When the Zhao family destroyed or annexed the Hu family, they not only lost their biggest competitor in the country, but they could also replenish the part they were good at.
The biggest reason why it is said that the Zhao family and the Hu family are difficult to coexist is the argument that "people who work together are mortal enemies". Zhao Dun once wanted to kill the Hu family because the two families were too similar in their family development strategies.
Zhao Yang opposed the Hu family's return to the "Central" because he did not want the Zhao family to have many opponents. Later, he would have to accept the return of the Hu family. He must have thought about how to completely eliminate the Hu family at the first time.
"My family also has a herdsman, but compared to Zhao's profession, my family's herdsmen are amateurs..." Zhiyao has already said goodbye to the person who should say goodbye, and is on the way to 'Handan'.
The fiefdom arranged by the monarch for the Hu family belonged to the ancestral land of the Hu family a long time ago. According to the geographical division, it was in the northwest area of Jin State, but it was further north.
It doesn't matter what the ancient name of that piece of land was. It was called "Kui" earlier, and was occupied by the Quan Rong for a while, and was later taken back by the Jin Kingdom.
According to current customs, the Hu family who obtained the land of "Kai" should be changed to the Kai family, but they directly renamed the land of "Kai" to "Hu", keeping the original prefix name.
Looking at the area of the fiefdom alone, the fiefdom obtained by the Hu family accounts for about one-twenty-fifth of the entire Jin State. The problem is that there are mostly mountainous areas, and there are few ready-made cities. There are also some Rong tribes inhabiting the mountains and forests.
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After the Hu family became barbaric, they entered a semi-nomadic and semi-farming state. After receiving the fiefdom, they discovered that there were too many mountainous areas that squeezed the space available for development, and the conflict between grazing and farming would be great.
To put it bluntly, the suitable land is limited. The Fox family must either maintain enough pasture to maintain the scale of grazing, or reduce the scale of grazing and open up farmland to ensure agricultural production.
Of course there is another option, that is, the Hu family ignores the opinions of Bai Zhai, Lin Hu or Lou Fan and engages in 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 seize pastures from Bai Zhai, Lin Hu or Lou Fan.
Zhiyao learned where the Hu family's fiefdom was and became even more certain that the conflict between the Hu family and the Zhao family was absolutely impossible to avoid.
The Zhao family has been running the northern frontier of the Jin Kingdom for many years. She originally had an idea for the "Kai" land, but the Hu family got it before she could take action. Not to mention that the Zhao family and the Hu family were considered "companions".
If the Zhao family and the Hu family belong to different Jin countries, it doesn't matter if the family development direction is the same.
After all, no matter how domineering the Zhao family is, can they still control how a certain family in other countries develops?
This is like opening a store of the same type. As long as they are not on the same street, or even the two stores are connected, the competitive relationship still exists, but they can't see each other. There is no need to feel unhappy because the customer came from home and went to the store next door to buy.
The senses are the same, but the competition between families will be more brutal.
"They have formed a monopoly. They must want to maintain their uniqueness. Otherwise, how could the elite families in the Jin Kingdom expand step by step?" What Zhiyao knows is that the Zhi family has killed many textile experts.
A threatening family.
This time the Zhi family can easily annex the Zhongxing family. To put it bluntly, it has something to do with "uniqueness".
The situation is that once someone swallows up part of the Zhongxing family, they will definitely get advanced textile technology. The Zhi family is not that weak. On the contrary, the Zhi family is very powerful. The other families are very afraid of the Zhi family and are very happy to give it to the Zhi family, even if it means losing face.
The technology was obtained from the Zhongxing family, and they did not dare to use it openly to compete with the Zhi family in the textile industry. The appropriate approach was to seal it up first and then take it out when it could be used someday.
If the Hu family had returned to Jin when the Zhao family was once destroyed, it would have been the best opportunity for the Hu family at that time. Even if Zhao Wu had the protection of Han Jue first and then Jin Daogong, in terms of strength, the Hu family would still be able to target the Zhao family.
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This time the Fox family returned, maybe because it was easy to survive between the two major alien forces, or maybe they thought it was a good opportunity. In short, they returned to their country.
Perhaps what Hu didn't expect the most was that Zhi, who thought they could unite, had Zhi Yao 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 belonging to Handan Zhao. There are even some remaining tribesmen of Handan Zhao in the city. The subjects and slaves who originally belonged to Handan Zhao were moved away by the Zhao family.
What disgusted the Zhi family the most was that the Zhao family not only kept some of the Zhao clan members in Handan, but also Zhao Ji was transferred to the Zhi family.
What can we do if we get Zhao Ji's Zhi family? It is definitely not possible to make Zhao Ji a slave, nor is it appropriate to accept him as a retainer. We can only give Zhao Ji a place according to the old customs.
From now on, Handan Zhao will be one of the vassal nobles of the Zhi family. Before taking back "Handan", he will use other clans.
