Great Qin Emperor

Chapter 41

After pondering for a while, Zhou Chong clasped his fists and said: "Zhou Chong is not talented, and Zhou Chong is very grateful to be recognized by adults. Zhou Chong is a mountain citizen, a person in the market, who has no talent and no virtue, and dare not occupy a high position."

Cao Bo lightly tapped the table, and said regretfully: "Mr. Zhou is so talented, it would be a pity if he didn't contribute to our great Qin. If nothing else, the words that Mr. Zhou just reminded Cao are not something ordinary people can say." It can be seen that Mr. really has extraordinary talent. Mr. Cao is noble and does not want to be entangled in common affairs, Cao can understand, but it is a pity that Mr. Cao's talent is buried, Mr. Cao doesn't know how to flatter, please think twice."

"How clever am I, but I just stated the laws of history. If you say it like this, those historians who are proficient in history, are all great talents, and everyone can occupy a high position?" Zhou Chong said in the I didn't agree with Cao Bo's point of view, and said with a smile: "Thanks to my lord for not giving up, Zhou Chong is so highly regarded. Zhou Chong is lucky in three lives. Everyone has his own ambitions, and please don't force Zhou Chong to do what he doesn't want to do."

King Qin invited Zhou Chong to be an official, but Zhou Chong declined politely. Cao Bo naturally would not accept the invitation again, for one reason: although Qin Shihuang was able to achieve a generation of hegemony, it is difficult for future generations to judge him. It is still difficult to determine the fortune and misfortune of being his official, so Zhou Chong does not want to be an official.

However, Zhou Chong was very determined to be an official, and it seemed that he could not be persuaded. Cao Bo sighed and said, "It's a pity that Mr. Zhou's talent has been buried!" After a pause, he said, "Perhaps Mr. Zhou's talent is not If I, Cao, can please move, Cao will report this matter to the king, and the king will make a decision."

"It's best for you to tell the king of Qin. I have already refused once. He won't ask me to be an official anymore. This matter is easy to handle." Zhou Chong was secretly happy in his heart, clasped his fists and said: "Zhou Chong also invites your lord Don't embarrass Zhou Chong, otherwise Zhou Chong will pass away from now on."

Cao Bo was taken aback, almost stood up, and asked, "What do you want, sir?"

"The world is disturbed, but there is a piece of pure land, Zhou Chong can always find it." Zhou Chong played charades with him.

Cao Bo knew that he couldn't force it anymore, so he patted his forehead and said, "Sir, you are so noble, Cao Mou dares not to do it. If you don't think Cao Mou is not talented, Cao Mou would like to be friends with you. I don't know if you like Cao Mou ?”

An official like him is much cuter than the modern officials that Zhou Chong has seen, and it would be nice to be friends with him. Zhou Chong said happily, "If that's the case, Zhou Chong dare not follow orders."

Cao Bo was overjoyed, and said: "Brother Zhou fell in love with me wrongly, Cao Bo is very grateful, Cao Bo thank you here."

The two chatted speculatively, tasting wine and chatting for a while before Cao Bo left.

As soon as Cao Bo left, Wei Liao's master and apprentice came back. The master and apprentice gave a thumbs up, Wei Liao praised: "Brother Zhou is so noble, Liaozi is eager to enter the world, brother Zhou laughed."

Wang Ao also praised: "Brother Zhou's trip, Xu You is nothing more than this."

Zhou Chong pointed to the master and the apprentice and said with a smile: "I've finished telling you all the good things, am I so noble?" What I thought in my heart was: "Do you know what I did in the world I came to? Bribing officials I have done a lot of things, you will definitely be surprised when you know."

Wang Ao said with a smile: "Brother Zhou is too modest. Brother Zhou is so broad-minded, which is really admirable."

