King Xiqiang's alcohol consumption is not bad, he can drink for an hour, and few people in the world can do it.

But he met Yingzheng.

Everyone present looked at Yingzheng in unison, the lord of a country who had accompanied the King of Xiqiang for an hour and was still standing, with a smile on his face.

It's incredible.

The most surprising among everyone was Hu Yanming, who escorted Yingzheng all the way to Jiayuguan.

Ying Zheng ran with the sergeant to keep up with his horse team, and now he poured down the unfathomable amount of wine of the King of Xiqiang bowl by bowl.

Who the hell is this?

But at this moment, I saw Yingzheng throw the wine bowl, then put his hand on his forehead, and muttered, "The widow is drunk, King Xiqiang, let's compare another day."

Then, Ying Zheng staggered back to the bedroom arranged for him in advance.

And the people of the Qiang tribe, how can they not see that Yingzheng is fake drunk, in order to save face for the king of Xiqiang.

In the early morning of the second day, as soon as the sun came out, Ying Zheng and the Meng brothers appeared at the highest position in Jiayuguan - the watchtower.

But what they see is not the invincibility in the distance, but the whole picture of Jiayuguan.

After taking in the entire Jiayu Pass, I felt more and more that this important pass was so shabby.

The pass is long in shape, and the south side is close to the steep mountain wall, which is bare, as if the grass on it has been pulled out, and the north side is also a cliff, but the color is slightly different from the south side.

There is a gate on the east and west sides, and the east gate that Ying Zheng walked when he came seems to be smaller than the west gate, after all, the west gate is the main place of defense, and the fortifications are mostly set up around the west gate.

"Meng Tian." Ying Zheng called.

"Your Majesty." Meng Tian replied.

"If you were to attack from the west with a large army, how many men would you use?" Ying Zheng looked at Ximen and asked.

"It's not more than four thousand." Meng Tian replied.

"What about time? How long will it take?" Ying Zheng continued to ask.

"If you look at the current garrison of the Xiqiang Army, it should be about an hour." Meng Tian looked around at the city defenses around him and said.

Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Yes, such a pass, for us, it can be said that it will be easy to win, but for Rong Di and the Western Regions, it has changed hands many times and cannot be stabilized."

"It's no wonder that even the King of Xiqiang doesn't think he can stand, so how can he spend a lot of effort to build passes and improve the city's defenses?" Meng Tian said with a sigh.

Meng Yi shook his head lightly and said, "It's not right to think like this, maybe it took effort and money to build the city defenses so that the enemy can no longer break it. If we go back and forth like this for a long time, we will only make the borders of the countries constantly change, and there will be no permanent people here."

"Yes, maybe that's one of the characteristics of these nomadic tribes, where the grass grows tall, it migrates." Ying Zheng looked at Meng Yi and asked, "What would you do if you were asked to rebuild this pass?"

Meng Yi also learned from Meng Tian's appearance, looked around, and then said, "I'll probably tear it all down and rebuild it, after all, the foundation of this place is too poor."

"Hehe, the widow thinks the same way." Ying Zheng said with a smile.

"Your Majesty." Meng Tian's eyes were filled with some doubts, and he looked at Ying Zheng and said, "You are asking like this, do you want to ......?"

"Hehe, since we are building this place together, of course, we must be the main ones to transform this place." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "What's more, he lost last night's wine fight, and it stands to reason that half of this place is ours."

"Does the king really want the king of Xiqiang to fulfill his gambling covenant?" Meng Yi asked.

"Why not?" There was a hint of a sly smile on the corner of Ying Zheng's mouth.

"That's half of the territory, and if you drink a drink, you'll lose everything, and if it were me, I wouldn't do it." Meng Yi pouted and said.

"Hehe, so you only see the superficial things, but you don't have insight into the mind of this Xiqiang." Yingzheng

Looking into the distance, he said.

"Xiqiang's thoughts?" Meng Yi blinked and said

said, "Could it be that Xiqiang is pretending to be friendly with us, and these are all designed traps?"

