Chapter 343 Liu Ji envoys Wusun, Buzi of the Western Regions
What Touman thought was of course that the Qin army would arrive when the time came, and that would not come when the time came. He would help them with regular and peaceful means, but he could not say that.
Seeing that Chen Ping kicked the problem back, Touman fell into thinking again.
The Qin army cannot be sent too early, because the Qin army comes too early, which will not only consume more food, grass and supplies, but also make them frightened. After all, the 60,000 Qin troops are stationed in their Huns, or the Qin army led by Wang Ben, so how can we not worry?
But it is impossible for the Qin Dynasty to send troops too late. First, the Qin Dynasty sent troops too late. If the Donghu and Yuezhi suddenly attacked them, they might not be able to support them in time.
Second, will it make Big Brother Daqin feel that they are not sincere, and they want to get Big Brother help, but they are so careful about Big Brother?
After a while, Touman looked at Chen Ping and replied, "But when the troops were sent in Xia, General Wang Ben led his army over, and all the food and supplies were supplied by us. What do the special envoys think?"
Chen Ping nodded and said, "It is based on Shanyu's intention. However, if Ping cannot completely decide this matter, Ping will report it to His Majesty the Emperor and inform General Wang Ben."
Touman said, "Then there will be a special envoy!"
After attending the special banquet held by Touman, it was not too late. Chen Ping followed Jiaoli to return to the Qin Embassy in the Huns. On the way, he saw a group of Huns gathering somewhere, and there seemed to be several Qin people among the crowd.
Chen Ping asked curiously: "What's wrong here? Why are so many Huns gathering?"
Jiaoli glanced at it and smiled, "That is the merchants from Daqin who are going to hire helpers, and these Huns are here to choose."
Before Chen Ping could ask again, Jiao Li said again: "He worked hard and his wages were not high. Merchants from Daqin liked to hire them. Some small Xiongnu tribe leaders even sent their tribe members and slaves to be hired!"
After hearing this, Chen Ping thought for a moment and immediately understood: "Do they want to earn Daqin's coins in this way?"
"It is precisely because some tribes are too small and have a small population, and cannot make money like Touman and the leaders of the big tribes. They are also greedy for the various wealth of the Qin Dynasty. If they want to make money from the Qin Dynasty, they can only use people to accept employment."
The Qin and the Huns formally established diplomatic relations and set up a trade city, allowing merchants from both sides to trade. It seemed fair and benefited the Huns, but it was actually very unfair.
Because the production capacity of the two sides is different, the types and quality of goods they own are also different, and the trade is unequal, the wealth of the Huns was harvested by the Qin Dynasty.
This unequal trade had a great impact on the Huns, and the profits of trade with the Qin Dynasty were occupied by Touman and the leaders of the tribe, resulting in the small tribes being able to divide the soup, and there was nothing in the civilians and slaves.
So they became Touman and the leaders of the large tribe were full of energy, while the small tribes and civilians still lived a hard life, even worse than before.
Seeing that the big men used the things from the Qin Dynasty, the things from the Qin Dynasty were really good, how could the small tribes and civilians of the Huns not be greedy?
However, the main channels for making money from Daqin were controlled by Touman and the tribe. How should they make money from Daqin and then buy the goods they want?
They had no choice but to accept the employment of Daqin merchants, work for Daqin merchants, and get paid.
Looking at the gathering of Huns, Chen Ping said without saying a word, Jiao Li said again: "At the beginning of this year, a tribal leader also proposed a very interesting idea: he wanted to rent two thousand Huns to help the Qin Dynasty."
Chen Ping understood what this was when he thought about it, and his expression became strange. He sent these two thousand Huns to Daqin, and must have gone to Daqin to help with the work, earning the small money of Daqin, and then the money he earned went to the pockets of the tribe leader and became the money for the tribe leader to buy the goods of Daqin to enjoy.
Chen Ping said: "This proposal was not passed?"
Jiao Li smiled and said, "On the surface, it's not passed, but in the dark, some people will always secretly send people to Daqin. After all, this way of making money by just using people will definitely make some people excited!"
Chen Ping said: "No wonder I found that more Xiongnu people in Xianyang have become increasingly popular in recent times, not only Xianyang, but also towns near Xianyang! But if they do this, the Xiongnu will definitely have serious problems..."
There are many problems: like the trade inequality between the Qin Dynasty and the Huns. The Huns are actually the party whose interests are damaged, while Touman and others have not been damaged, but they seem to have made a profit. So who has transferred the damaged interests to?
People like Touman and others control the profits of the trade with the Qin Dynasty. Those small tribes and the Hun civilians will gradually accumulate dissatisfaction. Why can they make a lot of money from the Qin people at will and buy the goods of the Qin people to enjoy, but they have to work hard for a long time to afford one?
