When Su Dai and Jiangqu, the ministers of the Yan Kingdom, went to the Central Plains countries to lobby, it happened to be the New Year of the countries.

Now the countries of the Central Plains do not say that the words and weights and measures are different, even the days of the New Year are not the same.

This is related to the calendar used in each country, from the three emperors and five emperors, to the Xia, Shang, and Three Dynasties, there are a total of six kinds of calendars in the world, namely the Yellow Emperor calendar, the Zhuan calendar, the Xia calendar, the Yin calendar, the Zhou calendar, and the Lu calendar.

Each calendar stipulates that the day of the New Year, that is, the capital of the year is different.

For example, in the Zhuan calendar, the first day of the year is the first day of October; The first day of the first month of the first month of the summer calendar is the first day of the first month; The first year of the year stipulated in the Yin calendar is the first day of December; The first day of the year stipulated in the weekly calendar is the first day of the 11th month; The first year of the year stipulated by the Lu calendar is simply the winter solstice.

Since the restructuring of the Yan State last year, the Liao system has been fully implemented.

In order to standardize the 24 solar terms, the summer calendar is adopted, and the first day of the year, that is, the festival of the New Year, is set as the first day of the first month.

The Qin State adopted the Zhuan calendar, and the first day of the year was the first day of October.

The countries surrounding Lu adopt the Lu calendar, and the first day of the year is the winter solstice.

Therefore, starting from October 1, people from every country in the Central Plains began to celebrate the New Year one after another according to the days stipulated by their own country. This made Ji Kang, who came to this era, feel quite stunned when he first heard about it!

The ministers Su Dai and Jiang Qu came to Zhao first and met with Zhao Wang Dan and Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains.

Facing King Zhao, Su Dai and Jiang Qu, of course, we can't say that our Yan State wants to fight Qi State, don't send troops.

When the two set off from Yan Kingdom, they had already discussed with the crown prince Ji Kang. This trip to the countries of the Central Plains does not require the signing of alliances, as long as "friendship agreements" are signed with various countries.

Su Dai and Jiang Qu, the two ministers, could only say to Zhao Wangdan and Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng:

"Yan and Zhao are the countries of relatives, and they will share honor and disgrace in the future."

and presented Ji Kang and Queen Ji Zhao, and brought Zhao Wangdan and Pingyuan Jun New Year's gifts, which are naturally of great value.

In this regard, Ji Kang's uncle Zhao Wangdan and Pingyuan Jun Zhao Sheng are quite satisfied.

Without hesitation, he signed a "friendship agreement" with Yan, agreeing that they would not be hostile to each other and would not attack each other.

After taking over the Zhao State, Su Dai and Jiang Qu were divided into two roads in the Zhao State.

Su Dai went to Korea and Qin; He went to Wei and Chu.

Not to mention how Jiangqu was, let's just say that Su Dai arrived in South Korea and was warmly entertained by his old acquaintance Han Wangran.

After Su Dai presented the crown prince Ji Kang and Han Fei with gifts to Han Wangran. Han Wangran was very happy, his younger brother Gongzi Fei, it seems that he has planned to stay in Yan Country for a long time, and he will not come back to pose a threat to his throne.

Besides, after so many years, there is no country that treats itself so politely!

As a result, the "friendship agreement" between Yan and the ROK was also successfully passed.

Subsequently, Su Dai set off to the Qin State to meet with Qin Wang Yingji and Qin Xiang Fan Ju.

The reason is easy to find, ready to be placed there. It is to recount the friendly alliance between Qin and Yan according to the agreement with Qin.

After Su Dai came to Xianyang of Qin State this time, he did not go to Fan Ju in private.

If you go again, Fan Ju will definitely guess something, but the gains outweigh the losses.

Su Dai directly visited Qin Wang Yingji.

Qin Wang Yingji heard that the generation of Zonghengjia Su Dai was coming, and he was still very enthusiastic, and set up a banquet to entertain Mr. Su Dai.

At the banquet, Mr. Su Dai took out a set of precious gifts given to King Qin by King Ji Ming of Yan. It immediately attracted all the courtiers of the Qin State to attend the banquet, including Qin Prime Minister Fan Ju.

I saw that this set of gifts was made of a box made of precious wood, with fine workmanship, engraved with patterns and poems. When I opened the box, it contained four transparent and crystalline cups of uniform size made of "beautiful jade" that no one had ever seen.

Actually, it's a goblet made of glass.

However, people in this era don't know wow!

Mr. Su Dai let out an exclamation when he saw the monarchs and ministers of the Qin State seeing these four glasses.

The mouth couldn't help but pout, and the heart was really as my prince said, a group of "soil buns".

Glass is also a controlled product in Liaodi, and it is not sold to the people, but only used in the high-level of the government.

Qin Wang Yingji looked at these four crystal cups and couldn't put them down.

After the courtiers of the Qin State who attended the banquet finished appreciating it, they hurriedly asked the attendants to send it back to their harem and treasure it.

