Back to the Warring States Period as Zhao Kuo

Chapter 1296

Soon, Zhao Kuo and Zhao Qian ate their mouths full of oil and their stomachs were full.

After eating, the two of them walked happily and left this snack street.

Zhao Kuo glanced at Zhao Qian who was beside him and said, "If you don't take a carriage, do you want to continue walking around?"

Zhao Qian nodded with a smile and said, "Father really saw through my son's little things at a glance. There are actually several very lively department stores nearby. My son wants to take my father to have a look."

Zhao Kuo didn't have any objection after listening. He nodded with a smile, and followed Zhao Qian's footsteps to the department store.

The department store is a very lively place, and there are everything sold in it. Zhao Kuo looked left and right very curiously, feeling a little emotional in his heart.

The bustling scene of this department store alone already has the feeling of being in a modern Huaxia market back then. Except for people's clothing, it can be said to be almost the same.

Zhao Kuo happily took Zhao Kuo through the department store. There are all kinds of goods, furniture, farm tools, etc., which can almost be said that only you can't think of it, and you can't buy it without you.

A young man who looked very clever suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Kuo, he respectfully greeted Zhao Kuo, the two saluted, and then said: "Do you two need to provide guide services?

You can tell me anything you want to buy in this market, you only need to give me 10 yuan, and I will definitely be able to bring you to the place in the shortest time, and I can also give you the best price. "

Zhao Kuo stared at the young man in front of him, laughed, and said, "I also want to buy two pieces of porcelain, can you show me?"

The young man was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said, "Please come with me, distinguished guests. I will definitely be able to guide you to buy porcelain that satisfies you."

The young man led the way, and Zhao Kuo and his son followed behind.

As he walked, the young man continued to introduce: "There are actually many workshops for porcelain in our country, but the largest one we recommend here is the Hangu Stoneware Group. The average level of their porcelain is The highest, the price will of course be higher, and the quality is better.

If the two of you are very concerned about the price, you can go to other porcelain stores first, such as Zhou's Porcelain Store, but if you want to use the best quality porcelain, then you have to go to the Dahan Guo Porcelain Group. "

Zhao Kuo nodded secretly in his heart when he heard the young man's words.

Needless to say, this young man speaks clearly and logically, and all of his words are on point. The Dahan Guo Porcelain Group is indeed the most powerful porcelain group in the entire world. The most important thing is that Zhao Kuo himself is the Da Han Guo Porcelain Group largest shareholder.

After a while, the two came to a shop of a Dahan Guo Porcelain Group.

The young man talked with the waiter very skillfully, and then said with a smile to Zhao Kuo: "Two distinguished guests, the kind of porcelain you just mentioned that you want to place in the courtyard and use as a landscape is really true. The ones are in stock, please go with this little brother."

This little second also greeted Zhao Kuo and his son very warmly, and soon came to the backyard, where various kinds of porcelain were placed.

Zhao Kuo was a little surprised that the backyard was quite lively, not only some nobles, but also some businessmen, and even some ordinary-looking ordinary people were here.

Zhao Kuo opened his mouth with some doubts, and asked the waiter in the shop: "You can actually put the common people and the nobles together, are you not afraid that these nobles will be angry?"

You must know that in this era, the aristocratic lords actually have a superior mentality. Even though Zhao Kuo has criticized this mentality many times, in general, there are still some people who are born with a sense of superiority. look at others.

The waiter laughed after hearing this, and said in a very confident tone: "You don't know something, ours is the real official group of the Han Kingdom, so we are backed by His Majesty the Emperor.

What His Majesty has always advocated is to let everyone live in harmony. If anyone dares to show a sense of superiority to us, we can invite him out directly. "

After Zhao Kuo heard this sentence, he couldn't help laughing. It turned out that he was the biggest hero in the end.

Zhao Kuo quickly picked a few pieces of porcelain at random, and then said, "Someone will come to pay you later."

After saying this, Zhao Kuo gestured towards Zhao Qian, Zhao Qian immediately understood the meaning, took out a small money bag from his arms, and stood in the boy's hand.

After receiving the purse, the boy weighed it, and was immediately taken aback.

"That's too much. I only need 10 coins for two distinguished guests."

Zhao Kuo smiled slightly and said.

"This is money for you for the whole day. I want you to be my guide for a day. You shouldn't object, right?"

Only then did the boy understand, and he responded repeatedly.

Under the leadership of this young man, Zhao Kuo went to the slave market one after another, to see horses, carriages, weapons, etc. It can be said that this market can be visited, but not It's almost the same for everyone who walks around.

After this shopping, Zhao Kuo has a better understanding of the entire market and the business ecology of the Han Kingdom.

With so many years of continuous conquest in the past, the territory of the Great Han Kingdom is now very vast, and commodities from all over the world are also dazzling, pouring into this imperial capital continuously.

