The clouds are not as desolate as Zhao Kuo thought.

The clouds in Handan's mouth are deserted and terrifying. In the most widely spread stories of Handan, there are rumors about clouds such as sand and dust that can eat people, insects that drill into their ankles from the sand. Out of unfamiliarity with this place, Zhao Kuo was also a little panicked when he arrived here first, and was ready to face the worst climate, but he did not expect that this place was not as terrifying as the rumors.

There is also fertile land, farming people, and many animal husbandry areas. The so-called animal husbandry areas are where the nobles of Zhao bought land here and then sent their retainers to grazing here. For example, Pingyuan Jun, it is said that there are tens of thousands of sheep here. Zhao Kuo thinks that there should be not so many. In addition to sheep, there are also the most precious horses, which are also grazing here.

There were many Lin Hu people here. Di looked a little excited. When he had a cordial conversation with them, he would bring back a few lamb legs or milk from time to time. Sitting on this endless field, drinking milk and eating lamb legs, Zhao Kuo only felt that life was so comfortable. In the clouds of Zhao State, there were many Hu people living in Zhao State. Zhao State treated them very special and did not assign county magistrates to take jurisdiction. They could grazle freely and pay taxes in the form of tribes.

Taxation is naturally replaced by livestock. Zhao State has relatively low tax requirements for them. On the one hand, it is because they do not have a fixed stronghold. If Zhao State collects too much, they can migrate to other places. On the other hand, they are afraid that they will force them to rebel and make them riots everywhere. In terms of governing the Hu people in the territory, the Qin people did the best. They set up Yidao in the territory. Speaking of which, it is the county town where the Hu people gather, and the county magistrates appointed to govern, and treat everyone equally.

There are not many people in the clouds, and there are even fewer people than Handan and Dai areas.

It was the autumn harvest season, and Zhao Kuo had been on the road for several months. The clouds were already the most remote place in Zhao State. Next, Zhao Kuo was going to Dai County and returned to Handan from Dai County along the attack route of Yan State in the past. The carriage was shaking on the road. Zhao Kuo, who had been on the journey for several months, looked a little sloppy at this moment, but this gave him a different temperament and a little deeper. In addition, Han Fei was following him on foot.

There is really a kind of Confucius' style of traveling to various countries. If he changes to a ox cart, he should be more like him.

During the journey in the past few months, Zhao Kuo gained a huge gain. He truly saw the true appearance of this era. A vague sense of superiority for this era was gone, and the substitute for it was a deep pity. The Zhao people lived a very hard life, and the heavy labor service and taxes crushed them. Han Fei said: It is not only Zhao, but also Han, Wei, and Chu, all of them are suffering. Perhaps, the whole world is like this.

Therefore, the stars of this era have been thinking about ways to save the world. In later generations, Han Fei's identity as a legalist, his strict control over the people, easily makes people ignore the reduction of taxes and reduced corvee. Han Fei believes that only a unified country with strong dominance can make the people live.

Now, Zhao Kuo has joined these wise men who are worried about the country and the people. He is also recalling whether there is a way to save the world in the past thousands of years of experience?

If Zhao Kuo was just immersed in the times and felt more pity, then Han Fei's gains would be very huge. During this journey, he asked Zhao Kuo for advice on the problems encountered in every place. Zhao Kuo did not give him a positive answer, but put a lot of answers in front of him and let him make choices by himself. For example, Han Fei asked Zhao Kuo: A king of the world should give the people time to cultivate, but the people were negligent and practiced. How should they deal with foreign enemies when they encountered them?

Zhao Kuo instantly told him several methods such as the standing military system, county military system, government military system, military household system, and military household system. Then he asked Han Fei in turn, which system do you think is the most suitable?

Han Fei was stunned and thought about which of the best methods the teacher said. No matter which aspect of knowledge Han Fei asked for, Zhao Kuo was like this, and gave him many answers to think about it by himself. Of course, this is because Zhao Kuo valued Han Fei. Zhao Kuo never felt that his ability could be comparable to Han Fei. On the contrary, as one of the most outstanding thinkers of this era, he was admired by later generations.

