Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

The victory of Qin State lies in its advanced system. Its system may not be suitable for eternal life, but it must be the most suitable era for all countries to compete for hegemony.

History bears this out.

And the reason why Zhao Dan was able to change history, most of the credit is actually due to the foresight advantage brought by the traverser.

In terms of system, the state of Zhao before Zhao Dan crossed did not fully centralize power, the implementation of the military merit system was not as comprehensive as that of Qin, and the control of the bureaucratic system was not as strong as that of Qin. The power of control is far inferior to that of Qin.

Such a state of Zhao was able to fight to the last moment with the state of Qin under the rule of King Qin Zhaoxiang in the Battle of Changping in history, which is really very, very rare and commendable.

It was Zhao Dan's time travel that changed everything, so Zhao Dan has every reason to be proud of himself.

With the end of the Qin State, Zhao Dan now only needs to completely destroy the still divided Chu State, then he can truly realize his dream of unifying the world.

"What a long journey." Zhao Dan sighed, and then showed a happy smile: "But when I think that I will become the first emperor of this time and space, this feeling is really exciting."

Chapter 998 Lu Qing, Head of the Chamber of Commerce (Second Update)

Zhao Guo, Wuwei City.

This is a small city in the northwest of Zhao State.

The small town is really small.

The city wall is only a foot high, and it looks like it was made of random piles of stones.

The radius of the city is only three to five miles, and standing at any point on the city wall, you can easily overlook the whole small city.

Although the city is small, it is very lively.

Because this is the largest trade center within a radius of hundreds of miles.

Since spring, this place has slowly become busy, and now in midsummer, it is the most lively time in Wuwei City.

As long as you walk into this city, the first thing that comes is a very pungent smell. The smell of human sweat, livestock, and livestock manure is mixed together. Gospel".

But even so, there is still an endless stream of caravans coming here from the mainland of Zhao. On this day, another group of caravans composed of dozens of large vehicles came to Wuwei City with great momentum. People are quite eye-catching.

Since it is a trade center, there are naturally a lot of goods.

The whole city was divided into pieces, where platforms or tents were set up, and many people wearing fur hats who obviously did not look like Zhao Guo spoke towards the convoy speaking the unproficient Zhao language. The people desperately greeted.

"Your honored guest, there are 200 Xiongnu slaves who have just arrived. Would you like to take a look? The price is easy to negotiate, and only Zhao money will be charged."

"Guests, let's take a look at this batch of Wusun horses. They are all one-year-olds, and there are also quite a few two-year-olds and three-year-olds. Zhao Qian, cloth, and grain are all acceptable."

"Would you like to take a look at the fine red and blue flowers? It's a good material for making rouge, my guest."

There are many voices.

The person in charge of this caravan is called Lu Qing, who is nearly 40 years old, a little fat, and looks quite kind.

It was obviously not the first time for Lu Qing to come here, which can be seen from the fact that he has been smiling and greeting some old faces on the side of the road.

"Oh, isn't this Brother Qiqu? Brother Qiqu has a new injury on his face, which makes him look more masculine. It's really gratifying."

"Hey, Brother Duolian, why are you so haggard after not seeing each other for a year? What, Brother Duolian lost 300 men when he fought against the remnants of Wusun last year? Alas, this is really a regrettable thing. Well, I still have something to do Let’s just go ahead and drink together next time, haha.”

"Hey, this is Brother Lie. What is the output of female slaves today? There has recently been a trend of female slaves in the Western Regions in Handan. Many nobles like the blond hair and blue eyes. It is said that it is from the palace. It came out, haha ​​what, you didn’t? Then I’ll take my leave first, I’ll talk with you when I’m free.”

Lu Qing kept talking all the way, and within a short time, he had chatted with dozens of tribal leaders, slave traders, and livestock dealers in the city.

Although most of the dealers did not have the goods that Lu Qing wanted, Lu Qing also made several deals, so the smile on the steward's face became more and more intense.

