Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

In addition to the well-known role of heating, coal also has a very important industrial use of steelmaking!In this era, the best fuel for steelmaking is undoubtedly coke, which is extracted from coal.

Although there is some coal in the Handan area, compared with the coal reserves in Datong, it is simply the gap between the creek and the Yangtze River.

Not only that, but there are also iron mines in the Datong area!In the Northern Wei Dynasty, the Datong area was the most outstanding iron and steel weapon smelting place in China. This is because Datong has the identity of the two most basic and important raw material origins for iron and steel smelting, coal and iron ore.

The reason why modern Datong iron ore reserves are insufficient is actually because the ancients have been mining for thousands of years.

But now, this area is an uncultivated treasure land.

Zhao Kuo said to Guo Zong: "Mr. Guo, hurry up and immediately move the craftsmen from the workshop in Handan over after the spring of next year. We will build the largest smelting workshop in the world here!"

That's why Zhao Kuo specially brought Guo Zong, the big financial steward, here.

It is no exaggeration to say that as long as this smelting plant is completed, the iron and steel output of Zhao country will definitely double several times, or even ten times in just a few years.

Imagine that in future wars, the people of Qin State wore leather armor and held bronze swords, while Zhao Jun soldiers wore steel armor and held steel swords. It goes without saying who will win the war, right?

This is the power that Zhao Kuo brought to this era as a time traveler, the power of technology!Thinking of this, Zhao Kuo couldn't help laughing.

Queen Mother, Queen Mother, you think you sent this Marquis here, but you would never have thought that you actually took the initiative to send Ben Marquis to a mountain of gold and silver, right?

Chapter 574 Zhao Kuo's calculations, conflicts broke out between Le Chenglian and Po

Xu Li and Guo Zong looked at Zhao Kuo's figure with admiration in their eyes.

A stupid person will only blame others when facing adversity, but a truly wise person knows how to find the strength that is beneficial to his own development and growth in adversity.

In the eyes of these two retainers, their lord is undoubtedly the most intelligent person in the world.

It is precisely because of Zhao Kuo's charismatic personality that the world's top talents such as Xu Li, Guo Zong, Li Mu, Li Si, and Han Fei are attracted to him, and they are willing to work hard for Zhao Kuo!Once Datong City is completed and the iron and steel smelting workshops outside the city officially start, then Zhao Kuo will really take root in this land.

Neither the Empress Dowager nor Lin Xiangru, Le Cheng and others knew that what they thought was exile and tribulation actually made Wu Xinjun out of their sight and turned into a real tiger returning to the mountain.

In time, the entire northern part of Zhao Kingdom will be ruled by this fierce tiger!At this moment, Zhao Kuo's political opponents such as Lin Xiangru didn't really have any intentions to pay attention to Zhao Kuo, because they had already fallen into Zhao Kuo's previous calculations.

Handan, Xinjun Lin Xiangru's mansion.

The three carriages drove into Lin Xiangru's mansion separately, and Lin Xiangru, as the host, also specially waited in front of the hall, which showed that the status of the visitors was very honorable.

"Le Qing, Zhou Qing, Lian Qing, please come inside, please come inside."

Lin Xiangru smiled and invited Le Cheng, Zhou Shaofen and Lian Po into the hall.

The four of them took their seats, and the rest of them couldn't help but focus on Lian Po.

Since the defeat in the Battle of Jidu two years ago, Lian Po has been deprived of the title of Lord Wuxiang and directly demoted to Xiaqing. At the same time, he was dismissed from all official positions and ordered by the Queen Mother to reflect at home.

After Lian Po lost power, all the thousands of diners in his house ran away in just half a month, and only a few loyal ones remained.

Everyone felt that Lian Po's political life was basically over. In the past two years, Lian Po had lived in seclusion, and even Zhou Shaofen, an old ally, had seen him for the first time.

You don't need to think about it, you know, this must be a major event that makes Lian Po have to come out.

As the host, Lin Xiangru was the first to speak, with a serious expression on his face: "Everyone, the thing is like this, just now the Queen Mother called the old man into the palace for the sake of Lianjing."

As soon as Lin Xiangru finished speaking, the atmosphere in the lobby suddenly changed.

Lin Xiangru looked around, and said helplessly, "The Empress Dowager said that she would not comment on the matter of Lian Jing. Let me discuss it by myself, and report it after a result is reached."

Zhou Shaofen was a little surprised, and said: "In this way, the queen mother has actually given us a lot of leeway."

What the queen mother said is actually very simple. Whether or not to convict Lian Jing, and what kind of crime, Lin Xiangru, you call your allies to discuss, and then report to the court for approval.

