The distance from Handan to Changping is about 00 kilometers. Lorraine did anti-gravity treatment for the two horses. The principle is the same as that of the maglev train. It uses energy to change the magnetic relationship between the horses and the ground. Of course, it does not make it real. Suspended, therefore, it can only be called a weight-reducing suspended horse.
At the beginning, the two horses were not used to the sudden weight loss, but after running for a few hours, the speed gradually increased.
According to Huang Xuan's estimate, it takes about 40 kilometers in one hour, which is faster than taking a bus.
According to some people, the normal speed of a horse should be 5 kilometers per hour. Of course, famous horses are not among them. In fact, if fatigue is ignored, most horses can run a thousand miles a day - working 0 per day. Hours, running 50 miles per hour, it is completely the treatment of child labor under capitalists.
After running all night, Huang Xuan almost fell asleep on the horse, relying on Dian Wei to take care of him, so he could do it safely.
After leaving the Changping battlefield, Huang Xuan focused his attention on himself again and finally understood where the legendary inner thigh was. The burning pain made him grin suddenly.
Dian Wei also grinned and said with a smile: "I just learned to ride a horse when I was 4 years old, and it hurts here too."
The saddle is a low-waist saddle from Zhao Jun. It doesn’t even have armrests on the saddle, and there are also no stirrups. The horse equipment of this era is surprisingly crude. Some Qin soldiers even fought on smooth horses. Therefore, the horses of this era Horses are physical troop carriers, not physical tanks.
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After a day and night of pain, Huang Xuan's riding skills have improved unintentionally. At least there is no problem sitting on a saddle that swings left and right. He now thinks confidently that if he gives me a chance, he might be able to get it. An equestrian champion or something.
"Huang Xuan, we have arrived in Handan." Dian Wei was a little confused about the relationship between time and space. To be more precise, he took too many physical education classes in elementary school and had too few opportunities to take history classes. In the end, he did not understand the relationship between King Zhao and Qin Shihuang. .
Mr. Ying Zheng should be proud, Dian Wei still knows about him after all.
Along the way, Huang Xuan and Dian Wei were wearing camouflage halos (halos that distort light) for a short period of time. No matter they encountered soldiers from Qin or Zhao, they would hide without exception. Pass. After crossing the Danshui River line, we encounter villages and towns on the road that cannot be avoided, so we will do the same. There are no traffic lights or traffic jams, and even buses can travel at a considerable speed.
On the other hand, Huang Xuan originally didn't like the fatness of these two horses and their bellies as if they had drunk too much beer. Now it seems that Dian Wei Xiangma's vision was right.
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Handan's city wall is more than 15 meters high, equivalent to the height of a five-story building, and the city gate is even higher. It is 4 kilometers long from east to west and more than kilometers from north to south. It is not much larger than the towns of later generations.
There was one armored soldier in two rows guarding the side of the city wall, and more soldiers without armor stood in front of the door, checking the passing pedestrians and carriages.
These soldiers wear tops with crossed collars and right lapels, with both lapels folded over the chest. The left lapel is pressed against the right, and the left lapel is perpendicular to the right side of the chest. The coat is knee-length, the sleeves are longer than the wrist, and the cuffs are narrow. The waist is tied with a leather belt, and the collar, placket, and cuffs are all inlaid with colorful edges. The armor is composed of hundreds of fixed and movable armor pieces. There are no shoulder pads or hand guards, and he wears tight crotch trousers and short boots. It is obviously the Hufu learned by King Wuling of Zhao.
Huang Xuan had many malicious speculations. Did King Wuling of Zhao take into account that every household in Zhao could only have one set of clothes, so he even required them to prepare their own uniforms
There are only a few people passing through inside and outside the city gate. Most of them are farmers carrying burdens and fruits and vegetables. Occasionally, there are some colorful people who parade around, and they are carefully checked at the city gate. Dian Wei picked up the telescope and looked around, asking, "Why are people so small?"
"Hold it backwards."
Dian Wei made a sound, turned over the telescope, looked at it for a while, and said, "Martial law is in effect."
"how do you know?"
"It is written on the edge of the city gate. I only know these words." Dian Wei also spoke quite clearly in Mandarin.
