I am a nobleman in Spring and Autumn

Chapter 137 Wang Ba Foundation
The Zhao family destroyed or annexed the Fox family. Not only did they lose their biggest competitor in the country, but they could also strengthen the part they were good at.

The reason why it is difficult for the Zhao family and the Fox family to coexist is that the biggest reason lies in the argument that "peers are mortal enemies". Zhao Dun once wanted to kill the Hu family because the two families' development strategies are too similar.

Zhao Yang objected to Fox's re-entry into the "central government" because he didn't want Zhao's multiple opponents to have to accept Fox's return later on. He must have been thinking about how to completely eliminate Fox's at the first moment.

"My family also has a shepherd, but compared to Zhao's professional, our own shepherd is at an amateur level..." Zhiyao had already bid farewell to those who should say goodbye, and she was on her way to 'Handan'.

The fiefdom arranged by the monarch for the Fox family belongs to the ancestral land of the Fox family a long time ago. According to the geographical division, it is in the northwest area of ​​Jin State, but it is further north.

It doesn't matter what the ancient name of that piece of land used to be. It was called "Kai" earlier, and it was occupied by Quan Rong for a while, and then it was taken back by the state of Jin.

According to the current custom, the Hu family who obtained the "Kai" land should be changed to the "Ki" family, but they directly changed the name of the "Ki" land to the "Fox" land, keeping the original prefix name.

In terms of the size of the fief only, the fiefdoms acquired by the Fox family accounted for about 25/[-] of the entire Jin Kingdom. The problem was that there were mostly mountains, and there were few ready-made cities, and there were still some Rong tribes inhabiting the mountains.

After Huhua of the Fox family entered a state of semi-nomadic and semi-agricultural, after receiving the fiefdom, one will find that there are too many mountainous areas that squeeze the space available for development, and the conflict between grazing and farming will be great.

To put it bluntly, the suitable land is limited. The Fox family must either maintain enough pastures to maintain the scale of grazing, or reduce the scale of grazing and reclaim farmland to ensure agricultural production.

Of course, there is another option, that is, the Fox family disregards the views of Bai Zhai, Lin Hu or Lou Fan, and engages in the behavior of cross-line grazing.

If they are strong enough, they don't need to be sneaky, they can apply to Jin Junwu to start a family war, and use their own strength to snatch the pasture from Bai Di, Lin Hu or Lou Fan.

Knowing where the Hu family's fief is, Zhiyao is even more sure that the conflict between the Hu family and the Zhao family is absolutely impossible to avoid.

The Zhao family has been running the northern border of the Jin Kingdom for many years, and they already had ideas about the "Kai" land, but they were acquired by the Fox family before they took action, not to mention that the Zhao family and the Fox family are considered "peers".

If the Zhao family and the Hu family belonged to the Jin state differently, it would be fine if the families developed in the same direction.

After all, no matter how overbearing the Zhao family is, can they control the development of a certain family in another country?
This is the same as opening a store of the same kind, as long as they are not on the same street, or even if the doors of the two stores are connected, the competition relationship still exists, but they cannot see each other, so there is no need to feel uncomfortable because customers come from home to see and go to the next door to buy, The senses are the same, but the competition between families will be more brutal.

"The mutual monopoly has been formed, and it must be to maintain uniqueness. Otherwise, how did the noble families in Jin expand step by step?" A family that poses a threat.

This time, the Zhi family was able to easily annex the Zhongxing family. To put it bluntly, it was related to "uniqueness".

The situation is that once anyone swallows a part of the Zhonghang family, they will definitely get advanced textile technology. The Zhi family is not so weak, on the contrary, the Zhi family is very powerful. They obtained the technology from Zhongxing, and they dare not use it openly to compete with Zhishi in the textile industry. The proper way is to seal it up first, and then take it out when it can be used.

If the Fox family returned to Jin when the Zhao family was once destroyed, it would be the best opportunity for the Fox family at that time. Even if Zhao Wu had the protection of Han Jue first and Jin Daogong later, in terms of strength, the Fox family could still do it if it wanted to target the Zhao family. arrive.

The return of the Fox family this time may be because it is easy to survive in the gap between the two great alien forces, or they may think it is a good opportunity. In short, they have returned to the country.

Perhaps, the last thing Fox had expected was that Zhi Yao, who thought they could unite, was also eyeing them?
"This year, the Han family and the Hu family are going south, and the Zhao family and the Wei family are still attacking the Fan family. Only my family can take a breather." Zhiyao will definitely gather his clansmen and retainers when he comes to 'Handan'.

The current "Handan" is still the one of Handan Zhao, and there are even some surviving clansmen of Handan Zhao in the city. The subjects and slaves who originally belonged to Handan Zhao were relocated by the Zhao family.

What disgusted the Zhi family the most was that the Zhao family not only left behind some clansmen from Handan Zhao, but even Zhao Ji was transferred to the Zhi family.

What can I do if I get Zhao Ji's Zhishi?It is definitely not acceptable to make Zhao Ji a slave, and it is not appropriate to accept him as a retainer. We can only give Zhao Ji a place according to the old customs.

In the future, Handan Zhao will be one of the vassal nobles of the Zhi clan, and will use other clans before taking back "Handan".

