"Thank you, Great Chanyu."
Li Shiqi bowed his hands, turned to Fan Kuai and raised his chin, meaning you lost.
Fan Kuai curled his lips and was secretly speechless.
"This drunkard has such a powerful tongue. He really convinced these Huns with just a few words. The people under the general's command should not be underestimated."
Although Fan Kuai had heard about Li Shiqi's reputation for surrendering to Qi, he had not experienced it personally after all, so he always had a question mark in his mind. Now that I saw the other party stirring up the situation with a tongue in King Shanyu's tent, I was convinced and felt admiration.
The Hun nobles in the tent made two Hu beds for the two of them.
Li Shiqi looked at the dark stains on Hu's bed, which were shiny, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch.
He sat down anyway, turned to look at Touman Chanyu on the main seat, and told the contents of his transaction in the expectant eyes of many Huns nobles.
"The Great Chanyu, our Qin army is willing to return to the fortress and trade all the occupied land south of the river to you Huns in exchange for cattle and horses. What does the Great Chanyu think?"
Wu Luxu and others began to breathe rapidly.
Touman Shanyu had already restored his kingly posture and said calmly: "I wonder what price the general wants?"
Li Shiqi made a "currently prepared" bid: "One hundred thousand cattle and sheep, plus one hundred thousand strong war horses, what does the Great Chanyu think?"
Two hundred thousand cattle and horses!
This is a very large number, and even the Huns, who are mainly engaged in animal husbandry, can't bear it.
The expressions of Wu Luxu and others changed. Henan was their hometown. If the Qin people bid low, Touman Chanyu might still buy it back, but with such a high price, this transaction might fall through.
Sure enough, when Touman Shanyu heard this number, his face trembled slightly, and he ignored it. Instead, he turned to ask: "I wonder how many of my Huns are left in the hands of the general?"
Li Shiqi said: "It is estimated that there are more than 30,000 Xiongnu men and women."
These were the Huns who were captured by the Yuezhi and used as slaves. When the Qin army surrendered to the Yuezhi, these slaves naturally belonged to the Qin people.
Touman Shanyu asked again: "I want strong men and strong women. How about one horse, three men, or six women?"
Li Shiqi narrowed his eyes.
This Man Chanyu has some abilities.
Whether within the Great Wall or on the grasslands outside the Great Wall, population is a very important resource.
Nowadays, Touman Chanyu does not want to be old or weak, but only strong men and strong women. The men can be used as main laborers and cavalry, while the women are used for reproduction and reproduction. They are far more valuable to the grassland people than cattle and horses, and they are indeed worthy of redemption.
Li Shiqi also followed Touman Chanyu's example and did not answer immediately. He turned the topic back to trading the land in Henan and asked: "Doesn't the Great Chanyu not want the land south of the river? There is a large area near Helan. Pastures with rich soil and water are most suitable for grazing, and as long as Da Chanyu pays a small price, this land can be returned to the hands of the Huns."
Touman Chanyu laughed, spread his hands, and said, "But the price is too high, we can't afford it."
Li Shiqi smiled and said: "Business dealings are all about mutual consent. If the big buyer thinks the price is too high, then it doesn't matter if he lowers the price. My general said specifically when I left, In Dai Di, he received a military exploit from the Great Chanyu and was promoted to a noble title, so the Great Chanyu only had to negotiate the price, and all he needed was 180,000 cattle and horses."
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Li Shiqi's boldness made Touman Shanyu's face darken.
Such a great Chanyu gave Zhao Tuo a military honor in Dai, and he was promoted to a noble title. This sounds so hurtful.
Compared to Da Shanyu's misery.
Wu Luxu and others were fascinated by this deal. Although the number of 180,000 cattle and horses was huge, the Xiongnu tribes could still get them out after squeezing them. It depended on whether the Great Chanyu was willing to coordinate.
He knelt down to Touman Chanyu on the spot and said: "Da Chanyu, if the cattle and horses are gone, we can raise them again. They will have children again in a few years, but if the grassland south of the river is gone, it is really gone. As long as the big order In order to redeem this place and let our tribes live again, we are willing to obey the orders of the Great Chanyu from generation to generation and never betray. These cattle and horses will be returned to the tribes in double amounts in the future."
