Wei Liao's great loss made Zhao Zheng even more unhappy. It was indeed a big deal for the Rong people to not have silk. As long as there are mulberry trees and silkworm seeds, they can produce tens of thousands of pieces of silk every year, and hundreds of thousands of pieces of silk. The only investment is manpower. Qin State has people, and officials and slaves are not enough to work. But if the Hu merchants don't have silk, just gold and silver, it will not be solved by manpower.

The gold production area of ​​this era was mainly in the State of Chu. After Qin seized the old Ying, it obtained the Han River gold production area. However, since Shang Yang's reform, Qin had a thought of light gold and heavy goods: "Twelve stones of millet were born in the territory, and one or two taels of gold died outside the territory. The country likes to produce gold in the territory, and two gold and millet died, and two crystals were empty in the territory, and two gold and millet died, and two crystals were weak in the territory. The country likes to produce millet in the territory, and two gold and millet were born in the territory, and two gold and millet were born in the territory, and two crystals were born in the territory, and two crystals were born in the territory, and two crystals were born in the territory, and two crystals were born in the territory, and two crystals were born in the territory, and the country was strong. Even in the Han Dynasty, it was still believed that "you, the gold of the Han Dynasty and the tribute of small and delicate gold, so he lured foreign countries to fish for Hu and Qiang treasures."

Gold and silver are just small things. They either exchanged corn to enrich the warehouse, or used to lure foreign treasures (jade, glass). Now the Rong people and Hu Shangshang don’t want silk but gold and silver, and the Shao Mansion has not accumulated too much gold and silver, so Zhao Zheng had to send people to explore the new gold production areas in the Qin State. At the same time, the imperial court will also expand the Tianshui Horse Farm to get rid of its dependence on the Rong people.

There is no shortage of horses, but horses that were originally available for one tenth of silk now have to be raised by themselves. And all horses rely on their own livestock, which requires a gradual process.

Seeing Zhao Zheng's displeasure Wei Liao was in his heart, he hurriedly bowed to him and said, but at this moment, Zhao Zheng's face was still gloomy. He suddenly bowed to Wei Liao and said, "The people of Jing will not die, but sell silk to me for my benefit. Today's dispute is actually a dispute between Qin and Jing. The world is not the same as Qin, but Jing. Wei Qing must help me defeat the people of Jing."

Since the Warring States Period, it seems that every Qin king who has achieved success has a powerful minister who relied heavily on the Qin State and expanded territory. During the reign of Duke Xiao of Qin, it was Shang Yang, during the reign of King Huiwen of Qin, Zhang Yi, during the reign of King Zhaoxiang of Qin, Fan Ju, and during the reign of King Zhuangxiang of Qin, Lu Buwei, and Zhao Zheng gradually realized that the person he relied on was not Xiong Qi, not Li Si, but Wei Liao. Only Wei Liao could help him eliminate the six countries and unify the world.

"My..." Wei Liao was startled by Zhao Zheng's actions. He hurriedly avoided the courtesy and said solemnly: "I respectfully accept the order, and my great Qin will destroy the Jing Kingdom."

Zhao Zheng's courtesy made Wei Liao reveal his originally hidden heart. Through the tens of thousands of marquis spies in the National Wei Mansion, Wei Liao became more and more familiar with the countries in Guandong. He did not think that Qin could not destroy the six countries, but was more certain that Qin would be able to destroy the six countries. The rise of Chu was too short and the number of Chu troops was too small. As long as the plan was not wrong, the world would be unified by Qin.

In the Xianyang Shaofu Armory, the trust between the monarch and the ministers deepened, and the confidence in the great cause of unification increased. In the Zhao State Fanwu shogunate, Hu Shang shouted in his voice that he was kneeling in front of Li Mu with a handful of Zhao arrows picked up from the end of the white road.

"Why is the general?" He asked in his hair, and he came to see Li Mu to have an explanation.

"What is this?" Li Mu was puzzled. His attention was all in Jingxing. He had no idea what happened outside Gaoque Prefecture a few months ago and why Hu Shang in front of him questioned him.

"Three months ago, the caravan with troops transported armor came out of Gaoque Pass, and at the end of Baidao, he was intercepted and killed by soldiers. More than 20,000 sets of soldiers were taken away..." The man shouted that he was ready to die. If Li Mu admitted to taking on the matter and killing him, the Sogdians would have to take revenge.

"More than 20,000 sets of soldiers were taken away?" Li Mu jumped up, his voice shocking the entire shogunate. "Why don't you report it? Why don't you report it?"

The number of more than 20,000 sets of armor is huge, and the entire Zhao State only has 100,000 sets of armor. If the armor was taken away by the Qin people, the consequences would be unimaginable. Thinking of this, Li Mu no longer cared about the call, so he walked out of the tent and said to Feixun official: "Tell Handan that more than 20,000 sets of armor were taken away by the Qin people three months ago." After saying that, he said: "There is also Shouying, tell Shouying, the Qin people took Hu Shang's armor. Fox Infant, where is the Fox Infant? Summon Fox Infant quickly."

Li Mu was a little panicked. Although the war was over, he was always careful and wary of the Qin people. He called out that he was a merchant and was naturally good at observing words and expressions. His intuition told him that Li Mu was not a fake. But if this was really done by Li Mu, he would definitely be prepared for his arrival, so it was difficult to judge whether it was fake or not. He waited quietly for a while before Li Mu returned to the seat, and at this time, Li Mu's heart fox baby also came.

"The governor of Jiuyuan County once told me that he wanted to protect the caravan to go out of the frontier, but Bai Di didn't want to." Li Mu finally recalled what happened three months ago. This was naturally not a formal report, but a report from the governor when he inspected Gaoque Pass two months ago. "This must be done by the Qin people. The four countries are in alliance. The four countries can purchase the military armor of Chu. If it was done by the Zhao army, what is the purpose? What is the use of more than 20,000 sets of military armor for me?"

