Chapter 136: Banquet Guests
As soon as Yiren returned to Handan from Wu'an, Lü Buwei, who had never met him, suddenly visited, and as soon as they met, he mentioned that he wanted to plan for Yiren to establish a reserve, which aroused Yiren's vigilance. He didn't know where Lü Buwei came from and what his purpose was. Although the safe way to do this is to immediately cut off all contact and drive Lü Buwei out of the door, it ......
Sending Lu Buwei away, the prime minister said: "What the son did is not appropriate." The origin of the Lu family is unknown, and it is not available! ”
Alien: "His words are not credible. However, I entered Zhao alone, and there were enemies on all sides, if I got the shade, wouldn't I care? ”
The prime minister said: "If you want shade, you should enter a wealthy family." Bi Weijia, a businessman in Handan, has to do it! ”
Yidao: "Biwei people, Yu Handan has no roots, just for my use!" ”
The prime minister said: "Or for the use of the Zhao people." ”
Inhumane: "Follow its trail and follow it, or get the truth, but it can't be!" He can come, I can't go alone? ”
The prime minister said: "The strength and weakness are also different!" ”
Inhumane: "If you talk about King Zhao, I am not a match." If you talk about Lu's, you can give it a try! Let's wait and discuss, how to use it! ”
The next day, Lü Buwei visited again, this time sending a festival talisman and saying, "But if you need it, you can go to the south of the city to get it from the Lu family." ”
Inhuman: "What is its limit? ”
Lü Buwei said: "The Lu clan in the south of the city, but the ears are slight." No limits! ”
Yiren summoned a young entourage and said, "Wang Qian, I am willing to inherit the king's affairs!" ”
Lü Buwei immediately took Wang Jian away, went around the shops in the south of the city, and ordered them one by one, but when he saw the festival or saw this son, he dealt with everything. All that comes out is recorded in the account. The shopkeeper and home security in the shop are all undertaken. Lu's shop in the south of the city has a lot of shops, involving many industries, and the two of them have been shopping until the afternoon. Lü Buwei wants to send Wang Jian back, and where Wang Jian is willing, he must wait for Mr. to return first. Lu Buwei said: "My shops, but I live at will, and there is no fixed place!" A man of trade, wandering in the four seas. If the brother wants to find the brother, you can go to the shop to inquire about it, and you will know the situation. Wang Jian should come out.
After Wang Jian came out, he bought salted fish and meat from several fish and meat shops, and asked Lu's shop by the way, and everyone said that Lu's was a big store in Handan, and he was doing big business between Puyang, Yangzhai, Daliang and Handan. There are more than a dozen shops in the southern city of Handan, ranging from local products to jewelry and jade.
Wang Jian carried the fish and meat he bought, entered a Lu family shop that sold cloth, and begged for a hundred yuan. He hung the money and the fish on a twine thread and carried it to the northeast corner of the city.
After Wang Jian came back, he told what he saw and concluded: "There are more than ten places in Lu's shop, and he has a reason in all shops, and he also resides in him, which is true. However, he does not often live in Handan, and travels between Puyang, Yangzhai, Daliang and Handan. ”
Inhumane: "If you borrow his strength, what can I do?" ”
The minister said: "He and his son's family affairs are very clear, or he knows the family affairs of the Handan Zhao family. Always explore it, and you will get something. ”
Inhuman: "Yes." He is a businessman, not a Zhao family. Even if it is bought by the Zhao family, I have to don't accept it! Even if you can't take it, you should use it again. ”
The next day, when Lü Buwei came to the door again, Yiren warmly received him and entertained him with the fish and meat that Wang Jian had purchased yesterday. During the banquet, Gongzi Yiren proposed that he was unfamiliar with the people of Handan and wanted to make friends with some noble sons of the Zhao family, which was echoed. Lü Buwei introduced to him in great detail the princes of the Zhao family who were currently living in Handan City, and which sons could invite the princes in the royal city.
In the end, Lü Buwei said: "Wei Shu dares to ask the prince to write to Zhu Zhao." The son's house is not high, and Wei Shu dares to invite him to Handan to set up wine. ”
Inhuman nodded, "Thanks to the power of Mr.!" ”
Lü Buwei immediately sent a driver to the cloth shop to call the garment maker and put a new crown robe for each of the eleven people here. Lü Buwei personally instructed the style of the crown robe, one set for each of the two colors of Qin and Zhao, one for spring, autumn, winter and summer. After finishing it, Lü Buwei wanted to leave, and Yiren repeatedly asked him to finish dinner in the house. Lu Buwei said: "Wei Shu is useless, first lead the son to give food, how can the heart be at ease!" ”
Yidao: "Running to Handan, what is useless!" ”
Ten days later, the cloth shop made all six sets of crowns and robes of the eleven people, packed them in boxes, and sent them to the house. Try them on one by one, and they all fit.
Lü Buwei's repeated visits seemed to remind the businessmen in Handan, and many businessmen with heads and faces also came to the door and expressed their willingness to work for Gongzi. Inhumans are treated equally, so as to appease.
The spring equinox is approaching, and spring ploughing outside Handan is busy. And the envoys of various countries are also galloping on the main transportation routes. The Battle of Changping, which ended last year, was naturally a major event that affected the balance of power among the princes, and envoys from various countries frequently visited Handan and Xianyang, hoping to understand the strength of the two countries and decide their next course of action.
Who won the battle in Changping? Judging from the results, the Qin army finally occupied Shangdang, and the victory should belong to the Qin state. But the Shangdang has been broken, and if the Qin State expends the strength of the whole country and only takes down a broken Shangdang, it will naturally outweigh the losses. So how much did the Qin state pay for defeating the Zhao army?
