In July, a street leading to the palace in Handan was lined with shops.

In one of the pharmacies, the manager of the pharmacy was greeting the many customers who were taking the medicine with a few men.

This pharmacy is in Handan City, not big or small, with a very complete range of medicines and many customers.

A big man walked into the store with a package on his back, and a shop guy hurriedly stepped forward and asked:

"Guest officer, what herbs do you need?"

The big man asked, "Do you collect medicinal herbs here?" ”

The shopkeeper smiled and said to the big man, "Of course I accepted it." ”

"I have wild ginseng from the north here, do you accept it?"

"Receive. How many? ”

"There are five of them."

"How's the vintage?"

"One is ten years old, two are twenty years old, and two are thirty years old."

The guy in this shop was shocked, glanced at this big man, and said:

"Guest, wild ginseng is a valuable item, you need to talk to our steward about this."

"Okay."

At this time, the manager of the pharmacy had already come to the front of this big man.

glanced at the big man and said, "Guest officer, please come inside to talk." ”

After arriving at a room at the back of the drugstore, the steward bowed and saluted the big man:

"Li Baoshan, head of the Zhao Guojia Group of the Intelligence Bureau, pays homage to Director Wang."

This big man is none other than Wang Fenghai, the director of the Zhao State Branch of the Yan State Intelligence Bureau. The pharmacy here is also a base set up by the Yan State Intelligence Bureau in Handan, which is responsible for listening to the movements of the Zhao State court and other matters.

Wang Fenghai stepped forward to help Li Baoshan up and said to Li Baoshan:

"Team Leader Li, don't be polite. What is the recent movement of Zhao Guochao? ”

"Director, the news that came back from the palace yesterday said that Zhao Wangdan had received the envoy sent by Wei and had promised to take over Qicheng in the eastern part of the country, it seems that Zhao Guo wanted to officially participate in the matter of defending the country."

In addition, a few days ago, the envoy of the Qin State also came to Handan, saying that the Qin Wang Yingji was going to Xianyang, and the Jiuding that was stolen from Wangji was officially going to be put in the temple of the Qin State. Let all countries in the world send envoys to Xianyang to watch the ceremony. ”

After Wang Fenghai heard this, he sneered twice and said to Li Baoshan:

"This Zhao Wang Dan is simply insatiable, my king has helped Zhao Guo many times, but Zhao Guo is ungrateful at this time, occupying the land of my Yan State Weidi, which simply lives up to the friendship between my Yan and Zhao."

"Also, this Yingji old man actually dares to steal the world's most important weapon-Jiuding, and now he wants to call him the "Son of Heaven". Send this news back to Jidu as soon as possible. ”

"No." Li Baoshan bowed in response.

After Wei sent troops to occupy Wei, Zhao saw that Yan did not send troops to attack Wei. Seeing this, Zhao Wangdan agreed to Wei's request after receiving the envoy of Wei, and sent troops to occupy the territory in the eastern part of Wei.

This annoyed the whole Yan State, and the official mouthpiece of the Yan State, the "Yan Guo Xun Bao", published editorials in several consecutive issues, scolding Wei and Zhao.

As the most advanced propaganda tool in this era, the power of "Yan Guo Xun Bao" is huge.

The occupation of Wei and Zhao by Wei and Zhao has now been widely regarded by the people of Yan as the greatest provocation to Yan.

He has been king for 53 years and is already in his early 70s.

The idea of wanting to become the "Son of Heaven" is getting heavier and heavier.

After Cai Ze resigned from the phase and was named Gangchengjun.

Yingji already had a clear understanding of the situation that Qin was currently facing.

That is, after the Battle of Handan, the army and the people were exhausted, and they were no longer able to unify the world and fulfill the dream in their hearts. The Qin State has indeed arrived, and it is time to recuperate.

But in this case, Yan Guo is indeed dominating the world, standing in the north of the Central Plains.

In particular, Yan Wang Kang, who was less than 20 years old, at the beginning of his ascension to the throne last year, brazenly went south and occupied one of the seven strongest countries in the world, Qi State, which shocked the hegemony of Qin State.