Zhiyao summoned his clansmen and retainers to announce a matter, saying: "The east of 'Handan' is a plain, where a city can be built, and it will be fertile after long-term erosion..."

The east of the current "Handan" is considered to be a plain that has been scoured for a long time. The reason why it will be scoured is that the altitude of that area is lower than that in the north and west.

Zhiyao has been to the field to conduct observations. As long as dams are built in a few places, erosion can be prevented, and the establishment of dams can also accumulate lake water.

From a military point of view, the fortification in that place is very easy to be attacked by water, but as an important town, once it is attacked by water, it must be the situation that will be faced after other areas fall. If it is really a major town and encounters military threats, it only shows that the Zhi family is already very strong. Crap.

As the industrial system established by Zhiyao is getting bigger and bigger, it is impossible to always set up the base in the mountainous area, otherwise the transportation of raw materials is a problem that must be faced.

Therefore, Zhiyao wants to build the newly built city into an important town integrating industry and agriculture, that is, the city is the center point, and industrial production bases are distributed around it, while ensuring the development of agriculture.

What Zhiyao didn't know was that his plan was similar to that of Zhao State in the original history. What Zhao State lacked was a large-scale industrial concentration area, and mainly developed agriculture in the east and south of "Handan".

"It is necessary to dig a canal to connect the big river, and then divert the water from Juluze to the south..." Zhiyao took out the agricultural development plan and distributed it.

Dou Ji, who had just been absorbed into the system by Zhishi, saw the plan and his eyes lit up.

This Dou Ji is a person who is very good at water conservancy in the state of Jin, but his age is really a bit old.

In addition, the Dou family is a middle-level family. They originally attached to the Fan family, but were later targeted by the Zhao family.

In fact, if the Zhi family hadn't protected the Dou family, Zhao Yang would have liquidated the small and medium-sized families attached to the Fan family after the Fan family had been completely wiped out. Dou Ji died at the hands of Zhao Yang, which led Confucius to learn about The news of Dou Ji's murder did not reach the state of Jin.

"It's a big deal. It's easy to divert the Yellow River to the west, but it's difficult to divert Juluze to the south." Dou Ji is a knowledgeable person, and he feels that the project of diverting water from Juluze is too huge and the route is too long.

Zhiyao said: "It's not a few years' work, but a century-old plan."

A hundred years is an imaginary number, but it doesn't take that long.

Dou Ji nodded after hearing this, and thought to himself: "First, the project of diverting water from the Yellow River will take about three years to complete with a labor of [-]; diverting water from Juluze to the south will take at least seven years, and even [-] labor." It will take longer, but once it succeeds, it will create a vast grain-producing area!"

The Zhi family will definitely be able to allocate [-] laborers to spend three years dedicated to building agricultural and water conservancy projects, no matter how large the investment is, it will not lose money.

Once the project of diverting water from Juluze is completed, the entire artificial river...or agricultural water canal is more than 220 miles long, and if some branched canals are counted, Zhishi will be able to gain at least 50 hectares of farmland along the way.

That is 50 hectares of farmland, not to mention the Spring and Autumn period, even in the environment of the Warring States period, it is not an exaggeration to count it as a king's foundation.

"Five years old, build dams, build cities, open canals, even if the sky collapses!" Zhiyao showed the greatest determination.

Everyone responded in unison: "No!"

What they don't know is that after the civil strife in Qi State is over, the Tian family will come up with a renovation plan for the surrounding areas of "Linzi", and what they will do is to build a large number of canals to improve agricultural water conservancy projects.

Therefore, Zhishi took a step ahead of Qi State, and at the same time built Zheng Guoqu 240 years earlier than Qin State.

If Zhiyao's plan is successful, a large plain later named "Julu" will become a fertile field, and how long it can be well utilized depends on the maintenance of the geographical environment.

After the meeting, Expo Road specially asked Zhiyao for a follow-up report, such as the labor deployment of Laozhi's family.

In fact, Zhishen doesn't know what a century-old career or Wang Ba's foundation is. He simply thinks that the plan proposed by Zhiyao will consume a lot of money for the old Zhi family in the short term, but it will be a great thing in the long run.

A group of clansmen and retainers who understand internal affairs were shocked by Zhiyao's courage and showed 100% enthusiasm and firm support.

"Only counting craftsmen, the number exceeds [-]." Expo Road also talked about various matters of migration.

There are [-] craftsmen in Lao Zhi's family?In fact, there were not so many at the beginning, and it increased rapidly when Zhiyao started to take action. Before, there were only less than [-] craftsmen.

It took Zhiyao ten years to add [-] craftsmen, but the technological progress has been enormous, which cannot be separated from the application of new tools.

"If the son's plan is successful, at the age of five, my family's foundation can be unshakable!" Bo Randao expressed admiration, and his heart was full of admiration for Zhiyao.

Zhiyao looked relatively calm, and it was very clear that the ability to start the big project itself relied on Zhishi's strength foundation.

The completion of the first five-year plan is just to consolidate the foundation of Zhishi, so as to obtain a greater proportion of strength for the future division or generation of Jin.

The second five-year plan is the most critical, but I don't know if other families or the international situation can give that time.

"In short, first complete the first five-year plan, wait for Zhao, Wei and Han to react, and then see the situation..." Zhiyao thought.

(End of this chapter)