In the palace of the king of Chu, Shi Yizheng and Bai Tu resigned.

At this time, most of the envoys of the princes of all parties had already left, and Wu Shuo also left in a gloomy manner after Wu Xiong was walked around, and he didn't even come to see Bai Tu again.

"Shi Taishou rest assured, the Shi clan shelters the land of Jiaozhou, not only the local Tu people are educated and ritualistic, but also in the troubled times and the people do not lose their business, and the people who are detained are also the celebration of the Shi clan, these kings are in mind. Shi Taishou went back, and did not forget to thank Brother Ling on behalf of the king. Bai Tu said to Shi Yi familiarly.

That's right, Shi Yi is the brother of that Shi Xie.

At this time, Jiaozhou was also one of the very few Han lands that were not involved in the troubled times.

The area of Jiaozhou is not small, and it is also the land of Lingnan in the narrow sense, and the degree of governance before the troubled times was very low, after all...... Jingnan and the southern part of Jiangdong are not well governed, let alone Lingnan, which is further south and blocked by five mountains?

It is also known as the land of Baiyue and the land of the hundred barbarians, that is to say, the local people have many habits, and they are different from the people of the Han Dynasty.

However, in the troubled times, firstly, the Shixie who was too guarded by Jiaozhi at that time was stable enough, and secondly, many Han people fled to Lingnan, which made the population of Jiaozhou rise instead of falling.

At that time, the history of Jiaozhou assassination, I don't know if I wanted to take advantage of the troubled times to make progress, but instead imposed heavy taxes on Jiaozhou, and finally died at the hands of the rebels.

With the geographical location of Jiaozhou, if you catch up with ambitious people, it is actually easy to split out at this time, just like at the end of Qin, Zhao Tuo founded the Nanyue Kingdom here, and it was only when Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was reincorporated into the territory of the Han Dynasty.

Just like Yuan Shao and Cao Cao didn't have any ideas about the Hetao, if Jiaozhou split out at this time, it probably wouldn't attract much attention.

When the world is in turmoil, this kind of place with a low degree of governance and a large number of "aliens" belongs to chicken ribs.

Fortunately, Shi Xie not only has a wrist entanglement with Jiaozhou, but also doesn't have so many ideas, or doesn't want to be comfortable for a while......

"The king's thanks and the previous suggestion, the minister must bring it, and my brother has always admired the king, I believe that it won't be long before the minister may have to bother." Shi Yi did not protest against Bai Tu's "infringement" words.

Although the Shi clan took advantage of the troubled times to dominate a state and was a veritable warlord of secession, he did not stand on his own like Zhao Tuo, let alone rush out of Jiaozhou and compete for hegemony in the world.

Instead, he took advantage of the opportunity to be the master in Jiaozhou, educated the barbarians, cultivated the people's power here, and accepted the people and talents who fled to Jiaozhou, so that the war could be avoided here.

Compared with the Xiongnu and Xianbei, these northern ethnic groups that can be regarded as belonging to China until the Five Emperors of Antiquity, the Jiaozhou barbarians and the Han people are closer, and even in a broad sense, they are also Han people...... Now the so-called Han people are only "the people of the Han Dynasty".

In the pre-Qin period a few hundred years ago, the cultures of all countries in the world were very different, even if they belonged to the same Zhou Dynasty, after all, it was still the transition period from tribe to state.

In the past few hundred years, from the successive reforms and strengthening of centralization in various countries during the Warring States Period to the unification of the Qin and Han dynasties, the culture within the dynasty has converged, but there are some places...... It's just going to be slower.

Bai Tu responded enthusiastically to Shi Yi's overtures, in addition to not using too much rainbow source for Shi Yi himself, he was even more eager than the messenger of Shu Hou!

In the history without the White Rabbit effect, Shi Xie surrendered to Eastern Wu after the Battle of Chibi, sent his clansmen to Eastern Wu as hostages, and accepted Sun Quan's appointment to assassinate the history and sacrifice every year, without any idea of raising troops......

