Great Wall Army.
The Great Wall Army does not have military souls, but if everyone's strength can be raised to the Gangyuan realm, they will definitely be able to crush all military soul armies.
Of course, just think about it.
Some people's talents are destined to fail to reach the Gangyuan realm, and it will be useless no matter how hard they try.
Along the way, Zhao Jun hunted all kinds of beasts and saw the big white bear for the first time.
There is no such thing as protecting animals in this era.
Of course, the great white bears in this era do not need protection. What should be protected is the nearby humans. They are almost killed by the wild beasts, and those who are not attacked have fled to other places.
Soon, piles of bonfires were lit on the grass, and the grease was squeaking. Zhao Jun gathered around and tore into the barbecue.