Shangguan Zhishui was stunned for a moment, obviously she didn't expect Han Xin to ask her like this, and looked at Han Xin with wide eyes, a little confused.

Han Xin got up from his seat and walked towards her, and Shangguan Zhishui also hurriedly stood up in a panic.

"In other words, you have to make me trust you and trust your Tao family." Han Xin took a few steps forward, with a smile on his face, and approached Shangguan Zhishui and said condescendingly.

Shangguan Zhi's sailor clung to the hem of his skirt, and his body couldn't help but lean back, looking at Han Xin with a panicked expression, like a frightened fawn.

Although she was ready to "dedicate herself", she was still panicked when it came to the end.

Han Xin was still looking at her with a smile, but he saw that she suddenly closed her eyes, her long eyelashes trembled slightly, and her face was flushed, which was extremely attractive in the firelight. Han Xin couldn't help but be stunned, but immediately understood, and couldn't help but laugh a little.

Shangguan Zhishui closed his eyes and waited for a long time, but he never saw Han Xin have any work, and couldn't help but open his eyes. saw that Han Xin was just a few feet away, hugging his hands on his chest, looking at himself with a smile in his eyes, with a bit of banter in his eyes.

Han Xin finally spoke; "I think you're misunderstanding me, I'm interested in your talent, not your body. Oh no...... Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying you're not attractive enough, in fact, I'm very interested in you personally, it's just ...... That, you should know ......"

Han Xin explained for a long time, but the more he explained, the more he couldn't explain, and he saw that Shangguan Zhishui was still looking at himself with wide eyes and a stunned look. I had no choice but to spread my hands and said; "Do you understand?"

Shangguan Zhishui's face turned red, and she lowered her head, probably understanding what Han Xin meant in her heart, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, but there was a faint loss in her heart.

Qiang calmed down, pulled the scattered hair on his forehead, Shangguan Zhishui nodded with a blushing face, "I understand, but I don't understand." ”

"What don't you understand?" Han Xin's eyes widened and he asked.

Shangguan Zhishui said; "I don't understand what you mean by being interested in my talents?"

Han Xin simply said straightforwardly; "It's very simple, I think your opinions and talents are very human, it's a pity that your mind is used in business, I think you are very suitable to be an official position under me."

"What official position?" Shangguan Zhishui was a little dazed, not understanding what Han Xin wanted to say.

Offices? Joke! Who has ever seen a woman in office? Thinking of this, Shangguan Zhishui couldn't help but glance at Han Xin a few times, thinking that he was trying to find an excuse to keep me by his side, so he came up with these nonsense stories.

Of course, Han Xin couldn't guess what she was thinking, but continued with great interest; "Don't you think you're a good fit to be my ruler?"

Shangguan Zhishui opened his mouth wide, his face was full of horror, his eyes stared at Han Xin, and seeing that his face was not ridiculous, he was sure that he was not joking with himself anymore.

"General, are you making fun of me again?"

"What do you think?" Han Xin looked at her seriously and replied.

Shangguan Zhishui was suddenly a little speechless, she didn't know what to say. This Han Xin didn't know what was going on in his head, since Xia Qi founded the country, he had never heard of a woman as an official. Moreover, Zhisu Neishi is one of the dignified Jiuqing, in charge of the world's grain, food, money and goods, although the position is not prominent compared with the other Jiuqing, it is one of the most important positions.

You must know that if a country wants to operate normally, including marching and fighting, money and grain are indispensable, and mastering the power of money and grain is tantamount to mastering the throat of the Qin Empire. Shangguan Zhishui really couldn't figure out why Han Xin had a whim, and suddenly proposed to take this position.

Shangguan Zhishui looked strange, "General, do you really not understand or falsely understand, have you ever heard of a female official appearing in the court?" ”

Han Xin shrugged his shoulders and said disapprehantly; "Not really."

Shangguan Zhishui couldn't help but be angry, and her pretty face was a little angry, "Then what do you mean by saying these words?" ”

Han Xintian snorted and said with a smile; "Yes, I really didn't have it before, but it doesn't mean that I didn't have it later, do you think I, Han Xin, am a legalistic person? As long as it is a talent, it can be used by me, I don't care if he is a man or a woman, I only need a talented person. If you have the talent to stabilize the country, what does it matter if I let you be a prime minister. ”

Shangguan Zhishui listened to Han Xin's words, and only felt incredible, and he didn't dare to think about it before. Although she was also a woman, she never thought about why she couldn't enjoy everything she was supposed to enjoy like men. Although she is at the helm of the Tao family, every order is issued in the name of her father-in-law Tao Wan, if you leave Tao Wan alone, she doesn't even have any identity, at best she is just the daughter-in-law of the Tao family.

In the pre-Qin era, although women did not require the almost harsh "three obedience and four virtues" of later generations, the status of women was generally low and they were reduced to the vassals of men. The status of the wife in the family is still like walking on thin ice, and the status of the concubine is like a slave, and she can give it to others at will. Han Xin gave Shangguan Zhishui an unprecedented "equality between men and women" drama today, and everyone would get dizzy.

Shangguan Zhishui calmed down for a while, but still did not recover from the consternation of Tiantian, and said to Han Xin with a bitter smile; "General, your thoughts..... the little woman really admires and admires it to the extreme, but I don't have the courage to challenge the world, I'm really sorry."

