Good Life in Qin Dynasty

May has passed, and in mid-June, the border gate received the first envoy and began the long process of receiving the envoy.

No one thought that the first one to reach the border of Daqin was the Xiongnu envoy. This envoy was very polite. According to the tradition of the Central Plains people, they came here on festivals. There are 100 guards for a [-]-member envoy!

It's not that I'm afraid of Daqin, no matter how powerful they are, what can ninety people do?

But they sent ninety people to show the bravery of their Huns, because the Qin State stipulated that the maximum number of envoys was one hundred.

So they sent a sufficient number of people to come and have an audience.

But there were more than 1 people who came to send them off!

When they arrived at the place, 100 members of the envoys went forward, followed by 1 people driving [-] cattle and [-] sheep dedicated to Qin Shihuang.

Open the door, the ten thousand Huns enter the pass, who can guarantee that they will not fight?

If you don't open the door, they are envoys, who come to see your emperor, you can't block the door, can you?

This is the idea of ​​the Huns, they really want to take the opportunity to plunder, because the tribe has almost faded out of birds this year!

No salt!

I used to eat bitter salt and thought it was delicious, but later I ate crystal salt, which has no bitter taste, and it was even better!

But soon, the crystal salt was gone, and the bitter salt tasted back!

Later, even the bitter salt bottomed out!

Today, a handful of salt can be exchanged for two cows!

Coincidentally, Meng Tian is currently guarding the north, and Li Mu was transferred last year. Now Li Mu has gone to the east, while Huanqi and Xin Sheng are in the southeast, and Xin Sheng is training a large wave of water troops alone.

Meng Wu went to the south, and Xiang Yan and the others were transferred to the west, next to Wang Ben in the northwest, with a few generals in between.

Meng Tian grew up next to Ying Zheng, and his relationship with Ying Zheng is extraordinary. If it were Li Mu, he might think about it, but the gatekeeper is Meng Tian!

"What are these?" He shouted to the people in the city with a loudspeaker. By the way, he pointed to the cattle and sheep.

The Xiongnu envoys below did not have such a magic amplifier as a loudspeaker, and they were surprised that the commander of the Qin Army had a loud voice!

So he stretched his neck and yelled, "A gift for His Majesty the Emperor of Qin!"

"You just give this for your audience? I have a vast land and rich resources, and there are countless cattle and sheep, so I don't need it!" Meng Tian flatly refused: "And our emperor is also very particular about what he eats on weekdays, so we don't need such thin cattle and sheep!"

"No matter how thin the cattle and sheep are, it is the respect we Huns show His Majesty the Great Qin Emperor!"

"In that case, let the animals come in through the small gate!" Seeing that Meng Kuo had no choice but to blame Ying Zheng, he refused once, so he couldn't refuse the second time!

If it was Li Mu, these tributes would definitely not dare to let people go through the small door, after all, the small door is too small!

Let me talk about the border gate first. This checkpoint is built between two mountains. The mountain next to it is high and steep, and there is the Great Wall as its backing.

Only checkpoints are built on passages, but the walls are high and thick. If people don't take the initiative to open the door, they will be useless even if they try their best!

Li Jiyang can be said to be the most devoted to the construction of the Great Wall, all of which are made of large bluestone blocks and high-grade cement!

That's called a solid!

The gate is made of fine steel, not to mention that it is heavy and heavy. It takes more than 200 people to open the gate on weekdays by turning the steel cable to open it!

Just rely on the wood of the foreigners to hit the city cart, even if it is smashed, the city gate will not be moved!

The gate is like this, and there are two small doors on each side, one of which is very large and can pass vehicles in parallel. , can only pass through the size of a wheelbarrow, not even a carriage can get out!

On the outside side, just open that small door!

The eyeballs of the Huns almost popped out!

With such a small gate, only one cow can pass through it at a time!

"Come on, you drive the sheep in one by one, and the cows are the same, and you don't have to come in if you are not a member of the diplomatic mission." Meng Tian was terrified at the city gate: "So as not to cause misunderstandings!"

Inside the city wall, there was a big circle of people, each holding a Qin crossbow, with ten bursts of Qin crossbows, one arrow could shoot through a three-foot-thick wooden board!

Let's talk about human flesh and blood!

The place where the gate is located, according to the architectural style of the Qin State, has a long corridor, and this corridor is the best defensive section.

In this area, two people can walk together at most, and three people have to walk sideways. If the Huns really want to attack by force, even if they break through the small gate, they will be killed if they come in!

The Huns were speechless looking at the small gate!

Of course, the people from the envoys had to go in, otherwise would they want salt and other things?

When they entered, their faces changed drastically. They had never seen such a building method before!

Moreover, they had a difficult journey in the territory of the Huns, and because of the new Shanyu, the internal affairs had just stabilized, and the hearts of the people were finally united, so it was time to overcome some difficulties.

For example, go to the Central Plains for a tour, grab something to come back?

But there is no way, they can't get in, and sending envoys now may not have the intention of first exploring the reality of Daqin's side.

Moreover, they were visited by 1 soldiers from the Qin State Xinbing Regiment, and at that time they killed the present Shan Yu's father, otherwise the present Shan Yu might be busy again...

But they knew very little about Great Qin. It turned out that the people from the Central Plains in their hands had been rescued. Some of the Central Plains people who took refuge in them now were exiled nobles from the Central Plains, and some were from the royal family. Anyway, few of them were useful.

But this time the envoys came, they gave a lot of pointers, for example, the envoys need to hold festivals, which can keep them safe.

