Chapter 4

Zhou Chong helped him up and said, "Your Majesty, you are a foreign minister."

King Zhao wiped the sweat beads from his forehead and said, "Please give me a clever plan!"

Zhou Chong did not respond to his words and said, "Zhou Chong's words have been finished. How to make a decision? Please ask the king to give up the sage. If the foreign ministers go back, they can explain to my king."

King Zhao gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, Du Kang will return to Qin. In addition, the annual taxes of the Yan State city will belong to Qin." He is really lovely.

When the incident was reported, the King of Qin saw through Zhou Chong's intention at a glance and laughed: "This is Mr. Zhou's plan to exhaust Zhao. Mr. Zhou wants to consume Zhao's manpower, material resources and financial resources in the war with Yan. At that time, I will destroy Zhao, and the pressure will be greatly reduced.

Of course, I will not give King Zhao a chance to be strong. Mr. Zhou tried his best to do his best, so I would not plunder others' beauty, and I would be exempted from taxes for one year."

Like King Zhao, the King of Qin is also a lovely person. It adds icing on the cake to make Zhou Chong's exhausted Zhao's plan perfect.

"Thank you, the king." Zhou Chong continued to express another intention of this trip and said: "Your king, my country, Zheng State, will be a natural success. It is a good thing to add tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land in Guanzhong, but because the acres of land have increased too much at once, the agricultural tools are not enough.

My country heard that Zhao State has many iron tools, so this bronze should be much less useful. Foreign ministers want to buy bronze from your country and ask the king to fulfill it."

During the Warring States Period, iron smelting technology began to develop. At that time, fine iron was mainly used for casting weapons, and inferior iron was used for agricultural tools and other purposes. However, due to technical reasons, bronze still occupied a major position.

Zhou Chong said this not to ask for bronze, but to ask for the iron of Zhao, which is just a prelude.

King Zhao was not confused, and after a brief estimate, he said, "Your country has tens of thousands of hectares of fertile land."

This is a good thing, a happy event, and it is understandable to have bronze. My country should meet your requirements, but the amount required is too many, and it is difficult for me to take it out for a while. So, my country will convert bronze into iron and sell it to your country.

I wonder what Mr. Zhou thought?”

Relatively speaking, bronze is cheap and iron is expensive. If all bronze is given, it would be too many. If Qin uses weapons to make them, the problem would be great. If the Qin State uses them to make weapons, it would be much smaller. In terms of quantity, it would be much smaller.

Even if Qin wants to build weapons, it cannot make many, and it is not hindered by the overall situation. This is King Zhao’s plan.

However, he had no idea Zhou Chong was going to make land. Zhou Chong wanted to use iron to build crossbow arrows, so the number would be greater. If King Zhao knew about it, he would definitely only jump off the building.

Zhou Chong asked for what he said. But hesitated for a moment before saying, "Your Majesty, it may be inappropriate. The iron is good, but the number is too small and I can't make many agricultural tools. Please help me."

King Zhao could ask whether to make agricultural tools or weapons, of course, the fewer the better. He thought he was good at it and insisted: "Mr. Zhou, I am also in a dilemma. I can get so many bronzes in a while, so let's decide.

If Mr. Zhou thinks it is too little, I will give your country another 100,000 kilograms of high-quality fine iron."

When someone wants to sleep, someone handed you a pillow, and it would definitely feel so good that he said nothing. Zhou Chong felt like this now. He was so happy, but he said it was very embarrassing: "Your Majesty. This... OK, thank you!"

Finally, Zhou Chong's appetite was filled, and King Zhao was relieved and said, "The country of Qin and Zhao brothers, no need to thank you, no need to thank you."

Zhou Chong pretended to be grateful and said, "The king is not bad at Zhou Chong, but Zhou Chong has a word he dare not not say."

King Zhao patted Zhou Chong's back of his hand and said, "Mr. Zhou, please speak."

Zhou Chong glared at Guo Kai dissatisfiedly and said, "Your Majesty, it is better to leave the road construction matter to General Li Mu according to the foreign ministers. Never give Guo Kai to repair it, he is a villain."

Guo Kai and Zhou Chong discussed the land and asked Guo Kai to take down the road construction. Unexpectedly, Zhou Chong said that he could not be repaired. Guo Kai's eyes turned green and he said, "Zhou Chong, you..."

"Shut up! Let Mr. Zhou finish his words." King Zhao shouted.

Even though Guo Kai has a lot of things to say, he can't say it.

"Mr. Zhou, why is Guo Kai a villain? Did he offend Mr. Zhou?" King Zhao asked a little confused.

Zhou Chongyu was still angry and glared at Guo Kai and said, "Your Majesty, Guo Kai did not offend foreign ministers, but offend my king."

Offending the King of Qin is a serious crime. King Zhao's face turned green and he shouted, "Guo Kai, kneel down."

Guo Kai thought to himself, thinking that he had not even seen the King of Qin, so he offended the King of Qin. He knelt down and shouted: "Master, don't listen to Zhou Chong's nonsense. I haven't even seen the King of Qin."

King Zhao thought it was the same, and his tone was slower, and he said, "If you offend the King of Qin, I want you to be nice."

Zhou Chong pointed at Guo Kai and asked, "Guo Kai, I ask you, I will give you a thousand taels of gold, twenty pearls, and twenty pairs of white jade. Do you say contemptuously, "Mr. Zhou, Guo Kai is greedy, but he is not greedy for gold and silver. If you give a city to Guo Kai, Guo Kai will accept it on behalf of my king.

’Guo Kai, do you think, is this happening?"

When Guo Kai heard Zhou Chong telling that he had accepted bribes from Qin, his heart jumped to his throat and almost fainted. It was not until Zhou Chong finished speaking that he realized that Zhou Chong was helping him, kowtowed to King Zhao, and said, "Your Majesty, I have said this, please punish the king and the death penalty."

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King Zhao pulled Guo Kai up, smiled and said, "Guo Aiqing, it is rare that you are so loyal. I have read you right, I have read you right. Come on, I will pour you a glass of wine and reward you."

Guo Kai took the wine glass, thanked King Zhao, raised his head to Zhou Chong, pretended to be righteous and drank it dry in one gulp. He was also a lovely person and understood what to do in this situation.

"Guo Aiqing, you have to worry about the road construction." King Zhao was determined to hand over the road construction to Guo Kai.

Guo Kai knelt down again and said, "When the king saw love, Guo Kai should have done his best, but most of the opponents in the court are. I am afraid that there are people who do not listen to Guo Kai's command and intend to ruin Guo Kai. The king should choose another talent."

King Zhao helped him up and said, "Guo Kai, don't worry, if someone interferes with it, you will be punished." This is like giving him full power.

Guo Kai burst into tears and was moved, and said, "Your Majesty, even if you are broken into pieces, it is difficult to repay the favor of the king!" His crying skills were really good, and tears came as soon as they were said.

In order to maximize the effect, Zhou Chong also wiped his tears and looked moved, sighing: "Only, the foreign ministers understood why Zhao State could not perish for decades under the attack of the powerful Qin territory, which means that he was protected by loyal ministers like Guo Kai.

He did not accept the gift from the foreign minister, but also informed the foreign ministers, so that they could see the king, and they were such a loyal minister!”

King Zhao was very happy. He pulled Zhou Chong with his left hand and Guo Kai with his right hand, and said, "Mr. Zhou, please be careful about me and don't bother with Guo Kai."

Zhou Chong kept saying he didn't dare.

An eunuch came in and reported to King Zhao: "I heard from the king and General Li Mu asked for a visit."
Chapter completed!