Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Under the watchful eyes of Zhao Kuo, Zhao's mother, Qiu'er, and many of Zhao's retainers, the steady woman showed a big smile and bowed to Zhao Kuo: "Congratulations to the lord, Hexi lord, it's a boy, both mother and child are safe!"

The next moment, cheers filled the air, filling everyone's eardrums.

Zhao Kuo's mind was also a little empty for a while.

Myself, I have a child.

At this moment, Zhao Kuo suddenly felt that the connection between himself and the world after time travel began to become closer.

From now on, Zhao Kuo's every move, every decision and order is not only related to his mother and two wives, but also related to his son and his descendants.

At this moment, Zhao Kuo inexplicably felt that his shoulders were a little heavy.

This is responsibility, a man's responsibility, a father's responsibility!As for the many retainers of the Zhao family around him, they were actually happier.

Whether a family can continue, the most important and direct thing is whether there is an heir.

Now, Zhao Kuo's heir has appeared, and the future of the Zhao family is destined to continue!For these retainers who depend on Zhao's survival, this is the second most important thing after Zhao Kuo's life and death.

This is what it means to pass on the lineage.

At this moment, Xu Li's eyes were full of tears, and he asked in a trembling voice: "My lord, have you thought about the name of the little lord?"

Zhao Kuo smiled, looked around at the extremely excited people present, and slowly said the name in his mind.

"Think about it, his name is Zhao Qian!"

A modest gentleman, gentle as jade.

This is the source of Zhao Qian's name, and it is also Zhao Kuo's expectation for Zhao Qian!As if to echo the name, the next moment, there was a loud cry of a baby from the room.

Zhao Kuo listened carefully to this extremely pleasant voice to him, and finally couldn't restrain the joy and excitement in his heart, put his hands on his hips, and burst out laughing.

In 259 BC, Zhao Kuo's eldest son, Zhao Qian, officially came to this world!

Chapter 95

Being a father is an amazing thing.

When Zhao Kuo saw the crumpled little baby in the swaddle, he obviously couldn't see anything, but a strange, blood-connected feeling still emerged from Zhao Kuo's heart.

On the bed, the weak Tian Wan looked at Zhao Kuo who was carefully holding little Zhao Qian, and a smile appeared on her beautiful face.

Every regular wife in this era hopes to give birth to an eldest son for her husband, and Tian Wan has done it.

Zhao Kuo handed Zhao Qian over to the nurse who had already been arranged, and held Tian Wan's hand kindly: "Madam, you have worked hard, take a good rest."

Within a day, Zhao Kuo returned to office and got a son, which was an absolute double happiness.

Due to Tian Wan's confinement, the trip back to Handan was temporarily put on hold, and Zhao Kuo himself did not take the carriage at all, and rode back and forth between the manor and Handan directly.

As the saying goes, the poor have no one in the busy city, and the rich have distant relatives in the mountains.

When the news of Zhao Kuo's reinstatement came out, even though he was located in a manor far away from Handan City, there were still an endless stream of visitors.

Mr. Pingyuan and Mr. Pingyang came here in the name of congratulating Zhao Kuo on his son, and gave Zhao Kuo the ginseng income that had been delayed for a month for some reason, and also gave Zhao Qian a pile of gold and jade as gifts. .

Needless to say, other officials of the Zhao state came in an endless stream, almost breaking through the threshold of the gate of Zhao Kuo Manor.

On this day, an unremarkable carriage drove outside the gate of Zhao's Manor.

Lu Buwei got down from the carriage and looked enviously at the other magnificent carriages outside the gate.

Those aristocratic officials may not be as rich as Lu Buwei, but they are nobles after all, so they can use gorgeous carriages, while Lu Buwei can only use plain carriages as a merchant. This has nothing to do with money, it is pure social class! "One day when I jump into the dragon's gate, I must build a good carriage that is unparalleled in the world!"

Lu Buwei took a deep breath, walked to the gate of the manor, took out two greeting cards, and handed them respectfully to a manager of the Zhao family at the gate: "Businessman Lu Buwei asks to see Zhao Qing, please inform me."

The steward glanced at Lu Buwei, opened Lu Buwei's greeting post and scanned the content, then looked up at Lu Buwei, and said indifferently: "It's not that my master doesn't see you, it's because there are too many people who want to see my master. Come back in ten or eight days."

Lu Buwei was stunned.

In fact, Lu Buwei was already mentally prepared to be humiliated when he handed over the greeting card.

Lu Buwei even thought up the line: "A mere merchant also wants to see my master?

Better go back and look in the mirror. "

Scholars, farmers, businessmen, and merchants have wealth but are humble. This is not the first time Lu Buwei has encountered such a thing.