Meng Tian shook his head beside him and said, "Probably not, if they want to go back on their word, they will take a greater risk than us."

"They don't use any tricks, they're just looking for a shield." Ying Zheng said, "Think about it, if we build this place into an impregnable pass, then will the Xiongnu and Yueshi still have a chance to take advantage of it, and the thousands of miles of land behind this will not become the permanent land of Xiqiang, even if they give us half of it, they will earn it, and once they do that, those who offend the Xiongnu and Yueshi will become our Great Qin, not their Xiqiang."

"Indeed, Xiqiang's move to retreat into advance is very clever, not only does not need to pay money, but also saves military strength, and it has no impact on diplomatic relations, it can be said that it kills multiple birds with one stone." Meng Tian sighed lightly.

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "So, don't be easily deceived by their rugged appearance, these Rongdi people are very smart."

"Wechen remembered." The Meng brothers replied in unison.

At this time, I only heard a shout from below.

"Brother Wang!"

Ying Zheng looked down, it was Thorin.

"Wait for the widow, come down at once." Ying Zheng said a word and took the Meng brothers down the watchtower.

"I can't find you this morning, so I came here." Thorin said.

"Hehe, go up and see the scenery here." Ying Zheng smiled, "Why, so urgent, is there something wrong?"

"Oh, King Xiqiang, he has sent a message, let Brother Wang's team all enter the pass, and after a day of repair, tomorrow he will personally lead the army to escort us to Yumen Pass." Thorin said.

"Okay, the widow will go out of the customs right away and bring the team in." Ying Zheng said, "However, King Xiqiang has drunk so much wine, is it okay?"

"Hehe, although it's okay, but I haven't slowed down yet, why don't I say I'll leave tomorrow." Thorin laughed.

Ying Zheng smiled and said, "You go and tell King Xiqiang that yesterday's wine fight is evenly divided, regardless of winning or losing. Oh, by the way, call your second brother, it's easier to get out of the customs with him."

"Okay." Thorin answered, and turned to look for the Qiang.

Ying Zheng took the Meng brothers to join the Qiang, went out of the east gate of Jiayuguan, and returned to his station.

There was no rush to enter the customs, Ying Zheng led the team to train again, and then stationed in Jiayuguan.

Early in the morning of the third day, the king of Xiqiang sent someone to invite Yingzheng.

"King Xiqiang is fine, right?" Ying Zheng asked with concern.

"Hehe, old, no match for you young people." After that, King Xiqiang took out a few scrolls made of sheepskin, "This is the title deed and household registration of half of the Hexi Corridor, King Qin has collected it."

"Huh." Ying Zheng smiled and said, "That day, I competed with the King of Xiqiang for the amount of alcohol, and the widow was also drunk and unconscious, and finally had a tie with you, and the King of Xiqiang did not lose, what are you going to do with these bets?"

"Hey!" King Xiqiang stood up and said, "If you lose, you lose, if this king doesn't admit it, won't it make the world laugh, if King Qin insists on not wanting to, then you look down on this king!"

"yes, are we unruly of our promises."

"That is, if King Qin doesn't want it, he will lose our face, how can he gain a foothold in Qiang in the future."

Several elders next to him also chimed in.

As expected, this land offering policy was really agreed upon by Xiqiang a long time ago. Even if it wasn't a bet on the wine, presumably the King of Xiqiang would find another opportunity to bring it up.

Ying Zheng pondered for a long time in embarrassment, and then said, "Okay, this bet can be accepted by the widow, but the widow wants to send the Xiqiang King tribute tea, porcelain, and silk cart in return."

King Xiqiang was stunned for a moment.

The bet that day was twenty cars for each thing, and it had already shocked King Xiqiang, but now Yingzheng said that every car would be increased!

How many sheep are that worth!

I'm afraid it's not enough to drive all the fat sheep of Xiqiang together.

The corners of King Xiqiang's mouth twitched, like a dream.

Elder Moli coughed lightly and mentioned it on the side

Awakening: "Patriarch, let's have an equivalent exchange with Great Qin, this is a basis to show our sincerity, according to the old man, this covenant can be signed."

