Cloudsdale.

Two Zhao soldiers followed behind Ling Huye, this King of Lin Hu looked depressed, and he didn't have any spirit when he walked. He lowered his head, looked at the Zhao soldiers leading the way in front of him, and looked at this hall that he had long been very familiar with.

The pattern of Yunzhong City is not large, but as a city where the building is annoying, it has naturally established a set of buildings with the characteristics of the building. For example, this hall, located in the center of Cloudsdale, can be said to be the most formal building in the entire Cloudsdale. In other places, not only are the areas mixed, but the functions are not clear, and there is even only one inn in the entire Cloud City, which is still built according to the annoying habits of the building. Only this hall reveals the style of the Central Plains almost everywhere, which can be regarded as a unique scenery on the grassland. Whenever Ling Huye came to visit Lou Yuan, he would come here, and only at this time would Ling Huye be in a trance, not knowing whether he was meeting a monarch of the Central Plains or a leader of a grassland tribe.

It's just that he is not in the mood to think about these now, he knows that what he is going to face will be a monarch of Zhao State, an authentic monarch of the Central Plains, and his identity is also a general. He was even thinking about how he would endure if he was ridiculed by Zhao Guojun's ministers. Otherwise, with Zhao Jun's current strength, he would completely wipe himself out. For the good of the whole clan, he must also endure humiliation.

And behind Ling Huye, there were four other Zhao soldiers, escorting a man wearing Qin army armor. Although Wei Zhang's spirit was not good, when he learned that what he was about to face was King Zhao, he barely cheered up. As a loser, he has no right to pick the path of survival, however, he can maintain his dignity. This is the most basic right of a general, and he does not intend to give it up. It's just that when I die here, I'm a little sorry for Zhang Yi who is in my heart with me.

The two of them had their own thoughts, followed the soldiers of Zhao State, and finally arrived outside the main hall.

The door of the hall opened, the lights in the hall were brilliant, Li Zhuo took the lead to walk out, looked at the two of them, and said to King Lin Hu: "General, the king of my family has an invitation, please enter the hall with a certain person." ”

Seeing that Zhao Yong had summoned him, Ling Huye quickly straightened his clothes, bowed his waist, and followed Li Zhuo to the palace. But I saw that above the main hall, two slightly older officials stood in the first place, and below them were Xu Yuan and Li Zhuo. And sitting on the top of the main hall, a young man was smiling at himself. Naturally, it was the king of Zhao State, and he hurriedly made a big salute, and said in his mouth: "Ling Huye, meet the king." ”

"Your Majesty, please get up." Zhao Yong said: "Back then, you and I fought for our lives outside Yuanyang City, and we were enemies of each other, but now we are on top of this hall, talking with candles and nights, and the opportunities in the world coincide with Ruosi, which is really wonderful." ”

Seeing that Zhao Yong didn't seem to be embarrassed, Ling Huye also called himself the king, and was a little flattered, so he said ashamedly: "It was really a sin to collide with the king that day, and today the little king is here, or please let the king go and let go of the children and children in the clan." Lin Hubu is willing to charge into battle for the king in order to repay the great favor. With that, he got up and fell to the ground again.

"King Lin Hu is too worried, and Gu has no intention of eliminating Lin Hu." Zhao Yong said, got up and walked to Ling Huye, helped him up, and dusted off his clothes. He has always been handy at these actions of buying people's hearts. "Although Lin Hu is the most right with my Zhao country, but all along, he has been nomadic on the south bank of the Great River, not with Lou Fu, invading the territory of my Zhao country, and plundering the people of my Zhao country, these things, Lone is still clear. It's just that I was coerced by Lou Fu and had to do it as a last resort. ”

Ling Huye frowned, looked up at Zhao Yong, but found that Zhao Yong's face was the same. In fact, Lin Hu also followed Lou Fu to the south many times, and also plundered the Zhao State, and even sent troops to attack some of the cities of the Zhao State. Doesn't Zhao Yong know this information? Or is he pretending not to know and covering himself up?

