In the middle of July of the 33rd year of Qin Shi Huang, the prince of Joseon, Ji Zhun, stood on the way to Manfan Khan, feeling uneasy.

"Whatever they want, as long as it is not too excessive, they can be allowed, and they must not offend the big countries."

When he set out from Wang Xiancheng, the king of Joseon and the father of Ji Zhun instructed him so, which was also the consistent attitude of Joseon towards the Qin Dynasty.

The Central Plains is rumored that the Ji family is one of the three benevolent Yin Shang, the descendants of the Jizi, it is true, but it is not at all recorded in the "Hong Fan", after the death of the Shang, the Jizi entered the court to meet King Wu of Zhou, and was able to be feudal, which was the packaging and beautification of the Zhou people themselves, and the fact was far from being so harmonious.

Ji Zhun learned from the epic passed down by word of mouth in his family that eight hundred years ago, in order to escape the brutal killing of the barbaric Zhou State of Yin, Ji Zi moved north with the soldiers and civilians of the feudal country and took refuge in the Guzhu country, which was also a sub-surname. However, the Zhou people never forgot this "relict ugly", and sent Zhaogong to the north to establish the Yan State in Youzhou, and further expelled the Ji clan to Liaodong, and they must also keep their children in the Yan State as hostages all the year round.

This humiliating situation lasted until 500 years ago, when the Ji Joseon took advantage of the Shanjung invasion of the Yan Kingdom, broke away from the control of the Yan people, moved further east, and came to the land east of the Yalu River.

After 20 generations of accumulation, a hundred years ago, North Korea had a wide territory and a number of mouths, and it became the center of civilization on the peninsula, and the Yihao tribe came to worship.

At that time, the Zhou Dynasty was in decline, and the princes of the Central Plains were in power, and the Korean marquis of that generation was quite ambitious, and saw that the Yan State next door was called the king, and the Korean Marquis also claimed to be the king, and the Yan State fought in Liaodong, wanting to seize this land.

The result was embarrassing, although North Korea could beat the surrounding Yi tribes, but it was defeated by the Yan army, which was equipped with crossbow machines and cavalry. Not only did they not capture Liaodong, but they were also killed by the Yan army across the Yalu River, losing a full two hundred miles of land, and finally had to bend their knees to ask for peace, and the two sides were bounded by the full Khan.

It was 70 years ago, and when I think about it at this moment, I really remember it vividly.

Seventy years ago, the war made the Kei Joseon realize their weakness, Yan was already the last of the seven heroes, but it was so strong that North Korea could not defeat, and there were four or five more capable of fighting in the Central Plains......

Fortunately, King Yan Zhao was interested in the Central Plains and had no interest in the poor mountains and rivers of Korea, so that North Korea could avoid the fate of extinction.

Times changed faster than North Korea expected, and suddenly, the powerful Yan in their eyes perished. Later, Qi on the other side of the sea also died, and the nobles of Yan Qi came to vote, and also brought a terrible name: Qin!

Qin's strength, Qin's brutality, North Korea has heard of it, when the Manfan Khan was occupied by the Qin army and set up a black Qin flag, North Korea did not dare to cross the border half a step to "recover the homeland".

Although they were afraid of the insatiable Qin Dynasty invading Korea, North Korea did not want to come into contact with Qin.

The ancestors of Qin Zhi were evil, they were the servants and courtiers of Yin Shang, but now they are the sons of heaven in the Central Plains, and the Korean nobles are inevitably a little unbalanced in their hearts.

Within North Korea, some people wanted to trade with Qin, but others believed that as long as Qin did not interfere with them, North Korea would also pretend to be deaf and dumb and should not do anything. In this way, Qin, which is based in the west, may not be able to manage North Korea in the far east, so that North Korea can maintain its hard-won "independence".

Looking back now, even Ji Zhun, who supported this proposal at the beginning, feels that he was stupid at that time.

In the first ten years, the two sides did not interfere with the river water, but since the beginning of summer this year, the merchant ships from Jiaodong of the Qin Dynasty have begun to appear more and more frequently on the Korean sea, at first one by one, then three, five, seven, and all of them appear from the southern sea, and rarely come from the north......

New shipping routes have been opened up from Jiaodong to North Korea, and the sea, which was once regarded as a city wall by North Korea, has now become the most convenient route for invading it.

The officials of Liekou also noticed these unusual "merchant ships", but the administration of North Korea was inefficient, and before he could report to Wang Weicheng, dozens of warships with black shells broke through the waves, and threatened to send people to negotiate with them.

Ji is old, so this glorious mission falls on the shoulders of the future prince and marquis Jizun.

Wang Xiancheng and Liekou are separated by no more than 100 miles, and they are also located on the bank of the Lieshui, and they can be reached in half a day.

The closer he got to the entrance of the column, Ji Zhun saw more and more people fleeing barefoot on both sides of the river, and when he stopped the boat and asked them, he said that the Qin people with black flags and black armor had landed on the shore and occupied the wharf, controlled the city gates, and were not allowed to enter or leave, and also forcibly conscripted Koreans to help unload the grain on the ship.

When the people around the city heard about it, they were afraid that they would be taken away, so they fled one after another.

Ji Zhun didn't know how to comfort them, so he could only grit his teeth and continue to move forward, and the next contact was related to the survival of Ji Korea!

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But even if Ji Zhun was mentally prepared, when he arrived at the mouth of the Lieshui estuary and saw the buildings in the harbor that were taller than the Korean palace, he couldn't help but gasp!

If the boat that Ji Zhun was riding on was just like a dolphin, then the building boat painted black by the Qin army was like a whale!

