A moment later, a man with wide robe and big sleeves, gray hair, and a gentlemanly style while walking, stepped into the hall and bowed to Zhao Dan: "Su Dai has met the king."

Zhao Dan looked at Su Dai in front of him and felt emotion again, and saw another great man in history.

The name Su Dai may be a bit unfamiliar to many people, but Su Dai's brother Su Qin is a name that can be said to be well-known.

Zhang Yi and Su Qin, one offered a strategy for unity and convergence in Qin, and the other was the way to unity in the six eastern countries. These two were shining with two stars in the east and west, and were definitely the two most outstanding masters in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

In fact, Su Qin is not the only one who is famous for Su Qin. Su Qin’s two younger brothers Su Dai and Su Li were also famous Zongheng’s families at that time. People at that time called these three brothers "Three Su", and the popularity was unique in the Zongheng’s schools.

Among these three brothers, Su Qin had long been dead, and Su Li served as a guest minister in Qi State, and only Su Dai happened to be in Zhao State.

Su Dai was the best envoy to Zhao Dan to borrow food in his heart.

Why choose Su Dai?

First of all, although the three brothers of the Su family were from Luoyang, whether it was Su Qin or Su Dai, they all had a common goal, that is, to support Yan and destroy Qi.

Needless to say, this great clan leader only did one thing in the rest of his life after the failure of the Six Kingdoms to join forces, which was to help Yan and destroy Qi, and even Su Qin himself was assassinated in Qi State.

Su Qin's younger brother Su Dai also inherited his brother's will. Since it was impossible for Yan State to destroy Qi alone after Tian Dan restored the country, Su Dai's direction was to let Yan and Zhao alliance and then jointly deal with Qi State.

There is an idiom "Snipe and Clam Fight" that is very familiar to everyone, which is an allusion produced by Su Dai who persuaded Zhao Dan's father, King Huiwen, to prevent Zhao State from attacking Yan.

In this allusion, the snipe and clam fighting refer to the State of Zhao and Yan. In the end, King Huiwen of Zhao did stop the war to conquer Yan.

Just talking can convince Zhao Dan’s father, King Huiwen of the wise king of Zhao, which shows Su Dai’s ability.

Because it prevented Zhao from attacking Yan this time, Su Dai won the trust of King Hui of Yan, the king of Yan, and once became an important official of Yan.

But twelve years ago (that is, 272 BC), King Hui of Yan was killed by the general of Yan State Gongsun Cao. After Gongsun Cao made King Wucheng of Yan the king, Su Dai, as the confidant of King Hui of Yan, had to escape to Zhao State. He was granted the title of a guest official by Zhao Dan's father, King Huiwen of Zhao, and settled in Handan.

In the following years, although Su Dai was still actively rushing between countries, he had little results and could not gain the trust of the king of Zhao. Therefore, he himself gradually became a little discouraged. In recent years, he had basically been staying at home and waiting for death, but he did not expect that the opportunity would come to him at this time.

This is the first time since Zhao Dan ascended the throne that he has summoned Su Dai, a guest minister of Zhao.

As Cao Cao said in "The Turtle's Life" that "an old horse is in the stable and has ambitions for thousands of miles, and the martyrs are full of ambitions in their late years." Although Su Dai is now an old man, Zhao Dan's summoning is like a light in the dark, which instantly aroused the passion left by this old sect.

So after a simple ceremony, Su Dai almost couldn't wait to ask: "I don't know what the king summoned him?"

Seeing this, Zhao Dan couldn't help but feel funny. He knew that this old man had been holding it in for too long and had become so calm.

But Zhao Dan did not immediately answer Su Dai’s question, but instead asked again without rushing, "I don’t know if Su Qing knows what happened to me who summoned me today?"

This was Zhao Dan's intention. After all, Su Dai has been staying at home for so many years and is now at the age of 60. No one knows whether Su Qin's younger brother is more experienced or has become a confused person.

So before Zhao Dan was sure to let Su Dai take the envoy, he would have a small test. If Su Dai could not even guess the purpose of Zhao Dan summoning, then Su Dai should not go to Qi State, and would rather continue to go home and wait for death.

Su Dai was stunned when he heard this, but he immediately realized that the Zongheng family relied on lobbying the king for a living. If he didn't even have the ability to guess the king's mind, then that's a big deal. He can go home to raise pigs.

But Su Dai was not panicked. After all, before Zhao Dan summoned him, Su Dai had been waiting in the side hall for a whole morning, and had also thought and pondered the whole morning. The time was very sufficient for Su Dai.

So Su Dai smiled slightly and said, "In the opinion of me, the king summoned me to me, and I think I wanted me to go to Qi State."