But as soon as they entered the city gate, an interpreter came and read the "Qin Law" aloud to them!

This stop lasted for a long time. After the reading of the Qin Law was finished, the cattle and sheep also came in. Once the city gate was closed, none of the people outside really let in!

What surprised the Huns even more was that the other party used the authentic and standard Hun language!

Let them want to say that they don't understand and don't want to obey Qin's law, so they can't open their mouths!

In this way, these people like wild horses are put on a rope, and they are absolutely not free to move!

For the rest of the time, it was inconvenient for them to take their cattle and sheep on the road. Meng Tian said directly: "Our Emperor His Majesty gave you gifts, but he gave it to us last time after changing hands, so these cattle and sheep were all slaughtered by this general. Let everyone eat meat and bones!" The Huns: "...!"

In the end, the Huotou army was unwilling: "General, this cattle and sheep are too thin, there is not much meat, only bones! It is not worth eating!"

Huns:"……!"

"It's better to raise beef and mutton in the summer to get angry. It's better to raise it in the pasture behind and eat it after raising it. It's hot today. Why don't you drink some mung bean soup? Let people put more ice cubes in it. One person who is on duty and patrolling at noon Give me an extra popsicle to cool off the heat...." The deputy general suggested: "The people of the envoy corps look...the clothes are quite thick! Also give some popsicles, eat them on the way, and it will be fine when you arrive at the post."

Huns:"……!"

It's summer!

There is ice at the border!

And it is not single, alone, given, master, general, use, and use!

That means even patrolling minions can use ice to cool off!

What about them?

Even Shanyu can't use even a piece of ice in summer!

How else to put it, if you compare people, you will die, if you compare goods, you will throw them away!

The translators led their 100-member envoys, walked on the wide concrete avenue, guarded 3000 people, and surrounded 100 people thickly!

But the cement avenue is so spacious!

The willows on both sides are shady and cool, and you are not afraid of being exposed to the sun when you are on the road.

The Huns were amazed all the way, seeing that the road seemed to have no end, and they looked like quails, and felt that Shan Yu's plan might not come true.

I was even more dumbfounded when I arrived at the first post station!

Because the post stations are all places to receive the army and officials, Li Jiyang built each post station into the appearance of a small city, and this place is close to the border, so it is a first-class post station, which is even bigger, just like a city!

But it's full of Qin Jun!

It is said that these are "post soldiers"!

When they reached the place, it was already time for the sun to set.

So I entered the post station and found that every room in the post station was very good, with ice mirrors, cool and transparent, after washing and changing clothes, the translators found that these Huns had only two sets of clothes for washing, and they were not very comfortable. It's fresh, and the material is pretty good. It's actually made of plain onyx. It's just that this stuff seems to be worn when the family has a filial piety, right?

They don't even understand this, but Su Yu is indeed very cool...can it not be cool!

There are regulations on post stations. Where there are post stations, there are station officials.

In charge of guards of honor, chariots and horses, welcome and send-off in the post station, but not for entry.

However, Yicheng is also a carefully cultivated talent. He took advantage of the time of meeting to take a closer look at the people of the envoys. At night, when everyone else was resting, he sent someone out to deliver the letter...

The members of the envoys were still walking along the Qin Avenue in surprise and apprehension. Xianyang City had already received the news.

"...the envoys wear high-grade plain onyx produced in Ludi, and have replacement clothes, all of which are Luo, Qi, brocade, etc. Judging from their materials, they are all unique to the original Zhaodi..."

Ying Zheng asked the ministers to read the secret report: "My dears, what do you think?"

"The Huns don't know how to spin and weave cloth. They have fought with the original Zhao country for many years. There is nothing wrong with some special products of Zhao country." How many years has it been since they erected a solid Great Wall? Even if they have some stocks, they should be..."

Everyone was puzzled.

In fact, at this time, the more expensive the fabric, the more it needs to be carefully maintained. It cannot be covered, or it will be infested with insects, because it is all natural, and even the dyeing is plant juice; it cannot be wet, it will mold and rot!

Don't use too much force when washing, but wash it well....

Not to mention all kinds of inconveniences, because the ancient dyeing agent is pure and natural, it will fade after several times of water, so the clothes of the nobles are packed into several large boxes. In fact, they can be worn for more than a year. few!

The civilians' ones are different, almost all of them are in primary colors, and they are thickly woven at home, so they don't need to be so troublesome to maintain.

"So, there are people from the Central Plains!" Mr. Meng Ao immediately concluded: "And this person from the Central Plains is probably a nobleman!"

"That's right!" Mr. Wang Zhe also said: "Even if there are women who can spin and weave in the Huns, they don't have mulberry and cocoons. , for protection!"

"I'm afraid it's more than one!" Ying Zheng said, "And those people may not have a better life. The clothes of the Huns are all half-new and not old. When they come to Daqin, they must wear the best clothes. They all If this is the case, those nobles probably don’t have anything new for them, and such people are of no use to the Huns..."

Everyone thinks, isn't it!

The Huns are particularly wolf-like. They pay attention to the weak and the strong. It is said that if there is a snow disaster in winter, the first to be thrown into the snow and freeze to death are the elderly and the weak, followed by women, and finally children!

Young people and adults, on the contrary, have to work hard to survive!

Because they believe that as long as they have horses, scimitars, bows and arrows, the young and middle-aged Huns can once again have women and children, cattle and sheep, and wealth.

Of course, when he gets old and encounters a natural disaster, he should die.

What do you call this!