The only regret is that Shixie's descendants are a little inflated, and Sun Quan is really ruthless.

After Shi Xie's death, the Shi clan rebelled, and not only the rebels were wiped out, but even a group of hostages at that time were also implicated.

Bai Tu also knew Shi Xie's thoughts, so he also looked at Shi Yi differently - it is possible for people to submit directly, of course, the treatment is different from that of other messengers!

Indeed, the gifts sent by Shixie this time are also very heavy, in addition to the local specialties of Jiaozhou, pearls, jade, tortoiseshell, glass and other treasures, as well as ivory, rhino horn that is not recommended, and even bananas, coconuts, longans and other fruits sent by special fast horses......

For Shi's kindness, Bai Tu accepted all the orders, and also gave gifts in return, such as a large number of artificial glass, salt, books, and ironware, and also proposed to appoint officials from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to support the development of Jiaozhou.

In the face of Shiyi, Bai Tu has already regarded Jiaozhou as his own territory, "thanking" Shixie for his contribution to Jiaozhou!

However, Shi Yi was not ashamed of this, but politely accepted this evaluation, and even said that he would talk to his brother in detail about Bai Tu's suggestion when he went back, and emphasized that Shi Xie also admired Bai Tu.

Obviously, this is already the stage where you can start negotiating the price immediately......

After all, Shixie did not expect to be able to compete in the world with Jiaozhou, although there are many local specialties, but the overall degree of civilization in Jiaozhou is low, the population is small, and the vast majority of them are still Baiman, who have a very low identification with the Han Dynasty.

Although these barbarians admired Shi Xie, the status of Shi Xie in Lingnan in the future was close to Zhao Tuo, who established the Nanyue Kingdom, but ......

Use them to fight the world?

Still don't dream.

As for the separating side......

Shi Xie thinks that his generation should be fine, but what about the next generation?

After the reunification of the Central Plains, can it continue to be divided? Didn't you see what happened to the South Vietnamese Kingdom in the end?

Although he is a warlord, Shixie still has a family mentality in his bones, and he doesn't want to stake his descendants on it......

Now the momentum of the Chu State is much stronger than that of Eastern Wu after the Battle of Chibi just now, and when the country was founded before, the knighthood of Liu Cong and Mrs. Cai also made Shixie feel a lot more at ease.

Sending his younger brother Shi Yi to come was originally a temptation - not to test the strength, but to test the treatment after surrendering!

Equivalent to Liu Cong?

That's a little bit of a point, Shi Xie doesn't want a false name.

Bai Tu also understands that the Shi clan is indeed different from Mrs. Cai, in terms of contribution, Mrs. Cai used her position to directly smash the Yellow Dragon and directly control the center of Xiangyang, and then take advantage of the chaos to surrender, and if the Shi clan is obedient, this is a real submission......

However, like Dongwu, he still ruled Jiaozhou with the Shi clan, and even gave him the capital to rebel, just waiting for them to start cleaning again...... It's not what Bai Tu wants to do.

The specific way for the two sides to run in remains to be discussed, and now they are only in contact with each other with good intentions.

Shixie is not in a hurry, and Baitu is not in a hurry, anyway, with the gradual development of the land of Wuling and the gradual naturalization of Shanyue and Wulingman, Jiaozhou will only get closer and closer to the Chu State.

"Chunhua, you will go to the Ministry of Rites again in the future, and double the gifts that Shi Taishou brought back." Bai Tu said to Zhang Chunhua on the side.

"King Xie is beloved...... "Shiyi's title can also be seen one or two, although he also calls himself a foreign minister, but he is not called "King of Chu", but a "king" with a higher degree of recognition.

This is not because of the smooth mouth, because of this title before, Shi Yi didn't know how much he glared at Wu Shuo......

sent away Shiyi, Zhang Chunhua also went to the Ministry of Rites, and only Bai Tu remained...... When he came back from vacation, Lu Lingqi, who came back from vacation, the latter asked expressionlessly, "Chunhua?" When did you call it so eagerly? ”