The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

Her voice was soft, but her tone was ironic.From a concubine of a merchant to the concubine of the heir of the Great Qin Dynasty, can she be a success?

Zhao Ji walked up to Lu An bit by bit and sat down. The big and the small got very close. Zhao Ji had a charming smile on her face, "Young master, is the master's intention to come here? Please rest assured, young master." , Yan will definitely remember the kindness of the host's recommendation."

Hearing this, the young boy lowered his head, and he said in frustration, "Father didn't ask me to come. An'er asked mother, and mother said it was just a coincidence... No, it wasn't father's intention..."

"Coincidence?" Zhao Ji smiled, and she shook her head, "Young master is so smart, don't you understand that this is just going with the flow?"

She sighed, "The young master is an aristocrat, with such a noble status, how can he ask the master for a concubine?"

"He wants me, just to show his favor to the master."

That's right, in the eyes of later generations, this is an incomprehensible thing. When Ying Yi saw that Lu Buwei's concubine was beautiful and wanted him to come over, wasn't it the hatred of taking his wife?

It may be in later generations, but it may not be in the pre-Qin period. Why?

Because at this time there is still the concept of blood aristocracy.

What is blood noble?That is to be born noble. A person's achievements, work, and degree of respect in his future life from birth are already determined by blood.Aristocrats are different from ordinary people. No matter how poor or useless a foreigner is, he is still a nobleman. No matter how capable Lu Buwei is, he is still a merchant and the bottom of the society.

In this era, even if Lu Buwei is as rich as the enemy country and Yiren is so destitute that he can't even afford wild vegetables, he is not qualified to have the same treatment as Yiren, whether it is clothing, food or seating, and of course this treatment also includes women. .

Therefore, Lu Buwei giving a beautiful woman to another person is called offering, and another person giving Lu Buwei a beautiful woman is called giving, which definitely does not include "begging" and "taking", but Zhao Ji was "begged" by another person.

The stranger asked Lu Buwei for his concubine, which was actually a downgrade. He put his identity on the same level as Lu Buwei, or even lower.In the pre-Qin period when concubines belonged to private property and could be freely resold, this was a way of showing goodwill, which meant that you and I were of the same class.If you have to say it, it is probably similar to the "four irons" of modern men, both of which are to shorten the distance between each other.

The two men were well aware of what happened today, and they reached a tacit understanding through Zhao Ji, but no one asked Zhao Ji how she felt, and no one asked Zhao Ji if she was willing.

Does her wish matter?of course not.

She is Lu Buwei's concubine, an item and a symbol in this transaction.Even if it's not her, it's the same for anyone with the same identity.

"I really wish the past year didn't exist." Zhao Ji said softly.

If she hadn't accepted Mrs. Lu's kindness to study with Lu An in the past year, then she wouldn't have understood what drama was being sung today. In people's dreams, maybe in the future, they can still dream of being a mother who is more expensive than their children, and dream of becoming the Queen of Qin.

But she sees it through, how sad it is when a person knows that all the value of one's existence is only in her identity, not in herself.

Zhao Ji looked at the little boy who was clenching his small fists and looked extremely sad, knowing that he also wanted to understand the insidiousness, hesitated for a while, she stretched out her hand and gently touched the boy's chubby cheek, looked Seeing the sad expression on that raised little face, she suddenly felt a bit regretful, and she said this to a six-year-old child.

It can't solve anything, and it also annoys the children in vain.Zhao Ji lowered her eyes for a moment, then smiled again: "Young Lord, don't think too much."

"Actually, there's nothing wrong with it. The son's back house is clean. I'm the one who decides when I go. Maybe one day I can be called a madam. If I live up to this belly, I might be able to give birth to a royal heir..." She paused, her eyes flashed suddenly, "It's just that I have something to ask."

"If my concubine really has the chance to give birth to Lin'er, can Mr. Xiao Lang protect...my child for me based on our one-year friendship?"

"Just once is enough, under the circumstances that Mr. Xiaolang can do it." Zhao Ji begged: "I beg Mr. Xiaolang."

Lu An's lips trembled. Although he was smart, he was still a child. At this moment, he felt a little guilt and sympathy in his heart, and he nodded slightly under the superimposition of the two. "I can……"

【Drip—system access】

【loading】

【Host!Finally found you! ! ! ! ! 】

what sound?

Lu An squinted his round eyes, and he wandered around the room trying to find the source of the sound, but there were only him and Zhao Ji in the room, and the voice just now was obviously not Zhao Ji's.Lu An was at the age when he was not afraid of anything. The little boy put his hands on his hips and straightened his body, "Who?"

[Host, explain later, the system advises you not to agree to Zhao Ji's request. 】

"No way." The little man frowned. "A man's words are beyond his reach. Since he promised to protect his younger brother, An'er will definitely protect his younger brother!"

