Those who broke out in smallpox and took the opportunity to spread rumors and slander Zhao Xing could never have imagined that Zhao Xing's methods were so numerous and effective. As a result, Zhao Xing, not only did not lose his reputation because of this smallpox outbreak, but thus made Zhao Xing's angel more solid. For this reason, Zhao Yong, the monarch of Zhao State, did not dare to call Zhao Xing back and forth, but sent a special envoy to condole.

The king's envoy is the son Zhao Chen, the son of the fourth generation of the monarch, and he is a respected old man, so old that he needs someone to help him walk. With him came hundreds of witch doctors who had come to learn to cure smallpox and inoculate cowpox.

At the same time, he brought with him the nine tripods and eight beans that the monarch had dedicated to the newly completed temple of Emperor Yaozong, thirty beans - small and thin.

He brought sacrificial meat—scarce and unpalatable.

brought a reward for Zhao Xing's extinguishing of the epidemic smallpox in Zhao State, and spiritual encouragement - words are greater than reality.

Looking over and over at the piece of jade that Zhao Yong rewarded in his hand, after Han Ce's appraisal, it was worth a thousand Dai Jun money at most, which was only enough for the current Zhao Xing to pay a servant a month's salary.

Looking at the subordinates of his own retainers who were gratefully eating the meat of the king's sacrifice and sharing the reward, he listened to the old man babbling about the king's difficulties.

Sharing and eating sacrificial meat, this is an honor, in history, because Zhou Tianzi did not give it to the monarch of Chu, after sharing this piece of sacrificial ancestors, people couldn't bite the half-cooked meat, so he thought that Zhou Tianzi humiliated him, and then went back to call him the king, and Zhou Tianzi fought against him. For this reason, there has been a lot of trouble, and this is the origin of the famous bloody case caused by a piece of half-baked meat.

And the old man took the trouble to say that the monarch's difficulty was to borrow money from Zhao Xing.

The full-time cavalry burns too much money, and from the time he ascended the throne to the present, the major events of the war have burned more money one after another. Although the war against Yan gained some benefits, there were also many rewards, and coupled with the taxes of the farmers who were exempted from the conscription, it was almost impossible to make ends meet. And more importantly, the coins issued by Zhao Yong were replaced by Zhao Xing's coins, and he didn't even have the means to cut corners to mint money to make up for the financial deficit, so Zhao Yong was very poor.

The old man said about Zhao Yong's misery, and couldn't help but hide his face and cry, that kind of misery really made Zhao Xing laugh with his buttocks.

"Come on, come on, my old man, Zhao Yong's kid can say that you can move your old face, I really admire him." can call Zhao Yong's name directly, and now Zhao Xing has this qualification. Because, according to the title, Zhao Xing and Zhao Yong are on the same level, according to the relationship, Zhao Xing is Zhao Yong's teacher, according to the status, Zhao Xing is the national teacher of Lin Hu, the god of Zhao State, the great god of Lou Fu, and the heaven of Daijun.

And the most important thing is that, according to the strength, Zhao Yong's 50,000 armor soldiers are half starved and half full, and Zhao Xing's 50,000 iron cavalry are strong and strong.

"Tell me how much he's going to borrow." Then he said solemnly: "What to use as collateral, I will not borrow without collateral." Then he muttered, "I can't trust that kid." ”

When a king's credibility is doubted by his courtiers, it is a kind of sorrow for the king, which makes the old man feel very embarrassed. But fortunately, the monarch knew the character of his teacher, and he was prepared when he came: "The monarch said that all the money this time was used to destroy Zhongshan, so the monarch is ready to use half of the land in Zhongshan as a reward for the great merit of the destruction of Zhongshan." ”

The excuse is very grandiose, the shot is very generous, the mortgage is very real, and the purpose is very clear, that is, I don't plan to pay it back.

Zhao Xing pinched his chin, squinted his eyes, and whispered, but he could make the old man, the old man, hear clearly: "What a despicable means to give the land of the enemy country to others." "Meaning, don't be a fool.

The old man drank tea and muttered so that Zhao Xing could hear it: "Didn't the Wei State reward you with the Shangjun of the Qin State, aren't everyone the same." "I mean don't be too greedy.

Zhao Xing had nothing to say.

"Well, I accept the king's reward, which is actually a mortgage, and I will pay all the expenses of the country's fifty thousand iron horsemen, but I need to send a financial team to oversee my money."

This has to be guarded against, because the guy who was called Peanut in later generations got Meiyuan, but he became rich with four families, and such a story can't happen.

Then he said directly to Yin Qi: "Please ask the old cabinet department to write the four customs clearances now, and tell Zhao Hao that from now on, the taxes from the four customs clearances will be directly allocated to Handan Junshang, and the rest will be released back to the Xingjun Mansion." "UU Library

Hearing this, the old man's hand holding the teacup couldn't help but tremble.

