Daqin: Zulong's Traveling Frog

Chapter 194
"I have also had the idea of ​​bypassing the Xiongnu and directly exchanging gold with other civilizations outside the empire."

"However, gold can't solve any problems except for its bright appearance. A thing that only has ornamental value is of little use to me."

"On this matter, we should wait until the Huns are wiped out before making a decision!"

Qin Wangzheng's three words echoed in Chen Ping's ears.

Legalists have always paid attention to practical value, and a gorgeous appearance without any function could not attract Qin Wangzheng, who was deeply baptized by Legalists.

Chen Ping's suggestions would also turn into bubbles, but Qin Wangzheng still offered a few words of comfort and rewarded them according to their merits.

After watching Chen Ping go away, Qin Wangzheng continued to review the memorial, but Dian Ke suddenly rushed into the hall in a panic, and plopped down on the ground: "The Xiongnu Zuoxian King brought thirty barbarians to come to see His Majesty!"

Qin Wangzheng, who suddenly learned of Zuo Xianwang's visit, was slightly taken aback. Zuo Xianwang, who is under one person and more than ten thousand people, came to visit in person. He didn't know whether it was kind or malicious.

Sensing a hint of danger, Qin Wangzheng ordered Zuo Xianwang to settle in Dianke's mansion with a tense face, and Dianke also handed a letter to Qin Wangzheng.

After translation, the contents of the envelope gave Qin Wangzheng some comfort.

The contents of the envelope read: "The Xiongnu Da Shanyu respectfully asked the emperor that he is safe. Some time ago, the emperor said about the marriage, and the meaning is consistent with what he said in the letter. Both parties are happy."

"Touman Chanyu has been contending with the Great Qin, which is a major strategic mistake. His father did not judge the situation, severed the treaty concluded between the Huns and the emperor of the Han Dynasty, and divorced the brotherly relationship between the Han and the Huns."

"Therefore, I Mingdi killed my father, was supported as the new Shanyu, put down Loufan, Wusun, Linhu, Baiyang, repelled Donghu, Yueshi, relieved the disaster of the Central Plains, and they all became subjects of the Xiongnu."

"The north has been stabilized. We are willing to stop the war, cultivate soldiers, feed horses, eliminate the unpleasant things in the past, restore the old treaties, so that the people on the frontier can be peaceful, and follow the friendly relationship between the Xiongnu and the Han people since ancient times, so that the two countries Peace and happiness from generation to generation.”

In order to express his heart, at the court meeting the next day, King Zuoxian lowered his posture, apologized to the first emperor with the gift of the Huns, and presented a camel, two war horses, and eight chariot horses.

After presenting all this, King Zuo Xian slowly said: "If your Majesty does not want the Xiongnu to get close to the Qin Dynasty's border fortress, then I will issue an edict to the Chanyu and order the officials and people to live far away from the Han Dynasty's border fortress."

King Zuo Xian is equivalent to the right prime minister of the empire. He suddenly lowered his posture and took the initiative to ask for peace, which made all the officials in the court confused about what kind of medicine was sold in King Zuo Xian's gourd.

But since the Xiongnu took the initiative to show their favor, why did the empire harass them?
Faced with the marriage policy proposed by Zuo Xianwang, all officials persuaded Qin Wangzheng to agree to the matter.

Qin Wangzheng could see that this was just a tactic of the Huns to delay the army, and took the opportunity to develop and grow himself, and then compete with the Central Plains.

But it is too early to start a war now, and the provisions, supplies, horses, and training of soldiers are not fully prepared.

What's more, the Xiongnu took the initiative to admit their mistakes first. If Daqin refused, it would be tantamount to humiliating Maodun. It would be Qin Wangzheng's fault to take the initiative to provoke trouble!

The difference between the barbarians and the Rongdi in the Central Plains is that the Chinese nation is a country of etiquette and has always paid attention to morality, so the Qin Dynasty had no reason to refuse.

After receiving the consent of Qin Wangzheng, the two signed a treaty. Since then, the Xiongnu no longer spied on the Hetao grassland, and Maodun turned his attention to the northern states of Hungeng, Qushe, Dingling, Gekun, and Xinli.

Mao Dun knew in his heart that the enemy he was facing was a powerful Qin State with strong soldiers. If he did not unite with the tribes on the grassland and form an alliance with more than ten countries, it would be difficult to compete with Qin State.

Meng Tian is not Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, but a pillar of the empire who can conquer and fight well, which makes it more difficult for Mao Dun to take revenge.

Mao Dun will not provoke because of a trace of personal anger. He is a shrewd conspirator. Every failure is premeditated, and every initiative to show weakness is for the final counterattack.

When Mao Dun, who was far away from the customs, learned the news of the successful marriage, his heart was pounding, his face was a little gloomy, his eyes were bloodshot, and his tone was as cold as ice: "When I regain my strength, I will go south next year and lose the grassland. To recapture it, the King of Qin must return the tribute horses, camels, and chariots a hundredfold!"

And Qin Wangzheng will also face new problems. Maodun's strategy of delaying the army won the Xiongnu a chance to breathe, but Daqin cannot feed tigers into trouble, and Maodun is by no means a soft-hearted person.

Hexi, Hetao, and Henan are battlegrounds for military strategists. The lush grassland is a natural horse farm. Sooner or later, the Central Plains and the Xiongnu will fight for this land!
Mao Dun recharged his energy and recuperated, but he turned his eyes to the north and west, and merged all the tribes of the prairie to fight against the Central Plains.

Qin Wangzheng's eyes burst out with murderous aura, and he said coldly: "Although the soldiers of Qin State are martial and warlike, they have always been brave, and their weapons are at the peak of the cold weapon era. They spy on nomads like gods spy on bugs."

"Bugs are small, but they have never been truly defeated!"

"Moreover, dense insects continue to encroach and fight guerrillas with the Qin State. The people of the Central Plains are still miserable."

The tense-looking Qin Wangzheng summoned the left and right prime ministers to discuss countermeasures.

Feng Quji was very old and coughed and wheezed from time to time, which made Qin Wangzheng a little worried.

When Qin Wangzheng asked Feng Quji for his opinion, Feng Quji stopped expressing his opinion on the grounds of old age and turned his attention to Li Si.

Li Si clenched his teeth, and said straight to the point: "Your Majesty, getting married and withdrawing troops are just strategies to slow down the troops. Mouton is still looking for allies everywhere, intending to advance to the Central Plains!"

"I have two strategies to defeat the Xiongnu's strategy. First, if we lure the tribes and countries bullied by the Huns, they can become our allies."

"Secondly, while the two countries are resting and recuperating, build walls high and collect food widely!"

Building high walls is naturally building the Great Wall to prevent the Huns from going south.

Qin Wangzheng pondered for a moment, then nodded slightly. If the Great Wall of the Three Kingdoms of Yan, Zhao and Qin were linked together, this disaster could be solved.

This important task was naturally handed over to Meng Tian. Qin Wangzheng ordered Changshi to draft an edict and put it in front of the big bronze case.

Widely collecting food is to collect food, grass and supplies for the troops.

Just this point, Qin Wangzheng was a little worried. The food and grass that 30 soldiers farmed could only be self-sufficient. If there is a large-scale war, they still need a lot of food and grass.

Although there are Quyuan plows to promote sowing and keel waterwheels to promote irrigation, the farming method of Daqin still follows the three-field system of the Western Zhou Dynasty that took turns to fallow!
This rotation farming method has continued to this day, although it is inevitable that it is backward, Qin Wangzheng is also thinking about how to promote farming, and the little childish slave showed gentle eyes and took the initiative to go to another world.
(End of this chapter)