Chapter 552: Wooing (First Update)
This method is good, but the problem is that there is really not much time left for them, and Zhao Cheng's Mauryan Dynasty language can only be said to be half-hearted, so he has to discuss such things with others for a whole day, let alone negotiate with the people of the upper castes of the Mauryan Dynasty.
"The only way to do this now is to take down a high-caste family first, and then talk about it."
As Zhao Cheng spoke, his eyes focused on the woman of the Peacock Dynasty who was captured by Zhao Hu, what he meant Zhao Hu and Hu Hai obviously understood.
"Sir treats this woman like this, once she returns to her family, what should her people do first? After all, I only have these people at this time. ”
After thinking for a while, Hu Hai still raised his own question, yes, they could indeed fool the woman's family according to Zhao Cheng's idea, and then the woman's family would unite with other nearby high-ranking caste families, so that it wouldn't take much time for them to gather a group of a certain size.
And the advantage of this is that although these high-caste families may not be very many, but they have a lot of money and resources under their control before, although the entire land of the Mauryan Dynasty is currently clamoring for the abolition of high-class castes, but many places that have not been occupied by Great Qin, high-caste people still rely on their family's huge resources and money, or buy soldiers, or hire mercenaries, to maintain their family's dominance in their own territory.
But they also apparently understood that it was only a matter of time before their privileges were taken by a new ruler if there was no place stronger than the Seleucids, including the woman's family.
"It's okay, I'll wait for the three of us to go, and the others will wait here, no matter what happens at that time, I will definitely keep you two safe!"
The person who said this, except for Zhao Hu, naturally there was no one else, and Hu Hai and Zhao Chengdu knew that he could say such things not because he was confident in his own ability out of thin air, but because he had been to that family when he kidnapped that woman before, so he should have a good idea of the guards of that family, so he said such a guarantee.
"Good! In this case, of course I have to give it a try, the three of us will set off in two days, this woman still stays here, which can be regarded as a constraint on the family, and I still need to learn some languages with her in these two days, otherwise once I lose this opportunity because of the language barrier, it will really outweigh the loss. ”
Hu Hai had no objection to Zhao Cheng's proposal, after Zhao Cheng went to learn the language, he thought for a while, and then called Zhao Hu to his side, whispered a few words, Zhao Hu listened to it, nodded and left.
Two days later, leaving Qi Yi and the woman of the Peacock Dynasty in place, the three of them set off towards the city where Zhao Hu had been before.
When they arrived at a secluded place outside the city, Zhao Hu took out three sets of clothes of people from the high-ranking castes of the Peacock Dynasty from the package behind him, and the three of them changed their clothes with all hands and feet, and this time they swaggered towards the city.
This is a medium-sized city, but because it is relatively close to the sea, and now the Peacock Dynasty is relatively far away, it has not been affected by the occupation of the Great Qin army for the time being, but the people in this city are very scarce, and there are some guards patrolling the streets.
"This city is controlled by two high-class caste families, so since the news of the destruction of the capital of the Mauryan Dynasty came here, almost most of the low-caste people have fled, and now only the high-ranking castes and the mercenaries they hired heavily are left in the city, it seems that they are not optimistic about this city, and some valuable things have long been loaded into carriages by those nobles here, as if they may flee at any time because of the arrival of the Great Qin army."
Zhao Hu had already observed this place very carefully because he had come before, so as soon as a few people entered the city, he began to introduce the situation here.
"Run? Where can they flee to? This place is already very close to the sea, and once Daqin's cavalry occupies this place, they will be in a catastrophe! Zhao Cheng snorted coldly, obviously not very satisfied with the IQ of these nobles of the Peacock Dynasty.
The three of them walked through the streets of this city while observing, and went to the family where Zhao Hu had kidnapped the woman before, because they were wearing the common clothes of the nobles of the Peacock Dynasty, and there were not many people on the street, so no one paid attention to the three of them.
But as they went deeper, their peculiar appearance was discovered, at the beginning, someone pointed at them, but later, I don't know which well-informed person shouted in the street, saying that their appearance was all the appearance of the Great Qin people who occupied the Mauryan Dynasty.
As a result, those mercenaries patrolling the streets suddenly surrounded them, at this time, as the high-ranking caste above the Mauryan Dynasty, they hated the Great Qin people the most, and now, the three of them actually appeared on their streets in a grand manner, and everyone's expressions were angry.
Just as these people came around, some wanted to arrest them, and some wanted to see what the Great Qin people looked like, Zhao Cheng, who was standing in the middle, shouted at a guy in front of him who seemed to be the leader of the mercenaries, and said a jerky Peacock language.
Although Hu Hai and Zhao Hu still couldn't understand what he meant, it was obvious that the leader of the mercenaries was stunned for a moment after he finished speaking, and then motioned to the sergeant under his command to stop stepping forward.
In the end, the general turned his head and went to the tall mansion behind him, leaving a few people under his command here to watch Zhao Cheng and the others.
"What? The person who came claimed to be the former prince of Great Qin? ”
"Yes, he said that if you want to keep the high Mauryan caste alive, it's best to let them in and talk."
At this time, the mercenary general was reporting this matter to the patriarch of one of the families, of course he knew that the two families in this city were almost going crazy during this time, they knew that once the epidemic did not spread this time, the cavalry of Great Qin would definitely come to take over this city, and the consequences of taking over this city were also very obvious, that is, to abolish the privileges of their upper castes, confiscate all their private property, and then distribute their property to the people of those lower castes.