Although she didn't understand why this young man had such a weird reaction, after hearing Lu An's words, Zhao Ji immediately leaned over to thank her, and Lu An hurriedly helped her up. With that weird voice just now, Lu An left.

That night, in his room, Lu An finally understood the existence of the thing called the system. However, the system would say a lot of weird words and use a lot of strange nouns. After Lu An discounted what the system said, Understand, the conclusion is that he was born for a certain mission, and the system is what helps him complete this mission.

Regarding this point, Lu An has a good adaptability, he nodded and said that he is so smart, and it is normal to have a child with a mission.

That's right, every middle school boy has the confidence that he was born to save the world. Although Lu An Xiaodouding is still a little Douding, and there are still many years away from the second year, he obviously has no doubts about his extraordinary life. Adapted well - it's not that he is narcissistic, but that in order to prevent Lu An from going out and talking nonsense, Lu Weng must warn Lu An that he must never tell the things he knows a lot.Child Lu An can naturally know from his own A Weng's weird reaction that he may be different from others.

So when something called a system appeared today, he didn't react at all, rather it had a feeling of "ah, it's finally here".

"So, what's your task?" Xiaodouding squinted his eyes and waved his little hand to slide back and forth on an interface. He knew the words on it, but the simplified vocabulary was a bit difficult for him to understand. This feeling is probably similar to that of modern people reading classical Chinese. I feel the same, I know the words, but I can't figure out what it means.

[Mission: *** Qin Zhijun] Appeared in front of Lu An like this.

Lu An tilted his head, and a question mark appeared above his head.

What?

The system was silent for a while, and said [Task: Beep Beep Qin Zhijun! 】

[No, it's beep——]

[It's beep——]

Everyone was silent for a while, Xiaodouding slowly tilted his head to the other side.

The heart of the system is broken at this moment. When the host wants to enter the mission world this time, because the Jinjiang system needs to be upgraded uniformly, the system has a delay, but this part of the delay is for the systems to install an installation package and then upgrade it, because In fact, the control of the network transmission speed has almost no feeling for the hosts, and it passes in the blink of an eye.

Someone took advantage of this time difference and plundered the host, and it was lost for a while, and then quickly reported to the system, only to find that the host was actually taken to the passage of the big monster to enter the world.

The passages of the big demon and the little demon are completely different.

The big monster's focus is on the history, and the nature is firm. Even the life of the mission world is just a drop in the ocean for their monster students, and it will not have any impact. In order to achieve the best effect, the big monster will be wiped out when he enters the world Memories, aside from certain talents of their own, do not bring their abilities into the world of quests.

For them, the system exists as a bulletin board.

The reason for the little monsters to enter the world is to experience enough "life" in the shortest time, to learn the truth, goodness, and beauty in the world, and to experience the false, evil, and ugliness in the world. The attack has been removed, and the young demon system will assist and protect the whole process. By the way, it also provides the function of chatting and unraveling. If it encounters a really dangerous situation, the young demon system can also forcibly exit.

The biggest difference between the two worlds is that the initial body settings and environment settings of the young demons are "good", and they are generally put into families with better relatives.Family affection is the purest and most selfless of all emotions, and it is also an emotion that many natural monsters have never felt.The growth of several generations of little monsters has proved that such a setting is very effective for cultivating a new era of little monsters that conform to the socialist core values.

And for the big monster...

Hmm... They are here to experience life, of course they are thrown into the hell mode!

So the system was really frightened when it realized that its host was placed in the Great Demon Passage. It was afraid that my one-year-old baby would enter a road that required climbing out of the mountain of swords and blood, especially considering the world the host entered. It may be the age of chaos like the Spring and Autumn Period.

Fortunately not, based on the current data, the host's parents in this life are still reliable, but even so, the system has discovered a big problem.

The keyword blocking function installed in this update will block the keywords of the task! ! !

Now there are only three words after the first three words to kill the king of Tyrant Qin!

What's the matter with you thesaurus?How can the three words of punish, kill, and violence need to be harmonious!And the keyword blocking system also blocked the words he uttered!Person in charge?

The system was furious, he watched the host tilt his head, and then he filled in the blocked part with a series of words such as "assistant" and "protection".In the end, the confused host completely ignored the denials of the system's series of beeps, and fell asleep with a small snore.

He was indeed too tired today, chatting and eating with other people during the day, and what happened to Zhao Ji at night, for a six-year-old child, his physical strength was beyond his limits.

The system had no choice but to wait until the next day to tell him, who would have thought that the system would actually be dealt the card the next day!

it!quilt!quiet!sound!up!

If the system had a body, it would probably smash the yellow card warning issued by the host to the ground at this moment.Hell said too many sensitive words!The hell is not conducive to the growth of little monsters. The system feels that it has been deeply humiliated. It has been a system for so many years, but it has been given a yellow card for being banned. It is such a critical time!

