The three boats either secretly discussed military affairs, or told each other goodbyes, and rested until the night. Although the three boats did not accelerate, at the natural speed of Weishui, they were already approaching the mouth of the Weishui River at dawn. The postman woke everyone up, put the boat on the riverbank, and they abandoned the boat and went ashore, came to a post station, had breakfast, and then entered Hangu Pass.

There are many business travelers in Hangu Pass, and there are many people who enter and exit. Zhang Lu showed the festival charm and said that he was going to Luoyang on a business trip, and asked him to help find a team of business travelers to accompany him. Although Hangu Guanwei did not know Zhang Lu, after checking the festival charm, he still sent people for Zhang Lu to find a group of merchants to Luoyang, about 100 people, and told the leader of the caravan that these ten Qin people were going to Luoyang on business. The merchant saw that there were old and young in this group, men and women, expensive and low, and guessed that it might be a noble family and the whole family went to Luoyang, so he nodded and agreed. Zhang Lu and his entourage's luggage is very simple, and they are basically carried by everyone. Everyone speculated that it might just be a short trip to Luoyang.

Soon after, the caravan departed. Seeing that Zhang Lu was too old and Huang Xie was expensive, their luggage was much easier than others, and offered to take them in a car, but they refused. The efficiency of the merchants was higher than that of the army, and after following the caravan for two days, everyone went out of the funeral letter and entered the territory of Luoyang. Someone had already greeted them at the crossing, and the business travelers dispersed on their own. Zhang Lu was led by Chen Si to the front of the Juyi where he had settled before. Chen Si stepped forward and knocked on the door, after the door opened, the person who came saw that it was Chen Si, hurriedly greeted him, and then looked at it again, and then followed by nine people, men and women, young and old, tall, short, fat and thin, startled, and hurriedly came over to inquire, but it was Zheng Anping who came forward, and only replied, from Xianyang. The people who came knew that this was no longer something they could handle, so they invited the group into the courtyard first, and then went to inform the master.

When the host heard that someone from Xianyang was coming, he immediately invited Gongzi Yiren to come out to greet him. They saw Chen Si and Zheng Anping standing behind an old man with a rickety figure, and behind them stood a gorgeously dressed son, flanked by two young men and two middle-aged people, all four of whom were extraordinary in their manners, obviously not ordinary people; Finally, a young woman and a child of twelve or thirteen years old. The master glanced at Gongzi Yiren, who didn't even know this group of people, but obviously felt that the old man in the middle had a very high status: the noble son stood behind Zheng Anping, and Zheng Anping stood behind the old man.

The stranger whispered: "Idler avoids!" The master understood, and immediately let the family members standing in the courtyard leave, and then walked quickly to the old man, and heard the old man speak very softly, but very clearly: "Zhang Lu, the minister and guest!" "Both the host and the Inhumans were taken aback. They originally thought that it was just an official at the level of a doctor, but who knew that it was directly at the level of a chief. Moreover, they have also heard the name of Keqing Zhang Lu, and it is said that he was very trusted by the King of Qin and presided over a number of project constructions, each of which was attended by tens of thousands of people. Also delegated to participate in the discussion is discussed. But what was the intention of King Qin in sending this person who was engaged in engineering to handle the military?

They didn't have time to think about it, and immediately invited everyone into the lobby. But only Zhang Lu and Huang Xie entered the hall, and everyone else stopped outside the hall, while Xiao Nu and Gai Nie stopped at the entrance of the hall. Outside the door, Zhang Lu could only be seen taking out the festival charm from his arms, and the master took it and respectfully returned it. Zhang Lu said something, and the master nodded in response. About half an hour later, the master came out, called one family member after another, and gave orders one after another, and these family members left with serious expressions.

After dinner, the host arranged Zhang Lu and his entourage to rest in the front yard, the main hall and the wings on both sides were cleaned out, mats and quilts were spread, and his family retreated to the back house. Zhang Lu and the others did not sleep, but discussed in the hall for a long, long time, during which there was a serious quarrel.

That night, Chen Si and Gongzi Yiren rushed to a small town on the edge of the Yellow River under the leadership of a family member, and knocked on a person's house to enter. Early the next morning, the two had changed into fishermen's clothes, took a fishing boat, and went downstream.

In the afternoon of the next day, the city of Luoyang became lively, and the three Qin envoys each brought ten by one hundred people to Luoyang and stayed in the three largest local counter-brigades. The Qin soldiers were busy carrying tributes to the courtyard, and the pedestrians were talking to the master of the reverse brigade. Each of the three chief envoys quietly left the mission with an entourage and came to the courtyard on the outskirts......

The Qin envoy contacted the local ships while staying in the reverse brigade, and they found that ten of the most luxurious ships in Luoyang had been rented by a merchant at the same time. So some members of the three missions also came to this compound......

The negotiations went smoothly, and the missions were given the boats they needed, and they set off in the next day or two. Subsequently, it was rumored in Luoyang City that the owner of this courtyard made a lot of money, which attracted the envy of his peers. And people who know the inside story are rumored that the day before, a mysterious family moved into this courtyard, and the owner gave them very high treatment, let the main courtyard out for them to live in, and squeezed the back house by themselves. They must have brought good news! So everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Lu's group again.