It's just that if you observe carefully, you will find that there seems to be vague expectation and a little bit of anxiety in the bottom of the pair of small eyes on the kind-hearted face of this manager.

Lu Qing, one of the twelve principals of the Zhao State Lu's Chamber of Commerce, and the behind-the-scenes boss of this Lu's Chamber of Commerce is the former Qin State Xiangbang, who has now surrendered to Zhao State's Wu Chengjun Lu Buwei.

In addition, Lu Qing actually has another secret identity, that is, he is a senior member of the Handan Branch of Zhao State Supervision, responsible for breaking into the interior of the Lu Chamber of Commerce, and monitoring any possible threats to the Lu Chamber of Commerce. Zhao Guo's unfavorable movements, and while he was doing business, he went around to investigate some information that was beneficial to Zhao Guo.

Ten years ago, when Zhao Dan established the Hu Yiwei and the Supervisory Guard, Hu Yiwei, who was in charge of foreign intelligence collection, was actually the one that received more attention. However, with the continuous expansion of Zhao's territory in the past ten years, With the continuous decrease in the number of foreign enemies, the surveillance guards in charge of intelligence collection in Zhao State naturally increased.

According to Lu Qing's knowledge, in recent years, the Supervisory Guard has been constantly expanding the scale of recruitment, and many newcomers have been vigorously promoted. With the expansion of the organization, it is natural that there will be many new middle and high-level positions.

If you want to be promoted, of course, you can only do meritorious service.

So Lu Qing was actually very anxious.

Although the position of head of Lu's Chamber of Commerce can bring a lot of money and wealth to Lu Qing, in Lu Qing's heart, such wealth is completely floating clouds, and only the position of supervisor is king.

After all, he is an official, and an official who can report directly to the king.

Wouldn't it be a pleasure to be dispatched to a local government office once you become a leader in the supervisory guard and be appreciated by the king?It's better than being such a merchant.

So for this trip to Wuwei, Lu Qing is actually quite hopeful.

Lu Qing has not been in vain for the past ten years in the Supervisory Guard. For example, Lu Qing learned of a piece of news through some of his own channels, that is, after the unification of the Central Plains, the ambitious king in Handan City did not It is not intended to stop the pace of conquest.

The east is the sea, and the north is the vast desert. Looking at it this way, the south or west is the most likely expansion direction of Zhao State.

If some information related to the Western Regions can be obtained and reported, then maybe Lu Qing's dream of promotion may come true.

Lu Qing is a very smart person, he realized this as early as two years ago, so since then he has become the busiest and most fond of leading the team in the Lu Chamber of Commerce.

This is already the third time that Lu Qing has come to Wuwei City in two years. The first three times he returned without success. This time he does not want to have such an ending.

Seeing that the entire Wuwei City was about to be visited, the smile on Lu Qing's face that still didn't get the information he wanted gradually disappeared, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly, and ordered behind him: "Let's find a place to unload first. "

At this moment, a voice came into Lu Qing's ears: "Master, Master, I heard that you are looking for slaves from the West?"

Lu Qing suddenly turned around and saw a short guy who seemed to be a Hun standing in front of him, nodding and bowing flatteringly.

Lu Qing frowned, but still asked, "Do you have one?"

The Huns laughed and said, "Speaking of which, I really caught some guys from the west a while ago. One of them called himself Sai, oh yes, an envoy of the Seleucid Kingdom."

Zhao Guo of the Huns spoke quite ordinary words, and he had to say a word for a long time before he could make it clear.

"An envoy of the Seleucid Kingdom?" Lu Qing's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly said, "Quickly, take me to see that person!"

Chapter 999 Messenger? (first update)

Lu Qing took a few guards and followed the Huns named Yizhi out of the city.

Wuwei City is a very small city, so many "goods" are not in the city.

Standing on the city wall and looking around, you can see that there are many temporary camps outside the city wall.

If the scene in the city is a noisy grocery market, then these camps outside the city are out-and-out slums, maybe even worse than the slums.