Han Fei must be far beyond his own, so what Zhao Kuo has to do is to tell Han Fei about his memories of thousands of years, and then let Han Fei choose the most suitable method for the current era. Zhao Kuo was very happy. He felt that his cooperation with Han Fei was simply a killer weapon of this era. What kind of reaction will a thousand years of memories and a wise talent have? Zhao Kuo is very excited about this.

However, at this moment, Han Fei was almost obsessed with Zhao Kuo. No matter what happened, Zhao Kuo could always give his own opinions, as if he knew everything and knew everything. Moreover, he would not restrict his thinking. He would give himself many answers to think. Where should he find such a wise teacher? Han Fei was very glad that his original choice was, and Xunzi did not lie to me.

All the answers were recorded by Han Fei. Even the guests who were rushing with Zhao Kuo sometimes listened to their questions and answers quietly. At this time, no one dared to disturb him, his eyes were full of awe. Sometimes, the guests would carefully ask Zhao Kuo for advice, and Zhao Kuo would not get angry about it. Whenever they had any doubts, Zhao Kuo would answer them.

If Zhao Kuo didn't know anything, if he was a farming matter, he would apologize sincerely and write down his questions, saying that he wanted to find someone who could answer them, and then tell him after getting the answer.

In Zhao State, the busiest moment was also ushered in the busiest season. During the busy farming season, not only the people were the busiest, but also the ministers in the palace of Handan. At this moment, Wei Wuji's disciple Hou Ying was slowly distributing supplies from all over the country. Because of the three-year war, domestic craftsmen also went to the battlefield together, making the farm tools in Zhao very worn. In order to deal with this situation, Wei Wuji summoned a large number of craftsmen a long time ago, built many farm tools and made many vehicles.

According to the household registration and the scarcity of materials in various places, Hou Ying needed to allocate these materials to various places. As his deputy, Lou Yan sat aside and looked at the drunk old man in front of him. Wei Wuji's disciples had a common problem, and he was addicted to alcohol. No matter when, the faces of Wei Wuji's disciples were red, and now it was no exception. Hou Ying was drunk and looked at the situation in various places and distributed them casually. His distribution was extremely unreasonable.

"You... Zhongmu is not short of iron tools. Zhongmu Ling said that the cart needs to transport grain. You didn't allocate it to him, but gave him a large number of farm tools. This is..." Lou Yan couldn't help but say. Hou Ying rubbed his eyes, picked up the bamboo slips and looked at it. Then he smiled awkwardly and said, "You are right, I made a mistake." As he said that, he crossed out what he had written before.

Lou Yan watched him distribute randomly and sat for a while. He couldn't help it anymore. He asked Hou Ying to sit aside and rest. He started the distribution himself. Hou Ying looked at him with some complaints, took out his wine bag and took another sip. Lou Yan quickly completed the distribution to various places, and then said unhappily: "Can you not do it when you come to handle government affairs next time..." He suddenly stopped. It turned out that Hou Ying had been lying on the ground and slept soundly.

Lou Yan was furious and deliberately scolded him. He had just walked to him and was suddenly stunned.

No, I am a minister of Qin. I should be happy that Zhao people delayed farming and sericulture! He walked to the case again, looked at the bamboo slips on the case, took out a knife, frowned at the bamboo slips, and his hand holding the knife trembled violently. Finally, he sighed, put down the knife, and left here with his head down. Hou Ying, who was lying on the ground without any image, closed his eyes tightly, but a smile slowly appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"He didn't ruin it?"

"It's not just that it's not ruined. His distribution is very reasonable. Moreover, his speed is very fast. You are right. He is indeed a wise man. He has the ability to serve as the prime minister of the country. These things are too easy and too easy for him." Hou Ying sat in Wei Wuji's mansion and said seriously to Wei Wuji. Wei Wuji drank a sip of wine, and then said with a smile: "He can serve as the prime minister of the Qin State. The King of Qin is not a mediocre person. Of course he is talented."

"In terms of handling government affairs, even Yu Qing is not as good as him. The King of Qin did not kill him because he valued him and left him in the palace. Even Fan Ju respected him very much. It would be a pity for such a capable man to support him and not let him contribute to Zhao State."

Hou Ying nodded and agreed.

