Zhao Kuo rested for three full days.

It had been a long time since he had slept so peacefully, and if it weren't for the knocking sound in the courtyard, Zhao Kuo felt that he could rest longer.

When he walked out of the door, he saw the burly Du lying on the ground, holding a piece of wood with both hands, and wheels on both sides, he was measuring something, Ge was standing beside him, chattering with him about something, Du had a bad look, and many times he needed to use groping methods to measure, but the results he measured were often very accurate, in the eyes of the people, these people who were disabled and could not see seemed to have a mysterious ability.

Therefore, if they have something to build, they often go to Du to help.

Of course, now that he is a craftsman left in the horse suit, he has become the only option.

Du didn't notice that Zhao Kuo was standing beside him, and Ge didn't remind him, Zhao Kuo asked, "Is this repairing a chariot?" Ge just stared at Du's hand and nodded, Zhao Kuo walked to his side, and also looked at it seriously, Du made a few concave notches in the wood, and a few notches were stuck together, which could produce the effect of nails, and those notches were exceptionally symmetrical, and even the size was exactly the same.

Zhao Kuo couldn't help but be amazed.

Du was busy for a long time, got up and said goodbye to Ge, he wanted to go home for a meal, and then come back to continue to be busy, Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said, "I will stay here to eat today." Du vaguely heard what someone was saying, he looked in the direction of Zhao Kuo, and couldn't see the figure clearly, just looked blankly, Ge walked forward helplessly, and shouted in his ear: "Ma Fuzi wants you to stay and eat!" ”

"Mafuko?" , Du was shocked, and hurriedly saluted to the front, Ge helplessly pulled him and asked him to face in the direction of Zhao Kuo.

"Ma Fuzi, you asked me to make a wheeled car, I made it."

Zhao Kuo didn't rush to ask, just let Du eat first, but no matter what, Du didn't dare to go into the room with Zhao Kuo to eat, he sat in a corner of the courtyard, eating, talking about the benevolence of Ma Fuzi, Zhao Kuo saw him wrap a piece of mutton with cloth, reluctantly eat, shook his head, took out a piece of meat in his bowl, and asked Ge to send it over, Ge told him: This is Ma Fuzi's reward, must be eaten.

"His eyes are getting more and more blind, and his ears are getting worse and worse, what a poor man." , Ge sat next to Zhao Kuo and said in a low voice.

"There is a craftsman of humble status, who cannot see with his eyes or hear with his ears, but he has a kind heart and lives by his craft, how can he be said to be pitiful? On the contrary, there are some ministers who are in high positions, who cannot see the suffering of the people, cannot hear the groans of the soldiers, and only think about how to murder the virtuous and betray their own monarch, such people are pitiful people. ”

"Lou Chang?"

Zhao Kuo smiled and did not answer.

After eating, Zhao Kuo and Ge went out and followed Du to his courtyard, ready to see the wheelbarrow he had built. Du's courtyard is not dirty, it can be seen that he often cleans, but in the courtyard, there are all kinds of wheelbarrows of different sizes, and some are unfinished. Zhao Kuo hurriedly stepped forward and looked at it seriously.

The largest unicycle has to compete with the chariot, and Zhao Kuo can't even grab two grips at the same time.

Du Yi fumbled one by one and said: "This is the first thing I made, I thought it could be made according to the scale of the chariot, but after it was made, four or five people couldn't push it... So I redid it again...", Du groped for the second car and said: "This is the second car, two adults can push it, but it can't turn, it consumes a lot of energy..."

The sixth unicycle made by Du is the most in line with the image of the unicycle in Zhao Kuo's heart, he pushed the unicycle in the courtyard to install a turn, the unicycle can turn flexibly, he bent down, looked at the wheels, the connection between the wheels and the frame is a little complicated, not simply connected directly with a notch, Du said on the side: "I found that the farther away the grip and the center of gravity of the wheel, the less effort is consumed..."

"Good! Very good! Zhao Kuo was overjoyed, in Shangdang, or in the terrain of Zhao State, relying on horse-drawn carriages to transport materials, very troublesome, and Zhao State did not vigorously develop transportation like Qin State, resulting in many mountain roads are very difficult, just like last time, if you are not fortunate to lead the way, don't think that the carriage can pass through Taihang Mountain. With such a lightweight wheelbarrow, it is much easier to transport supplies in the mountains.