The largest building ship is dozens of zhang long, the whole hull is rectangular, three-story city tower structure, the body is very majestic, there are hundreds of people moving on it, and all kinds of weapons near and far are deployed.

The other party also discovered Ji Zhun's ship, and the three building ships immediately turned their bows and pressed towards him like several mountains! The sails have been folded, and when sailing, they only rely on two hundred wooden oars to fly, and the speed is extremely fast, the sharp collision angle seems to be dead, and the dozens of crossbows on the building ship are also aimed at them from a distance, making Ji Zhun tremble!

"The son of North Korea, Ji Zhun is here to see General Daqin!"

He hurriedly asked people to raise the "festival" high in the bow of the ship and shouted a signal.

Don't look at the fact that the Kei family came from the Central Plains 800 years ago, but the language is very different from that year, and the two sides can't understand their respective shouts, so they have to be relayed by the translator.

Fortunately, the meaning of the festival has not changed, and the two sides have also prepared translators, and after some exchanges, they learned that North Korea sent someone to negotiate, and the crossbowmen on the building ship put away their bows and crossbows and let Ji Zhun's ship approach.

Ji Zhun tidied up his clothes, looking at this situation, he was going to get on the boat to talk, he was very afraid that he would be kidnapped as soon as he went up, after all, those fugitives from Yan and Qi never had a good word about Qin, and what was said was Qin's treachery, repeatedly detaining the other party's monarch and Xiangbang, and fighting like a wolf and a tiger, abandoning etiquette and taking the first credit......

But now, Qin Chuan has come to the city, he can only bite the bullet, climbing the rope ladder is easier than climbing the cliff.

The two ships were wrong, each anchored, and a figure appeared on the side of the ship, looking at Ji Zhun condescendingly.

Ji Zhun looked up and saw clearly that it was a teenage young general, dressed in black armor, with his hair in a bun on the right side, and a curtain tied on it, and he would probably wear a shirt when he was fighting.

The young man was Heifu's nephew Wei Yang, and he was also curiously looking at Ji Zhun's outfit:

This Korean prince is not like the prince of the Qin Dynasty, well-dressed, but like a Rong Di, the left and right sides are braided, the braids are curled, and the shoulders are drooping, but the crown is added to the top of his head. The clothes are also a little different, with a cover on the outside, and a jade ring hanging on the chest instead of the waist, carved in the shape of a fish.

"How do you dress like this?"

In the eyes of Wei Yang and others, this is inevitably a bit nondescript, they whispered and felt funny.

Looking at Ji Zhun's entourage, they are basically braided hair. Some have hair to the top, braided into a braid, and then hung down to the back of the head; There are also those who braid their hair and comb it at the top. The noble wear crowns, the lowly wear scarves, and some roll the headscarf into long strips, wrap it around the forehead, and then tie it on the head.

Wei Yang didn't know that the Ji dynasty was originally a living fossil of civilization, compared to the Song dynasty, which claimed to be a descendant of the Yin Shang dynasty, but in fact the etiquette, hairstyle, and clothing had been circumstantial, the Ji dynasty almost retained everything in the Yin Shang period:

They use oracle bone inscription for writing, Yin calendar for calendar, and this braided hair, which is the unique head shape of the Yin people, has also been retained by the Joseon royal family for generations.

The nobles of North Korea will even sneer at the vertebrae of the people of Yan Qi, thinking that this is Qiangrong vulgarity! The ancient way of Yin Shang is orthodox!

But now, Ji Zhun can't care about the self-deception that North Korea hides in the depths of his heart, so he can only say in a low voice: "The son of the North Korean son of the small state, I was invited to meet the general of the big country, I don't know what the big state wants?" ”

Ji Zhun let go of his son's pride, and his voice was respectful, this is the helplessness of a small country.

Wei Yang has a loud voice, with the pride unique to the soldiers of a big country.

"The king of Canghai in the south of Korea rebelled against the great state, and the emperor ordered a conquest, but there was a wind overseas and could not stay for a long time, so the fleet was moored at the mouth of the column!"

Ji Zhun looked up for a long time, his neck was a little sore, he wanted to get on the boat to talk, but after the translator relayed his meaning, the young general said loudly:

"My general said that the people and ministers have no diplomatic power, and if North Korea wants to talk, it will go to Manfan Khan and discuss with the main general, who is also the prince of Great Qin."

"What!?"

Ji Zhun only felt that he had been tricked, and he came all the way here, and deigned to ask to come on the boat to negotiate, but the other party said that we are not qualified to talk, you go to the north more than 100 miles away to find someone else......

This is actually in Jiaodong, Heifu and Ren Huan discussed, as a partial teacher, Jiaodong wants to pave the way for the Gongzi Fusu army, but it is necessary to pay attention to it, you can't steal the limelight of the main force everywhere, what should I do?

can only put on a posture first to scare North Korea, and as for formal negotiations, or kick the ball, Fusu will make the decision.

Wei Yang saw the dissatisfaction on the faces of the North Korean people below, he smiled contemptuously, and tried to recall the appearance of the middle father when he gave orders, but he couldn't learn that kind of non-anger and self-authority, he could only learn to be arrogant, so he crossed his hands on his waist, held his chest up, and said with an arrogant face:

"I also asked the son to tell the North Korean Hou that if the conversation is not finished in one day, the boat master will stop at the mouth of the column to eat, and if the talk is not finished in ten days, the boat master will eat all the food, so he can only swim up and ask the North Korean Hou to give him food! At that time, the building ship will be on the stern, the water will not flow, the strong bow and crossbow will cross the shore of the king's danger, and the two armies will meet, and I don't know if the king's danger can be leaked? ”