More than a dozen Xiongnu nobles who originally lived in Henan also followed Wuluxu in requesting orders, expressing their loyalty to the Great Chanyu, and at the same time requesting to redeem Henan from the Qin people.
Li Shiqi watched this scene with a smile. He was curious about what choice Touman Shanyu, who had been deceived by him once, would make.
Touman Chanyu looked calm and did not even look at the many nobles who begged him. He said to Li Shiqi: "This matter is of great importance. Please ask the envoy to go out for a while while I discuss it with you nobles."
"Since this is the case, I have been waiting outside the tent for good news about Da Dan."
Li Shiqi smiled and nodded, winking at Fan Kuai next to him, and the two of them walked out of the tent.
Seeing the Qin envoy leaving, Sujiasha also stood up and said to her opponent, Man Chanyu: "The Great Chanyu wants to discuss with you nobles, so I will go out first."
"My lady, go slowly."
Touman Shanyu glanced at Sujasha with satisfaction, becoming more and more satisfied with this woman who knew how to measure things. He wanted to wait for the Qin people to resolve the matter before taking her into his account.
After a while, Sugatha also disappeared outside the tent, leaving only the nobles of the Xiongnu tribes in the tent.
Compared to the begging of Wu Luxu and others.
Hu Yanzi rolled his eyes and said: "Dad Shanyu, from what Li Shiqi said, the Qin people should be sincere in the deal this time and have no bad intentions. However, the price proposed by the Qin army is too high. We can talk about it again, I think they should be able to accept the redemption of 100,000 cattle and horses in Henan."
Touman Shanyu did not answer immediately. He scanned the faces with different expressions in the tent, and then he laughed, pointed at the group of Huns nobles, and cursed: "Idiots, you are all a group of idiots. !”
Everyone looked at each other in confusion, wondering why the great Chanyu was cursing all of a sudden.
Driving the Qin envoy out just to scold us?
After Touman Shanyu finished his scolding, he sneered: "You almost fell into the Qin people's trap!"
Hu Yanzi trembled and shouted: "Chanyu, could it be that there is a treacherous plot behind the deal proposed by the Qin people?"
Touman Chanyu snorted from his nostrils and whispered: "It's not like hiding a treacherous plot, it's just some cleverness."
"You have listened to what Li Shiqi said just now, and you know that the Qin people sold us the land south of the river because this land is only suitable for grazing, not farming, and it is far away from Qin's fortresses. They need to cross the Gobi Desert, so it's difficult for them to stay here, so they have to trade it to us, right?"
Everyone nodded, the reason why the Qin people wanted to sell their land was precisely for this reason.
Touman Shanyu saw that no one had reacted, and he felt a sense of intellectual superiority.
He sneered: "That's why I said you are idiots. You don't even think about it. Since the Qin people couldn't stay any longer, they used the land south of the river to trade cattle and sheep with us. Could it be that we don't agree to this transaction? They Can you stay on this land?"
The nobles were stunned.
Hu Yanzi reacted the fastest. He said excitedly: "I understand. These Qin people attacked the Yueshi for revenge. After wiping out the Yueshi, the Qin army could not stay on the land south of the river. Their Logistics cannot sustain it, so whether we agree to their deal or not, the Qin army will withdraw. So their deal is actually to use this matter to blackmail us before withdrawing. "
"Yes, this is the cunning point of the Qin general Zhao Tuo. This kid is cunning and greedy. When I was in Dai, I was accidentally fooled by him. Now that I am serious, how can I It’s his little tricks that can deceive him.”
Touman Chanyu raised his head proudly.
The great Gutu Shanyu who supported the plow would never be deceived by the Qin people a second time.
Hearing Touman Shanyu's words, all the Xiongnu nobles immediately reacted and cursed: "The people of Qin are indeed extremely treacherous!"
"The damn Qin people are more thoughtful than the foxes on the grassland."
