Yunzhong City is the county seat of Yunzhong County, located in the middle reaches of the Dahei River. It is said that King Wuling of Zhao built a city on the west bank of the river. As soon as part of it was built, the city wall collapsed, so a new site was chosen on the east side of the river.
One day, King Wuling of Zhao saw a group of swans flying in the clouds, circling back and forth in the same place all day long, and the ground below the flock of birds radiated a dazzling light.
After King Wuling of Zhao saw this scene, he thought it was an auspicious sign, so he decided to build a city here and named it Yunzhong City.
"Where is the dazzling brilliance?" Zhao Kuo stood at the top of the city and looked around carefully for a long time. He couldn't see the brilliance anywhere. He cursed in his heart, "The legend is indeed unreliable."
"Your Majesty, please look, there is a dazzling light there." Li Si pointed at the people coming and going under the city and said, "Nothing is more dazzling than the glory of all the people. With the efforts of King Wuling and Your Majesty, Yunzhong has become Zhao In the center of the northwest of the country, everyone can live on this land regardless of Zhao or Hu people. The people are full of gratitude to the king. For a monarch, is there any more dazzling glory than this? "
"Hahaha, you can still talk." Zhao Kuo pointed at Li Si and said with a smile. No wonder many people like to listen even though they know that the other person is flattering. It is really very comfortable.
"I just feel it." Li Si pointed downward and said, "The soil in Yunzhong County is fertile, and as long as it is cultivated, it will be good farmland. I have visited many places in the past few days and asked many people. If all the places in Yunzhong can be developed, our Zhao country can have nearly 200,000 hectares of fertile land and nearly one million living people. I think this can be used as a place for our Zhao country to garrison troops. One day, King Wu Ling's strategy can be restored , went south from the clouds and destroyed Qin."
Zhao Kuo smiled and said that the Hetao is divided into three parts: the western tao, the front tao, and the back tao. This is just the front tao, and the back tao and the west tao are no less important than here.
Historically, although Emperor Qin Shihuang and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty immigrated to Hetao many times, they mainly did so to guard the border, and their reclamation efforts were really limited. Not to mention when the Han Dynasty gave the Hetao to the Southern Xiongnu.
The real development of the Loop will have to wait until the later west exit.
"Let's talk about these things after we defeat the Huns." Zhao Kuo said to Yunzhong County Governor next to him, "Yunzhong is located at the junction of Zhao and Hu. The situation is complicated. County Governor Han needs to pay more attention. In troubled times, he can use heavy codes."
Yunzhong is a little different from other places. The laws of Zhao State are not fully applicable here. Some tribes have more than 10,000 adult men, and their strength can compete with the county guards. Although they ostensibly submit to Zhao State, they do not accept deployment. .
In the past, it was okay if his own strength was insufficient, but Zhao Kuo would never allow this to happen in the future.
"I obey the decree." Han Zhong said with cupped hands.
"Your Majesty, the leaders of each tribe have arrived." Liu Ping walked over.
"Come with me and have a look." Zhao Kuo walked down the city.
When they came to the living room, the leaders of each tribe had been waiting here for a long time. When they saw Zhao Kuo, they quickly stood up and saluted.
This was the first time they saw Zhao Kuo, and they couldn't help but feel a little uneasy. In their hearts, Zhao Kuo had never been easy to get along with.
"Everyone, sit down." Zhao Kuo said pleasantly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The leaders were relieved when they saw that Zhao Kuo's attitude was quite kind. Of course, some people are even more worried. They call this smile the smiling tiger.
"Last winter, the northern border of our country Zhao suffered heavy snowfall. Your losses should not be great." Zhao Kuo walked to the main seat and sat down slowly.
"Thanks to the help, Your Majesty."
"Yes, if it weren't for the help of the king, many people in our tribe would freeze to death."
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Everyone said gratefully, no matter what, Zhao Guo really helped them once last year, unlike before, he only kept asking for it and never gave it to them.
"As long as the loss is not big." Zhao Kuo nodded.
Several tribes looked at each other, and finally Tiege stood up, raised his hands and said, "If your Majesty needs it, just give us your order."
"It's nothing. As everyone knows, the main area of our Zhao country is in the Central Plains. It is far away from Yunzhong. It is too difficult to transport food, so I hope to buy some food and cattle and sheep from you." Zhao Kuo said.
When transporting grain from Hebei to Yunzhong, only one stone is left after two stones of grain are delivered here. This is because the roads are smooth. There were no roads before. It was normal for three to one and four to be left.
In order to win this war, Zhao State began to transport grain and grass last year. Now there are 100,000 farmers in the rear pulling horses and mules to transport grain and grass on the road every day. If Zhao State did not lack horses and mules, at least relying on manpower alone would Three hundred thousand farmers are required to transport food to supply the front lines.
Although Wei Wuji assured that there would be no shortage of food, Zhao Kuo knew that the pressure on food from the rear was still very high.
The three kingdoms of Han, Wei, and Chu were attacking Qin, and together with Zhao, the five kingdoms were all frantically purchasing grain. The price of grain in the Central Plains has skyrocketed, from thirty yuan per stone to fifty yuan per stone, and it continues to rise.
The good news is that Zhao's wheat harvest has been bumper, which has eased the food shortage. At the same time, in order to prevent merchants from selling Zhao's grain abroad, Zhao issued a purchase restriction order and arranged soldiers to patrol the borders to prohibit the flow of grain.
The country is currently busy with summer plowing. After the summer plowing, manpower can be recruited to grind the newly harvested wheat into flour and send it to the front line.
In addition to corn, rice, wheat and other food crops, what Zhao eats most is salted fish.
There is no way, as the weather gets warmer, fresh fish can no longer be sent to the mainland. Unless a very small number of nobles want to try it, it is completely unrealistic to transport it at a high cost and supply it to the army.
It can only be made into salted dried fish, and then sent to Wuyang City along Yishui, from Wuyang City to Daixian via Puyinxing and Feihuxing, and then all the way to Yunzhong.
"This is as it should be. I wonder how much your Majesty wants? Let's put it together. As for the money, we won't have to worry about it." Tie Ge bowed and said.
In the past, during the period of King Zhao Wuling, they also had to "pay tribute" and send people to fight with King Zhao Wuling.
However, Zhao Guo had already recruited troops from them a few months ago. There is no more levy or less levy, and everyone is treated equally like the Zhao people. It is also appropriate to pay tribute now.
"Five thousand cattle and thirty thousand sheep." Zhao Kuo said. Seeing the anxious looks on everyone's faces, Zhao Kuo waved his hand to stop everyone and continued, "I will not ask for it in vain. I will buy it all at market price."
"Your Majesty, even though our tribe can produce so many cattle and sheep together, the tribesmen will starve to death." Tie Ge said in embarrassment.
Although they herd cattle and sheep, they rarely kill cattle and sheep to eat. Only during major festivals or when important guests come, they will dig up cattle and slaughter sheep.
Usually they mainly eat grain and dairy products. They also farm, but the scale is not large. In addition, they exchange with the Central Plains, which is enough for their daily needs.
In fact, if they mainly eat meat, it would be difficult for a tribe to feed tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people.
