"By the way, if you trade raw materials such as copper, iron, grain, silk cloth, and fur, you can get a 15% discount." Zhao Kuo said.
Anyway, the money has to be spent, so it would be more practical to exchange it for some iron ore and grain.
"Okay." King Wei immediately nodded in agreement as if he was afraid that Zhao Kuo would regret it. "But our country, Wei, still needs to build a road from Daliang to Anyi. We can put the time later and build it after the road to the Three Kingdoms is completed."
The road from Anyi to Daliang is of vital importance 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 Guo 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 Hui of Wei immediately united the four kingdoms of Chu, Qin, Yan, and Qi in the name of the funeral, and sent out elite troops 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, and he has been idle at home since then. 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 Lord Duping 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 the power of our Zhao State, he will not dare to attack our Zhao State. Then he will guide the Wei State 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 quasi-first-class general. Qin does not need 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 I, 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. All you have to do is invite the King of Wei to the palace when he is about to leave Zhao, and then encourage him with the legacy of his ancestors. Then... the King of 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 lament how generous Zhao Kuo was, 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. He was about 30 years old, with thick eyebrows and a lazy expression. After seeing Zhao Kuo, he immediately smiled and was as happy as a fat man weighing more than 300 kilograms.
So far, except for King Yan, Zhao Kuo, the monarchs of other countries, has met him.
The King of Chu, dressed in a phoenix-bird king's robe and a twelve-pointed crown, walked towards Zhao Kuo.
Although all the countries had proclaimed themselves kings at this time and the Zhou Dynasty was in name only, the kings of various countries still rarely wore the Twelve Star Crowns. They would only wear them on important occasions such as enthronement and sacrifices.
Only Chu State had no generals from beginning to end.
The Zhou Dynasty took it seriously. It proclaimed itself king hundreds of years ago and called itself a barbarian. He wore a twelve-pointed crown and a royal robe, and was on an equal footing with the King of Zhou.
Chun Shenjun 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 in 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, the King of Chu said breathlessly, not showing off at all. .
"With King Chu's size, it's good not to 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 Minister Zhao, 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 at his 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 has defeated Qin and established himself as King of Zhao.
"The King of Chu has given me the reward, please." Zhao Kuo stretched out his hand and said.
"By the way, these are the wedding gifts I gave 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 also didn't expect that Chu would send so many valuable gifts. He raised his hands and said, "The King of Chu is so polite."
"These are all things that should be done. King Zhao is getting 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 pulling the cart was exhausted. Our country of Chu is located in the south, and we don't have any good horses. Can King Zhao give me some horses?" King Chu said.
"Damn, it's true that there is no one who can be a monarch easily. 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, what would the world think of him? There are bound to be cracks in Zhao Chu's relationship.
"It's easy to say. 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. .
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