Guo Han got up early in the morning, he had been in Yingcheng in Chu for a while, and it was the first time he had gotten up early in the morning like today, but today he was going to have a banquet for several important guests, but he had to arrive early and be humble.

He yawned a long time, stretched his waist widely, rubbed his face, walked to the side, pushed open the window, and a breath of fresh air came to his face, which immediately lifted people's spirits.

The spring in the south is very different from the spring in the north, there is no surprise that suddenly comes like a night of spring breeze, thousands of trees and pear blossoms, and there will be no grass and trees that do not return for a long time, and there is a beautiful spring light of red and purple mangfei. In the south, even in winter, it will not be like the north, as far as the eye can see, it is all dry yellow, the climate here is warm, for green, people here are accustomed to it, but for Guo Han, who has lived in the north for many years, it is a fresh world.

I remember that there seemed to be a light rain last night, and it hit the roof tiles like a piece of music, and Guo Han fell asleep in this movement played by nature. However, when I opened the window today, I saw a clear blue sky, and it seemed that it was a beautiful day today.

After being in the south for a long time, Guo Han also knows that the sudden change of the weather is too normal here, there is a lot of rain, sometimes it occasionally falls a few points and then dies down, sometimes it is the wind and the sun, and suddenly a rainstorm arrives unexpectedly, drenching the unsuspecting people into soup chickens.

What a great place to be! Guo Han thought in his heart, turned around with a smile, opened the door, and the accompanying companion had already prepared toiletries outside. Pick up a toothbrush, dip it in tooth powder, and start brushing your teeth, a new gadget that has only emerged in the Han Kingdom this year, where everyone used to rinse their mouths with a willow branch dipped in green salt. The invention of the toothbrush was immediately popular among the nouveau riche class of the Han Kingdom, but this toothbrush was a little more expensive, and one would cost one or two silver, and ordinary people were indeed reluctant to spend one or two silver to buy such a branch.

Guo Hanming's identity is a silk merchant, but in fact, he is indeed the largest silk village in China in Han, with branches all over the Han Kingdom. And secretly, he has another identity, he is a staff member of the National Security Bureau, responsible for intelligence collection in the Southern Chu State.

As a decent businessman, the toothbrush and tooth powder he used were of the highest grade, the toothbrush handle was engraved and imprinted, and the brush on it was also selected from the kind of soft and flexible animal fine hair, I heard that the inventor of this toothbrush was preparing to launch a toothbrush used by the lower class people, reducing the cost to dozens of dollars. If it is fully promoted, then there will inevitably be a new rich man on the land of the Han Dynasty. The patent fee alone is enough for him to eat and drink for a lifetime.

In the past few years, new things have been pouring out in the land of the Han Dynasty. Guo Han is not surprised, compared with Yingcheng, the current Jicheng is much smaller in scale and much more prosperous. But Guo Han felt that Jicheng was much better, not to mention anything else, Jicheng alone had basically completed the road of comprehensive hardening. It's much better than Yingcheng, even if it's raining heavily, it won't let you get a little mud, but in this Yingcheng, whenever it rains, the pedestrians on the street will look glamorous.

After washing, changing into a new silk dress, and tidying up his makeup, Guo Han stepped out of the door of the inn with his companion, and outside the door, the coachman was already waiting for the carriage.

The carriage was brought by him from the Han Kingdom, not for anything else, just to show off, of course, this is also a means to show his wealthy status, this kind of carriage is only owned by a few dignitaries in the Chu State, and the price is ridiculously high, of course, in the eyes of these nobles of the Chu State, it is also worth the money.

The new shock-absorbing design makes this kind of carriage sit comfortably, coupled with the tires made of rubber wheels, so that this kind of carriage has almost no bumps when walking, compared to the carriage produced by Chu itself, it is not a star and a half, this kind of carriage that has been basically popularized in the Han State will be sold for hundreds of taels of silver in the Chu State.

The Chu people are not without trying to imitate themselves, they are not lacking in skilled craftsmen, but the problem is that it is difficult for Qiao women to cook without rice, and the gap in basic industry makes them unable to complete the production of springs used in the Han Kingdom, which is already very simple in the Han Kingdom, and there is no ability to process and manufacture like glue, in the end, they can only import from the Han Kingdom, and the strange goods can live, and the Han Kingdom sells these things, and the price is naturally considerable. This also made this kind of carriage a rarity in the Chu State.

Or the Chu people have also recognized the gap between them and their basic industry, but it is precisely these technologies that are the most strictly blocked by the Han State.

Or the only thing that Chu can form a trade surplus with the Han State now is silk, and now although the north has also begun to produce this thing by itself, the really high-end is still this kind of original silk produced in the south, and Guo Han is doing this business.

Of course, this time, he not only came to buy a large amount of goods, but also brought the latest silk reeling technology and weaving technology of the Han Kingdom, which was the most powerful bait in his hands, and at the same time, a trap was also hidden in it.