Faced with this situation, Qin Wang Yingji decided to plunder the "Jiuding" that symbolized the world from Wangji Luoyi and officially set it up in the temple of Xianyang of Qin State, and issued an edict to all countries to send envoys to participate in the "grand event".

And use this to test the attitude of all countries in the world towards Qin.

This approach of King Yingji of Qin made all the countries in the world feel uneasy and did not know what to do, especially the Zhao State.

After receiving the envoy of the Qin State, Zhao Wangdan brought Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, to discuss the matter.

"Uncle Wang, now that King Yingji of Qin has sent an envoy to say that King Yingji of Qin is going to worship the heavens in October, he will officially set up Jiuding in the temple of Qin, and ask my Zhao State to send an envoy to go, how should my Zhao State deal with it?"

After listening to Zhao Wangdan's words, Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, didn't know how to answer.

The purpose of Qin's sacrifice to the heavens is very clear.

It is to tell the world that the Qin State has replaced the Zhou Dynasty as the co-lord of the world.

If you think about it, in the Battle of Changping, the Qin State killed hundreds of thousands of soldiers of the Zhao State, so that almost every household in the Zhao State brought filial piety, and every household howled; In the Battle of Handan, the Qin State besieged the city, allowing the residents of Handan to cook on bones and eat on their children.

For the Zhao State, the Qin State can be described as a sea of blood feuds.

If at this time, you, Zhao Wangdan, sent an envoy to the Qin State to "establish the Ding" and recognize the Qin State as the co-lord of the world, and you must not be scolded to death by the subjects of the Zhao State.

Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, pondered for a long time before he said to Zhao Wang Dan:

"King, this time the Qin State sacrifices to the heavens, and my Zhao Kingdom can be described as a dilemma! If you send an envoy to Qin, you will be scolded by the subjects of my Zhao State; And if you don't go, the Qin State will definitely attack my Zhao State. ”

"Originally, my Zhao State could still conspire with Yan Guo in this matter, but after my Zhao State sent troops and occupied Qicheng and other cities in the eastern part of the Wei Kingdom, the "Yan State Xun Bao" scolded my Zhao State enough, and my Zhao State also offended Yan State!"

The ten-month newspaper issued in each issue of Yanguo is not only marketed in the counties, counties, townships, li and villages of Yanguo. Now, it is also procured by the envoys of the Central Plains countries stationed in Jidu and sent back to the country every issue.

After listening to Pingyuan Jun's words, Zhao Wangdan also showed helplessness and said to Zhao Shengyan:

"Alas! My sister wrote two days ago, because of the matter of defending the country, she also scolded the widow, and asked the widow to withdraw the army from the country immediately, otherwise, she will no longer care about the affairs of my Zhao country in the future. ”

"Nowadays, my sister is too biased. The major affairs of the country can not be judged by family affection. Yan Guo ignored Wei Guo's Zhanwei, but repeatedly demanded of my Zhao State. How can I, Zhao State, lose the opportunity to enhance the national strength of my Zhao State because of family affection. ”

Regarding the affairs between the Empress Dowager Ji Zhao and Zhao Wangdan, Zhao Sheng can't take care of the affairs between the two sisters and brothers.

I could only stand there, silent.

Zhao Wangdan didn't want to talk more about Yan Guo here, thought for a while, and said to Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains:

"Today, the state affairs of my Zhao State are difficult, and the national strength is much worse than before, and it is no longer possible to fight against the Qin State alone. The world is in turmoil, mergers are abnormal, and many small countries in the Central Plains are now merged with the major countries. ”

Speaking of this, Zhao Wangdan shook his head and continued to say to Zhao Shengyan, the king of the plains:

"Uncle Wang, now for the sake of my Zhao State, for the Qin State, my Zhao State can't be offended too much. Qin State's sacrifice to the heavens, I, Zhao State, should send an envoy to go! However, keep a low profile and don't publicize it too much at home. ”

After listening to Zhao Wangdan's words, Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, couldn't help but sigh, bowed down and said, "No." ”