Lin Xiangru nodded and said, "That's right, the Queen Mother also wants to support us, so we have to discuss it carefully to reach a satisfactory result."

At this moment, Lian Po said in a low voice: "Isn't the result obvious?

Jing'er is just a lieutenant general, it's normal to obey orders.

Accountability is of course to be held accountable, but the title can be demoted, and it is better to retain the official position. "

Lian Jing is the eldest son of Lian Po, and also the future patriarch of the Lian clan. The reason why Lian Po appeared here today is to save Lian Jing.

To put it bluntly, a title is a matter of face, and of course there is no face if you lose a battle, so demotion does not matter.

But the level of official position directly determines the amount of power that Lian Po controls, so it is naturally impossible for Lian Po to make any concessions in this regard.

After Lian Po finished speaking, neither Lin Xiangru nor Zhou Shaofen expressed any objection, but Le Cheng was obviously unhappy.

Le Cheng said coldly: "I don't like what Lian Qing said.

What does it mean that Lian Jing just obeys orders?

At that time, Lian Jing was a county lieutenant, and Le Qi was also a county lieutenant, and their positions were completely equal.

The decision to fight the Huns must have been the result of joint discussions between the two.

Although the battle was lost, Le Qi was at least responsible and died a heroic battle.

What about Lian Jing?

He ran away with his people directly, and fled to Jinyang County as soon as he escaped, like a wild dog with its tail between its legs, without looking back!Well now, the person who was willing to die for the whole army has become the chief general, and the person who needs to bear all the crimes.

The person who flinched and fled was the so-called lieutenant general who obeyed orders. He only needed to be demoted a little bit, and he could even be reinstated?

Xinjun, Zhou Qing, listen to you two, what is going on here! "

Le Cheng was very angry.

You Lian Po want to keep your son, of course I can understand.

But why do you throw the blame for your failure in the war on my Lecheng clansmen in order to protect your son?

Your son's life is life, but the life of my people is not life?

Your son's official position and reputation are important, but my clan's official position and reputation are not important?

When Le Cheng finished speaking, Lian Po frowned immediately.

Lian Po's character is well known in the world, generally speaking, he has a very bad temper, very bad tempered.

Although these years of successive defeats and the shock of being dismissed from office have made Lian Po restrained a lot, but as the saying goes, the country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change. Besides, this matter is related to the life and future of Lian Po's eldest son and heir. How could Po be really calm?

So Lian Po immediately said, "What Da Sima said is wrong.

Le Qi is already a dead person, so why should the living continue to suffer because of this dead person? "

Le Cheng was furious, and said: "The dead should take the blame for the living, what kind of reasoning is this?

Lian Jing can avoid death, but he cannot escape the crime of living!It is necessary to demote him to rank, so that the Queen Mother and Da Zhao can see our justice and be convinced of us! "

Le Cheng confronted each other and was completely unwilling to make any concessions.

Of course, Lecheng also has its own considerations.

You Lian Po, an old man who has been dismissed by the Queen Mother, why do you want me, Le Cheng, a dignified minister of the State of Zhao, to let you?

If this is really a concession, if it spreads out, others will say: "Don't look at Lian Po who has been dismissed from office, but with Lian Po's order, Le Cheng is as expensive as Zhao Guoda Sima, and he can only ask the dead clansman to help him obediently." Lian Po's eldest son, Lian Jing, took the place of the crime."

The dignified Zhao Guoda Sima doesn't want to lose face?

Seeing the tense atmosphere between the two, Lin Xiangru couldn't help but interrupted: "Both of you, calm down first.

Don't you see that this is completely a trick specially set up by Wu Xinjun Zhao Kuo to drive us apart?

We can't be fooled! "

Chapter 575

Lin Xiangru was quite embarrassed at the moment.

Le Cheng is the important minister of Zhao Guo and Lin Xiangru's new ally, so the relationship must be strengthened.

And Lian Po is Lin Xiangru's friend who has known each other for many years. It is absolutely appropriate to describe the friendship between Lin Xiangru and Lian Po as a best friend.

So the quarrel between the two directly put Lin Xiangru in a dilemma, and he had to move out Zhao Kuo, everyone's common enemy, to ease the relationship.

On the other side, Zhou Shaofen watched coldly, and couldn't help admiring secretly in his heart: "Mr. Wu Xin's plan is wonderful."

Through a Lian Jing, two political enemies, Le Cheng and Lian Po, can turn against each other, making Lin Xiangru in a dilemma. What's more wonderful is that others can't accuse Zhao Kuo of this matter at all.

Wu Xinjun is really getting more and more mature, more and more like a lord.

Thinking of this, Zhou Shaofen couldn't help but smile.

