Yes, after defeating Qin, Zhao became the most powerful and only country among the seven heroes of the Warring States Period.

This can be seen from Han Wangran's attitude towards Zhao Dan.

"I wonder what King Zhao has to do with you?" Han Wangran was extremely polite when he spoke.

Even though Zhao Dan in front of him was Han Wangran's brother-in-law from the perspective of blood relationship, the smart Han Wangran did not show any of the prestige that his brother-in-law should have, but instead seemed a little humble.

King Han did not think that as a monarch, there was anything worthy of criticism that he showed humility towards another monarch, which was almost an unwritten rule in the Warring States Period.

In fact, the treatment that King Han was treated in Xianyang when he went to Xianyang to meet King Ji of Qin was the unforgettable humiliation for King Han.

Compared with the humiliation of King Ji of Qin, Zhao Dan, who just put his posture a little higher and even said a few words to Han Wangran, undoubtedly seemed even more favorable in Han Wangran's heart.

Zhao Dan looked at Han Wangran with a false smile on his face, but he was thinking about the comments of historians in history about this monarch.

The three words "Old Fox" by King Han should be well deserved.

In the Warring States Period in history, although South Korea was getting weaker and weaker by Qin, it finally supported it until the last ten years of the Warring States Period, which was quite surprising.

It has to be said that Han Wangran's methods played a significant role in it.

Not everyone can govern a country that is constantly declining without civil strife, and can still firmly grasp the supreme power while constantly failing.

Not only that, the King of Han even sent a super spy like Zheng State in the era of Qin Shihuang, who wanted to use the Zheng State Canal to drag down Qin State's national strength.

It’s a pity that the wise Qin Shihuang and the powerful Qin State made all Han Wangran’s plans vain.

Obviously, this old fox is not cunning enough.

Later historians mostly criticized the monarch for being short-sighted, only knew how to use small tricks, valued the small profits in front of him, ignored the construction of the country, and just pleasing Qin without knowing to unite the other five countries, etc.

The reason why Zhao Dan summoned Han Wangran today was because of this shortcoming.

Zhao Dan smiled and said to King Han: "King Han, please come here to meet today. In fact, there is a good thing to tell King Han."

"Good thing?" Han Wangran showed a curious smile on his face and said to Zhao Dan: "Please ask King Zhao Mingyan, what good thing is it?"

Zhao Dan smiled and spoke to Han Wangran in front of him, "Does Han Wang hope Yiyang City will return to South Korea?"

"Yiyang?" Han Wangran was stunned at first when he heard this, and then his eyes immediately lit up. He almost couldn't wait to say to Zhao Dan: "Is there a way for King Zhao to order King Qin to return Yiyang City to South Korea?"

It’s not that King Han of Han is so out of control. It’s really that the city of Yiyang City is too important for South Korea.

The reason why South Korea was able to stand among the seven heroes throughout the Warring States Period was that Yiyang City played a very important role in it.

Yiyang City is not only the largest iron ore in South Korea, but also the largest smelting base and weapon manufacturing place in South Korea.

It is precisely because of the continuous production of soldiers, armor and arrows in Yiyang City that Korean soldiers were praised by Su Qin as "being strong armor, strong crossbows, and sharp swords, and one person is a hundred."

After losing Yiyang City, South Korea's military power was greatly weakened and has not been fully recovered so far.

Therefore, King Han really hopes that Yiyang City can return to Korea.

Although the Korean craftsmen in Yiyang City were all kidnapped by the Qin people after the city was broken, after all, the Korean craftsmen were not all concentrated in Yiyang City.

After so many years of re-training, South Korea has already had a new generation of craftsmen, and what they lack is a material base and production center like Yiyang.

But if Yiyang City can return to South Korea, then Han Wangran feels that he should be able to restore South Korea's production level to its peak in a short period of time.

This is undoubtedly a very important improvement for the combat effectiveness of the South Korean army.

In addition, Yiyang City also plays a very important role in geographical strategy for South Korea.

This city is located in the east of the Qin Dynasty's Wuhan Passage, and is the best fortress used by the Koreans to resist the Qin Dynasty's eastward advance.

