"It can't be!" Mao Wei jumped up all of a sudden, and screamed, "How can the Chu army be the opponent of the Han army?" Lord Zhong, even if I don't know anything about the outside world, you can't fool me like this, do you think I'm a three-year-old child?"

Zhongli laughed: "Mr. Mao, do you think I will lie to you on such a big matter?" If you can walk out on the street, your ears will be filled with the news that the Chu army has just won a great victory over the Han army on the battlefield. The one who was surrounded was the newly formed First Army of the Han Dynasty, and the commander was Zhang Hongyu, wasn't it?"

Mao Wei was spinning around in the room like a trapped beast, and suddenly saw Ah Ping from the window, he suddenly rushed to the window, grabbed the window edge and shouted: "Ah Ping, Ah Ping!"

"What do you command, sir?" Ah Ping walked over quickly.

"What have you heard on the streets in the past two days?" Mao Wei asked eagerly.

"What do you hear?" Ah Ping showed a confused look in her eyes, tilted her head and thought for a moment, and said with some hesitation: "My lord, it seems that the streets are celebrating, saying that the army of Da Chu defeated the army of the Han State, and the servants who are specific don't care too much."

Mao Wei sat down on the chair with a thud. It seems that what Zhongli said is true.

Zhongli was very satisfied with the blow given to Mao Wei by this news: "Mr. Mao, you see, the Han army is not invincible, and Gao Yuan is known as the undefeated god of war, and after this battle, his name will not be able to be kept. In fact, the matter is very simple, the Han State, Gao Yuan is too aggressive, he forced the other two big countries, Qin and Chu, to have to unite, and the soldiers of the Han State are facing any country alone, maybe they are really the strongest, but against the two, they are not so handy!"

Looking at Mao Wei's depressed appearance, Zhongli continued: "Gao Yuan is indeed a man of great talent, at least there is one sentence that I think he expounded very accurately, that is, the foundation of a country lies in people, but it is this that is making him fall into trouble little by little, Qin and Chu united, our human resources are ten times that of the Han State, and the financial resources are not comparable to the Han State, the Han State that has been established for only a few years, how can it be compared with Qin and Chu who have been established for hundreds of years?" That's where the foundation lies. Han may have the upper hand in a short period of time, but if the stalemate continues for a long time, we will definitely win."

"It's just a losing battle." Mao Wei muttered.

"Yes, it's just a defeat, but this is just the beginning, he has proved that the Han army is not invincible, everything is difficult at the beginning, this victory, when greatly boosted the morale of my Qin Chu, and the Han army has been hit like never before. Mr. Mao, the Han Kingdom will eventually fail at the hands of Qin Chu, who will follow, I think Mr. Mao will have an accurate judgment. It is undeniable that we hope that you will join, because your joining is to narrow the gap between us and the Han Kingdom in terms of armament, but even if you don't join, we are full of confidence in victory, because weapons, in the final analysis, are just arts, what matters is people, this is also what King Gao Yuan of the Han Dynasty said personally, isn't it?"

Zhongli stood up, "Mr. Mao, think about it again, I hope to get Mr. 's answer as soon as possible, because we are about to set off, our next stop will be Yingcheng, or when we get there, the envoy of the Han army has already arrived in Yingcheng and asked for negotiations."

"I'm going to think, I'm going to think!" Mao Wei lowered his head and muttered.

Zhongli turned around with a smile and waved at Mingtai, and the two left the house quietly.

"Master Hou, that's it?" Walking out of the room, Mingtai asked in a low voice.

"It's too much!" Zhongli walked forward steadily, "Mao Wei is not a foolish person, nor is he a pedantic person, from his appearance these days, we can judge that this person is a talented person who has studied in the highest university of the Han Kingdom, and has his own judgment on everything, you just need to state the facts to him."

"My lord, I have learned a lot from adults over the years!" Mingtai is heartfelt.

Zhongli smiled slightly, stopped, turned around, and looked at Mingtai, "In our line of work, the most important thing is to guess people's hearts, when you do this well, many things will be much easier. I'm old, Hei Bingtai will depend on you in the future, I believe that for a long time, your main opponent will be the Supervision Yuan of the Han Kingdom, the Supervision Yuan is full of talents, Cao Tianci is ruthless, Yi Bin is decisive, Ning Xin is delicate, the combination of these three people is enough to give you a headache."

"The last will have confidence to overcome them." Mingtai said loudly.

"It's good to have confidence, but you must remember, never underestimate your opponent, do our business, making mistakes means failure, it means death, this time because of Mao Wei, we have lost almost all the spies in the Han Kingdom, and even Tan Feng's hidden power has been removed, and then you need a longer time to lay out, and on the contrary, the power of the Han State Supervision Yuan in our country is growing rapidly, to be honest, the life of the people of the Han Kingdom is indeed enviable."