Amidst the scoldings of the crowd, Wu Luxu's eyes shone and he whispered: "Da Shanyu, doesn't this mean that we don't have to agree to the Qin people's deal? After they can't hold on anymore and evacuate, we can do it without any effort." With an ox and a horse, we will reoccupy the land south of the river.”
Touman Shanyu smiled and said: "That's right, so you understand why I didn't agree to trade land with the Qin people just now? What if I really spent 180,000 cattle and horses to redeem the land that they were about to evacuate from the Qin people?" , wouldn’t that Shanyu become the biggest joke on the grassland, hahaha.”
"We admire the great Dan Yu Yingming!"
Everyone bowed their heads to Touman Shanyu, and even Wu Luxu, who had always been dissatisfied with him, showed admiration.
Great Chanyu, amazing!
Seeing this scene, Touman Shanyu felt secretly happy.
He raised his head and said: "The land does not need to be traded with the Qin people, but the people still have to be bought back, otherwise our people will be taken back to Qin as slaves by the Qin people. So let the Qin envoys come in later and just ask for redemption Regarding human matters, as for the land, there is no need to refuse it for the time being. We will hold the Qin people in check first, and when our people are redeemed, we will no longer need to pay attention to them. It won’t be long before the Qin people will naturally retreat."
"Da Shan Yu Gao Jian!"
All the Xiongnu nobles bowed their heads one after another, admiring Touman Shanyu's decision.
Touman Chanyu's mouth curved up, and he looked outside the tent, whispering in his heart.
"Zhao Tuo, Zhao Tuo, no matter how cunning and cunning you are, you can't win over this Chanyu."
"It's your fault, this Shanyu will only do it once!"
After a while, the two Qin envoys were invited back to their tent by the Huns.
The topic returned to the previous transaction.
Touman Shanyu smiled and said: "After discussion, we decided to redeem the tribesmen in your hands with cattle and horses first. We want all the strong men and women."
Li Shiqi frowned and said, "Chanyu, it's easy to talk about buying slaves, but it's just the land south of the river..."
Sure enough!
When the Xiongnu nobles heard that the Qin envoy couldn't wait to ask about the transaction of Henan, they all nodded in their hearts.
Shanyu was right, the Qin people just wanted to use Henan to deceive them, otherwise they wouldn't be so eager.
After seeing through the Qin people's intentions, these Xiongnu nobles all had sarcastic eyes, finding Li Shiqi's eager look very funny.
Faced with the Qin people's questioning, Touman Chanyu shook his head and said: "To be honest, there was an epidemic of cattle and horses on the grassland some time ago. Many cattle and horses were killed and injured in various tribes. It is really difficult to come up with the number of livestock for trading land."
Li Shiqi gritted his teeth and said, "Chanyu, if this is the case, I can intercede with the general, maybe even less."
"Well, then there's the messenger."
Touman Chanyu did not reject Li Shiqi's words, but took advantage of the opportunity to agree, and said: "But I also ask the envoy to inform the general that many of our tribesmen living south of the river were captured by the Yuezhi before, and their relatives are in North of the river, I hope to be able to reunite with my tribe, but please trade with us first."
"It's easy to talk about it. When I get back, I will convey the Great Chanyu's intention and ask the general to send your clan members from Helan."
Seeing that it was difficult to sell the land in Henan, Li Shiqi could only nod in agreement.
The deal between the Qin army and the Xiongnu to redeem the Xiongnu prisoners with cattle and horses was officially settled.
"Okay, come here, give the Qin envoy the best kumiss!"
Touman Shanyu laughed loudly and asked people to bring drinks to celebrate the completion of this deal.
When Li Shiqi heard that he was about to drink kumiss, the corners of his mouth twitched unconsciously, and he felt an inexplicable pain in his buttocks.
After a while, the drinking was finished.
The envoy of Qin said goodbye and returned.
Touman Shanyu looked at Li Shiqi, who had a tense look on his face, and knew that the other party must be depressed because he had not completed the task of defrauding the Huns with Henan land, and he couldn't help but laugh.
"How can the Qin people deceive me with their little tricks?"
Li Shiqi looked at the proud Touman Chanyu and tried his best to keep a straight face and not laugh out loud.
He thought to himself: "My plan has come true!"
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