They all believe that this is a noble son who came to Luoyang with a group of family members to run errands: the old one is obviously the housekeeper, the two middle-aged retainers and the two young retainers are actually doing things, and the woman and the child are obviously responsible for the daily life of the son; There is only Zheng Anping, everyone can't guess his identity, but seeing that he usually follows the family leader, they guess that he may be the son of the family leader and bring him out to see the world.

Usually, this group of people went out in three or two, or went out by themselves or led by the owner, and went out to visit the merchants in Luoyang. Gradually, the reputation of this master also came out, his name was Qin An, as soon as he heard the surname, he knew that he was from Qin, no wonder Qin Guo spent money on him without stumbling. Everyone has always felt that Qin's business is very difficult, because Qin's "emphasis on the basics and light on the end" is well-known in various countries; Although Qin An has been in Luoyang for a long time, he has been tepid, but this time, everyone is impressed by this Qin An.

When Qin An took people to visit the merchants, Gongzi, Jiazai and Zheng Anping were standard, and sometimes one or two were added. When Qin An introduced, he only said that he was a child; Although this son Xie is middle-aged, he is also very talkative, and he seems to be familiar with business matters; And the housekeeper next to him was like an ornament, except for nodding and smiling, he didn't say anything.

Huang Xie once premiered the business affairs of the Chu State, and the Chu State is still a country that attaches great importance to business, is familiar with all walks of life, and has a deep understanding of the bottom of the business. Every time I come back from a visit, I analyze the information I have obtained with everyone, which is always refreshing! The next day, according to the plan, everyone went separately to collect new information. But in five days, the trend of the world is almost exhausted!

They focused on getting the information of the Wei army from the salt merchants from Anyi, and inquired about several battles from the merchants in Handan, and even the situation of the Qin envoys entering Daliang, Puyang and Tao, Luoyang could know almost the next day, which was more timely than the messenger's return! More importantly, they get the high-level movements of various countries from the mouths of businessmen; As for the movements of the Qin State, they also selectively revealed them to the outside world in exchange for more information.

When the news of the Three Kingdoms reaching Zhao reached the state of Zhao, the king of Zhao discussed the matter with his important ministers. At that time, the important ministers of Zhao State included Pingyuan Jun Gongzi Sheng and Pingyang Jun Gongzi Leopard, both of whom were brothers of King Zhao, Shangqing Lin Xiangru, Lian Po and Yu Qing; There is also a veteran, Le Yi, who is a guest secretary, only for consultation, and generally does not participate in the study of specific affairs; His two sons and nephews, Le Jian and Le Cheng, go in and out of Yan and Zhao, and often can't find anyone.

The unanimous opinion of these people is that it is far away and dangerous, and its value is not high, so it is not worth sending troops to rescue, so it is better to wait for the coalition forces to leave, and then send another army to recover, which is more affordable! But at this time, King Zhao casually asked Zhao Hao, who was in charge of taxation, this question, and Zhao Hao's opinion was that although it was far away and dangerous, the brave won when they met on a narrow road. So the king of Zhao immediately ordered Zhao Hao to organize an army and prepare to rescue Yan You.

But the development of the war was completely out of the control of the Zhao clan, and the Qin army did not entangle with the Zhao army in Yan, but suddenly appeared in Wu'an, which was less than a hundred miles away from Handan. Zhao Hao had no choice but to set up camp at Gukou, thirty miles away from Handan, to temporarily block the Qin army's access to Handan and buy time for Handan's fortification. In those days, King Zhao had trouble eating, and the ministers were also working hard, searching for troops everywhere. Fearing that the Qin army would charge, Zhao Hao would not be able to resist it, and the Qin army would go straight to Handan.

It seems that the sky is as people wish, the Qin army and the Zhao army have been in peace with each other in Wu'an for 28 days, the troops around Handan have been thick, the combat power has been completed, Zhao Wang Nai ordered Zhao Hao to go to Yanhe, to relieve the siege of Yan, and hand over the defense line to Lian Po. But at the moment when Zhao Hao had left and Lian Po had not entered, the Qin army rushed out of the Wu'an Valley. Fortunately, Lian Po already had a strong army in his hands at this time, and he decisively went out of the city, fought a decisive battle with Qin, and drove the Qin army out of the suburbs of Handan step by step. King Zhao's hanging heart was put down.

A day later, King Zhao learned that the Great Wall had also fallen on the same day! The two armies of the Qin army met in the Great Wall, and the total strength reached 20,000. King Zhao sent someone to tell Lian Po that his strength and the Qin army did not have an absolute advantage, so he must be careful and careful, and never be careless, and give the Qin army a chance! Lian Po really used his old soldiers, step by step, squeezed the Qin army out of Zhangshui step by step, and retreated to the border of Zhao and Wei.

There were conflicts between the Zhao army and the Wei army in the border area, and the Zhao army had taken advantage of the confrontation between the Wei army and the Qin army in Kaifeng, and sent an army to attack and capture several yi, Fangling and Anyang, and now the Qin army retreated to the Wei border, the Zhao army did not dare to pursue it directly, so it sent people to contact the Wei army, hoping that the Wei army would look at the division of the brotherly state and attack the Wei army with Zhao, or at least maintain neutrality. Wei Shou's answer was ambiguous: "Qin and Zhao are also big countries, fighting each other in Yiyi, and they don't dare to solve disputes, but they can solve themselves!" But then, the Qin army attacked and captured several towns occupied by the Zhao army. King Zhao believed that this was a clear sign that Qin and Wei were joining forces: Wei wanted to borrow the hands of the Qin people to regain the lost territory from the Zhao army!