A meeting is being held in the middle of the dragon platform.

Zhao Dan listened to the report of Xiangbang Zhao Sheng in front of him with a smile.

"Great King, a total of 10,000 families of prisoners and their families have been relocated to Shuofang and Hetao counties, plus the original Linhu tribe, there should be about 150,000 people in the two counties now."

Two counties of land, a population of 150,000. Zhao Dan thought for a moment and asked, "There are no more prisoners?" ”

The answer to Zhao Dan's question was Si Kou Zhao Bao: "Back to the king, 100,000 prisoners have been transferred to Hedong County last year......

Zhao Dan nodded knowingly, and asked again: "How is the work of compiling the household and the people going?" ”

Among the Seven Heroes of the Warring States, the countries that implemented the county system most thoroughly were undoubtedly Qin and Zhao.

If you want to thoroughly implement the county system, it is indispensable to organize households and people.

Only when the population is registered can the government have a clear idea of how much tax it can collect in peacetime, how many young and strong people it can levy in wartime, and so on, and can it bring into play the country's war potential.

Yu Xin said: "This matter is still being counted, but because the two counties are currently vast and sparsely populated, it is estimated that it should take three to five months to complete this statistics." ”

Zhao Dan asked again: "How is the situation of the city building?" ”

It was Lian Po who answered Zhao Dan: "Li Mu and Xu Li have both led their troops to the fortification site, and they should start building the city within a few days." ”

Building a city is a thing that Chinese people have been very fond of doing since the Xia Dynasty, and the Zhou Dynasty has even brought this skill to the peak.

When the Zhou Dynasty was first established, there were still many Shang Dynasty people who refused to give in, so in order to consolidate his rule, Zhou Tianzi divided a large number of vassal states and let them go to the vast Central Plains in the east as colonists to colonize.

Yes, the so-called feudal princes are actually randomly pointing out a piece of territory to you on the map, and if you can beat it, it will be your feudal country, and if you can't beat it, you will stay where you can, which is also the so-called "remote seal".

A feudal country is a colony.

Therefore, from the perspective of large-scale colonial development, the aristocrats of the Zhou Dynasty were two thousand years ahead of Western European countries.

Most of these divided colonists were nobles surnamed Ji of the Zhou Dynasty, but it is a pity that after hundreds of years of great waves and sands, only the Yan Kingdom still exists among the vassal states that were divided back then.

Other countries have either perished in the rolling tide of history, or have already been usurped and seized power by the secretary of state.

When opening up land to the east, since the colonists of the Zhou Dynasty were in the minority, the most common method they used was to build cities.

The tall city will make people have a great sense of security, and the people of the Zhou Dynasty in the city are "national people", and all those who refuse to enter the city, do not obey the Zhou rites and do not obey the king, are "savages".

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, fortification was given more military roles, not only to expand territory, but also to defend against enemy invasions.

But in the Warring States Period, in the early years of the Warring States Period, in order to contain the Qin State, the famous military strategist Wu Qi built three cities in the west of the Hexi after seizing the Hexi land of the Qin State.

In order to prevent the invasion of Shandong countries, the Qin State also built the famous Hangu Pass.

In order to guard against Qin, Zhao built Lin and Lishi.

Now that Zhao has captured the two counties of Hetao, it is imperative to build a city, and it is impossible for the county guards and officials to work on horses and tents, and they can also have some strong strongholds in the Hetao area.

So Zhao Dan immediately said: "The order goes down, all departments must cooperate with this matter, and the requisition of people and materials must not be lacking, and they must be delivered in full and in full!" ”

If you lay ground but can't hold on, then everything is empty talk.

Regarding Zhao Dan's order, none of the ministers present had any opinions.

So Zhao Dan quickly moved on to the next topic.

"Zhuqing, according to the information sent by the Hu Yiwei informants recently, our old friend Qin Wangji has begun to be unwilling to be lonely again, and is ready to secretly contact other countries to attack Zhao State!"

As soon as they heard these words, the important ministers of Zhao State present restrained the smiles on their faces and began to become serious.

