Diqin Designer

Chapter 267 The Conditions Proposed by the Qin People
The Qin people had different cultural customs from them, so their medical practices and medications were naturally different. Of course, there were also differences in the medicinal materials that both sides knew about. How could they distinguish what medicinal materials the Qin doctors used in their medicines?
Moreover, different regions have different animals and plants. The medicinal materials available in Qin may not be available here.

If the Qin people’s antimalarial drugs contained medicinal materials that were only produced in Qin, would they be able to tell them apart?
After hearing the leader's words, everyone's impression of the Qin people's despicableness deepened.

Which bastard Qin person came up with this method?
At this time, Hu Suo spoke up again: "Are we going to let the Qin people threaten us? We can't do anything?"

He was very reluctant, and so were the others, but there was nothing they could do unless they were willing to give up their method of curing malaria.

But anyone living in this land may be infected with malaria, including them, their children and tribesmen.

Even if a leader does not consider himself, he may still consider his children and tribesmen. After all, there are not many people who do not consider their own life and death.

This was a difficult problem posed by the Qin people to them: Even if some of them were willing to give up and did not want to be threatened by the Qin people, there must be some who were unwilling to give up, and there might be even more people who were unwilling to give up.

Even if they jointly decided today not to agree to the Qin people's conditions, someone would secretly contact the Qin people and get the anti-malarial drugs from them.

In this way, they, Xiou, would still be divided from within by the Qin people.

It is said that the Qin people were good at the strategy of sowing discord. There was a state called Zhao in the north, and because of this strategy, their leading generals were killed, which led to the conquest of the country by the Qin people.

The King of Xiou and some leaders had already thought of this, so in order to prevent someone from secretly contacting the Qin people and causing everyone to become alienated, it would be better to agree to it directly and openly.

The Qin people are truly despicable and shameless!
They are really overthinking it!
When Li Nian proposed to use anti-malarial drugs to threaten the Baiyue people, he didn't think so much at all. He just thought that this method could force the Baiyue people to agree.

After another period of silence, the Xiou leaders, including Hu Suo, realized one thing: they had no choice but to accept the Qin people's anti-malarial drugs, which meant that they would be forced to agree to some of the conditions put forward by the Qin people.

King Xiou said righteously, "Malaria is rampant, and people from all tribes often die from it. Now that we know that the Qin people have medicine to treat malaria, how can we refuse to give them medicine? In order to prevent our people from suffering from malaria, we should agree to the Qin people's request. What do you think?"

The leaders naturally agreed, and even the unwilling Hu Suo gritted his teeth and accepted it.

Since everyone agreed that if the Qin people really had the medicine, they would be temporarily controlled by the Qin people. The next step was to consider how to protect their interests in the hands of the Qin people.

Although these Xiou leaders were autistic, they were still quite clear-headed. They knew that they would inevitably be threatened by the Qin people, so they considered how to protect their interests from the Qin people.

It is no wonder that these people caused great trauma to the Qin Dynasty and made the Qin Dynasty bleed for many years.

Hu Suo also quickly adjusted his mindset and asked, "What conditions will the Qin people propose? Which ones can be agreed to and which ones cannot be agreed to?"

The Qin envoy said something like "His Majesty the Emperor wants to establish diplomatic relations with your country, exchange what he has and what he needs, so that both sides can be better off", but not even the dogs passing by on the street believed it.

If the Qin people were so kind, why didn't they just give them the secret recipe for curing malaria instead of using it to blackmail them?
The oldest of the leaders, He Lao, said: "Based on what I have heard about the Qin people in the past, the Qin people should let us cede land..."

As soon as one of the suggestions was made, the other leaders, including the King of Xiou, frowned. However, this was the most likely one because they had also heard that the Qin people forced the kings of other countries to cede land.

They could just listen to it as a fun story, since the Qin people wouldn't let them cede land anyway. However, now that the Qin people's knife of ceding land is about to fall on them, the Xiou leaders realized that this is not fun. He Lao looked at the King of Xiou and said the second thing: "The Qin people may ask the King to pay tribute to the Emperor of Qin, and also ask the King to send his children to the Qin capital as hostages."

This is also very likely. I heard that the kings in the north all like to do this, ceding land, paying tribute, and sending children as hostages, all in one go.

King Xiou raised his eyebrows and said calmly, "As long as I can get the Qin people's medicine to treat malaria, it would be fine if I could submit to the Qin Emperor. I could also send my son to the Qin capital as a hostage."

This made all the leaders admire King Xiou greatly. Their king agreed to such a humiliating thing so calmly, which showed his magnanimity.

It’s all the fault of those despicable Qin people. If they hadn’t forced him, how could the king have accepted such humiliation?

When they get the secret recipe in the future and are no longer threatened by the Qin people, they will definitely get it back for the king.

He Lao continued, "The Emperor of Qin may even ask us to pay tribute, presenting him with rare animals and women from our tribe."

King Xiou said: "It is fine to give these small things to the Emperor Qin, but the women of our clan must go to the capital of Qin to serve the Emperor Qin."

He Lao said: "If the Qin people put forward the above conditions, we can agree to them, but the Qin people are greedy, and everyone in the world knows that the Qin emperor is even greedier than ordinary Qin people."

"The Emperor of Qin was originally the King of Qin, but after he conquered the six northern states, he thought he had unified the world and was superior to the kings of the six states, so he changed his title from King to Emperor, which shows his ambition."

When talking about Qin's unification of the world, a hint of sarcasm appeared on He Lao's face, and the other Xiou leaders also looked disdainful.

Only the Qin Emperor and the Qin people thought that they had unified the world. However, they did not know that the world was much bigger than they imagined. Moreover, they had not even conquered this place, so how could they say that they had unified the world?
They were not so clear about the situation in the north, but to the south, as far as they knew, there was still vast land and the sea was boundless.

How could the Emperor of Qin have the nerve to say that he unified the world?
Yes, those people in the north have always believed that their place is the Central Plains, the Middle Earth, the most central and fertile place in the world. They regard other places as barbaric wastelands and do not look down on them. They have no idea how many treasures there are here.

But since he looked down on them, why did the Emperor of Qin send envoys to threaten and force them, not letting them live in peace?
The King of Xiou and the other leaders became angrier and angrier as they thought about it. The Emperor Qin was truly a piece of shit. He must have sent an envoy just to satisfy his desire for conquest and vanity.

He Lao continued, "Therefore, the Emperor of Qin may ask you to come to the Qin capital to pay homage in person, or even ask you to agree to station the Qin army in our place!"

After these words were spoken, the other leaders all showed anger on their faces.

Hu Suo said directly: "Your Majesty must not agree to this. If you enter the Qin capital, the Qin people will make it impossible for you to return. I heard that there was a king in Chu who was kidnapped by the Qin people and taken to the Qin capital. He never returned to Chu until his death."

What is word of mouth?

This is what is meant by, because of the previous actions of the Qin Dynasty, even the people of Xiou think that the current Qin people can do these things.

Hu Suo added: "As for allowing the Qin army to station in our territory, we must not agree to it. What is the difference between allowing the Qin army to station there and us submitting to Qin?"

(End of this chapter)