Muskets are indeed crucial to Zhao Kuo. With this thing, Zhao Kuo can also be more confident when he takes power to seize power in the future. You should know that muskets are definitely a super weapon in the dense terrain of the city.

That's why Zhao Kuo was so excited to mobilize all the resources to Fu Zhen, so that he could quickly get out the musket.

Even if you cannot be equipped with an army, as long as you can create hundreds of troops, you can sweep away other armed forces in Handan City in the future during the coup.

After leaving the academy, Su Li couldn't help but sigh: "I have heard of the story of the battle between Mozi and Lu Ban before, but now I don't expect that the descendants of the Mo family can actually create such a magic weapon.

If Mo Zi had any knowledge underground, he would have been very proud that his disciples had suppressed the descendants of Lu Ban."

Zhao Kuo couldn't help but smile when he heard this, but he didn't express any comments.

In fact, the most important reason why Zhao Kuo was able to make a musket was of course the idea that Zhao Kuo provided to Fu Zhen.

If you don’t have any idea, hot weapons and cold weapons actually belong to two completely different categories. Even cold weapons masters like Fu Zhen cannot make muskets.

But in short, for Zhao Kuo, good news has indeed occupied the majority of the past year.

South Korea was also destroyed, and Li Mu's acting skills seemed to have successfully concealed King Zhao, allowing Zhao Kuo's secret development to progress smoothly again.

In addition, the successful creation of this musket allows Zhao Kuo to obtain powerful force beyond this world once again.

Once Zhao Kuo can train all tens of thousands of Chiyou's troops into qualified musketeers in the future, then there are very few, and this world is definitely not a joke.

You should know that during the Opium War, the British and French coalition forces had only a few thousand regular troops, and they still defeated the Qing Dynasty's army of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.

This is the cross-age crush of hot weapons on cold weapons.

After returning to his mansion, Zhao Kuo returned to his peace. After all, success was already close.

Now, what Zhao Kuo has to do is to make the excessive power of Zhao as much as possible, and try to make people die less during the process of seizing power.

Time passed slowly, and in the following time, there was almost no major change in Zhao State. It may be that everyone had spent a lot of energy in the fierce battle in the first half of the year, so they were silently cultivating their power.

At this moment, another news came out, which attracted everyone's attention.

Queen Li got pregnant again and gave birth to a child for King Zhao, but the child was not a prince but a princess of Zhao.

King Zhao's favor for Queen Li was reflected at this time. Although the princess had no right to inherit, King Zhao immediately wrote the princess' name into the ancestral temple and even enfeoffed a fief for the princess.

You should know that King Zhao himself has several sons and has no fiefdom. This can be said to be a naked preference.

Due to this incident, the princes' grandfather's family also caused some trouble. They submitted memorials to ask King Zhao to enthrone all of these sons who had not yet obtained the fiefdom, but the King Zhao refused without hesitation.

It is obvious that in the entire Zhao harem, except for Queen Li, other women are actually just objects for King Zhao to vent.

No one pays much attention to these items used to vent, so they will not pay much attention to these by-products brought by venting.

After hearing these words, Zhao Kuo couldn't help but sigh.

This is the real reason why many princes and princesses born in imperial families in history are actually not happy.

If you were born in another family, even if your parents don’t pay attention to it, you can still find a way out through your own efforts.

However, if a person born in an imperial family does not receive the attention of his or her father, then the possibility of him or her finding another way out is 0.

But for Zhao Kuo, this feeling was only fleeting, because when winter came, Zhao Kuo would face another problem, which was also a problem that the entire Zhao State faced and needed to be solved.

On this day, Zhao Kuo walked into the palace of Zhao State in a carriage, looked up at the sky. At this moment, the sky was very gloomy and covered with dark clouds. Snowflakes slowly fell from the sky, decorating the earth into a piece of silver.

Zhao Kuo actually doesn't like winter because it's too cold, and even more so when it's winter, there will always be news from all over Zhao that the victims who were crushed by snow disasters will lose their lives.

Whenever he heard these news, Zhao Kuo's mood was not good, because in Zhao Kuo's opinion, these were his people.

It has to be admitted that over the years when Zhao Kuo was in the Xiangbang, the development that surpassed the various places was completely unexpected. The number of people who freeze and starve to death due to snow disasters has also decreased a lot every year.

But for Zhao Kuo, this is obviously not enough, because Zhao Kuo hopes that everyone can at least eat and wear warmth.

If you want to do this, the first thing you need to unify the country.

Only by establishing a unified dynasty can we maximize the power of the country and provide support to those who suffer from snow disasters.

Moreover, most of the fiscal expenditures in Zhao State are actually concentrated on the military, which is also something that cannot be done because of years of war.

If the entire China can be unified, even if it expands externally, it will not require so much military expenditure, and there will be more expenses to develop internal politics and people's livelihood.

This is the disadvantage of not having a system. Many times, Zhao Kuo can only focus his energy on one aspect, and other aspects can only come step by step.

However, it can be said that the road is tortuous now, but the future is already very bright. Zhao Kuo, who has only three countries left, can completely complete the great cause of unifying the world.

With this feeling, Zhao Kuo also walked into the hall and sat down slowly.

Soon, everyone else arrived, and then King Zhao appeared.

After the ceremony of the two sides, the general routine of the two sides, King Zhao said, "The reason why we gathered everyone today is mainly to discuss which country we should attack next.

If you have any opinions, just speak freely.”

After King Zhao finished speaking, everyone present had a very calm expression. Obviously, everyone had already thought of this.

Many people looked at Zhao Kuo and Li Mu.

If it were before, since Lian Po had been removed from office now, Zhao Kuo, in the entire Zhao State Hall, could express his opinions on military affairs.