The system looked at the little Mengyao who enthusiastically started to plan his life again the next day, and fell into a helpless silence. Of course he knew that his host could not be blamed for this.The six-year-old boy has no negative words in his vocabulary, especially when his father is on Qin's side. Of course, he can't imagine that his mission is not to assist the King of Qin to set foot on Zhao. Instead of punching Wei Guo, find an opportunity to send people down.

The muted system looked indifferently as the child ran up to Lu Buwei, who had just woken up from a hangover, on his short legs early in the morning. He fell on his poor father and told his life aspirations. .

system,

The system is wronged.

After a few days, Qin Jun and Zhao Jun were still in a stalemate outside the city, and the nobles in the city were still drunk and indulged in endless banquets and flattery.Lu's house also returned to calm after the turmoil. Lu Buwei wandered around in various banquets these days, and the caravan of the Lu family made a fortune by taking advantage of the stalemate between Qin and Zhao. This is really rare.

Here we are going to talk about the differences in the status of merchants between countries. The most developed commerce and trade among the major vassal states is Qi State, which is mainly due to the influence of Guan Zhong's governance of the country.Qi State's ability to become the overlord of the Spring and Autumn Period has a lot to do with economic prosperity, so Qi State has a good attitude towards merchants.

In Qi State, merchants can have access to some sensitive materials - such as salt and grain, as well as military weapons, and even the important raw material for weapons, that is, copper mines.But absolutely impossible in other countries.

Especially in Qin State, which can be described as all the people are soldiers, these materials are all purchased by a special government department. In order to ensure the quality and facilitate the recourse of responsibilities, no external purchases are made.

However, with the stalemate between the Qin and Zhao armies, the demand for materials and the shortage of manpower forced the military supply departments of the two armies to compromise with private resources. This situation was especially serious in Qin, which had a greater demand for supplies, and it was at this time that Lu Buwei When he arrived in Qin State, he did not travel lightly when he went west to Qin State. In order to conceal his intention, he brought a batch of supplies, and for the safety and convenience of entering Qin, Lu Buwei asked for documents from other people.

No matter how unfavored, Yiren is also the son of Qin, so with this help, Lu Buwei was very successful at the beginning, and it was already his instinct to observe the local business market as a businessman who bought and sold, and he soon discovered that Qin's commercial market is very fragile, mainly because Qin does not pay attention to industry and commerce, and the government suppresses the development of local businesses, which just creates good opportunities for outsiders.

So while traveling around for other people, Lu Buwei also took root in Qin State for the Lu family firm, and signed several long-term business agreements. Now he is counting these few transactions with his abacus While chatting with Mrs. Lu while doing business, Lu Buwei accidentally saw a small head poking through the door just as Lu Buwei was smiling happily because of the numbers on the abacus.

Lu An, who woke up after a short nap, blinked his big eyes and looked at his old father, with the words "Can the baby come in?" written in big characters on his small expression.Of course Lu Buwei would not refuse his son's request, he stretched out his hand and hugged his son who ran in with short legs to his lap.

The little chubby moved his butt, found the most comfortable position for himself, and then blinked his big eyes to signal the old father to continue.Seeing this, Lu Buwei pinched his son's cheek in a funny way, it was so soft, he couldn't help pinching it again.On the third pinch, his hand was lightly held down by his son, and the child told his father very seriously, "My mother said not to pinch too much, or she will drool."

Lu Buwei was stunned, looked up and met Mrs. Shang's frantic blinking expression at him, and immediately understood.

His son was stupid for a while when he was a child. Although he is now six years old, he is like a two or three-year-old child in terms of life experience. He is especially easy to be deceived, especially because he is good-looking and can't keep a close eye on his little face. You can be kissed and squeezed by the aunt next to you, and the child's tender skin will become red and swollen if you touch it a few times, so Mrs. Lu once warned him that his face can only be touched three times a day, in order to prevent his good-tempered son from being unwilling to refuse others , He also specifically warned his son that if he touches his face too much, he will unconsciously drool.

Of course, Lu Xiaoan, who is particularly concerned about face, would not doubt his mother's words. From now on, he will pay special attention to the safety of his face. Anyone who wants to pinch the child for the third time will definitely stop with a puffed face, even if the parents want to kiss.

Drooling is too bad, no one can make him back down!Mrs. Lu told Lu Buwei this matter as a story about Lu An's growth. Unscrupulous parents don't care how deep the psychological shadow of this matter is on their children when they lie to their children.As the head of the family, Lu Buwei is naturally responsible for maintaining family peace at this time. He paused, nodded and said solemnly: "It's Dad who made a mistake. I will only pinch you twice in the future."