The tax revenue of a city can actually support 50,000 iron cavalry who burn money, no, if you add 10,000 full-time garrisons and 10,000 cavalry of Zhao Hao, that is the supply of 70,000 people.

Seeing off the satisfied old man, Zhao Xing began to step up his efforts to build his own army, because he had to hurry up and prepare to destroy the Zhongshan Kingdom. Because, Zhao Yong gave himself half of the land of Zhongshan Kingdom. Legally, his territory has expanded again, and he has to hold it in his hands to count.

Zhao Yong and Zhao Xing, teachers and students compromised and helped each other, and went all out to prepare for the destruction of Zhongshan Kingdom, the henchman of Zhao Kingdom, but at this time, the world did not stop, and it was still very chaotic.

Warring States, it has to be like this, no.

Among them, Su Qin thought that without Zhang Yi's classmate, the alliance had come to fruition, and under the joint advocacy of Gongsun Yan, the prime minister of Wei, he initiated the alliance of the five kingdoms. That is, the kings of the five kingdoms of Qi, Chu, Yan, Han and Zhao recognized each other as kings and formed a five-nation alliance to attack Qin. Zhao Xing immediately ran to Handan in person and prevented Zhao Guo from participating in the most famous joke in history - listen to my brother, let's not play with fools. As a result, the Four-Nation Coalition Army was defeated by the Qin State in a battle in front of Hangu Pass, and was beheaded 80,000, and then everyone didn't even have the courage to fight again, so they dispersed in a hurry, and each went back to his own house to find his own mother.

Zhao Guo did not mix, which bought Zhao Guo and Zhao Xing three years of recuperation.

In the past three years, Zhao Xing has traveled all over the county, inspected and supervised the development of his own county, and accumulated strength.

The current situation in Daijun is very good.

Zhao Xing's factories have blossomed everywhere, and the products have been marketed throughout the Central Plains. And with the marketing of goods in the world, it is the circulation of the world of money on behalf of the county. These two things bring a steady stream of wealth to Zhao Xing every day.

And the slave trade business that Zhao Xing and Lou Fu did in partnership was in full swing, and a steady stream of slaves entered Daijun, and then they were continuously liberated into commoners. This brought Zhao Xing a steady stream of people controlled by the state, in fact, by Zhao Xing, who could pay levies. And this brought a steady stream of financial revenue to Zhao Xing's treasury, allowing the entire Dai County to enter a prosperous and benign development.

Now, Daijun and Sitongguan have replaced the Song Kingdom of Qi and become the world's commercial center.

With these huge financial supports, Zhao Yong's 50,000 iron horsemen have completed their training and become real iron horses.

Zhao Xing's army of 50,000 was even more elite and well-fed, with high morale.

The soldiers have been completed, the granary has been abundant, and everything in the mountains has been ripe. Now, it has been Zhao Yong's ninth year, and Zhao Xing is waiting for an opportunity.

A piece of good news reached Zhao Xing's ears, that is, Yan Guo, which he had been worried about, was in chaos.

Yan Yi Wang Hui believed in the Confucian doctrine of Zen, under the encouragement of the Su Dynasty and Lu Maoshou, a large number of ministers, abolished the prince Ji Ping, and Chan was located in the country's prime minister, and he was called a minister in the north and lived in another palace. Yi Wang Hui also took back the official seal of more than 300 stones, so that Zizhi could reappoint officials at all levels, so as to truly exercise the power of the king.

The general city was dissatisfied, and the headquarters of the commander attacked Zizhi, fighting for more than ten days, killing and wounding tens of thousands of people. The city was transferred to the crown prince Ji Ping. Zizhi defeated and killed the city on the grounds of counterinsurgency, and also ordered the arrest of the crown prince Ji Ping. Ji Ping fled to Wuzhong Mountain, and his younger brother Ji Zhi went into exile in South Korea. This time, the civil strife in Yan lasted for several months, which seriously weakened the Yan State.

The State of Qi took the opportunity to fall into the well and attack the Yan State, and the Yan people opened the city to greet them, but as a result, the Qi people plundered the heavy weapons of the Yan State Temple, which caused the Yan people to resist and beat the Qi State back.

And what made Zhao Xing happiest was that Zhongshan Kingdom also took advantage of the fire to rob and occupy the thirty cities of Yan Kingdom.

The reason why Zhao Xing is happy is because Zhongshan occupies thirty cities in Yan Kingdom, and he will have fifteen more cities in the future.

At the same time, Zhongshan did this, which was tantamount to completely offending Yan and Qi, Zhongshan he no longer had allies and foreign aid, and the time was ripe for Zhao Xing's destruction of Zhongshan.