In the evening, Zhao Kuo and King Qi returned to the palace, and the family got together for a light meal.

King Qi was particularly polite, and when he saw Zhao's mother, he took the initiative to lean over, took the courtesy of the juniors, and asked Zhao's mother to sit on the top and sit below.

"Call Uncle." Tian Shu pointed at King Qi and said to Zhao An.

"Uncle." Zhao An leaned over and said.

King Qi immediately laughed, took out a jade pendant from his arms, and hung it on Zhao An's waist.

"If there is anything in the future, I will find my uncle, do you know?" King Qi rubbed Zhao An's little head.

"Got it." Zhao An said with a small face.

"You are also called uncle." Zhao Kuo said to the remaining three children.

"Uncle." The three children shouted.

I don't know if it's because there is no blood relationship, there is a natural closeness missing in the dark, although it is the first time to see King Qi, Zhao An can call out his uncle very smoothly, and even hug King Qi's thighs to be coquettish, on the other hand, Bin, Zhao Zheng, Zhao Ponu The three children looked very cold, and stood next to him after calling.

King Qi's face did not show the slightest displeasure, he took out a longevity golden lock from his arms and put it in Zhao Ponu's hand, took out an ivory carved luan bird and handed it to Zhao Zheng, and finally untied the bronze sword with gems on his waist and put it in Bin's hand.

Not only that, King Qi also prepared gifts for Zhao's mother and all the concubines of Zhao Kuo, and no one was left behind. And every gift is carefully chosen, and it can't be said that all of them are in line with the heart, at least not annoying.

"King Qi has a heart." Mother Zhao was very happy and beckoned King Qi to sit beside her.

"It's good if the Queen Mother likes it." King Qi said with a smile.

I don't know if it's because of the gift of King Qi, the children gradually got closer to King Qi, although King Qi loved Zhao An more, but he didn't neglect other children, and after a while, he mingled with the children, and even Zhao Kuo was ashamed of this talent.

After dinner, King Qi had a whim, and used the bone flute to blow a small tune of Qi to the children.

"It's a pity, if you weren't the king of a country, maybe you could still become a great artist." Zhao Kuo patted King Qi's shoulder, feeling a little emotional in his heart.

"What's wrong?" King Qi followed Zhao Kuo and walked outside.

"The widow has something to discuss with King Qi." Zhao Kuo said.

"Brother-in-law just say it, what else to discuss." King Qi said with a smile.

"The widow wants to exchange with the Qi State, and the Qin State will compensate the Qi State for the five million stone grain and the fifty thousand horses of Shu brocade." Zhao Kuo said.

When King Qi heard this, he immediately stopped and asked tentatively, "I wonder what King Zhao plans to exchange?"

"King Qi rest assured, the widow will not let the Qi State suffer, didn't I, the Zhao State, lease a few seaports from the Qi State? The widow can call the shots and build several related industrial chains for Qi for free. You can also provide some ploughing cattle to the Qi country. Of course, if Qi wants to build a cattle farm, I Zhao can also provide relevant technology to help Qi establish a corresponding industrial chain, from cattle raising to slaughtering, to leather processing, and the treatment of cow dung, there will be no waste. In addition, my Zhao country's farmers have also cultivated a batch of high-quality grain varieties, and my Zhao country can also provide them to Qi country. But for the last one, Qi will have to exchange food and money. For the sake of Qi Guo selling millions of stone grains and grass to Zhao Guo at a low price a few months ago, the widow can call the shots and give Qi Guo a little cheaper." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.

"What King Zhao said is true?" King Qi's eyes widened, food or something, Qi State is not short of anything, even if it is more than five million stones, it is piled up in the granary, and in the end, in order to prevent mold, it is still to be sold to Zhao State.

If a few industrial chains can be exchanged from Zhao State, the benefits of Qi State will be too great.

"Of course it's true, my Zhao State and Qi State are allies, and you and I are brothers, can brothers lie to you? Besides, the widow didn't want King Qi to agree now, but just told King Qi in advance, and King Qi could discuss it with the ministers tomorrow before making a decision." Zhao Kuo patted his chest and said.

He really has no intention of pitting the Qi State, this thing is completely mutually beneficial, and the Qi State does not fight, so the grain cannot be eaten at all, and it can avoid mold by selling it to the Zhao State.

At the same time, Zhao Guobang

Helping Qi to establish an industrial chain and provide high-quality grain seeds can also improve the living standards of Qi people, and at the same time can grow more food.

"It's still King Zhao's thoughtfulness." King Qi said, but he didn't agree immediately, he had to wait until tomorrow to discuss with the minister before making a decision.

Zhao Kuo sent King Qi to the side hall and glanced at Liu Ping, Liu Ping nodded and slapped twice inside.

