After receiving Lian Po, Li Mu had another task.

Building a city! For the Zhao State before, Yin Jincheng was the first line of defense used to confront the Qin army.

But now Yin Jin City has returned to Qin, so another city needs to be used as a new line of defense.

As the highest Zhao army general in Xihe County, Li Mu took on this task.

This task is difficult and simple.

The construction of cities in this era is different from that in later generations, and the technology is relatively rough in all aspects.

Except for a few big cities like Handan, Yecheng, and Jinyang, most other small and medium-sized cities in Zhao State are built using rammed earth.

The so-called ramming method simply means ramming the earth as the main body of the city wall, and then using various techniques to reinforce it.

Such a city wall is more susceptible to damage, but the advantage is that it takes very little time to build it, and even the difficulty of restoring it in war is not very high.

It took Li Mu only three days to create the most basic outline of the city wall, and the next thing would have to be taken care of by the county magistrate of Xihe County.

Li Mu originally planned to name this city "Yangjincheng", but was stopped by the amused and crying county magistrate of Xihe County.

"Da Sima, this naming is actually knowledgeable. This city cannot be named Yangjincheng."

"Why can't it?"

"The so-called Yin refers to the south bank of the river. Yin Jincheng is on the south bank of the Wei River, so it is named.

The corresponding character Yin is Yang. If the name of a city contains the word "Yang", it means that the city is on the north bank of the river.

Although the city we built today is on the east side of Yinjin City, it is still on the south bank of Weishui. Logically speaking, it can only be named "Yin" instead of "Yang". If it is really named Yangjin City, it will make others laugh if it is spread."

Li Mu: "..." What a good guy, there are so many rules for naming this mere city?

Li Mu coughed and said, "Forget it, since that's the case, then the general will not care about your trivial matters!"

So, after leaving behind 20,000 troops that originally belonged to Xihe County and Hedong County, Li Mu officially brought Lian Po and other groups of prisoners back to the court.

Due to such a small incident, when Li Mu returned to Handan City, Zhao Kuo had already held a triumphal ceremony.

The triumphal ceremony on Li Mu's side was naturally much smaller than that of Zhao Kuo, but Li Mu didn't care about it.

In Li Mu's opinion, as long as there is a war, it's enough. He only needs to care about the war. Of course, Zhao Kuo, the lord, will worry about other things.

King Zhao also generously gave Li Mu a huge reward, but this reward was also much smaller than Zhao Kuo.

After these things were over, Li Mu returned home.

As the Grand Sima, Li Mu now has a separate mansion, which is quite beautiful.

However, Li Mu was determined to fight the war, so now there is only one wife and one concubine, which is an alien compared to other ministers of Zhao who have many wives and concubines.

In addition, Li Mu's lord Zhao Kuo only has one wife and two concubines, so many people joke that Zhao Kuo's sect is not close to women, so he can achieve such great achievements in politics.

The next day, Li Mu received the call from the court, so he got up early and took a car into the palace after washing up.

As soon as he got off the carriage, Li Mu saw Zhao Kuo and Pang Nuan chatting while smiling and chatting under the steps of the hall.

According to past experience, this should be the two of them deliberately waiting for Li Mu.

Li Mu did not dare to neglect and quickly stepped forward: "Junhou, Mr. Pang."

Since they are all their own people, they also have intimacy in their names.

Zhao Kuo smiled and patted Li Mu on the shoulder: "Look, our Grand Sima is back!"

Li Mu smiled and said, "Jun Hou was joking. This time I couldn't do anything to the Qin people. I will definitely work hard next time."

Pang Nuan also laughed and said, "Don't worry, Grand Sima, we will have more opportunities to hang out with the Qin people in the future."

The three of them talked and laughed, climbing up the steps.

Li Mu said curiously: "Honey, what are you going to discuss today's court discussion?"

Zhao Kuo smiled indifferently and said to Li Mu: "What we are discussing today is the matter of General Lian Po."

While speaking, a trace of splendor flashed in Zhao Kuo's eyes unconsciously.

Li Mu also exclaimed when he heard this and said, "Isn't this Lian Po dismissed from office directly?"

Pang Nuan sighed and said, "If it were someone else, it would definitely be the removal of his official position directly, but Lian Po...hehe, he is still lucky."

Why is Lian Po lucky?

This is because Lian Po received strong support from Zhou Shaofen.

Although Zhou Shaofen, the Zhou Shaoliang brothers themselves already occupy two of the six important officials, if the other four quotas are occupied by Zhao Kuo's faction, Zhou Shaofen can't do anything next time, four to two suppression.

Therefore, Zhou Shaofen had various activities and directly used the Queen of Zhou to plead with King Zhao himself.

Although King Zhao is more fond of Concubine Li now, after all, Queen Zhou is the lord of the harem who is truly a mother in the world, and she gave birth to the crown prince Zhao Qian for King Zhao. King Zhao could not completely ignore the opinions of Queen Zhou.

So after a while, King Zhao's intention to deal with Lian Po was getting less and less determined. In the end, he simply stopped thinking about it and convened a court discussion to see whoever could convince King Zhao would do what he said.

Li Mu was speechless after hearing this: "This was originally the power of the king, but he actually used it to discuss it with us?

It's simply..." In Li Mu's opinion, this is equivalent to a general who handed over the most important decision to many ordinary generals below, and it is a completely stupid move.

Zhao Kuo patted Li Mu on the shoulder in time and interrupted Li Mu: "So, our goal this time is also very simple, that is, we must let Lian Po step down!"

For Zhao Kuo, Lian Po would not mention him in the past. From the perspective of the present and future alone, after eliminating Lian Po, it would be impossible for the Zhou brothers to raise someone with enough qualifications and prestige to argue with Zhao Kuo in the military.

By that time, the entire Zhao army would be the world of Zhao Kuo.

As the saying goes, "Politics come from the barrel of a gun." Once the Zhao army is completely controlled by Zhao Kuo, is it still far from being completely controlled by Zhao Kuo in Zhao's political arena?

This time, Zhao Kuo will win!
Chapter completed!