At the end of winter, the snow is scattered.

On the official road, there are already few pedestrians, and it should be the time when the wife and children are hot at home, but on the thick snow, dozens of cars and horses are struggling to move forward.

This world is like this, there are always people who have a quiet time, and there are always people who carry the weight forward.

Fortunately, the quiet years at this time often need the weight of his day to move forward, and today's weight forward can also earn the quiet years of other days for himself.

This is already an extremely beautiful world, regardless of the Warring States and the Spring and Autumn Period.

As for this lone person who walked alone in the wind and snow, it was naturally the envoy sent by Zhao State.

Fortunately, Handan of Zhao is located at the northern end, except for the Jicheng of Yan Kingdom, which is still in its north, the capitals of the rest of the countries are in its south, so the road of almost all the envoys is getting better and better.

Of course, the envoy to Yan Country was not stupid, anyway, he didn't plan to really get anything when he went to Yan Kingdom, so he was naturally not afraid of being late, and after obtaining the consent of Zhao Kuo and Pingyuan Jun, he decisively changed his route.

To put it simply, it is to start from Handan, first go southeast, go around the south of Hejian County (the homeland of Yan State), enter Huaisi County (the land of Huaisi of Chu State and the east county of Wei State is Huaisi County), and then go north to Jicheng.

The advantages of this are, firstly, to avoid the invasion of the northland wind and snow, and secondly, it can be regarded as the opening of the army in the coming year, and the re-survey of the route.

Of course, with the change of this route, the time to reach Jicheng, the capital of the Yan Kingdom, was twice as slow.

Among the envoys sent by Zhao State, the first to arrive at their destination was the envoy to Wei.

Faced with the sudden arrival of Zhao Envoy, Xin Lingjun quickly guessed his intention.

Can you guess, in this cold winter, if it is something important, why do you send a messenger in a hurry? And now Zhao Guo, apart from spending the winter, is there anything else important?

After all, Xinlingjun is also one of the four sons of the Warring States, and this idea is still politically sensitive.

So, almost when Zhao Envoy stepped into the Wei realm, Xinling Jun had already come to the palace of the King of Wei and informed the King of Wei of all his guesses.

And Xin Lingjun has one attitude towards Zhao Guo's upcoming move of "borrowing grain": "borrowing grain" is not good, "exchanging grain" is okay.

Just as Zhao Kuo and Pingyuan Jun were worried about, because of the matter in Dongjun, Xinling Jun also wanted to give Zhao Guo a way to repay him.

Because of the successful completion of the land of Zhou Wangji, the current King of Wei and Xinling Jun are in a honeymoon period.

Naturally, for Xinlingjun's suggestion, even if King Wei faintly felt that it was inappropriate in his heart, he accepted it all.

This has to mention one of the benefits of King Wei: listening to people's advice to eat well.

After many things such as stealing talismans to save Zhao, the battle of Changping, the battle of Los Angeles, and the replacement of Zhou land, King Wei had already realized the gap between himself and Xinling Jun.

And with the defeat of Xinlingjun several times, it also minimized his threat to the throne.

For such a talented and non-threatening Wang brother, King Wei is still very willing to reuse, especially since he has just taken back an important town like Luocheng, the capital of Zhou.

There is really no need for the King of Wei to have any quarrel with Xinling Jun because of the affairs of Zhao State.

Therefore, after the envoy of Zhao finally came to Daliang, the capital of Wei, he was immediately received by the top and bottom of Wei.

Not only did Xinling Jun personally greet him at the city gate, but the King of Wei also gave a banquet for the first time, and the scale of the banquet was also quite grand, and the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty came to accompany the Zhao envoy.

So, in the toast of your cup and my first lord, Zhao Envoy was quickly dazed, and he didn't have time to put forward the purpose of the King of Wei.

Of course, getting drunk is not the goal, the messenger will wake up after all, and he can't get drunk every day. Even if he drinks and feasts every day, the envoy can still find time to submit his credentials.

