This year, the Zhao Dynasty replaced the Zhou Dynasty.

Zhao He officially ascended the throne, changed the year name to the first year of "Union", changed the king to "emperor", changed the name "I" as "I", used the master's father as the emperor, the queen as the queen, and the prince Zhao Qian as the crown prince Zhao Qian, and the other princes and daughters as the same example.

Zhao He then issued the first edict to amnesty all criminals and prisoners in the world except murderers, and moved all these people to places such as the desert, the Hexi Corridor, and the south of the Yangtze River, where Zhao State urgently needed manpower to clear the land and consolidate its rule.

In addition, Zhao He announced another important news that all Chinese slaves must be free within one year.

In order to prevent these slaves from gaining freedom but losing land, resulting in eventually starving death, Zhao He also asked local officials from all over the country to carry out publicity and registration policies, move these slaves who have regained freedom to live on the border and let border officials do a good job in accepting and distributing land, so that these new free people can fulfill their responsibilities to the border of Zhao, which is also a reward for Zhao He.

From now on, there will be no Chinese slaves allowed in Zhao State. If any family owns more than five foreign slaves, they must all be registered in the government, otherwise they will be deemed to be hiding population.

As a time traveler, Zhao He undoubtedly hates slavery. A person can be poor, ignorant, and have nothing, but if he doesn't even have the most basic freedom, it would be too much.

Of course, at least at this stage, this freedom is limited to the Chinese.

Zhao He didn't think there was anything wrong with his decision.

This policy naturally caused an uproar, and many nobles expressed their opposition, but Zhao He mercilessly demoted all opposing officials, exiled them with very strict means to let everyone understand who was the real master of Zhao.

So a year later, no Chinese was a slave anymore.

In addition, Zhao He also began to build large ships in Langya County, Kuaiji County and other places, and recruited a large number of original sailors from Yue, Chu and Qi to prepare to start Zhao's journey to sea.

As a time traveler, Zhao He certainly did not intend to send Xu Fu to seek any magic pills like Qin Shihuang, but Zhao He would never allow Zhao to fall behind in such matters as the Great Sail.

Considering that in history, Portugal and Spain went to sea in the West were almost 1,600 years later, Zhao He was not anxious.

There is no need to say that the two treasure islands of the motherland in later generations must be taken down.

The Philippines Islands have to be taken down. Everyone knows that China lacks copper, and copper mines from the Philippines can solve this problem.

The Indonesian Spice Islands can also be taken. Spices are very valuable things, comparable to gold, so you have to take this one too.

There is also the Japanese archipelago to the east, which is rich in silver and must be taken down.

As long as you can get benefits from these three places, Zhao He believes that the Zhao navigators who are ecstatic and eccentric will continue to go out to sea driven by huge interests, just like the Western colonists in his memory, compose songs exclusively to the sea on the sea.

This is also a great era of navigation, but it will originate in the East!

Another thing that is essential to improve productivity is the steam engine.

After the unification of Zhao State, Zhao He gathered all the top skilled craftsmen and the scholars of the Mohist school to start the research on steam engines.

This is also the only one Zhao He didn't know that he could see a breakthrough in his lifetime. However, Zhao He believed that with the wisdom of the Zhao people, it would be a matter of time before he could overcome difficulties and create a steam engine.

Apart from these internal affairs, Zhao's foreign military expansion has not stopped.

In the first year when Zhao He officially became emperor, Zhao She, the commander of the northern border cavalry of Zhao State, led 50,000 Zhao State cavalry to advance west again.

This time, Zhao She completely crossed the Hexi Corridor and entered the Western Regions. He fought a war with the Subu tribe led by Subuki, the last remaining Huns who had just gained a foothold in the Western Regions, and wiped out the Subu tribe.

At this point, the name Huns has completely become a thing of the past in history.

After annihilated Subuqi, Zhao She continued to advance westward and completely controlled the entire Western Regions north and south of the Tianshan Mountains and east of the Pamir Mountains.

The news that the Western Regions were controlled by Zhao State immediately attracted the attention of Seleucid I, the founder of the Seleucid Empire, just west of the Pamir Mountains, and the former general under the command of Alexander the Great.

At this moment, the territory under Seleucid I was under more than 3 million square kilometers and the population exceeded 10 million. It is also a country of extremely large size.

Seleucid I personally assembled 200,000 troops and fought with Zhao She who was advancing west across the Palacio. The ending of the war ended with Seleucid I's failure. However, Zhao She, who won the victory, was no longer able to advance westward and could only go to the stage.

After Zhao He, who was in Handan, learned the news, two years later, sent Zhao She, the general of Le Yi as the deputy general, with 150,000 infantry and 50,000 cavalry, to a total of 200,000 Western Expedition Forces, and went to the Seleucid Empire again.

Due to the existence of the Longxiang Army and heavy artillery and light artillery, Zhao He was full of confidence in the victory of the Western Expedition Army.

A year later, the capital of the Seleucid Empire was captured.

Two years later, the Antioch region, the most western region of the Seleucid Empire, was occupied, and the Seleucid Empire was officially declared to be destroyed. The entire Central Asia and Syria were incorporated into the territory of Zhao.

Four years later, the capital of the Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt was captured and the Ptolemaic dynasty was officially destroyed. Zhao became a giant empire spanning Asia and Africa.

Six years later, the entire Asia Minor Peninsula was completely occupied by the Zhao State Western Expedition Army. Due to the lack of ships, crossing the Bosphorus and the Aegean Sea, Le Yi and Zhao She discussed and left a part of the army to garrison and lead the remaining troops back to victory.

During these six years, other generals of Zhao State were not idle. Lian Po, Le Cheng and Shen Jing divided into three groups and launched a large-scale attack on the Dian Kingdom, Lingnan and Fujian.

Although there are mountains, hills and dense forests as natural barriers, none of this can stop the three generals. In the second year of Le Yi's training, Lian Po led his army to the South Island of Shanghai, which also marked the successful success of Zhao's ambitious expansion plan for the southern region.

At this time, the State of Zhao had already crossed two continents and had a huge empire with a territory of more than 20 million square kilometers. It was also the most powerful country on Earth since the birth of human civilization.

However, the expansion of Zhao State has not ended, and the conquest of the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau and the Indian Mauryan Dynasty has been put on the agenda. After the situation of the other newly conquered places has stabilized, the conquest will continue to begin.

It was in this year that the navigators of Zhao State completed their landing on the three major archipelagos of Japan, the Philippines and Indonesia, and began to build the first colonies of Zhao State.

The glory of Zhao State continues, and the glory of the Huaxia people continues.

This glory will never end!
Chapter completed!