"However, they can only recruit some low-level people, and it is extremely difficult to break into our official system."

"Yes, you are to the point, their policies make our officials very disgusted, but it does not rule out some hidden enemies, such as the former Great Prince's people."

"Isn't the Great Prince's man already ......"

"Do you think it's cleared? No, far from it. What we know is only on the surface of the water, and below the surface, the water is still deep!" Zhongli shook his head and sighed: "This operation, for the country, is a win, a big victory, but for our Black Ice Terrace, it is really a loss-making business, and your main work next is only afraid that it will be used in the domestic rebellion."

Mingtai was silent, indeed, this time the Black Ice Platform suffered a heavy loss, but isn't the Black Ice Platform just to serve the country, if it is lost, it is good to replenish it, why is Hou Ye so distressed? Or maybe that's the real reason why the king wants to replace him! The old Hou Ye regarded the Black Ice Platform as his painstakingly managed property, not owned by Great Qin.

However, Hou Ye is a person who understands, and he retreats bravely, in fact, it is his best choice, the new king has been in office for almost a year, and he has gained a firm foothold in all aspects, and the major troops have basically been replaced by generals trusted by the new king, Prime Minister Fan Sui has lost sincerity, and Zhong Lao Houye, who has an absolute power in his hands, is indeed not suitable to stay in this position.

The two of them were silent one after the other, and then left the small courtyard.

In the small courtyard, Mao Wei has been sitting there like this, motionless, I don't know how long it has been, seeing that the sun has gradually set, the night is slowly falling, Ah Ping, who has been coming to see it several times, finally panicked a little and dared to break into the door.

"Your Excellency, Your Excellency!" He shouted softly.

Mao Wei was like a sculpture, he didn't move, Ah Ping stretched out his hand and pushed on Mao Wei's shoulder, "My lord, what's wrong with you?"

With a sudden shock to his body, Mao Wei suddenly woke up, looked at the lights in the room, and then looked at Ah Ping with a panicked face, "Is it actually dark?"

"My lord, you've been sitting here all afternoon, but you've scared A-Ping." Ah Ping patted her chest lightly and said in a low voice.

"I'm thinking about something." Mao Wei said: "Ah Ping, how do you say people should live in this life?"

Ah Ping was stunned: "My lord, the maid doesn't understand anything, but I just know that people can't live for many years in this life, so naturally they have to live well, how to live, if possible, they can't wronged themselves."

Mao Wei smiled and nodded, "But how can you wronged yourself?" For the sake of his family, he sold himself."

"Isn't this a hurdle that the family can't overcome? But it's hard to explain what happened in life, and I felt like I was in a big disaster at the time, but now, I'm doing much better than before, and because I got to know these big people, my family's problems have been solved." Ah Ping said happily. Or sometimes, a different way of living is the best option."

The smile on Mao Wei's face gradually faded: "Is this what Master Zhong told you to say?"

Looking at Mao Wei's sinking face, Ah Ping suddenly trembled with fright, and knelt down with a snort: "No, no, this is what the maid thinks for herself, that Lord Zhong just told me to take care of your life, and when I have nothing to do, I will tell you more about my hometown and sing the songs of my hometown."

Mao Wei was silent for a long time, "You get up, it's me who thinks too much."

Seeing Ah Ping stand up tremblingly, Mao Wei asked a little strangely, "Why are you so afraid of me?"

"My lord, Ah Ping can get this opportunity because I can serve the adult, once the adult doesn't want me, the family is afraid that it will suffer a big disaster, and they won't care about the little brother, that Lord Zhong must be a very powerful person."

"He's certainly a great guy." Mao Wei nodded.

"But I think you are also very powerful, that Lord Zhong is powerful, isn't it polite in front of you?" Ah Ping said, "It is Ah Ping's blessing to be able to follow adults."

"Chicken head and phoenix tail, two opportunities, when it is placed in front of you, which one will you choose?"

"Chicken heads, of course." Ah Ping didn't hesitate at all, "When you are the head of a chicken, at least on your own one-third of an acre of land, you are completely in charge, and when you are a phoenix tail, all the glory and merit, how can you not turn a feather on the phoenix tail, don't you say?" The county officials are not as good as the county officials!"

"Would you rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail?" Mao Wei muttered. Okay, you go down, I'll have to think about it myself."

Watching Ah Ping walk out of the door, Mao Weipo blew out the oil lamp in the room with a bang, and plunged himself into complete darkness.

I'd rather be a chicken head than a phoenix tail! In the Yizhen Research Institute, or you can only be an ordinary researcher forever, and if you go to the Qin State, you may be able to fight for a whole new world. (To be continued......)