Handan City, East Gate.

Today's East Gate is extraordinarily lively. Hundreds of luxurious carriages were lined up, all of them were dignitaries and dignitaries of the Zhao State, and there were thousands of Zhao soldiers to ensure order.

In the center of all these carriages, the most luxurious, high-end and atmospheric carriage, surrounded by many palace guards, was of course the car of Zhao Dan, the monarch of Zhao State.

At this moment, Zhao Danhua was sitting on the carriage with a smile on his face, and he seemed to be in a pretty good mood.

In fact, there is a reason why Zhao Dan is in such a good mood, because according to the return he has just received, it will only take about half an hour or so, and the first grain convoy from the Qi State will arrive in Handan!

The arrival of Qi's grain transport team is definitely a very important thing for Zhao at this moment.

This indicates that the food problem that has been plaguing the entire Zhao monarch and ministers for a period of time will not be a problem again until at least next spring, that is, in the next six months.

Militarily speaking, with the arrival of this batch of grain and grass, Zhao Guo can rest assured that Lian Po will lead the army to defend the Changping line, and there is no need to risk replacing Zhao Kuo to take the initiative.

In view of the fact that the battlefield terrain of Changping at this moment is more favorable to the defending Zhao army, this result is obviously what Zhao Dan wants to see.

Diplomatically speaking, Zhao can also use this extra half a year to carry out his own diplomatic actions, win more allies, and get rid of the current unfavorable situation of single-handing out Qin.

After all, with such a good example of Qi in front, it is not a strange thing for other countries to change their attitudes, isn't it like this in the Warring States Period, today I am good to you, and tomorrow I will turn my face with you, otherwise where did the idiom of Qin Duchu come from?

From the perspective of the country's internal affairs, the arrival of this batch of grain and grass can stabilize grain prices to a certain extent, so that the rise in domestic grain prices in Zhao will not be too outrageous, so as to ensure the stability of Zhao State.

This is why Zhao Dan wanted to make such a big show and lead hundreds of officials and ministers out of the city to meet the first batch of Qi grain convoys.

Lao Tzu just wants everyone in the world to know that Zhao Guo has something to eat!

Come on, Zhao Ji Lao'er (Qin Wangji) You listen to me, I, Zhao Dan, just want Zhao Guo's 450,000 sons to squat in Changping without moving their nests, not farming, not going home, Lao Tzu has special food! Defy? I don't accept you to let you get up and beat me!

Unconsciously, the smile on the corner of Zhao Dan's mouth became even richer.

As the saying goes, it is better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, so Zhao Dan decided to find someone to chat.

Among the important ministers of Zhao State, Xiangbang Zhao Sheng has sent an envoy to Wei State, Shangqing Yu Xin also went to Chu State, Lin Xiangru has recently become ill and was specially approved by Zhao Dan to recuperate at home, so now those who are qualified to rank around Zhao Dan's carriage have become Pingyang Jun Zhao Bao and eunuch Ling Mixian.

Zhao Dan first chatted casually with Zhao Bao's uncle, and then turned his head to Mi Xian on the other side and smiled: "Mi Qing, how did you do what the widow told you a few days ago?" ”

The gray-haired Mixian did not look sluggish due to aging, but the whole person was full of energy, and immediately smiled when he heard this: "Don't worry, the king, the old minister is in preparation." ”

After a pause, Mixian smiled again: "As for today's matter, the old minister has already made arrangements. ”

Zhao Dan nodded, the same: "Since this is the case, the widow will rest assured." ”

This conversation that sounds like a dumb riddle to others, in fact, the meaning in it is quite simple, it is nothing more than Zhao Dan asking Mi Xian about the inspector and Hu Yiwei that Zhao Dan said a few days ago.

Judging from Mixian's answer, it is obvious that these two secret organizations are already in full swing.

In fact, according to Zhao Dan's meaning, today is the first time that these two organizations will come in handy.

Outside the East Gate today, it's not just Zhao Dan and his civil and military officials. Human nature is to like to see the excitement, the people in Handan City are naturally no exception, such a large guard of honor is set up near the east gate, has long attracted tens of thousands of Handan people to come to watch, the city wall is full of people, and the road outside the east gate is crowded with people.

A moment later, smoke and dust billowed from the road east of Handan City, and a long motorcade of horses, escorted by thousands of Qi soldiers, began to come towards the crowd at the east gate of Handan City.

