After seeing Wei Wuji off, Zhao Kuo returned to the table, took a sip of tea, and stared motionless at the sunset that was about to sink below the mountain.
"Your Majesty, is there something wrong?" Liu Ping asked cautiously.
"Ah? What's wrong?" Zhao Kuo was stunned for a moment before he understood what Liu Ping was asking and said with a smile, "I was thinking about what to eat at night."
"……"Liu Ping.
Although the nobility had requirements for food, the "Zhou Rites" even stipulated what meat each class should eat, and Confucius also said that meat should not be eaten if it is not cut properly, but this was the first time in the world that a group of cooks like Zhao Kuo were specially assigned to study food.
If the Zhao State was indeed prosperous, the people's lives were gradually getting better, and the national power was steadily improving, it would be inevitable to be accused of arrogance and lewdness.
However, it has to be said that Zhao Kuo's approach has indeed greatly improved the level of Zhao Guo's cuisine. Many people denounced Zhao Kuo for being extravagant on the surface. With so much money, he could build half an additional army, but secretly they praised Zhao Kuo. Kuo is done right.
We are all ordinary people, and no one is immune to the temptation of appetite.
Every time he researched a new dish, Zhao Kuo would ask the chef to cook a little more and give a little to each of the civil and military ministers in Handan. It wasn't much, but it was still a little thoughtful. Sometimes this kind of detail is more touching.
"Let's just braise the big carp from the Yellow River. I remember there was a chef who made good carp." Zhao Kuo said, although there is no chili, it always tastes a bit worse, but there is no way, he can't send people to the Americas to find it. .
As for the iron pot, vegetable oil is easy to get, just melt an iron pot and it will be enough. The vegetable oil is basically soybean oil, but the oil yield is very low.
Anyway, according to the current cost, it is impossible for soybean oil to be popularized and can only meet the needs of the upper class nobility. Fortunately, the pressed soybean cake can also be used as feed, otherwise you will lose your pants.
On the other hand, the price of soybeans has been rising, from being only half of that of millet to now being slightly higher than that of millet, allowing large soybean farmers to make a fortune.
According to Lifu’s plan, the newly reclaimed land in the Hetao will be mainly planted with soybeans in the first two years. Soybeans are drought tolerant, saline-alkali tolerant, and do not eat the soil. Even if they are planted on wasteland, they will not reduce production much, and they can achieve self-sufficiency as soon as possible. .
After the land is developed and mature and water conservancy facilities are built, millet, rice, or soybeans can be planted according to the conditions of each place. In winter, there is basically no choice but wheat.
The Cangji brothers also went to the Hetao to investigate in person, striving to optimize the situation.
Hundreds of schools of thought, including other scholars, also tried their best to assist Zhao Guo. If they could contribute more, they would do more.
Since the Mo, Nong, and Yi families obtained their fiefdoms, those who used to row the water no longer rowed the water, and those who used to contribute more. There were a lot of people missing from the Handan Academy arena, and they all went to the Hetao.
What was said before was all false, but the fiefdom was real.
The competition among many schools has changed from talking to fighting to who can get the fief first, or who can get the fief for their school.
Zhao Kuo was happy to see this happen and drew a boundary for them. As long as they could meet the requirements, they would be able to obtain the fief.
And no matter how hard you work in the fiefdom from now on, whether it's realizing your ambitions or thinking about governing the country, I won't care about it, as long as it doesn't get to the point where you blame everyone and the people of the country run away.
If the trouble reaches this level, the State of Zhao will naturally take back the fiefdom, so don't have any complaints.
Everyone was naturally very excited when they heard this and praised the Holy Lord Zhao Kuo. Only the Confucianists were unhappy. There were many Confucianists and there were many factions in them. There were ten or twenty factions, large and small. Any one of them had more people than a farmer. How could one fiefdom be enough? point?
"The more meritorious services you make, the more fiefdoms you will get. There is no upper limit, but you cannot choose the location of the fiefdoms." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.
Confucianism generously said that as long as it can cultivate land and live in people, it doesn't matter where it is.
Zhao Kuo smiled in his heart, it doesn't matter to you, and it doesn't matter to me either. When the time comes, draw a map of the world and click on any land, and it will be your fiefdom from now on.
If you Confucians think it's too little, you can just order a few more. It won't cost you anything anyway.
And I am not as heartless as the Zhou Dynasty. After the land is distributed to you, I will not care about anything. There are people in the court who can still get support. If there is no one in the court, no one will care about it if it is destroyed. The Zhou Dynasty will still canonize the general. The one you destroyed.
I, the State of Zhao, have a conscience. As long as you can get there, I can send troops to help you defeat it without you having to bother.
Of course, I don’t care how it goes.
I heard that Xunzi and Mencius have been quarreling over whether nature is inherently good or evil. However, Mencius is dead and Xunzi is in his prime. The good-nature theory camp is obviously no match for Xunzi.
When the time comes, the two families will be placed in the same place as neighbors and let them quarrel forever.
Zhao Kuo thought wickedly.
Just as he stood up and walked out, Yu Xin and Chulong came over from outside.
"What happened?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"Immigration matters." Yu Xin said with his hands in hand.
After the autumn harvest, Zhao State officially began large-scale immigration, and most of the country's energy was focused on this. Lin Xiangru personally followed the first team to Hetao.
"Sit down and talk." Zhao Kuo said immediately.
"It's not a big problem, but there are constant small problems. At present, there are four main problems. One is that there are not enough officials. In the past, everyone stayed in the same place, and nothing happened on weekdays, and the officials could manage it. But after the migration, various problems have arisen. There are constant problems, many of which are inexperienced by the officials, making it very troublesome to deal with.”
"The second problem is that wild beasts hurt people frequently. To the north of the Taihang Mountains, especially in the Hetao area, the population is sparse. In the past, when the army passed by, the wild beasts would avoid it when they sensed the danger. But when a large number of unarmed people gathered together, the wild beasts noticed It’s no longer danger, it’s food. Even if Lin Xiangru has organized the adult men in each team together and distributed weapons, it is still difficult to avoid this situation.”
"The third problem is that Rong Di hurt people. Although we defeated Rong Di led by the Xiongnu and captured a large number of prisoners, there are still many people who fled into the mountains. Those people hate me, Zhao people. It’s deep to the bone that when they see me, Zhao Ren, they will rush over regardless, and two students from Handan College died in their hands.”
Although everyone in Zhao is a martial artist, and almost all adult men have participated in wars, there is no difference between these exiled soldiers and desperadoes. Even if he dies, he must take away a Zhao person.
"The fourth problem is acclimatization. However, because we were prepared in advance and every team was under the care of doctors, what was originally the biggest problem has now become a minor problem. Moreover, Xiangzi has already led his disciples to follow the immigrants to Hetao. It should not be a problem. Big problems will arise," Yu Xin said.