Huang Xuan blushed immediately and was treated as illiterate by Dian Wei.
Time was running out, so he no longer tried to hide anything. He rode his horse to the city gate and said, "We are the envoys of General Zhao. We want to see the king."
"Which General Zhao?" A military officer wearing one-piece armor came out. As soon as Huang Xuan and Dian Wei appeared in the field of vision, he noticed that both of them were riding sweaty horses, and their appearance was even more serious. With Zhao's appearance, if Huang Xuan didn't come over, he would have taken someone to ask.
Looking along the city gate, except for a soldier in front of the door, the people holding halberds inside were all fifteen or sixteen years old. The sergeant checking in front of the door should also be over 40 years old. It seems that successive years of war have almost drained the country dry.
"General Zhao Kuo Zhao." Huang Xuan pretended to take a breath and said, "The military situation is urgent. You don't want your head anymore?"
The military officer obviously did not have the qualifications to examine documents, so he immediately trotted towards the city gate. After a while, a general wearing a round hat came out.
This man had a tough face and straight eyebrows. He walked up to Huang Xuan, spread his hands and said, "Where's the document?"
"Here it is." Dian Wei shouted and threw the documents peeled off the two junior high school students to him. The contents inside were all checked by Lorraine. They were nothing more than explaining the situation, shirk responsibility, and demanding It was just reinforcements without any confidential information, which fully demonstrated the weakness of Zhao Kuo's expectations for this letter.
After checking the fire poke, the man nodded and said: "Get off the horse first, then follow me into the palace."
There are three cities in Handan. The east city was there before Zhao State established its capital, and the royal city is in the west.
In some respects, the Zhao State of this era was somewhat similar to Russia in later generations. The huge Jin State was the only country that could compete with the Qin State, and it was also one of the two tiers of the world at that time. However, with the division of the three Jin Dynasties, this country changed dramatically overnight and became the independent three kingdoms of Han, Wei, and Zhao, just like the disintegration of the Soviet Union. , since then, except Zhao State, it has been able to confront Qin State on the frontal battlefield. The war against Qin has been a series of consecutive defeats. The six heroes of the Warring States Period were helplessly watching the expansion of Qin.
Compared with the etiquette forms Huang Xuan saw on TV, the State of Zhao during the Warring States Period was obviously much simpler. The State of Lu, which advocated interests, had been wiped out. By the time people remembered Kong Laoer, it was already 2000 years later. .
An official wearing a short robe with narrow sleeves came out of the palace gate first. He looked at Huang Xuan and then at Dian Wei before saying, "I am Zhao Xin, the internal historian. What are your surnames? Please tell me." Come on." He sighed and sat down.
In Huang Xuan's view, this kind of behavior is simply a bit incomprehensible. Even for a bloated institution like Huang's Fund, if it encounters a problem worth tens of millions of dollars, the response time will not exceed two hours, and this guy , actually just let Zhao Jun's hundreds of thousands of soldiers go, and still "tell them in detail."
Speaking of which, Huang Xuan had misunderstood him. In addition to his slow personality, the main reason why Zhao Xin asked Huang Xuan to elaborate was because he was worried that he had misunderstood the joints and was even incoherent. This is not a modern era with compulsory education. Most of the soldiers and farmers are illiterate and do not always speak clearly. Since Zhao Jun was surrounded, he was the only messenger, and the rest were mostly deserters. After a while, King Zhao was going to summon him. Before that, he had to inform his colleagues and the king of everything. As ministers, they had to consider many issues.
Huang Xuan stretched his waist first, and then said under Zhao Xin's gaze: "I am a businessman from Qi State. I originally did some small business in Zhao Jun's camp. This time I broke out from Changping with a group of cavalry. The two messengers Xiaoxiao was seriously injured and died. I am not talented, so I sent a letter to you."
Huang Xuan's demeanor and way of speaking were not that of a sergeant, and with Lorraine helping to translate, the Warring States Period did not discriminate against businessmen. Zhao Xin could easily regard him as a well-educated scholar, and he spoke more politely. , said: "My king will summon you later. You only need to talk about General Zhao Kuo's orders and the contents of the documents. Don't say much else. Ask whatever you ask and answer whatever you ask. Do you understand? Pay attention to understanding..."