As soon as the national letter was handed over, Wei naturally couldn't pretend to be stupid.

However, originally, pretending to be stupid was not Wei's response plan.

The reason why he received the envoy of Zhao Guo at such a high level was nothing more than a gesture.

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Attitude?

Wei attached great importance to the alliance with Zhao, and even did not hesitate to lower his status to cater to a mere envoy. How about it, our Wei State is interesting enough!

Since the superficial gesture is sufficient, the words of rejection below, or the words of bargaining, are easy to say.

It's not that I don't want to help my brotherly state tide over the difficulties, it's really that Wei Guo himself can't do it!

The return of the land of Zhou Wangji will be the best excuse for Xinling Jun to bargain, obviously immigration and land reclamation have not yet been carried out because of the arrival of winter, but Wei said that there is, that is, there is.

You see, a ruined Zhou Di Luocheng really dragged the Wei State down miserably.

Even if it is a typical example of being cheap and behaved, the envoy of Zhao State is helpless, after all, Zhao Guo can't let someone send someone to Los Angeles to investigate.

This time and again, just the time on the road, Zhao Guo can't wait!

After the miserable sale of Yitong, he said his own demands, such as the jurisdiction of several cities in Dongjun, and the doubling of the cancellation of the annual payment for the coming year.

I have to say that Xin Lingjun grasped the opportunity well, seized the rare opportunity of Zhao Guo's weakness, and forced Zhao Guo with a very low attitude.

In this way, he not only achieved his goal, but did not annoy Zhao Guo, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

It's just that if Xinlingjun was a little more shrewd and ruthless in his heart, he should have guessed the purpose of Zhao's envoy at the same time, and sent envoys from Xiangchu and Qi countries to quietly cut off all foreign aid from Zhao.

In this way, Zhao could be forced to sign this "unequal treaty" again.

Of course, if he really did this, I am afraid that even if Zhao Guo endured his anger for a while, he would inevitably keep this account in his heart.

But so what.

There are never eternal enemies, let alone eternal friends. In the world of great contention, what is fought for is the baht must be compared!

It's a pity that although Zhao Kuo didn't expect Dao Xin Lingjun to be so cunning, he still expected the greed of Wei State. Because of this, the envoys of Zhao State came by order, and they didn't really think about how much grain they could really take from Wei State.

It can even be said that the arrival of the envoys of Zhao State is, first, to confirm the greed of Wei State and to determine the attitude towards Wei in the future, and secondly, to stabilize Wei State and let Wei State not interfere with Zhao's other road to ask for help.

From this point of view, it is clear that the envoy of the State of Zhao has accomplished this goal well.

In the face of the various conditions put forward by Xinlingjun, the envoy of Zhao State was able to delay it, showing great indignation and helplessness, but the most important thing was that he always refused to let go.

The King of Wei and the King of Xinling were of course not in a hurry, believing that the cold winter would make the King of Zhao and his envoys make compromises. Even King Wei was already considering whether to increase the price of Zhao Guo again.

However, Xinlingjun still kept a cool head, and opened a price, which can be said to be a last resort, and the price increase was raised, so it could only be a fall into the well, this is the rhythm of offending Zhao Guo to death.

Although the envoy of Zhao State had to go to the palace of King Wei and the mansion of Xinling Jun several times a day, showing his due anxious situation, he always adhered to the bottom line. Naturally, he was not afraid to continue to drag on.

Just when the negotiations with Wei reached an impasse, another envoy of Zhao had already arrived at the current capital of Chu - Chendu.

The reason why it is called "Chen Capital" is only because it was once the former capital of the "Chen" state among the 800 princes of the Zhou Dynasty.

Chen is the destruction of Chu, Chu is the Qin bully, the capital of the former Chen State has become the capital of the current Chu State, and the Chu State that dominated the Southern Dynasty in the past can only rely on the snort of people to survive, this situation and this scene can not help but make people sigh.

