Chapter 221 "Supporting" the development of the Xiongnu, Da Qin's "righteousness" is obligatory
How can a country be so stupid as to start a war with others and notify the other party first? It must have been a surprise attack!
Moreover, whoever is full and goes to war with Da Qin, even if these countries in the north, Fuyu, Donghu, and the Xiongnu join forces, they may not be able to fight Da Qin.
After listening to Jiao Li’s explanation, Touman and the leaders also had some understanding of the responsibilities of the embassy. To put it bluntly, they represented their respective countries and were stationed in each other’s place. If anything related to the two countries happened, If you cannot contact the emperor or chanyu of the other party for a while, you can discuss the matter with the ambassador of the other party first.
Tou Man said: "So, according to the envoy's wishes, don't we also want to send envoys and set up embassies in Daqin?"
This aroused the interest of the leaders. For them, the embassy could not only be used for diplomatic relations between the Xiongnu and Qin, but also for private work, such as using the embassy as a channel to sell some Xiongnu goods to the Qin people or purchase Qin people. thing.
Jiao Li said: "Of course it should be. When the Xiongnu establishes diplomatic relations with the Qin Dynasty, do you mean not to set up an embassy? In the future, the Qin Dynasty and the Xiongnu will have close contacts and exchanges will become more frequent. There will definitely be matters that need to be handled by the embassy."
"Like the Qin people committing crimes in the territory of the Xiongnu, the Xiongnu When people commit crimes in the territory of Da Qin, how should their crimes be judged and how should they be punished? If the people of Qin encounter difficulties in the territory of the Xiongnu, they can also turn to the embassy for help. "
Touman and the leaders nodded. It seems that the role of this embassy is indeed not small, and the Huns also need to set up one in Qin.
Jiao Li added: "In addition to writing and literacy, Da Qin will also provide support to the Xiongnu in other aspects so that the Xiongnu can develop as quickly as possible, such as textiles, planting, construction, medical care, wine making, water conservancy..."
Jiao Li talked about many projects that Da Qin wanted to support the Xiongnu. Although he was not very interested in some of them, some of them were of great use, such as medical treatment. The Xiongnu had much less medical care and medicine than Da Qin.
It is a pity that the Qin people did not have the method of smelting and making weapons, nor did they have the technology of making salt, but think about it, they themselves would not be able to teach these to others.
Let others use the smelting method you taught to forge excellent weapons, and then ride a war horse to attack you? And the method of making salt is of great benefit to the world, how can it be easily given to others?
But the Qin people still provided too many support projects, which made Touman and the leaders have the question again: Why do the Qin people help them like this? Do you really think of them as brothers?
In fact, these projects were carefully considered by Li Nian and decided after discussions with the First Emperor. On the premise of not affecting the Qin Dynasty, limited support for the Xiongnu would allow the Xiongnu to develop a little. , but it will not allow the Huns to develop too much.
It will not be like during the Cold War, when Yingjiang and Mao Xiong supported their younger brother at all costs, providing money and people in exchange for their efforts. Although Daqin sent people to support, the Huns were responsible for providing security, food and accommodation, and the real construction had to be done by the Huns themselves. .
This can also allocate the Xiongnu's power to production and construction, consume the Xiongnu's manpower and material resources, and prevent them from having evil intentions towards Da Qin.
And Li Nian still had the idea of letting people find out the situation of the Huns, such as terrain, mineral deposits, customs and conflicts between various tribes, so as to pave the way for future governance of the Huns.
As for whether the Xiongnu could take advantage of the wave of support from the Qin Dynasty to create a "Hongnu version of Zheng Guo Canal" story, it is almost impossible.
The situation when Zheng Guo went to Qin to build the Zheng Guo Canal was different from when Da Qin supported the Xiongnu.
At that time, Da Qin was prospering, like a young man who was already strong and was still exercising to become stronger.
Zheng Guoqu did slow down Qin's conquest of the six kingdoms, but it also made Qin work hard to cultivate his internal strength, making Qin stronger. The Xiongnu is now like an old man, lacking vitality. This wave of support designed by Li Nian may rejuvenate it, but it is more likely to accelerate its decline.
And the support projects designed by Li Nian are quite particular. There may seem to be many, but in fact there are only a few that can improve the strength of the Xiongnu, such as wine making, weaving, and planting. What to use to make wine and what to spin. , what to plant?
Only medical treatment is really useful, but this was Li Nian’s decision because he considered that if too many Xiongnu people died, a plague would break out and spread to Da Qin, and he could also harvest a wave of Huns. People's hearts, establish a good impression in the hearts of the Huns that "Qin people are kind".
Although Touman knew that the Qin people could not be completely out of good intentions, the Qin people were willing to support so much, and he was grateful: "The Qin Emperor is benevolent and righteous, and he really regards us as a country of brothers!"
Touman looks at it Zhu Jiaoli said: "Da Qin has helped us a lot, but even as brothers, we have to distinguish certain things. We cannot I only asked Da Qin to help me. Can brother Da Qin be of any use to me as a Xiongnu? "
Da Qin gave so many benefits that Tou Man felt uneasy and felt that he should reciprocate, and this was also a test. , if the Qin people directly said that they did not need the help of the Xiongnu, then it would be certain that the Qin people had something wrong in their minds.
However, Da Qin definitely has its place where it can benefit from the Huns. Jiao Li said: "Da Qin does need the help of the Huns. The Huns graze on the grassland all year round and must have a good understanding of cattle, sheep and other livestock. Chanyu Can you send a group of experienced herdsmen to my country, Daqin, to teach How to raise cattle and sheep? "
The only technicians that the Xiongnu could appreciate in the Qin Dynasty were herdsmen. They were not as good as the Da Qin in other aspects, but even in terms of raising livestock, the Qin Dynasty actually didn't think highly of them, because The Qin State originally started by grazing cattle for the Emperor of Zhou.
However, technical exchanges are possible. It is impossible to say that the Huns had unique skills in breeding cattle and horses. It would be no problem to exchange them.
Hearing Jiao Li's words, Touman and the leaders felt a little at ease. They were not afraid that the elder brother would have needs, but they were afraid that the elder brother would not have the needs.
If the eldest brother has no need, it means that you are not important to the eldest brother and can be kicked away at any time. What’s more, the eldest brother is very good to you and gives you a lot of things. He was sent to the guillotine as a scapegoat by his eldest brother.
Touman said with a smile: "This matter is easy to talk about. Since Da Qin needs it, send two thousand experienced herdsmen to Da Qin. If it is not enough, we can discuss it again."
Who are the Huns? There is a shortage of all, but there is no shortage of herdsmen. After all, the Huns have been dealing with cattle and horses since they were young, and he is the same. Even if he no longer has to herd animals himself, he still knows how to do it.
Jiao Li said: "Jiao Li thanked Shanyu on behalf of the Qin Dynasty! In addition to the above, the Qin Dynasty also hopes to open up mutual trade with the Xiongnu and set up a trade city for both parties to exchange what they have."
Finally came, many leaders Just waiting for Jiao Li to propose this, because if this matter can be achieved, they can get huge benefits from it for them to enjoy.
Jiao Li said: "'Exchanging what we have' means that each other exchanges their excess things for their own scarce things. For example, the Xiongnu has many cattle, horses and other livestock, which are lacking in the Qin Dynasty, but I, the Qin Dynasty, have brocade, colored glaze and other things. , the Xiongnu lacks it, so I can exchange the Xiongnu’s oxen and horses for my Daqin’s brocade.”
There is another chapter in the evening!
(End of this chapter)