After Lü Buwei came out of An Guojun's mansion, he went straight back to the courtyard where he lived in Xianyang City, found the diners he raised, and discussed how to save Gongzi Yiren. Relations between Qin and Zhao had been unstable since the Battle of Changping and the events of Heshibi, although officials did not prohibit private commercial activities. However, the people of the two countries also rarely interact. Therefore, it is not an easy task to rescue the Qin proton in Handan, the capital of Zhao State.

However, a businessman like Lü Buwei would never give up any opportunity to make a lot of money. Lü Buwei walked back and forth in the hall several times, and then looked at the full hall of diners sitting below, "Today I went to see Qin Guojun An Guojun and told him about rescuing Gongzi Yiren, and An Guojun has agreed that we will rescue Proton back to Qin State." So I'm bringing you guys here now to see which of you has the means to bring the proton back to Qin safely to make a big deal. I will have a great reward after the deed. ”

The diners below, you look at me, I look at you, and no one opened the door to answer first. Rescuing the protons is easier said than done, but harder than done. Yi Zaiproton is a living person, as long as he gets out of the place where the proton lives, there is a smooth and unimpeded way to Xianyang City. The difficulty is also that the proton is a living person, Zhao Guojun was afraid that the proton of the Qin State would sneak back to the Qin State, so he sent troops to surround the place where the proton lived, and there were special people to check what the proton did three times a day, and then report it. So for a while, no one has come up with any good solutions.

At this time, a diner stood up and bowed to Lu Buwei, "Why should the master be so worried, in fact, this matter is not very difficult in the eyes of the villain. ”

Before Lu Buwei could open his mouth to ask, many diners sitting below exchanged their heads one after another, and some even directly said that this person was open-minded, and the lobby became chaotic for a while.

When Lü Buwei saw the person standing below, he smiled and asked, "Oh, then, what clever plan do you have to solve my troubles? If it really works, I will definitely reward it heavily." If you are a man of his own word, and you are wise, I will expel you from my mansion. ”

The diner stepped forward with a smile, walked to Lü Buwei's table, and said: "Since the master wants to do a career, the villain has been following the master for a long time, and he is also willing to serve the saddle horse for the master. ”

Another diner stood up below and said to Lü Buwei: "The master must not listen to Li Si's words, this person has just turned twenty years old and is not deeply involved in the world, how can he let him talk nonsense to the master?"

Li Si didn't look back after hearing this, and continued to Lu Buwei: "If the master denies a person because of his age, then I think I, Li Si, have voted for the wrong master. ”

Lu Buwei laughed after hearing this, "Li Si, you have not been in my mansion for a long time, I don't know the temper of everyone in my mansion, they are not jealous of your talent, but they just see that you are young, and they are afraid that you will talk nonsense and delay your future, don't think too much." Well, since you say you have a plan, then I'll listen to you. But I'll say what I said earlier, if you're being clever, I'm going to kick you out. ”

Li Si straightened up, "Master, please." After Lü Buwei got up from his seat, Li Si followed Lü Buwei, and the two walked to the side door in the lobby to the backyard.

Walking to the backyard room, Lu Buwei asked Li Si to sit down, and then ordered his subordinates to bring pastries and tea over, and asked: "Now that this place is only you and me, is there any good way to tell me now." ”

Li Si looked at Lu Buwei and asked, "I just said that saving people is difficult to say, but easy is easy, but in fact, it is to deceive the gentlemen in the hall." In my opinion, this matter is really simple. And the reason why I invited Duke Lü here is because I want to know if Duke Lü rescued Gongzi Yiren back to Qin State just to curry favor with An Guojun and facilitate Duke Lü to do business in Qin State in the future? If this is the case, I don't think I should say anything. ”

Lu Buwei looked at Li Si in surprise and said, "You guessed right, I don't like to do business, and the reason why I did business in the first place was because there was no one else in the family who could inherit the family business. So I took over this burden from my father. Now there is an opportunity in front of me for me to have some contact with the royal family of the Qin State, and I think this is an opportunity given to me by God, so that my Lu family can become an official family from a merchant family. Let the descendants of my Lu family not have to look at other people's eyes to do things, otherwise with the current wealth of my Lu family, I can do nothing and live a quiet life, why should I risk to save a proton, and this proton is not the primary heir to the throne. ”

Li Si continued: "If this matter is not difficult, it depends on how bold the master is. ”

Lu Buwei's face was full of questions, "How do you say this?"

Li Si said: "I mean that if this is to be done, a lot of money and silver will be needed to dredge the road from Handan to Xianyang. Therefore, there were so many people in the hall just now who dared to give you advice, just because they were afraid that if this matter did not work out, they would lose their money, so that your business would not be able to continue, and they would lose their reliance on the Lu family's survival. But in my opinion, this matter is also a business, a business done by you, the master, and the Qin royal family, since you are doing business, you must be prepared to lose money. That's why I'm telling you this strategy now, so I want you to be mentally prepared. ”

Lu Buwei stroked the long beard on his chin with his hand, thought for a while, and asked Li Si: "Does it cost so much gold and silver to rescue the proton?"

Li Si replied: "If Qin and Zhao are not at war, they can't use so much, and now that the two countries are at war, King Zhao will definitely not let the proton return to Qin, so it is impossible for us to rely on Qin's military power to pressure Zhao to release people, and we can only rely on our own strength to rescue the proton back to Qin." Now Zhao is the most powerful in the Zhao Kingdom, except for King Zhao, Pingyuan-kun is the most powerful, so I want to use Pingyuan-kun here as a breakthrough to save Proton. ”

"I see. I have heard of Pingyuanjun, who has always been insatiable, a beautiful woman, and likes to drink fine wine, and if you want to start from this person, you really need to spend a lot of gold, silver and jewelry. But are you sure?" asked Lü Buwei.

Li Si said: "No matter how sure this matter is done, it is empty talk, if the master can trust me, as long as the gold and silver are enough, I dare to say that I am ninety percent sure that I can succeed." ”

Lü Buwei said: "Okay, this matter is in your hands, if it is done in front of King Qin, I will give you the first credit." ”

Li Si thanked him: "Please rest assured, master, Li Si will do what he says, and he will live up to the master's trust." ”