Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

Zhao Guobai leaned out from the watchtower again, threw the token back into the steward's hand, and said loudly: "Old rules, carriages are allowed in, but guards are not allowed in!"

The second steward laughed and cursed: "I know!"

The carriage creaked into the ironworks and stopped in an open space.

A hundred generals came down from the watchtower, approached with a playful smile and was about to speak, but the second steward waved his hand and drove him away like a fly: "Go, go, you are here, so you don't want to be dirty if you kill me!" The eyes of a nobleman."

"Noble man?" Bai Jiang shrugged his shoulders, showing a meaningless expression on his face: "Second steward, you are a little guilty of saying this. How can there be such a noble man in this barren mountain?"

After all, the hundred general still walked away very sensibly, and ordered the soldiers in other ironworks not to disturb him.

The curtain of the carriage was lifted, and a shrewd aristocratic man about 40 years old came down and looked at the blast furnaces in front of him, apparently quite interested.

"I didn't expect this famous ironworks to be in such a situation."

The second steward said to the noble man with a compensatory smile: "The owner of Haojiao learned that the iron production here has reached [-]% of the entire Zhao country, and it is still increasing rapidly every year."

"Forty percent." The noble man nodded slowly, and said, "I heard that the king was going to build some kind of ironworks a few years ago. At that time, I thought it was just a whim. It’s true that the king has made this ironworks such a huge scale. If this continues for a few more years, the Guo family’s business may not be able to compete with this ironworks at all.”

At this time, a gloomy voice suddenly sounded: "Doctor Guo Kai actually came here in person, what a rare visitor, rare visitor."

The aristocratic man called Guo Kai subconsciously turned his head and saw a man in a black robe standing not far away surrounded by several soldiers and looking at him. There was a cold light on his face, and there was no expression on his face, exuding a smell that strangers should not get close to.

Guo Kai smiled slightly, and bowed his hands to the black-robed man: "Guo Kai has met Senior Brother Miao Mo, and he heard that Senior Brother Miao Mo thinks highly of him after he joined the Supervisory Guard, but he wants to congratulate Senior Brother."

This Miao Mo was none other than one of the dozen adopted sons of Ling Miao Xian, the eunuch of Zhao Guo, who was in charge of supervising the ironworks and tens of thousands of slaves and craftsmen in the factory.

It can be said that Miao Mo is the actual helm of the ironworks.

For Guo Kai's smile and the intimacy in his words, Miao Mo just snorted coldly and turned around: "This is not a place to talk, follow me."

Miao Mo took Guo Kai away for about a quarter of an hour, and then gradually left the dense blast furnaces and factories, and entered a small path in a valley.

The path is quite secretive with seven twists and eight bends. After walking through a certain bend, a small valley with incomparable tranquility suddenly appeared in front of Guo Kai.

The valley is not big, only about the size of two courtyard houses. In the valley, there is a small building that looks quite delicate and elegant. There is a well and a tree beside the building, and a pavilion next to the tree. There are tables and chairs in the pavilion.

Miao Mo and Guo Kai sat down as host and guest in the pavilion, and two bearded women appeared, respectfully serving all kinds of food and even fine wine.

Guo Kai took a few glances at Hu Nu who was serving tea and wine for the two of them, especially at Hu Nu's huge melon-like buttocks, with an expression on his face that men could understand, and couldn't help but praise her. He said: "I didn't expect Brother Miao to have such a good place to go. No wonder he hasn't returned here for several years."

Miao Mo's icy face only now had the aura of a living person, and after waving away everyone beside him, he said to Guo Kai: "As the head of the Guo clan, you will not leave Handan easily to come here Come on, if you have anything to say, just say it.”

Guo Kai nodded and said: "This time I came here to ask my elder brother for something. Recently, the Guo family's business is still good, and I have received a lot of orders, but the number of blacksmiths is somewhat insufficient. I heard that elder brother has a lot of craftsmen here. Recently, another batch of prisoners from the Qin Kingdom has arrived, I wonder if Shixiong can send some craftsmen to join me?"

Miao Mo took a deep look at Guo Kai, and there was a strange look in his eyes: "Guo Kai, don't you know that those craftsmen came here to improve steelmaking skills? What are you recruiting craftsmen, in fact, you are Want to get that steel frying technology, right? It’s impossible.”

When Miao Mo spoke, he was not polite at all, completely ignoring that the person sitting in front of him was Doctor Zhao, the head of the Guo family, the largest iron merchant in Zhao State.

Guo Kai looked at Miao Mo with a smile on his face, and there was no trace of anger in his tone: "Brother Miao, you and I have cooperated so many times, can't we be flexible? I am willing to give a hundred yi of gold. Brother Miao provides a little convenience."