Only then did King Xiqiang come back to his senses and look at the other elders.

All the elders echoed each other.

"Hahaha, good!" King Xiqiang smiled heartily, "Since it is a fair deal, it is not easy for the king to refuse, next, please ask the king of Qin to take a look at the covenant."

After that, the king of Xiqiang took out another sheepskin scroll and handed it to Qiang's hand.

Qiang walked up to Ying Zheng's side and handed it to Ying Zheng.

Ying Zheng opened it and looked at it, and its content was not much different from what he said at the banquet that day.

Xiqiang is willing to work with Daqin to build this area from Yongding Pass to Jiayuguan in the Hexi Corridor.

Daqin is responsible for sending troops to protect the security here, and also to build passes and towns.

Daqin also had to teach the local Qiang people the skills of farming.

The cattle and sheep raised by the Qiang people and the grain cultivated were only paid to the taxes of the Western Qiang, while the Qin people paid the taxes to the Great Qin.

For the sake of fairness, the central axis is the boundary, the north of the central axis, all the way to the Longshou Mountain, belongs to Daqin, and the Qin law is practiced; To the south of the central axis, it is still owned by the Xiqiang, and the Xiqiang ethnic system is practiced.

The passage of merchants in the future is mainly Qin, supplemented by Xiqiang.

The two countries will no longer use arms, and if there is a conflict, the overall situation should be the priority.

If either side breaks the covenant, it should rise up and attack it.

After Ying Zheng read it once, he looked at it again and more carefully.

"King Qin, do you have any doubts?" Seeing that Yingzheng looked at it again, King Xiqiang asked.

"Hehe, there's no doubt." Ying Zheng said with a smile, "It's just that it should be written in this covenant that the widow is a land that is exchanged for tribute tea, porcelain and silk, not by drinking wine, otherwise it will be spread out, and it will not make the people of the Six Kingdoms laugh and lose their big teeth."

"Hahaha......

There was a burst of laughter in the temple.

"Of course." King Xiqiang waved his arm, and an elder next to him took back the sheepskin scroll, picked up the pen, and added some more content.

"The matter of this Hexi Corridor is decided." Taking advantage of this opportunity, Qiang Qi said, "But since it is an alliance, it should not be just for one area, according to the Qi Qi, our two countries should be fully repaired and communicate with each other more, but if either side is in trouble, the other side should give full support."

King Xiqiang nodded and said, "Well, Wu'er is reasonable, but I don't know what King Qin wants?"

"Hehe, the widow can't ask for it." Ying Zheng was still smiling.

"Good!" King Xiqiang stood up, straightened his waist and said, "From today on, Great Qin and Xiqiang are allies, and the Qin people and Qiang people are brothers, but whenever the allies are at war and the brothers are in trouble, the other side must do their best to help!"

"Come, blood wine, this king wants to make a blood alliance with the king of Qin!"

Several elders answered at the same time and went down to prepare.

In a short time, all the items used for the oath were placed, and a black goat was brought over.

King Xiqiang drew his sword, knelt on one knee, and bowed to the north: "The gods are above, the people worship and respect, today, in order to protect Xiqiang and the Great Qin to share peace, the people are willing to swear a blood oath with the King of Qin. And the angels are witnesses, and if any man perverses his word, let him be like this."

With that, King Xiqiang waved the steel knife in his hand and slashed through the neck of the black goat.

The black goat screamed in surprise and was about to struggle, but it was already pressed to the ground by the elder next to him.

Another elder next to him brought two bowls of wine, leaned over and brought the blood from the black sheep's neck into the wine bowls.

The wine in the bowl immediately turned red.

Ying Zheng also knelt on one knee and learned from King Xiqiang to say the same oath.

King Xiqiang handed one of the wine bowls containing sheep's blood to Yingzheng and said, "Qin

King, let's make another bowl."

Ying Zheng took another wine bowl and saluted in front of King Xiqiang: "Please!"

The two exchanged bowls and drank them all at the same time.

"Hahahaha......"

The two wiped the blood from the corners of their lips at the same time and laughed together.