In fact, this kind of thing is not an isolated case, long before this armed merchant ship was burned, there was already a negligent Qin armed merchant ship that had been hijacked. The method was also when the Qin armed merchant ships were docked for replenishment. Take the opportunity to slip onto the ship and kill the crew, but most of the crew is killed, and only a few are left behind. For example, the captain and first officer, and the engineer. Boilermen: These seamen were left behind. Everything else was killed. The next day, the pirates directly ordered these men to drive away from the armed merchant ship.

Qin's armed merchant ships were quite abundant. Armed merchant ships not only have a large amount of weapons and equipment, these weapons and equipment, these water pirates have never seen, let alone used. At the same time, there were also a large number of manufactured industrial products, processed agricultural products, and a large amount of Qin half taels of cash, which were all funds used by the Qin State for commercial activities with the local area. And now it's all in the hands of the water thieves. And the merchants of the Qin State, who armed merchant ships, still wanted to establish another trade route in the Chu State with these and make a fortune, but now they have made wedding dresses for others.

It is no wonder that the Qin people have always been in an advantageous position in commercial trade. And it's easy to get rich. Just be willing to take risks. Such opportunities are not without opportunities. It's a great opportunity.

Although it was difficult for the Qin State to obtain armed merchant ships from the front. But these water pirates have never been caught from the front. They are good at taking a surprise shot. Therefore, the Qin people suffered quite a loss in this regard. In addition, it is difficult for the entire Chu State to provide effective supply facilities. plus a family of officials and bandits. Outsiders like the Qin people are easy to suffer.

For the time being, this matter could not reach the ears of the Qin government, because there was not a single telegraph line in the Chu state, and there was no rapid speed to talk about the matter. Similarly, the people of Chu themselves did not know that such a thing had happened, and if they learned that such a thing had happened, they would definitely be very shocked. Qin and Chu have just improved their relations. If a contradiction breaks out at this time, there is a great possibility that the war will resume.

Just when the trade of the Qinchu Yangtze River encountered some problems. Zhao's general election is also starting to get on track. The election of the prime minister of Zhao was obviously much more solemn than that of the prime minister of Qin. King Zhao also adopted some of Guo Kai's opinions and promulgated some regulations for the election of Zhao.

He stipulated that as long as it was an adult man, he could participate, and the prime minister's term of office was two years, compared to four years originally planned by King Zhao. But Guo Kai thinks that Zhao Guo should not learn from Qin Guo in everything. So, they changed it to two years.

The Prime Minister may be re-elected. There is no upper limit, in fact, this article is reserved for Guo Kai himself. If he is elected prime minister, he can be re-elected, because the next rule is the most important thing.

King Zhao has the final veto power in the prime minister's election, and the voting is adopted, by secret ballot, and the voting stipulates that as long as he comes to Handan to vote on election day, he will be counted as a voter. There are many imperfections in this regulation. But this is already an unprecedented thing for Zhao Guo.

Then there are the candidates, Zhao Wang stipulated. A candidate must have the support of more than 5,000 people and vote for a candidate. This is quite enlightened. For candidates. According to the traditions of the Warring States. The king of Zhao did not specify the nationality, and even the state of Qin did not specify the nationality. There was no distinction between nationalities in the criteria for talent in the Warring States period. In particular, many of the prime ministers who made significant contributions were from other countries. Therefore, in terms of nationality, Zhao State, like Qin State, did not adopt the method of arranging qualified candidates according to nationality.

In this way, talents from other countries can enter Zhao State, but although there are many talents who come to Zhao State. But there aren't many of the daimyo. The reason is that technical talents need to engage in research, and they have no desire to participate in politics at all, and there is not much point in participating in political activities. Most importantly, most of the technical talents, especially the professional talents, were concentrated in the hands of the Qin state. The Qin state adopted pacification measures to make it difficult for technical talents to leave the country.

For management, especially the figures of the various schools of the Warring States Period, they are mainly concentrated in the Qi State, and the Qin State has relatively few talents in this regard. Even in a country like Zhao, there are very few such talents.

The reason for this. It is estimated that the Qin State did not set up the Jixia School Palace like the Qi State and used the state's taxes to support these talents. In terms of the use of talents by the state, it is only for custody and maintenance. And the style of study in the Qin State was very pragmatic, so much so that most of the professionals were concentrated in the Qin State. Qin has never had much influence and market for that kind of non-pragmatic academics.

The university scholars who came to Zhao are mainly still on the way. The road conditions in Qi are very bad, unlike Qin, Zhao, South Korea, and even Yan have special highways. However, the country of Qi is still a dirt road, and the ox cart is still used. Horse-drawn carriages were basically official cars. And the state of Qin is a car. King Zhao also seems to have ignored this. The construction of public facilities, especially the diversification of communication methods, has made it possible for people to respond faster. That's what King Zhao thinks. Because as long as it takes two or three days, the entire territory of Zhao Kingdom can basically see the news. Relying on a relatively developed transportation network, it is possible to reach Handan to complete the election. As everyone knows, in the State of Qi, some people are slowly rushing to the State of Zhao to participate in the election in a slow ox cart.

For this part, the people of Zhao don't care whether they come or not. They are concerned about who the current election candidates are.

"Please, let's meet General Lee." A group of shabby-dressed Zhao people begged the guards to let them pass in front of the General's Mansion and begged to see Li Mu.

"The general is really not here, you guys go back." The guards did not intimidate, but persuaded him to leave.

"Please. Let's go inside. The men were still shouting loudly.

"Let's go back. Let's go back. The guard waved helplessly.

In fact, Li Mu knew about these people's request for Li Mu to participate in the election. With just a telegram, he could know what was going on in Handan. But for such a thing as an election. Li Mu believes that this is not a soldier's duty. And the military should not get too involved in political affairs. Especially the special sense of mission of military personnel.

Li Mu is very clear about this. You must know that the Zhao army has mutiny several times. This is also the reason why Li Mu insisted on not participating in the election and hid far away in the Qin State. If the military is involved in political activities. Then it's not good that Zhao will be in chaos. Military personnel are different from those politicians. The servicemen have weapons in their hands, and if they do not agree, they can rely on force to solve the problem. That's because of that. Therefore, Li Mucai did not dare to agree.