In this way, the goods here are extremely rich, and the prices are also very cheap. People can also obtain relatively good profits through this low-cost trade in goods, and the government can also use the huge trade volume. and get enough tax revenue.

Generally speaking, it can be described in one idiom, that is thriving.

Satisfied, Zhao Kuo took Zhao Qian and left the department store together.

Sitting on the carriage back to the palace, Zhao Qian said with a smile: "Father thinks that the current imperial capital is very different from before?"

Zhao Kuo pondered for a while, then nodded slowly.

As an emperor, Zhao Kuo has been worrying about state affairs, and from time to time, he has personally visited the royal family. It is really a long time since he had such a private visit in a micro-service.

Zhao Kuo is very satisfied with the result of today's microservice private visit. Everything in the Great Han Kingdom is so full of vigor and vitality. This country is destined to make great strides forward and develop in great strides!

Chapter 1297 Han Kingdom's Aid to Carthage

Carthage city.

This city is the central point of the entire Carthage Empire. It is located on the coast of northern Africa and is a pearl by the sea.

But at this moment, this pearl-like city is being shrouded in sadness.

A Roman army grandly arrived at the city's pier, and walked down in a proud line.

The Roman general looked around the pier, then roared.

"The mighty Roman army has arrived, but what about the envoys who are supposed to welcome us?

Could it be said that this country will have to usher in another failure before it can truly realize that the majesty of Rome cannot be challenged? "

The general's roar was noticed by passers-by, but no one answered. The impatient Roman general decided to lead his army to move on and go deeper into the city.

He had only taken a few steps when a very large welcome team appeared.

"Honorable general, this is the compensation we offer to the Roman Republic. I hope you can understand that we have to spend a lot of time preparing these compensations."

A Carthaginian envoy said respectfully to the Roman general in front of him.

The chest was opened, and the gold and silver inside shone brightly.

General Rome watched this scene with a smile on his face.

"You guys are smart, you have to remember that our Rome is the real winner. As a loser, if you are not willing to abide by the peace treaty signed by everyone, then we will continue to appear in the future, understand?"

After throwing down this threatening sentence, the Roman general ordered his soldiers to lift these hundreds of boxes full of gold, silver and jewelry onto his own fleet ships, and then set sail away.

Many nobles in Carthage watched this scene silently, and the humiliation from the bottom of their hearts emerged from the bottom of their hearts, permeating every cell in their bodies.

A nobleman sighed and said: "These shameful Romans are really hateful.

Don't they know what true grace is?

There is only one ignorant request, it is simply the most despicable and shameless race I have ever seen. "

Another nobleman also sighed: "The wealth in our city has been taken away by the Romans. Without these things, how can we maintain the operation of this city?"

A very depressing atmosphere is permeating the hearts of all Carthaginians, and in fact it is constantly permeating the city.

At the forefront of these nobles was a very mature and steady nobleman. He turned around and said, "It is true that we are no longer able to be the opponents of the Romans. We need a long period of recuperation before we can Bring our country back to fight."

Someone questioned: "If the Romans chose to break their promises and suddenly attacked us, what should we do?"

The raising of this question caused the already frozen atmosphere to almost freeze.

The expression on the old nobleman's face also paused for a moment, and then he said: "Hamilcar has already gone to that powerful country in the east to ask for help. If he succeeds, we will get a very strong reinforcement army. By then we will There is no longer any need to fear the threat of the Romans."

After hearing what the old nobleman said, not everyone felt relieved, but they also knew that at this moment, this was indeed the only thing that could convince everyone, so no one objected.

The nobles on the pier dispersed one after another. This failure was not the end for them. They were still waiting for the rebirth of Carthage one day.

And Hamilcar, whom they were thinking of, also welcomed a guest in the imperial capital thousands of miles away.

Zhao Qian smiled and said to Hamilka in front of him: "We won't drink any more today. I'll take you to our arsenal in the Han Kingdom. I think there should be something you like there."

Sure enough, after hearing these words, Hamilka immediately cheered up.

The reason why Carthage lost to Rome was ultimately due to the lack of military power, so Hamilcar was very interested in anything that might promote the progress of Carthage's military power, but in the past For several months, he did not have the permission of Dahan Kingdom to have access to these things.

Hamilka walked out of the room with Zhao Qian, just as he left the door, a gust of cold wind blew towards him, Hamilka shivered subconsciously, and expressed emotion as he watched the world of ice and snow outside.

"In our place in Carthage, the winter is not so cold."

The Mediterranean climate is a very magical climate. Its winter is relatively mild. Even though it is obviously at the same latitude as the Imperial City, it is true that the city of Carthage is warmer. This makes it the first time I come to the Imperial City. Hamilka will also feel quite uncomfortable.

Zhao Qian smiled and said: "To tell you the truth, in fact, in these years, I have seen many climates, and for me, all kinds of different climates have their unique charms.

