This sudden scene shocked Qi Tai and Huang Zicheng.
Fortunately, the two of them quickly calmed down.
The two of them represented the Great Ming Imperial Court.
Naturally, they could not be cowardly to outsiders.
Qi Tai tidied up his slightly messy official uniform and said to the cavalrymen surrounding them,"
"We are Great Ming's emissaries. We have come to Initial City under the orders of our Great Ming Emperor to discuss the matter of you submitting to him.”
The general of the cavalry who surrounded the envoy group frowned slightly when he heard this.
"Big Ming?"
Qi Tai nodded indifferently."
"That's right!"
This general was none other than Du Yu, the military talent that Zhu Rong had exchanged for at the beginning.
Du Yu sized up Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai.
He thought for a moment and said,
"The City Lord is not free today. You can come tomorrow.”
Qi Tai was stunned."
"What? What did he mean? Your City Lord is not free, so you're not inviting us into the city? We are the emissaries sent by the Great Ming Imperial Court.”
Du Yu snorted coldly and said,
"So what if it's the Great Ming Imperial Court? The Starting City has its own rules. Do you think that you can meet our City Lord just because you want to?”
"Arrogant! Is this how you treat your guests in the Starting City? We represent the Great Ming Emperor to negotiate with you, and we do so with 120% sincerity, yet you treat us with such an attitude.”
"Do you really think that I, Big Ming, am easy to bully?”
Qi Tai looked at Du Yu angrily, his eyes burning with anger.
Du Yu said coldly,"
"Do you look like you're here with sincerity? I didn't see it, but I know that the guest should follow the host's wishes. I already said that it's not convenient for our City Lord today, but you came up and said that we bullied you. Is this your sincerity?”
"Every place has its own rules. Great Ming has them, and so does our Initial City. I only want you to abide by the rules. If this counts as bullying you, then it's bullying you!”
"Please go back! The Starting City does not welcome you!"
Qi Tai was furious.
"You…"
She still wanted to argue with Du Yu.
Huang Zicheng quickly pulled Qi Tai back and whispered,"
"I told you before that if you want to achieve your goal, you have to put down your stance first. Have you forgotten so quickly?”
Qi Tai said in a low voice,"
"Putting down our attitude doesn't mean that we have to put down our Great Ming's pressure. These are two different things. The other party clearly doesn't want to negotiate with us, so how can I weaken our Great Ming's prestige!”
Huang Zicheng shook his head.
"Don't be anxious. Let me talk to this person.”
Qi Tai thought about it and nodded.
"Alright, then you go ahead. However, no matter what, negotiations were negotiations, but he absolutely could not diminish his prestige!”
Huang Zicheng patted Qi Tai's shoulder and nodded with a smile. He looked at Du Yu and smiled.
"General, don't be angry. Since you said that your City Lord is not in the city, we won't forgive you. However, please tell us when your City Lord will return so that we can pay him a visit.”
Du Yu said coldly,"
"Maybe tomorrow, maybe three to five days later, maybe half a month later.”
Huang Zicheng nodded and said,"
"Then doesn't your city have a place to entertain merchants?”
Du Yu said stiffly,"
"The Starting City temporarily does not welcome guests.”
Huang Zicheng came to a realization and smiled.
"Then can I ask the general for a favor? When your City Lord returns, can you send a message to your city?”
"Just say that our Great Ming Empire's envoy group wants to have a chat with him. After all, we are all Han Chinese, so there is no need to make a big fuss, right?”
Du Yu looked at Huang Zicheng and thought for a moment before saying,
"I can pass on the message."
Huang Zicheng smiled and said,
"Thank you, General. We will set up camp 30 miles south of the city. If your City Lord is willing to meet us, you can send someone to inform us.”
Du Yu nodded slightly and said,
"Alright."
Huang Zicheng cupped his hands and said,
"Then we'll take our leave."
"I won't send you off!"
Huang Zicheng then called Qi Tai and the others to leave.
After knowing that the envoy had gone far away.
In a fertile field, Zhu Rong walked out unsteadily and said with a smile,"
"Not bad. Let's first deal with them. After seven days, let them enter the city.”
Du Yu nodded respectfully and said,
"Understood, but wangye, do we really want to negotiate with Da Ming?”
Zhu Xiong smiled and said,"
"Of course, why not? Let's talk about him for ten days to half a month first. What we lack now is time. The longer we delay, the more advantageous it will be for us.”
Du Yu immediately understood Zhu Rong's intentions.
To put it bluntly, he was just stalling for time.
And the reason why Zhu Xiong was stalling for time was actually to build a city!
After Lan Yu led the troops to retreat.
Zhu Rong started to build a defensive city around the Starting City.
Every defensive city was the size of the starting city.
Zhu Rong was prepared to use the Nine Palace Boxes to build eight defensive cities around the outer perimeter of the Starting City.
There was only a distance of 500 meters between each city and the main city. Stone bridges were built between the cities, connecting them and responding to each other.
In this way, a connection was formed between the citadel and the main city.
The Eight David Cities would represent the eight military camps in the future.
In each city, Zhu Xiong prepared to place at least 100,000 troops and 200,000 subjects.
Not only could they share the population pressure of the main city.
It would also not be to the extent that there would be too many troops in the future, causing the main city to be unable to accommodate them.
When facing an enemy, it could be more flexible and changeable.
Zhu Rong did this so that Old Zhu's people would retreat.
However, the construction of these eight citadels required time.
Under the premise of not delaying the development of the main city, it would take at least two months to build these eight citadels.
Zhu Xiong wasn't sure if Old Zhu would give him that much time, so he was prepared to have someone argue with Old Zhu to buy some time.
Zhu Rong had already known about the arrival of Huang Zicheng's group.
He just wanted to test the attitude of the envoy group.
If he was very tough, Zhu Xiong would definitely change his strategy.
However, the other party was obviously not that tough, so Zhu Xiong decided to beat him at his own game.
He would drag it out first and then argue. He would drag it out for as long as he could.
As long as these eight citadels were built.
Everything was worth it.
At that time, Old Zhu would mobilize the elites of the country to attack him.
Zhu Xi could even tell Old Zhu what it meant to be headstrong and make him bleed.
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