Mr. Pingyuan is telling the truth.

Don't look at Mr. Pingyuan paying [-]% of the ginseng shares, but you must know that if Mr. Pingyuan can't survive this catastrophe this time, the consequence will be that Mr. Pingyuan will disappear from Zhao Guo's political arena without a trace.

Compared with his own political life, what is this mere [-]% of life shares?

Zhao Kuo could only return a big smile to this.

In this battle, Zhao Kuo foiled Han Xuwei's plot, made Mr. Pingyuan owe him a big favor, and by the way, directly doubled his ginseng income, which can be said to kill three birds with one stone!Zhao Kuo got more than that.

On the second day, all the actions of Han Xuwei and Lin Xiangru's scholars against Pingyuan Jun's faction stopped at once, and nothing happened.

Many officials of the State of Zhao couldn't believe it at first, but after two days they finally fully confirmed it and felt relieved.

"Well, to tell you the truth, when the Grand Master and Wen Xinjun launched their attacks, I almost thought I was going to be doomed."

"Yeah, it's too difficult for us officials of Mr. Pingyuan's lineage, but fortunately, the matter is over.

Mr. Pingyuan deserves to be the great Zhao Xiangbang, and he can even resolve such things as offending the Queen Mother. "

"Hey, what do you know?

This time is not the catastrophe that Mr. Pingyuan resolved. "

"What, if it's not Mr. Pingyuan, who else could it be?"

"Let me tell you, it's Wu Xinjun!"

"Hey, isn't Mr. Wu Xin the follower of Mr. Pingyuan? He can do things that Mr. Pingyuan can't do?"

"What do you know?

Wu Xinjun had established himself a long time ago, but this time it was Pingyuan Jun who begged Wu Xinjun for help. It is said that Pingyuan Jun gave up a large amount of ginseng shares. "

"Isn't there a rumor that Wu Xinjun is also feared by the Queen Mother?"

"Wu Xinjun is feared by the queen mother?

Let me tell you, I heard that the grand master followed Wu Xinjun into the palace in order to prevent Wu Xinjun from interceding with the queen mother. Guess what?

The grand master was severely reprimanded by the queen mother, and returned to the mansion and smashed everything. "

"So that's it, it seems that Lord Wu Xin is already a powerful leader in our Da Zhao political arena.

You said, is it still too late for us to seek refuge with Wu Xinjun?

After this incident, I think Mr. Pingyuan may not be so reliable. "

"Yes, yes, I also think that Wu Xinjun is more reliable."

Many officials were discussing in secret, and countless gossips were flying, but many discerning people could see that it was Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo's action this time, which saved Pingyuan Jun from ruin and betrayal.

People suddenly discovered that the young man who was fledgling a few years ago and needed the full support and protection of Mr. Pingyuan to gain the command of the Changping War has now grown into a towering tree, and can even start to protect the old man in turn. Mr. Pingyuan.

It was also from this incident that everyone was convinced and admitted that Zhao Kuo was a veritable super giant who could be compared with Mr. Yuan and Lin Xiangru, two giants who had been in Zhao's political arena for more than 20 years!For a time, Zhao Kuo's Wu Xinjun's mansion was full of invitations, and countless scholars from all over the world came to hope to work for Zhao Kuo, and many officials secretly contacted officials from Zhao Kuo's line, hoping to join them.

What Zhao Kuo got was far more than he imagined!

Chapter 309 Yan Country Ginseng is Sold to Zhao Country

Due to a huge political struggle that almost affected the officialdom of Zhao Guo just now, and Zhao Guo suffered a big defeat in the Battle of Gaotang in the past year, which lost nearly 15 soldiers, so in this winter Among them, Zhao Guo is very rare and has not formulated any plans for foreign conquests and offensives.

Many princes breathed a sigh of relief after receiving the intelligence from the spies that "Zhao Guo did not mobilize food, grass and military equipment in advance in winter". Tremendous stress.

Everyone's territory is so big, if it is true that every battle is taken by Zhao Guo, which is equivalent to the territory of Hedong County, wouldn't the country be destroyed after a few more battles?