In this way, not only are their privileges gone, because they were notorious in the hearts of the people of the lower castes before, and once they reach the same level, they will basically be severely retaliated, and that result is simply worse than death for them.
At this time of crisis, all of a sudden, there were three Great Qin people, although what they said was mysterious, and they didn't know if it was true or false, but such an opportunity would definitely not be there again in the future.
It is indeed possible that they are liars, but the appearance of them is definitely correct, the patriarch of this noble person thinks that in the current situation, the Great Qin people will not risk being killed to cheat so far away, right?
"Go, summon those few people, if they can really help the nobles of our Peacock Dynasty, then it is naturally good, if not, I will kill a few Great Qin people first, to relieve the hatred in my heart."
As soon as the patriarch gritted his teeth, he gave such an order, but what he thought in his heart was that it had come to such a time, what could he do if he didn't see it, he would have to be a dead horse as a live horse doctor, wouldn't he?
In this way, under the eyes of a group of people like gorillas visiting a zoo, the three of them were invited into the mansion of the noble patriarch.
This made the onlookers a little incomprehensible, and said in their hearts that this is not the Great Qin people, isn't it our high-ranking caste big enemy, what are you inviting them in for, shouldn't they be killed directly?
As soon as the three of them entered the patriarch's mansion, they didn't feel anything else, but first attracted the splendid decoration in his mansion, and said in their hearts that it was no wonder that the people of the lower castes of the Mauryan Dynasty were so hostile to the people of the higher castes, and the gap between the rich and the poor was too big, and the nobles of Great Qin had become poor compared to them.
In order to deal with this person, Zhao Cheng obviously had prepared some rhetoric, so after arriving at this person's mansion, Zhao Cheng and the other three people held their heads high, and they didn't mean to take this high-ranking caste patriarch in their eyes at all.
Zhao Cheng and Hu Hai didn't wait for anything after they came up, and sat directly on a bench in the room, which obviously didn't take this high-ranking caste patriarch in their eyes.
Because Zhao Cheng had already reported to his family before, saying that Hu Hai was the younger brother of the current Great Qin Emperor and the prince of the previous Great Qin Emperor, so the patriarch did not stop the performance of these people.
Because he knew that once what they said was true, there would be more places for him to befriend them in the future, and whether his family could survive in such a situation this time would depend on them.
"You are the person in charge here, if not, quickly recruit the person in charge."
Zhao Cheng has been practicing this sentence for a long time, and everything else can be said is not smooth, but this sentence must be said well, because the result of his discussion with Hu Hai is that no matter what kind of people from the Peacock Dynasty they are facing, they must show a transcendent status, not as if they are coming to beg those nobles of the Peacock Dynasty this time, only in this way can those people of the Peacock Dynasty have a sense of mystery and believe in them.
The patriarch saw that although Zhao Cheng's words were jerky, he and Hu Hai sitting next to him still had a bit of the bearing that a nobleman should have, and Zhao Hu, who was standing next to them, also had a momentum of not being angry and arrogant, and he was not an idle person at first glance.
So the patriarch didn't reject their behavior like this, but smiled, and then walked in front of Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng, and explained with gestures and slow Mauryan language that he was the person in charge of this place, and he could say what he could say.
Zhao Cheng and Hu Hai glanced at each other, and then Hu Hai nodded slightly, seeing that it meant that Zhao Cheng continued to ask, of course, this was all something that the two of them had discussed before they came.
"This is the younger brother of the current emperor of Great Qin, and he also has an extremely lofty position in the territory of Great Qin, but because of disagreement with his brother, he is angry here, and Daqin is now going to cancel the privileges of your high-ranking caste, and my son-in-law wants to gather you together and confront his brother, if you don't dare, it doesn't matter, there are still many high-ranking castes and mercenaries in the city in the north, they dare!"
What Zhao Cheng said was even more unruly, and the implication was that we came here to help you, but if you can't decide, we'll leave, and there will be a lot of people queuing up in the back.
That patriarch can still firmly control such a city under such circumstances, that is not an idle person, although he thinks that the credibility of these Great Qin people should be no problem, but he can't just hand over himself and the army he hired to them.
"You still have to wait a little, I am not alone in this city, there is another family, their patriarch is rushing here, he will be there soon, once he arrives, we will make a decision immediately."
The patriarch explained this sentence to them several times, and finally Zhao Cheng understood that this city was controlled by two families, and Zhao Hu had told them before, so Zhao Cheng also nodded slightly after hearing it, and then motioned to the patriarch to give them some water, and then began to wait for a while.
Facts have proved that what this patriarch said before was indeed true, and he didn't wait for a stick of incense, but he saw another middle-aged man coming over with a snort, and when he arrived, he looked at Hu Hai and Zhao Cheng who were sitting on the bench, and was stunned for a moment, and then walked to the previous patriarch.
The previous patriarch briefly told him the situation, and then when he came to Hu Hai, he bowed his hand slightly, and introduced: "This is the person in charge of another family in the city, the two of us are here, and the affairs in this city can basically be settled." ”
As soon as Zhao Cheng heard it, he knew that the main topic was coming, the people in charge of the people were in place, and then it was undoubtedly time for you to draw the Dao.
Although Hu Hai has the royal blood of Great Qin, but people are not stupid, if you have soldiers and generals in your own hands, you must not be able to go to this corner to recruit troops, right? So if you don't give people a reason, they can't obediently give you their own resources to use.