Wei Wuji then smiled and said, "Please send him someone to call him to me." Hou Ying left, and Wei Wuji drank some more wine. After a long time, Lou Yan walked into Wei Wuji's courtyard. As soon as he walked into the courtyard, he saw the drunkards lying on the ground in the courtyard. This made Lou Yan a little angry. Perhaps because he had been in Qin for a long time, he really had no good feelings for these so-called generous chivalrous heroes.

When he walked into the room, he saw Wei Wuji who had opened his clothes and drank drunk, Lou Yan was even more angry.

"Come on, please take your seat." Wei Wuji staggered and prepared to get up to salute. Lou Yan sat directly in front of him. Wei Wuji smiled and said to him: "I originally wanted Hou Yinglai to be responsible for the autumn harvest, but he has been unwell recently. The false prime minister Yu Qing is busy with the administration. I want you to be responsible for the autumn harvest. What do you think?"

Lou Yan was not surprised at all and said calmly: "It seems that Hou Ying has told you everything about today."

"Yes, hahaha." Wei Wuji laughed, and shook his head and said, "I knew these things could not be hidden from you."

Lou Yan shook his head and said, "My talent is not enough to handle such an important thing, so please find someone else." Wei Wuji said, "This is not to ask for your opinion. This is the order I gave to you. I am the Prime Minister of Zhao and you are the minister of Zhao. Shouldn't you abide by my order?"

"Okay, if you insist on me doing it, if it delays the busy farming and causes a major disaster, please don't punish me." Lou Yan said casually.

Wei Wuji nodded and said, "Please rest assured. I will not punish you. I am from Wei. What does Zhao people have to do with starving to death with shortage of food and starve to death? Just do it. If there are 10,000 Zhao people, I will say 1,000 Zhao people will die. If there are 100,000 Zhao people, I will say 5,000. You don't have to worry at all. I will rectify the administration and carry out reforms. This is enough to afford the courtesy of the King of Zhao. As for those Zhao people with humble status, I don't care about their life and death."

Lou Yan looked at Wei Wuji in front of him deeply and left here.

Wei Wuji then called one of his disciples and ordered: "Don't rush to send his orders to the farming affairs in various places, and send them to Yu Qing for him to see. If it is reasonable, then ignore it. If it is unreasonable, then kill him in secret and hide him, and say to the outside world that he had fled back to Qin." The disciple nodded and then led the people away. Wei Wuji continued to drink.

He suddenly looked at the guest beside him and asked, "Where is Ma Fujun?"

"It should be in the clouds, and it should be heading towards Handan."

"Well, everything needs to be done before he returns."

"only!"

At this moment, Zhao Kuo met an acquaintance. An elite group of Yunzhong knights appeared in front of them. The disciples were about to be on guard. Di saw Li Mu at the front. Li Mu jumped up from the horse's back with a smile and hurried towards Zhao Kuo. Beside him, the other knights also dismounted. Li Mu quickly walked to Zhao Kuo, leaned over to Zhao Kuo, and said, "The Prince of Yunzhong County paid homage to the horse's servant!"

"Greetings to Ma Fujun!" The knights hurriedly saluted Zhao Kuo.

Zhao Kuo smiled and helped Li Mu up and asked the knights to get up again. However, when he saw Li Mu's face clearly, Zhao Kuo was stunned. A slender scar appeared on Li Mu's face, and his hidden left hand seemed to be injured. Zhao Kuo stared at him without speaking. Li Mu then smiled and said to him: "Brother, during the autumn harvest, the Hu people often invaded him. I have won a lot of money. I have fought more than 40 battles in all sizes and big, and I will inevitably be injured."

Zhao Kuo held Li Mu's hand, and Li Mu's left hand was cut off two fingers. Li Mu retracted his hand like an electric shock, and then he pulled his subordinates to pay homage to Zhao Kuo. These knights were all generals in the army and Li Mu's confidants. They had long heard of Zhao Kuo's reputation, and when they saw him again, they were naturally particularly excited. They were wearing the best armor, and even their horses were shining.

Zhao Kuo wanted to say something, but his eyes couldn't help but look at Li Mu's broken fingers. All the things he wanted to say seemed to be blocked in his throat, and he couldn't say anything.
Chapter completed!