I open a restaurant in Daqin

Chapter 550 Humiliation
Time passed, and the wind and snow were blowing.

The speed of the Qin State is the best among the Seven Kingdoms. If you travel day and night on weekdays, you can reach the territory of Zhao State in at most three or four days.

However, now that the road is blocked by heavy snow, it still took ten days for the mission to reach the border of Zhao State, even if it was in a hurry.

On this day, dozens of tents were set up at the foot of a mountain outside Yanhe City.

In the largest tent, Qin Yong stood at the door of the tent in a cloak, facing the wind with a heroic posture.

"Hey, what does it mean to be a man in charge of the gate, and ten thousand men should not open it, what can I say more than this!"

Qin Yong grinned and couldn't help thinking to himself.

Before that, he never thought that he would still have the time to represent the will of a country.

Although he is only an envoy now, and there are only three hundred soldiers in front of him and behind him, he still has the feeling of holding a million soldiers in his hands and pointing his blade at Zhao Guoyan and the [-] army.

"Report, report to Xuan Wenjun, and there is no Zhao Jun to welcome you!"

At this moment, a war horse came galloping in the distance, and a soldier rushed to Qin Yong, got off his horse, and handed over his hands to report.

Qin Yong's aura collapsed in an instant and disappeared without a trace.

"What, no one came to greet you?"

Qin Yong frowned and said, "Are you sure the letter of credence has been sent to Zhao?"

The armored scholar said: "Reporting to Mr. Xuanwen, the letter of credence had already been sent from Xianyang before Mr. Xuanwen set off. According to the logic, he should have arrived in Handan of Zhao State long ago. , but there is no movement in Zhao Guo!"

Qin Yong frowned, good guy, did Zhao Guo not receive the letter of credence, or was he playing with himself?
Although the Warring States period was not as strict as the Spring and Autumn period, the negotiations between the various countries were mainly based on the state documents.

To a certain extent, the letter of credence can be regarded as the passport and identity certificate of the envoy. Without the letter of credence, as long as officials of Qin State enter the territory of other countries, they will be arrested as spies.The same is true for officials from other countries entering the territory of Qin State.

According to the theory, under normal circumstances, Qin Yong, as an envoy, carries Qin's credential on his body, which is a pass everywhere. Even if other countries have deep hatred with Qin, they will still give face to each other. He will give Qin Yong the treatment he deserves as an envoy.

But Zhao Guo is different, this is an exception.

Since Bai Qi defeated the Zhao army and killed 40 prisoners, Zhao's hatred for Qin was as high as the sky and as deep as the sea.

Once the envoys of the Qin State entered the Zhao State, they had to be cautious, as soon as they showed their heads, those people would be like madmen, and they would do it as soon as they caught the envoys, even the laws of the country were useless to them.

Therefore, over the years, when the envoys of the Qin State wanted to enter the State of Zhao, they would prepare two copies of credentials in advance, and one would be sent to Handan first, and delivered to the King of Zhao, so that the King of Zhao would send someone to meet the envoys of the State of Qin.

As long as they are protected by Zhao's guards, Qin's envoys can live safely in Zhao's territory.

According to the logic, Qin State's current letter of credence had already been delivered, and Zhao State should have sent people to greet and wait for it long ago.

At this moment, the news Qin Yong got was that there was no movement, which made Qin Yong suddenly feel bad.

"Come here, here is my credential, you take it, and immediately hand it over to Yan and the guard, and let him organize a temporary escort team to greet him!"

After pondering for a moment, Qin Yong took out the letter of credence he carried with him and handed it to the Jia Shidao.

Hearing this, the soldier stepped forward to take the letter of credence, and immediately turned and left.

Qin Yong went back to the tent and waited for another half an hour. The soldier came back with an angry expression on his face, and said, "I report to Mr. Xuanwen that the letter of credence has been delivered, but... but the general Zhao Guoshou bullied people." , don’t take us seriously!”

Qin Yong lay on the bed, turned over abruptly, sat up and said, "Why, they don't agree?"

Qin Yong is not a fool either, Zhao Guo is so indifferent, obviously he is targeting him, or deliberately humiliating Qin Guo, and he has not thought about this result.

"Reporting to Mr. Xuan Wen, not only did they not agree. The guard also sent someone to say that he had never heard of the industrial and commercial envoys."

"I also said that Mr. Xuanwen, you are just a lowly businessman, and you dare to bear the name of an envoy. I... we Qin people have a problem with their brains... recognize... recognize you as a businessman, Zhao Guo will not recognize you!"

"So, that's why he said...if it's a merchant...you can just go in by yourself!"

As the soldier spoke, his face turned red.

To put it bluntly, it was obviously scolding Qin Yong for being inferior.

But now Qin Yong represents the state of Qin in the final analysis and is an envoy, so humiliating Qin Yong in this way is no different from humiliating the state of Qin.

"What, did they really say that?"

Qin Yong's eyes flashed coldly, and he took the letter of credence from the soldier.

"That's right, that's what I said!"

The soldier lowered his head and said.

"It's unreasonable, Zhao Guo doesn't even want face, does it?"

Qin Yong was also a little angry.

He knew that he would inevitably suffer a lot of humiliation when he went to Zhao as an envoy.

After all, Zhao Guoming now intends to provoke Qin to send troops, so as to unite other countries to target Qin, and he will naturally attack him as an envoy.

But Qin Yong was a little surprised to be treated like this before he entered the territory of Zhao State.

"Xuan Wenjun, what shall we do next?"

The soldier hesitated for a moment, and couldn't help asking.

Yeah, what should I do?
Qin Yong is also thinking about this question. Others are clearly embarrassing themselves and don't give you face at all. What can you do?
"Wait, wait slowly, at worst, let's spend time with them here!"

After pondering for a moment, a sneer appeared on Qin Yong's face.

Since Zhao Guo wanted to play like this, he didn't mind spending time with Zhao Guo.

Anyway, now that his trap has been dug, the last thing to be afraid of is waiting.He wants to see if he can't bear it first, or if Zhao Guo can't bear it first.

The most important thing is that, as he said just now, Zhao Guo has no shame at all.

Zhao Guo's actions this time are clearly humiliating Qin, but in fact, this move is also discrediting Zhao Guo's own face.

In this era, the negotiation between the two countries still pays attention to etiquette, and it is a matter of tolerance to shut out the envoys of other countries. Once the news spreads, Zhao will lose face in the end.

Thinking of this, Qin Yong wasn't angry anymore, at worst it would take two months, sometimes when Zhao Guo came to beg him.

"Go down first, and call Chen Shan in after you get out!"

Qin Yong waved his hand and let the soldier back out.

Then, Qin Yong returned to the table, mentioned Lang Hao, and wrote dozens of letters in succession.

When he looked up, the other soldier had been waiting in the tent for an unknown how long, and he seemed to have no intention of disturbing Qin Yong.

"Chen Shan, why didn't you say anything when you came?"

Qin Yong folded all the letters in his hands, speechless.

(End of this chapter)