Huang Xuan just sneered secretly at his instructions.
Zhao Xin walked back to the palace step by step, while Huang Xuan pretended to close his eyes and rest his mind and said: "Lorraine, what will happen if I use the biomagnetic card here." The biomagnetic card is exactly what travelers got in the Three Kingdoms. Business cards are said to be able to communicate between different dimensions.
"This will expose your location to the owner of the magnetic card, and while wasting energy, in theory, the other party can also enter this plane. The biomagnetic card is equivalent to a simple pass key."
"Theoretically?" Huang Xuan knew that the magnetic card would reveal its location, so he didn't use it on P11.
"Forcing a plane to open not only consumes a lot of energy, but I will also try to stop it, but this is not a guarantee, well, it is just like your computer's firewall."
"I understand." Huang Xuan nodded and said, "Then there will be no problem in communicating with Lu Min.
"If you decide, of course, there will be considerable risks in doing so."
"It won't be better than two more plane trips." Huang Xuan hummed: "If he really wants to force his way here, we will go home directly."
"OK."
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After waiting for more than half an hour, several well-dressed Zhao soldiers came over. The leader was tall and strong, and said with a cold face: "Follow me."
Dian Wei followed Huang Xuan and tried to follow him, but the man said with a straight face, "He's the only one." Dian Wei stared at him with fear. The man shook his body, but still refused to let go. The two of them were like It's compared to internal strength.
Huang Xuan didn't want to waste time, so he comforted Dian Wei and followed him, waving his hands. If Zhang Xinyi were here, she would definitely educate him: "Don't act like a gangster."
The palace is not too big. The earliest and most impressive palace in Chinese history, Afang Palace, only came into being after Qin Shihuang demolished it.
There were three characters written on the door of the palace that Huang Xuan could not understand. Huang Xuan guessed: "The one on the far left is probably the word 'Palace'.
The leading sergeant whispered: "Kneel down."
Of course Huang Xuan would not kneel, but sneered and looked up at the head of the palace. There were only three steps here. The ministers were also kneeling there, but not in the direction of their King Zhao. Wearing a small table.
This sneer seemed to anger the sergeant. Before he could make a move, the person at the head of the palace said, "No need to be polite. Are you a businessman from Qi?"
His voice was aggravated, and he was pretending to be solemn. Huang Xuan also spoke like this in the company. He couldn't help but smile knowingly and said: "Does King Zhao really believe that I am a businessman?"
Zhao Xin, who was sitting next to him, suddenly had a stiff look on his face, and everyone present looked ugly. Of course, in this era, there was no such thing as a crime of misconduct before the emperor, but in terms of appearance, he always looked bad.
"Lorraine, let's bring some light." Huang Xuan laughed, took out a small pistol from the plane passage, played with it, and said: "Let me introduce you again, my name is Huang Xuan, and I am here to meet with your country this time. Talk about a deal."
Lorraine placed a bio-light ball over the main hall, which was like an enhanced version of fireflies gathering together. Except for the slight yellowing, the light was much brighter than incandescent lamps. This is also a new product of the base. Since the base has increased its energy, Mr. Lorraine gradually broke away from the first series of questions, and there were always some gadgets coming out.
Huang Xuan didn't have much interest in this. As the eldest grandson of the Huang family, the education he received since childhood was to learn how to use it, not how to make it. If Lorraine has a biological light ball, then use it. If not, He can also use energy to emit light, or other methods, as long as the purpose is achieved.
This move immediately stopped the fierce guards and also calmed the Zhao monarchs and ministers present.
Huang Xuan looked at King Zhao again, but he was a young man with a face as good as a jade. He seemed to be well-kept. His face was stern, as if his father had just died. His eyes wandered towards Huang Xuan for a moment. , drifted toward the ball of light for a while, and then looked at the courtiers around him.
It was Zhao Xin who spoke first, saying, "Who are you?"
Huang Xuan's eyebrows twitched and he said: "Let's talk about the deal. 400,000 lives, you see what the price is." (To be continued)