Chunyu Yue tidied up his slightly messy official uniform and said to the cavalrymen who had surrounded them,"We're from Great Qin, and we've come to Ten Thousand Year City under the orders of Great Qin's Founding Emperor to discuss your surrender. Please report this to your City Lord as soon as possible.”
When the general of the cavalry who surrounded the envoy group heard this, he frowned and asked,"From Great Qin?"
"Yes." Chunyu Yue nodded.”
This general was none other than Wang Hui, the general that Ying Jing had exchanged for.
Wang Hui looked at Han Fei and Chunyu Yue and said,""Our City Lord is not free today. You can come back tomorrow.”
Chun Yuyue was stunned." You, what do you mean? Your City Lord is not free, so you won't let us enter the city?" We are Great Qin's envoys; aren't you going too far?”
Wang Hui coldly said," So what if it's Great Qin? This isn't Great Qin's territory; it's our Ten Thousand Year City's territory. Do you think you can meet our City Lord just because you want to?”
"Arrogant! Is this how your Ten Thousand Year City treats its guests? We are here under the orders of the First Emperor and are here to discuss with you in good faith. Is this how you are treating us?”
"Do you think that Great Qin is a pushover?”Chunyu Yue's face was filled with anger, and his eyes were burning with rage.
"You're the ones who treat our Wannian City as pushovers, aren't you?" Wang Hui said coldly."You're here and you want to do whatever you want with just a word. Do you have any sincerity?" Why didn't I see it? I said that our City Lord is not free today, and you guys are making a scene. Do you want us to go along with everything?”
"Every country has its own laws, and every family has its own rules. Great Qin has its own rules, and so does our Ten Thousand Year City. I'm just asking you to abide by the rules. Then we're going too far.”
Chunyu Yue was furious." You…"
He still wanted to argue with Wang Hui.
Han Fei quickly pulled him back and whispered in his ear,""Brother Chun Yu, didn't we agree on this earlier? Control yourself and use emotions to reason with others. Don't forget what we're here for.”
Chunyu Yue coldly harrumphed and said," We indeed came with sincerity to negotiate, but what's with their attitude? Great Qin is sincere in wanting to negotiate with them, but that doesn't mean that they can do whatever they want and look down on Great Qin.”
Han Fei patted his shoulder and said,""Alright, alright, let me talk to this person.”
Chun Yuyue thought for a moment and said,"Alright, you go ahead. However, you have to remember that we've been negotiating for ten years. You can't use Great Qin's identity.”
Han Fei nodded and gave Chunyu Yue a reassuring look. He looked at Wang Hui and smiled.""General, there's no need to be so angry. You said that the City Lord is not in the city, so we won't disturb you. However, can you tell the City Lord when he will return?”
"It could be tomorrow, or three to five days, or even a month," Wang Hui said coldly.”
Hearing this, Han Fei nodded and asked,""Then is there a place in your city to receive merchants?”
"Wannian City doesn't accept outsiders now," Wang Hui said with a tough attitude.”
Han Fei still said with a smile," Then can I trouble General to do me a favor? When your City Lord comes back, please tell him that we are the envoys from Great Qin and that we want to have a good talk with him. After all, we are all Chinese and Qin people now. There is no need to be so deadlocked, right?”
Wang Hui looked at Han Fei and said,""Alright, I'll pass on the message."
Han Fei smiled." Okay, thank you, General. We'll set up camp twenty miles away from the city. If your City Lord is willing to meet us, you can send someone to inform us at any time.”
"Alright," Wang Hui nodded and said.”
Han Fei cupped his hands.”
"Yes."
Han Fei immediately left with Chunyu Yue and the others.
After seeing the envoy group leave, Ying Jing, who was hiding in the fertile fields, slowly walked out and said with a smile,"Very good. We just have to let them hang out for a while and only let them in after seven or eight days.”
Wang Hui nodded and asked,"But, Your Majesty, are we really going to negotiate with Great Qin?”
Ying Jing smiled and said," Of course, we'll talk about it. So what if we talk about him for ten days to half a month? If we want to develop now, we just lack time. The longer we delay, the more advantageous it will be for us.”
Wang Hui immediately understood Ying Jing's thoughts. He was stalling for time.
Ying Jing's goal of stalling for time was to expand his territory and increase the strength of his army.
After Li Xin left with his troops, Ying Jing had already started to build a secondary city around Wannian City.
Each sub-city was the same size as Wannian City at the beginning.
Ying Jing's plan was to use the discovery of the Nine Palace Box to build eight sub-cities around Wannian City.
There was a distance of 500 meters between each sub-city and the main city. The cities responded to each other by building stone bridges, connecting each other and responding to each other.
In this way, the sub-city and the main city formed a connection.
These eight sub-cities would be like eight military camps in the future.
Ying Jing would arrange at least 100,000 troops and 200,000 to 300,000 people in these eight sub-cities. Not only could they share the population pressure of the main city, but they could also help the main city.
He didn't have to worry about the army becoming too large in the future and the main city being unable to accommodate it.
Moreover, it could become more flexible when fighting against enemies.
Ying Jing did this to make Brother Zheng's men retreat.
However, the time needed to build these eight sub-cities was also important.
Under the condition that it did not affect the normal operation of the main city, it would take Xu Yao two months to build eight sub-cities.
Ying Jing wasn't sure if Brother Zheng would give him that much time.
Therefore, Ying Jing planned to continue arguing with Brother Zheng about this matter and stall for time.
The arrival of Han Fei's group also meant that Ying Jing had long guessed it.
He just wanted to see what the attitude of Wannian City was towards the envoy team sent by Brother Zheng.
If the envoy group was not easy to talk to, Ying Jing would definitely have other ways to deal with them.
However, the other party's attitude seemed to be alright. Since he wanted to go easy on him, he would go easy on the other party.
He had been dragging it out for as long as he could.
As long as these eight sub-cities were built, everything would be worth it.
At that time, even if they sent Great Qin's most elite soldiers, Ying Jing would be able to tell Big Brother Zheng why the flowers were so red.
Just as Ying Jing was still thinking about how to delay the time.
Li Xin had already returned to Xianyang City.
After returning to Xianyang City, Li Xin immediately went to Xianyang Palace to see Brother Zheng.
In the Xuanshi Hall of the Qin Palace.
"What? Everything you said is true?”
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