Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

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Zhao Yi raised her little hands and cheered: "That's great, there is no one in the palace to play with Yi'er!"

Queen Han Wan at the side watched all this, stroking her belly that had begun to swell slightly, her eyes were full of kindness.

In fact, not only Zhao Dan and the queen were brought out this time, but all Zhao Dan's children were brought out. The entire convoy consisted of more than a dozen carriages, guarded by a thousand tiger and cardinal troops, like a long dragon marching on the road. The progress is quite spectacular.

Half an hour later, Zhao Dan's guard of honor arrived at the northern plain of Handan City, but he did not enter the northern army camp, but drove into another camp about two or three miles away from the northern army camp.

The scale of this camp is much smaller than the camp of the Northern Army, which stretches for several miles and is almost a small city. There is a plaque hanging on the gate of the camp, which clearly reads in Zhao Guo characters Three big characters.

"Eagle Battalion."

These three words were written by Zhao Dan himself.

At the gate of the Young Eagle Camp, Xiangbang Zhao Sheng, Si Kou Zhao Bao, General Lian Po, Nei Shi Yu Xin, Lieutenant Li Bo, Deputy General Ju Xin of the Northern Army and many other ministers and generals of Zhao State had been waiting for a long time. After seeing Zhao Dan driving, they saluted in unison.

"I have seen the king, I have seen the queen!"

Zhao Dan nodded slightly, and got off the carriage, his eyes passed through the ministers and generals of Zhao Guo in front, and fell behind them.

It was a square formed by thousands of boys and girls.

The Young Eagle Camp, a new institution established by Zhao Dan after the Changping War, is specially used to accommodate the orphans who were left unsupported after Zhao Guoren joined the army and died. Today is the day when the Young Eagle Camp officially opens.

Although the name "orphan camp" is more realistic, Zhao Dan rejected it considering that this name may itself have a certain psychological stimulation to the vulnerable orphans.

Zhao Dan walked up to the orphans and looked at them carefully.

These boys and girls are of different ages, the older ones are in their teens, and the younger ones are also three or four years old. Their clothes look quite shabby, and many of them even have snot hanging from their noses. When a gust of autumn wind blows, they sneeze The voices came and went.

It seems that because someone had explained it beforehand, the faces of the children without exception were full of fear and humility, and no one dared to look up and look directly at Zhao Dan.

Zhao Dan spoke, with obvious displeasure in his words: "Qing Yu, why didn't these children buy more clothes?"

Autumn is a season of high incidence of colds. In this era of no hygiene and no medicines, colds can easily kill people.

And it's not only autumn, winter is coming soon, if we just wear these tattered single clothes for the winter, I'm afraid there will not be a few living children left here next spring.

Yu Xin on the side was stunned for a moment, and then hurriedly said: "Return to Your Majesty, the clothes are already being prepared, and they should be ready within a few days."

Zhao Dan stopped in his tracks and looked at Yu Xin's face.

Yu Xin is lying.

After all, for Yu Xin, these orphans are not worth paying attention to, and it doesn't matter how many they die.

Few high-ranking people care about the life and death of the people at the bottom, whether it is ancient or modern.

Zhao Dan snorted heavily, and said: "I want to see all the children here put on clothes before tomorrow, otherwise..."

Zhao Dan gave Yu Xin a hard look and didn't continue talking, but the deep anger in it was audible to everyone present.

This Yu Xin usually looks quite smart, why is he so dishonest in this matter!

Zhao Dan waved his hand and said: "It's windy outside, let the children go in first! Queen, you should take Heng'er Yi'er in too."

There are servants on the side leading the children into the house.

After all the orphans entered the house, Zhao Dan spoke with a frosty face.

"What the widow said before has been ignored? Today, the widow will repeat it here again. The young eagle camp is a big event. Anything about the young eagle camp must be treated with caution and completed satisfactorily, understand?"

Zhao Dan was really annoyed.

Originally, the Young Eagle Camp, a war orphan camp, was set up next to the Northern Army camp, which was Zhao Dan's intention.

Generally speaking, after soldiers died in battle in this era, their brothers and uncles would take care of orphans.

But that doesn't mean that every Zhao soldier who died in the battle had brothers and uncles. The fact that the Young Eagle Battalion gathered thousands of orphans in just a few days is a proof.

