Lin Yidao: "But you hide the prince like this, and you can't get anything, the envoys of Tianchi Kingdom can't see the prince, they are uneasy, how do they know whether the prince is dead or alive, in case they give you something, but you give them a dead prince, or, you didn't catch the prince at all, just defrauded them?" The people of Tianchi are not stupid! ”

"You seem to have some truth in saying that." Xiahou Jun was a little stunned, and glanced at Lin Yi hesitantly.

Lin Yi asked again: "Did the people of Chi Kingdom ask you to bring their crown prince to let them see him before?" ”

Xiahou Jun nodded and said, "Yes, before, Tianchi's side had been asking to see their prince before he was willing to negotiate peace with us, and the negotiations were at an impasse for a while, and finally it was Uncle Wang who gave them a piece of the prince's jade pendant, and they were willing to sit down and negotiate with us." ”

Lin Yi nodded and said, "That's it, if you can't even see people, how can they be willing to hand over so many things to you?" And ......"

When Lin Yi said this, he was a little speechless and stopped.

"And what?" Xiahou Jun asked impatiently.

Lin Yi pursed her lips and slowly spoke: "Moreover, I heard that the emperor of Tianchi Kingdom has many sons, and they have won the prince's jade pendant, and they are still unwilling to compromise, I feel that they may have given up the prince." ”

"What? They even gave up the crown prince? Xiahou Jun's eyes widened, looked at Lin Yi incredulously, and said, "How is this possible?" The crown prince was born to the empress of the emperor of Tianchi Kingdom, and he was the eldest son, and the emperor and empress were his biological parents, how could he give up? ”

Lin Yi sighed and said: "No matter how important the son is, it is not as important as the country, besides, the emperor of Tianchi Country is not short of sons, and he is now an adult, there are three princes, plus the prince, a total of four, you say, do the three princes want the prince to go back?" ”

“……”

Lin Yi's words made Xiahou Jun break out in a cold sweat instantly, he was in a hurry, grabbed Lin Yi's hand, and asked, "According to what you say, isn't the prince in our hands useless?" Even if I go to negotiate, it is impossible to exchange the crown prince for a million stone of grain and two cities?

Mrs. Ji, tell me, what should I do now? ”

At this time, Xia Houjun's heart was like falling into an ice cellar, if just now, he just felt that this matter was difficult, then now, he felt that he was not sure at all.

"Your Royal Highness, please respect yourself." Lin Yi's hand shrank back slightly.

Xiahou Jun hurriedly let go of her hand, looked at her tightly with a pair of eyes, and said: "If I knew this, I wouldn't have accepted this task from my father, now it's really difficult to ride a tiger, I don't know what to do." ”

Lin Yi turned around, sat down in a chair next to him, raised his eyes and glanced at him, and said, "So, I told you before that if you want your people to be fed and clothed, you can't blindly rely on plunder, you must rely on yourself, the so-called do-it-yourself, abundant food and clothing, this is the truth." ”

"Do it yourself, have enough food and clothing?" Xiahou Jun felt that this sentence was too reasonable, he was silent for a while, nodded slowly, and said: "I also think this makes sense, but our Rongdi has always had bad weather, and the people are miserable, compared to the fertile soil of Tianchi Country, how easy is it to do it yourself?" ”