"It's coming, it's coming!" With the emergence of the horse convoy, the entire east gate of Handan began to be lively.

Somewhere in the crowd, the following conversation began.

Passerby A: "Hey, there are so many people, what are you doing?" ”

Passerby B: "I heard that our king sent an envoy to Qi to buy grain, and today the people of Qi have brought the grain!" ”

Passerby A: "Huh? Isn't it right away that we will harvest in the autumn, and we should buy some grain. ”

Passerby B: "This is what you don't understand, don't you look at the streets of Handan now, there are still a few sturdy Zhao men, they all went to Changping to fight, how can there be an autumn harvest without men." I heard that Changping will have to fight until at least next year, and the king will buy food from Qi to come back, that is, so that our people will not go hungry! ”

Passerby A: "··· It seems to make some sense to hear you say this, but you can tell me that this grain is so expensive now, and it is sold at almost twice the price of before, and I heard that it will continue to rise, how can we ordinary people afford it. ”

Passerby B: "Hey, you don't know? Let me tell you, the ninth son of the eighth aunt of my seventh aunt's family is waiting at the county guard of Handan Mansion, and the county guard has said that our king has issued an order, and all the grain will be sold in seven days, and the price is only forty percent higher than the previous price! ”

"What?" The many Zhao Guo passers-by around were completely unsettled at this time, and they asked passer-by B who had just sent out the exciting news: "Is your news true?" "The grain merchants in Handan City now sell grain at least ninety percent higher than before, how can the government sell forty percent!"

The passer-by snorted heavily, and said, "The county guard can say it, this is called Pinglian!" That's something that only cultured officials and kings can worry about, what do you people who don't know a single word know? Besides, the price of the grain sold by this government will not be known in a few days! ”

The expressions on everyone's faces when they heard this were all half-convinced, and it took a few seconds before they came to the humane: "If the government only sells it at a price of 40% high, then our king is really a good king!" ”

Passerby B sneered again when he heard this: "Our king is not a good king? Let us tell you the news, the people of Qi originally refused to sell grain to us, but in order to keep the big guy from going hungry in winter, our king took He's Bi and sent it to the king of Qi, and the Qi country sold the grain to us! ”

"He's Bi!?" The people of Zhao State who were listening were in an uproar in an instant: "Is that Qin Wangji the Heshi Bi who wants to exchange fifteen cities?" "Such a good baby, this is going to be given away?"

"Of course, there is also a fake?" Passerby B's head was held high: "Think about it, this is worth fifteen cities, how many people and how much land do you get?" Which country do you say the king of the country is not impressed? But our king of Zhao State, for the sake of our people, he took the Heshi Bi to give it away, just for our people not to be exploited by those big grain merchants! Let's talk about it, is our king a good king? ”

The surrounding people of Zhao Kingdom were convinced, and they nodded and admired: "If you don't say it, we really don't know, our king, is really good to the people of our Zhao Kingdom!" "Our king of Zhao is strong and invincible!" "Having such a king is really a blessing for our Zhao Kingdom!"

For a while, the neighborhood was full of praise for Zhao Dan.

Of course, it is not that no one doubts the words of passer-by B: "You kid don't want to talk nonsense, can you know such a national event?" I think you're just talking nonsense. ”

"What?" Passerby B jumped up like a cat that had been stepped on by the tail, and said angrily: "You know a lot, we are people with intelligence channels!" We have a lot of fierce material, I'm afraid that we dare to say it, you guys don't dare to listen! ”

"Yo yo yo, are you still attached to this? Come on, come on, you tell the big guys, who doesn't dare to listen to who is the grandson! ”

"Hey!" Passerby B sneered, cleared his throat, and then made a pose first, and then said unhurriedly: "This is what we used half a catty of dog meat yesterday to get out of the mouth of the ninth son born to the eighth aunt of our seventh aunt's family, you all listen to it, don't be scared for a while." ”

This attitude suddenly made the people of Zhao Guo who were watching itch in their hearts, and someone couldn't help urging: "Don't pretend with that, hurry up." ”

Passerby Yi laughed, suddenly lowered his voice, and whispered mysteriously to the people around him: "We heard that Wu Anjun of the Qin State has quietly arrived in Changping a while ago!" ”