As he spoke, he slowly poured the bowl of wine into the sand, the crimson wine as red as the blood of the warriors. All the soldiers also stood in unison, silently mourning their deceased comrades.

After the sacrifice of the warriors, Liu Ze ordered everyone to hide the armor and weapons, still pretending to be a caravan, and then the whole team marched into the Yumen Pass. The guards at the Yumen Pass didn't pay much attention to Liu Ze's caravan who came to declare the customs, but simply checked the customs clearance documents, asked what kind of goods they were trafficking, charged a customs clearance fee of one or two gold, and then released them.

Compared with the Yang Pass, the scale of the Yumen Pass is much smaller, the Silk Road is divided into two north and two roads after the Hexi Corridor, all the way to the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, through the Cheshi Qiuzi to Dawan, this road is easier to walk, but for a long time for the Xiongnu to control zhì, the caravan had to choose to take the south road, that is, Liu Zexi out of the Yangguan to go Loulan Khotan.

Compared with the northern route, the southern route needs to cross thousands of miles of vast desert, and its hardships are self-evident, but being able to avoid the Huns naturally became the first choice for most caravans. However, Liu Ze believed that the Huns had been defeated and moved westward, and the northern road was restored to unimpeded, and it would not be long before the prosperity of Yumen Pass would come.

Just found an inn to settle down, Liu Ze was ready to let everyone rest and leave tomorrow, Jia Xu appeared in front of Liu Ze at this time. Liu Ze naturally understood what he meant, but he still deliberately asked, "Is there anything else about Mr. Wenhe?" ”

Jia Xu arched his hand and said: "I have returned to Liangzhou, and the contract with the shopkeeper Liu will also be automatically terminated. ”

Liu Ze pretended to groan and said, "Mr. Jia, do you know where this is?" ”

Jia Xu was stunned for a moment, didn't he ask knowingly, but he still replied: "Liangzhou Yumen Pass." ”

Liu Ze nodded and said, "Oh, it's Yumen Pass, not Yangguan - the contract says it's Yangguan, and there is still some distance between here and Yangguan, which can only mean that our contract hasn't ended yet." ”

Jia Xu faintly felt that something was wrong, Liu Ze actually chewed words on Yumen Pass and Yangguan, he wouldn't be-he said hurriedly: "Yumen Pass and Yangguan are only a few dozen miles apart, not to mention-"

"It's only one mile, and it doesn't reach Yangguan, does it? Mr. Jia has worked hard all the way, so let's go down and rest, there is still a lot of way to go tomorrow. Liu Ze smiled a little ill-willedly.

Jia Xu's anger was ruined, his voice was a little deformed, and he said hurriedly: "Shopkeeper Liu, we have an appointment in advance, you can't miss the appointment!" ”

"I'm not ready to miss the appointment, don't worry, isn't this a year, after a year, I will pay a commission of one hundred taels of gold a year to Mr." Liu Ze said slowly.

Jia Xu hurriedly took out the contract and said, "Shopkeeper Liu, we have a contract here, it is clearly written on it, the contract starts when the west leaves Yangguan and ends until it returns to Yangguan-" Jia Xu, who said while reading the contract, was stunned, and Liu Ze looked at him innocently.

Sky! Jia Xu's eyes turned black, and he almost fainted, holding the contract, like a charcoal fire. Trap, this contract is a trap through and through, what west out of Yangguan as the beginning, return to Yangguan as the end, regardless of the time limit, regardless of the location, that is, as long as you can't return to Yangguan, whether it is a year, ten years, or fifty years, this contract will always be valid. God, is this an employment contract, it has completely become Jia Xu's deed of sale. Jia Xu never dreamed that he was smart, but he was calculated by Liu Ze, a yellow-mouthed child, and the seemingly ordinary terms before turned out to be mysterious.

Jia Xu groaned painfully, and said with difficulty: "Shopkeeper Liu - in addition to knowing some foreign language, there is no other strength, if you follow Shopkeeper Liu to the Central Plains, it will be useless, white-collar Shopkeeper Liu is a hundred taels of gold, and I really don't want to go down, you see-it's better to be like this, how about I return Shopkeeper Liu a hundred taels of gold and let me go back to Yangguan?" ”

Liu Ze laughed and said, "Mr. Jia seems to want to miss the appointment?" That's it, the twisted melon is not sweet, since Mr. Jia wants to go back to Yangguan, it is also very easy-"

Jia Xu was skeptical and said, "Really? ”

Liu Ze said solemnly: "According to the contract, if you want to break the contract, Mr. Jia will give me the liquidated damages, if I remember correctly, it seems to be one million taels of gold, right?" ”

When he signed the contract, he vaguely felt that the 10,000 times compensation was like a child's play, most of the others were double and triple compensation, no matter how high it was, it was not ten times higher, although he also disagreed, thinking that Liu Ze was just playing tricks, but today, it has become the last straw that overwhelmed the camel, and the last bit of Jia Xu's remaining attempt was also extinguished.

If double is even ten times the compensation, even if Jia Xu sells his house and land to borrow some usury, he will have a chance to pay it back, but this is one million taels of gold! In his life, he had never had the opportunity to see so much money, a billion dollars—equivalent to the total taxes of several states in the western part of the Han Dynasty. He was completely speechless, his face was as dead as ashes, and he silently walked towards the door.

"Mr. Wenhe walks slowly, oh, by the way, if Mr. Wenhe can't raise so much money for a while, he can wait slowly. However, before the contract is terminated, Mr. Wenhe should go with him with peace of mind, if Mr. Wenhe insists on leaving, there is no way to guarantee the safety of Mr. Wenhe. Liu Ze sat there motionless, shouting at Jia Xu's back.

Liu Ze's methods Jia Xu has not seen before, hundreds of thousands of Hun captives have all landed on the ground with a flick of their fingertips, and Liu Zeke didn't even blink his eyes, how could a weak scholar who was powerless escape from his palm? Jia Xu smiled bitterly, without words, and walked out with a sad expression.

Looking at his lonely back, Liu Ze couldn't help but feel compassion for himself, whether his methods were too strong. But in this world, it is easy to subdue a brave general, but it is a test to subdue a celebrity, and the arrogance of a celebrity is not something that can be convinced, otherwise Liu Bei would not need to look at the thatched house. But now Jia Xu has no choice but he has no choice but he can only accept people but not his heart, if he wants him to be willing to be convinced, and work hard for himself, there is still a long way to go, don't be like Xu Shu who entered Cao Ying, it will be miserable if he doesn't work. I was thinking about how to convince Jia Xu to serve willingly, so that he didn't feel sleepy and fell asleep.

Early the next morning, Liu Ze got up early to arrange the itinerary, and caught a glimpse of Jia Xu at a glance, but he was very strange, Jia Xu looked calm and leisurely at this time, as if yesterday's events had not happened at all. He took the lead in saying hello: "Mr. Wenhe is early!" ”

Jia Xu smiled slightly, and said indifferently: "Shopkeeper Liu is early." ”