Diqin Designer

Chapter 273 Come and be a dog for Daqin!
But how to make the Baiyue tribes in chaos?
There are roughly three reasons why tribes will fight each other: 1. Interests; 2. Hatred; 3. High-level figures suddenly go insane.

Out of self-interest, one party takes a fancy to one or several things, such as a forest or a river, which belong to the other party or are discovered by both parties but have no owner, and wants to claim them as one's own.

In this case, both sides will bite each other.

Out of hatred, due to certain things, the two sides have a grudge against each other, they are fed up with each other and want to beat up each other. As long as something provokes them, the two sides will "greet" each other fiercely.

As for the fact that the senior officials are mentally ill, this is also possible. Human beings are not absolutely rational creatures. One day, they may suddenly have an idea and then get into a dispute with others.

Because of the existence of the Qin Dynasty, although there are conflicts among the Baiyue tribes today, and they sometimes fight each other, generally speaking, they are minor and limited encounters.

The Qin Dynasty did not want to see this situation. How could the Baiyue tribes unite? The more chaotic the better, the deeper the hatred, the better, and the more brutal the fighting, the better.

But if you want to make the top leaders of the Baiyue tribes go crazy, you're taking your chances. If you directly provoke the Baiyue tribes, it won't be in line with the image of "the great philanthropist" that Qin wants to establish to other countries.

Even though the image of a good person is just a skin, it is better to have it than to have nothing. How scary would it be to just admit that you are a tiger or a wolf?

The Eagle Sauce never says that he is the world's number one gangster. No matter how many bad things he has done, at least most of the time he is well-dressed and a civilized Eagle!
Among these three methods, only "interest" is the best way for the Qin Dynasty to sow discord among the Baiyue tribes. How to sow discord with interest...

Tu Sui rejected King Xiou's proposal in his words, but with a "but" as a turning point, King Xiou and the leaders knew that the matter was not over yet.

"Your Majesty, you are simply worried that there is not enough anti-malarial medicine and that it cannot be used by all the people of your country. Your Majesty is truly concerned about the country and the people. Tu admires you."

After flattering the King of Xiou, Tu Sui said, "The Qin Empire has also considered this, but the anti-malarial medicine cannot be produced indefinitely at present, so the distribution of this amount must be carefully considered."

When they first heard it, some people didn't understand the meaning of Tu Sui's words, but when they understood it, they were shocked. The Qin people not only wanted to use the anti-malarial medicine as a weapon to threaten them, but also wanted to turn it into bait for the many Baiyue tribes to fight for!

But it is very difficult for them not to grab this bait. After all, there is a limited amount and a fixed quantity. If other tribes have more, then our tribe will definitely get less.

In fact, the best way to distribute is to determine it according to the population of each tribe, but who doesn’t want to eat more and take more?
This strategy is too cruel. It will inevitably cause the various tribes of Baiyue to be unable to work together, and may even lead to hatred due to competition and robbing among each other.

It was impossible to break the Qin people's strategy.

Because in order to break the stalemate, there are only two ways for them: First, all the Baiyue tribes refuse to use the Qin people's anti-malarial medicine; second, all the Baiyue tribes do not compete with each other and distribute the medicine provided by the Qin people in an appropriate manner.

However, in order to achieve these two methods, one thing must be done - all the major tribes of Baiyue, whether it is Xiou, Luoyue, Nanyue, or Minyue, must unite, work together, and advance and retreat together. They cannot act independently and seek trade with the Qin people alone.

But this is almost impossible to do. First, there is hatred between some tribes, and it is impossible to unite.

Hatred is a very strange thing. I may not be able to live a good life, but if I can make you live a bad life too, then my bad life won’t matter, and we can even “die together”.
Second, even if some tribes can take the initiative to abide by not trading with the Qin people alone, what about other tribes? Will they secretly trade with the Qin people behind the alliance's back?
Honestly abiding by the covenant would only lead to losses, while violating the covenant and secretly trading with the Qin people would bring benefits, so few people would want to be honest. The same was true when the six countries organized a coalition to attack Qin in the past. No one wanted to be honest and suffer losses, but only wanted to get benefits. How could the coalition not fall apart?

Later, the same thing happened when a group of princes led by Yuan Shao tried to fight against Dong Zhuo. People like Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu just wanted to gain the reputation of fighting against Dong Zhuo and didn't want to put in any effort, so there was no way they could succeed.

The King of Xiou and some leaders soon thought of this and became even more wary of the Qin people. They thought they had seen through the Qin people's intentions. The Qin people used the malaria medicine to blackmail them and put ropes around their necks, but they didn't expect that the Qin people had such a deep plan.

If possible, they would like to ask these Qin people to leave now, never deal with them again, close the border, and prohibit any Qin people from crossing the border, but it is obviously not possible.

If I hadn't accepted the Qin envoy's request earlier, I wouldn't have known what the Qin people said, how good it would be...

Although there will be many troubles if you do so, you will not have to worry and will not be trapped in the net woven by the Qin people!
However, the Qin people gave them a choice. King Xiou keenly read the hidden meaning in Tu Sui's words: If you help our Great Qin, we can share some of the benefits with you.

In short, let's work together to exploit the other Baiyue tribes and extract benefits from them. Daqin will eat the meat and you will drink the soup!

King Xiou did not want to choose this path, because it made him feel like a dog for the Qin people. With a rope around his neck, he had to cooperate with the Qin people to exploit the other Baiyue tribes. Isn't that like a dog?
I finally understood why the Qin people sent them here first. It was to force them, the most powerful among the Baiyue tribes at that time, to become "accomplices (dogs)".

But King Xiou had no way to refuse, because if he gave up, the Qin people could still choose other Baiyue tribes to be dogs. Not only would he offend the Qin people, but he would also lose the benefits of being a dog.

Rather than waiting for other tribes to become Qin's dogs, helping Qin to exploit them and tear flesh from them, it is better to let them do it...

Sighing in his heart once again at the Qin people's meanness and cruelty, the King of Xiou nodded and said, "Your Excellency is right, but how should we distribute it?"

Tu Sui looked at King Xiou and knew that he had understood. He laughed and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will definitely give you and everyone the most favorable treatment. But there are some things that require a little help from you and everyone else!"

I eat meat, you drink soup, and we all have a bright future!
King Xiou said: "Don't worry, envoy. If there is anything we can do to help Daqin, we will definitely help!"

Some leaders did not understand the meaning and were confused. They didn't know why the king and the Qin envoy suddenly became so harmonious.

The expressions of those leaders who understood the situation were not very good. Although Wang made the right choice, it was too frustrating.

Hu Suo was one of the leaders who didn't understand. Seeing that King Xiou and Tu Sui seemed to have reached an agreement, he said, "I heard that the Qin army is unrivaled in the world and is known as 'tiger and wolf'. Hu Suo is quite curious and wants to see it for himself. Can the envoy give me this opportunity?"

After saying that, Hu Suo stared at Tu Sui closely, and the meaning in his eyes was very clear: Aren't you Qin people very strong? Do you dare to compete with the warriors of our tribe? You are not a bunch of weaklings, are you?

　This chapter is also known as "Building the Qin Hegemony"!
　　
　
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