After deciding that the Zhao country should not be dispatched on a large scale this year, other countries began to secretly move their minds.

The king of Qin convened a meeting, and at the meeting he instructed all the ministers to send orders to let the local officials of the state of Qin do a good job of recuperating and recuperating. country's active attack.

The King of Chu also asked the local people to recuperate, but at the same time, he also sent envoys to Zhao Guo, hoping that the two sides could unite to regain Nanjun and Nanyang Commanderies.

As for the other four countries, Qi's international status has been greatly improved after World War I last year, and it is once again regarded as one of the powerful countries. However, the combination of Qi Wang Tianjian and Xiangbang Housheng does not want to expand and just wants to guard their own homeland. Live in business.

The three small countries of Yan, South Korea, and Wei were directly defeated by Zhao Kuo in the battle of Lingqiu and lost their combat effectiveness. At this moment, they could only shrink back silently and lick their wounds.

But it is not without dark tides surging.

In the study room of Emperor Wu Xin's mansion, Zhao Kuo sat on the main seat, and the four core retainers Xu Li, Li Si, Han Fei and Guo Zong who rarely appeared were seated in front of him.

Guo Zong looked darker, but his spirit became much better.

Since handing over the palace ginseng business, Guo Zong has almost disappeared from the people of Zhao State in the past two years. Many people began to speculate whether Guo Zong had died in the hands of the Zhao royal family. Rumors like "running dog cooking".

The truth is naturally not the case. In the past two years, Guo Zong has been secretly going back and forth among the three countries of Zhao, Yan, and Qi, opening up various business channels for Zhao Kuo, and at the same time taking the opportunity to slowly sell Zhao Kuo's nightingales under such a situation. spilled into other vassal states.

Perhaps it is precisely because of this experience that at this moment, Guo Zong hardly seems to have much shrewdness unique to merchants, but looks like a very calm middle-aged official.

Guo Zong saluted Zhao Kuo respectfully, and then said, "My lord, there has been confirmed news from the country of Yan that the first batch of ginseng from the country of Yan has just arrived in Handan and is about to start selling.

Not only that, Yan State has also sent people to contact Hou Sheng, it seems that they want to adopt the general agent model that you and Hou Sheng have reached before, so that Yan State ginseng can enter the market of Qi State. "

Hearing Guo Zong's words, the expressions of the other three retainers present slightly changed.

Before the ginseng business was dominated by Zhao Guo, is Yan Guo finally entering the market now?

Zhao Kuo was very calm about this, and glanced at Xu Li: "Uncle Xu, is there any news from our spies in Qi?"

Guo Zong is mainly in charge of the business department, and Xu Li is the real head of Nightingale.

Xu Li hurriedly said: "Returning to the lord, I just received the news that Hou Sheng has already agreed to Yan Guo's proposal.

Not only that, Hou Sheng is likely to ask the lord to increase the proportion of ginseng in the near future, otherwise he will abandon our Dazhao ginseng and choose to only let Yan country ginseng be sold in Qi country! "

When Xu Li said these words, the expressions of the other people in the room changed immediately.

Li Si couldn't help but said: "This Housheng is really too shameless. He even wants to use this method to threaten Da Zhao. Isn't he afraid of attracting Da Zhao's conquest?"

Han Fei sighed, and said softly, "Da, Da Zhao conquered Qi last year."

Li Si remained silent.

Zhao Kuo's face was still calm, and he asked again: "What about Wei, Qin and Chu?"

Xu Li thought for a while, and said: "The Qin State and the Yan State are separated by our Great Zhao. If the ginseng of Yan State wants to reach Qin State, it can only take the route of Qi State, Wei State, South Korea, or directly cross the thousands of miles of grassland, bypassing it. After Yinshan, cross the Yellow River south and enter Qin State from Yiqu. The former needs to pay a lot of tolls to the passing countries, and the latter needs to cross the territories of Donghu, Xiongnu, Linhu, Yiqu and other tribes, which is completely impossible. .

