If you ask Zhiyao what he thinks of marching to Qidi? He will answer: It consumes a lot of food!

It’s really a waste of food!

Lao Zhijia came prepared for this wave and brought in nearly 200,000 dan of various types of food in order to win people's hearts.

This is just a face-saving project, that is, each person is given ten kilograms or even less of rations on a per capita basis. No more will be lost.

How long can I eat ten pounds of grain? No matter how much I save, I can only eat it for a month, and it is impossible to last longer.

So, to put it bluntly, whether those people in Qidi will starve to death or not depends on themselves. They collect all the resources that can be used as food in the wilderness and work hard to survive until after the summer harvest.

"How can I feed 800,000 mouths even if my family has millions of shi of grain?" Zhiyao knew that Lao Zhi's family did not have a million shi of grain now. After taking out 200,000 shi of grain, the remaining 300,000 shi was useless.

Can't move easily.

To be honest, every bean and grain of millet is saved by the Lao Zhi family's hard work. The amount of food that can be saved to 500,000 dan is quite remarkable. It is an exaggeration for other families to save more than 50,000 dan.

This is because we don’t pay attention to large-scale hoarding of materials now. In fact, it is because of insufficient productivity that we cannot hoard materials at all.

The fact is that there are battles every year, and the productivity is only that, how can the excess food be stored?

The Zhi family could only start to store grain after developing the east of "Handan", including the large quantities of agricultural tools produced by "Ye" every year and distributing them to various fiefdoms. Otherwise, every year in the past would have been tight.

The 800,000 that Zhiyao mentioned was the statistics of the reported information, which means that without counting the land area, the population of Lao Zhijia should increase by about 800,000 this time.

Should it be less than 800,000? The reason is that attrition occurs in those places all the time, and on the contrary the birth rate is so low that it can be ignored.

In the context of war times, the birth rate will indeed decrease.

At the same time, people's lives are too hard. Even if they are pregnant and born, most babies will actually die due to insufficient breast milk or lack of other supplementary foods.

Zhiyao has never used administrative orders to force the birth rate to increase, just because the living conditions cannot keep up, and having more children would be a waste of human life.

So, things like the fertility rate really don’t depend on encouragement. It depends on people’s quality of life. Who doesn’t want to have more children and grandchildren if they live an easy life? I am overwhelmed by life.

Now, do you want your children to come into the world and suffer with you?

Zhiyao was troubled by having to take in 800,000 people at once.

He should indeed feel a headache. At first, Qi people were willing to accept help because of their suffering, waiting for their small life to become easier again. It is inevitable that some people will miss the old times.

It is equivalent to saying that one day when various regions overcome the difficulties, the old wisdom family will face a new round of tests.

Of course, when it's the turn of those who miss the old times to jump all over the place, people's hearts will definitely be affected to varying degrees. Let's see how much of a storm it can stir up.

"If there is no sign of surrender, the best thing to do is to find an opportunity to cut him off." Zhiyao did not say the sentence "I would rather kill the wrong person than let him go." The meaning was this.

There is no change of power without bloodshed!

Cutting out as many factors of instability as possible is protecting more people. This sentence may sound quite fucked up, but it is the truth when the situation is irreversible.

Sima Ranju fully understood what Zhiyao meant and agreed with it.

Give the warmth of spring breeze to those who can win.

The enemy should be treated with ice-like coldness.

People can be great, and their thoughts and principles must have a stand. To be kind to the enemy is to be cruel to yourself and more innocent people. If you don't understand this truth, you should just close your door and live your own life, and don't come out to try to harm other people.

"There is no change in the country of Wu, and there is no change in other countries." Sima Ranju truly felt that even God was helping the Zhi family.

The demise of any country is due to internal worries being greater than external ones. Qi State first sought its own death time and time again, and then was threatened by external threats, which led it to where it is today.

Sima Ranju felt that God was helping the Zhi family because a large-scale uprising suddenly broke out in the State of Lu. The unrest spread to other countries, and even the State of Wu, which had launched major projects, was affected.

If Zhiyao could hear Sima Ranju's inner voice, she would be more scornful.

There will be pie-in-the-sky things happening in the world, but Lao Zhijia is not relying on God to give him face this time.

Many princely states were affected by the slave uprising. The reason why the old wise family seems to be stable is because they have their own policies towards slaves. What does it have to do with God?

If all the countries could treat their slaves a little better, wouldn't it make the slave class feel complete despair and be ignited by a spark?

As for the annexation of Qi State, it went smoothly. Isn't it the goal that Lao Zhijia has been working hard to achieve step by step?

It is clear that Lao Zhijia has done more than others and is well prepared. When it is his turn to complete the set goal, it is considered a favor from God. Doesn’t it deny the efforts of those who strive for it?

The timing, location, and people should be used to define Zhiyao's correct timing to understand his ability in layout.

Zhiyao actually knows where his advantage lies. It's not about any inventions or inventions, or how powerful he is in commanding the army. It's just his advantage in looking at the overall situation.

The state of Qi will not perish. One person will be selected from among their clans to be the king, who will just become the king of a city.