Zhao Kuo did not forget to reward this craftsman, he liked Du very much, this simple and kind craftsman. He wanted Du to follow him, but Du refused. He said that he did not dare to kill anyone, and when he was now, he did not dare to kill even a chicken. Zhao Kuo didn't think about taking him to the battlefield, but when others were in Mafu, he could find him for anything, so he didn't force it anymore.

Zhao Fu also returned, and he brought back an important news, King Zhao's final reward.

King Zhao wanted to crown Zhao Kuo as the king of Ma Fu, and return all of Zhao Hao's original food estates, and even, there were a lot more, Zhao Kuo suddenly changed from the son of a feudal monarch to the feudal monarch with the most food estates in Zhao. When Zhao Fu talked about this, Zhao Kuo couldn't believe it, and Zhao Fu said: "Shangjun originally just wanted to be crowned as your reward, but I heard that Lou Chang argued with reason and stood up for righteousness, and got a richer reward for you. ”

"Lou Chang ???"

Zhao Kuo was even more unconvinced.

The envoy from Handan the next day proved Zhao Fu's words, and the messenger brought the reward of King Zhao, of course, there were not so many gold silks before, just a crown, a sword, and a banner, but from this time on, Zhao Kuo was no longer a horse suit, but a horse suit, and the banner sent by King Zhao was larger than the banner left by his father Zhao Hao, which was enough to see King Zhao's expectations for him.

The whole horse suit fell into a frenzy of joy, even Zhao's mother, she held the brand new flag, touched the embroidered horse dress two words, her face was full of smiles, sometimes look at Zhao Kuo, sometimes look at the flag, Zhao Kuo has never seen her like this. And Zhao Kuo can't continue to stay in Mafu, he still has to go back to Handan, King Zhao still has a bunch of cumbersome rituals to complete, and the ceremony of the feudal monarch can not be completed by a word from the envoy.

Whether it was in his previous life or in this life, Zhao Kuo hated these useless rituals very much, but he had to go.

Came to Handan, there were already nobles to greet, Zhao Kuo was surrounded into the palace, King Zhao was dressed very formally, but the joy on his face broke the solemnity of the ceremony, the crown on Zhao Kuo's head was taken off, leaning over to stand at the end, in the sonata of various musical instruments that Zhao Kuo could not recognize, King Zhao had to pretend to ask the surrounding nobles.

"What kind of person is Zhao Kuo?"

"He's a righteous gentleman!"

When Zhao Kuo heard the answer, he had to take a step forward.

King Zhao asked again: "What kind of person is Zhao Kuo?" ”

"He's a sage who listens to criticism!"

"What kind of person is Zhao Kuo?"

"He's a great man who can make his soldiers fight to the death for him!"

"What kind of person is Zhao Kuo?"

"He is a famous general who defeated 100,000 Yan people with 6,000 soldiers!"

One question and one answer, one question and one answer, Zhao Kuo had already walked in front of King Zhao, King Zhao stood up, took the crown, walked in front of Zhao Kuo, and said loudly: "Sage, Zhao Kuo!" Only then did he put on a crown for Zhao Kuo, and the nobles stepped forward to congratulate the young feudal monarch who had just been promoted, and Zhao Dynasty bowed down to salute Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Kuo hurriedly bowed in return.

"Meet Ma Fu-kun!!"

After doing these cumbersome ceremonies, Zhao Kuo breathed a sigh of relief, King Zhao held a banquet, everyone was carnival, Zhao Kuo sat alone in the seat, he was not good at drinking, so the ministers did not come to force him to drink together, he looked around, Xu Li, Zhao Bao, Zhao Li and others were present, even Dong Chengzi was there, among those old ministers who were close to Zhao Kuo, but only Tian Dan was present, as the minister of state, he had to come, but he looked indifferent and did not come to compliment.

And Lin Xiangru and Le Yi are not here.

Taking advantage of the time when everyone was drunk, Zhao Kuo came to Tian Dan's side.

"Tian Gong, it's been a long time, are you okay?"

Tian Dan drank a glass of wine and looked at Zhao Kuo calmly.

"Le Yi is dead."