As for Chu State and Wei State, they also need to travel through Qi State to reach them. Right now, Yan State seems to be planning to open Qi State and Handan markets first, and then consider expanding in other countries. "

Zhao Kuo clicked his tongue and said, "Unexpectedly, King Yan is still ambitious, and he will sell the goods to Handan first. I really admire him a little bit."

Guo Zong said softly: "According to the order of the lord, this time the ginseng from the Yan Kingdom is not our channel, but the spy channel secretly developed by the people of the Yan Kingdom."

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "This is just the way to capture some Yan country spies, isn't it?"

Xu Li couldn't help but said: "My lord, the Yan people are so excessive, they must be educated severely.

"In Xu Li's view, the reason why the ginseng of Yan State is so rampant is mainly because his master made some mistakes and helped the people of Yan State "discover" the ginseng of Yan State.

However, the current Zhao Kuo is no longer the Zhao Kuo of the past, and Xu Li's opinion was only buried in his heart, and he did not say it out.

Zhao Kuo glanced at Xu Li and said with a smile, "Does Uncle Xu feel that this time the Marquis made a mistake?"

Xu Li didn't expect Zhao Kuo to see through his own thoughts. He was taken aback immediately, and said a little embarrassedly: "The minister is just thinking about it casually, and the Lord must have deep meaning."

Zhao Kuo laughed loudly, and said, "Everyone, do you think this country of Yan must deal with it properly?"

The four retainers nodded in unison.

Xu Li couldn't wait to say: "We must do it immediately, so as to scare others!"

Zhao Kuo smiled and said, "Very well, then immediately spread the news that Yan Guo ginseng has entered the market again. The more people know about it, the better."

Of course you have to do it yourself, but if Zhao Kuo did it himself, it would be a bit silly.

It is true that the entry of ginseng from Yan State into the markets of Zhao State and Qi State will cause certain losses to Zhao Kuo, but who will lose the most?

It is the "major shareholder" of Zhao Guo's ginseng, the Zhao royal family, that is, the Queen Mother herself.

According to Zhao Kuo's knowledge, the income from the ginseng business accounted for nearly [-]% of the income of Zhao Wang's Shaofu last year!Zhao Kuo didn't believe that the Queen Mother could sit still.

Letting the mother do this later will mobilize the power of the entire Zhao country. Isn't it more fragrant than Zhao Kuo using the power of Wu Xinjun's mansion alone?

Sure enough, only three days later, the Queen Mother of the State of Zhao issued an order to summon Zhao Kuo and other important officials of the State of Zhao to enter the palace to discuss the matter of ginseng.

Chapter 310 Forty thousand cavalry can conquer Yan Kingdom!

In the main hall, the queen mother was obviously very angry: "These damn Yan people, they had already appeared in the ginseng gambling dispute at that time, and now they have become more serious. Could it be that the old woman and Da Zhao have no temper?"

After finishing these words, Zhao Kuo clearly felt several eyes cast towards him.

Zhao Kuo directly ignored these gazes. Yan Guo's participation in the ginseng betting contract is Yan Guo's own business. Anyone who wants to say that it has something to do with Benhou must first produce evidence!The queen mother also took a look at Zhao Kuo, but it was obvious that the queen mother was more concerned about the source of ginseng's income, so she asked directly: "Wu Xinjun, you are the person in charge of ginseng, tell me what you should do ?”

In fact, the ginseng is in charge of both Mr. Pingyuan and Mr. Zhao Kuo, but the queen mother obviously didn't want to ask Mr. Pingyuan, because she let Mr. Pingyuan off doesn't mean that she has calmed down.

Zhao Kuo immediately responded to the Queen Mother's question: "Queen Mother, I think that the country of Yan should be conquered immediately! Only by forcing the country of Yan to sign an alliance under the city can we prevent the ginseng of the country of Yan from continuing to sell to other vassal states. The ginseng of Da Zhao interests can be guaranteed!"

Zhao Kuo's voice fell, and the expressions of the others couldn't help but change slightly.

Lin Xiangru couldn't help but said: "Mr. Wu Xin, Da Zhao's losses last year were still a bit serious. It would be inappropriate to use the sword again at this time."

