Zhao Weiwang in the Warring States Period

It's not so easy to make a fence, and just looking at Zhao Dan's gaze, Zheng Zhu knows very well that in this matter, his own king does not allow himself to be a fence.

Then what should be done?

Zheng Zhu's mind was running at high speed, and finally he came up with a solution.

Zheng Zhu coughed and said to Zhao Dan: "Your Majesty, in my opinion, this matter has not yet been investigated. It would be too hasty to use this to convict Lord Pingyang."

As soon as Zheng Zhu said these words, Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao were overjoyed, while Yu Xin immediately glared at Zheng Zhu.

Zhao Dan said calmly: "So what Zheng Qing means is to wait until the truth of this matter comes to light before making a decision?"

Zheng Zhu nodded and said: "That's right, but I have something to add. Although the matter has not yet come to light, Lord Pingyang's responsibility for negligence has been confirmed. Therefore, I believe that the responsibility for negligence can be dealt with first, and the rest will wait until the truth. It’s not too late to make a decision when you understand.”

As soon as Zheng Zhu said these words, everyone understood.

After working on it for a long time, this guy is actually still playing tricks on the wall

Zheng Zhu's plan not only helped Zhao Bao, so that Zhao Bao would not be killed by Yu Xin immediately, but also held Zhao Bao accountable for his negligence, which was equivalent to helping Yu Xin.

This was a tussle and fight. Although it still couldn't satisfy both sides, at least the two sides wouldn't have a lot of anger towards Zheng Zhu.

"What a cunning old man!" Everyone thought in unison.

But in the final analysis, what to do still depends on what the king Zhao Dan wants.

Everyone was holding their breath, waiting for Zhao Dan's verdict. The atmosphere in the hall was so tense that it almost froze.

Zhao Dan pondered for a while, and finally said slowly: "In that case, Lord Pingyang will be grounded for three months, fined for one year, cut in half of the fief, and temporarily removed from the position of the commander. The rest will be decided after the truth comes out! Lord Pingyang, are you convinced?"

Zhao Bao's body trembled when he heard the words, and his face suddenly turned pale, but in the end he could only lower his head and said in a helpless voice: "Your Majesty, I am convinced."

After finishing talking about the punishment, Zhao Dan glanced away from the beaming Yu Xin, and stopped on Zhao Sheng: "Mr. Pingyuan, there is no one who belongs to the Sikou now, so I will temporarily act as your agent."

Yu Xin's smile froze immediately, and he was about to continue to say something, but Zhao Dan waved his hand impatiently and said, "Okay, I'm tired too, let's call it a day!"

Chapter 6 Sixteen: Guo Kai, who came back to life after the catastrophe (second update)

Guo Kai galloped wildly under the personal protection of several dead soldiers, while looking back at the Taihang Mountains that were gradually receding behind him, he was in a very happy mood.

To be honest, Guo Kai actually hated Taihang Mountain very much.

This majestic mountain range blocked the huge Zhao country from south to north, and caused a lot of trouble for Guo Kai's iron business.

If it weren't for the steep and difficult roads of Taihang Mountain, Guo Kai felt that the money he had earned over the years would have at least doubled or tripled.

But to be honest, Guo Kai didn't really care too much about the two or three times the difference in money. After all, to Guo Kai, a top wealthy businessman in mainland China, no matter how much money he had, it was actually just a number for Guo Kai.

After having money that can be said to be inexhaustible, what Guo Kai hopes to get is status.

In this era, who has the most status?

Of course, it is the gentry who occupies the dominant position among the four peoples of the "scholar, peasant, businessman and commerce".

But just being a gentry is not enough. After all, the gentry is also divided into two types: humble scholars and high-ranking nobles.

You must know that the Guo family did not develop from Guo Kai's generation. In fact, Guo Kai's grandfather Guo Zong was the one who really made the Guo family rise. Guo Zong was also a well-known wealthy man in mainland China decades ago.

After three generations of hard work, the Guo family finally reached the title of a high official in Guo Kai's generation, barely reaching the edge of a noble family.

But that's about it.

Speaking of which, Guo Kai obtained the title of the next doctor through the back door of Zhao Bao according to the method of exchanging grain for the title when Handan was besieged.

All in all, the road to becoming a noble is very difficult, very difficult.

So Guo Kai gradually became a little tired, and the dissatisfaction in his heart was slowly growing.

From Guo Kai's point of view, as one of Zhao's richest men, he has to pay a large amount of business taxes to Zhao's government every year, and also contribute a lot of income and backers like Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao, and then he has to look at other people's faces , running errands like a pug dog when being called around.

No one would be happy with this.

What makes Guo Kai even more dissatisfied with Zhao Guo is that due to the start of the Datong iron mine and smelter, the Guo family's iron business has begun to be affected, and this impact is increasing with the continuous expansion of the output of the official smelter. .

Guo Kai had been in Zhao State's official smelter, so he also knew very well that the ironware produced in the official smelter was better in quality and more durable than his own ironware.

Guo's ironware can generally only be used for one to two years. This is Guo Kai's death order to his own ironware workshop in pursuit of profit.

If the ironware is of good quality and cannot be replaced in ten or eight years, how can the sales of Guojia ironware be guaranteed?

But the problem is that the ironware that is officially sold and leased from Zhao Guo's smelter is exactly the kind of ironware that is of good quality and can be used for ten or eight years.

Guo's ironware has no competitiveness in front of official ironware.

If this goes on for a few more years, the Guo family's ironware may change from almost monopolizing Zhao's folks to being completely crushed by official ironware.

Cutting off people's wealth is like killing their parents.

The official of the State of Zhao cut off Guo Kai's source of income. For Guo Kai, this is revenge for killing his father.

Of course this revenge must be avenged.

So when the Qin spy appeared in front of Guo Kai, Guo Kai and the Qin people almost hit it off.

Guo Kai will secretly smuggle Zhao's weapons and sell Zhao's information to the people of Qin.

In return, the people of Qin will allow the Guo family to open a store in Qin and give them certain benefits.

In addition, the Qin people also put forward a condition that made Guo Kai tempted.

The people of Qin hoped to obtain the secret formula and manufacturing method of armored cavalry equipment.

If Guo Kai can get one of the recipes or casting methods, then King Qin will seal Guo Kai as Shangqing.

If Guo Kai can get both, then Qin Wang is willing to give Guo Kaifeng Lord!

This is Feng Jun!

Compared with this title, wealth is nothing, and the country is nothing!

In order to realize this matter, Guo Kai has been secretly active for several years.

Putting eyeliner among the monitoring guards and buying off Miao Mo, the head of the smelter, were all Guo Kai's preparations for this.

From the past few years, everything has been very smooth.

Guo Kai's smuggling behavior was hidden under the protection of the insiders of the surveillance guards, and no one noticed. At the same time, Miao Mo also promised to hand over a craftsman who was familiar with steelmaking methods.

Guo Kai knew very well that any craftsman who could master the secrets of steelmaking would basically participate in the casting of armored cavalry equipment.