Diqin Designer

Chapter 182 The Gift Is Still Missing

After hearing this man's words, many Huns in the room couldn't help but turn their eyes to the map.

There is endless food and gold can be picked up everywhere. Is there such a good place in the world?

Maodun sneered in his heart. He finally understood why the Qin people dared to sell the map to them and why there were Qin officials in Xianyang city who explained the map to the Qin people.

It is clear that they want to attract people to these overseas places!

If it was really that good, the Emperor Qin would have sent people to occupy it long ago. How could those ordinary Qin people have the chance to know about it?

His interest in the maps waned; it was a trap, and only a fool would fall for it.

These places are definitely not as good as the Qin people boasted. Anyone who goes there would be a fool.

The Xiongnu who brought back the map didn't know that Maodun was already doubting the authenticity of the map, and continued to speak: "I have also found out what the old man and the Qin official said today. They said that there are large oceans in the world, but little land. For example, Xuanzhou (North America) and Yingzhou (South America) are difficult to reach by land, and it is best to go there by sea."

This is another lie. Where in the world is there such a vast ocean?

If that were true, wouldn't it mean that they are all floating on the sea now?

But Maodun did not speak out his thoughts, and continued to listen patiently, saying that the Yingzhou Islands had a large silver mine, and that Yingzhou had the world's largest iron mine...

It was obvious that it was a rumor made up by the Qin people. Putting aside other things, how could the Qin people know that there were mines and crops there when they were so far away?

However, some other Huns in the delegation listened with great interest, their eyes shining. What if it was true? If they could go there earlier, wouldn't they be able to take advantage of it?

The Huns were discussing excitedly which way to go and which place to occupy if they were to go.

Maodun just watched coldly without reminding them that these were all his father Touman's men. It would be better to let them take the map back and let his father believe it and focus all his attention on it. That would make it convenient for him to do his work.

A few days later, the Hun envoys finally received the order from the Qin Emperor, allowing them to pay homage to the emperor.

After Maodun and others got themselves ready, they followed the officials from the Ministry of Rites to the Qin Imperial Palace.

The grandeur of the imperial palace really shocked the Xiongnu envoys. It was magnificent and majestic, and received homage from all directions and all nations in the world.

Entering the Zhangtai Palace, Maodun and his companions did not dare to look around. They bowed and said in the Xiongnu language: "Xiongnu Crown Prince Maodun led the envoys to pay homage to the Emperor of Qin and congratulate the Emperor of Qin for unifying the six kingdoms and the world."

Maodun and the Huns bowed very smoothly. After all, the Qin Dynasty was strong at that time and they were weak. Nomadic peoples admire the strong the most. Not only did they not have much psychological burden to kneel down and worship a strong man like the Qin Emperor, they even felt it was an honor. Even if others wanted to kneel down and worship the Qin Emperor, they did not have the chance.

"Be flat!"

After the Xiongnu envoys stood up, Ying Zheng said, "When you return, please greet Chanyu Touman on my behalf and tell him that I thank him for his gift, but I think this gift is still missing something..."

Hearing this, the hearts of the Huns sank, knowing that when they met the Qin Emperor today, there would be a high probability that the Qin Emperor would attack them. But what good was that? If the Qin Emperor attacked them, could they prevent him from attacking?

They could only try their best to deal with the Emperor of Qin, and when the Emperor of Qin spoke, they had to respond.

Maodun asked, "I wonder what's missing from the gift?" Ying Zheng said, "It's missing Jiuyuan, Yunzhong, Yanmen, Dai and other places. In the past, these places belonged to Zhao. When Qin and Zhao were fighting, Zhao had no power to look north, so you took advantage of it. Now Zhao has returned to Qin, and the lands it originally owned should also belong to Qin!"

The last sentence "Return to the Great Qin!" fell heavily on the hearts of the Xiongnu delegation. Although they could not understand it, it still made them tremble.

Especially now that Maodun was facing Ying Zheng head-on, he felt a heavy pressure falling on himself, as if the wrath of heaven would befall him if he didn't give a good answer next time.

Maodun bit his tongue hard, the pain relieved the mental pressure, he said: "The words of the Qin Emperor are wrong, these places did not belong to Zhao, they were taken from Linhu and Loufan by King Wuling of Zhao."

No, you can't say that...

Realizing that this was not a good way to put it, Maodun quickly changed his statement: "The conflict between Zhao and Qin has caused unrest in these areas, and the people are unable to survive. The Chanyu could not bear to see this, so he temporarily took over the management of this area."

Ying Zheng glanced at Mao Dun and continued to ask, "'Temporarily in charge'? If it is temporarily in charge, now that the owner has returned, it should be returned. Why haven't you handed it over yet?"

Maodun said: "Report to the Emperor of Qin, it is not that the Chanyu is unwilling, but that the local people are unwilling. The Chanyu just followed the will of the people and forgot to return it. If the Emperor of Qin issues an order, the Chanyu will definitely hand it over."

So this is what you meant when you said "temporarily taking over": Please don't misunderstand Emperor Qin, it's not that we are unwilling to return it, but the local people are too enthusiastic and don't want to return it to the Qin Dynasty. The Chanyu just forgot to return it in order to follow the will of the people. If you want it, you can issue an order to my father, Chanyu Touman, and ask him to return it.

But whether he will return it or not is uncertain...

Anyway, it comes down to two words, "pull" and "drag". No matter what the reason is, just pull it if you can.

This guy not only wants to drag it out, but also wants to put all the blame on Touman. He himself does not want to take the responsibility for losing the land during the mission.

Thinking of what Li Nian said about the achievements of Maodun, Ying Zheng felt a trace of regret in his heart. Why was such a clever young man not his son, but the son of Touman?

Compared with the young man Maodun, none of his sons were capable of anything.

When there are many people around, he will be able to shift the blame and be very smart. When he finds that something is not right, he will immediately change his words and get himself out of it first.

But regret came quickly and went away quickly. Ying Zheng said forcefully: "I am not discussing this with you. This is the Emperor's order. You have to return it even if you don't want to!"

At this point, Ying Zheng changed the subject: "Considering that you are descendants of the Xia Dynasty and are also Chinese, I promise you to retreat within a year and I will not attack you!"

In fact, this year, Ying Zheng decided not to launch a foreign war and to deal with domestic affairs first. However, Maodun and others did not know the plan of the Qin Dynasty and were somewhat excited. If the Qin Emperor had not lied to them, then Qin would not go to war with the Huns within a year.

What Ying Zheng said, "The descendants of the Xia Dynasty are all Chinese," also made some Huns curious. Their ancestors and the ancestors of the Qin people in the south had the same origin. So if they came to Qin, would they be given the same treatment as the Qin people by the Qin Emperor?

Maodun didn't take it too seriously. Even if they had the same origin, so what? After so many years, they would no longer be familiar with each other.

Sitting on the dragon throne, Ying Zheng keenly observed the changes in the expressions of some people in the Xiongnu delegation, and thought to himself: "Li Nian is really good at sympathizing with the Chinese. If I sow a seed in their hearts today, it will be much easier to conquer the Xiongnu in the future."

"But this method has a necessary condition. Our Great Qin must be stronger than other countries and rely on them, so that the people of other countries can admire it."

"I heard from Li Nian that China is not the strongest country in the world in the future. He probably came up with this idea because he saw that some Chinese people went to the strongest country."

(End of this chapter)