Diqin Designer

Chapter 268: We Can't Let the Qin People Underestimate Us
Other conditions can be negotiated, but stationing troops cannot be agreed to.

This is no longer a matter of “How can I allow others to snore beside my bed?”, but if someone wants to sleep on the bed, he might pull out a knife and stab the original owner one day in order to occupy the bed.

King Xiou said: "Don't worry, if the Qin people make such a request, I will never agree to it!"

In fact, it was useless even if he agreed. Although Xiou was a country and had a king, the king did not have absolute power.

He Lao continued to search his mind for the rumors he had heard about Qin in order to predict the conditions that the Qin people might propose.

"The Qin people may even ask us to open a trade, that is, the Qin people will sell their products to us, and we will sell our products to them."

King Xiou and other leaders did not care much about this.

Although they were not interested in Qin people's things, it did not mean that they were completely useless.

If the Qin people insisted on forcing them to open up trade and allow Qin's products to flow in, then they could use them. However, when using them, they had to remain vigilant against the Qin people to prevent them from tampering with the things they sold and murdering them.

He Lao racked his brains and added a few more: "The Qin people may also want us to learn to use their language and writing, use their coins, and let us worship their gods."

In response to He Laoxin's suggestion, one of the leaders said, "You can use their currency and learn the Qin language and writing, but if you want us to offer sacrifices to the Qin gods, forget it!"

Using Qin's currency is no big deal, and learning Qin's language and writing is no big deal either.

If the Qin people really had a method to cure malaria, they would have to deal with the Qin people for a long time in the future, so it would be easier for them to communicate with them if they learned the Qin language and characters well.

But offering sacrifices to the Qin gods is absolutely not allowed!

Gods are the most supreme and noble beings. Their ancestors were able to live here because of the blessings of gods.

If they turned to worship the Qin gods, it would be disrespectful to the gods and their ancestors, and would anger the gods and bring disaster upon themselves.

Moreover, they had another consideration: If they were forced by the Qin people and everything became the same as the Qin people, would they still be themselves?
What is the difference between them and the Qin people?
They must maintain national independence. They have already made great concessions and must not let the despicable Qin people cross their bottom line!

The prediction of what conditions the Qin people would propose came to an end for the time being. The radical leader Hu Suo spoke again: "We can't just accept the threats from the Qin people. We must also let the Qin people know how powerful we are and let them know that we are not easy to mess with. Otherwise, they will think that we are easy to bully and become even more aggressive!"

This does make sense. If they just allow the Qin people to threaten them, they will only go further and further. They must show their toughness to the Qin people.

The others' eyes fell on Hu Suo again.

Hu Suo continued, "The Qin people have always believed that their soldiers are extremely powerful, and they call them the 'Tiger and Wolf Division'. I see that the Qin envoys also have Qin soldiers, so why not let the men of our tribe compete with them?"

Everyone immediately understood Hu Suo's meaning and after thinking about it carefully, they felt that this was a good suggestion. They would invite the Qin people to a competition, and whether the Qin people accepted the invitation or not, they would fall into their trap and be demoralized.

If the Qin people do not accept the invitation, it means: Hey, you Qin people have always thought that you are the strongest in the world and have no rivals, so why don’t you even dare to accept the invitation to compete?

If the Qin people accepted the invitation, the result would be the same. At that time, they would only need to hold the competition in the mountains and forests, and there would be almost no surprise that they would win.

Their ancestors had lived here for who knows how many years, and they knew everything in the mountains and forests. How could the Qin people, who had just arrived, be able to fight in the mountains as well as them? The King of Xiou and the other leaders had full confidence that the men in their tribe could defeat the Qin army in the mountains.

Although the Qin people are strong, that is in the north, not in the mountains and forests here. Here, they are the king!
They now hope that the Qin people can accept the invitation to compete, so that they can see what the Qin people look like after being defeated.

At the thought of seeing the Qin people after their defeat, King Xiou and the other leaders all smiled with joy: We have let you be threatened and forced, this time we will make you taste the taste of failure.

King Xiou made the decision and said, "The call-and-rescue strategy is feasible, let's proceed accordingly!"

After the King of Xiou finished speaking, another leader suggested: "Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry to see the Qin people again. Leave them alone for a few days."

"The more anxious we are, the more the Qin people will think that we are eager, and they will further threaten us."

"Leaving it aside will prevent the Qin people from knowing what we are thinking, and it will be easier to negotiate terms with them later."

This suggestion is correct. If you rush to the door in a hurry, it will only let the other party know that you are very eager for this thing and raise the price. On the contrary, if you act like you don't care, it will be easier to bargain with the other party.

While the King of Xiou was discussing matters with the other leaders, Tu Sui, Ren Xiong, Zhao Tuo and others had just finished their meal and were resting in the room arranged for them by the King of Xiou.

Their treatment was not as good as that of Jiaoli and Chen Ping in the Xiongnu. They were welcomed with a dinner and were arranged by Touman to rest in the palace. The King of Xiou only treated them as ordinary foreign envoys.

Tu Sui picked his teeth with a small wooden stick he got from somewhere, and said to Ren Xiong and Zhao Tuo, "Don't tell me, the food of the Yue people is quite delicious!"

The youngest of the three, Zhao Tuo, smiled and said, "It is indeed good, but it is only 'good'. Compared with our Great Qin, there is still a big gap."

Ren Xiong glanced in the direction of the Xiou Palace and asked, "You two, what are the Xiou King and those leaders doing now?"

Tu Sui said indifferently: "What else can they do? They can only guess our intentions and whether we have ulterior motives, and then try to show us that they are not weak and can be bullied."

"But what if they know we have ulterior motives? Unless they don't want the drugs in our hands, what can they do to us?"

Ren Xiong laughed and said, "Aren't you afraid that they will kill people because of this?"

Hearing this, Tu Sui cared even less and said, "King Xiou is not stupid, and those leaders are not stupid either, so they won't kill people. They will guess what conditions we want to put forward, and will try to prove that they are strong, but..."

Tu Sui changed the subject, his tone changing from indifference to disdain: "If you are really strong, why do you need to show off to us? Only when you know you are inferior to others will you deliberately show off your strengths to compare with others' weaknesses."

Zhao Tuo smiled and said, "So, the King of Xiou may not meet us right away. They will send us an invitation to compete with them, and we have to accept it. They are probably feeling proud of themselves, thinking that they have come up with a good plan to put us in a dilemma."

Tu Sui and the other two had already predicted what the King of Xiou and the leaders of Xiou might do before and on their way here.

You are predicting, and I am predicting too, but I predict your prediction, and King Xiou and those leaders have no idea what their purpose is.

(End of this chapter)