Soon, two tall blond women walked out of the room, their delicate waists writhing from side to side like pythons, their two snow-white thighs exposed, and only a gauze dress was worn on their bodies, which was hazy and hazy, so that people could see it, but they couldn't really see it.

"The maidservant visits King Zhao, King Qi."

"It's ...... It's not my Central Plains woman, is it?" King Qi looked at the two women in surprise.

"I don't have such a woman in the Central Plains, this is a foreign girl sent from the Western Regions, it is said that she was sold to the Western Regions from farther away, and she went around and went to Zhao Kingdom. Blonde hair and blue eyes, long legs and big buttocks, the stamina is so great that ordinary people can't hold it. The widow specially gave it to the King of Qi to taste." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.

King Qi looked straight at the two big beauties, he had lived for so many years, he had seen any kind of woman, he had never seen such a woman, and he didn't know if the hair in all places was golden.

"The widow will not disturb the king of Qi." Zhao Kuo gave King Qi a meaningful look, and left the courtyard with Liu Ping and his subordinates.

The next day, Zhao Kuo did not see King Qi when he had breakfast.

After breakfast, Zhao Kuo's original plan was to take King Qi to play, but because King Qi was not there, Zhao Kuo had to go to the military camp outside the city to inspect it.

The ministers of Qi clamored to see the king of Qi, but they were all stopped outside by Zhao Guo.

It wasn't until near noon that King Qi got up from the bed exhausted and found Zhao Kuo with two dark circles under his eyes.

Seeing that King Qi was fine, the minister of Qi breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly apologized to Zhao Kuo.

"Foreign ...... The foreign girl has too much stamina, and the widow can't eat it." King Qi said unsatisfactorily, he himself was not very obsessed with women, and he had never been so crazy before.

"It's flavorful when it's strong. Let's go, let's go to dinner, and when we're done, the widow will take the king to ride and shoot arrows." Zhao Kuo pulled King Qi and said.

"No, no, I'll go horseback riding tomorrow, the widow's legs are a little trembling, and I have to rest for a day." King Qi hurriedly waved his hand, he didn't know how to ride a horse in the first place, but now his legs couldn't be clamped tightly, so he had to fall off the horse.

"Then let's go to Congtai." Zhao Kuo said.

The Congtai of Zhao and Liang of Wei, Zhanghua Palace of Chu, and the Snow Palace of Qi are the same as the places for the monarch to play, and there are all kinds of rare treasures, as well as the 'auspicious rui' offered in various places.

This time King Qi did not refuse, anyway, it was impossible for him to go back to the palace, he had already been squeezed dry, and if he went back, he would be squeezed out of draft.

Taking advantage of the time on the road, King Qi discussed the matter of last night with the ministers, and none of the ministers objected.

Now that the state of Zhao is powerful and the state of Qi is weak, it is not wise to offend the state of Zhao.

Moreover, Zhao Guo did not take it by force, but helped Qi State build an industrial chain in exchange for grain and Shu brocade.

Not to mention that these grains and Shu brocade were still won by Zhao Kuo for Qi State, if there was no Zhao Kuo, Qi State would not even be able to get a grain of grain.

No matter how you look at it, Zhao Guo is benevolent and righteous.

The minister of Qi also discovered that the things of Zhao are really easy to use, whether it is pen, ink, paper, inkstone, cement and alcohol, or a complete set of farm tools and war horses, they are particularly helpful to Qi State.

The industrial chain will not be worse.

"Because Qi Guo had never done this kind of thing before, the widow specially arranged a person for Qi Guo. This is the widow's squire, named Li Si, who is a hundred times more talented than the widow, and he is fully responsible for helping the construction of the Qi Kingdom." Zhao Kuo introduced Li Si to the King of Qi.

"Foreign Minister Li Si has seen King Qi." Lees leaned over and saluted.

"I, Qi Kingdom, will ask the squire." The king of Qi helped Li Si up, "If the widow hears it, if the name is not right, the word will not go well, and if the word is not good, the thing will not be done. Since the squire is for the construction of my Qi country, if there is no Qi country official

Body, I'm afraid some things are not easy to do. It just so happens that my position as the prime minister of Qi is vacant, why don't you serve as my minister of Qi?"

Li Si looked at Zhao Kuo, and Zhao Kuo nodded slightly.

He sent Li Si to the State of Qi in order to slowly control the power of the State of Qi, and the King of Qi was so upright that he appointed Li Si as the Prime Minister, which saved him a lot of trouble.

After a while, the group came to Congtai.

Congtai is a huge palace complex, built in a large area of gardens, a few years ago Zhao Kuo also used Congtai to house people from all over the world rushed to work.

"The King." When the guards guarding the garden saw Zhao Kuo, they hurriedly opened the gate and let Zhao Kuo and his party in.