After Zhao Kuo finished speaking, everyone could only agree with Zhao Kuo's opinion, as if the destruction of South Korea was like this.

But now the situation is different, because Zhao Kuo has now appeared a new opponent, that is Li Mu.

Considering that although Li Mu is only a subordinate of Zhao Kuo, he has also been a general who has won every battle for a long time, in theory, Li Mu is indeed able to have a blank conversation with Zhao Kuo here.

Zhao Kuo's expression was very calm, and he spoke to the King Zhao in front of him, "Report to the king, the old minister thinks that the State of Qi should be destroyed first.

Today, Qi is really too close to our Handan. If Qi is not destroyed, the security of our East of Handan will not be guaranteed.

Only after the destruction of Qi can we go south or west with peace of mind to remove the threats from the two countries, Qin and Chu."

For Zhao Kuo, the logic of his current dispatch of troops is actually very simple, that is, he will fight whoever approaches Handan.

On the one hand, this method of war can ensure that Zhao can mobilize enough elite forces to attack. After all, everyone knows that it is most convenient to mobilize military forces in the capital.

From another perspective, this can in turn ensure the safety of Handan.

Because Handan does not have the four barriers like Guanzhong of Qin, Handan is located in the northern part of the Central Plains north of the Yellow River. Whether it is Qi or Chu, it is very easy to cross the Yellow River and reach the city of Handan.

As for the current national strength of Zhao, as the world's largest country, Zhao does not need to take such risks.

After all, once someone beats him to the city of Handan and takes over the old nest, the State of Zhao will likely be divided into pieces and taken advantage of by others.

The State of Zhao is now very powerful. If you only need to steadily advance the past, you can steadily destroy other countries without any risk.

After hearing Zhao Kuo's analysis, the hall suddenly fell into silence.

King Zhao also nodded repeatedly, thinking that what Zhao Kuo said was indeed very reasonable.

This also made King Zhao a little curious. How would Li Mu refute Zhao Kuo?

Not only King Zhao, but also the Zhou brothers also looked at Li Mu with curious eyes, obviously looking forward to it.

As for Zhao Kuo's side, his eyes were also staring at Li Mu, but the three people on Zhao Kuo's side all had a calm expression, and it seemed as if they were waiting for Li Mu's move.

Li Mu also stood up, took a deep breath, and spoke slowly.

"I believe that what Wu Xinjun said is indeed very reasonable. We should attack and destroy Qi first."

When he heard this, most of the people in the hall were stunned.

Obviously, under such circumstances, they did not expect that Li Mu would actually express support for Zhao Kuo's opinions.

But the next moment, Li Mu's words made everyone suddenly enlightened again.

Li Mu continued to speak, "I hope to become the commander of the army of Qi this time, so that the king can destroy Qi. I wonder what the king thinks?"

After Li Mu said this, the Zhou brothers' frowns, which had originally frowned, suddenly let go.

Zhou Shaofen's mouth twitched slightly, and even showed a smile. At this moment, Zhou Shaofen had the urge to applaud Li Mu.

Li Mu's intention was actually very simple, that is, he also knew that no one could compete with Zhao Kuo in terms of military talk on paper, so Li Mu did not compete with Zhao Kuo directly, so he competed with Zhao Kuo for the command of the commander of the chief general.

As long as Li Mu can become the chief general of the destruction of Qi this time, even if Zhao Kuo did propose a strategy, the real contribution was still obtained by Li Mu.

In this way, Li Mu can play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, not only does not fight head-on with Zhao Kuo, but also makes Zhao Kuo nothing. At the same time, Li Mu himself can also gain enough credit.

Gao, it’s really high! At this moment, Zhou Shaofen even wanted to applaud Li Mu.

King Zhao also came to his senses at this time, smiled and nodded slightly.

At the beginning, King Zhao was actually a little worried about whether Li Mu would say he could not beat Zhao Kuo, but now it seems that Li Mu's performance can be said to be very perfect, even beyond King Zhao's expectations.

This is the minister that King Zhao really hopes to get! King Zhao looked at Zhao Kuo because he knew that Zhao Kuo would not give up on this.

Sure enough, Zhao Kuo immediately spoke, "The General's words are wrong. Since it is the strategy I proposed, then the whole strategy is naturally the most familiar to me, so I think it is the most reliable to let me take charge myself."

Zhao Kuo must make the King of Zhao and the Zhou brothers feel that he and Li Mu are still in a fighting relationship between the same political enemy, so of course he has to compete with Li Mu for the position of the chief general.

In fact, Zhao Kuo was already very clear at this time that he would definitely not be able to compete with Li Mu for the position of the chief general, but what Zhao Kuo wanted happened to be the result.

Now Li Mu belongs to Zhao Kuo's secret chess. The more contributions Li Mu makes, the happier Zhao Kuo will be.

After a few quarrels between the two, King Zhao finally coughed and spoke slowly.

"I think this strategy is indeed proposed by Wu Xinjun, but Wu Xinjun is also a senior who has made many contributions, so I should give others some chance.

I have decided to use General Li Mu as the commander of the destruction of Qi and lead the army to attack Qi next spring!"

As soon as King Zhao said this, Li Mu immediately smiled on his face and stood up to thank King Zhao for his kindness.

On the other side, although the Zhou brothers said that this time there was nothing they did, they still showed a very happy expression on their faces.

For them, being able to see Zhao Kuo eat turtles is the greatest happiness.

Zhao Kuo, who was the focus of everyone's attention, seemed very unhappy on the surface, but in fact, Zhao Kuo was also secretly proud in his heart.

This time, everyone was very happy.
Chapter completed!