Han Xin still refused to give up, and persuaded for a while, but Shangguan Zhishui gritted his teeth and refused to agree, and finally Han Xin had to think of a compromise solution, and used the internal history of the ruling Su in the court to make this seat vacant and idle. Shangguan Zhishui served as Han Xin's staff and indirectly controlled the historical power in Zhisu.

There was no shortage of talented women who were called into the palace to serve as the king's left and right attendants, and with these precedents, Shangguan Zhishui also felt much better in her heart.

As for the positioning of the Tao family, Han Xin promised to make the Tao family a royal businessman, Shangguan Zhishui only needs to recommend a reliable person to be in charge of the Tao family, with Han Xin's support, the ill-intentioned people within the Tao family will never dare to jump out and openly oppose it.

Han Xin's conditions were so generous that he had obviously impressed Shangguan Zhishui. originally thought that running the Tao family was the biggest achievement in her life, but Han Xin's words made her heart pound. Running a wealthy family and running a vast empire are not the same level of accomplishment. And once she enters the heart of the Qin State, it means that the Tao family will be closely linked to the national fortunes of the Qin Empire, and it will prosper forever.

This was a rare opportunity, so after thinking about it again, Shangguan Zhishui nodded and agreed.

That night, Shangguan Zhishui returned to Qidi's stronghold under the escort of Ran Yi, fulfilling her previous promises to Han Xin one by one.

Weidi Hanoi County.

In the twenty-second year of the first emperor, the general Wang Ben destroyed Wei, took the land of the Hetao and placed it in Hanoi County, and took Daliang as the county rule.

Because Daliang is located in the center of the world, it is a necessary place for the south to go back and forth, and the east to the west, and it has become a famous commercial center. In the fifth year of King Wei Hui, Wei, who was still the overlord at that time, moved the capital from Anyi to Daliang, and gradually developed into the most prosperous city in the world. Later, under the continuous blows of Qin, the state of Wei was declining, and the Great Liang was no longer prosperous. After Wang Ben attacked Wei to besiege the beam, several months without success, then sent people to dig the water of the river to pour the beam, the city wall for the flood said to rush, the king of Wei had to go out of the city to beg for surrender.

After this battle, Daliang City has also been in a slump since then, and has gradually declined into a second-rate city. After the defeat of the anti-Chu coalition army by Xiang Yu after the Battle of Pengcheng, Hanoi became the rule of the Chu State, which has continued to this day.

Now that the Qin army and the Chu army are fighting fiercely in Yingchuan County and Sanchuan County, Hanoi County in the rear is much calmer and has not been affected by the war. It's just that after the Zhao land in Hebei was occupied by the Qin State, Hanoi suddenly became the front line, and the situation became tense.

In order to prevent the Qin army from moving south from Hanoi to flank the Chu army, Xiang Yu sent more than 20,000 soldiers and horses to Hanoi County and waited for it. The subsequent news came that the main force of the Qin army had moved eastward and was preparing to actively cross the river to attack Qidi, and Xiang Yu was a little relieved, because the battle on the front line was tight, so he transferred half of the guards in the city.

Because of the dense war clouds, Hanoi's business exchanges were greatly affected, and because they were afraid of being affected by the war and suffering unjustified disasters, most of the merchants took a detour to Chudi, which was much safer further south. The only exception was the constant flow of caravans from the land of Qi, who did not seem to worry about being affected by the war, and the merchants of the state of Qi still traveled between Wei and Qi in an ordinary way.

Although the world is constantly fighting, most of them do not prohibit each other from spontaneous commercial exchanges, such as the Chu State and the Han State, although they have been in a state of hostile war, but the frequent commercial exchanges between the two countries have not stopped. Xiang Yu and Liu Bang also knew that this was also good for themselves, and they could use this to collect a large amount of taxes to enrich the treasury, so they did not embarrass these merchants, but routine inspections were still inevitable.

Above the river, a merchant ship was being stopped by a patrol ship of the Chu army, the merchant ship lowered the soft ladder, and several Chu soldiers climbed onto the boat.

"What is this?" A Chu sergeant tilted his head and was full of ruffians, pulled out his saber and stabbed it in the sack for a while, and the boss standing next to him was distressed for a while, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and laughed; "Master Jun, this is cotton, not contraband."

Because it was out of wartime, all kinds of grain, grass, weapons and other materials were strictly bought and sold, but cotton cloth, which had nothing to do with the military, was still not forbidden to trade. The soldier opened it and looked at it, and sure enough, it was a cotton cloth, and after poking it in the sack for a while, he put away his knife and prepared to leave.

The boss on the side nodded and smiled, and took the opportunity to stuff a bag of money into the sergeant's hand, and the sergeant cushioned the money bag in his hand, with a bright smile on his face, and waved his hand; "Let's go, let's go, let go."

After speaking, he was about to leave, but suddenly stopped, looked back at a few guys, and asked a little strangely: "Boss Wu, you guys are very angry." ”

As soon as the words fell, a guy raised his head violently when he heard the words, and the fierceness in his eyes flashed. The soldier looked at it and was startled, and hurriedly took a few steps back, not daring to speak again.

He is a person who has been on the battlefield, so he naturally knows who can afford to mess with and who can't be provoked, such as the person just now, who is definitely a murderer, or doesn't think seconds.

At this moment, Boss Wu had already understood what was going on, and hurriedly walked up and stuffed another bag of money for the soldier. The soldier took the money, didn't dare to talk any more, just whispered "thank you", and left without looking back.