Zhiyao summoned his clansmen and retainers to announce something, and said: "The east of 'Handan' is all plains. This land can be built as a city, and long-term erosion will make it fertile..."
The east of the current "Handan" can be regarded as a plain that has been washed out for a long time. The reason why it was washed away is that the altitude of that area is lower than that of the north and west.
Zhiyao has conducted field observations and found that as long as dams are built in several places, erosion can be prevented, and the establishment of dams can also store lake water.
The city built in that place is very vulnerable to water attack from a military point of view. However, once a major town is attacked by water, it will definitely be a situation that will only be faced after other areas are lost. If a major town encounters a military threat, it only means that the Mingzhi family is already very strong.
Too bad.
As the industrial system established by Zhiyao becomes larger and larger, it is impossible to always locate the base in mountainous areas, otherwise the transportation of raw materials alone will be 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, with the city as the center point and industrial production bases 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 original history. What Zhao State lacked was a large-scale industrial concentration area, and it mainly developed agriculture to the east and south of "Handan".
"It is necessary to dig more canals to connect to the river, and then divert water from Juluze to the south..." Zhiyao took out the agricultural development plan and distributed it.
Dou Yi, who had just been absorbed into the system by Zhishi, his eyes lit up when he saw the plan.
This Dou Ji was a person in Jin who was very good at water conservancy, but he was really a bit old.
In addition, the Dou family is a middle-class family. They originally relied on the Fan family, but were later targeted by the Zhao family.
In fact, if the Zhi family had not protected the Dou family, Zhao Yang would have liquidated the small and medium-sized families that relied on the Fan family after completely wiping out the Fan family. Dou Ji died at the hands of Zhao Yang, which led Confucius to learn about it when he traveled around the country.
The news of Dou Ji's murder did not reach the Jin Kingdom.
"This is a big deal. It is easy to divert the Yellow River to the west, but it is difficult to divert the Julu Ze to the south." Dou Ji is a knowledgeable person and feels that the project of diverting water from Julu Ze is too huge and the route is too long.
Zhiyao said: "It does not take a few years, but a hundred years of planning."
One hundred years is an imaginary number, it doesn't actually take that long.
Dou Yi nodded after hearing this and thought: "First, the project of diversion of water from the Yellow River will cost one hundred thousand laborers and it will take about three years to complete; diversion of water from Juluze to the south will take at least seven years, even if it requires one hundred thousand laborers.
It will take longer, but once successful, it will create a vast grain-producing area!"
Zhishi can definitely allocate 100,000 laborers and spend three years specifically to build agricultural water conservancy. No matter how large the investment is, he will not lose money.
Once the water diversion project from Juluze is completed, the entire artificial river...or agricultural canal will be more than 220 miles long. Counting some branch canals, Zhishi will be able to have at least 50 more canals along the way.
Thousands of hectares of farmland.
That is half a million 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 call it the foundation of a king.
"At the age of five, we can build dams, build cities, and dig canals, even if the sky collapses!" Zhiyao showed her greatest determination.
Everyone responded in unison: "No!"
What they don't know yet is that after the current wave of civil strife in Qi is over, the Tian family will come up with a plan to improve the surrounding areas of "Linzi" and will also build a large number of canals and improve agricultural water conservancy projects.
Therefore, the Zhi family took a step ahead of the Qi State, and at the same time, they built the Zheng Guo Canal 245 years earlier than the Qin State.
If Zhiyao's plan succeeds, a large plain later named "Julu" will become a fertile wilderness. How long it can be effectively utilized depends on the maintenance of the geographical environment.
After the meeting, Expo Road specially approached Zhiyao for subsequent reports, such as the labor deployment of Lao Zhijia.
Zhishen actually doesn't understand what a century-old undertaking or a king'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 good thing in the long run.
A group of tribesmen and retainers who knew about internal affairs were shocked by Zhiyao's courage and gave 100% enthusiastic and resolute support.
"In terms of craftsmen alone, the number exceeds 40,000." Expo Road also talked about various matters related to migration.
The Lao Zhi family actually has 40,000 craftsmen? In fact, there were not that many at the beginning. The number increased rapidly after Zhiyao started to take action. Before, there were only less than 10,000 craftsmen.
It took Zhiyao ten years to only add 30,000 craftsmen, but the technological progress was huge, and it was inseparable from the application of new tools.
"If the prince's plan comes true, my family's foundation will be unshakable at the age of five!" Bo Dao said with admiration on his face, and his heart was filled with a sense of admiration for Zhiyao.
Zhiyao seemed relatively calm, knowing that the ability to launch a large project relied on Zhi's strength.
The completion of the first five-year plan will only further consolidate the foundation of the Zhi family and gain a greater share of strength for future promotions or promotions.
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, let's prepare the first five-year plan first, wait for the Zhao family, Wei family and Han family to react, and then see the situation..." Zhiyao thought to herself.