"This is not the arrow of our Zhao army." Hu Ying held the arrows she called out in her hair. This was the most commonly used two-wing arrows by the Zhao army. "The Zhao army was exhausted all the arrows of the previous year, and the one that used the most arrows was the four-edged iron heavy arrows of the Chu State, followed by Qi State and Wei State's triangular bronze crossbow arrows. The design man made a mistake and used common sense to judge the Zhao army. This is a flaw."

The weapons styles of each country are completely different, and each has its own characteristics. Fox Infant said that the Zhao army had used up all the arrows on both wings, and asked with Nanito, who was calling out from his hair, and said, "How dare you ask?"

"How can I prove it?" Hu Ying was a little unhappy when she heard this. She suffused the Chu paper in his hand a few times and looked at Li Mu.

Hu Shang has always been a friend of Zhao rather than an enemy of Zhao. Although silk cannot be sold now, the whole country of Zhao still welcomes Hu Shang. Moreover, Zhao also wanted to buy a batch of thousands of miles horses. Chu was very stingy in terms of thousands of miles horses. Qi and Zhao had asked Chu to sell one or two public stallions purchased from overseas, but Chu was unwilling to do so. If he did not sell stallions, the two countries wanted to send their mother stallions to Chu for breeding, but Chu was also unwilling to do so. In the absence of help, the two countries could only seek Hu Shang west.

For the sake of the thousand-mile horse, Li Mu suppressed his displeasure and said, "If you don't believe it, you can go to the army and watch the camp."

"Since the general gave it, the villain would come to the camp to see it." Nanito was originally a merchant from Yan State, and was still in Yan after the demise of Yan State. Although the Sogdian merchants came from various families, they formed a gap of commercial network between the families.

"Is there no body seen at the ambush?" After Nanito left, the fox baby who was fanning the fan remembered something.

"No corpse was seen." The news was only received this month. He searched for the ambush place, and there were no traces there, only some crossbow arrows that were shot in the grass.

"It must be like this." Hu Ying's Chu paper fan was getting faster and faster. "Everyone in the world knew that the Qin people were rewarded with the title of beheading, but the six countries were not like this. The Qin army ambushed the caravan, and even if they had military orders, they would not change the nature of beasts, so they beheaded everyone in the caravan. Afterwards, the soldiers and armor were taken away, and the bodies were also hidden. If they did not hide, they would know that it was done by the Qin army."

The fox infancy said, nodded repeatedly. Except for the few people including Jebaga, Aristotle IV, Zaras, etc. who fled back to Malacanda, the entire caravan seemed to have disappeared out of thin air. This could not have been done by the Huns, Donghu people, Yuzhi people, and Wusun people. First, they did not have crossbow arrows, and second, they could not have buried all the bodies so carefully.

Either Zhao or Qin, this is Malacanda's judgment. The difference is that the resentful Aristotle IV is convinced to persuade King Diodotus II and Governor Euthidmus to launch a retaliatory attack on Zhao State. The temple priest Kong Motian asked Sogdian merchants in East Asia to find out the truth first, and then discuss how to ask the murderer for compensation.

"If our State of Zhao does it, we must change our normal behavior and behead it, and there is no need to hide and bury the body." Hu Ying didn't know the situation thousands of miles away. He just used common sense to infer what Qin would do and what Zhao would do. He finally said: "This is Qin's state that I want to break up with my horse."

The three words "Thousand-mile Horse" suddenly woke up. He had only thought about the 20,000 sets of soldiers and armor, but he did not even think of the more than a thousand thousands of horses brought by the caravan when they came. In terms of motivation, Zhao, who could buy the giant iron soldiers and armor, had no need to snatch the soldiers and armor of the caravan. What was really suspicious was Qin. Intercepting and killing the caravan could not only snatch the soldiers and armor, but also cut off the thousands of horses in the river and transported them into the four countries of Guandong.

"Did you see the arrow?" Nanito, who had been watching the Zhao army's military camp warehouse, took a long time to come back.

"There are no two-winged arrows." The two of them spoke in Sogdian language. Nanito specially brought back a few Zhao army arrows. These were either the four-edged huge iron heavy arrows of the Chu State, or the three-edged bronze crossbow arrows of the Qi and Wei Dynasty. They did not have the two-winged arrows they had in their hands at all.

"General..." At this time, all the generals in the shogunate rushed over after hearing the news. Ma Wei found something with a two-winged arrow.

"Although this arrow is in the style of my Zhao arrow, its feather is wrong." Ma Wei pointed at Lingyu and said, "This is the feather of the sparrow eagle!"

The feathers of arrows are crucial, including eagle feathers, horned eagle feathers, sparrow eagle feathers, goose feathers, goose feathers, and goose feathers. The eagle feathers fly much faster than the eagle feathers. After flying more than ten steps, the arrow body will be automatically upright and have strong wind resistance. The worst eagle feathers, the goose feathers, are not in the hands of the goose feathers when they shoot out, and they will go to the side when they encounter the wind. Located in the northern border and annexed Yan State, Zhao State has a unique advantage in arrows. Although I dare not say that all the arrows are eagle feathers, the worst one is also the horned eagle feathers, and I have never used the sparrow eagle feathers.

"Ah! This arrow can be proved, and this matter was done by the Qin people." Hu Ying grabbed the arrow in Ma Wei's hand and shouted. "Our army's arrows are either eagle feathers or horned eagle feathers, but this arrow is sparrow eagle feathers, why?
Chapter completed!