In the face of Li Shi's inquiry, Fei Yi stroked his gray beard and was silent, because "whether the Zhao State is ready for a decisive battle with the Qi State", he really can't answer this question, and even Zhao He, the monarch of the current Zhao State, is difficult to decide, and the only one who can make the decision is the "Zhao Master Father" who is currently in the Dune Palace.

After Feiyi said goodbye, Li Shi casually asked Meng Zhongdao: "Boy, what do you think of this Feiyi?" ”

Meng Zhong thought for a while and said: "Although the appearance is slightly different from that of the Central Plains people, his words and deeds are the same as those of the Zhao people......"

Li Shi was happy when he heard this, and said with a smile: "The old man is asking you, what do you think of Fei Yifang's perfunctory old man's question with "this matter needs to be considered in the long run". ”

"I'm afraid that this Zhao Xiang can't call the shots."

"Not bad." Li Shi nodded, stroked his beard and pondered: "Looking at this situation, although Zhao Wangyong has passed the throne to Zhao He, it seems that the affairs of Zhao State are still under Zhao Wangyong's control...... It seems that this matter has to be directly asked to Zhao Wangyong. ”

"But before that, Dr. Li still has to ask Zhao Wanghe." Meng Zhong reminded from the side.

Li Shi said with a smile: "This old man naturally knows. ”

The next day, under the recommendation of Feiyi, Li Shi took Meng Zhong and Meng Hu to meet Zhao He, the new monarch of Zhao State.

It may be because the Song State was an important strategic ally of the Zhao State, so the Zhao State received Li Shi with the specifications of receiving envoys from great powers, not only holding banquets and entertaining guests in the Handan Palace, but also supplemented by vocal music.

It must be admitted that those Zhao Guole women who are wearing raccoon yarn robes are a little more feminine than the women of the Song Kingdom, showing their graceful figure in light and feminine, and they are worthy of the world's evaluation of Zhao Guosheng's beauty.

Even Li Shi, who was over sixty years old, also applauded and praised after appreciating the dancing of those music girls, and was full of praise.

During this period, Meng Zhong paid more attention to Zhao He, the new monarch of Zhao State.

According to Meng Zhong's eyesight, the new monarch Zhao He seems to be about the same age as him, about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a thin figure, clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and looks quite gentle.

As if noticing Meng Zhong's gaze, Zhao He also turned his head to look at Meng Zhong, with a little surprise on his face, as if he was surprised that this "Song envoy's entourage", who was the same age as him, was actually qualified to sit in the palace, but considering that the seating arrangements were all arranged by the Minister of State, he believed that there must be some truth in this.

In fact, what kind of truth can it be, it is nothing more than Feiyi in order to respect the two behind Meng Zhong, that is, Zhuangzi and Hui'an.

After some politeness that didn't have much nutrition, Li Shi smiled and asked Zhao Hedao: "Dare to ask Zhao Jun, I don't know what you think of Qi Guo?" ”

Meng Zhong saw with his own eyes that when the new monarch Zhao He was asked by Li Shi, he was slightly stunned, and seemed to be a little surprised.

Because according to Meng Zhong's own eyes, this new monarch basically did not speak easily when he met Li Shi, and it was Feiyi, the old prime minister, who was greeting Li Shi from beginning to end, and now Leng Buding was asked by Li Shi about his attitude towards Qi State, no wonder he was surprised.

Under Meng Zhong's attention, the new monarch Zhao He first turned his head to look at Fei Yi, and then asked Li Shidao gently: "I don't know what the envoy means?" ”

Li Shi explained with a smile: "The foreign minister has no other intentions, but just wants to continue to maintain the "Zhao Song Alliance", therefore, I want to ask Zhao Jun's opinion on the Qi Kingdom, after all, your country will need to be governed by Zhao Jun in the future. ”

Hearing this, Meng Zhong secretly praised in his heart, secretly praised Li Shi for being worthy of being an old minister of the Song State, and saw that Zhao Xiangfeiyi couldn't ask about Zhao Guo's attitude towards Qi State now, so he decided to start with Zhao He, the immature new monarch.

"Qi ......"

After some short thought, Zhao He said warmly: "As far as I know, Qi is a country that poses a great threat to both Zhao and Song......"

Hearing this, Li Shi frowned slightly.

Because he heard from Zhao He's words, it seemed that Zhao He didn't have much "hatred" for Qi Guo, which was not good.

You must know that the reason why Zhao Yong, the father of Zhao, wanted to unite Song and Yan against Qi was because of his hatred for Qi - after all, Qi had reneged on the alliance after Sun Yan, the prince of Wei, organized a war against Qin, and launched a war of robbery against Zhao.

However, this "hatred" does not seem to have been passed on to the new monarch Zhao He, which made Li Shi a little worried about the stability of the Zhao-Song alliance.

So he smiled and said: "Zhao Jun, the State of Qi is a country of hypocrisy and evil, do you remember when the countries invaded Qin?" The Kingdom of Qi reneged on its alliance with your country and raised an unrighteous army to attack your country......"

"Dr. Li." Zhao Xiangfeiyi interrupted Li Shi's words, and said with a smile: "Today is a banquet for entertaining the honorable driver, why mention the unfortunate incident back then?" ”

Obviously, this Zhao Xiang saw Li Shi's instigation and did not want to continue the topic.

After that, Zhao He mostly listened quietly to the dialogue between Feiyi and Li Shi, sometimes showing a thoughtful look.

"It seems that this new monarch is still in the stage of learning national politics......

