In the palace, Zhao Kuo lay on the rocking chair basking in the sun, teasing the children from time to time, Xiao Zhao Zheng ran back and forth beside him, and the palace maid followed behind and watched carefully.

Since he learned to walk, Xiao Zhao Zheng can't stop, and after seeing it, he is a tired life.

The broken slave obediently lay down next to him and slew, the little guy finally recognized the person, and stopped crying after seeing Zhao Kuo.

"If only it could be like this forever." Tian Shu leaned on Zhao Kuo's chest and said softly.

This kind of comfortable life is something she has never had before, although she is far away in a foreign country and far away from her family, but in addition to her mother, there is no one to be nostalgic for in Qi country, as for the brother who is the king of Qi, she does not have much family affection.

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"yes. It's a pity that we were born in troubled times, and peace is short-lived after all. Zhao Kuo sighed.

"Meet the King, Queen. The envoys of Qi, Chu and Han arrived in Handan. At this time, Liu Ping walked in, saw Tian Shu hurriedly lowered his head, and said.

Tian Shu hurriedly got up and bowed.

"Let Xiangguo talk and tell him to remember one thing, the transaction is mainly food, other materials are secondary, and money is second." Zhao Kuo waved his hand and said.

Money and everything, it's all outside the body. For Zhao, the most important thing is food.

"King, Xiangguo has returned to Wei." Liu Ping whispered.

"Oh yes, I forgot." Zhao Kuo patted his head. Half a month ago, Wei Wuji took leave of absence from him, saying that he planned to return to Wei for a while. Zhao Kuo told him that the King of Wei also missed him and asked him to go back to Wei when he was free. In that case, stay longer and come back.

At noon that day, Wei Wuji took his son back to Zhao State, and as for his wife and concubine and daughter, they stayed in Zhao State.

"Let the second brother go, he is in charge of the Zhao Chamber of Commerce, and it is convenient to talk." Zhao Kuo waved his hand. Anyway, if you can not do it yourself, you must not do it yourself, and the opportunity for this kind of performance should be left to others.

"Gongzi went to Qi yesterday, Qi is harvesting in the autumn, grain prices are falling, and Gongzi plans to take the opportunity to buy a batch of grain and grass." Liu Ping said.

Zhao Kuo frowned, thought for a while, and said, "What about Lu Zhonglian?" ”

Lu Zhonglian's talent is very suitable for negotiation.

"Mr. Zhonglian has gone to Hedong and is moving the bones of the soldiers." Liu Ping said.

Zhao Kuo divided everything to the minister, how could the minister be idle, everyone had their own things to deal with.

"King, it's important to get down to business, so let's go and have a look." Tian Shu persuaded.

"Forget it, forget it, let's talk about it in person." Zhao Kuo shouted, instructed Tian Shu to take care of the child, got up and walked outside.

"King, are you invited to come over together, or individually?" Liu Ping asked.

"Alone, please invite the envoy of Chu first." Zhao Kuo thought for a while and said.

The State of Chu booked a war horse last year, and it must be negotiated with them first, and the State of Chu is the farthest away from the State of Zhao, and there will be no conflict with the State of Zhao in a short period of time, so it will definitely meet their needs first.

The second is South Korea, which has a small territory, a small population, and little demand, so it can't buy much.

As for the Qi State, it depends on the situation, at least it can't threaten the Zhao State.

"The ministers pay a visit to the king." Qu Shu tidied up his robe, strode into the main hall, and after walking to the center, he arched his hand and said.

"Sir, please be seated." Zhao Kuo stretched out his hand and pointed to his seat, and after Qu Zhi sat down, he said, "Since Mr. is from Qu Yuan, do you know Qu Yuan?" ”

Qu, Jing, and Zhao are the three major clans of the Chu State, and they control the government of the Chu State, and even the King of Chu has to look at their faces, and their status is probably equivalent to the status of Han Zhao Wei in the Jin State at the beginning. However, the three major clans of Qu Jingzhao and the King of Chu have the same roots.

Since the state of Chu was able to send Qu as an envoy, it shows that it attaches great importance to this matter.

