Facing Li Shi's inquiry, Fei Yi stroked his white beard and remained silent because "Is Zhao State ready to fight against Qi State?" He really couldn't answer this question. Even Zhao He, the monarch of Zhao State, was difficult to make decisions. The only one who could make decisions was the "Zhao Master Father" currently in the Sha Dune Palace.

After Fei Yi said goodbye, Li Shi casually asked Meng Zhong: "Boy, what do you think of Fei Yi?"

Meng Zhong thought for a while and said, "Although his appearance is slightly different from that of the people in the Central Plains, his words and deeds are the same as those of the people in the Zhao..."

Li Shi was happy when he heard this and said with a smile: "I am asking you, what do you think of Feiyi before I could just use "This matter needs to be discussed for a long time" to perfunctorily ask me."

"I'm afraid this Zhao Xiang can't make the decision."

"No," Li Shi nodded, stroked his beard and pondered: "Following this situation, although King Yong of Zhao has passed the throne to Zhao He, the affairs of Zhao State seem to be under the control of King Yong of Zhao... It seems that this matter must be directly involved in King Yong of Zhao."

"But before this, Doctor Li had to ask King He of Zhao." Meng Zhong reminded.

Li Shi laughed and said, "This husband naturally knows."

The next day, with Fei Yi's recommendation, Li Shi, with Meng Zhong and Meng Wu, invited Zhao He, the new king of Zhao State.

Perhaps because Song State was an important strategic ally of Zhao State, Zhao State received Li Shi on the standard of receiving envoys from the great power, not only held a banquet at the Royal Palace of Handan, but also supplemented with vocal music.

It must be admitted that those Zhao Guolean women wearing shawls and clothes are more gentle than those of Song Guo’s women. They show their graceful figure in their lightness and softness, and they are worthy of the world’s evaluation of Zhao Guo’s beauty.

Even Li Shi, who was over 60 years old, even after appreciating the dance of those musicians, he also strodes his hands and praised them endlessly.

During this period, Meng Zhong paid more attention to Zhao He, the new king of Zhao State.

According to Meng Zhong's visual observation, the new king Zhao He seemed to be about the same age as him, about fourteen or fifteen years old, with a thin figure, beautiful eyebrows and beautiful eyes, and a gentle and elegant look.

It seemed that he had noticed Meng Zhong's gaze. Zhao Heyi turned his head to look at Meng Zhong, with a little surprise on his face. He seemed to be surprised that the "Song Envoy's entourage" who was similar to him was also qualified to sit in the palace. However, considering that the seats were arranged by the Prime Minister Fei Yi, he believed that there must be some reason for this.

In fact, what else can it be? It’s just that Fei Yi respects the two people behind Meng Zhong, namely Zhuangzi and Hui'an.

After some politeness that was not much nutrition, Li Shi asked Zhao He with a smile: "I dare to ask Zhao Jun, I wonder what you think of Qi?"

Meng Zhong saw with his own eyes that when the new king Zhao He was asked about by Li Shi, he was slightly stunned, as if he was a little surprised.

Because Meng Zhong saw with his own eyes, the new king basically did not speak easily when he met Li Shi. Just now, the old prime minister Fei Yi was greeting Li Shi from beginning to end. Now, Li Shi was suddenly asked about his attitude towards Qi, which is no wonder he was surprised.

Under Meng Zhong's attention, the new king Zhao He first turned his head to look at Fei Yi, and then asked Li Shi in a gentle voice: "I don't know what the Lord's words mean?"

Li Shi smiled and explained: "The foreign ministers have no other intentions, they just hope to continue to maintain the "Zhao and Song alliance". Therefore, I want to ask Zhao Jun's opinion on Qi. After all, your country will need to be governed by Zhao Jun in the future."

Hearing this, Meng Zhong secretly praised Li Shi as an old minister of the State of Song. Seeing that Zhao Xiangfeiyi could not ask about Zhao's attitude towards Qi now, he decided to start with Zhao He, the immature new king.

"Qi State..."

After a brief thought, Zhao He said softly: "As far as I know, Qi State is a country that poses a huge threat to both Zhao and Song dynasties..."

Hearing this, Li Shi frowned slightly.

Because he heard from Zhao He's words that it seemed that Zhao He did not have much "hate" to Qi State, which was not good.

You should know that the reason why Zhao Lord Zhao Yong wanted to unite the two countries of Song and Yan to fight against Qi was because of his hatred for Qi. After all, Qi had betrayed the alliance after the Wei Prime Minister Gongsun Yan organized a war to attack Qin, and started a war to take advantage of the situation.

However, this "hatred" did not seem to be passed on to the new king Zhao He, which made Li Shi a little worried about the stability of the Zhao-Song alliance.

So he smiled and said, "Zhao, Qi is a country that is false and evil. Do you still remember the countries that attacked Qin back then? Qi betrayed the alliance with your country and launched an unrighteous army to attack your country..."

"Doctor Li." Zhao Xiangfei Yi interrupted Li Shi's words and said with a smile: "Today is a banquet to entertain the Lord. Why should I mention the unfortunate incident that year?"

Obviously, Zhao Xiang saw Li Shi's instigation and did not want to continue this topic.