Seeing this scene, Meng Zhong thought secretly.

After the feast, when Li Shi left the palace of King Zhao with Meng Zhong and Meng Hu, he couldn't help but say: "Sure enough, Zhao Wangyong is still controlling the state affairs of Zhao State......

Meng Zhong shook his head when he heard this and said, "I don't see it." …… According to what the kid saw, Fei Yi was teaching the new king with all his heart. Didn't Doctor Li pay attention to the fact that although Zhao Xiang Feiyi had been talking to you all the time, when you first asked Zhao when, Feiyi did not say anything to stop him, which shows that he also saved face for Xinjun until you tried to speak out and provoke you......"

Hearing the word "instigation", Li Shi smiled a little embarrassedly: "Even you can see it." ”

Meng Zhong nodded, and then said: "And the most important thing is Zhao He's attitude towards Feiyi. From beginning to end, the new monarch Zhao He quietly listened to Feiyi's conversation with you, sometimes showing a thoughtful look, but there was no annoyance or boredom from beginning to end, which shows that he has a very good relationship with Feiyi, and even has special respect for Feiyi and is willing to listen to the latter's teachings. ”

After listening to Meng Zhong's analysis, Li Shi nodded approvingly: "You still look carefully." …… However, if it is true as you say, it will not be a good thing for my Song Kingdom......"

Meng Zhong was slightly stunned, and after thinking about it, he understood what Li Shi meant.

You must know that Fei Yi is one of Zhao Wangyong's most trusted courtiers, if he is really doing his best to assist and teach the new monarch Zhao He, then it means that the royal power of Zhao is gradually transitioning from Zhao's father to the new monarch Zhao He, and the new monarch Zhao He does not seem to have any hatred for Qi State, which can't help but make people worry about the future of the Zhao Song Alliance.

"Let's go to the Dune Palace first."

Li Shi sighed slightly.

After returning to the post house that day, Li Shi ordered everyone to pack up and prepare to go to the Dune Palace.

Zhao Yichang reported Li Shi's meaning to Zhao Xiangfeiyi, who did not stop it, but sent a team of Zhao pawns to escort him.

These Zhao pawns are not comparable to those Zhao pawns sent by Gangping City, they are said to be the soldiers under the "letter period" of the palace guard in Handan City, and they all look quite elite.

It is worth mentioning that in this group of Zhao strokes, there were also about twenty cavalry.

Cavalry, is Zhao in the implementation of the "Hufu cavalry shooting" after the birth of a new type of troops, before the entire Central Plains did not have this kind of single horse combat troops, still generally adopt the "chariot" as the core of the infantry formation, so that today when I saw the cavalry of Zhao for the first time, it seems that Menghu, Mengsui, Wu Ying and others are all wide-eyed and watching, with an incredible look.

Even the young sect master of the Meng clan, Meng Hu, looked at those cavalry and was secretly surprised.

It is no wonder, after all, there were no saddles and stirrups in this era, so that when the cavalry was riding, the whole person had to lie on the horse's back and clamp the horse's belly completely with the strength of his legs, which made riding a horse a very hard and painful task.

For example, the twenty Zhao cavalry who escorted Li Shi, after riding for about an hour, staggered one by one when they were resting, obviously because their hips were grinding from the horse's back, and even numb from it.

"Why did Zhao replace chariots with cavalry?" Meng Hu asked puzzled, because in his opinion, this kind of cavalry is simply useless, how can there be a chariot powerful?

It seemed that after hearing Meng Hu's words, the twenty Zhao cavalry all laughed, which made Meng Hu think that he was being ridiculed and was very angry.

Then, a figure who appeared to be the captain came over and explained: "Little brother, we are not laughing at you, but because of what you said...... Once, my Zhao people also thought that the chariot was invincible, but when fighting against Hu Rong in the north, the chariot of our Zhao State was defeated by the cavalry of the Hu people, and it was defeated repeatedly, but since the master father implemented the Hu Fu reform, my Zhao State used cavalry to fight against the cavalry of the Hu people, and won victories one after another, and laid a huge land in the north......"

"I don't believe it." Meng Hu looked suspicious.

Even, Meng Hu, Meng Sui, Wu Ying, Xiang Yu and others are also unbelievable.

It is no wonder that, after all, in the current Central Plains, the world still thinks that the chariot is invincible, so that when the countries boast of themselves, they often call themselves the country of thousands of times to show their own strength - just like the Song Dynasty King Yan called the Song Kingdom "the power of the Song Dynasty of five thousand times".

As a new branch of the cavalry, its powerful potential has not yet been recognized by the world.

Only Meng Zhong secretly paid attention to the movements of the cavalry of the Zhao Kingdom, and he focused his eyes on the hips of those cavalrymen as they rode and their dangling right feet, thoughtfully.

The Dune Palace, located in the area of the "Julu" city of the Zhao State, on the west bank of the "Zhangshui", is about 150 miles away from Handan, and the father of the Zhao State, Zhao Yong, currently lives here, commanding the war of the Zhao State against the Zhongshan State.

On the fifth day of the sixth month, Li Shi, the envoy of the Song State, arrived at the sand dunes with Meng Zhong and others.

Even if it was Meng Zhong, he couldn't help but feel a little excited in his heart, after all, Zhao Yong, the father of Zhao, was a rare male lord in the world.

In the evaluation of today's world, Qin and Qi are countries with hegemonic potential, if these two countries do not dominate the Central Plains in the end, then it must be Zhao.