But now, the manager of the Zhao family was so polite in his speech, and even revealed from his words that if Lu Buwei came a few days later, he was very hopeful to see Zhao Kuo.

The owner of the manor, Zhao Kuo and Zhao Qing, turned out to be as respectful and virtuous as the rumors said.

Lu Buwei's Adam's apple rolled, and he took out a piece of tissue paper from his sleeve: "The manager of the good education learned that I have some friendship with Mr. Guo Zongguo. This is a recommendation letter written by Mr. Guo to me. I wonder if I could ask for a favor." And hand it over to Zhao Qing?"

As he said that, Lu Buwei shook his sleeves, and at some point a small gold ingot appeared on his wrist, and he stuffed it into the hand of the steward of the Zhao residence calmly.

The steward's face suddenly changed: "What are you doing?

Take it back, or I'll call the guards! "

Lu Buwei was stunned, and didn't realize for a while which one he wanted to accept.

The steward put the gold ingot back into Lu Buwei's hands, and glared at Lu Buwei: "My Zhao Mansion is different from other places, so I will remember it next time."

Lu Buwei responded subconsciously, feeling very embarrassed, and at the same time felt that his three views had been refreshed again.

These days, there is actually a steward in a noble's family who helps out without taking bribes?

The steward raised his head proudly, stared at Lu Buwei proudly, and said, "Since you have Mr. Guo Zong's recommendation, you can wait here for a while."

Seeing the figure of the manager leaving, Lu Buwei stood where he was, recalling the short conversation just now that surprised Lu Buwei, and he couldn't help feeling a little dazed.

Could it be that I can successfully meet the young but already famous Zhao Guojun God Zhao Kuo today?

In the room, Zhao Kuo was holding and teasing little Zhao Qian who had finished breastfeeding.

"Ah, ah, dad, dad! Come on, call Dad!"

Tian Wan on the side couldn't help but said, "Husband, what does dad mean?"

Zhao Kuo was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Papa is a word from my husband's hometown, meaning father."

Tian Wan groaned, and then laughed again: "Husband, Qian'er is only a few days old, and it's still too early to speak."

Zhao Kuo said with a smile: "Of course my husband knows, this is to cultivate his interest in talking.

As adults, we must take the initiative to talk to our children, so that children will want to talk to us, and then they will take the initiative to speak. "

The arrival of Xu Li interrupted the parenting communication between Zhao Kuo and Tian Wan: "My lord, there is a businessman outside who calls himself Lu Buwei and has a recommendation from Guo Zong. Would you like to see him?"

"Lu Buwei?"

Zhao Kuo was obviously taken aback when he heard the name, and almost shook Zhao Qian from his arms.

It's been so long since I traveled to this era, I actually forgot Zhao Ji and Lu Buwei, Ying Yiren, who are still in Handan!It's just dark under the lights.

"See you, see you right away! By the way, Uncle Xu, you go and bring him to see me, remember to be polite."

Xu Li looked at Zhao Kuo in surprise, he hadn't seen Zhao Kuo lose his composure for a long time in his memory: "I'm going now."

Outside the gate of the manor, Lu Buwei stood a little uneasy, quite disturbed in his heart.

There were still some officials waiting in the distance. These officials gathered together, cast their gazes at Lu Buwei who was alone from time to time, and said a few contemptuous sentences with contempt on their faces.

"The merchants also want to see Zhao Qing?"

"People who run a lowly business dare to be so brazen, it's really a bad day!"

"Zhao Qing has a good temper. You can see that the servants of Zhao's mansion are quite gentle in their speech. If the stewards of the old man's mansion saw such a person, they would have kicked him out."

When these people spoke, they deliberately raised their voices so that Lu Buwei could hear them clearly, and their faces were hot.

No matter how much wealth, such a situation is the status quo of businessmen in this world.

That's why Lu Buwei flattered Ying Yiren, a down-and-out grandson, at all costs, and even gave his wife Zhao Ji to Ying Yiren to give Ying Yi a child, just to get rid of this situation!Now, all hope lies in Zhao Kuo, the owner of this manor.

Will Zhao Kuo meet himself?

Although he acted confident to Ying Yiren in advance, in fact, Lu Buwei had no idea whether he could succeed or not.

Who made Lu Buwei a merchant who was regarded by the world as "handling cheap business"?

Suddenly, a middle-aged man whom Lu Buwei was quite impressed with appeared at the gate of the manor.

Many officials of the Zhao Kingdom obviously knew this person, and immediately surrounded him: "Xu Jichangshi, Zhao Qing wants to see me?"

"Xu Lichangshi, Zhao Qing should see me now, right?"

"Xu Li Changshi" Xu Li coughed heavily, suppressing everyone's voices, and then raised his voice: "Who is Lu Buwei?"

Chapter 96 Zhao Kuo Wants to Talk About a Business with Lu Buwei

Quiet.