Of course, these have nothing to do with the envoys of Zhao who came to ask for help.

It is still a high-level reception, and it is still a grand banquet, but unlike the Wei State, the Chu State does not have so many fancy intestines, and the wine has just passed the third round, and the King of Chu has already asked the Zhao envoy about his intentions.

The envoys of Zhao State were about to come to Mingming, and the king of Chu was also shocked when he heard this, there is no way, Chu State still needs Zhao State to continue to attract the attention of Qin State, naturally, Zhao State's

Falling is not a good thing for the state of Chu.

Without a word, he stretched out his hand to the many families who went to the banquet.

Because of the special political system of the Chu State, which is more similar to the system of separation, it is more like a joint-stock cooperative company in modern times.

The royal family is the largest shareholder of this company, while other families, large and small, are minority shareholders at all levels. Now when it comes to the company's major decisions, it is natural that many families need to face it together.

Reluctance is certain, but Zhao State has just given Chu State such a big benefit, so why can't the envoy of Zhao State be allowed to return empty-handed. After all, in the coming year, the state of Chu still needs to rely on the side of the state of Zhao to fight against the tyrannical Qin.

Immediately, under the leadership of the "rotating CEO and director", the family surnamed Zhao of Chu Guoguo, the gods from all walks of life also began to donate generously, expressing their willingness to provide food for Zhao Guo.

The only problem is that it obviously takes a long time for these many families to collect neatly.

The king of Chu didn't play any twists and turns, and immediately said that once he had made up enough of this amount, he would send it to Zhao State.

For such a generous and straightforward King of Chu, what else did the envoy of Zhao have to say, even if he drank it.

Almost no words were wasted, and there was no delay, and Zhao Envoy's trip to Chu was declared a success.

It's a pity that although the king of Chu has the heart to befriend Zhao State, the grain cannot fly directly to Zhao State like a carrier pigeon.

However, this was obviously expected by Zhao Kuo, almost when the envoy to the State of Chu and the King of Chu had a drink, the envoy to the State of Qi had also arrived in Linzi.

Unlike the previous envoys of the two countries, the king of Qi did not arrange for important ministers to greet him, nor did he arrange any grand banquet.

Seeing the king's attitude towards him, Zhao Envoy knew that this trip would not be easy.

However, in the face of such a cold attitude, Zhao Kuo has already made a second preparation-Qian Bao!

Yes, money, a lot of money. This money is not used to bribe the king of Qi and the ministers of Qi.

After Zhao settled down, he immediately did two things, one was to hand over the letter of state to ask to meet the king of Qi, and the other was to scatter almost all of his hands - to buy food!

Yes, Zhao Kuo's back hand is to buy grain!

It is said that Luocheng was the most commercially developed area in the world, that is, Taoyi, which once belonged to the Song State, can be comparable to it, but under the two, the most prosperous area is neither Xianyang of Qin State, nor the Great Liang of Wei State, but Linzi of this Qi State.

The country of Qi, which is near the sea and eats the sea, has rich fishery and salt resources.

Fishing is secondary, the key is this salt, which is a good thing! It is indispensable.

It was with this salt industry that the Qi State recovered its national strength with lightning speed even when it lost seventy-two cities in a row and was almost destroyed.

It is also because of this salt industry that the entire Qi country has been covered with a layer of merchant flavor.

The elite of the Qi State - "Skilled Fighters", and the only mercenary team among the four strong soldiers of the Warring States Period "Wei Wushu, Qin Ruishi, Zhao Bian Cai, and Qi Skilled Attack".

The success of the Qi country is also in its Li Feng, and the defeat of the Qi country is also in its Li Feng.

Of course, none of that matters anymore.

The important thing is that today's Linzi, after the destruction of Los Angeles, is becoming more and more prosperous. The more prosperous the place, the more food is naturally an indispensable material......