This time he was going to meet the great nobleman of the Chu State, the doctor Fan Zhuo. This Lord Fan is the largest silk merchant operator and controller in Chu State, to put it bluntly, this Lord Fan has pricing power in the silk sales of Chu State.

On the surface, this time Guo Han wanted to negotiate the price of imported goods with Fan, and at the same time use the latest machine as his bargaining chip, but secretly, Guo Han's task was to persuade Fan Zhuo to exert influence on King Huai of Chu, so as to avoid a situation in which the Chu people joined the war group and fought on both sides under the current confrontation between the Han State and the Qin State in Jinyang, which was unwilling for the Han State to face.

The sudden war between the Han and the Qin without any warning also surprised the Chu people, and for a while, the Chu people were also divided into two factions, with the military led by the Taiwei Qu and the general Qu Wan to complete the alliance with the Qin people and wage war against the Han State, taking the opportunity to attract Han troops, reduce the pressure on the Qin State, and let the Han State fight on both sides to consume the strength of the Han State. But the other side thinks that now the strength of the Qin people is still there, and it is not a problem to resist the Han army at all, and these two countries, whether they are Han or Qin, are wolf ambitions, and they should be let eat dogs, and they should fight each other, and it is best to lose both, and it is not appropriate for Chu to intervene at this time.

King Chu Huai was undecided, but Huang Xie couldn't make up his mind, and Huang Xie's opinion would be the decisive vote in Chu State, this Fan Zhuo was Huang Xie's sons and daughters, and the two were also close friends.

Today, Guo Han took over the most luxurious Yao Garden in Yingcheng, just to entertain Fan Zhuo.

The appointed time is noon, Guo Han, who arrived in Yao Yuan early, personally takes care of everything, Fan Zhuo is a person who never gets tired of eating, and he is not tired of being meticulous, and the luxury of life is that Guo Han, who is used to seeing big scenes, is also staggering, and his wealth is also one of the few people in Chu State, because of his intimate relationship with Huang Xie, this person is very public. This is a completely different type of official from the Han officials that Guo Han has seen. In the Han Kingdom, Guo Han has been accustomed to the thrifty servants of the officials, in fact, from the Han King Gao Yuan down, there is basically no person like Fan Zhuo who is afraid that others will not know that he is rich, in fact, among the officials of the Han Kingdom, there are really many people who have a net worth of more than Fan Zhuo, like Wu Kai, if he really talks about his own family, how can Fan Zhuo compare, but as far as Guo Han knows and hears, Wu Kai's daily life is very low-key and introverted.

This time Guo Han in order to cater to Fan Zhuo, but specially from the north express horse to transport a batch of special products, these things are very rare in the south, some things even used the post station from Liaodong express horse all the way to send it, for this meeting, the Han side is also considered to have made a bloody investment, of course, from the face point of view, the payer of all this is the silk merchant Guo Han.

After the chef specially brought from the north made everything needed for the banquet, Guo Han was relieved to go to the gate of Yao Yuan to prepare to welcome Fan Zhuo, these precious ingredients, even the Han King Gaoyuan, are rarely eaten, because to ensure the freshness of the ingredients, the cost is too great.

Seeing a luxurious carriage coming from a distance, Guo Han's face was immediately full of smiles, and he walked out of the gate to greet him, looking at this carriage, Guo Han had the urge to laugh in his heart, because this carriage was also produced in the Han Kingdom, but after it arrived in Fan Zhuo's hands, more decorations were added, inlaid with gold and jade, and it was extremely dazzling.

Sometimes Guo Han is very puzzled, the Fan family is also a wealthy family in the Chu State, such people are generally very introverted, this Fan Dafu is an outlier.

Attentively stepped forward to hold the reins of the horse, Guo Han bent down deeply, "Grass people Guo Han, thank you Dr. Fan for appreciating the light." ”

At the opening of the carriage door, a thin middle-aged man leaned out of the carriage, glanced at Guo Han, a look of disgust flashed in his eyes, he didn't want to come, the Han Kingdom wanted high-end silk, then he could only buy from the Chu State, and from the Chu State, naturally he couldn't get around him, now this is an important source of his wealth, the amount needed by the Han State is huge, this businessman actually wants to reduce the price, the price has been reduced, what do you earn?

It's a pity that the purchase of high-end silk in the Han Kingdom was also monopolized by this businessman surnamed Guo, according to the fact that this person also has a great background behind him, otherwise he would not be able to swallow such a big business, and more importantly, the person in charge of the negotiation with the businessman surnamed Guo reported to Fan Zhuo that this time Guo Han brought the latest technology about silk reeling and silk weaving, according to the businessman surnamed Guo, these two new technologies will greatly reduce his production costs, but Guo Han is not a rabbit or an eagle, and he has to meet Fan Zhuo to take out these two things. Fan Zhuo is naturally clear about the endless new technologies of the Han Kingdom, if it weren't for this, he would never appreciate it today. (To be continued......)