After bidding farewell to the sixth brother Zhao Hongzhao and the sixth sister-in-law, as well as the envoy from the Qi State, General Tian Tan, the next day, Xiong Tuo, the king of Xuancheng, was also ready to return to his fiefdom.

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun took the two sisters, Mi Jiang and Mi Rui, to bid farewell to Xiong Tuo.

It can be seen that although Xiong Tuo is ruthless to outsiders, he is really enthusiastic about the two sisters of Mi Jiang and Mi Rui, and he is full of threatening Zhao Hongrun's words along the way, saying that if Zhao Hongrun has the courage to bully the two sisters, he Xiong Tuo will lead a million army to destroy Wei and the like, Zhao Hongrun secretly despises it.

"A million army? Do you still have enough food and grass to feed a hundred thousand soldiers?'

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun was really speechless.

Think about it, a Yi Jun who can't even feed 100,000 soldiers at hand actually keeps saying that there are millions of troops, do you know that in front of you will be the person who will secretly support you in the future to win the position of King of Chu?

"Yes, yes, a million army, a million army."

casually dealt with Xiong Tuo's threatening threat, and at the same time, Zhao Hongrun did not forget to glare at the stupid girl Mi Rui who was behind Xiong Tuo.

In the past two days, because Xiong Tuo has supported her, Zhao Hongrun feels that this stupid girl is a little unscrupulous.

After Xiong Tuo returned to Chu State, Zhao Hongrun decided to collect the muscles and bones of this stupid girl.

There is no need to be ruthless, as long as she is punished for half a month, she is not allowed to eat any snacks and pastries, I believe that after this girl cried and made a fuss but did not have the slightest effect, she will be able to fully understand the status gap between the breeder and the raised!

may have seen something from Zhao Hongrun's fierce eyes, and Mi Rui's stupid girl also looked a little afraid, and ran to his sister Mi Jiang and didn't know what to say, maybe she hoped that her sister could help her make some remedies or something.

As soon as Mi Rui left, Xiong Tuo chatted with Zhao Hongrun about business.

"Ji Run, I need a batch of grain and grass."

Xiong Tuo made a request without shame.

For a person who is still threatening him, he will change his attitude at this time. put forward all kinds of requirements, Zhao Hongrun was really a little speechless.

"Yes, if you have money, you will have food and grass."

When it comes to money, Xiong Tuo seems to be a little lacking in confidence, after all, he is very poor at the moment. Although the price given by Zhao Hongrun is quite affordable, the problem lies in the way of trading.

Zhao Hongrun has clearly pointed out that if Xiong Tuo will still trade pearls, jade, bronze, lacquerware and other Chu specialties in the future, then Zhao Hongrun will buy it at half price, which means that Xiong Tuo's "assets" will shrink by half, which is also ruthless enough.

"First on credit, and then pay it off with the slaves of Pakistan in the future. Is that possible? Xiong Tuo asked weakly.

Zhao Hongrun glanced at Xiong Tuo when he heard this, and said angrily: "According to your way of credit, do you plan to turn all the people of Pakistan into slaves and send them to my Great Wei?" As he spoke, he pondered for a moment, touched his chin and said, "You can use ore to pay off your debts." ”

"Iron ore?" Xiong Tuo frowned when he heard this, looking a little reluctant.

Seeing this, Zhao Hongrun pointed out unceremoniously: "Do you keep a fart? The iron-smelting process of your Chu State is not as good as your bronze sword. It's just a waste of ore. …… You give me iron ore, and I give you finished armaments. ”

Xiong Tuo was silent when he heard this.

Although Zhao Hongrun's words made Xiong Tuo very uncomfortable to hear. But it is undeniable that what Zhao Hongrun said is indeed the truth: the iron-smelting process of their Chu State, due to the eyes of some Xiong nobles, was left far behind by the Wei State, and the weapons made by the Chu State with iron ore cannot be called weapons. Crisply smash it with a wooden stick and it will crumble.

But the problem is that even so, Xiong Tuo also hopes to develop his own iron-smelting process, after all, relying on other countries, such as Wei. Although he can get a sophisticated iron weapon in a short time, what about the future?

In case Wei Guo stuck the sale of weapons in the future, wouldn't the army under his Xiong Tuo command have to fight back to the point of using the bronze sword?

Looking at his hesitant look, Zhao Hongrun just said lightly: "Regardless of the time it takes to improve the iron-smelting process, if the amount of money invested is even more numerous, this is a bottomless ravine...... According to this king, instead of investing a huge amount of money, wouldn't it be better to buy finished iron weapons directly from my Great Wei? Faster and easier. ”

"Humph!" Xiong Tuo snorted lightly and shook his head.

It's a pity that Zhao Hongrun's coaxing and deceiving others are okay, and it is obviously a little worse to deceive Xiong Tuo, who has ambitions.

"Even if the investment is huge, even if there will not be the slightest satisfactory return in the early stage, I can't bury my future with this." Xiong Tuo firmly rejected Zhao Hongrun's proposal.

He Xiong Tuo is completely different from those Xiong nobles in the Chu State who blindly believe that bronze weapons are stronger and sharper than iron weapons.

However, Xiong Tuo did not say anything to death, after all, in the early stage of developing his own iron-smelting process, he still needed the support of Wei's iron-smelting process.

"I can give you half."

"Yes." Zhao Hongrun nodded.

To be honest, Zhao Hongrun didn't care that Xiong Tuo was secretly developing the iron-smelting process of the Chu State, after all, the entire Chu State generally believed that iron was inferior to bronze, and Xiong Tuo, the monarch of Xuancheng, tried his best to develop the iron-smelting process of the Chu State, how could he catch up with the Wei State? You must know that the Wei State, it is the whole country that is promoting the iron-smelting process.