"What is this?" King Qi curiously pointed to an ancient giant beast that was black and white and was gnawing bamboo.

"This is the Iron Eater, the mount of the Soldier Master Chiyou. It is said that Chiyou raised two iron-eating beasts back then, one for war and the other for selling cuteness. As a result, when he fought with the Yellow Emperor, he rode the wrong one. I haven't beaten the Yellow Emperor." Zhao Kuo pointed at the iron-eating beast and said.

"Isn't this guy hoodoo, then? The widow must stay away from it." When King Qi heard this, he hurriedly bypassed, and even Chi You could be killed, and a player of his rank was not enough to see at all.

"......" Zhao Kuo looked at King Qi speechlessly, how can you tell that the giant panda is unknown?

"What is this?" King Qi didn't take a few steps when he found another animal he didn't know.

"This is an ostrich, and its eggs are the size of a wine urn, and the merchant brought it from the country of Tiaozhi, and after giving it to the widow, the widow put it in the garden." Zhao Kuo said.

"Where is the country of the Tiaozhi? Why hasn't the widow heard of it?" King Qi looked at the minister next to him, and the minister also shook his head.

"The country of Tiaozhi is on the west side of the Central Plains, fifty thousand miles away from the Central Plains. Its strength is no less than that of my Zhao Kingdom." Zhao Kuo said.

"Fifty thousand miles! Is there such a powerful country other than the Central Plains?" King Qi said in shock.

"Of course, the world is not only the Central Plains, the world is still very big. Just as few people know, there are two countries that are no less than my Zhao Kingdom, one is the Mauryan Empire, and the other is the Tiaozhi Kingdom (Seleucid Empire)." Zhao Kuo said.

King Qi no longer spoke, he needed to digest and digest these news, all along, the worldview he accepted, the world represented by the world is the Central Plains of the well-dressed countries, surrounded by barbarians.

But now Zhao Kuo told him that the Central Plains is not the only one, and there are countries in the world that are no less than Zhao.

King Qi didn't want to believe it, but he had to believe it, because there were no ostriches in the Central Plains, and there were no ostriches in the surrounding barbarians.

Then, King Qi saw many animals that he had never seen before, and they were all from different countries.

In addition to Zhao Kuo and King Qi, there were many people in the garden, and it was the first time for them to see so many strange animals, and they let out a sigh of emotion.

"Are there any other nobles?" King Qi looked at a group of people not far away and said strangely.

"I don't know if it's a nobleman, but it may have bought a ticket to come in." Zhao Kuo said.

"Buy a ticket? Can you still buy a ticket to come in from the royal court?" King Qi was shocked, what kind of operation is this?

"Of course you can, whether it's a commoner or a nobleman, you can come and see it if you give money, but you can't do it if you don't give money. The widow raises so many rare beasts, and the cost is so large, how can he earn back the capital, don't you say?" Zhao Kuo pointed to the predator next to him and said, This was sent by the Chu State.

"Don't talk about Yuan, do you remember the Keju Qi King who kicked yesterday? My Zhao country has a special Keju venue and Keju competition, which will be held every once in a while, and if you want to watch it, you have to buy tickets, not only that, but you can also bet. But if I make money, I'll take a cut of it." Zhao Kuo said.

"Is that okay?" King Qi was stunned, he suddenly found that his previous methods of collecting money were too pediatric, how could Zhao Kuo be so clever.

In the past, if he increased taxes, he would make people angry and resentful, and he would be scolded by everyone as a faint king, and even his wife would stand up to stop him.

Look at the people Zhao Wang, just collect some tickets, everyone willingly lined up, obediently sent the money over, and praised Zhao Kuo when he came.

"There are always more ways than difficulties. We're precious though

The monarch, but many times he doesn't do what he wants, and the widow often feels that he has no money, but he wants to increase taxes and is afraid of being scolded by the ministers and the people, so he comes up with such a solution. What do you think is the use of this garden here? How many times a year can a widow come? Isn't it a waste? It's better to use it to make some money. King Qi said yes?" Zhao Kuo said.

"What King Zhao said is so right, the widow can't get acquainted with King Zhao earlier, otherwise the widow won't be so poor." King Qi said excitedly, at this moment, Zhao Kuo is the person who knows him best in the world.

thought that after becoming the king of Qi, no one in the world would become his friend, but now the king of Qi found out that he still has a friend!

"As kings, we can't do anything without money, and without money, we can be hindered from doing anything. Those ministers don't have any money, do you have a discount? Not folded. But it's different when we have money, and money is the real monarch. Look at the widows playing around every day, do those ministers in the court dare to say anything? Can't. Why? It's not because the widow is rich." Zhao Kuo said loudly.