However, Miao Mo still ruthlessly rejected Guo Kai: "Your Majesty issued an order that the death of any craftsman must be registered, let alone a hundred craftsmen, even a single craftsman is impossible."

The smile on Guo Kai's face slowly disappeared, and he sighed: "Brother Miao, don't you want to take any affection into consideration?"

Miao Mo shook his head and said: "It's not that I can't take care of affection, otherwise, the Ruguo family would not have secretly obtained the secret recipes in the ironworks. With these secret recipes, the Ruguo family must have made a lot of money over the years, right? I also heard that you secretly traded with the Huns in the north, using iron tools to exchange cattle, sheep, livestock and slaves from the Huns."

Speaking of this, the expression on Miao Mo's face became even colder: "You probably don't know, in fact, the surveillance guards have already noticed your movements, but I have already intercepted them all. You don't even think about it, if you What should I do if the king finds out about it?"

Guo Kai was taken aback after hearing this, and blurted out subconsciously: "This is impossible, only a few of my vassals and dead soldiers secretly handled this matter, and it is absolutely impossible for others to notice!"

"Absolutely impossible?" Miao Mo showed a mocking look on his face: "Guo Kai, as far as the monitoring guards are concerned, Zhao Guozhong has no secrets."

Guo Kai was silent for a moment, and finally said with a livid face: "In order to thank my brother for taking care of me, from now on, I will give my brother [-]% of the profit from the transaction with the Xiongnu!"

Miao Mo shook his head, stretched out a palm: "[-]%."

"This is impossible!" Guo Kai blushed and said angrily, "Up to [-]%!"

Miao Mo said unhurriedly: "Forty percent."

Guo Kai struggled for a while, then gritted his teeth and said: "Brother, [-]% really can't be more, unless you can let the side cavalry regiment let go, otherwise, my little brother will be hard to obey."

Miao Mo looked at Guo Kai quietly for a while, and finally nodded slowly: "Okay, [-]% is [-]%."

There was silence in the pavilion for a while, the two had their own concerns, and both lost the desire to speak.

After a long while, Guo Kai finally calmed down, and said to Miao Mo: "Brother, can you really help me with the artisan matter you just mentioned?"

Miao Mo showed an impatient look on his face: "Guo Kai, why are you such a mother-in-law? If I say no, I won't. The deal is a deal, but I don't want to lose my head!"

Guo Kai hesitated for a while, finally gritted his teeth and took out a small token from his hand, and placed it in front of Miao Mo: "Brother, please look at this."

Miao Mo took a closer look, and then a look of surprise appeared on his face: "This is"

Guo Kai took back the token and pointed in the direction of Handan: "Brother must have recognized that token?"

Miao Mo nodded, and suddenly said with a sneer: "Why, do you want to use that person's power to suppress me? Don't you forget that my father is still an eunuch order now, and he is also in charge of the monitoring guards. His status and power are comparable to that one!"

Guo Kai smiled and said: "Brother Shi misunderstood, how dare I threaten Brother Shi? But I still want to ask Brother Shi to listen to a few words. Although Miao Qing is extremely trusted by the King, she is old after all, and it is uncertain when she will pass away. And go. And that one is much younger than Miao Xian, and at the same time, he is extremely trusted by the king, if senior brother offends that one, when Miao Qing leaves, it will be a day when senior brother is in great trouble!"

Miao Mo's face changed slightly, and he fell silent.

Guo Kai didn't continue to speak, just sat there drinking and eating, waiting for Miu Mo's reply.

After a long time, Miao Mo said slowly: "It has only been two months since the Mohist artisans arrived here, and the steelmaking method is still being improved, and there is no conclusion yet. After the steelmaking method is completed, I will definitely report to Handan, then you can come here first, and a Mohist craftsman will die suddenly."

Guo Kai was overjoyed when he heard the words, he immediately stood up, cupped his hands at Miao Mo and said, "Thank you, Senior Brother!"

Half an hour later, Guo Kai's carriage slowly left the iron-making factory in the valley.

Unexpectedly, Guo Kai was not the only one in the carriage, there was another mysterious man in black clothes and black robe whose face could not be seen clearly.

Guo Kai smiled at the mysterious person: "The respected guest now knows the location of Zhao Guo's factory, so I don't know how Daqin should deal with it?"

The mysterious man shook his head slowly, and said in a deep voice: "I will report this matter to Xianyang. As for how to deal with this iron factory, it is up to the king and his lord."

Guo Kai nodded, and asked again: "I have completed my mission, should the previous promise be fulfilled?"

The mysterious man nodded and said: "You can send people to Xianyang, as long as you show the code, someone will contact you naturally."

Only then did Guo Kai feel relieved, he didn't know what he thought of, and suddenly he burst out laughing.

He smiled very happily.

Chapter 6 Father and Son Chatting (Second Change)

Handan, Longtai side hall.