Zhao Dan glanced at Mixian beside him: "Miqing, you will introduce the situation." ”

Mi Xian said: "According to reliable information, now that Wei has secretly allied with Qin, Qi seems to be on the side of Qin, and the movements of the rest of the countries cannot be determined for the time being. ”

"What?" The important ministers of Zhao State suddenly changed color.

Zhao Sheng said angrily: "There is no reason for this Wei country to be a good student, it is clear that Hedong County has gained a lot in the first battle, but now he has a different heart for my Zhao country!" ”

Zhao Dan glanced at Zhao Sheng with a smile, knowing that the reason why his uncle was so angry was that of course there was dissatisfaction with the betrayal of Wei, but it was more for Zhao Sheng to clear his suspicions.

After all, everyone knows that the relationship between Wei Wuji, the real ruler of Wei State, and Zhao Sheng is very close.

I saw Zhao Sheng say to Zhao Dan: "The king, the ambition of the Wei State is not dead, and he tried in vain to collude with the Qin State to attack the Zhao State, and the minister asked the king to send troops to attack Wei and punish the Wei State!" ”

Don't look at Zhao Sheng's impassioned words, it sounds very reasonable, but it has not been recognized by many people.

Almost as soon as Zhao Sheng's words fell, Yu Xin shook his head and said, "Pingyuanjun's move is inappropriate. ”

Zhao Sheng said angrily: "What's wrong? ”

Yu Xin said: "Now that the world knows that Wei is an ally of my Zhao State, if there is no real evidence, it is easy to send troops to attack Wei State, wouldn't it be true and make the allies centrifuge?" ”

Zhao Sheng was speechless.

Yu Xin's words are indeed reasonable, after all, now Wei has not openly deviated from the alliance, let alone directly attacked Zhao, under such conditions, if Zhao sends troops to attack Wei, then it is Zhao himself who betrays the alliance.

Zhao Dan coughed and asked, "So how does Yu Qing think the widow should deal with this matter?" Could it be that they are just waiting for the three kingdoms of Qin, Wei and Qi to attack Zhao? ”

Yu Xin opened his mouth and said: "Back to the king, although he can't attack the Wei State, the king can attack the Qin State first!" Qin is the main initiator of Lianheng, if Qin is defeated, then Lianheng will be self-defeating. ”

When Zhao Dan heard this, he felt that Yu Xin's words seemed to make sense.

So Zhao Dan spoke: "Zhuqing, this is the first to attack the Qin State, I don't know what your Qing family thinks?" ”

To be honest, Zhao Dan really didn't want to fight in his heart, after all, the Hetao region had just been taken, and what Zhao needed was time to consolidate his rule and develop agriculture, so as to achieve the goal of making the country strong.

But in the current situation, it is obvious that this battle will not be fought, after all, several other countries are not stupid, who will watch Zhao become stronger, and then send troops to crusade against themselves?

Lian Po thought about it and said first: "In fact, the king took the lead in attacking the Qin State, which is indeed a feasible strategy. ”

Pang Xuan on the other side looked a little worried, and said, "If you attack the Qin State, will you be afraid of the rest of the countries?" ”

As soon as Zhao Dan heard this, he turned his eyes to Zheng Zhu, a big bank on the side, and asked, "In the doctor's opinion, what should the widow do?" ”

As a major bank in charge of foreign affairs, Zheng Zhu is now also one of the seven important ministers of Zhao State, and he also has a diplomatic staff under him, specializing in studying this matter of international relations, so it is normal for Zhao Dan to ask Zheng Zhu's opinion at this time.

Zheng Zhu thought for a while and said to Zhao Dan: "King, judging from the current situation, even if the king doesn't take the initiative to attack, then after the Qin State is completed, he will send troops to attack Zhao." Therefore, it is better for the king to strike first, so that at the same time as the Qin attack, the king can also send envoys to various countries, or coerce or induce, so that it is easier to succeed. ”

Zhao Dan pondered for a long time and said, "This sounds pretty good...... If this is the case, then in which direction do you think you should crusade against the Qin State? ”