It’s easy to send the Huns to work in the Qin Dynasty to earn rewards, but will the Huns who come to the Qin Dynasty still want to go back?
The people who sent the Xiongnu civilians and slaves were sent. As the bottom class, their lives in the Xiongnu were not very good. If they felt that they were doing well in the Great Qin Dynasty, they could feel the light of the light of the Great Qin Dynasty...
It was Li Nian who proposed to establish diplomatic relations between the Qin and the Huns, and it was Li Nian who suggested to trade with the Qin and the Huns and set up a trade city. Chen Ping thought to himself: "Young master is good at conquering directly through military affairs, but dismantling the Huns from other aspects, making it the flesh in the mouth of the Qin! ’
Although it has only been a year, the Huns have changed towards the shape of the Qin Dynasty. This is to raise fruits and then be picked by the Qin Dynasty after they ripen automatically. Today, it seems that the funding for the Huns will be with the Qin Dynasty.
This method will not make the Huns resist violently, but will make them feel very acknowledged when they are picked up by the Qin Dynasty, and they feel that it is good to be annexed by the Qin Dynasty. Anyway, we are all brothers and family.
When Chen Ping was on the Huns again, there were also envoys from the Qin Dynasty in the Western Regions. The people who were on the Wusun Kingdom, which sent envoys to celebrate the First Emperor during the New Year. The people who were on the mission were Liu Ji, Zhou Bo and others.
After a year of observation, the First Emperor released Liu Ji because he felt that instead of letting this guy take charge of the local area, it would be better to let him go to the four directions as an envoy, so that he could play to Liu Ji's greatest strengths.
This time, I sent Liu Ji to the Wusun Kingdom to try the waters and see how his diplomatic missions were. If Liu Ji really did a good job, maybe the first person in the Qin Dynasty, the Western Regions Protector would fall on Liu Ji.
When the First Emperor said this to Li Nian, Li Nian then understood the First Emperor's thought: I will prevent your Han from appearing again, and you, Liu Ji, will not become an emperor in this life, so I will give you the first Great Qin Dynasty to serve as the Western Regions Protector, and leave your name in history!
In fact, the First Emperor felt that he had taken away Liu Ji's future, so he wanted to make some compensation from other places.
Under the leadership of the Wusun envoy, Liu Ji and others had arrived at the Wusun royal court. Because Wusun was nomadic as his business and lived in water and grass, this place was not a city, but a settlement of considerable size was formed from very distinctive felt tents.
Liu Ji had traveled out in his early years and had no knowledge, but he had never seen such a yurt here, which brought Liu Ji a novel and fresh feeling and excitement.
As a Qin envoy, Liu Ji arrived in a foreign country. This was hard to imagine more than a year ago. Moreover, this time he was the main mission, and he was the leader of the mission. Before he could get close to this settlement, Liu Ji saw a group of people waiting on horseback.
As he approached, Liu Ji saw that the appearance of these people had the same characteristics as that of the Wusun envoy, and the clothes he wore were the same as the Wusun envoy, but they were more gorgeous, especially the middle-aged man in the head, which was mostly decorated with gold, silver and jewelry.
Liu Ji judged in his heart: This should be the king of Wusun Kingdom, but this Wusun King is not very good. He uses pearls, jade, gold and silver to show his honor, which not only fails to show the king's demeanor, but instead appears vulgar.
But it is no wonder, how can the Wusun Kingdom, a small country in the Western Regions, understand these?
When Liu Ji and others marched to a certain distance, the middle-aged man from King Wusun came up immediately with the others and said something with a smile.
Liu Ji and others stopped and looked at the envoy of the Wusun Kingdom beside them. The envoy said, "The King said, welcome everyone from the Qin Dynasty to Wusun!"
The King of Wusun had already arrived near, and Liu Ji rode a horse to meet him and said loudly: "The Qin Dynasty's man Liu Ji was ordered by the Emperor of Qin to go to Guibang!"
This sentence was translated to the King of Wusun. His face was even more smiling. He pointed to the settlement not far away and said again. The Wusun envoy translated: "The King is inviting you all!"
Liu Ji nodded, and Zhou Bo and several core members of the delegation followed him and followed the Wusun King and others to the settlement.
While walking, King Wusun talked to Liu Ji and others. After the Wusun envoy translated: King Wusun is introducing them!
Soon, approaching the settlement, Liu Ji and others saw the scene in the settlement. This was not a city, so naturally there were no street shops, and it was full of nomadic tribal atmosphere on the grassland. Many Wusun people were looking at them from around curiously.
The "palace" of King Wusun is in the center of the settlement, and the reception area is a large yurt.
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After the guest and host were separated, the Wusun King said, "Welcome to Wusun. Wusun is simple and Wusun cannot be as rich as the country. I hope you all forgive me!"