Zhao Dan was also stunned. He thought that Su Dai could guess that he would pass the mission even if he wanted to make him go on a mission, but he could still guess that the country on a mission was Qi, which surprised Zhao Dan a bit.

But Zhao Dan still showed no expression on his face and said, "Why is Su Qing so sure? I want you to go to Qi State?"

Su Dai laughed and said, "When you go back to the king, you are not a man. What is useful to the king is to be sharp-tongued. I think the king must be summoned to this. Since the king uses the man as a mission, the place where he goes is neither Yan nor Qi. Now the king of Yan cannot accommodate him, so he thought that he would go there. He must be Linzi."

Su Dai also said that you are looking for me as an old man just for my mouth. If my mouth is useful, you must send me an envoy. If I send me an envoy, the destination will be either Yan State or Qi State, but the current King of Yan cannot tolerate me, so I should be Linzi, the capital of Qi State.

Zhao Dan nodded repeatedly when he heard this, and couldn't help but praise: "The name of the Three Su is not a false preaching. I like to teach Su Qing that this time I sent Su Qing to Linzi was actually borrowing food for Changping."

After saying that, Zhao Dan did not hide it, so he told Su Dai that he planned to exchange grain for Maiqiu Land and Qi State, and then said solemnly: "If Su Qing promotes this, I will not forget Su Qing's great achievements!"

After hearing Zhao Dan's words, Su Dai did not rush to speak, but fell into a moment of contemplation.

The old gangster's brows were frowning tightly, and the light flashed in his seemingly turbid old eyes, as if he had thousands of thoughts stirring back and forth in his mind.

After a long time, Su Dai finally raised his head and said to Zhao Dan in a deep voice: "In my opinion, the king does not need to cut off the land of Maiqiu from Qi."

Zhao Dan was stunned when he heard this: "What does Su Qing mean?"

Su Dai straightened his body, and a serious expression appeared on his old face: "I am a man who is waiting to die. Fortunately, the king attaches great importance to it, so how dare not die for the king? Now the king ordered me to go to Qi State to be envoyed to Qi State. The old minister is willing to use this pair of sharp teeth to borrow half a year's food for the king, and there is no need to ced the land of Maiqiu to Qi State!"

"What?" Zhao Dan was shocked, and then he was overjoyed: "Su Qing's words are serious?"

Su Dai was determined: "How dare I speak nonsense to the king?"

"Okay!" Zhao Dan laughed and slapped the table hard: "If Su Qing succeeds in his mission, I will appoint you as my Zhao country traveler!"

This "peeder" is not the walking person we understand. "peeder" is an official position at this time, and is mainly responsible for the welcome and sending out between national envoys, which is roughly equivalent to today's deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or ambassadors abroad.

In addition to Xiangbang, the official position of pedestrian is definitely the most popular and most hoped for by strategists like Su Dai.

When Su Dai heard that Zhao Dan actually took the official position of a traveler as a reward, he was very excited. His old face turned red and made a promise again: "Thank you for your appreciation! The king will sit firmly on the Dragon Platform. You will definitely return successfully in this trip!"

After saying this, Su Dai said goodbye and left. This lord, who had not been activated by the monarch for a long time, could not wait to shine his glory on the Warring States Period, a long-lost stage.

Looking at the old but extremely straight figure when Su Dai left, Zhao Dan was also quite moved. He thought that it would be good if Su Dai could successfully borrow food, but he did not expect that Su Dai would give Zhao Dan such an unexpected surprise.

As the king, Zhao Dan did not want to return the land that Zhao soldiers in Maiqiu to Qi? It was just that the situation was forced to do so.

If Su Dai could really borrow food and grass from Qi without cedeing the land, then Zhao Dan felt that the official position he had granted to Su Dai was worth it!

After Su Dai left, Zhao Dan's "micro-operation" to deal with the Changping situation was temporarily over.

First of all, Zhao Dan did not ask Zhao Kuo to replace Lian Po, but insisted on using Lian Po as a general and sticking to the strategy of defending the defense line. In this way, even Bai Qi would be difficult to break through the Zhao army's defense line, and the situation in the Battle of Changping will be stabilized for at least temporarily.

And even if he couldn't hold on in the end, with Lian Po's ability, there would probably be no defeat like Zhao Kuo's army that was wiped out when he led the army.

Secondly, the three envoys sent by Zhao Dan to Wei, Chu and Qi were also important means that it was possible to change the situation in Changping.

Wei sent troops, Chu sent troops, Qi borrowed grain. No matter which of these three situations occurs, the unfavorable situation of Zhao in Changping will greatly improve, and Qin's response will no longer be as calm as it is now.
Chapter completed!