Zhou Chong waved his hands and said, "Brother Wang, I'm overwhelmed by the award. Who is the real big-hearted person to give up Mr. Liaozi? Mr. Liaozi's ambition is to help the world and assist Mingjun to end hundreds of years of melee. This is truly worthy of praise." , I'm just doing my own thing, compared to Mr. Liaozi's benevolence, it's not worth mentioning at all, Zhou Chong should be the one who feels ashamed."

Wei Liao clasped his fists together and said: "Brother Zhou helped Liaozi with a wish, and Liaozi thanked Brother Zhou here. If it weren't for the disturbance of the world, there would be no peace for hundreds of years, and Liaozi didn't want to be in the world of mortals. He would like to be with Brother Zhou." Wouldn't it be nice for such an expert to swim leisurely in the forest and springs?"

This is not just a casual remark. In ancient China, there were not many people who made great achievements and were able to retire bravely. The famous ones are Sun Wu, Sun Bin, Wei Liao and others.As for Zhang Liang and Chi Songyou, which are widely spread in later generations, it is purely nonsense.

Knowing that his words were not fake, Zhou Chong said with a smile: "Sir, this kind of heart is the real benevolence and righteousness. Zhou Chong dare not do a little bit for Mr. Cao. I am afraid that his intentions will be hard to say when Mr. Cao is gone. It is only a matter of saying that he is a friend with Zhou Chong." It's just for Brother Wei, please make preparations early."

Wei Liao nodded and said: "This lord of Internal History is a clean and honest official, and he is a capable official. It's good to be friends with him. However, the troubles he caused may not only be this, but also more troublesome things. , we have to prepare early."

What he said was a little hard to understand, Zhou Chong asked in a daze: "Brother Wei's words are too profound, Zhou Chong can't understand, can you explain clearly, Brother Wei?"

Wei Liao stroked his beard and said with a smile, "It's not that Wei Liao doesn't want to talk about it, it's that we will see the outcome in a few days, and Brother Zhou will understand."

Zhou Chong knew that an expert like him would not say anything, so he had no choice but to refrain from asking.

As Wei Liao said, after only three days, trouble will come.To say it was troublesome, just considering Zhou Chong's situation at that time, if it was in modern society, it would be the God of Wealth visiting.Because the government near Xianyang sent people to Sibaozhai to purchase paper and pens, and after inquiring, they found out that Cao Bo, the master of internal history, recommended it to them.

The reason why Cao Bo recommended it is that Sibaozhai’s pen and paper are easy to use and can improve efficiency.This is a real thing. Those officials who don't want to improve their efficiency and improve their political achievements?Ever since, batch after batch of purchasers appeared in front of the gate of Sibao Zhai.

Doing business with the government is very different from doing business with ordinary people. You can shirk when doing business with ordinary people, but sometimes you can’t shirk when doing business with the government.Based on such considerations, Zhou Chong knew that the production would not be able to come, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and take the order.

Wei Liao was very active in this matter, he would always accept orders, and would never let those procurement officials return empty-handed.Zhou Chong naturally understood what he was thinking, and that was to use this opportunity to improve Qin's already good administrative efficiency. In that case, Qin would become even stronger.The strength of a country is not only reflected in the invincibility of the army, the advancement of technology, not only the wealth, but also the efficient government team.

"Brother Wei, we can't satisfy so many things, what should we do?" Looking at the orders of equal height, Zhou Chong said very depressedly: "Although our profit is small, we have finished all these orders. No way, you and I will become rich, and we can sleep in the golden gauze tent, but how can we have so much silver to do it?"

Regarding this matter, Wei Liao was not in a hurry at all, he chuckled and said: "Brother Zhou is a genius, this matter is just a matter of little effort."

Zhou Chong patted the table angrily, and said, "You put it lightly, where can I find hard silver?"

Wei Liao said with a smile: "People in the mountains and fields only love mountains and rivers, not money, so I have to trouble Brother Zhou for these mundane things."

Seeing his smiling face, Zhou Chong really had the urge to rush forward and strangle him to death. He patted his forehead and said, "There is only one way to solve the current difficulty."

(End of this chapter)