Zhao Jun certainly withdrew from Changping and gave up the party. But Shangdang was not originally the territory of Zhao State, but the county of Korea. Zhao Guo's accession to the party was originally a windfall. Now this foreign wealth is gone, but Zhao Guo has not lost it at all. In the Battle of Changping, how much did Zhao Guo lose, and did he break his muscles and bones?
In addition, Zhao will dedicate the six cities of Qin, where are these six cities, it will also affect the development of the situation!
Envoys from all over the world desperately searched for clues, hoping to find answers to these questions. However, the news that the princes got was very contradictory, Qin Gongzi entered Handan as a hostage, and Zhao Gongzi Pingyuan entered Xianyang and wanted to offer six cities to the King of Qin for peace. It seems that both sides are losing and urgently need to ease relations in order to take a breather.
The scene found by the envoys in Xianyang and Handan shows that the spring ploughing on both sides is going on normally, although there are a large number of families in the suburbs of Xianyang and Handan who have lost their relatives, but there is still a long way to go from the family to the bottom of the funeral, whether it is Qin or Zhao, it is obvious that there is no bleeding to the extent of collapse, and both sides want to stop the loss in time.
This result is absolutely unacceptable to Chun Shenjun and Huang Xie. He consulted with An Ping Juntian Dan. Tian Dan's body became weak after a winter. He reluctantly said to Huang Xie: "Qin Zhao's disciples are all martial, but if they have spare strength, they will not be able to make peace." Just wait for it! ”
When the news of Xianyang came, after Pingyuan Jun entered Xianyang, he was warmly received by the King of Qin, and the two sides amicably negotiated the transfer of the six cities. However, the king of Qin seems to have great respect for Pingyuan Jun and has repeatedly kept him in Xianyang. But put Zhao Hao back. Yu Qing, who was hidden in Luoyang, also came back.
The idea at that time was that since the dispute between Qin and Zhao was caused by the exchange of six cities, Zhao gave up all the disputed six cities to Qin, and it would be regarded as a reparation. However, after Zhao Hao arrived in Xianyang, the six cities proposed by the Qin State were not the six inconsequential cities that were disputed at the beginning, but the six cities of Taiyuan and Wu'an, which were occupied by Sima Jin and Wang Ji this time. This made Yu Qing feel unacceptable. But Zhao Hao thinks that since he originally set the six cities as a condition for peace, he has already negotiated according to this condition, if he repents, it will be Zhao Guo's rebellion! The two argued all the way until they entered Handan.
The vertical and horizontal rivalry between the princes did not affect Lü Buwei's rhythm. Two days after measuring the clothes of Gongzi Yiren, he invited Gongzi Yiren to Hanyuefang for a banquet. On that day, Lü Buwei drove in person, and the stranger only took the maid to the same place. When I arrived at the place, I realized that it was originally a singing and dancing venue. The elder in front of the workshop recognized that it was Lu Buwei, and came up to say, "Sir, please ask the son?" “
Lu Buwei said: "It's the son of a stranger!" “
The stranger is dressed in Qin clothes, and he is not like a noble son. But the elder still bowed respectfully and said, "Wei Shu respectfully sees the son!" “
Lu Buwei said: "The son heard that he was holding a banquet in the market and wanted to come and see it in person. Thou shalt bring out the best of thy best! “
The elder immediately got up, led the group to the backyard, and pointed to Chen as he walked: "On that day, I will close my house completely, but I will also be a guest of the servant." Idlers don't know anything about the child. The banquet is set up in the back hall, and I will remove its fence and make it into three rooms. Silk and bamboo are set under the eaves, and the dancers dance in the courtyard. “
There are halls and ear rooms in the front and back yards of the stranger, and there are side rooms on both walls, and it can be seen that some of the rooms are lit up by candles, and the sound of silk and bamboo singing comes out from time to time, and it is obvious that the business in the workshop is prosperous. But the back hall was empty.
Lu Buwei said: "Today's son will eat on him to see the effect." Thou shalt serve it with all thy might! “
The elder said: "The son has a life, and Wei Shu does not dare to resign." Then the cost of the hall is a gold, as a preamble! “
Lü Buwei took out a piece of gold cake from his sleeve and said, "Gongzi can get the gold theory." If it's good, there's another reward! “
When the elder saw the golden cake, he was overjoyed, and immediately beckoned the stranger and his party to come to the hall and call the servants to come and set up a case and light the lamp. Go out by yourself and tell the cook to prepare food. I went to the back to look for music and dance.
Lu Buwei said: "Handan Yuefang is famous in Handan, and Handan is also in January. It has three wins, wine wins, food wins, and beauty wins. The prince will have a banquet here, and the sons of the Quartet will flock to it! “
Yidao: "I have lived in Qin for a long time, and I don't know the wind of Handan." You can help it! “
Lu Buwei said: "Weishu travels to Handan, runs to wealthy families, and knows its nature well. Childe and sit comfortably, everything should be handled by the micro. He took out a slip from his bosom, on which were written the names and net worth. Lü Buwei enshrined the simple slip to a stranger, and did not watch it himself, that is, he talked eloquently to the people he invited, like a few treasures. Yiren couldn't help but admire: "Mr. is well versed in the way of Handan. “
The time was just right, Lu Buwei introduced the guests to be invited to the banquet, and the wine and food in the kitchen were ready, and the servants carried them to the hall with a few cases, and spread them in the banquet. Although the food is only three tripods, there are three animals inside, and the two are not millet, but wheat and rice. There are also nine kinds of fruit and vegetable sauce vinegar, which are placed before and after. The five musicians and dancers of the wine worshiped in front of the banquet, retreated to the seat, tuned the strings properly, and played carefully, a singer sang softly and gracefully, and a dancer danced.