"Let Gongsun Xia take the throne." Zhiyao casually named a candidate.

Sima Ranju asked: "Where to place it?"

Anyway, it can’t be in “Linzi”, and it can’t be in a too prosperous area.

Zhiyao said: "We can relocate the city of Wudi."

This city was located in the north of "Linzi" and was destroyed after the river was diverted. Later, the Zhi family tried to repair it and completed part of it.

Sima Ranju still had no objection.

The Qi State is different from the Wei State. First of all, the Qi State has a better historical background. Returning "Linzi" will pose a relatively large threat to the Zhi family. The threat is not good for the Zhi family. In fact, it is also not good for the surviving Qi State.

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The reason is not complicated. The remaining Qi State can continue to worship its ancestors if it does not cause trouble. When trouble occurs, it will force the old wise men to make things happen.

That Gongsun Xia and Gongzi Nian are of the same nature, their blood relationship is too far away from the direct lineage, and they have little appeal.

It is also a routine operation for Zhiyao to do this.

At the beginning of the enfeoffment of the Zhou royal family, there were more than 3,000 vassal states. Later, the number gradually decreased. For the vassal states that were destroyed in the civil war, the victorious country usually selected an insignificant bloodline of the defeated country to be used as a sacrifice.

After handling the matters that should be handled in "Linzi", Zhiyao left.

This time in the occupation of various places, force is only an auxiliary, and dealing with various people's livelihood is the top priority.

Zhiyao gathered a large number of former Qi nobles at "Ma Jing" who were willing to serve Lao Zhi's family, and began his inspection tours in various places.

There are still a majority of people who are willing to join Laozhijia, but they are latecomers, and it is difficult for them to have any chance of reaching the top in one fell swoop.

For example, the Cui family, although they were the first group to be unlucky, they saw the situation clearly in time, jumped on the spot and immediately became prosperous.

Of course there are opinions on the Cui family within the Qi State, but it is not necessarily how strong the dislike is.

After all, Jin and Qi are both vassal states under the Zhou royal family. If we really want to talk about it, they are also Zhou people first. What Jin people or Qi people are is a geographical distinction.

To use a less appropriate metaphor, Zhou was the country, while Jin or Qi were at most an administrative region.

Precisely because we are all Zhou people first, it is more reasonable to merge with each other.

As for those who go upstairs, Lin and Hu? Just look at the historical records and you will know what is going on. Not only will they kill all their senior officials, but the best outcome for the rest of them is to become slaves. There is almost no third clause.

You can choose your path.

Therefore, xenophobia has existed since ancient times.

"That's the eldest son of the Zhi family, my future allegiance?" Zhang Tu's mentality changed quite quickly.

Today's national concept is not as good as the family concept. Loyalty to an individual is the mainstream, not loyalty to the country.

There is no such thing as advanced or backward thinking. Even after a long time, there are many examples of people who are loyal to individuals and ignore the country.

The reason for Zhang Tu's rapid change of mentality is very practical. His family's foundation has been fully guaranteed, that is, it will not become someone else's.

Nobles want a lot, and they know when to be satisfied. If they start shaking again, they will inevitably return to their insatiable face.

It is the nature of all living things to seek more benefits, from intelligent people to grass rooted in the soil, there will be no exceptions.

Zhiyao met with a few people in particular, including Zhang Tu.

They are all the old nobles of Qi who have shown the most active service to the Zhi family, and judging from some tests, they seem to have no lower limit.

Of course, Zhiyao prefers loyal people. This is the case for any master. In the process of conquest, it is inevitable to identify those who understand current affairs and then use them as much as possible. The master must know how to control his personal likes and dislikes.

, no obvious differences should be treated because of contempt or dislike.

"I believe that cutting off areas is the first priority." Zhang Tu began to express his views.

In the past, the annexation of countries by countries usually left behind the old nobles. Which family in which place was the local prominent family? Not only would the occupying army not make things difficult, they would even give preferential treatment. In addition to the rule of "princes, generals and ministers have their own kind"

, in order to rely on this prominent family to control that place.

Zhang Tu expressed his views and then concluded: "If the powerful are not eliminated, how can there be peace?"

Just put it another way.

The system of Qi State has actually been almost destroyed by a series of turbulences. After the original order was destroyed, those who were originally famous were left with only a reputation.

Since those people no longer have the strength, why not take the opportunity to deal with them and instead support them again?

If you do that, don't expect many powerful people to be grateful. They will only take it as a matter of course to be able to dominate again, and there is no need to expect any gratitude towards Zhishi.

It must be said that Zhiyao was shocked when she heard this.

Of course, the Lao Zhi family has been cutting off the original dignitaries in this place, but these old nobles of Qi who have been gathered together, they should not know about it, right?

Without knowing it, Zhang Tu actually came up with that kind of suggestion. He was obviously thinking seriously about something, and he was determined to gain a position in Zhiyao, so he made that kind of suggestion that was completely inconsistent with the original rules.

"Mr. Zhang, your name is Tu?" Zhiyao glanced at the reception list before she knew what the name of the person in front of her was.
To be continued...