At most, Zhao Hongrun is a pity that those iron ores will be ruined by the craftsmen of the Chu State, after all, the craftsmen of the Chu State who have no experience in iron smelting, the things they created in the early stage are only the extent of the waste of raw materials.

"By the way, in addition to iron ore, the rest of the metal ore can also be purchased."

"Metal ores other than iron ore? Silver? Xiong Tuo glanced at Zhao Hongrun strangely, frowned and said, "It's impossible for the Ba people to hand over the gold and silver mines to me for mining......

"What do I want that stuff for?"

Zhao Hongrun rolled his eyes.

In fact, in fact, what he wants is bauxite, tin ore and other metal element ores that can be used to smelt iron and optimize iron-carbon steel into steel alloys, but this kind of thing is not good for him to say to Xiong Tuoming, after all, in terms of fundamental interests, he and Xiong Tuo are not all the way.

Therefore, Zhao Hongrun could only vaguely say that the smelting bureau he was in charge of wanted to further improve the smelting process, and planned to try all kinds of ores to see if they could make the iron sword stronger and sharper, or if there was another ore that could replace the iron ore.

And Xiong Tuo obviously understood that Zhao Hongrun would never easily disclose this kind of thing to him, so he didn't ask in detail, but agreed: If he got those ores that were not like iron ore, he would send someone to transport them to Dawei, and as for the price, it would be calculated according to the price of iron ore.

In this regard, Zhao Hongrun was very satisfied, and encouraged Xiong Tuo several times to start his plot against Pakistan as soon as possible, and even privately said that if Xiong Tuo launched a war against Pakistan one day, Zhao Hongrun could appropriately give a certain amount of material free funding.

Of course, the premise is that Xiong Tuo has to guarantee the interests of Great Wei.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Hongrun just wants the ore of Pakistan, after all, Ba, Guizhou and Shu are all mountainous places with very rich mineral deposits.

It's a pity that Xiong Tuo didn't give a corresponding reply, maybe he also felt awkward, after all, this felt like a dog for the Wei people, working hard to get the country of Pakistan and seize the ore he wanted for Zhao Hongrun.

After talking about business, all that remains is some irrelevant things, such as asking Guling Jun Xiongwu's team.

As a result, after asking, Zhao Hongrun learned that the day after Tian Yan, the general of Qi State, arrived in Daliang, Guling Jun Xiong Wu had left angrily and returned to Chu State.

"Is Xiong Wu so afraid of that Tian Tan?" Zhao Hongrun asked curiously: "This king originally thought that Xiong Wu was humiliated by this king, and he would try his best to get back face." ”

Hearing this, Xiong Tuo nodded and said with a strange expression: "Although Xiong Wu is arrogant, he is not stupid. …… As for Tian Tan, this person, like you, is a madman who does not tolerate the slightest threat from others! After that, he exhaled slightly, and said without concealment: "In front of a meaningful guy like you, Xiong Wu can't get any bargains. ”

"Tian Tan? Similar to the personality of this king? ”

Xiong Tuo was silent for a moment when he heard this, probably organizing the language.

After half a ring, he said in a complicated tone: "In the past twenty years, my Great Chu has only had one experience of attacking the Qi Kingdom, and that is when the King of Qi first ascended the throne of the King of Qi. …… At that time, my Da Chu took advantage of the competition for the throne between the king of Qi and several of his brothers, led the army to attack Qi, and attacked Linzi, the king of Qi, in one go......"

"You took advantage of the fire to rob during the period when Lu Xi and his brother were fighting for the throne, and humiliated the Qi State like this, no wonder the King of Qi wanted to kill you, and then led the army to attack your Chu State from time to time......

Zhao Hongrun glanced at Xiong Tuo with a strange face, and asked casually, "What happened later?" Knocked back? ”

"Hmm." Xiong Tuo's expression was a little ugly, and he said vaguely: "That was the first time that the King of Qi called on Lu and Song to launch an offensive against our Great Chu, and it was also the battle of Natian Tan's fame...... You are not a Chu person, you won't know my Chu people's hatred for that Tian Tan! ”

"Then you don't want to kill that Tian Tan? Isn't this a good opportunity? Zhao Hongrun joked.

"You Wei people will stand by and watch? Hey! Ruotian died in the territory of your Wei State, how do you explain it to the Qi State? Besides......" Xiong Tuo sighed, and said with a sad face: "Tian Tan is very cunning, if he can kill this person, then, even if it causes a war, I will admit it, I am afraid that I can't kill Tian Tan here, and the king of Qi over there will immediately start a war against my Da Chu after hearing the news...... Originally, it would be difficult for me to parry the two countries of Qi and Lu, not to mention that now there are more of you Wei State...... Let's let that guy live a few more days! ”

"It's reasonable...... After all, you're still scared, aren't you?'

Zhao Hongrun glanced at Xiong Tuo's expression, and wisely didn't ask anything more.

However, in the bottom of his heart, he was a little envious of that Tian Tan, after all, that Qi general, just by reporting his name, he made Xiong Tuo, the king of Xucheng, Xiong Wu of Guling, and Huang Arsenic, who was a descendant of the Ji Lian clan, like a great enemy, which was really majestic!

"It's good that you can scare a hostile country with a name......

Together with Mi Jiang and Mi Rui sisters, they watched the carriage of Xiong Tuo, the Jun of Xuancheng, slowly drive into the distance, Zhao Hongrun smacked his lips, and couldn't help but be a little fascinated. (To be continued.) )