Zhao Dan just wanted to let the soldiers and soldiers of the Northern Army, the Southern Army, and even the entire Zhao Kingdom know that you can fight for the widow without worry, even if you die in battle, the widow can still raise your children for you, so that your descendants will continue.

As a result, it turned out to be what it is now. These orphans looked like beggars, and they looked like they didn't have enough food or clothing to keep warm.

If the soldiers of Zhao State knew that their children would be treated in such a miserable way after their death, who would fight for Zhao Dan!

The significance of this Eagle Battalion to Zhao Dan goes beyond that.

When these lonely war orphans who have lost their relatives grow up in this young eagle camp, Zhao Dan can send people to carry out targeted training for them, and perhaps they can cultivate excellent soldiers, generals, officials and even from here. Spy or killer.

More importantly, the people who came out of this young eagle camp were the group of people who were most likely to be instilled with the idea of ​​loyalty to the emperor. As long as they grew up, they would definitely be the most loyal group of people in the future.

Compared with these benefits, the small costs of setting up the Eagle Battalion are nothing worth mentioning.

So Zhao Dan's roar continued.

"This young eagle battalion needs to be fed and clothed as the minimum requirement. If you can't even do this, what's the point of running this young eagle battalion? In the future, the supplies here will be directly allocated by the Northern Army battalion. The standard is the same as that of the soldiers of the northern army, and the defense here is also in charge of the soldiers of the northern army! Do you understand, you know?"

The deputy general of the Northern Army, Ju Xin, was stunned, and then said: "No!"

After all, the Young Eagle Battalion will receive many orphans from the soldiers of the Northern Army in the future. It is obviously the safest choice for the Northern Army to directly handle supplies and security.

Zhao Dan looked at Lieutenant Li Bo again: "Li Qing, you immediately ordered all counties and counties to report any war orphans immediately! Put this in the top plan and make it a routine assessment!"

As soon as this sentence was said, the hearts of Zhao Guo ministers present jumped, knowing that their king was really playing for real this time.

To put it bluntly, this matter of the above plan is the annual performance appraisal, which is directly related to the promotion of officials in Zhao State. If war orphans are included in the political performance, then local officials must take it seriously.

Zhao Dan turned his attention to Si Kou Zhao Bao again: "Mr. Pingyang, order Si Kou to belong, and you must monitor this matter from now on! Any brothers and uncles in the country who bully orphans must be severely punished! Afterwards, all orphans will be sent here, do you understand?"

Zhao Bao didn't dare to be negligent, and hurriedly said: "I understand."

Zhao Dan turned his attention to Miao Xian again: "Miao Qing, your surveillance guards should also pay attention to this matter, so that no one can deceive you!"

Miao Xian also agreed.

Zhao Dan looked around at a group of obsequious Zhao Guo ministers in front of him, and his gaze stayed on Yu Xin who was already sweating profusely from fright, then he snorted and walked into the Young Eagle Camp first.

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Although it is called Young Eagle Camp, it is not full of tents like the camp of the Northern Army, but rows of tile-roofed houses were built according to Zhao Dan's intention, just like the houses in Handan City. It looks a little small town.

These tile-roofed houses are not small. Zhao Dan walked into a tile-roofed house and saw that the hygiene in the tile-roofed house was not bad. There were many wooden couches on the ground. Zhao Dan counted them, and there were three ten.

There are pajamas and quilts on each wooden couch, and the color looks very new, but the gray color is not very pleasing.

This discovery made Zhao Dan feel better. He walked out of the tile-roofed house and said to several Zhao Guozhong ministers who followed him: "The reason why I brought you here today is to hope that you understand , In today’s world, there are still frequent wars. If you can’t give hope to the soldiers of Zhao State, then how can you expect them to fight desperately for the widow and Zhao State? Wu Xinjun, you have been leading troops all year round, you should know this.”

Lian Po, who was walking behind Zhao Dan, immediately said after hearing the words: "Your Majesty's words are very true. In the past, King Wuling was as benevolent and caring as your Majesty. That's why the soldiers put their hearts into the service of the three armies, and just now Zhongshan was destroyed. Swallows will become a great cause."