At this moment, Lu Buwei's breathing almost stopped.

The next moment, Lu Buwei immediately called out: "Chang Shi, Lu Buwei is here!"

Xu Li glanced at Lu Buwei, nodded, and said: "My master invites you to come in for a meeting, please come with me."

Seeing Lu Buwei follow Xu Li into the manor, the officials of Zhao State outside the manor who were laughing loudly at Lu Buwei just now burst into an uproar.

"Am I not mistaken, Zhao Qing didn't invite us, but invited that merchant?"

"Hey, I heard that Zhao Qing had a close relationship with the great businessman Guo Zong before, and the merchant just now seemed to be recommended by Guo Zong."

"The world is going down, the world is going down! Unexpectedly, even Zhao Qing was affected by this stench."

"That's all, if you can see this merchant, then you are not our fellows, let's go, let's go!"

Not to mention the officials of Zhao State who were muttering outside the manor, just talk about Lu Buwei who followed Xu Li to meet Zhao Kuo.

At this moment, Lu Buwei's heart is extremely excited and joyful. Seeing that Zhao Kuo's goal can be achieved, as long as he can persuade Zhao Kuo, everything will be fine.

Once Ying Yiren can become King of Qin in the future, Lu Buwei will be the prime minister of Qin. At that time, Lu Buwei is the one who can really make the whole world look up to!Lu Buwei showed a smile on his face, striding forward towards his bright future.

A moment later, in the study of the manor, Lu Buwei saluted Zhao Kuo respectfully: "Lu Buwei has met Zhao Qing."

Zhao Kuo looked at Lu Buwei with great interest.

This is a very famous big man in history.

He single-handedly supported Ying Yiren to become King of Qin, served as Prime Minister of Qin State for a long time, and had an affair with Queen Mother Zhao Ji of Qin State. It can definitely be used to write a TV series and movie with ups and downs.

It's just that the history books belong to the history books, and what Zhao Kuo saw now was actually just a respectful and somewhat uneasy merchant.

Zhao Kuo said lightly: "Since you were introduced by Guo Zong, then you can speak directly."

Lu Buwei hurriedly said: "This is Zhao Qing. Lu is now the retainer of Sun Yingyi, the king of Qin. Yingyi has been in Handan for a long time and is quite homesick. He wants to return to his hometown of Xianyang in Qin, but he has no way out. , that's why Lu took the liberty to ask Zhao Qing's residence."

Zhao Kuo's heart skipped a beat, thinking that it really happened in history, but his face remained calm, and he said, "So you mean you want me to persuade the king to let him let Ying Yiren go back to the country? "

Lu Buwei smiled apologetically: "That's right, Lu is also rich, and is willing to send 300 million yuan to Zhao Qing for the hard work of the saddle horse."

"300 yuan?"

Even Zhao Kuo couldn't help shaking slightly when he heard the number that Lu Buwei said.

This is definitely a very objective figure.

But Zhao Kuo smiled lightly and said, "Lv Buwei, to be honest, 300 million yuan is a lot, but it's not enough for me to put it in my eyes."

What Zhao Kuo said was the truth.

Now that there is a monthly share of the ginseng business, coupled with the fact that Guo Zong just promised to double the benefits secretly sent to Zhao Kuo not long ago, and the smuggling channel in Qi State is about to open, Zhao Kuo expects that his monthly income will be easily within this year It's over 1000 million and it's cash!It is no exaggeration to say that Zhao Kuo is now one of the top 300 wealthy people in China. A mere [-] million yuan may be a huge sum of money to others, but it is nothing to Zhao Kuo.

Of course Lu Buwei didn't know the inside story, he just thought that Zhao Kuo had a big appetite and was not satisfied with the number, so he hurriedly continued: "Zhao Qing must have worked very hard for this matter, and Lu is willing to add another 200 yuan. 500 yuan, a total of [-] million!"

500 million, still in cash.

Even for a wealthy businessman like Lu Buwei, it is a huge sum.

Wealth and cash cannot be equated, tens of billionaires may not be able to come up with a billion in cash in just a few days, which is common sense in finance in later generations, not to mention that Lu Buwei's business is mainly in Yangdi, South Korea.

Zhao Kuo shook his head and said, "Mr. Lu, this is the first time you've met me, so you don't know me well, and I don't blame you.

Let me tell you clearly, this matter is not a matter of money or not, your key point was wrong from the beginning, understand? "

Lu Buwei was dumbfounded when he heard the words, and sweat began to drip from his forehead.

Did the persuasion of Zhao Kuo fail this time?

Zhao Kuo took a deep look at Lu Buwei and said, "Don't get me wrong. I don't charge you money, and I don't mean I won't do things for you. In fact, I'm very interested in what you said."