Guo Kai, under the escort of several dead soldiers, galloped wildly, and glanced back at the Taihang Mountains that were gradually moving away behind him, and his mood was very happy.

To be honest, Guo Kai actually hates Taihang Mountain very much.

This majestic mountain range blocked the huge Zhao State from south to north, causing a lot of trouble for Guo Kai's iron business.

If it weren't for the steep and difficult road of Taihang Mountain, Guo Kai felt that the money he had earned over the years would have at least doubled or tripled.

But to be honest, Guo Kai actually doesn't care too much about the two- or three-fold money gap, after all, to the point where Guo Kai is a top wealthy businessman in the mainland, no matter how much money he has, it's actually just a number for Guo Kai.

After having money that can be said to be inexhaustible, what Guo Kai hopes to get more is status.

Who has the most status in this day and age?

That is, of course, the ruling clan among the four peoples of "Shinong, Industry and Commerce".

But it is not enough to just become a scholar, after all, the scholar clan is also divided into two types: the scholar of the poor family and the nobleman of the high family.

You must know that the Guo family did not develop from Guo Kai's generation, in fact, Guo Kai's grandfather Guo Zong was the one who made the Guo family really gain momentum, and Guo Zong was also a famous rich man in the mainland decades ago.

After three generations of hard work, the Guo family finally got the title of a doctor in Guo Kai's generation, barely enough to reach the side of the nobles of the high gate.

But that's about it.

Speaking of which, the title of the doctor was obtained by Guo Kai according to the method of exchanging grain for the title when Handan was besieged, and he went through Zhao Bao's back door.

All in all, this road to the rank of knight is very difficult, very difficult.

So Guo Kai gradually got a little tired of it, and the dissatisfaction in his heart was slowly growing.

In Guo Kai's view, as a huge rich man in Zhao State, he has to pay a large amount of business taxes to the Zhao State government every year, and he has to contribute a lot of income and Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao, who are backers, and then he has to look at other people's faces, and he is called around like a pug running errands.

No one is happy about this.

What made Guo Kai even more dissatisfied with Zhao Guo was that due to the start of the Datong iron mine and smelter, the Guo family's iron business had begun to be affected, and this influence had increased with the continuous expansion of the official smelter's output.

Guo Kai had entered the official smelter of the Zhao State, so he also knew very well that the iron produced in the official smelter was of better quality and more durable than his own iron.

The Guo family's iron tools can generally only be used for one to two years, which is Guo Kai's death order to his own iron workshop in pursuit of profits.

If the quality of the ironware is very good and it can't be replaced in ten or eight years, how can the sales of Guojia ironware be guaranteed?

But the problem is that the iron tools that are now officially sold and leased from the Zhao State Smelter are exactly the kind of iron tools that are of good quality and can be used for ten or eight years.

The iron of the Guo family has no competitiveness in front of the official iron at all.

If this continues for a few more years, the Guo family's iron tools may have to go from almost monopolizing Zhao Guomin to being completely crushed by official iron tools.

Cutting off one's wealth is like killing one's parents.

Zhao Guo officially cut off Guo Kai's financial route, and for Guo Kai, this is the revenge of killing his father.

Of course, this revenge must be avenged.

So when the Qin spy appeared in front of Guo Kai, Guo Kai and the Qin people almost hit it off.

Guo Kai secretly smuggled Zhao's weapons and betrayed Zhao's intelligence to the Qin people.

In return, the Qin people would allow the Guo family to set up shop in the Qin state and give certain concessions.

In addition, the people of Qin also put forward a condition that made Guo Kai excited.

The Qin people wanted to get their hands on the secret recipe and how to build armored cavalry equipment.

If Guo Kai can get one of the recipes or casting methods, then the King of Qin will make Guo Kai the emperor.

If Guo Kai can get both, then King Qin is willing to give Guo Kai the crown!

This is a feudal king!

Compared with this title, wealth is a fart, and the country is a fart!

In order to achieve this matter, Guo Kai has been secretly active for several years.

Laying eyeliner in the supervision and guarding and buying off the smelter's principal Mi Mo are all Guo Kai's preparations for this.

Judging from the past few years, everything has been very smooth.

Guo Kai's covert smuggling was not noticed by anyone under the protection of the guards insider, and at the same time, Mu Mo also promised to hand over a craftsman who was familiar with the steelmaking method.

Guo Kai knew very well that all craftsmen who could master the secrets of the steelmaking method would basically participate in the casting of armored cavalry equipment.

As long as you get a craftsman who has participated in the casting of armored cavalry equipment, then everything about armored cavalry will be mastered?

In this way, the position of the king of the Qin State is close at hand!

Although it is said that the Qin State has been beaten a little miserably by the Zhao State over the years, it doesn't matter, after thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi, who dares to say that Zhao State can always be strong?

Anyway, in the past few hundred years, no country has ever been able to remain strong and prosperous, and Guo Kai feels that Zhao must be the same, and it will definitely flourish and decline.

Besides, the reason why the Qin State suffered a loss also had a lot to do with the fact that it had no armored cavalry. Once the Qin State also had armored cavalry, the situation was different.

Maybe the counterattack of the Qin State started with the formula and casting method of this armored cavalry presented by Guo Kai.

In this case, Guo Kai is an out-and-out hero!

A beautiful light is just around the corner.

But on the eve of this dawn, the unexpected happened.

Mao Sui suddenly led a large number of guards to surround Guo's mansion and threatened to capture Guo Kai alive, almost making Guo Kai's efforts fall short.

Fortunately, Zhao Bao, a fool, came to the rescue in time, giving Guo Kai the opportunity to escape from the encirclement and leave Handan unknowingly.

After leaving Handan, Guo Kai went north non-stop, with only one goal, that is, Datong Smelter.

If you simply want to hide, then Guo Kai only needs to hide in Taihang Mountain, and it will be no problem to hide for decades.

But Guo Kai has not given up yet, because there is still hope for his road to feudalism.

As long as he can get to the smelter in time before anyone from Handan comes, then Guo Kai still has hope to get the craftsmen in his hands.

The smelter is right in front of you.

After five days and six nights of traveling, Guo Kai finally came to the smelter at dusk, and came to the front of the top person in charge of the smelter, Mi Mo.

Mi Mo was obviously a little surprised by Guo Kai's appearance, and his surprise was accompanied by obvious impatience.

It was still that quiet little valley, still in that quiet little pavilion, and Miao Mo said to Guo Kai: "Didn't I already tell you?" The craftsmen you need will have to wait a little longer! ”

Guo Kai, who was in the dust, smiled slightly, and quietly raised the wine lord in his hand: "Brother Mu Moshi, I'm afraid I don't have so much time left." ”

Several screams suddenly rang out from all sides of the valley.

A moment later, several of the heads of the valley guards were thrown in front of Mumo, and a long sword with blood on its edge also drove to Mimo's neck.

Guo Kai smiled and drank all the wine, and then said, "Brother Mu Moshi, maybe we should go to the lucky craftsman now." I heard that Lingzi Belly Zhen, a craftsman of the Mo family, had arrived at the smelter a few days ago, and in my opinion, this person should be a good candidate. ”

Guo Kai felt that he should not come to Jitai, but he forgot one sentence, that is, "Blessing, disaster depends." ”