But the next moment Zhou Shaofen suddenly woke up, and he froze all of a sudden: "My lord?

Wait, Mr. Wu Xin is not my master, how could I regard him as my master? "

Thinking about it, Zhou Shaofen's forehead suddenly burst into sweat.

Zhou Shaofen felt that a certain idea of ​​his was very dangerous, very dangerous.

Suddenly, Zhou Shaofen thought again: "What if Wu Xinjun thinks the same as me?"

No, I can't think about it anymore!Zhou Shaofen forcibly interrupted the thought in his heart that he might be implicated by the three clans, and once again focused his attention on the eyes.

Although Lin Xiangru came forward to mediate, the dispute between Le Cheng and Lian Po did not stop because of this.

Le Cheng said coldly: "Of course I know that this is Zhao Kuo's trick, but the old man's words are also here, no matter what, it is absolutely impossible for Le Qi to bear the reputation of poor command after a heroic death in battle! "

Lian Po's face was ugly, and he said in the same voice: "No matter what, the old man's Jing'er should not be demoted, let alone bear the responsibility for this failure!"

This time the conversation reached a deadlock.

That's right, everyone knows that this is Zhao Kuo's trick, and they also know that this is Zhao Kuo's attempt to sow discord.

But the problem is that if you lose a battle, there must be someone who will take responsibility and take the blame.

Who will carry it?

Le Qi came to memorize it, but of course Le Cheng was unwilling.

When Lian Jing came to recite, Lian Po naturally opposed it desperately.

But because of his position, either Le Qi or Lian Jing was responsible, and there was no other candidate.

Because only county lieutenants like Le Qi and Lian Jing can directly mobilize [-] Zhao Guobian riders. Even if Le Cheng and Lian Po want to push a dead ghost, this dead ghost is not qualified to bear this responsibility!Is this Zhao Kuo's conspiracy, Le Qi or Lian Jing?

Choose one of the two, anyway, it doesn't matter this time.

Zhao Kuo can be indifferent, but of course Le Cheng and Lian Po can't be indifferent, and the two major Zhao family families behind them, Le and Lian, can't be indifferent.

Allies belong to allies, but I am not an ally with you to take the blame for you.

To put it bluntly, this is no longer just a problem between Le Qi and Lian Jing, and it is not just a problem between Le Cheng and Lian Po. It has become a problem between Le Shi and Lian Shi.

Whether it's for the benefit of the family or for personal future, no one will give in in this game, even if Le Cheng and Lian Po are basically on the side, even if everyone thinks that Le Cheng and Lian Po are allies!The atmosphere in the lobby became more and more tense, and finally, Lian Po couldn't bear it anymore and attacked the case.

"Anyway, the old man doesn't care, the old man must keep Lian Jing no matter what!"

After speaking, Lian Po left angrily.

Lin Xiangru was shocked when he saw this, he got up and chased him out.

Only Le Cheng and Zhou Shaofen were left in the lobby.

Zhou Shaofen turned his eyes and thought, isn't this the best time for him to help Wu Xinjun fan the flames?

So Zhou Shaofen coughed, put on a serious attitude, and said to the ugly Le Cheng: "Sima, after all, Lianqing was also your old boss back then. If you contradict him like this, I'm afraid he will stab the matter." After you go out, many people will speak ill of you in secret.

If you want me to say, just forget it and let him do it once. "

These seemingly persuasive but provocative words really succeeded in arousing Le Cheng's anger, and Le Cheng sneered directly: "Lian Po has always been very bad-tempered and domineering. They are extremely harsh on us generals.

I have put up with him for decades, and now he is obviously just a commoner, but he yells at me in front of everyone, how can he take me, the big Sima, seriously?

Zhou Qing needless to say, this time I will make him understand that his time is over! "

Le Cheng's words happened to be heard by Lin Xiangru who turned around and came back. Lin Xiangru couldn't help but smiled wryly, and said, "Da Sima, why are you doing this?"

Although Lin Xiangru did catch up with Lian Po, it was obvious that Lian Po's mind was determined, and Lin Xiangru could only watch Lian Po leave after a few words of persuasion to no avail.

Le Cheng snorted heavily, stood up with a flick of his sleeves, and said: "Xinjun, I also put my words here.

If Le Qi still has to bear the unjust injustice of the defeated general after he died in the battle for the country, then our cooperative relationship will come to an end, so farewell! "

After speaking, Le Cheng also strode away.

Only Lin Xiangru and Zhou Shaofen were left in the hall, and it was quiet.

After a long time, Lin Xiangru let out a long sigh: "This Wu Xinjun is really good at calculating! Zhou Qing, what do you think we should do now?"

At this moment, Lin Xiangru felt a sense of powerlessness in his heart.