If Yiyang City was still in the hands of the Koreans two years ago, then the Qin army would not have been able to isolate the Shangdang County of South Korea from its homeland so easily in the early stage of the Battle of Changping, nor could it have been able to threaten the South Korean capital Xinzheng so easily.

It can be said that in Han Wangran's heart, the importance of the city of Yiyang City is not even below the current capital of South Korea, Xinzheng.

It is precisely because this city is so important that people like Han Wangran, who are old fox-like, will become so excited and out of control after hearing that Yiyang City may return to South Korea.

Zhao Dan looked at Han Wangran with a smile and said to Han Wangran with great affirmation: "The King of Han is not wrong. I have indeed asked King Ji of Qin to return Yiyang City, and King Ji of Qin also agreed to this request."

Having said that, Zhao Dan paused for a moment.

What a person this King of Han is. He immediately understood what Zhao Dan meant and said to Zhao Dan: "King Zhao, if Korea can play any role in this matter, please ask King Zhao to speak directly."

Zhao Dan secretly praised the King of Han as a result, so he was no longer polite and said straight to the point: "King of Han should remember that before launching this battle in Hedong County, I promised him to the King of Han."

Han Wangran nodded and said, "Of course I remember."

Zhao Dan smiled and said, "If I remember correctly, what I promised to King Han at that time was Pingyang City."

Han Wangran nodded again to agree.

Zhao Dan said: "Now this Hedong County has been defeated by the Three Jin coalition forces, and Pingyang has long been the subject of South Korea."

Zhao Dan deliberately paused, looked at Han Wangran deeply, and said meaningfully: "What I promised to give Han Wang is Pingyang City, and this Yiyang City is not included."

Han Wangran was stunned again, with a thoughtful look on his face, as if he was beginning to understand something.

After a full moment, Han Wangran said tentatively: "So what King Zhao means is, I hope I will pay some price?"

Zhao Dan smiled and said, "King Han is indeed smart."

Regarding the two younger brothers of the Three Jin Alliance, Han and Wei, Zhao Dan has always adhered to the attitude of "I eat meat and you drink soup."

Under such an attitude, Zhao Dan could promise Anyi to Wei before the war began and Pingyang to South Korea.

After all, they are just two cities, which is completely insignificant compared to most of the Hedong County obtained by Zhao State.

But now this situation is different.

If South Korea is allowed to obtain two cities, Pingyang and Yiyang, then the Koreans will gain a little too much.

Will a powerful South Korea still be willing to be Zhao's younger brother? Obviously it is impossible.

So of course Zhao Dan would not allow such a thing to happen.

After all, Zhao and Han are allies now, but they will definitely become enemies in the future unless Zhao Dan doesn't want to unify the world.

So Zhao Dan didn't say nonsense and said directly to King Han: "If King Han wants, then Pingyang can be exchanged for Yiyang."

This is Zhao Dan’s plan.

Pingyang and Yiyang are just one word different, but they are two completely different cities.

Although they were both the former capitals of South Korea, one was in Hedong and the other was in the Central Plains, and there were hundreds of miles apart.

Zhao Dan now wants to ask King Ran to hand over Pingyang in Hedong County to Zhao State, and then the Yiyang City in the Central Plains can be returned to South Korea.

From the perspective of Zhao State, after doing so, most of the entire Hedong County belonged to Zhao State, and only Anyi was from Wei State, which was better than the situation where both Han and Wei countries had enclaves in Hedong County before.

From the perspective of Koreans, it should be acceptable to use Yiyang to exchange Pingyang. After all, Yiyang is much more important than Pingyang.

This proposal was not something Zhao Dan had come up with for a moment, but had already discussed it with the ministers of Zhao State.

It was precisely under such considerations that Zhao Dan specially proposed the request to ced Yiyang in the negotiations with King Ji of Qin.

In general, Zhao Dan felt that this matter was very beneficial to South Korea or Zhao State.

Win-win.

Of course, there will be winners and losers. There is actually only one country that has been damaged in this matter, that is, Qin State, which cedes Yiyang City for nothing.

So Zhao Dan felt that Han Wangran should agree to this condition.

Zhao Dan guessed it right.

After pondering for a while, King Han raised his head and said to Zhao Dan very decisively: "Since that's the case, then I am willing to trade Pingyang City for Yiyang City!"
Chapter completed!