"Today, King Lin Hu is willing to be attached, which is naturally a blessing for my Zhao country. Lone is willing to treat the king as equals, and the previous grudges will be written off. If the king agrees, Lone can also open the military market in this cloud city, and Lin Hu and I, Zhao Guo, barter, exchange what they have, and appease the hearts of the people of the two countries. ”

Although Zhao Yong's words are not much, the amount of information is very large, so that Ling Huye has to figure out his thoughts.

According to Zhao Yong's meaning, Zhao Yong did not plan to abolish his royal title, which he did not expect. In his impression, the monarchs of the Central Plains countries are very concerned about the title, and there can only be one person in a country who is the king, otherwise it will be impossible to distinguish who the main body of the country is, so Ling Huye is also ready to abolish the king's title. However, Zhao Yong's intention was that he had no intention of abolishing the title of Wang, which showed that the Linhu tribe would ensure its independence rather than being scattered and integrated into the Central Plains.

Second, the grievances between the previous two, whether right or wrong, will no longer be pursued. Since he is no longer pursuing it, Zhao Yong plans to let him go. This is more tolerant than the previous one, which not only shows that Zhao Yong will guarantee the independence of the Lin Hu tribe, but also will continue to support himself as the king of Lin Hu. If it was a promise to the Linhu tribe just now, then this promise was made to himself.

What surprised him the most was the third one, which was the opening of the military market. The so-called military market is actually a place for trading, and the reason why it is called a military market is naturally because the management power of this market belongs to the army, and the rent collected naturally belongs to the army. This army, of course, is the garrison of the Zhao State. In other words, Zhao was willing to trade with the Linhu tribe, but only if he had to garrison troops here.

The biggest difference between the grassland tribes and the Central Plains countries is that due to the survival characteristics of the grassland tribes, they must live in the grass and often wander from place to place in order to let their livestock survive. Although this kind of life is free, in the long run, the lack of many daily necessities is certain, especially in the event of a catastrophe, whether it is people or livestock, it is a devastating blow. This made the steppe people have to go south to plunder the cities of the Central Plains people in order to get enough daily necessities to survive.

Whether it is a grassland person or a Central Plains person, the desire to survive is objective, instinctive, and a choice that grassland people have to make. If this matter is pursued, it will not be investigated. Although Zhao Yong's cognition of this matter is ambiguous, he has both the descendants of Xianbei people like Feiyi and the annoying officials of the original building like Lou Huan, and by communicating with them, he can also find out more or less the requirements of these grassland people, that is, to meet their living needs. And opening up the market is a second move.

King Lin Hu now saw that he could obtain the materials of Zhao without having to go through plunder, so he was naturally very willing. Although there will be a tiger lying next to him, this tiger is very principled, as long as he can be obedient, the tiger does not mind that he lives in peace, in this case, why not.

Ling Huye prostrated on the ground for the third time, "The king is gracious, and the Lin Hu tribe will not forget it for generations." A certain is willing to swear here and worship Zhao for the rest of his life until the day when our clan is extinct! ”

And he is willing to deliver 4,000 good horses to Zhao State free of charge every year to express his loyalty.

After Ling Huye finished speaking, everyone present was excited. Because this shows that Zhao Guo can get 4,000 good horses from Lin Hu every year, which greatly reduces the pressure on the generation of horses to breed, and also reduces a large part of the expenses for Zhao Guo's finances. Moreover, although Lin Hu and Lou Fu are both grassland people, but unlike Lou Fu people, who are strong in archery and horse, the most unique thing about Lin Hu is that he is good at raising horses, which is better than Lou Fu and the Huns. If these war horses help, the military strength of Zhao State will be upgraded to a higher level.

After talking with Ling Huye for a while, Zhao Yong asked Lou to say goodbye to him and go down to rest first, and then discuss with him on the opening of the military market and the next actions another day. When the generals saw Linghu Ye leaving, they all congratulated Zhao Yong, congratulating Zhao on obtaining such a huge horse resource, which will also become a rich capital for Zhao to dominate the world.

