Zhao State, Wuwei City. Novels.

This is a small town in the northwest of Zhao State.

The small town is really small.

The city wall is only ten feet high, and it looks like it is made of some stones.

The city is only three or five miles in a radius, and any point standing on the city wall can easily overlook the entire small city.

Although the city is small, it is very lively.

Because this is the largest trading center within a radius of hundreds of miles.

Since spring, it has gradually become busier. In today's midsummer, it is the most lively time in Wuwei City.

As long as you walk into this city, the first thing you come is a very pungent smell, the smell of human sweat, the smell of livestock, and the smell of livestock manure, which can be said to be a "gospel" for those with a sensitive sense of smell.

But even so, there were still endless caravans coming here from mainland Zhao. On this day, another convoy of dozens of large cars came to Wuwei City in a mighty manner. The momentum was quite high and it was quite eye-catching.

Since it is a trading center, there are naturally a lot of goods.

The entire city was divided into pieces, either set up as a platform or a tent. Many people with fur hats and looked obviously not as good as Zhao's face, holding the unskilled Zhao language and greeting the people in the convoy desperately.

"Disciple, two hundred Xiongnu slaves who just arrived, do you want to see them? The price is easy to say, only Zhao money is charged."

"Customers, come and see this batch of Wusun horses. They are all one year old, two years old and three years old. There are also many Zhao coins, cloth, and food."

"Do you want to see the best red and blue flowers? Good materials for making rouge, customers."

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Many voices are everywhere.

The head of the caravan is Lu Qing, who is nearly forty years old, a little fat man who looks quite kind.

It is obviously not the first time Lu Qing has been here, which can be seen from the fact that he has been greeting some old faces on the roadside with a smile on his face.

"Oh, isn't this Brother Qi Qu? Besides, there are new injuries on Brother Qi's face, which makes him look more masculine. It's really gratifying."

"Hey, Brother Duolian, why are you so haggard after not seeing each other for a year? What, Brother Duolian lost 300 people when he fought with the remnants of Wusun last year? Alas, it's such a pity. Well, I'll take a step forward if I have something to do. Let's have a drink together next time, haha."

"Oh, this is Brother Liemon. How is the yield of female slaves today? There has been a trend of female slaves in the Western Regions in Handan recently. Many noble people like the blond hair and blue eyes with a bulging back. I heard it was spread from the palace, haha... what, don't you? Then I'll say goodbye first and talk later when I have time."

Lu Qing's mouth kept going, and in a moment he had already talked to the heads of dozens of tribes in the city, or slave traders and livestock traders.

Although most of the dealers did not have the goods that Lu Qing wanted, Lu Qing also made several transactions, so the smile on the manager's face became stronger and stronger.

But if you look closely, you will find that the eyes of the little eyes on the kind-hearted face of this manager seemed to be filled with vague expectations and a hint of anxiety.

Lu Qing, one of the twelve heads of the Lu Family Chamber of Commerce in Zhao State, and the boss behind the Lu Family Chamber of Commerce was the former prime minister of Qin State. Now he has surrendered to the Wuchengjun of Zhao State Lu Buwei.

In addition, Lu Qing actually has another secret identity, that is, he is a senior member of the Zhao State Supervisor Wei Handan branch, responsible for invading the Lu Family Chamber of Commerce, supervising any movements that may be unfavorable to Zhao State, and taking advantage of the business trip to investigate some information that is beneficial to Zhao State.

When Zhao Dan established two major institutions, Hu Yiwei and Supervisory Guard, ten years ago, Hu Yiwei, who was responsible for collecting external intelligence, was actually the one that was more valued. However, with the continuous expansion of Zhao's territory and the continuous decrease in the number of foreign enemies over the past decade, the Supervisory Guard, who was responsible for collecting intelligence in Zhao's territory, naturally rose.

According to Lu Qing’s knowledge, in recent years, the supervisory guards have been continuously expanding their recruitment, and many newcomers have been vigorously promoted. As the institutions expand, many new positions will naturally appear.

If you want to be promoted, of course you can only make contributions.

So Lu Qing was actually very anxious.

Although the position of head of the Lu Chamber of Commerce can bring a lot of money and wealth to Lu Qing, in Lu Qing's heart, such wealth is completely a blush, and only the position of supervisory guard is the king.

After all, that's an official, and he's an official who can report directly to the king.

Once you make a name for yourself in the supervision guard, you are appreciated by the king, and you are sent to the local area to take a position of one or two positions, wouldn’t it be a pleasure? It’s better than being such a merchant.

So Lu Qing actually has quite hope for this trip to Wuwei.

Lu Qing was not a waste of time in the supervision and guards for the past ten years. For example, Lu Qing learned a piece of news through some of his own channels, that is, after unifying the Central Plains, the ambitious king in Handan City did not intend to stop conquering.

There is the sea to the east and the vast desert to the north. If you look at it this way, it is very likely that Zhao State will expand in the future.

If some information related to the Western Regions can be obtained and reported, then maybe Lu Qing’s dream of promotion will be realized.

Lu Qing is a very smart person. He realized this two years ago, so since then he has become the busiest and favorite leader of the Lu Chamber of Commerce.

This is the third time Lu Qing has come to Wuwei City in two years. He has returned in vain for the first three times. This time he doesn't want this to end like this.

Seeing that the entire Wuwei City was about to be visited and still not received the information he wanted, the smile on his face gradually disappeared. He couldn't help but sigh and ordered behind him: "Let's find a place to unload the goods first."

At this moment, a voice came into Lu Qing's ears: "This lord, lord, I heard that you are looking for slaves from the West?"

Lu Qing turned around and saw a short guy who seemed to be a Hun standing in front of him, nodding and bowing in a very flattering manner.

Lu Qing frowned, but asked, "Do you have one?"

The Hun laughed and said, "Speaking of all, I actually caught some guys from the west a while ago. One of them claimed to be a slut, oh by the way, what about the envoys of the Seleucid Kingdom."

The Zhao words of the Huns were quite ordinary, and it took a long time to explain them clearly.
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