Since then, Zhao He has been listening to the conversation between Fei Yi and Li Shi quietly, and sometimes he looks thoughtful.

"It seems that this new king is still in the stage of studying national affairs..."

Meng Zhong thought to himself secretly when he saw this scene.

After the banquet, when Li Shi took Meng Zhong and Meng Wu left the Zhao Palace, he couldn't help but say: "Sure enough, Zhao Wang Yong is still controlling the national affairs of Zhao State..."

Meng Zhong shook his head and said, "I don't think so... As far as the boy saw, Fei Yi was teaching the new king with all his heart. Did Doctor Li not pay attention? Although Zhao Xiangfei Yi had been talking to you just now, when you first asked Zhao when Fei Yi did not stop him, it can be seen that he also had a face to the new king until you tried to instigate him..."

Hearing the word "inciting", Li Shi smiled awkwardly: "You can even see it."

Meng Zhong nodded and then said, "What's more important is Zhao He's attitude towards Fei Yi. From beginning to end, the new king Zhao He listened quietly to Fei Yi's conversation with you, sometimes showing a deep thought, but he was not angry or bored from beginning to end. This shows that he had a very good relationship with Fei Yi, and even had special respect for Fei Yi and was willing to obey the latter's teachings."

After listening to Meng Zhong's analysis, Li Shi nodded with approval: "You should take it carefully... But if it is true as you said, it will not be a good thing for me, Song State..."

Meng Zhong was slightly stunned, and immediately after thinking about it, he understood what Li Shi meant.

You should know that Fei Yi is one of the most trusted ministers of King Yong of Zhao. If he was really trying his best to assist and teach the new king Zhao He, it would mean that the kingship of Zhao State was gradually becoming more and more powerful from the master of Zhao to the new king Zhao He. However, the new king Zhao He seemed to have no hatred for Qi, which made people worry about the future of the Zhao-Song alliance.

"It's better to go to the Dune Palace first."

Li Shi sighed slightly.

After returning to the inn that day, Li Shi ordered everyone to pack their luggage and prepare to go to the Sand Dune Palace.

Commander Zhao Yi reported to Zhao Xiangfeiyi's intentions, but the latter did not stop him, but instead sent a team of Zhao soldiers to escort him.

These Zhao soldiers are not comparable to those sent by Gangping City. They are said to be soldiers under the command of the royal palace guard "Xinqi" in Handan City, and they all look quite elite.

It is worth mentioning that in this team of Zhao Shu, there were about twenty cavalrymen.

Cavalry is a new soldier that was born after the implementation of "Hu Clothing and Cavalry". Previously, there was no such single-person and single-horse combat in the entire Central Plains. In general, infantry organization with "chariots" as the core was still adopted. So when I saw the cavalry of Zhao for the first time today, it looked like Menghu, Mengsui, Wuying and others, with their eyes wide open, with an incredible look on their faces.

Even Meng Wu, the young leader of the Meng family, looked at the cavalry and secretly praised him.

It is no wonder that there are no saddles and stirrups in this era, so when cavalry riding, they have to lie on the horse's back and completely use the power of their legs to clamp the horse's belly, which makes riding a horse a very hard and painful thing.

For example, the twenty Zhao cavalrymen who escorted Li Shi, after riding for about an hour, they staggered one by one while resting, obviously because their hips were sore that they were worn by the horse's back, and even numb.

"Why did Zhao State use cavalry to replace combat chariots?" Meng Hu asked in confusion, because in his opinion, such cavalry is simply useless, and how can the chariots be powerful?

It seemed that when he heard Meng Hu's words, the twenty Zhao cavalrymen all laughed, which made Meng Hu think that he was ridiculed and very angry.

Then, a figure who seemed to be the captain came over and explained: "Little brother, we are not laughing at you, but because of what you said... Once upon a time, the people of Zhao also thought that the chariot was unparalleled, but when fighting against the Hu Rong in the north, the chariot of our Zhao State was defeated by the Hu cavalry and was defeated repeatedly. However, since the master's father implemented the Hu uniform reform, our country of Zhao State used cavalry to fight against the Hu cavalry, and won one after another and captured a huge territory in the north..."

"I don't believe it." Meng Hu looked surprised and suspicious.

Even Mengwu, Mengsui, Wuying, Xiang Liao and others were unbelievable.

It is no wonder that in the current Central Plains, people still think that chariots are invincible, so when all countries boast, they often call themselves a country of thousands of cycling to express their own strength - just like Wang Yan of Song called Song the "Five Thousand cyclings of Song".

As a newly born new soldier, the powerful potential of cavalry has not yet been recognized by the world.

Only Meng Zhong was secretly paying attention to the movements of the cavalry in Zhao State. He focused his eyes on the buttocks of the cavalry when riding and their hanging right feet, thinking about something.

The Dune Palace is located in the area of ​​the "Julu" city of Zhao State, on the west bank of the "Zhang River" and about 150 miles from Handan. Zhao Yong, the master father of Zhao State, currently lives here, commanding the war between Zhao State and Zhongshan State.

On the fifth day of the sixth month, the envoy of Song State Li Shi and Meng Zhong and others arrived at the sand dune.

Even Meng Zhong couldn't help but feel a little excited. After all, Zhao's father Zhao Yong was a rare hero in this world.
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