"By the way, if you trade copper, iron, grain, cloth, fur and other raw materials, you can get a 15% discount." Zhao Kuo said.
Anyway, you still have to spend the money, so why not exchange it for some iron ore, as the food will be more substantial.
"Okay." The King of Wei immediately nodded and agreed, as if he was afraid that Zhao Kuo would regret it. "But our Wei State still needs to build a road from Daliang to Anyi. We can put the time later and build it after the road connecting the Three Kingdoms is completed.
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The road from Anyi to Daliang is very important to Wei State and must be built no matter what.
"Okay." Zhao Kuo nodded.
The King of Han did not speak. Unlike Wei, the territory of Korea was already connected after losing Shangdang. Although he still wanted to build another road from Yangdi to Xinzheng, the distance between the two places was not far. He would buy more when the time came.
Cement is enough, Zhao State cannot be so stuck.
After sending the King of Wei and the King of Han away, Cai Ze followed and bowed, "Your Majesty, aren't you worried that Han and Wei will become powerful? They are now taking Zhao as the leader in everything, but that doesn't mean they will be so obedient in the future."
"Sir, are you worried about what happened to King Wu Ling?" Zhao Kuo said.
After the death of Marquis Su of Zhao, King Wuling of Zhao had just succeeded to the throne and had not yet had time to ascend the throne. King Wei Hui immediately united the four kingdoms of Chu, Qin, Yan and Qi to send elite troops in the name of a funeral ceremony to take advantage of King Wuling of Zhao's young age to plot against Zhao.
If it weren't for King Zhao Wuling's extraordinary talent and extraordinary means, Zhao would have suffered heavy losses even if it was not destroyed.
"No monarch is willing to be inferior to others, especially the State of Wei, which has been the overlord of the Central Plains for hundreds of years. Fan Zuo, the Taifu of Wei State, was almost killed by King Wei because of Yu Qing's scheme. After that, he has been idle at home. When King Wei got
After the two places in Hedong and Hanoi, they began to use Fanzuo, which showed that they had the desire to dominate. If Du Pingjun hadn't defeated the Korean and Wei coalition forces under Yecheng and awakened the King of Wei, Wei would have gone north to fight with Zhao.
Fight." Cai Ze said.
Zhao Kuo stopped. Although he didn't know what King Wei was thinking, he felt that what Cai Ze said was probably right.
"What do you mean, sir?" Zhao Kuo looked at Cai Ze.
"The King of Wei is timid. As long as we reveal to him how powerful Zhao is, he will not dare to attack Zhao. Then he will guide Wei to fight for his homeland in Hexi, causing Qin and Wei to fight." Cai Ze said slowly.
"Wei is no match for Qin." Zhao Kuo shook his head.
Wei seems to be very powerful now, but in fact it lacks good generals. Even Jin Bi is only a semi-first-class general. Qin doesn't even have to go out in vain. Wang Lu can hold Jin Bi down with a weak force.
Of course, Zhao Kuo still doesn't know that Jin Bi already has talent and Mang Mao has been reactivated, otherwise Wei's strength will definitely be re-evaluated.
"The Wei State plus South Korea are enough to compete with the Qin State, and... isn't there our Zhao State behind us? As long as we, the Zhao State, are here, even if the two countries are defeated, we can still stabilize the situation." Cai Ze said.
"How to guide Wei and Qin to fight for Hexi?" Zhao Kuo asked.
"The King of Wei is scheming and unwise, and is easily influenced by others. Your Majesty, you only need to invite King Wei to the palace when he is about to leave Zhao, and then encourage him with the legacy of his ancestors. Then... King Wei will definitely leave happily." Cai Ze slowly said.
said.
The day before the wedding, a scene happened in Handan that shocked everyone: the King of Chu came in person, accompanied by Chun Shenjun.
A small wedding, three monarchs came in person!
Everyone had to sigh with emotion at Zhao Kuo's great dignity, and the people of Zhao State also showed confident smiles on their faces!
This is a symbol of Zhao’s strength!
This was the first time that Zhao Kuo met the King of Chu. He was younger than he thought, about thirty years old, with thick eyebrows and a lazy look. After seeing Zhao Kuo, he immediately smiled and was as happy as a fat man weighing more than 300 pounds.