If possible, I would recommend you to live in various places, which can give you a new understanding of life. "

After these days of continuous study, Zhao Qian's proficiency in the use of Carthage language can be said to have surprised Hamilcar. For example, the sentence just now was spoken by Zhao Qian in Carthage language.

After a few seconds of silence, Hamilcar said, "You are obviously just a young man who is about to grow up. Why do I always feel that your life experience is so rich?"

This is indeed a doubt that has troubled Hamilka for a long time. If it is not completely sure that Zhao Qian is not necessary, Hamilka will wonder if the Crown Prince in front of him has lied about his age.

Zhao Qian smiled even more happily after hearing Hamilka's words: "Actually, this matter is very simple, you just need to go out and see for yourself, isn't it all right?

The territory of our Han Dynasty is vast enough, and there are enough places for me to wander around. "

Hamilcar glanced at Zhao Qian enviously, and then said: "Although Carthage can explore the ocean, there is no such vast land for me to wander around."

Zhao Qian said with a smile: "Did you forget the proposal I gave you?

As long as Carthage becomes an entertainer of the Han Dynasty in China, no matter where you go shopping in the future, it will be a matter of course. "

Hamilcar shook his head without answering.

For Hamilcar, his belief is still relatively firm, and he does not want to surrender to the Han Kingdom at this time.

Zhao Qian didn't continue to speak, he took Hamilcar into the carriage and headed all the way to the arsenal.

Soon, they came to an arsenal outside the imperial capital. As can be seen from the plaque above, this arsenal was the second arsenal of the Han Kingdom Weapons Group.

Since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince arrived there, he must have greeted him well in advance, so the director of this arsenal also brought many officials here to welcome Zhao Qian's arrival early.

"I have seen His Royal Highness."

Everyone saluted Zhao Qian together.

Zhao Qian waved his hand with a smile, and said, "You don't need to be too polite. I'm here today mainly to take my friend for a walk. Go to work when you should work. You don't need to accompany me all of you, lest you Delayed business."

His Royal Highness had spoken, and of course it was impossible for the others to disobey, and soon the factory manager and a technical official accompanied them, and the others dispersed.

Hamilka curiously looked at the arsenal in front of him as he walked. It was made up of very huge factory buildings. If you just stood outside, you could see the many chimneys on the roof of the factory buildings that were constantly blowing. Smoke, nothing else can be seen.

So what's in it?

Soon Hamilcar knew the answer.

To Hamilka's disappointment, he was not able to actually enter those factory buildings to observe how the most elite weapons of Han Kingdom were produced at close range.

He was just led by Zhao Qian to a playground, and there was a table with a pile of steel crops that Hamilka had never seen before.

Zhao Qian smiled and took out a long one from it, which looked like a spear, but it didn't have a point and said to Hamilka, "This is what you've been dreaming about all this time. musket."

After hearing these words, Hamilcar's body shook uncontrollably.

The Carthaginians are not ignorant of firearms. They have already learned from various intelligence spies about the large-scale firearms used by the Han Dynasty when they conquered Seleucid and Ptolemy. soldier.

However, the management of firearms in the Han Dynasty is still very strict. Every soldier’s gun must be registered. If any soldier loses his gun, he will be directly exiled as a slave and punished. So there is no Anyone who dares to sneak out the gun under this kind of control.

More importantly, the current gun construction technology is completely under the exclusive control of the Han Kingdom. As long as there is no construction technology and craftsmen of the Han Kingdom, other countries will not know how to use it even if they get a firearm. Musket bullets and gunpowder are made.

Hamilcar suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said to Zhao Qian, "Can I touch this musket?"

Zhao Qian smiled and put the musket into Hamilcar's hand.

As if he had found a treasure, Hamilcar fumbled up and down the barrel, butt, and all the positions of the class, looking back and forth carefully, wishing to engrave all the details of this musket in his mind.

Zhao Qian looked at this scene with a smile, and he didn't stop it at all, because he knew very well that these are the core technologies of the Han Kingdom, and it is impossible for you to steal them just by looking at them.

After a while, Hamilcar finally raised his head and asked Zhao Qian tentatively, "Can I try to use this gun?"

The real power of the musket can only be seen after shooting, so Zhao Qian took the musket from Hamilka's hand with a smile and gave Hamilka a demonstration.

As His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Great Han Kingdom, Zhao Qian is of course very familiar with muskets. He loaded the bullets and filled them with gunpowder familiarly, and then aimed at a distant target and pressed the trigger.

After the bang, a puff of smoke came out of the gun barrel, and the target in the distance had been hit, leaving a hole.

Hamilka watched this scene, trembling with excitement.

If the Carthaginian army could be equipped with such muskets on a large scale, how could it be impossible to defeat those Roman barbarians?