Chapter 224: Three Jin Discussions
"King, the spies have just come to report, and Qin envoy Lü Buwei met with Yan envoy and Qi envoy respectively, because there are masters nearby on all three sides, and our people can't get close, so they haven't eavesdropped on the specific content of the conversation." Liu Pingyu reports.
"I see." Zhao Kuo nodded, Qin Guo is not a fool, Zhao State can unite Han, Wei and Chu to suppress Qin State, Qin State can naturally unite Yan Qi to suppress Zhao State, if Qin State does not move, Zhao Kuo has to worry about whether he is holding back some bad water. "Keep watching, as long as you don't act excessively, don't reveal your identity."
"No." Liu Ping said.
"During this time, the flow of people in Zhao has increased dramatically, so let's work hard, send more people, and don't make a mess. In addition, some important places, such as workshops, paper mills, cement factories and other places, must be strictly guarded by personnel, so as not to be mixed in by female cadres. If necessary, you can directly pull the army over and sit down." Zhao Kuo said.
In so many days, there have been two attacks on the paper mill, and it has been found that all of them were done by Qin Guo.
Compared to the other five countries, the Qin state is more powerful and more unscrupulous, as long as it can achieve the goal, it doesn't care about the process at all.
"No." Liu Ping said with his fists clenched.
"By the way, where has the Qi convoy arrived?" Zhao Kuo suddenly thought of something and asked.
"I'm almost in Pingyin." Liu Ping said.
"Let Yan Ju personally lead Zhao Fei to ride to greet him, and don't have any accidents on the way." Zhao Kuo said.
"No."
In late September, envoys from various countries and nobles and celebrities from all over the world gradually gathered in Handan, whether they wanted to form an alliance with Zhao State, or had other purposes, they could not avoid this trip, even the Eastern Zhou State and the Western Zhou State also sent envoys to send congratulatory gifts,
The State of Qi also sent the princess here, and there was no attack on the way.
The civil and military forces from all over Zhao also rushed to Handan before Zhao Kuo got married, and gave congratulatory gifts one after another, and even Li Mu, who was sitting in northern Xinjiang, rushed back. He had just repelled the Xiongnu, and the Xiongnu would not attack again in a short time, and the northern frontier could be stable for a while.
More are the merchants of the Central Plains, who are not even qualified to let Zhao Kuo entertain them personally, and still come from a long distance, just to be able to meet the legendary monarch whose money can never be spent.
Others are looking for an opportunity to see if they can buy some cement or paper, although the cement has not yet been sold in Zhao Guo, but the naturally keen businessman has felt a huge business opportunity from it.
As long as you know how much effort the Qin State spent to build a road that does not grow grass, you will know how much profit there is in the cement.
Moreover, the cement ground can be walked on both sunny and rainy days, which is more convenient than the roads of the Qin Kingdom.
"It's not that this king is unwilling, it's just that the current cement production is too low, and it's not enough for me Zhao Guo to use it myself." Zhao Kuo looked at King Wei and King Han and said helplessly.
Early this morning, the two actually found Zhao Kuo together and said that they wanted to buy cement.
If the cement output is enough, Zhao Kuo doesn't mind selling it to them, anyway, he can make money, so why not do it.
And they have repaired the road now, and they have saved Zhao Kuo any trouble in the future.
However, the current output of cement is not enough for Zhao Guo's own use. ….
In order to keep the cement technology secret, Zhao Kuo only built three cement factories in Zhao State, which were located in Handan, Jinyang and Dai County, and the roads were also built from three places.
Now, except for the road from Handan to Yecheng, which is about to be built, the other roads are still far away, and even Zhao Kuo's first goal has not been completed.
"King Zhao can sell the cement making technology to the two countries of us, and we will make it ourselves, and the price will be opened by King Zhao, as long as it is not too outrageous, we will never bargain." King Wei said as a matter of course.
Zhao Kuo's eyes stared at King Wei, and King Wei calmly faced him, still unchanged.
After a while, Zhao Kuo admitted defeat and looked away.
He can see that those who can become monarchs, even if they are not so good, are all extremely thick-skinned people, and in comparison, he is still a lot worse.
"King Wei should know that this is impossible." Zhao Kuo shook his head.
He didn't think that King Wei's goal was cement making technology, and if that was the case, then there was no need for the two sides to continue talking.
"Then let's take a step back, Zhao Guo will build a cement factory in Xinzheng and Wei Daliang in South Korea, and all the cement produced will be purchased by our two countries." Han Wang said.
"This request is no different from the previous one." Zhao Kuo shook his head again.
"King Zhao, don't you take my Korea and Wei as allies." King Han pretended to be angry and said.
"King Han said with a smile, if I, Zhao State, don't take Korea as an ally, I won't help Korea train cavalry. It's just that there is no difference between your request and the cement technology being sent to you directly." Zhao Kuo said.
"Anyway, I have bought this cement from Wei and South Korea, so King Zhao will make a price." King Wei said firmly.
Cement was too important for the Wei state.
The territory of Wei is in the form of thin strips, from the westernmost to the easternmost for thousands of miles, and the narrowest point is only less than 100 li, which is still because Hanoi now belongs to Wei.
In the past, when Hanoi belonged to Korea, the territory of the Wei State was directly cut off from the middle and divided into two parts, resulting in the Wei State finally having to abandon Hedong and manage the Central Plains.
If there was cement, Wei could build a cement road from east to west through Wei, and in the event of a war in Hedong, the army of Daliang would be able to support it within five days.
These words were told by Fan Zuo to King Wei, and Fan Zuo told King Wei that if the pressure of a Wei State was not enough, it was best to bring King Han along, first make an excessive request, and then lower the conditions, and King Zhao would definitely agree.
"I, Han Weiqiang, is Sanjin Qiang, and Sanjin Qiang is Zhao Guoqiang. Zhao Guo sold cement to me in Korea and Wei, not only to get money, but also to become stronger, why not do it."
Han Wang didn't know who to learn from when he said this, and he was an old pyramid scheme person as soon as he opened his mouth.
"Since King Wei and King Han have said so, it will be a little unkind if King Ben doesn't agree again. However, the two monarchs also know that not long after the cement was developed, due to technical reasons, the production is too low, and there is no surplus cement to sell to the two countries this year anyway."
"In this way, from the first month of next year. Our three countries will jointly build a road, from Handan to Daliang, then from Daliang to Xinzheng, and finally from Xinzheng to Handan, connecting the three countries, so that if any country is in trouble, the other two countries can quickly support. States are responsible for that part of their borders. The price is set at three hundred dollars per stone, and it can't be lower."
Zhao Kuo stretched out three fingers, he originally wanted to open his mouth to say five hundred yuan, for fear of scaring King Wei and King Han away.
After all, if you don't count the labor cost of this thing, the cost is almost negligible.
As for the labor costs? Hehe, the labor cost is negligible this year.
Zhao Kuo sold it for three hundred yuan per stone, which is simply a money grab.
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