Zhao Kuo couldn't help but think that when he was marching, no matter whether in the Hetao or through the Taihang Mountains, he encountered no wild beasts rushing into the army, but incidents of wild beasts hurting people occurred frequently.
The beasts also bully the weak and fear the strong.
Unless Zhao State sends hundreds of thousands of troops to plow Zhao State like a field, but this is impossible.
Not to mention whether it can be done, even if it can be done, it is impossible to do it, because the existence of beasts is necessary. Once the number of certain beasts suddenly decreases, causing ecological imbalance, humans will also be affected.
It is difficult to control this using military encirclement and suppression.
It is much more convenient to use money to post bounties. You only need to issue a bounty order when the beasts are overrun, and cancel it when the scale of the beasts is suppressed. The warrior only needs to hand over a pair of ears as proof to receive the reward, and the remaining portion can be kept to improve food or sold.
And compared to the cost of dispatching an army, the cost of a bounty order is lower.
Zhao Kuo looked at the files one by one. These files had all been processed and he only needed to look at them, but there were a lot of types.
"Brother Wang, Zheng Guo has arrived outside the palace." At this time, Zhao Mu walked in and said with cupped hands.
"Bring it to the side hall." Zhao Kuo stood up and walked towards the side hall.
"Cao... Cao people Zheng Guo pays homage to the king."
Zheng Guomao is about 20 years old, with a thin face, dark skin and bright eyes.
"My brother Zhong recommended you to me, saying that you are good at water conservancy and road construction?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"Your Majesty, Cao Min's ancestors helped the Wei and Song dynasties to build gaps and deep ditches. Cao Min's grandfather had participated in the construction of Heze, Putianze and river embankments. Cao Min's father had helped Zheng Guo build the Xingze embankment and presided over the excavation of ditches. , irrigating farmland. Although the grassroots people have not really presided over large-scale water conservancy construction, they are still relatively confident in this aspect."
Zheng Guogang was a little nervous when he saw Zhao Kuo at first. After a few breaths, he adjusted his mentality and said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.
At this point, Zhao Kuo is basically sure that the Zheng State in front of him is the Zheng State that built the Zheng Guo Canal in history. There should not be many people with this name, and they are proficient in water conservancy. Except for the Zheng State in history, they should not There are others.
"I am going to let you take full responsibility for the water conservancy construction in the Hetao. What do you think?" Zhao Kuo asked.
In today's world, the only one who can rival Li Bing in terms of water conservancy is Zheng Guo.
However, there is still a certain gap between Zheng Guo and Li Bing. After all, Li Bing's Dujiangyan Irrigation System is almost completed, turning the Shu land that is either flood or drought into thousands of hectares of fertile land, but Zheng Guo has not yet had any impressive achievements.
"Your Majesty, the common people need to go to the Hetao before they can make a decision." Zheng Guo said with clasped fists.
"Okay, then I will appoint you as the Water Officer of our Kingdom of Zhao. You go back and take care of things at home first, and then set off for Hetao in a few days." Zhao Kuo said.
"Grass people... I will not let the king down." Zheng Guo said with some excitement. When Zhao Mu told him that he was going to meet with King Zhao, he had a hunch that he might be reused. After all, Zhao Guo has been working for the past two years. To build water conservancy, otherwise he would not have come to Zhao from South Korea, but he did not expect to get such great power when he first entered Zhao.
"I believe in you." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
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On the other side, Li Si is facing the biggest decision in his life, even more difficult than his original decision to leave Chu.
This matter started more than half a month ago, when he was ordered to handle loan matters from various places. This matter was very troublesome. Not many families were clean in this regard, and if they were not careful, they would offend many people.
But these are not problems for Li Si. He handled it very well, neither letting those who did evil things go, nor causing too much killing.
As for those who hated him, Li Si didn't care. A group of families that were only influential in this county were eventually swept into the dust of history.
Letting them go now is just because the Loop needs people to develop it. If he doesn't have a long memory, then he will have no choice but to kill him.
Therefore, these days have been going smoothly. According to the progress, he will be able to return to Handan in about a month.
Until three days ago, when he passed by Linhe County, a half-clothed woman rushed out of a village on the roadside, knelt in front of the carriage, and begged to be taken away. Two men with sticks chased behind her, further away. There is a group of people approaching here.
If it was before, Li Si would turn around and leave without saying a word, and would never care about such nonsense.
However, under the guidance of Lin Xiangru and Xunzi during this period, he could not do such a thing.
Moreover, when he came to Zhao State with nothing, Zhao Kuo paid great attention to training him, and he became what he is today. Zhao Kuo was as kind as a mountain to him, and he could not live up to Zhao Kuo's trust.
So, he rescued the woman.
Something big happened with this one!
According to the woman, she was abducted and trafficked to Yanghu, and she escaped today when the guards were not paying attention. Fortunately, she met Li Si, otherwise she would have been dragged back and beaten severely in the end.
If the matter was just that simple, Li Si wouldn't have to be embarrassed. He could just rescue the woman and then kill the trafficker according to law.
Although there are slaves in all countries, the trade is prohibited for civilians. Once discovered, all will be beheaded.
Whether it is Li Si or the local county magistrate, it can be dealt with, and it is not a big deal.
But there's more to it than that.
Linhe County is located at the junction of the three kingdoms of Zhao, Wei and Wei. It used to be the junction of the four kingdoms of Zhao, Wei, Qi and Wei. In the Zhao Kingdom, it was also at the junction of Ye County, Jixi County and Handan County.
The center of the Three Kingdoms and Three Counties!
The Sangui zone is already chaotic enough, and Linhe County is even more so. The level of chaos can be imagined, with smog everywhere and rogue bandits running rampant.
Yanghuli is located at the junction of Zhao State and Wei State. It is a famous poor village in Linhe County. It has a bad reputation. No women will marry here. If men cannot marry a wife, they will find human traffickers or directly engage in trafficking themselves.
Once a person is no longer bound by the law, the ugliness in his heart will be magnified countless times in an instant.
After one person benefited, others rushed to follow suit. Over time, many people in Yanghu started the business of human traffickers.
Moreover, Yanghuli is close to Weiguo and has an excellent geographical location. Because the State of Zhao is strong and the State of Wei is weak, even if the people of the country are trafficked into the State of Zhao, the State of Wei does not dare to enter the territory of the State of Zhao to arrest people.
So Yanghu became more and more rampant.
Later, when the State of Zhao heard about this, he sent people to Yanghu to arrest people. In the end, only a few irrelevant people were captured, and the rest all fled into the States of Qi and Wei.
As for the joint arrest of the four countries, it is simply impossible.
For Qi and Wei, whether they are the perpetrators or the victims, they have nothing to do with them. Why should they care about these nonsense?
Zhao Guo had no choice but to let it go.
As a result, Yanghuli grew bigger and bigger, and was no longer satisfied with trafficking people from the Wei Kingdom, and began to traffic people among the four countries.
When the State of Zhao sent people to arrest, they went to the State of Wei; when the State of Wei sent people to arrest them, they went to the State of Wei; when the State of Wei sent people to arrest them, they went to the State of Qi; when the State of Qi sent people to arrest them, they went to the State of Zhao.
Over time, no country was willing to take care of it, and Yanghuli and even the entire Linhe County became a place harboring filth and evil.