So far, except for King Yan, all the monarchs from other countries, Zhao Kuo, have met him.
The King of Chu, dressed in a phoenix-bird king's robe and a twelve-pointed crown, walked toward Zhao Kuo.
Although all the countries had proclaimed themselves kings at this time, and the Zhou Dynasty was in name only, the kings of each country still rarely wore the twelve crowns, and they would only wear them on important occasions such as enthronement and sacrifices.
Only the Chu State has never taken the Zhou Dynasty seriously from beginning to end. It proclaimed itself king hundreds of years ago and called itself a barbarian. It wore a twelve-pointed crown and a royal robe, and was on an equal footing with the Zhou king.
Lord Chun Shen walked side by side with the King of Chu, slightly behind the King of Chu, but further ahead than the others, highlighting the special relationship between the two.
Chun Shenjun was slightly older than the King of Chu. He was a handsome man, eight feet tall, with a peach-shaped face and phoenix eyes. He had a small sexy beard at the corner of his mouth and smiled like the King of Chu.
"We finally arrived at Handan. We were exhausted along the way. They are a bunch of rubbish. They can't even row a boat, and they have to be pulled by trackers on the shore." Before Zhao Kuo could speak, King Chu said breathlessly, not showing any concern at all.
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"With the size of the King of Chu, it would be good if it doesn't sink the boat. I think others row slowly." Zhao Mu stood behind the crowd and said in a low voice.
"Shut up." Zhao Sheng slapped Zhao Mu on the head, "Don't say anything inappropriate."
"Hey, where is my sister?" Zhao Mu looked back and suddenly found that Zhao Tong, who had been following him, was gone.
"I saw Li Mu looking for her just now. There might be something going on." Zhao Sheng said casually.
"I've met King Chu, I've met Lord Chun Shen." Zhao Kuo suppressed his smile and leaned over to salute.
He didn't know how many times he had saluted and bowed his hands in the past few days. Even though he only had to receive some important guests and left the rest to the Zhao ministers, he was still so tired every day that his back ached.
"King Zhao is really young and promising." King Chu said with emotion.
Seeing Zhao Kuo, he couldn't help but remember that when he was this age, he was still a hostage in the Qin State, with only Huang Xie by his side. Everything depended on the Qin State's face. Even if his father was seriously ill, he could not return to the country.
Zhao Kuo had defeated Qin and established himself as King of Zhao.
"King Chu, please give me the reward." Zhao Kuo stretched out his hand and said.
"By the way, these are my wedding gifts to King Zhao." King Chu said, pointing to the three vehicle frames behind him.
On the other side, Zhao Bao was surprised when he took the gift list. He was almost exhausted from receiving so many heavenly gifts, but he was still shocked when he saw the gift from Chu State.
"A thousand catties of gold, nine ivory tusks five feet tall, a piece of Jingshan jade, five pairs of rhinoceros horns..."
Zhao Kuo did not expect that Chu would send so many valuable gifts, so he raised his hand and said, "The King of Chu is so polite."
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"These are all things that should be done. When King Zhao gets married, as an ally, isn't it normal to send some gifts to congratulate him? It's just..." At this point, King Chu paused.
"King Chu, please speak." Zhao Kuo said.
"When I came here, the horse that was pulling the cart was exhausted. Our country of Chu is located in the south, and there are no good horses. Could you please give me some horses?" said the King of Chu.
"Damn, it's true that there is no one who can be a monarch. It turns out it's for my Zhao Kingdom's horse." Zhao Kuo cursed in his heart, but he couldn't refuse at all.
In public, everyone saw that King Chu had pulled three carts of gifts, and now he was just asking Zhao Kuo for a few horses.
Moreover, King Chu's horse was still tired from pulling gifts. If Zhao Kuo refused, how would the world view him? There would also be cracks in the relationship between Zhao Kuo and Chu.
"It's easy to say that if the King of Chu is interested, he can stay in Zhao for a while. Then I will invite the King of Chu to catch wild horses on the northern grasslands." Zhao Kuo said with a smile.
"Haha, forget about catching the wild horse. With my body size, even if I have a few extra legs, I can't catch the wild horse."
The two of them walked toward the palace while talking and laughing.