Liu Ji shook his head and smiled, "Oh, the king's words are wrong. Ji heard a saying from Mr. Li Nian that 'The mountain is not high, but the immortals are famous; the water is not deep, but the dragons are spiritual'. The same is true for this residence and residence. Whether it is simple or not depends on people, not on things. The king welcomes us so much, and he is full of sincerity, so how can he talk about simplicity?"
After the translation of the scriptures and understanding what Liu Ji was talking about, the King of Wusun looked at Liu Ji even more friendly.
This envoy of the Qin Dynasty did not show any airs. Not only did he look down on them, he even praised them with these words, giving him face, comfort, and so comfortable!
The leaders of various Wusun tribes also became close and kind when they looked at Liu Ji. They were worthy of being the envoy of the Qin Dynasty, but they could speak, unlike the Yuezhi people. Every time the envoys sent were arrogant and asked them for this and that, and they would directly threaten them if they didn't give them.
One of the important reasons why the Wusun people would send envoys to the Qin Dynasty was that they could not stand the Yuezhi and wanted to see if the rumored Eastern powers would have the chance to help them.
It is indeed they who cannot bear it, because in history, in a few years, their kings will be attacked and killed by Yuezhi, and Maodun adopted the son of the King of Wusun, raised him into a human, and revived Wusun.
Although the Yuezhi people were nothing to the Xiongnu after the Qin Dynasty, Han Dynasty and Maodun ruled. They were beaten by the Xiongnu and forced to leave their hometowns and migrate westward, this does not mean that the Yuezhi is weak, but that the opponents they encounter are strong.
Wusun was defeated by Yuezhi, and the king was killed by him. After Yuezhi was beaten by the Huns and moved westward, he destroyed the Kingdom of Baktria, established the Kushan Empire, and became king and dominant in Central and South Asia. He had been beaten by him.
But even such Yuezhi people were still nothing in the Han Dynasty and the Huns. The Huns beat the Yuezhi people to migrate, and the Han Dynasty in the Eastern Han Dynasty also beat the Kushan Empire in the Western Regions.
As for the conflict between Wusun and Yuezhi, it will inevitably arise. Two nomadic tribes are adjacent to each other. In order to compete for water and grass, there will definitely be friction. Wusun has always been the weak side.
Seeing Liu Ji so polite, the more he looked at the leaders of the Wusun king and the Wusun tribes, the more he felt that Liu Ji was kind and pleasing to the eyes, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Yuezhi was hateful.
What level is your Yuezhi, and what level is the Great Qin? The envoys of the Great Qin are all polite to us, but are you Yuezhi people arrogant?
If Daqin could help them, he would have dealt with the Yuezhi people!
The King of Wusun intended to mean something: "The envoy is worthy of coming from the great country of the Shangbang, extraordinary. Like some people, they are obviously not strong, but they are very domineering and arrogant."
Liu Ji's heart moved and asked with a smile: "What do the 'certain' mean by the king?"
King Wusun did not answer this question, but said, "If you don't talk about these, don't talk about these, you won't be interested in all the distinguished guests."
It is not yet certain that Daqin's attitude towards them. If Daqin is biased towards Yuezhi, then he complained to the envoy of Daqin and said bad things about Yuezhi, wouldn't he be bored by himself?
Even if the Qin Dynasty does not favor the Yuezhi people, the Qin Dynasty is far away from them and the Yuezhi is close to them. If the Yuezhi people attack them, the Qin Dynasty may not be able to help them in time.
Moreover, Daqin is very strong in the rumors, but they have never seen it with their own eyes. Who knows whether it is true or false? If Daqin was actually a fool!
It is better to first touch the Qin people's ideas, understand the strength of the Qin people, and then make a decision. If the Qin people really have the strength and are willing to help them deal with Yuezhi, they would not mind seeking over to the Qin people and becoming the Qin brothers in the Western Regions.
Seeing that King Wusun did not say anything, Liu Ji did not continue to ask, nodded and smiled, "What the king said is that today is a happy event, and he should be happy, and he will not talk about those disappointing things."
The King of Wusun said: "Is the envoy, can Your Majesty the Emperor of Your Country be safe?"
Hearing the question of King Wusun, Liu Ji looked up and replied seriously: "Your Majesty the Emperor has been safe. Before leaving, Your Majesty also specifically told me to say hello to the king on his behalf!"
King Wusun suddenly pretended to be excited and surprised and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor of Your Country remembers Xiao Wang? Thank you Your Majesty the Emperor of Qin!"
If the Qin envoy's words were true, the Emperor of Qin would ask the Qin envoy to say hello to him before leaving, which would show that the Emperor of Qin should have a good impression of him and Wusun.
This is a very good signal!
(This chapter ends)