Lu An nodded and accepted his father's apology. Lu Buwei couldn't help but poke his face so obediently that he could ruin his father's image, so he poked his son's soft belly twice, which made the child giggle. Xiaocai asked in the eyes of his wife's bed-wetting warning: "Why did An'er get up so quickly? Don't you sleep a little longer?"

Lu An twisted his waist, turned over on his father's lap, and hid his easily tickled belly close to Lu Buwei's belly. Then he felt that it was safe, and proudly raised his head and said, "Daddy!" , Ann heard a little secret!"

Lu Buwei was a little surprised, "What secret? Can you tell Dad?"

Of course you can, Lu An leaned into Lu Buwei's ear and whispered: "An'er heard from the aunt next door that Zhao Wang is asking people to count the number of men above Handan City."

Lu Buwei was startled, his face remained motionless, but his mind was running fast. What is Zhao Wang doing now?

Handan is the capital of the State of Zhao, with a population of over one million. No matter how you calculate it, there are at least hundreds of thousands of males. It is self-evident what King Zhao wants to do.

——Increased troops.

He wanted to increase his troops to fight against the Qin State, and frantically conscripted young people in the country to the battlefield.These young people have not experienced professional training, and they can't even understand orders, so they are sent out like this...

Lu Buwei's palms felt hot again and again, and the unexpected situation made him a little anxious.

This is to send them to die!

Is King Zhao crazy?

Of course King Zhao is not crazy, but he is not far from madness. Although he is concerned about the domestic blockade, as the lord of the country, he is very clear that the situation on the front line is not good.

Because Zhao Guo lacked food.

The two armies are now stalemate in the land of Changping. If you look at it on the map, this is the center point of the connection between Xianyang, the capital of Qin State, and Handan, the capital of Zhao State. It seems that the spatial distance between the two countries is similar, even from Handan Get closer.However, if it is put into the actual terrain, it will be a great disadvantage to Zhao Guo.

First of all, in the Spring and Autumn Period, Qin State sent grain to Jin State, the old leader of Zhao State. At that time, Jin State encountered a famine and asked his relative Qin State for help. It can be seen that, as far as Qin is concerned, their shipping technology was quite mature as early as a hundred years ago.Moreover, the location of the Qin State is in the west, and the terrain of the Central Plains is high in the west and low in the east. For them, it is downstream, and it is transported by ship, and the loss in the process of transporting luggage is extremely low.

On the contrary, Zhao Guo is the opposite. Taihang Mountain usually serves as a natural shelter for Handan to protect its capital, but it becomes a mountain that they cannot cross when transporting materials. The only way to transport materials to Changping is: either cross Taihang Mountain, or Go south and bypass the Taihang Mountains.

Of course, they can also advance through the passes in the Taihang Mountains, but these trails, either artificial or natural, are extremely narrow, and the single-passage is extremely low. trumpet of the day.Moreover, such an environment is easy to be ambushed, so in the end Zhao Jun chose to take the long road to the south, which invisibly increased the consumption of luggage.

To make matters worse, whether it is from Handan or Taiyuan, almost every county in Zhao State can only transport grain to Changping by land.

The advantage of the land route is obvious, its initial investment is low, and its controllability is high. After all, finding horses is much cheaper than building ships.But its disadvantages include slow speed and high wear and tear, and all the expenses of the horses and soldiers responsible for the transportation are also included in the transportation.The farther the road is, the less the amount of food and grass will be delivered. This is an inevitable outcome, and Zhao Jun's sudden dispatch of troops will undoubtedly increase this burden.

In contrast, the State of Qin was very cunning. He swallowed up the land of Henan bit by bit by means of whales and nibbles, and then quietly transported and accumulated food and grass to the front line through the battle of the king of the wild.Now he has won the Shangdang, the focus of the two countries, and has gained a lot of food and grass for nothing.

When big countries confront each other, the comparison is logistics.In terms of logistics, Zhao Guo, who has been calculated mentally and unintentionally, is now completely at a disadvantage, so even if Zhao Guo is closer to Changping, even if Changping itself is the fortress of Zhao Jun and has a natural advantage, Zhao Guo cannot afford such a material consumption. .

The advantage of Zhao State is that... Qin State is the great demon king. In theory, all the eastern countries are natural allies of Zhao State, so Zhao State can borrow food from other princes, while Qin State can only rely on itself.

It was originally true, but what Zhao Wangwan did not expect was that at this critical moment, Zhao Guo’s good neighbors South Korea and Wei Guojun refused to lend him food. Unaware.

Therefore, when Lian Po planned to use drag tactics to drag down the Qin army, and finally broke through when he planned to retreat or was exhausted, it seemed to King Zhao that his plan would not work. Zhao's food and grass could not withstand such a delay.After replacing Zhao Kuo, King Zhao's only requirement for this battle was a quick victory.

In order to achieve this goal, he did not hesitate to do anything.

—Including human life, and the future of Zhao Guo.