Yingji asked Su Dai: "Mr. Su Dai, when King Yan sent such a treasure to the widow, is there something to ask for from the widow?" ”

Su Dai shook his head and said to Yingji with a smile: "King, my king cherishes the covenant between Yan and Qin, so I came to Qin to offer this precious thing to the king to show his sincerity. I only wish that the two countries of Yan and Qin will be friendly for generations. ”

After listening to Su Dai's words, Yingji scolded in her heart: "Return the friendship of the times!" I, the generals of the Qin State, Meng Fu and Sima Terrier, and the 150,000 Qin troops, all died at the hands of your Yan State. At critical times, don't stab the knife too fast! ”

Of course, this is not the time to talk about this issue on this occasion.

Yingji asked Su Dai again: "It is reported that Ji Kang, the prince of your Yan Kingdom, when he was made the crown prince, said the poem "Zhou Gong spits and feeds, and the world returns to the heart", which shows that his ambition is not small. When can I come to Xianyang and let the widow see him? ”

After listening to the words of King Yingji of Qin, Su Dai said in his heart:

"My prince, how can you come to the den of tigers and wolves in your Qin Kingdom? If it comes, it must be a sheep in the mouth of a tiger, and there is no return. Your reputation of King Qin Yingji is not too good, King Chu Huai and Pingyuan Jun are precedents! ”

Xiong Huai, the king of Chu Huai, came to Qin to form an alliance with Yingji, and was detained by Qin until death;

Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, came to the Qin State to form an alliance with Yingji, and was detained by the Qin State in exchange for the enemy of Qin Xiang Fan Ju, the original Wei Xiang Wei Qi. After Wei Qi was forced to commit suicide, Zhao Shengcai, the king of the plains, was released back to Zhao by Qin.

Su Dai made a pun and said to King Yingji of Qin: "King, this matter is not in a hurry, you will see our prince sooner or later." ”

Qin Xiang Fan Ju was very unhappy with Mr. Su Dai. It was because of this old man that the contradiction between himself and Wu Anjun was turned into a table, and the best opportunity to annex Zhao was lost!

Fan Ju said to Mr. Su Dai:

"Mr. Su Dai, although our Qin State and Yan State are allies, our Qin State has a vast territory and many people, and it is a recognized big country in the world; Yan is a small country in the north, shouldn't you let your prince Kang come to Xianyang to see my king? ”

Yingji and the courtiers of the Qin State all laughed when they heard Fan Ju's words.

When Mr. Su Dai heard this, Qin Xiang Fan Ju humiliated Yan Guo so much.

With a pale face, he said to Qin Wang Yingji, as well as Qin Xiang Fan Ju and the ministers at the banquet:

"The king, Fan Xiang, the prince of our country, Kang, with a young body, went to Liaodi, in the past ten years, the east broke Fuyu, the south occupied the Ji country, the north drove Huyi, and opened up thousands of miles of territory for my Yan country. Dare to be a fan, you pride yourself on being resourceful, can you do this? ”

After Fan Ju listened to Su Dai's words, he was dumbfounded and didn't know what to answer.

The old man Su Dai folded his hands, bowed respectfully to the north a few times, and then said to King Yingji of Qin:

"King, Fan Xiang said just now that my Yan country is a remote and small country. The minister wants to ask, my Yan country is now the sea in the east, the outer Xing'an Mountains in the north, Taihang in the west, and Qi and Zhao in the south. ”

"The territory of my Yan country is tens of thousands of miles from east to west, thousands of miles from north to south, tens of millions of people, and no less than a million people with armor. The soldiers are sharp, the rivers are vertical and horizontal, the resources are abundant, and the products are numerous. ”

"The governor in the south of my Yan country and the Liao land in the east are all the places where my Yan country is plastered. The acres of land are trillions of acres, the land is fertile, and the grain produced every year is enough for the army of our Yan country for ten years. ”

"Compared with the Qin State, my Yan State thinks that it is not inferior to the Qin State. Dare to ask Fan Xiang, where did my Yan country come from to be remote? Where does the saying come from that of a small country? Fan Xiang said this, it is really lonely and unheard, and it is not enough to speak together. ”

After listening to Su Dai's words, Qin Xiang Fan Ju didn't know how to answer, and his face was full of shame.

Picking up the wine bottle, he said to Mr. Su Dai:

"It's Fan Ju Meng Lang just now, Fan Ju is here to accompany Mr., drink this cup first, I apologize."

Anyway, drink it all.

Yingji looked at Fan Ju and said in her heart: "Xiangguo is no longer the wisdom of the past!" ”

He also picked up the wine bottle and said to Mr. Su Dai: "Mr. Su Dai, I, Qin and Yan, are allies, and in the future, we should abide by the covenant and make friends with each other, please drink this cup to the fullest." ”

With this passage said by King Yingji of Qin in public, the basic purpose of Su Dai's coming to Qin State was basically achieved.

The banquet ended with a great victory for Mr. Sudai.

After Su Dai returned to his room in the courtesy hotel, he ordered his entourage to pack his luggage.

Rest for another night in Xianyang and prepare to return to Jidu tomorrow.

Mr. Sudai was about to rest, when he heard a voice shouting loudly from downstairs:

"You old man, don't look down on people. What is Fan Ju? Sooner or later, he will take his place. ”