However, the two could have such a tacit understanding without communication before, no wonder Wang Ji was deeply used by Qin Wangji.

In the area of emotional intelligence, Wang Ji and Wang Jian are much stronger than Bai Qi.

Bai Qi's stubborn temper came up, and he didn't even pay attention to King Qin, it was simply that the stones in the pit were stinky and hard, that is, Qin Wangji could bear it, and other monarchs might have been beheaded a long time ago.

But...... Who knows how long Qin Wangji can endure it!

Bai Qi was pulled up by Wei Ran, and Wei Ran didn't want Bai Qi to die in the end, but ...... He is now unable to protect himself, and he is stared at by Qin Wangji every day, how can he help Bai Qi?

At this time, Wei Ran noticed Qin Wangji's gaze, and hurriedly lowered his head, making a look of sincere fear.

"Aiqing, please get up quickly." Qin Wangji bent down and helped Song Lu up from the ground, "The widow does not hide from Aiqing, over the years, due to the mistakes of the widow, my Qin country has been defeated in a row, the land of the three rivers in the east of the river has been lost, the national strength is empty, and the people are hungry. The widow urgently needs a way to maintain the development of my Qin country, and my husband's return this time will make a great contribution to my Qin country. ”

"The king is serious." Song Lu said movingly.

This is the king of Qin, the king of a country, holding his rough hands like this, and talking to him like an old friend.

How could Song Lu, who had never seen anything in the world in his life, withstand such treatment.

Now that Qin Wangji is letting him die, he will not hesitate.

"Now that the Three Jin and Chu have formed an alliance, South Korea, which originally fell to our country, has also fallen to Zhao. If my Qin State wants to break through the blockade of the Three Jins, the only way is to increase its own strength. Time waits for no one, and the widow wants to ask Mr. to rest in Xianyang for a month, and then lead the caravan westward next month. At that time, the widow personally saw off Aiqing. ”

Qin Wangji saw very clearly that although Qin had been defeated in the past few years, its comprehensive national strength was not worse than that of Zhao, and it was even stronger than Zhao in many places such as land and population.

After all, it has been a hundred years since the Qin State changed the law from the Shang Dynasty.

Qin Xiaogong, King Qin Huiwen, King Qin Wu, including him, Qin Wangji, are all Ming Jun.

And now that King Zhao has only been on the throne for four years, no matter how strong he is, it is impossible to surpass the development of the Qin State in four years.

Of course, this is definitely not the case, the foundation of Zhao State is not known to be many times better than that of Qin State before Shang Ying's reform, and the military strength of Zhao State is not much worse than that of Qin State.

However, in terms of heritage and potential, there is no doubt that Qin is stronger than Zhao Guo.

Moreover, the Qin State held the Guanzhong Plain, the Bashu Basin, and the hometown of Chu, Nanyang and Yanying, all of which were grain-producing areas.

If it is a normal development, the Zhao State will definitely not be able to compare to the Qin State.

But there is only one thing, Zhao Guo doesn't know where to get so much money, it is said that hundreds of cars and hundreds of cars pull money from the outside to the palace every day.

The gold, silver, and jewels in the palace were piled up, and the people could see them when they came and went.

Qin Wangji naturally didn't believe it, but it was true that Zhao had money.

Although it is far away and it is not very real, Qin Wangji has more or less understanding. At least if Qin had spent as much money as Zhao did, the people would have rebelled long ago.

Now the people of Zhao not only did not rebel, but trusted Zhao more and supported King Zhao.

Qin Wangji still can't figure it out.

I don't know where Zhao Guo's money came from, so there is no way to make trouble.

The only way is to make yourself rich, and this time Song Lu and the others returned smoothly, which made Qin Wangji see hope.

This is also the reason why Qin Wangji attaches so much importance to them.

If it weren't for being forced to a certain extent by Zhao State, even if Qin Wangji paid attention to it, it would be impossible for Corporal Lixian to reach this level, after all, it was not the time to ascend the throne just now.

"The minister will never give up." Song Lu was so excited that the wrinkles on his face were like pine bark and trembling.

Although he was less than fifty years old, he had worked hard all the way, and Song Lu looked much older than King Qin.

"The widow doesn't need you to die, the widow wants you to live well." Qin Wangji said very sincerely, "Aiqing has just come back, presumably there is no car, the carriage that Aiqing took when he entered the palace will be left, and when he is fine, he can take it into the palace to tell the widow about the interesting things along the way, and the widow likes to listen to it very much." ”

"Obey." Song Lu leaned over and said.

"By the way, does Aiqing have any family?" Qin Wangji suddenly remembered.

"When the minister left, there was a wife and two children. It's just that more than two years have passed, and I don't know if I have remarried......" Song Lu sighed.

Two years ago, he told his wife that he was unwilling to live like this for the rest of his life, and that he wanted to fight for a future, either return to his hometown or die outside.

Now that more than two years have passed, I am afraid that his wife has long thought that he died outside and remarried with his children.

"Prince, immediately send someone to take Aiqing's family over and reunite them. By the way, there are seventeen other Aiqing's family members who also took over. They went to the Western Regions for the Qin State, and they couldn't even see their families after they couldn't come back. Qin Wangji waved his hand and said.

"Your Majesty, thank you, the King." Another kneeling voice rang out.

In the following month, the Qin State sold the jewelry, Yu's jade, spices and other items brought by Song Lu and others from the Western Regions to the noble merchants of the Qin State in batches, making a lot of money.

Originally, Qin Wangji wanted to transport these goods to the six eastern countries to sell, but they were not enough for Qin to digest by himself.

In fact, before this, Yu's jade, spices and other things entered the Qin State through the Hexi Corridor, but at that time, the Hexi Corridor was occupied by the Yue's, and the amount of Yu's jade and spices was scarce and extremely expensive.

The families of Song Lu and others were also taken to Xianyang, fortunately, his wife was still waiting for him at home, did not remarry, and the two children were also alive, and the family was finally reunited.

Immediately afterwards, the Qin State transferred a large number of Shu brocade from Bashu, and according to Song Lu, among all the commodities, Shu brocade sold the best in the Western Regions, and it could easily be sold for more than ten or twenty times the price.

Of course, porcelain, lacquerware, tea and other commodities are indispensable, and the Qin State also bought a batch of glaze from the Chu State, which was ready to be shipped to the Western Regions to sell.

This time the Qin State was well prepared, in addition to two hundred carts full of goods, there was also an army of five hundred people to escort them on the road.

In April, Song Lu said goodbye to his family and set out on his journey west again with eight merchants who had returned alive.

Qin Wangji personally sent Song Lu to the long pavilion ten miles outside the city, and watched the caravan of hundreds of people disappear on the horizon before turning around and leaving.

The Three Jin Dynasty was like a chain that completely blocked the road of Qin's eastward expansion, and he could only put all his hopes in the west.

If Song Lu can come back smoothly this time, it means that this trade route is absolutely feasible, and the Qin State will have an endless financial route.