Although this sentence reveals the shortcomings of Lin Xiangru's ally Lian Po, the failure of the Battle of Gaotang last year did have a great impact on Zhao's attack plan and national strength. As the "big steward" of Zhao, Lin Xiangru His sense of responsibility drove him to make such a statement.

Han Xuwei coughed, and said calmly: "Everyone knows Wu Xinjun's desire to seek military exploits, but it is also a fact that Da Zhao is not suitable for attacking now.

Wu Xinjun, this person can't just think about fighting and killing, he has to have some skills. "

When Zhao Kuo saw Han Xuwei, he couldn't help being amused: "Why, does the grand master have any good ideas?"

Han Xuwei twirled his beard and said unhurriedly: "Isn't this simple?

All you need to do is send an envoy to Yan State to tell King Yan the pros and cons, and King Yan will naturally withdraw ginseng from the Da Zhao market.

After all, Da Zhao just defeated Yan Guo last year. "

Zhao Kuo sighed and said, "Naive.

How much benefit ginseng can bring, don't you all still know?

Since the death of King Yan Zhao, Yan State has become one of the weakest countries among the seven princes. Their desire to become stronger has always been there. With such an excellent opportunity, how could the King of Yan agree to withdraw from the ginseng market just because of an emissary from Da Zhao?

If the king of Yan was really so timid, he would never have allowed the people of Yan to sell ginseng to Handan! "

Zhao Kuo and Han Xuwei looked at each other, and both thought the other was an idiot.

Han Xuwei said coldly: "Wu Xinjun's words are interesting. Before the envoy is sent out, you know that King Yan will definitely not agree. Could it be that you are a roundworm in King Yan's stomach?"

Zhao Kuo laughed, and said, "Of course this Marquis is not a roundworm in King Yan's stomach. This Marquis just has some brains, so he won't make such a judgment as the Grand Master!"

Anyway, the bad relationship between Zhao Kuo and Han Xuwei is well known now, so Zhao Kuo naturally mocked it in public.

The last time you let Han Xuwei go, it was only because Ben Hou knew that the Queen Mother would definitely protect you. Now that you jumped out to show off, don't blame Ben Hou for slapping you down hard.

Naturally, Han Xuwei couldn't fail to hear Zhao Kuo's ridicule, and immediately flew into a rage, and shouted: "Wu Xinjun, don't you want to hurt people here with evil words.

Let me ask you, if you really follow your method to send troops, Da Zhao just lost 15 people, where did you get so many troops?

It's all given to you, do you still want to guard the country? "

Does the State of Zhao have soldiers and horses?

Of course there is.

But the problem is that Zhao State has a vast territory, bordering five of the other six countries, and is separated by a steep Taihang Mountain in the middle of the entire country's territory. The transfer of troops to the east and west is relatively troublesome. of.

Under the premise of losing 15 elites, Zhao Guo suddenly had to mobilize a large number of troops to attack Yan Guo. The defense in other directions would no longer be as secure as before, which would easily cause a fire in the backyard.

Facing Han Xuwei's question, Zhao Kuo gave the answer very calmly: "Of course there are soldiers and horses.

Empress Dowager, this time the conquest of Yan Guochen does not require a large number of soldiers and horses. As long as the Queen Mother allocates all the cavalry of the [-] side cavalry regiment to the minister, the minister will have the confidence to win this victory for Da Zhao and make Yan Guo obedient Stop selling ginseng to other countries! "

This is the war plan that Zhao Kuo has been planning since he planned the "Yan Kingdom Discovery of Ginseng"!After Zhao Kuo's voice fell, there was a moment of silence in the hall.

Then, Han Xuwei's loud laughter rang in everyone's ears.

"Can [-] cavalry defeat Yan?

Hahahaha Wu Xinjun, Wu Xinjun, you are really getting better at telling jokes. "

Han Xuwei laughed so hard.

Not only Han Xuwei, but other people, including the Queen Mother and Mr. Pingyuan, looked at Zhao Kuo with doubts.

It is true that Zhao Guo's cavalry is the best in the world, but everyone knows that the most important thing to fight in the world in this era is actually the infantry.

Cavalry can't break through the city!Moreover, the number of [-] cavalry is not many.

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