"King Zhao, my father is Qu Yuan." Qu Zhi said.

"Qu Yuan turned out to be Ling Zun, disrespectful and disrespectful." Zhao Kuo hurriedly stood up and bowed.

Qu Zhi was a little confused, so he had to get up and return the salute.

"The widow has admired Lord Lingzun for a long time, and I can't wait to talk with him all night and learn from his knowledge and conduct, but it's a pity that I was not born, and I am old. Whenever I think of Ling Zun's dedication to the State of Chu, but he was not accepted by the King of Chu, I feel heartache, I hate that my Zhao State does not have such virtuous ministers as Qu Yuan. Zhao Kuo said sadly.

A trace of resentment flashed in Qu Wei's eyes, not for Zhao Kuo, but for the King of Chu. The father was forced to jump into the river and die, as a son, how could he have no resentment, but he could only endure it.

Since Qu Yuan's death, the Jing family and the Zhao family began to support the Xiang family to suppress the Qu family, and now the strength of the Qu family is not as good as before.

If it weren't for King Chu's attempt to balance the three major clans, this opportunity would not have fallen to him.

Since Zhao Guo sent someone to inform Chu State that he had agreed to sell horses, as long as Chu State did not send a bad thing, it would definitely be able to do it. After the resignation returned, the king of Chu could take the opportunity to promote him and win over a group of people.

When the widow heard about it, after Ling Zun threw himself into the Miluo River, the people on both sides of the strait immediately rushed to row boats to rescue them...... But Ling Zun's body was never found again. The people were afraid that the fish in the river would eat his body, so they went home one after another to bring rice balls and throw them into the river, so as not to destroy Ling Zun's body with fish and shrimp. To this day, on the fifth day of May every year, the local population still does this, and the scope is getting bigger and bigger. Zhao Kuo said.

"King Zhao is really knowledgeable, I didn't expect to even know about it." Qu Wei said in admiration, without a trace of doubt about Zhao Kuo's previous words of admiring his father.

Few people know about this matter even in the Chu State, because the King of Chu has been blocking the news, although Qu Yuan was not killed by the King of Chu, but the impact on the Chu royal family is also very bad. Zhao Kuo, who was in the north, was able to find out that it must have taken a lot of thought.

"Lord Ling Zun will definitely be famous for eternity, even after thousands of years, people will still commemorate him on the fifth day of the fifth month of May every year, commemorating such a great and virtuous person." Zhao Kuo said solemnly.

"Thank you King Zhao, thank you King Zhao." Qu Zhi was so excited that he didn't know what to say, and his favorability towards Zhao Kuo exploded directly.

Needless to say, Baume & Mercier's pursuit of fame and fame is no fame that can surpass fame through the ages. And with the identity of King Zhao, there is no need to tout a dead man, that is to say, these words are completely sincere.

"I heard that Lord Ling Zun wrote a lot of Chu poems during his lifetime, such as "Lisao", "Tianwen", and "Nine Songs"?" Zhao Kuo asked.

"The king even knows this?" Qu Wei said in shock, these are all 'forbidden books' in the Chu State, and they are not allowed to be disseminated, and even the Chu State is little known.

"This king has admired Lord Lingzun for a long time, how can he not know?" Zhao Kuo said with a smile, "I wonder if the Qu clan has preserved these cultural treasures?" ”

"Except for what my father made before he died, everything else has been preserved." Qu said that some people said that Qu Yuan made a Chu speech before he died, and sank into the river with him, while others said that he did not.

Even Qu Yuan doesn't know the truth of the matter, maybe only Qu Yuan himself knows.

"Such a famous article should be sown in the world and invited to be appreciated by the world, how can it be hidden in the house. The widow is willing to exchange treasures for all the works of Lord Lingzun and put them in the academy for students from all over the world to study. Zhao Kuo waved his sleeves and said.

"The king doesn't think my father is ugly, how can I be so stingy, presumably my father's spirit in the sky will not refuse. When the foreign minister returned, he sent ...... No, the minister personally sent his father's handwritten letter. As for the treasures, forget it. Qu said solemnly.