Volume IV Chapter 6 The Peacemaker
"Because we need support!" , Old Man Ji Chang said bluntly after listening to it.
"There is no impermeable wall in the world, no matter how much you control the news, it will always be known, compared to the two, it is even more important to need more people to support us, so we need to build momentum, even if it will bring some crises"
Saying that, Ji Chang grabbed a bamboo chip in front of him, snapped it off, and then said: "To achieve great things, it is not enough to rely on our own strength, just like this bamboo chip, it is easy to break it if you pick it up alone, but not the other way around."
Then he picked up all the bamboo chips scattered on the ground and put them into a handful, "Look, if you twist this one, it's not so easy."
This is an old-fashioned allusion that Ji Fa is familiar with and can no longer be familiar with, but he didn't expect it to come out of the old man's mouth at this time, which made Ji Fa feel fresh and funny, but this answer is quite reasonable and barely acceptable.
"Then the father praised the child in order to win the support of more people in the world?" , Ji Fa saw his father's serious look, so he confirmed it again.
"Hehe, of course it's more than that, on the one hand, you did a good job, much beyond my expectations, on the other hand, I won't tell you for the time being, if you go and do something for your father, if you do a good job, I think you should be able to find the answer easily." , Ji Chang said after smiling slightly.
What are you going to do, this time it's not going to die, right? Ji Fa muttered to himself in his heart, and asked Ji Changdao: "What else does the father need to ask his children to do?" ”
"The envoys of Yu and Rui came to Xiqi to visit together, you can go and receive them for a few days," Ji Chang said lightly.
"Oh, got it", Ji Chang agreed, and then turned around to leave.
But when he was about to go out, he couldn't help but turn around and ask more: "Father, whether it is to Yousu or Shennongtang, these arrangements are like fathers have expected the results, the child is very puzzled by this, and I hope my father will tell me one or two."
Ji Chang was stunned when he heard this, and then threw all the bamboo chips in his hand on the ground, and then glared and said, "Nonsense, don't you know that your father still has the ability to pinch and calculate?" ”
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At this time, Xiqi City seemed to be relaxed, but in fact, it was shrouded in a bluff atmosphere, because everyone knew that Di Xin was likely to send troops to attack Xiqi.
Therefore, whether it is the official arranging for the family to return to the hometown, or the commoners storing and preparing food, they are all very busy, rarely chatting and laughing, even if they talk to each other, their faces will involuntarily show a trace of fear and solemnity from time to time.
However, at this time, Ji Fa really saw two idlers who were visiting Xiqi everywhere, and they were the two envoys of Yu and Rui.
Originally, these things were handled by foreign envoys, and they had always been in charge of the eldest prince Bo Yi Kao, who spoke elegantly and was proficient in etiquette, but this time I don't know what was going on, and the two envoys reflected in unison that the eldest prince Bo Yi Kao had never shown his face since he had seen them on the first day, and when he said this, both of them were full of resentment.
"This is the second son of the Xibohou family, I didn't expect that we had been in Xiqi City for so long, this is the first time we have met, I said this second son, when can we see Xibohou?" One of the envoys, who had a mole on his chin, asked Ji Fadao.
Ji Fa was about to answer, when another envoy who looked to be thirty-three years old and had a beard cocked his chin and said in a slightly shrill voice: "Hang us here, we haven't seen anyone for several days, what's going on?" ”
The tone seemed to be a little annoyed, and the expression of the voice seemed a little arrogant.
Ji Fa hadn't figured out which of these two people were, and he didn't feel a little bored when he saw this person like this, and he didn't pay attention to this person's shouting, and turned to the envoy who had a mole on his face before and asked, "Youlao, this lord has been waiting for a long time, what do you call it?" ”
The envoy who spoke a little arrogantly ate a closed door, and his face pulled the elder, but the other was a little uneasy by Ji Fa's posture, and he didn't know whether the second son of Xiqi City could afford to look down on himself, or if the attitude of the guy who came with him annoyed him, it is estimated that it was probably the latter, after all, he came to Xiqi this time to ask for it, so seeing this, he had to eliminate the resentment of being cold in the past few days, put down his body and politely told Ji Fa the reason.
It turned out that the two envoys had come to Xiqi with the intention of settling the dispute.
Although Yu and Rui are not particularly big Fang countries, they are also the famous lords of the candidate countries, and they have developed well in recent years, and they have made great progress in both the lives of the people and the strength of the country, but because of this, some problems that they didn't care much about were also exposed.
The two countries are bordering each other, and the land on the border has not been clearly demarcated, and with the growth of national power, it will inevitably lead to the idea of expansion, in order to get more land, I don't know which side started the incident first, and intends to take the land at the border completely for itself, so of course, the other side is not happy.
So there were quarrels and even small fights, but no large-scale troops were dispatched, that is, the people of the border were instigated by the officials.
In short, the dispute has not been resolved to date. It stands to reason that this matter should be commented on by the Song of the Dynasty and let the Son of Heaven decide who is right and who is wrong, but Xiqi is the closest to these two countries and is one of the most powerful vassal states today, so the two countries specially sent envoys to come here together, intending to let Xibohou come forward to mediate this matter.
It's just that after arriving in Xiqi City, not only did he not see Xibohou, but even the eldest prince Boyi Kao said a few words without pain after revealing his initial side, and then he couldn't hide anymore.
After Ji Fa figured out the ins and outs of this matter, he couldn't help but cry and laugh, no wonder the eldest brother Bo Yi would hide, this involves the matter of land and property between countries, and it has always been the most difficult to mediate.
It's about honor, it's about the country, it's not about the people at the border, it's about face, unless the difference in strength is really huge, no one can be killed. Besides, it's not a brick wall, and his demeanor won't work here.
I didn't expect the old man to hand over this hot potato to himself, Ji Fa couldn't help but be a little speechless, Xiqi City was a little anxious by the shadow of Di Xin's possible troops, how could he have time to pay attention to these things, no wonder the old man would let himself deal with it.
But although the sparrow is small, it has all kinds of organs, so this is a major event of the country, and the old man arranges for himself to mediate, and he can afford to look down on himself too much!
"No", remembering what the old man said when answering his question, Ji Fa thought about it and felt that this matter was not so simple, and there might be some mystery hidden in it.
"Is it still for the sake of building momentum?" While Ji Fa continued to talk politely to the envoy with a black mole on his face, he secretly wondered what his father had arranged for him to deal with this matter.
According to the old man's previous arrangement for himself, since this matter is handled by himself, he should also feel that he can handle this matter. If the eldest brother does not have the time and energy to deal with this matter, or according to the most unlikely assumptions, he does not have the ability to deal with this matter, how can he do it himself?
At this time, Ji Fa chatted with the envoy with a black mole on his face for a long time, and neither of them paid attention to the envoy who was sitting next to him with an arrogant attitude, so the envoy who had been a little annoyed and had been silent finally couldn't help it.