As for beef and mutton, not to mention beef and mutton bones, not only can they be sold to the Central Plains, but the State of Zhao can also purchase them directly and send them to the army to make bone soup for the soldiers. After boiling, the remaining bone residues are sent to compost , the piled fertilizer is being sent to the fields.
Nothing is wasted, and the utilization rate is much higher than in their hands.
The main road from Yunzhong to Handan is also open and will be completed by the end of this year, enough to accommodate twelve horse-drawn carriages.
Grain, silk, salt, and fine wine from the Central Plains can be sold to Yunzhong, and cattle, sheep, dairy products, leather, etc. from Yunzhong can also be sold to the Central Plains.
People can buy cheaper and more goods. Businessmen can make more. Zhao Guo can also get more tax revenue.
However, although Zhao Kuo described it well, these leaders still had some worries on their faces. They had never experienced such a thing before, and no one knew whether Zhao Kuo was deceiving them.
"By the way, you can try planting grass. In this way, more grass can grow in the land, and you can herd more cattle and sheep, feed more tribesmen, and make more money." Zhao Kuo said.
"Can we still grow grass?" Zhanmu asked in confusion.
Doesn’t grass grow in the ground? After eating, you change to another area to graze. After ten days and a month, when you come back, the grass is full again, so you still need to plant it?
"Of course you can grow it. You can grow food, so why can't you grow grass? When the farmers arrive, you tribesmen will send a few good herders to study with them. After the results are achieved, everyone will be rewarded. It's okay. Write a book and say it, so that people in Zhao will remember your names in the future." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
Some of the younger leaders suddenly breathed a little quickly, with excited faces and bright eyes, as if they had seen the wonderful scenes in the future.
The older ones still have calm faces. They have passed the age where they get excited when something benefits them. As people grow older, they have seen too much. Unless Zhao Kuo puts the benefits in front of them, they will not be excited no matter how good he is.
Of course, they will not object, but will try their best to help Zhao Kuo, at least it will not be harmful to them.
"If you remember this, I will definitely do it," Tie Ge said.
"In addition, I will also arrange for medical personnel to come over to check the cattle and sheep to prevent them from getting sick." Zhao Kuo suddenly thought of it and said again.
Infectious diseases are rare these days, but medical conditions are even more backward. Once a large-scale infectious disease occurs, there is no way to treat it. The only way is to detect it as early as possible and then isolate all infected animals.
Including the plague in humans, it was all solved in this way until Zhang Zhongjing appeared...
Zhao Guo has large pastures in the three counties of Yunzhong, and each pasture also has a specialized veterinarian. Zhao Kuo doesn't know how skilled they are, but when Zhao Kuo saw the strict management system, he knew that they would never dare to be careless.
Zhao Kuo did not intend to take everything into the hands of the state like the Qin State. On the contrary, he would support them accordingly.
"Your Majesty...actually...my subordinates feel that we are more in need of doctors than cattle and sheep." Tie Ge hesitated and said hesitantly.
There is already a shortage of doctors in the three counties of Yunzhong. After the news about the "Medical Code" and Handan College came out, the only doctors also went to Handan. The rest were either old-fashioned and unable to move, or their medical skills were really not good and they knew how to go. It's all in vain and you have to pay for travel, so it's better to stay here. It just so happens that all the powerful doctors have gone away, so I can become the king.
Zhao Kuo's blood-sucking method not only sucks other countries, but also his own people!
"I was negligent." Zhao Kuo said. He had only seen doctors from other countries going to Zhao before, and he really didn't notice this. "The king will arrange for some doctors to come over, but the doctors are quite nervous at the moment, so the number may not be too many."
Obviously, this kind of problem exists not only in Yunzhong, but also in other places, but I just didn't tell Zhao Kuo.
But it is impossible for Zhao Kuo to arrange doctors for just one place in Yunzhong. If he does, he must arrange them for every place.
The best way is to let doctors from various places return to their places of origin, and then arrange some more doctors for areas where there is a shortage of doctors, and give them certain compensation so that they can continue to stay in Zhao.
As for Handan, in addition to compiling the "Medical Classics" and staying in the college to teach doctors, only a small amount is enough.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. Thank you, Your Majesty." All the leaders saluted and said gratefully.
They believe in doctors more than many people in the Central Plains. Even if they die, they will not blame the doctors, because they have experienced the previous scenes of wizards curing diseases. Nine out of ten people can be cured, and the remaining one depends on God's will. In contrast, doctors in the Central Plains are simply god-like beings.
But the Central Plains is different. There are legends of miracle doctors circulating in many places. They are the existence of living dead human flesh and white bones. In comparison, the old Chinese medicine doctors in the village are nothing. They can't cure even slightly serious diseases. .
Although this old Chinese medicine doctor saved a hundred people, people only stared at the person he treated to death.
"Everything requires people. The population of Zhao State is still too small, and the talents are even less." Zhao Kuo sighed. Farming, digging coal, mining, building roads...everything requires a lot of labor.
Among them, the most basic farmers cannot be moved. This is the foundation of the country and must be maintained in sufficient numbers. It can only reduce the number of people in other industries, which seriously restricts the development of Zhao State.
Moreover, many jobs are very dangerous, and people will die at every turn, but you have to do it, because if you don’t do it, the losses will be greater. Just like road construction and mining, can we not repair or mine? Even if you know it's very dangerous, you still do it.
The remaining doctors, farmers, collectors, craftsmen, etc. are in need of literate talents. Needless to say, the literacy rate these days. After Zhao State implemented the blood-sucking method, the literacy rate was considered high among all countries. It will be more than five percent.
Literacy here refers to those who can at least write letters independently, and those who can recognize a few words do not count.
The limited talents are even less distributed among all walks of life.
Although Handan College has many students, it has just been established and there is still a long time before harvest.
It takes ten years to cultivate trees and a hundred years to cultivate people. In just a few years or even more than ten years, education cannot develop at all, and Zhao State does not have the conditions to popularize education.
Not only is it not available now, but at least there is no hope in the short term, unless farmers can increase the output of all grains just like increasing the output of millet, so that most families can have extra money to cultivate future generations.
Zhao Kuo suddenly thought that the high-yield millet recently developed by farmers had been distributed to various places for everyone to plant. After the autumn harvest, it should be able to support some things.
After the banquet, Zhao Kuo sent everyone out of the city. He stood outside the city gate. The setting sun was like fire, dyeing half of the sky red, as if it was soaked in blood.
At the end of the sunset, there are at least hundreds of thousands of young people there!