"To be able to get Lin Hu's such an investment, all the risks that my generation suffered before can be overcome one by one." Zhao Yong said with a smile.

"The king can open the military market, and change Lin Hu to return to his heart, just this open-mindedness is enough for him to make Huye worship every day." Niu Jian also joked.

Everyone laughed, "Although Lone has the intention to naturalize Lin Hu, but after all, this place is located in the northwest, and if it is an expedition of laborers, the logistical pressure is really too great." It is better to use Hu to govern Hu, let them take care of themselves, we are stationing troops here, and by opening up the military market to reduce the cost of perennial garrisons. At the same time, it can also win over the leaders of the tribe who have many admiration for the Central Plains. ”

"What's more, this place is connected to the upper county of the Qin State, and if we rush to garrison troops, I am afraid that it will cause panic in the Qin State and attract retaliation, so it is better to let the Linhu people become a buffer between the two countries, so that the Qin State will not be so frightened. Therefore, just now, I didn't talk about the old things that Lin Hu had invaded my Zhao country, and I hoped that the old things could resolve the estrangement in his heart and willingly defend the border for us. ”

Everyone listened to Zhao Yong's analysis and nodded one after another.

"Okay, about the matter of the garrison, General Niu Jian and Gu will discuss it later, and the matter of this military market will be handed over to Lou Zhan. Lone also had to find a helper for Lou Slow, so he couldn't spare time. When they heard this, they burst out laughing again. It is said that Zhao Yong's Northern Expedition, after Lou Shu saw Zhao Yong, he vomited his bitterness to him many times, saying that for the sake of military training, he worked day and night, etc., and everyone laughed about this matter one by one.

Wei Zhang was outside the hall, calmly waiting for himself to be heard, because he was not so worried. In his opinion, he is actually dead, but he has not yet been finally sentenced. When he saw King Lin Hu leave happily, he was ready to face his fate.

Zhao Yong looked at Wei Zhang, and Wei Zhang also looked at Zhao Yong. It was the first time he had seen such a young monarch, and most importantly, he didn't seem to be holding a shelf when he saw himself.

"General Wei Zhang, I can see it today, how fortunate it is." Zhao Yong saw that Wei Zhang was still in shackles, and hurriedly ordered someone to remove it. Seeing this, Li Zhuo and Xu Yuan stepped forward one after another, worried that Wei Zhang would blackmail Zhao Yong. Zhao Yong was not afraid, and stood in front of him generously.

As soon as the shackles were removed, Wei Zhang suddenly felt relaxed, he looked at Zhao Yong with contempt in his eyes, and said in his mouth: "Thank you King Zhao for your kindness." However, a certain was more victorious by the favor of the King of Qin, and this time the army was defeated, and he was convinced. If you want to kill or chop, listen to it. ”

When Xu Yuan and the others saw Wei Zhang like this, they all angrily reprimanded him, only Zhao Yong did not get angry at all, but asked with interest: "The general said that the king of Qin is kind to the general, but if he releases the general, he will also be kind to the general." I don't know if this is the case, what will the general use to repay Lone? ”

Wei Zhang was taken aback, he didn't expect this question, he thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Since he is a general of the Qin State, he naturally puts the Qin State first. This defeat, even if the king releases so, so-and-so will go back to Qin to receive death, if the king believes so-and-so, and then repay the king's kindness in the next life. ”

Zhao Yong knew that this was definitely not Wei Zhang's perfunctory self-infliction, but he really wanted to repay his kindness.

"The general naturally knows that if he goes back, he will die, so why should he return to Qin? What's more, the general is not a Qin person, but a Wei person, if he doesn't return to Qin this time, returns to Wei or stays in Zhao State, it may not be the general's choice, why choose a road of no return? ”

Wei Zhang saw that Zhao Yong didn't think it was a pestle, but instead advised himself, so he let go of his mind and said slowly: "It's not for others, but for the mutual understanding of Mr. Zhang Yi." ”

(End of chapter)